This story begins... with a blossom tree.

It stood upright on the pavement of one of Seoul's less traveled by streets, all alone and away from any cars that passed. It had many blossom flowers that had bloomed on its branches, and a thick twisted bark. It radiated peace and beauty.

Near the tree was a girl: And that girl was me. Lee MinHee.

At that time, sitting underneath it, I wasn't thinking about anything in particular, just about the day and how warm it was. I felt very peaceful and happy. But suddenly I remembered why I had come here. I looked down at the short letter which I held in my hand and read it for what felt like the millionth time:

 

Lee MinHee,

There is something I want to talk to you about, something that you need to hear. 
Tomorrow, before school at 8:00, please wait for me at beojkkoch namu road. It won't take long.

                                                                                  
                                                                                         Ga Min ho

Sigh.
Now I felt nervous.

What was Ga Min ho going to talk to me about? And the way he wrote the letter ... 'something you need to hear'... this isn't...maybe...no, it couldn't be...a confession?

(talking to herself) Lee Min Hee, why would Ga Min ho, the school's most handsome guy, confess to you? No, he probably wants to say something else.And while we are on the subject, try to act more normal when he talks to you. And definetly, definetly, DEFINETLY do.not. BLUSH!

Ah, it would be so embarassing if I blushed! I hope he didn't notice me blush the last time we talked. No! Don't think about that! It's too embarassing! I don't want to think about it!

(still talking to herself) Lee Min Hee, try to think about something else. Like... the sky... the blue, blue, sky...and look at that cloud over there! It looks pretty, and soft. It kind of looks like...................................(-.-) Ga Min ho.

Sigh.

What am I doing? I told myself that I didn't want to be like this. I didn't want to be like everyone else, and fall in love with the most popular guy in school. And yet, here I am, only thinking about him. 

 

Ga MH: Lee MinHee!

  Surprised, I turned around and saw him walking towards me. Even this early in the morning he was mesmerizing.
      He was walking quite fast and in a few seconds, he was standing right infront of me.

Ga MH: (smiling)Annyonghaseyo! Thank you for waiting for me.

Me: Ne, annyonghaseyo! 
       He smiled, and I immediatly felt my face go red.
Ga MH: I hope I didn't cause you too much trouble by asking you to come so early.
Me: Of course not! But...why did you want to talk to me?

    

-----------------------------------Awkward silence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

 

  Ga MH: (looking at the sky) The weather today is nice, isn't it?

     Me: (-.-) ...Yes it is. But... Minho-shi...why-

 

Ga MH: (bluntly) MinHee-shi, do you know what I thought, when I first saw you?

Me: (What an...unexpected question?)...erm-
Ga MH: I thought you had a lot of kindness in you, something that many people don't have in our school. Because of this, I was worried that you would get hurt easily, by what someone said to you or something like that. I guess I cared about you.

Me: (Is this...)
Ga MH: This is why...(sigh) Ah, why is this so hard...
Me: (H-he's... confessing...)
Ga MH: MinHee-shi...you..
Me: ( ...confessing...)
Ga MH: you........................ need to leave our school....

(pause)

Me: ...w-what?
        Ga Minho was just looking  at the sky.

Ga MH: You need to leave.
Me:...w-why?
Ga MH: (harshly) do you really need to ask 'why'?
                 Why was Ga Minho talking so harshly all of a sudden...
Ga MH: Don't tell me you haven't noticed how everyone looks at you?
                   How everyone... looked at me?

He turned around to finally look at me.

Ga MH: Are you stupid? Everyone hates you! How could you not notice? Even I hate you!
             W-what?
Me: But...you just said I was kind a-

Ga MH: (scoff) I was just trying to keep up my image, but then I remembered why I was here...to make you leave. No one will have to know how I acted today, they won't believe it, even if you told them. 
                    Ga Minho...wa actually saying something like this... 
Ga MH:  But... Lee MinHee...  ...Just Leave our school.

             

 

...

 

I don't know why, but that day, I listened to Ga Minho's words and left school, never  to return again. I didn't understand why my heart had hurt so much, until I returned home and cried for hours and hours. 'I hate you'...'leave our school,' these words kept repeating in my mind, along with questions whether what Ga Minho said was true. But in the end, I just wished I knew what I did wrong that caused everyone to hate me so much...