[Next day]

“Eonni eonni!! Big news”

“What?”

“Il Woo ssi said that he will help me!”

“About Hong Ki?”

“Yes!”

“So you’re dating now?”

“N…No! Absolutely not! It’s just acting!”

“Yeah that’s it… Acting!”

“What?”

“No nothing… But don’t tell me you’re not happy with it!”

“I’m not this happy!”

“Yeah that’s it!”

“Eonni!!! Stop it! He’s coming here!”

[…]

“Are you coming?”

“Where?”

“You have to exercise!”  He grabbed my hand lightly and took me away!

[At the gym]

“I’m chosen for the Martial Art contest.”

“Woooah!! Jinja?!”

“Why are you so happy? I’m the one who’s been chosen not you!”

“I’m not that happy! Why is everybody saying that I’m happy today?!”

“Don’t you want to be happy?”

“Yes!”

“So stop complaining!”

“Aigo…”

“Hahaha!”

“WHAT?”

“Your aigo is so funny!”

“Wae?!”

“It’s…hahaha… It’s cute! You’re like a little girl!”

In fact… I really was happy that day, we were finally becoming friends! And he was going to be with me the day of the competition! I won’t be alone!

“Now listen! You’re going to sing while listening to this! I’ll turn on the cassette player! I recorded the crowd’s sound yesterday, you’ll imagine yourself in a place full of persons …”

“Oppa! You did all that for me?” He didn’t answer…

    [One week later]

It’s been the same thing the whole week, going to practice in break time, accompanying me to home… Or should I say taking me half way... Singing… It has been paradise!

[At the gym]

“Oppa! Is everything going well? I mean your exercising!”

“Yeah! It doesn’t change anything in my everyday life! I’m used to practice martial arts so it doesn’t really make a difference… Give me your hand phone!”

“Here! Why?”

“I guess you don’t have any phone number of any guy…”

“Nice guess! Haha!”

“So I’ll be the first one!”

“Eh?!”

“I won’t ask you to give me yours so don’t be that surprised! I won’t call you! But YOU will call me when you’ll need me! Ok?”

“Ah! Ok! Thank you…Do we need to practice today?”

“”I don’t know! You have the choice! Anyways I think you’re good enough! You surely can do it!”

“Too much confidence isn’t good!”

“I’m saying the truth! You’ve really improved since the first time! You’re not that unsure and diffident about singing anymore!”

“I just need you to be there with me and everything is going to be alright!”

“But…”

“What?”

“Oh I brought my guitar I thought it would be helpful!”

“wooah You can play guitar too? You’re really something oppa!”

“Hahaha stop it you’re going to make me big-headed!”

“Could you play something for me? Or maybe sing while playing!”

“EH? FOR YOU?”

“I didn’t mean it that way! Please!”

“This situation