Friendly Neighbour
Mr. Arrogant To Mr. NiceAs Myungsoo went into his house and turned back to close the gate, he saw you walking into
your house. * What? That nerd is staying opposite me? What have I done wrong in my past life to receive this? * He
thought, paralyzed in both shock and frustration.
That night, you could see many posh cars driving into Myungsoo's house and many people
that was wearing expensive clothes emerging from the car and going into his house. You assumed that those were that
wretched boy's relatives and also assumed that they were mean and arrogant too, since they were related to Myungsoo.
' Ding dong ' the door bell chimed. You went over to the door to open it. " Good evening, I am
Myungsoo's mum, the one staying opposite you. Myungsoo told me that one of his friends are staying opposite him. I
came here to share with your family the kimchi that we just made, since you know our son." a tall and elegant yet, humble
and friendly lady, holding a air-tight container with a wide smile on her face said. " Thank you so much Mrs . Kim! " you
said gratefully as you bowed as low as you can after receiving the kimchi. * Myungsoo and his Mom are so different! One
is humble, the other one is as proud as a lion! Haish! * you thought after closing the door.
As you sank into the sofa, you opened the container. The familiar smell of kimchi lingred in your
nostrils. It reminded you of your grandmother.
FLASHBACK
You were running home from school crying and screaming. At that time you were still seven years old.
"Halmeoni! Halmeoni! Tiffany and Yuri stole my lunch and I didn't have any money to buy any food and I was very
hungry........." you cried as you spouted incoherent words and lied on your grandmother's lap." Hush........ Come here,
Halmeoni made you some kimchi. " your Halmeoni said soothingly and kissed your forehead. You immediately stopped
crying and ate the kimchi greedily.
You took a bite of a piece of lettuce and touched the place were your grandmother kissed you
and a drop of tear cascaded down your face. That drop of tear quicky turned into a rain of tears. When you heard the
jangling of the keys at the door, you held the box of kimchi tight in your hands and quickly ran up to your room. You
locked the door and pulled a piece of tissue out of the tissue box and wiped the tears off your tear stained face and tried
to study to distract yourself from the sadness, but you couldn't. As you didn't draw up the curtains, Myungsoo saw you
crying when he walked out of his house to go for his evening jog.
* Why is that nerd crying? Should I go comfort her? * Myungsoo thought, looking at you. * Wait, why am I
being so soft? * furrowed his eyebrows and continued jogging.
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