Chapter 13

• 2003:

"yahh it was fun.... but i really envy chaewon...
she was with her bf..."
geunyeong said

"why don't you date, too?"
hyojoo said

"ye dura! cheoun achim!" (girls, good morning!)
chaewon greeted them

"you really seemed in a good mood, are you?"
hyojoo said

"palli kaja...we'll be late..."
chaewon said in return
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~break time~

"song joong ki... you've been quiet all this time huh..."
joohwan went in...

"anyeong hashimnika! hyungnim!!"
kwangsoo stood up and greeted him politely

"eo kurae no illeowa..." (yeah...right...come here)
joohwan told gwangsoo

"ye! hyungnim!"
as he follow him

joongki bowed to him when he went near without saying anything...

joohwan made the student infront of joongki go
and sat on the chair facing joongki

chaewon looked at them worriedly

"no...you know that you irritate me, right?"
he said

"ne..." (yes)
joongki answered back

"that's good...then do you know why you make me mad?"
he asked him

"then what do i have to do?"
joongki asked him

"to stop this chaos....let's have a one on one...."
joohwan said

joongki's eye widened... if that's the only thing to end it,
he would want to...but he can't, he can't fight him....

"on a game..."

"ne?"

"one on one in soccer"

"(ahhhh)"
joongki thought

"if you win i'll stop bothering you...
if i win you'll declare that you lost on me...
that you're a loser"
joohwan made a deal

"or you'll just give up and claim you're a loser
and coward, right now...
then all you have to do is bend your knees and beg on me..."

"aniyo...twessumnida" (no need)
he said

"it's that all i have to do?"
he added

"kureom..."
of course

"so we'll meet till then..." joohwan smirked
"prepare yourself..."

joongki smirked back...

"gwangsoo nawa..." (come out)
joohwan called him out

"kwaenchanha?"
chaewon went near him and asked if he's ok

"kwaenchanalkeoya..." (i'll be ok)
he assured her with a smile

meanwhile when insung heard the news...
he talked with joohwan right away...

"wae bulleosseoyo?" (why did you call me?)
joohwan asked soon as he came

"i'll let you have one on one with him...
you can do it anytime or how many times you want to...
but don't play dirty..."
insung warned him...

"why would i do that? ahh it's because you never see my skills...
don't worry if i'll do it, i already did it long time ago...
i can beat him in one punch...but i didn't...so you don't have to worry..."
joohwan assured him
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"joongki ah are you going home straight tonight?"
jaejoong asked him

"or you'll go home wih chaewon?"
he whispered

"maybe not today... it's dangerous if they knew we're dating..."
joongki asnwered

"ahh kurae?"
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"joongki ah...kachi ga..." (let's go home together...)
chaewon told him

"umm..." (ok)
he said and he couldn't say no to her

"let's part here... you go home...
tomorrow is your match with joohwan sunbae right?"
chaewon said

"eo..."
he said in return

"you should take a lot of rest...
so you can gain enough strength for tomorrow..."

after they parted, joongki was walking on his way home alone...

he saw a group of guys kicking the soccer ball and making fun of it...
joongki ignored them and continued to walk...
until the ball reached his foot..

"yah kogi itneun koppiri!" (hey, highschooler!)
(koppiri = way of calling and looking down on a high school student)

"pick the ball for us..."

one guy said

"yah! you're from hanmin high, right?"
the other said

"yes...wae gureoshijo?" (why did you ask?)
joongki said

"i-nom iya...hyungnim...." (it's the jerk)

"what's that in your bag? is it a spray? hand it to us..."
they said

"kajowayo..." (take it)
he said

joongki opened his bag and they saw his soccer uniform...
he then handed them his spray

"no michokkeuna?!" (you're gone mad)

"are you looking down on us?"
one asked angrily

"then what do you want?"
joongki asked back

"grab him..."
the leader said

two of them grabbed him...

"if you're that great teach me how to play then..."

while he places the ball infront of him
and targeted joongki and kicked it straight to him

"just let me go home quietly... i won't bother to call the police..."
joongki said

"eo... we will make you quiet..."

"yah keunneja!" (finish him)

they beat joongki without him fighting back

his sight become so dark and his body felt numb
with their beating that started in pain...

the guy grabbed his hair and and was going to punch his
face until he heard a voice from behind...

"keu nom! sondaejima isekki dura!!!"
(don't touch that jerk you bastards!!)

he didn't recognize the voice but it was familiar...

"eo... leader of jo gang?! finally you came...
to rescue your useless minion...hahaha"
he laughed hysterically

"why are you freaks here?! i already made you quiet...
do you want another shot?!"

it was jo insung with lee gwang soo...

the guy tightened the grip at joongki's hair in anger...

"do you think you can beat us?! with only of you two?!"
he said

"i said don't touch him!!!
sondejimallago!! shibal!!!" (motherf*cker!!!)
insung raged and screamed....

he picked a bottle of empty liqour near him
and throw right on the face of the guy...
it made him release joongki and he fell on the ground...
still unconcious...

insung started to lose control and beat every guy who tried to get it wih him...

when the other guys escaped one guy couldn't
and insung grabbed him,
he rode over him and started punching him endlessly...

"jugilkoya!!!!" (i'll kill you!!)
he screamed in anger...

"hyung-nim! keuman haeyo!!! jinjja jungnun geot gattayo!!!"
(stop it!! you'll kill him for real!!)
gwangsoo stopped him by grabbing him with all his strength

he finally let him go and the guy slowly ran away...

when insung gathered his senses,
he headed straight to joongki, kneeling down..

"joongki ah... ireona..." (get up)

"ireona isekki ya!!" (get up you jerk!)
he said

joongki opened his right eye slowly and his face was full of blood

"sunbae...nim..."
he stuttered

"gwaenchanha? awwwu manhi tacheosseo..."
(are you ok? ouch you got beaten a lot)
gwangsoo said

"ireomyeon... kwaenjankaesso?..."
(if you were in my place, will you be ok?)
he said with a smile

~the next day~

"chaewon ah do you know why joongki is absent?"
geunyeong asked in curiosity

"mwo?!" (what?!)
she had no clue either and looked back at his empty desk...

"waegeuroseulka?" (why did he?)
hyojoo added

they saw gwangsoo entering the room with some bruises
on his face...

they suspected him and geunyeong walked to him..
chaewon started to feel uneasy and worried about joongki

"yah! what did you do to song joong ki?!
we've been patient all this time..."
she said

"chigum hwishim haneungoya?! nareul?!! naega wae?!"
(are you suspecting me right now? why me?!)
gwangsoo said

"because it's obvious"
hyojoo answered back

"you two are crazy...na aniya! pyeongsaeng!"
(it's not me... i promise!)
gwangsoo said

"seoljiki marebwa... no gaman anduo!!!
ne appa kyeongchariya!!! kosu handa!!!!!"
(just tell the truth! we will not let you go!
my dad is a police officer and i willl sue you!!)
hyojoo threatened him

"yah!"
gwangsoo stood up and shouted in disbelief

"it's a long story! even if i told you, you won't believe me"
he added

while chaewon was thinking deeply on her seat...

"mal anhae?!" (you won't tell us?!)
the two said

then suddenly, insung knocked on the door...
who has some bruises in his face as well but lesser

they all stopped and looked at him

"moon chae won... chankan yegi jom hae..."
(let's talk)

they all fell silent looking at chaewon walking towards him

when the two were gone, they all started gossiping while
geunyeong and hyojoo still can't believe of what's happening...

"you're worried about song joong ki, right?"
insung asked her

"ne..."
she answered

she somewhat thought that this guy is not bad
so she felt safety...

"he was taken in the hospital, he got beaten a lot yesterday...
but he'll get better soon..."
he assured her

"can i ask what happened?"
she said curiously

"he got beaten by some gangsters...
and it's a relief that we could save him at the right time,
or else he might died with heartless beatings from that jerks..."
he said

chaewon's eyes widened in shock...

"i don't know if i can ask this but,
sunbae-nim isn't it joohwan sunbae?"
she doubted

"that's what i thought at first...
but i already talked to him this morning..."
he said in return

-flashback-

"kyeonggo haetta...(i already warned you)
to not p