“We’re here!” Seung Jo’s mother announced.

Ha Ni and her friends started clambering out to see the view. As might be expected, it was lovely. From outside the trailer car the clear blue water of the ocean could be seen.  It glistened with the light of the morning sun and breezes of the salt water brushed past them.  

“I can’t wait to play in the water! “ Ha Ni thought to herself. Everyone but the girls jumped out of the car to stretch and enjoy the surroundings. Meanwhile the girls switched into their swimming suits.  Jang Mi was the first to be done changing and stepped out first. But despite having stepped out in a fairly revealing bikini, Jang Mi didn’t receive any more attention for Seung Jo. In fact he hadn’t even looked at her once since they had stepped out of the car. Jang Mi couldn’t help but feel disappointment. She knew that she had invited herself onto the trip but shouldn’t it make Seung Jo pay more attention to her? There wasn’t anyone else that was in his league that he knew. Ha Ni and friends weren’t even close to being anyone’s ideal types. Who would want someone who was at the bottom of their class?

Jang Mi sighed and moved to find an excuse to get close to Seung Jo, who had flocked over to Eun Jo. While she was still plotting, Seung Jo’s mother commented on Ha Ni’s “cute” swimsuit. To Jang Mi, it seemed like something for a grade schooler and gave Ha Ni the ual attraction of a kindergartener. Jang Mi felt even more pleased when she heard Seung Jo’s comment which was very nearly the same as her own. But that feeling of success and pleasure was quickly replaced with a cold feeling. This cold feeling that was brought on from seeing Seung Jo whisper something into Ha Ni’s ear. It didn’t help that Ha Ni started to chase him and when she fell that he seemed concerned about her. It made them seem close and comfortable with each other and that was something Jang Mi wasn’t going to let Ha Ni have.

Ha Ni sighed. The site of Jang Mi getting along with Seung Jo and playing so easily with the Baek brothers hurt. It wasn’t helping her get over her crush for sure. It made her want Kyu Jong more desperately to get her mind off of Seung Jo. Ha Ni took a deep breath and turned to see her friends, Joo Ri and Go Min Ah playing with some of the toys that they had brought along.  Smiling at them, Ha Ni did her best to remove the thoughts of Seung Jo and went over to play with Joo Ri and Mina Ah.

By the middle of the day Joo Ri and Min Ah were putting the finishing touches to the two fathers’ sand bodies. Ha Ni on the other hand had decided to take a break and play in the water with her floatie.  On her way there, Eun Jo called out, “Why do you have a floatie Ha Ni? Can’t go in the water without it?”

“It’s not that I can’t but I can’t swim,” But Eun Jo ignored Ha Ni’s answer and continued to . Frustrated, Ha Ni started to chase him which didn’t help to stop Eun Jo’s teasing. Eventually their chase led them into the water. Without realizing how far he’d gone, Eun Jo starting to drown. Ha Ni was in a panic. The others were too far away to realize that her arm flails was a signal for help.  Understanding this, Ha Ni took a deep breath and moved into the deeper water despite the fact she couldn’t swim.

Higher up the sand bank, Seung Jo had been watching Eun Jo and Ha Ni chase each other. While he was sure Ha Ni wouldn’t really do anything, his protectiveness for his brother couldn’t help but take over Seung Jo.  At the same time, Jang Mi was still attempting to capture Seung Jo’s attention with her incessant chatter.  Seung Jo ignored it and focused on his brother and Ha Ni. Watching them was not particularly interesting but Seung Jo couldn’t help but think that the two looked cute play fighting. But any motions Seung Jo had to smile disappeared when he saw Ha Ni’s frantic arm waves and sudden running into the water. While Seung Jo didn’t particularly care about Ha Ni’s well being, he had overheard that she couldn’t swim and taking hints from what he’d just seen, he knew something was wrong. Without any words he ran as quickly as he could to the water. By the time he was knee deep in the water, he saw that Min Ah had followed him. Knowing that it would be easier for Min Ah to save Eun Jo, Seung Jo went to help Ha Ni.

Ha Ni and Eun Jo were both safely pulled out of the water. The moment Ha Ni realized that she was out of the water, she started to cry with all her heart causing Seung Jo to fall into the sand. She grabbed Seung Jo’s shirt and just cried. Her feelings were all over the place. She hadn’t realized the extent of her fear of the water or how deep Eun Jo had gone. As someone taller than Eun Jo, Ha Ni had believed there had been at least some chance that he was still at a level that she could reach and save him. But that wasn’t the case and instead others had needed to save the both of them.  

*Later at night*

“Are you okay?” Ha Ni’s father asked.

“Yeah,”

“Good, I was so scared. It hurt knowing you were in trouble and there was nothing I could do to help. You don’t know how helpless I felt. It’s a really good thing that Seung Jo was there or…” Ha Ni’s father trailed off. Seung Jo had arrived with a cup of hot water for Ha Ni as a result of his mother’s nagging. With a somewhat awkward smile, Ha Ni’s father said thanks to Seung Jo and left the two to talk.

Seung Jo wasn’t in the mood to talk. Ha Ni wasn’t really hurt or all that traumatized.

“Why did you jump into the water? You know you can’t swim,” He chastised.  Ha Ni pouted as she had expected at least a little sympathy from Seung Jo.

“But what else could I do? You were all too far away to hear me. Plus why are you being so mean to me when I don’t feel good?”

“We both know you’re fine, if you weren’t, would you even be talking to me right now?” Ha Ni pouted even more. This wasn’t how she expected the day to go. Just around then someone yelled her name, someone Ha Ni hadn’t been expecting to hear.

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Hehe Merry Merry Christmas. This is my somehow magical update. I finally found a bit of an idea of how to get Joon Gu’s adventure into the story but that will be next chapter since then I’d have to make a longer chapter and I kind of just wanna watch the rest of Reply 1997/episodes of Romantic and Idol..I have a slight show watching issue and I kind of had to take the SAT this month but excuses excuses. Hope you enjoy! ^.^