*Later that day*

“You trained a lot for the competition so why did you pass the baton to me?” Seung Jo asked.

“I don’t know. Maybe fate is on your side and messed with me,” Ha Ni couldn’t help but feel embarrassed again. She’d been trying to convince herself for the last few weeks that she was getting over Seung Jo, but it seems like in reality she hadn’t gotten any closer to that point. The relay race had proved that.

“What did the others say?”  Seung Jo asked as nonchalantly as he could even though he was actually quite curious. The last few days had been the most he’d seen Class 7 work for and as the loss of the race was because of Ha Ni, he didn’t think it would have gone well for her.

“They were mad but your mom bought us pizza so everything was fine in the end,” Ha Ni replied smiling, recalling that afternoon.

“My mom?”

“Mhm,”

“She’s always meddling with things,”

“It was nice, I felt like my mom had come to watch. My mom died when I was young so she couldn’t come to my school and even though I have my dad and grandmother it’s not the same,”

Seung Jo listened to Ha Ni’s words about his mom. There was something about them that made him feel something he wasn’t used to but couldn’t place. Besides that, they made him think about how strong Ha Ni was even with how sore she was, how her class had lost the last event because of her and how much it would seem like a bad day to him. He couldn’t help but admire her strength. And when she started talking about his mother and her own, she made him feel he had taken his mother’s meddling and actions for granted without thinking about how much it might mean to someone else who hadn’t grown up in the same kind of conditions. Even though he hated it when his mother meddled with his life and really wouldn’t mind if his mother spent more time messing with Ha Ni’s life instead of his.

“I’ll go find some ointment to help your soreness,” Seung Jo said, getting up to fulfill his sudden need to do something somewhat nice for Ha Ni.

“Mk, I’m going to see if your mom needs any help in making dinner,” Seung Jo moved to protest knowing how sore Ha Ni was but caught himself before the words were even close to being out of his mouth to avoid being out of character. The thought that he had been about to keep Ha Ni comfortable bugged him. Something was definitely wrong with him.

*At Dinner*

The Baek family, Kyu Jong, Ha Ni, and Ha Ni’s father were having dinner in Ha Ni’s father’s restaurant. Even though they had invited Kyu Jong’s entire family in order to thank for helping Ha Ni with getting into the top 50 but only Kyu Jong was able to attend. Kyu Jong had decided to sit next to Ha Ni which reason bothered Seung Jo because the two seemed so chummy with each other.  

Ha Ni on the other hand was happy that Kyu Jong had been able to come to dinner. She hadn’t seen him the whole day and after all of Kyu Jong’s tutoring sessions with her after school, they’d become pretty good friends. His class had apparently gone to an amusement park, Lotte World to be exact while her class competed against Seung Jo’s. Listening to Kyu Jong’s day, Ha Ni couldn’t help but want to visit Lotte World too. The look of longing in Ha Ni’s eye was misinterpreted by Seung Jo who had been spending the entire dinner so far glaring at the two of them while listening to music on his mp3.

“She likes Kyu Jong now? Four years spent crushing on me and the first attractive guy that shows interest in her, she goes for him,” Seung Jo scoffed mentally.

His thoughts were interrupted though by Ha Ni’s dad who had decided to make a toast to Ha Ni’s top 50 score and the people who had helped her reach it.

“It was nothing,” Seung Jo replied, playing down his help.

“Yeah it’s not a big deal. Plus I had fun teaching Ha Ni,” Kyu Jong with a smile looking over at Ha Ni who nodded happily with an even brighter smile on her face.  Seeing this, Seung Jo’s hand that wasn’t hold his mp3 started to unconsciously tighten into fist. Watching everyone around him drink wine and smiling, he felt annoyed. They were all happy to be here but he wasn’t. It didn’t matter that he technically had a friend here since Ha Ni who was currently talking excitedly to Kyu Jong. Somehow even his brother was managing to let down his copy-cat hostility to enjoy the food that Ha Ni’s dad had made.

It wasn’t till the rice wine that they had drunk after making the toast started taking affect that the night got interesting.  It gave Ha Ni the confidence to proclaim that Seung Jo was a horrible person who thought that Ha Ni was a moocher and a menace in his life. Her words instantly put a pout on Seung Jo’s mother’s face making Seung Jo feel worse. But her words instantly wiped out any pitying thoughts he had held after their conversation earlier. “She feels this way huh, well then she should recall to her own actions.” Seung Jo  thought snidely.   

”You hate me do you? Then why did you send that confession letter?”

Ha Ni looked at him but couldn’t look him in the eye, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’ve never sent you a confession letter,”

“Is that a fact? So you didn’t write me one on yellow bordered papers that were about this big and this wide?” Seung Jo asked with eye brows raised while motioning the size of the paper that Ha Ni had used.

“I...I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Ha Ni replied looking down, her face started to turn red. Kyu Jong watched their interaction with amusement. It was a fairly petty for Seung Jo to bring up Ha Ni’s confession letter up as well as interesting that he remembered Ha Ni’s letter out of all the other confession letters he’d received. Kyu Jong had seen how Seung Jo treated the letters others had given to him and had also received some before, meaning that he knew that while most were usually signed, it was still noticeable that Seung Jo had gone out of his way to recognize Ha Ni’s. Kyu Jong would have done something to stop Seung Jo from picking on Ha Ni but it was kind of fun to watch Ha Ni turn red and looking around ,Kyu Jong saw that he wasn’t the only one amused. Seung Jo’s mother who had started to feel disappointed that Ha Ni didn’t like Seung Jo, once again had a mischievous light in her eyes.

“Sure you don’t, that’s exactly why you’re blushing,” Seung Jo replied not realizing that everyone around him was using his bickering with Ha Ni as their entertainment.

“That’s the past, I’m over it now. I mean you’re such a jerk why on earth would I still like you after learning about the real you,” Ha Ni stood up to leave and go home but from the first few steps that she took, it was obvious to see that she wasn’t going to make it home if she walked.

Seung Jo’s mother immediately demanded that Seung Jo help Ha Ni get home by giving her a piggy back ride. Seeing that the dinner was ending and there wasn’t much for him to do if he stayed, Kyu Jong decided to go which meant that he accompanied Seung Jo for most of the way to his house.

Seeing Ha Ni clinging somewhat awkwardly to Seung Jo, Kyu Jong couldn’t help but ask , “Are you okay Ha Ni?”

“Yeah Kyu Jong-ssi, though I kind of wish I didn’t have to piggy back ride someone to get home,” Ha Ni said sleepily.

Ha Ni and Kyu Jong made small talk till Kyu Jong parted ways with them to go home. While the two talked, Seung Jo started to brood. He wasn’t enjoying carrying Ha Ni but his mother had requested him to carry her and as much as he didn’t like listening to his mother, she would find out if he didn’t follow her orders from Ha Ni. Curse the closeness between Ha Ni and his mother.

Once Kyu Jong was out of site,  Seung Jo said “So you got your wish in the end,” under his breath just loud enough for Ha Ni to hear.

“Then let me off,” Ha Ni replied with a burning desire to shove Seung Jo to the ground had it not been for the fact that if she did in fact shove him, she’d fall and hurt herself.

“It shouldn’t bother you, you’re over me and we’re almost there anyways so it’s not worth my time to let you off at this point,”  Now this just felt like a mix of kindness and teasing to Ha Ni but she decided that this situation wasn’t likely to happen again.  The moment they reached the gate of the house, Seung Jo started to have trouble. It wasn’t hard to get in but while carrying someone on one’s back it was one of the closest things to impossible.

“Ya, get the key from my hand and open the gate,” Seung Jo barked at Ha Ni. Granted that they had been in front of the gate for a little while, his sudden demand surprised Ha Ni but nevertheless she took the key from Seung Jo and opened the gate. After a few more steps, she was dropped on a bench right outside the door.

“I think you can manage from here,” Seung Jo said icily. “He’s sure bipolor tonight,” Ha Ni thought to herself before dragging herself to bed.

*The Next School Day*

Ha Ni was in class where one of her friends was doing her hair, when a picture slipped out of the book that she had been studying out of before the test. She didn’t notice it drop but someone nearby did. When they picked it up they were surprised to find that it was a picture of Ha Ni and Seung Jo sleeping on the same table.

“Ha Ni what are you doing sleeping next to Seung Jo?” they asked.

“What?” Ha Ni answered confused till she saw the picture. “Crap Seung Jo is going to kill me,”

So that was a pretty short chapter for such a long break and I'm soooo sorry  *sorry sorry sorry* AP testing , destractions during my actual breaks...learning to gif on photoshop...okay i'll stop my excuses anyways I've named all the chapters and added photos to a lot of them except some where i don't know what would fit from the actual drama...like this chapter..