Chapter 1
My Rainy DaysSoft rain audible fulling a whole school. Hundreds droplets rains falling at grass field of Hongdae high school. The rains fell swiftly with the soft water rain, like a snowfall. The classroom condition seem calm with students whose busy write a note of what teacher's explained on the blackboard. This morning’s situation is very quiet and cold.
Not long time later, all of student attention change over to woman’s teacher who enter the classroom. A young girl follow her step with slowly and shy footsteps. She looks a little awkward with foreign atmosphere that surrounding her. That girl dress a different high school uniform, not like another student at Hongdae high school. Seem like she is a new transfer’s student from another high school in city.
“today we have a new friend from Seoul high school, starting from today she will be one of Hongdae students. I hope you will be a good friend with her” said woman’s teacher who standing in front of the class.
“please introduce yourself”
“annyeonghaseyo... my name is Song Ji Hyo... I come from Seoul high school, my father transfered to this village because of his job and we live together in our grandma’s house, nice to meet you” said Ji Hyo introduce her self with a cheerfull smile and her big eyes.
“beautiful ...” one of male student whispering to his friend.
“this is will be hard for Ji Hyo, remembering she should move to another school when she was at the third class. That’s why I hope you guys can help her to adaptation with our school soon” said teacher to her students
“yes mam..” replied students
“maybe our facilitation isn't as complete as and as good as your old school, but I hope you didn’t lose your spirit to study” said teacher to Ji Hyo.
“yes mam, I will do my best” said Ji Hyo with full of smiling face.
“okay ... you can take an empty seat near Lizzy.” Teacher appoint girl with her long hair who sit next to the window. Lizzy give her smile to Ji Hyo for greeting, and without waste any of time Ji Hyo take her seat and start to follow her class in her new school.
“anyyeong... my name is Lizzy” said Lizzy friendly to her new friend.
“I’m Ji Hyo...” replied Ji Hyo politely.
“I think you must be little annoyed since you have to move from your great school at city...”said Lizzy initiating a conversation.
“anniya... since childhood I was born in this village, our family move to Seoul when I was 11 years, I just live in Seoul for 6 years” explained Ji Hyo.
“ah.. geuraeyo? So you live in this village longer than in Seoul? That’s good, so we can be a good friend right?” asked Lizzy to Ji Hyo.
“ofcourse” answered Ji Hyo enthusiastic.
After their concise introduction, Ji Hyo and Lizzy switch their attention back to lesson.
Hongdae high school is a big high school in Yoochun village. There isn’t many of school in this village. Yoochun is located in the southern region of Korea. This village is far away from Seoul city where Ji Hyo’s family lived before. Because of her father’s business purposes, Ji Hyo’s family should come back to Yoochun village. Ji Hyo’s mother is a Yoochun village’s resident, meanwhile Ji Hyo’s father is a Seoul’s citizen. Yoochun village is a very fertile and beautiful village with almost of region is surrounded by high mountains and large and long river. When rainy season come, this village will washed by rain almost of everyday that make a colder atmosphere than another atmosphere in other areas that far away from the mountains.
After completion of the first period lesson, Lizzy suggest Ji Hyo to walk around the school. Both of girl are walk around from canteen, computer’s room and library. Lizzy took Ji Hyo into the library and walked to the corner of the library that has a wide window. The library was on the 3rd floor of the building.
“this place is really perfect place to study, you can see everything from this place the example is that river and also that mountain” said Lizzy enthusiasticly appoint a flow river far in front of her with mountain background through the frosted glass window because of the dew of rainfall. Ji Hyo follow Lizzy’s gaze and her sight is focused at flow river that looked calm and clear which is outside of the concrete fence of the school across the highway.
“so beautiful, it must be more beautiful if it’s not rain” said Ji Hyo amazed.
“you’re right. If it rain like right now, the ground around the river is slick, you have to really carefull when you pass there” said Lizzy warning Ji Hyo.
“is that a halte bus? But why I can’t see even once bus pass by?” ask Ji Hyo curiously.
“the halte was not used since long time ago, our village is so small and no one who use the bus, that’s why the operation of bus was stoped.” Explain Lizzy to Ji Hyo.
“ah I see...” said Ji Hyo nodding.
Ji Hyo’s eyes focused to the unused halte bus, somehow that place give a different mean to her. From far away she like see a student is sitting alone on the halte glaring the ground. The student wear a Hongdae uniform.
“what’s he doing there? Isn’t it still
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