I was lying down on my bed, when my phone rang.

It was Songjoo.

"Hello?" I said.

"Hanaaaaa!" Songjoo whined

I laughed and replied, "What happened Joo?"

We had kept nicknames for each other.

Eunbyeol/Eunbi was Byeol but she wanted to be called Eun instead.

I could understand her, she was not Eunbyeol.

So she wanted to be called Eun instead.

Shijin was Jin-jin.

Songjoo was Joo

While I was Hana.

I was going to tell them to call me Hani but for some reason I remembered Taekwang with a pout and how he asked me if he was the only one who knew about that nickname except my grandma and that cute smile of his.

A smile erupted on my face.

"Hana? You there?" Songjoo asked

"Yeah! What happened?"

"I am bored."

I grinned

"So, want to come over?" I asked

"Nah! What about we go shopping." She replied

"Okay. I will tell Eunbyeol."

"Ok then we three will meet you at the shopping mall."

"Three?" I asked confused.

"Yeah, me, Shijin and Soyeong."

"Soyeong, as in the girl in our class?" I confirmed

"Yeah"

"The one will long hair." I asked as I slowly got up.

"Yah! Hana there is only one Soyeong in our class."

"I know but...." I said

"Pleaseeeeee." She whined.

"Okok." I agreed rather reluctantly.

After the call ended, I got up from the bed and went into the washroom.

While showering, I remembered my conversation with Taekwang.

"I am scared that you will hate me."

My eyes widened.

'Hate him?'

'What does he mean by that?'

"Why will I hate you?" I asked confused.

Tears fell from his face.

"I am scared that you will leave me." he said

I frowned.

He looked down.

I pinched his chin and tilted it up so that he was looking at me

His eyes were red.

"I will never leave you. So get that thought out of your head." I said looking into his eyes.

He looked into my eyes without blinking.

His eyes flickered to my lips and he started to lean in.

My eyes widened again......

I quickly closed my eyes and squeezed them tightly.

After a few seconds, I felt a hand over my lips.

I opened my eyes and saw Taekwang kissing the other side of the hand.

His eyes closed as well.

He slowly opens his eyes and says,

"Don't worry, I won't kiss you without your permission." He said with a small smile.

'EHHHHHHH!'

'Who says that?' I thought while scrubbing the shampoo on my scalp.

After taking my bath, I walked out of the bathroom and wore this outfit.

I walked out of the room and saw Eunbi dressed up as well.

"Ooh! You look good Eun!" I say while admiring her dress.

"Thanks Hana!" She replied while smiling.

We left the house and took a taxi.

When we reached the mall where we were supposed to meet.

We saw Shijin, Songjoo and Soyoung already there.

"Hey Eun!"

"Hey Hana!"

They greeted us as we said hey to them as well.

"So where do you want to go first?" Shijin asked.

"What about the arcade?" Eun said.

"The arcade?" Song joo asked.

"It has been ages since I last went."

Everyone nodded.

When we reached the arcade.

I was so hyped up that I literally ran inside.

Soyeong and Song joo shook their head while Eunbi and Shijin chuckled.

Looking at the different games and activities there, I couldn't help but feel excited.

I saw Soyeong, Songjoo and Eunbi standing and deciding which game to try first.

I couldn't see Shijin.

Then I saw Shijin in front of a bike racing game.

I go ahead and sit on one of the bikes and give Shijin a playful look.

"Jin jin, want to try?" I said while nudging my head to the game.

Shijin smirks as she sits down and says,

"Hana, you are going down."

I laugh.

"Sure, we will see."

Well someone did go down but it wasn't me.

"Hah!"

I smiled as Shijin pouted.

"What's next?" I ask

Eunbi pointed towards the strength test game.

We all tried doing it.

(The main objective of the game was we all will have a rubber hammer and we have to hit the certain spot so that the meter goes up. Anyone with the highest point wins. If you manage to make the meter go up to a certain point, then you win will the grand prize.)

Shijin, Songjoo, Eunbi and I stood on the side as Soyeong went first.

Soyeong pushes the button and waits for the game to start.

She takes the hammer at the

'Ping!'

The games started.

She takes a deep breath as we hold our breaths.

She takes the hammer back and hits the huge red button.

We all look at the meter as it goes up till the top and then suddenly stops a little above that certain point.

And the machines starts flashing different colors.

As if the heavens answered our prayers, Kang Soyeong had just won the Grand Prize.

Shijin and Songjoo cheered for Soyeong as Eunbi stood there staring in awe.

"How on earth did you do that?" Shijin asked

I have no idea. Soyeong said as she laughed.

I smiled.

The day went better than I expected. We all had fun.

Eunbi, Soyeong and I are still awkward but what I have come to know is this Soyeong is different from the Kdrama one.

We all exited the arcade and left for shopping.

After shopping, we exited the mall and were walking together hand in hand.

It was already dark.

This was the first time, I had enjoyed and laughed so much in a day.

While walking, we saw 3 girls ahead circling around something or rather someone.

"Yah!" the first girl sneered as she yanked a girl's hair.

"Didn't we tell you to not sit next to him anymore." she said

"I...I don't..." The girl was going to say something when the second girl with slapped her.

"Soyeong!" I heard somebody shout behind me.

When I looked back, I saw Soyeong on the ground squatting and hugging herself.

"Kang Soyeong?" The girls who were busy bullying were now looking at Soyeong.

"It is her." The second girl said.

"Hah!" The Kang Soyeong, what are doing here?"

"I never thought I will see you again."

Soyeong finally looked up.

We all saw her tear stained face.

She got up suddenly and ran away.

Songjoo, Shijin and Eunbi followed her.

I was still standing stiffly at my place.

I looked at their backs.

I heard a scoff and turned around to look at the bullies.

"Lucky you!" They said looking at the girl on the ground.

"We will leave you for today." They said as they pushed the girl for the last time and left in another direction.

I took a step forward towards the girl to help her up but stopped when she looked up at me.

She quickly got up and ran away.

I again stared at her back and sighed.

I stood there, alone under the dense darkness of the night, with a watery moon endeavoring to cast its light upon me.

The insects chirped; the grass swayed with the wind.

'What just happened?'

I looked up and saw the stars twinkling in the sky.

I looked down at the surroundings, and saw an outline of a figure behind the tree.

My eyebrows furrowed.

I took a step forward.

But suddenly my phone rang.

I looked at the brightened phone and saw Eunbi's name flashing.

I clicked the answer button and put the phone against my ear.

I looked in the direction of the tree again but saw no-one.

'That was weird."

"Hello!" I was brought back from my daze by Eunbi calling out my name.

"Hey!"

"Hey Eunha! Where are you?"

"Oh I....I am in the park." I said.

"The park?" She questioned.

"Yeah."

Not wanting to continue this conversation where this was going to head. I said,

"So how's Soyeong?"

"Ahh! She is alright now. She was crying the whole way." She said.

"Oh, is she alright now?" I asked.

"Yeah."

"We brought her to Songjoo's house. I told mom that we will be sleeping over here."

"Okay." I said.

"Come soon okay."

"Hmm."

"Shijin left though." She said.

Even though I couldn't hear her. I could feel her pouting.

I chuckled.

"Ohh!"

She sighed.

"Bye! Come soon."

"Yah bye."

"Bye." She replied

I sighed and cut the call.

It was 8:30 already.

Suddenly a realization struck me.

I closed my eyes in frustration.

'How am I supposed to know where Song joo's house is?'

Suddenly my stomach growled.

I looked around and saw that no one was there.

I sighed happily.

I walked in one of the directions leading out of the park.

After walking, I came across a convenience store.

I was about to enter when I saw somebody crying on the table with their head on the table.

I walked over to the table and said,

"Miss, are you okay?"

The person raised their head slowly.

My eyes widened.

'What the!'

Yours sincerely,

Jungkookie301