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Chapter 10 - THE COUNT

The count for the csat has started and only two weeks left for the students to prepare for their entry exam, everyone is anxious about it, Hyun-ki and the three others have made a study group for themselves so they can study together and help each other especially that they have applied to the same university, they keep studying every night at school after the classes end they also started to prepare for the test exam that their school will do to them in the next week. In the afternoon after the classes end the students went to have a quick break, while everyone is going out to take their break Hyun-ki stayed in the classroom, Hyun-ae saw him and she went to him and asked him why he is not taking the break he told her it's fine and that he still needs to check some questions when he told her that Hyun-ae went from smiling to surprised and she asked him with a laughing face

"Are you also stressed about the entry exam, that's new"

Hyun-ki laughed and told her that he is human so it's normal, the stress is the one that will make him pass it and ace it, he also told her

"I think you become relaxed, I think you're that confident of passing it I think you don't need my help anymore if you are that confident, because if that the case then I should stay at home and prepare by myself"

Hyun-ae, her face was like it was hit by something and got shocked or what he said and started trembling and told him that she thinks she'll go to check something in the answer sheet she thinks she forgot something, Hyun-ki started laughing and told her to bring him her answer sheet he'll take a look at it and help her see her errors, so two kept studying alone and while Hyun-ae was revising her things and looking at the book Hyun-ki started looking at her and smiling, while those two were still studying in the classroom Mun-hee was sitting in the backyard of the school and looking at the sky Mi-cha saw him and went to him and then she called him but he didn't answer her when she got close to him she saw him looking out of it, when Mi-cha saw him dozing and looking at the sky she lifts her head toward the sky and said

"The starts are started rising and they are looking good, everything is going to end soon, and a new journey will start in our life"

Mun-hee heard someone he didn't realize that Mi-cha is the one behind him when he turned and saw her she put her head down and she looked at him and smiled, Mun-hee smiled and started looking a little red and he turned back and looked at the sky and said in his mind how she is so beautiful then he said out loud

"This night they will be a lot of stars but there one who started shining lately in my eyes a lot I like her"

Mi-cha looked at him and smiled and said if it's real and that she would like to see that star, then ou of nowhere she apologized to Mun-hee, the last got shocked and he turned fast toward her and asked her what she is apologizing for, she told him that she is sorry about that time when she got angry and started yelling at him she told him that Hyun-ae is the only friend she has so she needs to pprotect her, Mun-hee smiled and told her that it's alright because he can relate to what she said because for him there is only one friend and it is Hyun-ki, then when she heard say it was Hyun-ki she asked him how they did became friends they don't look the same, Mun-hee told her it's a long story butg to make it short he was saved by him and even that Hyun-ki was a need for help that time and support he didn't bother to ask for anything from him because at that tme Mun-hee was being used by the people who call themselves his friends they ust wanted his money but he had no solution at that time he had to be with people, Mi-cha got surprised and aked him if he is sure he is talking about the cold Hyun-ki that is studying in the same classroom as them, but he smiled and said to her

"He may seem cold but if someone else has lived his life, he may become not just cold but maybe a criminal or killed himself, that guy that you are calling cold have hardships more than we think"

Mi-cha answered by saying that everyone has their own hardship but he just doesn't show it up, like you right now your hiding the fact that you are suffering inside, Mun-hee started tearing and he smiled and said

"I think I couldn't hide it in front of you, your quite something, I think it's time to go back to the classroom we need to keep studying if we want to pass the exam"

Mi-cha didn't say anything more and she went with Mun-hee back to the classroom. When they entered the classroom they finds Hyun-ki sitting and revising his books but the surprising thing is that Hyun-ae was sleeping and her head was in Hyun-ki's shoulders they looked like a real couple, Hyun-ki saw the two enter and they called them to come and sit so they can continue their revision, at the moment when he called them Hyun-ae woke up and then she noticed that she was laying at his shoulders and she got surprised and when she turned she got more shocked because she finds the other two sitting and looking at her that when Mun-hee made fun at her and said to her

"Oh, you woke up I think you had a good sleep, nice"

Hyun-ae started blushing a little and got angry at Mun-hee and told him that he should keep revising and looking at his book if doesn't want to die, Mi-cha smiled a little when Hyun-ae said that then Hyun-ae saw her and got a little disappointed and told not her too, that when Hyun-ki jumped and said that it's enough from laughing and that they should start focusing in revising and that he'll give them some question sheet so they need to bring the answer tomorrow and to make it fun and make them serious about it he'll make a challenge for them, and the challenge is the loser should but the three winners launch and dinner for tomorrow, the winners will be decided by the number of the correct answers they got, when he said that surprisingly everyone got serious and started focusing on their studies at that moment, Hyun-ki started laughing and said

"That good, how nice is it to study in a calm place"

But unfortunately, the calm has broken down when a lot of students came to the classroom and it started getting noisy, Hyun-ki started getting angry and said to the others that it's enough for today and he told them that because tomorrow he is not going to come to school and that he will start studying at his home, Mun-hee asked him why is he going to study alone from now on but Hyun-ki told him that they are welcome to come and he just can't study in a noisy place like that, Mun-hee asked him about the two if he came to his house what about the others, Hyun-ki answered him with a laugh

"Didn't you hear me I said every one of you is welcomed to come if you want"

Mi-cha jumped and asked him if it's okay with his family if they come, when she asked that question Mun-hee jumped and made her stay quiet and told her don't ask those questions, when Hyun-ki heard her he friezed in his position for a second then he turned toward her and said to her

"Like I said everyone is welcomed, and to answer your question, no my family will not say anything because I live alone"

Then Hyun-ki went out of the classroom and then Mi-cha turned looking angry at Mun-hee and said what's his problem to stop her from talking then Hyun-ae answered her simply by saying that Hyun-ki doesn't have a family in the first place that's why she shouldn't ask that question to him, Mi-cha got surprised and she turned her head toward the door of the classroom and started thinking

"So you are a really lonely one, like how you look is this the hardship that Mun-hee told me bout or do you have more stories to tell Hyun-ki"