With tears in her eyes, Hyo Rin ran down the road to Tae Hee's apartment. When he arrived in front of the lobby he ran into Jae Seok who had just returned from the shop across the park and was about to enter the elevator. He also only looked at Hyo Rin who was standing next to him in the elevator, occasionally he only looked at Hyo Rin with a flat face. The elevator door opened, Hyo Rin went out first and headed straight to Tae Hee's apartment unit. Jae Seok just watched him from the elevator door which soon opened the door to Tae Hee's apartment unit followed by Tae Hee who came out wearing a white dress with very messy hair and moist eyes. Tae Hee immediately hugged Hyo Rin who was crying, her gaze immediately turned to Jae Seok who was standing looking at her. He smiled a little at Jae Seok and immediately took Hyo Rin inside.
"What happened?" said Jae Seok.
Tae Hee and Hyo Rin were seen laying down in a bathtub full of water with Tae Hee's hands still holding Hyo Rin who seemed dreamy, Tae Hee didn't ask her anything and just waited for Hyo Rin to start the story first.
"Tae Hee-ah, I shouldn't have come there," said Hyo Rin.
" Why? "
"No one respects me there, my mother is getting married and she didn't tell me earlier. When there even they thought they were having fun without me, I felt that I was lost in my own family" said Hyo Rin while holding her hand. head and cry.
Tae Hee was silent, he was just trying to calm Hyo Rin by hugging her and trying to forget what she was feeling right now. His eyes looked very tired, with heavy breathing he tried to pat Hyo Rin's shoulder and invited her to immediately sleep in her room.
The sun had already begun to show its rays, penetrated the window, and shone in Jae Seok's eyes which immediately made him wake up and immediately rushed and got ready to go to school. It's different with Tae Hee who is still sitting on the edge of the bed and looking at the window, it seems that there is no Hyo Rin who has left the apartment early in the morning. His face looks very tired from staying up all night to prevent anything from happening to Hyo Rin. He also started getting ready, when he passed the drying room he saw Yoon bin's hoodie that he was wearing yesterday afternoon, Tae Hee immediately put it in his bag and intended to return it directly to Yoon bin. Tae Hee came out of his apartment, he was surprised to see Jae Seok who was standing in front of his apartment door with his uniform removed.
"Do you know how long I've been standing here?" Jae Seok said while narrowing his small eyes.
"I don't know, and I don't want to know," said Tae Hee who immediately casually walked past Jae Seok.
Jae Seok, who was still standing in front of Tae Hee's apartment unit, quickly followed Tae Hee, who was already in the elevator. Jae Seok Namak just smiled at Tae Hee who deliberately let her hair loose, he also let Tae Hee walk in front of him just like when they were still close friends. He wants to ask Tae Hee about the problem that happened last night, but he thinks it will be better if he asks when he is at school later.
"Jae Seok-ah, do you mind if you have to take a public bus?" Tae Hee asked while stopping at a bus stop not far from the apartment.
"No, after all, if I'm lazy to ride my motorbike, I prefer to take the bus" Jae-Seok answered confidently.
"You haven't changed a bit," said Tae Hee who immediately smiled broadly which immediately made Jae Seok's laughter suddenly stop.
Not long after the bus came, they both got on the bus. The atmosphere on the bus at that time was crowded, they both had to stand up. Jae Seok who saw Tae Hee uncomfortable with the crowd on the bus immediately pulled him to stand near the window and was immediately covered by himself who was standing in front of Tae Hee.
The atmosphere of the school began to be crowded with students who had arrived at school, most of them were in the middle and starting training in the additional classes scheduled for today. Sooyeong seems to be waiting for Tae Hee in front of the school gate because today Tae Hee has promised to be a model in the painting class that Sooyeong participated in this morning. When he saw Tae Hee and Jae Seok coming together, he immediately waved his hand at the both of them, although when they both approached he felt strange because he saw Jae Seok who went with Tae Hee.
"Tae hee-ah you finally came, they've been waiting for you," said Sooyeong.
Soo Young also pulled Tae Hee's hand and left Jae Seok alone. The two of them immediately ran to the painting class. Before entering the painting class, Soo Young also gave him a Totten bag containing hanbok clothes and a make-up box complete with accessories that Tae Hee had to wear today. If today Tae Hee succeeds in making the painting class students produce a beautiful picture, then the school also has the opportunity to register one of the paintings from his school to participate in the national cultural competition.
Tae hee also looked in the mirror seeing his reflection in the hanbok that Soo Young gave him, he felt very awkward because he didn't really like makeup and wore feminine clothes to be seen by many people, he preferred to apply makeup to herself. Even so, he had promised Sooyeong to give the best in the class he led. Slowly by slowly Tae Hee put on her makeup, arranged her hair to look the same as a royal princess in the photo of her cellphone. After everything looks finished, he got out of the toilet and walked to the painting class. But halfway through, he met other students who immediately stared at him in silence. Not wanting to be the center of attention of other students, Tae Hee immediately rushed into the painting room. He opened the classroom door and immediately made the people who were in it speechless stare at him. Yoon Bin who was in the class immediately fell silent when he found out that Tae Hee had arrived.
"Tae hee-ah, you are so amazing. You look like a goddess," said Soo Young who was amazed by Tae Hee's appearance which was very different from usual.
"Thank you..." Tae Hee said shyly.
He immediately sat in the middle of the class and in a place that had been adjusted by today's theme. Tae Hee seemed to have lowered his face when he accidentally saw Yoon bin who was sitting right next to him, while Yoon bin who knew that even smiled while preparing paint on his painting fallet. Everyone in the class seemed to be concentrating on painting Tae Hee, much different from the situation outside which was heard noisy by students who wanted to see Tae Hee who was being painted through the window. Jae Seok who was walking with his friend even heard what the students who were crowding in front of him were talking about, but he didn't want to pay attention to what the students were fussing about.
"Yeah… you'll freeze when you pass her earlier, Tae hee SSI walked from the toilet and was right in front of me! She looks like a goddess who came down to earth right in front of me!" said one of the students which immediately made Jae Seok stop His steps were right by the classroom window.
Feeling curious about what the other students were fussing about, he immediately approached the classroom window and looked directly into the classroom that it was true what he saw was Tae Hee. He was silent looking at Tae Hee who was being a model in the painting class, he suddenly remembered what he saw last night. How Tae hee's face looks very tired with puffy eyes with the white dress he is wearing looks wet and the very worrying situation is in front of his eyes. It's different with Yoon bin who looks like he is smiling a little smile at Tae Hee which makes Tae Hee unable to reprimand him for fear of making other paintings messy because the object of his goal is moving.
Tae Hee suddenly thought about the situation at home when he didn't come home last night, whether his parents were still fighting or were they still silent as usual after the debate took place. It feels like the atmosphere at home is no longer like a family atmosphere anymore, because the ambitions of parents are so great and the bad experiences given in the past make Tae Hee not feel comfortable at home.
Without Tae Hee realizing that time has passed so quickly since he thought about the atmosphere of the house, the others seem to have almost finished painting themselves. The students who had finished the painting immediately thanked Tae Hee, he also seemed to smile kindly at everyone. Tae hee stood up from his place, he was about to hurry to change clothes and remove the makeup on his face, but Sooyeong quickly called him and told him to stay where he was because there would be a group photo session as a memento when he graduated later. Yoon bin who initially didn't want to take the photo was immediately pulled by Soo Young and stood next to Tae Hee. Once again they thanked Tae hee, but Soo Young who saw Yoon bin look suitable to take pictures beside Tae hee again told him to remain silent with Tae Hee to take a photo together.
Yoon bin was just silent when Soo Young told him to get closer to Tae Hee and smiled, the same thing with Tae Hee who immediately grimaced awkwardly at what his friend asked for. However, to make things pass quickly, they did what Sooyeong asked and produced some good photos that were taken by Soo Young.
After taking a photo with Yoon bin, Tae Hee immediately stood up and immediately took a Totten bag containing his uniform, and immediately walked out of the classroom. Instead of quickly getting to the toilet, Tae Hee was even confronted by a dozen students who were still standing waiting for him in front of the class. They all immediately surrounded Tae Hee and took his photo using their respective cell phones. Tae Hee, who couldn't get out of the crowd, was just silent and felt very annoyed, if he was rude to those who didn't know his purpose for revenge then it would only be the same and make him the same as Seol Ji.
Quickly Jae Seok, who was already wearing Taekwondo clothes, grabbed Tae Hee's hand, who was frozen, and left the crowd, Jae Seok was afraid that Tae Hee suddenly became like before, who was afraid that the people who surrounded her would disturb her and make her down. so he immediately escorted her to the toilet and waited for her outside. Even though Tae Hee told him not to wait for him, Jae Seok insisted on waiting for him. Tae Hee came out of the toilet and was already wearing his school uniform, Jae Seok who was leaning against the wall immediately straightened his body and looked mischievously at Tae Hee.
"What?!" Tae Hee said.
"No~ we'll go home together later… I want to invite you to have fun, I have to go to my class, don't approach the crowd anymore~" Jae Seok said as he walked away from Tae Hee who was still standing in front of the toilet.