I started to worry a bit, but suddenly I heard barking coming from the kids' playground. When I went there, I saw children sitting on the grass while one of them was stroking Bam's back gently. But neither the children nor Bam grabbed my attention.
It was the girl around whom the children were sitting that caught my eye. She didn't look like a Japanese woman, though. Wearing a floral frock and her long hair playing with the breeze, her gentle voice was enacting stories for the kids in the cutest way possible; it was a breathtaking view.
I stood there and admired her beauty, which I didn't realize when the story got over and the kids left for home. It was only Bam, her, and me. She gave Bam some treats and told him to go back to his owner before taking her bag and leaving the park.
Bam ran back to me and started licking me all over my face. From there, we headed home, but for some reason, I couldn't get myself to stop thinking of 'her'.
The next day
Another day at college But today was a bit different. As I was on my way to the next class, I heard a sound coming out of the auditorium. I slowly entered. The same eyes, the same hair, the same voice, the same girl I saw at the park yesterday... She was singing a song in a language I didn't quite understand. I decided to talk to her this time.
Tanjiro: Excuse me?
??: Yes?
Tanjiro: Are you a new student?
??: Yes…
Tanjiro: What's your name?
??: Sol…
After talking to her for a few days, I came to know she was from Korea. Explains why she didn't have a Japanese look. And the song she was singing was Korean. She was 2 years younger than me, and she was studying criminology. She has a good sense of humor and was also good at studies.
We got along very well. Day by day, we started to spend more and more time together. I would always seek her advice for any problem I had, but at the same time, she was also fun loving and carefree.
She loved children so much, so often, we spent time in the park where I first saw her, or combine studying. Days went by so fast, maybe coz I was having fun being with her. But I don't know why I started getting jealous to see her with other men. I didn't like it one bit.
Karma wouldn't miss the chance to tease me at these times. I also noticed that he had a weird kind of relief after meeting Sol. When I first introduced Sol to him, he was so shocked that it was as if I had introduced him to a serial killer. I wondered if they had met before, but both denied it.