The next day at school, Hye Rin arrived at the school gate accompanied by her father.
Saying goodbye and walking into her classroom.
The school camping event was only a few days away.
The school atmosphere was very calm, supported by the bright and beautiful skylight.
The long-haired girl with her distinctive bangs greeted some of her friends who were also entering the school.
Breaking the students' focus when they saw her.
"Beautiful"
That was something that other students often said while whispering to each other.
Walking down the classroom hallway and seeing a group of students sitting in front of the class.
Seo Joon's friends.
Hye Rin lowered her head in shame, confused about how to respond to the incident she was seeing.
Should she smile friendly at them?
Or keep walking and just ignore it?
On the one hand, she didn't want to be considered too coquettish in front of many male students, but on the other hand, they were Seo Joon's close friends.
Hye Rin saw him from a distance walking slowly.
And glanced at them and smiled slightly as a sign of greeting them.
They returned Hye Rin's friendly smile.
"My guess was wrong; luckily, I greeted them otherwise. They would have thought I was arrogant and told Seo Joon"
Hye Rin walked towards her desk.
And the learning activities went on as usual.
The only difference was the ongoing subject, which Hye Rin was not too interested in.
No.
Not because the subject was complicated.
But because the teacher was annoying and sometimes annoying.
Often giving a lot of sudden assignments and making quizzes that they hadn't even studied.
Maybe he thought the students had a brain capacity of 1 TB that could easily remember and understand all the material that hadn't even been taught before.
After playing at her house last night, today Hye Rin didn't see Seo Joon among her group of friends.
Where was Seo Joon?
Did he not go to school today because something happened to him last night after coming home from my house?
Hye Rin wondered but still with a face that seemed to not care.
Min Ah walked towards Hye Rin's desk with her friend in another class that Hye Rin didn't know.
"Seo Joon is playing basketball on the court, do you want to see him?"
The break had just started, and Hye Rin seemed not in the mood to do anything, even to go to the canteen for lunch.
But when Min Ah asked her to see Seo Joon, her mood suddenly improved drastically.
"Let's go"
Hye Rin then got up from her chair and walked out of the classroom with Min Ah and her friend.
Sure enough, it turned out that Seo Joon was at school today.
But it was only that he was not visible from the morning of his appearance.
Hye Rin watched him from a distance, seeing his face, and then their gazes met.
But there was no response from Seo Joon that was related to Hye Rin.
Even when Hye Rin made a move to get his attention, Seo Joon still acted as if nothing had happened between them.
Hye Rin thought maybe Seo Joon was no longer interested in approaching her.
Or maybe there was another girl that he liked at another school.
Seeing Seo Joon, who seemed busy with his activities, Hye Rin decided to go back to her class and just wanted to listen to music on her iPod during the class break.
Remembering Seo Joon's indifferent and cold attitude towards her made her even more disgusted and amused.
However, Hye Rin felt sad that she was just too big with her expectations.
Dong Hyun, who saw Hye Rin alone at her desk, approached her and gave her chocolate that he had brought from home, especially to give to Hye Rin.
Hoping that there was still a chance to get closer to her.
However, Hye Rin's response was increasingly indifferent to him.
Instead of giving up, Dong Hyun wanted to get closer to her, and Hye Rin made him even more curious.
September 23rd, Hye Rin's birthday.
Even though there was no significant celebration, just greetings and a birthday cake that Hye Rin's mother made for her, it felt special to her.
Her family was always happy and joined in celebrating Hye Rin's increasing age.
"Gomawo Appa, Omma, Ji Hye"
When they arrived at school, some of her friends congratulated Hye Rin on her birthday.
And, of course, they found out from Min Ah and Chang Mi.
Dong Hyun also joined in saying and giving Hye Rin a gift.
Giving a bunch of pink and white flowers in harmony with a ribbon attached to the flowers.
"Happy birthday, Hye Rin. Hope you like it, these are your favorite flowers, pink and white"
Dong Hyun gave it to her with his best smile, wide and happy.
Giving it to her when Hye Rin had just arrived in class.
Then Dong Hyun added a poetic sentence that made the ears of those who heard it goosebumps.
"Hye Rin, please keep these flowers in your room, so that when you miss me you can just look at these flowers"
Maybe Dong Hyun was joking, or maybe he was serious, but what is certain is that when he heard Dong Hyun say that, his other friends immediately laughed at him because they felt amused by his words.
Hye Rin became very uncomfortable.
"Just flowers are like that, let alone a wad of money"
"Does he think that by giving me flowers in my favorite color, he will melt and like him again?"
"Not at all"
Hye Rin muttered in her heart.
Dong Hyun's gift was not that funny.
Something more disgusting happened on her birthday, Bong Gu with an attitude that did not feel guilty at all.
Coming to Hye Rin's house gave her a big brown teddy bear, hoping that all his mistakes would be forgiven and Hye Rin would come back as his girlfriend.
A white sedan shone its lights towards Hye Rin's bedroom window, confidently creating a romantic moment on her birthday.
Hye Rin's father, who felt disturbed, then came out of the house and reprimanded him.