Koi No Yokan ___ Inevitable Love

11.The perks of childhood

This is the point when Han seojun arrived there, he stopped at a distance when he saw her talking on the phone, though he could still hear what she was saying "Arraso Arraso! I'll share the hot packs with him, dae! dae! You are right he is susceptible to cold, Ok omma take care and thank Emmo on my behalf as well for taking care of you so well" Ji-ah said as she hung up. On the other side, Min ju cut off the line and sighed, "You shouldn't hide it from the kids, it's their right to know" Mi hyang asked Min ju, who shook her head in disagreement "It's their right to be happy and carefree"

Han seojun heard the last bit of her conversation, "So that's why she did that last night? - he scoffed- what was I even thinking? of course, halmeoni told her about it, why would she notice that otherwise," but why was he disappointed? Shaking off this feeling he walked up to her. "I didn't know you were so obsessed with me?' his voice took her by surprise, she wiped her tears quickly and looked at him as he sat beside her on the grass "What makes you think like that?" she asked him "Look at your face, talking to halmeoni about how much you like me that you can't stop crying," he said with his iconic self obsessed smirk. "She is the one obsessed with you actually," Ji-ah said and they both chuckled "Is she doing ok?" he asked genuinely this time "Yeah! she's staying at your place and your omma is taking good care of her" she spoke looking at her feet. He nodded and spoke up again "Don't worry about that stupid question earlier " his face was serious and his voice laced with care. She looked at him, he knew about her parents, she was kind of expecting it "You know?" she asked him and he nodded "Not everything but I know that they are not in this world anymore, halmeoni was devastated when it happened three years ago, she was not herself for months but thankfully she got in touch with you and went back to normal eventually"

"Gumawo! for taking care of her all these years, when her own family didn't do anything for her," Ji-ah said looking down at her feet. "Ani! I should be the one thankful, after my father.. he hesitated to continue "I know, you don't have to say it" Ji-ah didn't let him complete "Gosh! is halmeoni a secret agent!? reporting information back and forth" He said and they both chuckled. Han seojun thought that he has been chuckling a lot lately, meanwhile, Ji-ah was thinking the same thing that he makes her laugh at simple things so effortlessly. He was watching her and her laughter reminded him of the day she rode his bike and she handled it so well. "Yah!? You still owe me some answers" Han seojun told her, she made a confused expression "About what?' she asked him. "Who taught you to drive a bike?" he asked her. Technically she didn't owe him any answers because he double-crossed her like a cunning fox and showed her photos to halmeoni right away, but she didn't want to ruin the moment so she answered his question right away, "It was the last year of middle school, My friend taught me how to ride his bike, my mom was always busy working so I used to sneak out of the house at night and learned to drive a bike when the handle buzzes under my fingers it reminds me that I'm living. It's such a small thing but you feel that tingle in your fingers and the grumbling sound of the bike's engine drowns every other noise around you I just loved it back then and I still do it's one of those few perks of childhood that I got to enjoy" she told him with a sad smile, her eyes distant reliving those moments in her head, as he stared at her face and studied these details about it. Her description is so similar to what he would describe his feelings if anyone asked him why he likes to ride his bike, This conversation made him feel connected to her somehow. She turned to look at him and found his eyes already on herself, he got a bit flustered and looked away " Ah! The Sun's going down, we should head back" she said diverting her gaze from his to avoid the awkwardness, he also cleared his throat and they both went back to the camping site.

Han seojun and Ji-ah were on their way back to the tents when they ran into Kim chorong, he was wearing a flashlight on his forehead with a tripod in his hand. The rest of the guys around him were whining about something. "Where are you guys going?' Han seojun asked kim chorong "We are going to the spooky well in the forest, I'm going to make a video of that ghost and upload it on youtube, it will get so many views," Kim chorong said excitedly while the other guys protested. "Hwang ji-ah why don't you tag along?" Man sik asked her "Sure, that sounds fine, there's nothing much to do here anyway" but Kim chororng spoke up "Ani! you shouldn't come with us the ghost steals pretty faces" "That's right, it steals only pretty faces, she can go easily without any trouble" Han seojun said, Ji-ah glared at him "Why don't you come along then?" she asked him "Didn't you hear him? The ghost will kill them all for my face " Han seojun bragged about his looks, "Ahh I see! So you are saying that you're scared" Han seojun laughed loudly taking her by surprise in a split second his expression changed into a serious one "Where's the well?" he said and led the way.

They went into the forest together, all the guys were asking Kim chorong to change his mind but he didn't budge, Han seojun was now walking behind them with Ji-ah by his side since she was not walking as fast as the others so he slowed down his pace in order to make sure that she doesn't get left behind. "Your shoelaces are not tied," Ji-ah told him, "Are you worried that I'll fall and get a bruise on my handsome face? But I'll still look better than you " he bragged as he bent down to tie his shoelace, Ji-ah just scoffed at his arrogance. Due to his stupid laces, they were left behind by the others, "The well is here, where did they go?" Han seojun said then they heard the rustling of leaves, both of them turned their heads to look where the noise was coming from, it was pretty dark so Ji-ah tried to turn on the flash in her mobile but accidentally she turned on the video recording and exactly at that same moment a girl dressed in a white dress, jumped down from a tree, her face not clearly visible, she ran past them and Han seojun got so frightened that he fell to the ground and fainted. It all happened so fast that Ji-ah couldn't make sense of anything but the scene recorded on her phone was hilarious.

Han seojun felt water splashing on his face, "Yah! Han seojun" he woke up and was greeted by Ji-ah's eyes peering into his. He was laying with his head on her lap, her face was too close to his, he kept staring into her eyes, then his eyes roam around her face and he noticed her horrified expression, he sat up "Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked her in a confused tone, "Your face, it's gone", her voice was wavering and her expressions getting worse with every passing second "What?' he asked, touching his face with his hands "The ghost stole your face away!! Ottoke? - She cupped his face, mourning loudly- What will I tell halmeoni? " if he was being honest han seojun was also getting worried now, "Yah ! cut the crap" he said, trying to sound unbothered and annoyed but internally he was a little terrified " You don't believe me? Here have a look, I accidentally recorded a video" she directed her phone screen towards him and the video of him getting scared and falling to the ground played on a loop,

Han seojun was fuming, he tore his eyes away from the screen to look at her, Ji-ah was trying very hard to hold in her laughter but she couldn't do it anymore and burst out laughing at his expression, "Jinjaa!? You should have seen the look on your face, I can't believe you fell for it Ahh!! how can you be so lame- she kept laughing hysterically- "Yah! delete it" Han seojun tried to snatch the phone from her but she was quick on her feet and ran away from the scene, waving the phone in the air to mock him, "Yah ! Hwang ji-ah give that to me!' he shouted "Over my dead body" She said in a sing-song voice as Han seojun chased her, her laughter echoing in the deep silence of the gloomy forest that didn't sound so gloomy anymore.