Letihope

Part I

Please note that I'm an amateur writer, and that I'm doing this just for fun and to cheer my friend up. No mutual feelings, unfortunately. This is solely fictional.

Letitia was at home, doing her homework as usual. She didn't want to do math since it's her most hated subject, but she did it anyway. Her phone was buzzing due to the huge amount of spams in all of her group chats.

She isn't the popular type, as a matter of fact, she's quiet. Letitia doesn't look like she likes Kpop, but she has an avid addiction to it. Surprising, right?

The bands that she specifically likes are EXO and BTS. Biases? Chanyeol and Jhope respectively.

They didn't seem that "hot". Perhaps it was just me, since I'm not into such things. Anyway, this story isn't about me so let's carry on.

Letitia was almost done with her homework and finally could rest. Until her mother notified her that she had to go for tuition — 15 minutes later.

I pitied her, so much pressure on a 13-going-to-14 year-old. She also wasn't able to eat or drink cold things. I often wondered how she manages to chill herself. Probably by looking at pictures of Chanyeol and Jhope. I presumed that she likes Jhope more, though.

She accepted her fate and changed her clothes, preparing to leave for tuition. Letitia checked her phone and told us that she had to go for tuition and won't be able to be active for the next 2 hours.

I was quite saddened by that but it can't be helped, right?

She left her house. The clothes that she wore were a simple black shirt and a pair of jeans.

The only thing that mattered to me was that her jeans were way too big for her. She should get skinny jeans but that was my personal opinion.

As she walked to the bus stop, she saw a tall person looking at the bus directory. He was about, for say 177cm? I'm bad at estimations. She minded her own business, as any normal person would do.

Suddenly, he tapped on her shoulder and asked her instead. That moment, I thought that he wasn't sure about the directions — and I was right!

"Umm, 안녕하세요~ (annyeong-haseyo)" he said. Letitia figured out that he was Korean immediately. I mean, isn't that quite obvious?

At that moment, she stopped him right there and said, "죄송합니다, (joesong-hamnida) I don't understand Korean." Unfortunately, that was one of the most basic Korean phrases that she knew at that time. It mean sorry, or excuse me in a polite manner.

She made use of that moment to look at his face. Funny how he resembled Jhope. She had a wild imagination and started to think that he was Jhope. It was quite impossible but everything's possible, right?

Letitia quickly took her phone out and google translated the phrase, "what is your name". She said it as it is. It may have been a wrong pronunciation but whatever.

His reply was, "정호석"
Jung Hoseok.