metanoia ; dahbum

one

"straighten your arms!" the strict professor shouted, dahyun flinched.

how long must i stay like this? she thought. as time passed by, 5:50 pm jaebum arrived at the empty classroom to see a kneeling dahyun & a sitting professor.

jaebum sighed, why is she so stubborn? and if we're classmates i could've taken care of her.

6 pm, dahyun's punishment was over. and jaebum went inside to fetch her. they also bid goodbye to the oh-so scary ms. shin.

"kim dahyun look at me." jaebum softly said but dahyun was too shy to even show a finger to him.

"i'm s-sorry.." she said.

"i'm not angry at you." as he said that the girl immediately showed joy to his face, "but please, please, please stay out of trouble. it hurts me to see you in an empty room doing those things."

"yes! i promise!" you could see the joy in her face as she said sticking out her pinky finger. jaebum only laughed to himself locking both of their pinky fingers.

"want to go get some shaved ice? your arms seem hurt."

"yes of course!! your treat! let's go." the small girl shouted as she pulled jaebum's arm.

"but seriously, you should really focus on your studies."

"naaahhhhh. kneeling and  putting my arms up for more than an hour is better than reading books. my head hurts just imagining it." the girl cringed, not because of both the idea of reading books and the effect of cold shaved ice that caused brain freeze.

jaebum sighed, "what am i going to do with you. what if i go to college next year. i won't be able to see you often. you'll be having a hard time and  i'm not there to comfort nor tutor you."

"it's okay, nayeon is there for me. she'll cheer me up, acting as you!" dahyun giggled only to see jaebum into a serious face.

"okay chill, i was just joking. tomorrow we have a test, want to tutor me???"

"no. i also have my priorities dahyun."

"ah," she thanked the lady for serving her second shaved ice. "then i'm going to fail my test. i'm going to receive punishment again and you have to wait for more than fifteen minutes outside the classroom and-"

"okay fine. when you arrive at home call me, anyways what's your test tomorrow?"

"literature." and as expected jaebum could only slap his face.

-

"thank you so much!" dahyun hugged the tall figure as she ran outside of her room.

jaebum ruffled her hair, "how was it?"

"all the things you taught me came out of the test! thank you!" she said sending finger hearts to him that made the taller one's heart flutter.

"i told you, it's easier when you study. so, do you plan to do it more often?"

"only if you treat me shaved ice everytime." she winked.

"okay fine, want to get some now?"

the small girl nodded as a response.

"uhhm, those girls at my room they keep on talking about you. i'm so jealous." she said,
sulking that made jaebum burst into laughter.

"what????" she said.

"ahhh, you're so cute what am i going to do with you." pinching dahyun's cheeks that turned into tomatoes.

"but seriously they're head over heels for you! they talk about how your eyes disappear when you laugh, how you play basketball, how smart you are and especially how you're unlucky to be my boyfriend.."