"So, I'll give one chance to explain" Soomin wiped her eyes with the sleeve of her hoodie as she pulled up the hood
"Listen, first, hurting you wasn't my intention and it will never be—" he looked away elaborating the right words to explain the situation "second, I wasn't the one that kissed Young-Hee, she was the one that did everything. You just arrived at the wrong moment, right after you ran away, I pushed her away...."
"But that still doesn't explain why she kissed you" Soomin scoffed while playing with the laces of her hood
"How can I explain it.... let's say that her company is helping ours from bankrupt"
"Let's say..? Is this an excuse you made up now?" Jungwon quickly shook his head
"It's the truth! I swear! It's just hard to explain the whole situation in a easy way" the girl looked in his eyes trying to find the hint of lies but couldn't find any, the only thing that could be seen was desperation to make it up to her
"Soomin-sshi, please, I will do everything to make you forgive me"
Soomin suddenly started giggling, making the soon-to-be-father confused "what's funny..?"
The pregnant girl stopped laughing but her smile never left her coral lips "we're acting as if we're in a relationship when we're nothing more than two people that are accidentaly having a baby together"
Jungwon sighed, how badly he wanted them to step ahead than just acquaintances
"And you don't want to be more than that..?" Soomin's smile dropped
Of course she wants, but she just feels like it's better to stay like that
"W-What do you mean...?" The boy sighed and held her hands even if the hoodie covered them "shouldn't we... start to date or something?"
"For the baby of course" he added, a other lie, how many lies will he had to tell her until he can finally express his love for her without any excuse?
It wasn't for the baby, it was for her. He wanted to take care of her and stick by her side until he can, sounds cliché but it's the truth
He's young but, the romantic feelings he grew for the adorable girl the past years were speaking for him every time she's around
"I don't know, should we?"
"or should we just step ahead to the final stage?"
"Final stage..?"
Soomin nodded as her smile came back "you know, more than acquaintances, more than friends, more than best friends..." his dimples showed up as his lips curved "you mean... boyfriend and girlfriend?"
The girl nodded "only if you're ok with it—" Jungwon didn't let her finish as his soft lips met hers, making the butterflies in her stomach fly
Smiling trough the kiss, Soomin took his hand and intertwined her fingers with his
The soon-to-be-father wrapped his other arm around her
Both were now a blushing mess as the people that passed by the apartment looked at them with some kind of sweetness because of what they heard
Guess, people don't know how to mind their own business these days
The two pulled away as Soomin looked away to prevent to blush even more than how she already was "So it's a yes?"
The male hugged her "It's a yes"
The next day, the news about the two having a baby spreaded around the whole school as even the teachers somehow knew about their personal life now
"Ms.Park and mr.Yang, I need to talk to you" the two lovers looked at eachother with fear in their eyes, if the teachers will ask them to abort the baby just like how happened to a girl, they wouldn't even know how to react
"So I heard that you're having a baby together?" Ms.Jeong looked at the two as her brow raised "is that right?"
Jungwon and Soomin hesitantly nodded scared about what might happen next "I know how scary having a child is, and as much as I don't want to ask you this, the principal personally told me to tell you this..." ms.Jeong sighed
"You need to have an abortion.." the girl's hand covered her mouth
"W-Why ms.Jeong?" Ms.Jeong took her hand and caressed it trying to comfort the girl on the verge of tears
"I tried my best to explain this, but every teacher thinks that with a baby to take care of the student will not focus on school. I explained that it was impossible but it was all useless.." Jungwon hugged Soomin and rubbed her back
"And there isn't any way we could keep the baby..?" Ms.Jeong shook her head "ms.Park, I will try my best to convince the principal again. I know how it hurts to kill an innocent life"
"But does that means that if I want to keep the baby I have to enroll from school?" Ms.Jeong nodded
"Sadly, yeah"
Jungwon kissed her cheek and whispered "it's ok Soomin-ah, we will find a way to keep it"
Ms.Jeong felf pitiful, she felt pitiful more than anyone else
She was the girl that was asked to have an abortion, and she could continue her studies only if she did
So she killed an innocent baby for her career, she felt a monster
And she feels a monster again asking the two soon-to-be-parents to kill their child
At least, Soomin had the father by her side
"Ms.Jeong, what happened to the other girl? Did she aborted her baby?" The woman looked down and nodded "she did, mr.Yang, she aborted her baby. She felt a monster because she chose her career for an innocent life and skipped a year of school because of depression"
"But I promise you will keep going to school without doing anything to your child"
"You may go now.." the couple left the classroom with an heavy heart
"So that's it? We need to have an abortion?" Jungwon hugged her tigh
"We won't ok? Stop thinking negative Soomin-ah, we should not tell anyone until we're sure. Ms.Jeong said that she will try her best to let our little bean live. And if you have to enroll from school, I'll enroll with you"
"You can't give up your studies for me Jungwon-ah, I won't let you"
"plus, it's your parents' decision wheter you'll keep going to school or not until you turn 18"
"Stop being smart Soomin-ah, you make me feel dumb~" Soomin smiled
"Shall we go eat lunch now? I'm sure you're hungry" The pregnant girl nodded before dragging her boyfriend to the cafeteria