Chapter Twelve: Revealing the News

Jung Ho and I arrived back at school and still had a half an hour of lunch to go. We got out of the car and he had one arm around me as we entered the cafeteria. Everyone’s eyes turned to us and the cafeteria went silent.

“What are you all looking at?” he yelled. “Yeah, Yoon Ji Eun and I are going out officially. She has finally said yes!” he smiled. He kissed me on the cheek in front of everyone.

“Yah!” I yelled and everyone looked at me as if I was crazy. “I mean… uh… Yeah, we’re going out…” I groaned.

“See! So, she’s mine. No one better take her!” he frowned. Everyone began whispering and he followed me to my table where oddly, Ji Sung, Ji Hye, and Suk Jin were sitting with my friends. Jung Ho’s arm was still around me and we stood in front of our table as they stared.

“You’re kidding right?” Tae Hoon mumbled.

“No…” I murmured.

“So, it’s official?” Mi So asked. “You two are really going out? You actually agreed?”

“Yeah, Mi So,” Jung Ho butted in, “she did.”

“Agk. Yes…” I confessed.

“Wow Ji Eun, who knew that you would actually go out with him…?” Ji Sung mentioned.

“Yeah, I know. Who knew I would…”

“Change of heart?” Jae Wook asked.

“I guess.”

“So, you two must really be happy, especially you right Ji Eun,” Suk Jin smiled at me. Oh, he was so cute and nice. Why couldn’t he like me?! Why was it Jung Ho! Ahh!

“Ehh, yeah,” I gritted my teeth, trying to smile.

“Well, are you hungry?” Tae Hoon asked me.

“Tae Hoon, no need to worry about her anymore since she has me. You can stop being her boyfriend from now on,” Jung Ho said formally.

“Ehh, yeah. I’ll be right back. I’ll go get my lunch from my locker…” I said and stood up.

“Do you need me to accompany you my dear?” Jung Ho asked as he stood up.

“No, I can walk there. It’s just around the corner.”

“You sure?”

“Jung Ho… I’m not five years old. I’m fine.”

“Fine, I’ll sit here and wait for you. Hurry. We have a half hour left of lunch!” he exclaimed.

“Yeah,” I muttered as I walked away. I dawdled out of the cafeteria and out to the lockers. I went around the corner to the hallway where my locker was and I felt a presence behind me, but I thought I was feeling things since everyone was at lunch. I opened my locker and took out my lunch. As soon as I slammed it shut, a face popped up behind it. It was Suk Jin.

“Suk Jin?” I asked.

“Yeah,” he said with his sweet face.

“What are you doing here?”

“To come see you. You don’t really like him do you?”

“What? Why think that?” I asked.

“You left him within the first 10 minutes he confessed his claim to you. No one has ever done that before. Anyone who he’s ever talked to has stuck by him for at least another hour more. He’s a chick magnet… literally.”

“Eh… He’s a nice guy, I guess…” I hesitated.

“I know you don’t," he said confidently.

“So what’s it to you?”

“Just curious…” he said and looked off somewhere else.

“Okay, what ever. I’m going back to finish my…”

Brrringgg!

“What! I thought lunch didn’t end for another half hour,” I said looking at my watch. He looked over my shoulder at my watch.

“Your watch is fifteen minutes slow.”

“Oh…How did that happen…?” I mumbled to myself.

“Shall I escort you to class since your boyfriend is still at lunch and far away from here?” he asked politely.

“Uh, I guess, if you really want to…” I sighed. See how sweet he was? And he was much cuter, at least to me… We walked along side of each other and I heard a yell from down the hall that sounded quite familiar.

“Yah!” the familiar voice yelled. The entire hallway turned to look at who it was except for me. I ignored the call and went on.

“Yah! Ji Eun!” the voice yelled again. It was obviously Jung Ho’s voice. I ignored him and kept walking.

“Hey, Ji Eun,” Suk Jin whispered. He tugged on my shirt and turned me around.

“What?” I sighed. Jung Ho was standing down the hallway with a look that I couldn’t explain. It’s like he was smiling, but was angry at the same time, but mostly angry. Everyone’s eyes looked at him. He walked up to Suk Jin and me.

“What are you two doing together… without me?” he asked.

“I went to get my lunch,” I stated clearly. “He followed me,” I pointed to Suk Jin.

“I didn’t follow her, she begged me to come with her,” he said.

“Yah! Why are you making up lies?!” I asked.

“I’m not,” he let out a subtle laugh.

“Whatever. I’m going to class. I’m going to be late,” I said and walked off. Jung Ho grabbed my arm and stopped me.

“Yah! I said I was going to be late. The bell rung and my class is on the other side---.” I said Jung Ho looked at me sternly and grabbed me will full force and pushed me against his body. He wrapped his arms around me and began breathing really hard.

“You’re mine,” he whispered.

“What?!” I yelled and tried to get out of the grasp of his arm. I couldn’t see, but I felt a crowd of people staring at us and whispering.

“You’re mine and no one else’s. You better not flirt with anyone else,” he whispered.

“What…? Ahh! I can’t breef---!” I yelled. He finally let go of me. I coughed out all the saliva that went down my throat as I was trapped in his arms trying to search for air. I opened my eyes and I was right. A crowd of people surrounded us and so did our groups of friends.

“What are you all looking at?!” Ji Sung yelled. “Get to class!” Everyone scattered and rushed into their classes leaving us eight in the middle of the hallway.

“Okay, I’m going to take her to class,” Jung Ho smiled as he put his arm around me. I stood there trying to push it off.

“Yeah, we’ll see you later then,” Ji Sung yelled.

“Wait! Jung Ho! Come with me!” Ji Hye yelled.

“Shut up Ji Hye,” Ji Sung sighed. He grabbed her and dragged her along with Suk Jin next to him.

“Wait, Jae Wook is in my next class!” I stated. “Jae Wook, hurry up!” I yelled.

“Nuh uh,” Ji Sung nodded and grabbed him as well as he tried to come to me. “You’re going this way through the school.”

“Ji Eun!” he cried.

“Come on guys,” I said. “This is ridiculous.”

“No, just go,” Ji Sung suggested.

“Fine… bye then my dearest friends…” I said sarcastically.

“Shut up and let’s go. You’re too much of a drama queen,” Jung Ho sighed and dragged me along with him.

“Yeah, I’ve been told that…”

“What’s with you?” he asked.

“You never used to act like this. You used to turn red when I first came over to your house when you were still in middle school and I was in my first year of high school,” he smiled.

“I don’t remember this,” I pretended to yawn.

“Yeah, you did. I remember.”

“Whatever. Here, my class, get going. I’m already 20 minutes late,” I sighed as we stopped a few feet from the door.

“I can fix that,” he smiled.

“Ugh… what are you going to do now…?”

“Watch,” he grinned and walked in his arm still around me. Everyone’s eyes darted right on us, and the girls mostly on me with their evil stares. What did I do? I didn’t take their boyfriend since they didn’t even talk to him anyway…

“Excuse me Mr. Lee, how can we help you?” Ms. Kim asked.

“I’m sorry for having Yoon Ji Eun late to class today. I’ve been keeping her out to speak with her about some issues that I had to take care of. Especially now that we’re going out as you may all have heard---.” As soon as he said this, the guys’ eyes widened and the girl’s just kept their evil eyes on their faces. “And I needed to discuss some matters that involved her in it as you know, meeting my parents and all…” he grinned.

“What?! Meeting your parents?!” I yelled. The room went dead silent.

“Yeah, all my girlfriends meet them. But I usually wait a few months or so. With you, I’m going just going to bring you.”

“No. I’m not going.”

“Please, Ji Eun…” he said and had that face on that you couldn’t say no to. He had his puppy dog face on. I couldn’t refuse to say no.

“We’ll discuss this later…” I mumbled.

“Thank you sweetie,” he smiled and kissed me on the cheek. “Okay, thank you sir and classmates! I just wanted to let all of you to know! Bye!” he said and rushed out the door.

“Am I excused sir…?” I asked my teacher.

“Yes of course you are,” he smiled. “Please take your seat.”

“I went to the back and sat down next to Jae Wook.”

“What took you guys so long?” he whispered.

“That jerk took forever to walk around the hallway…”

“Oh…”

“Mr. Park and Ms. Yoon. Please pay attention!” Mr. Choi yelled.