Chapter 115

Chapter 115: Chapter 115
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Kwon Eun Hyung was confident about how well he could read other people’s emotions. It, somewhat, resulted from his childhood background. If he had a strand of hair that was out of place, he would receive severe criticism wherein people would say, ‘It’s because he wasn’t raised in a complete family.’ Therefore, to avoid the reproach, he had to read other people’s mind and behave upon that.
Since he lived that way, Kwon Eun Hyung thought that he was aware of Eun Jiho’s emotions to some degree. ‘Have I been wrong?’ Eun Jiho’s eyes just now were, however, such an unseen thing to Eun Hyung.
Yoo Chun Young’s soft glance and Eun Jiho’s deeply submerged eyes… Kwon Eun Hyung closed his eyes with a frown.
Suddenly, a strong premonition struck him. A long time ago, in the past, he sensed something crawling awkwardly within him when he saw the vividly red car disappearing into the fog at a slow pace. The strange feeling that he had at that time was now speaking to him; the retreat will be a turning point for their relationships wherein they would have a complete fallout.
I carried a heavy bag on the bus and sat beside Kim Hye Hill, in front. We thought it would be better to avoid any motion sickness by sitting closer to the forepart of the bus; however, as soon as I sat down, someone pulled my arm. When I turned my head, Yoon Jung In came into my sight. I asked him with a dumbfounded expression.
“What’s up?”
Yoon Jung In smiled naughtily at my response then pointed at the back of the car with his chin. Before I could ask Kim Hye Hill for help, he dragged me all the way to the back and made me sit. Yi Ruda was also forced to sit beside me without knowing the reason. Sitting side by side, we both looked at each other, while blinking our eyes, then we looked Yoon Jun In at the same time.
He perched in front of us while his one hand was placed on the back of the seat. Laughing naughtily, he grabbed a bunch of papers in his hands. It was then that we noticed what he was thinking. Yoon Jung In spoke with a wink.
“Hey, how are you faring with remembering the script? Tomorrow is the night, so shouldn’t you guys perform a rehearsal?”
Once we heard him say that, we heard other kids blowing whistles, booing, and roaring wickedly within the bus. Gosh… I furrowed my eyebrows.
‘I did remember it, but the script is a total mess…’ With that thought in mind, Yi Ruda said something besides me.
“I’m ready. What about you, Donnie? Will you be fine?”
“Oh, you are such a prepared man!” Yoon Jung In said with a smile then looked back at me.
Knitting my face, I turned my mouth up slightly to resemble the hint of a smile. Of course, it was a fake grin. I barely opened my mouth to reply.
“I did remember the script, but…”
Precisely 10 minutes later, I stammered my lines then lifted my head to look around inside the bus. No one had their heads up in the air properly. Some kids had a weird look on their faces while holding each other’s hands. A few kids buried their faces on the back of the chair in silence. Aside from me, Shin Suh Hyun and Kim Hye Hill were gazing horribly at me.
Kim Hye Hill, who seemed to hesitate for quite a while, carefully opened her lips as our eyes met. She then flung her words to me.
“Do it over again.”
“…”
“Let’s just first read it correctly.”
“Um… I did remember the whole script, though.”
It was true that I had every line inside my head; however, the acting was a different story. As I raised my eyes to look at Yi Ruda, she gently nodded while staring at me. She then directed her eyes onto Kim Hye Hill.
“From where?”
“Hmm, let’s start from Yi Ruda pushing Ham Donnie onto the wall and locking her inside his arms.”
When Kim Hye Hill read that line in a calm voice, I felt a shiver crawling up my spine. While I tried to rub the back of my chilly neck, a hand stretched out from aside then held onto the wall right next to my face. Yi Ruda soon turned her body to look at me closely.
We weren’t on the stage but were inside a bus, so this was all we could do; however, it was still such a small distance. Yi Ruda’s knees almost touched mine, and her nose was within a 30-cm distance away from me. Her hand could easily reach me once she stretched them out.
The sunlight coming through the curtain shone the tip of her refined nose. Her dazzling eyes looked somewhat colder than usual.
The silence between our lines seemed particularly longer than usual. After a good while, Yi Ruda, dropping her gaze at me, opened her lips.
“Do you… want to be mine?”
Her soft and sweet voice soon prevailed in the silent space. At that very moment, everyone within the bus seemed to stare at Yi Ruda while holding their breaths. I wasn’t getting it wrong. She indeed had a unique vibe that allured people.
As I dwelled upon her with a captivating glance, she just kept her gaze at me. The longer our silence prevailed, the more uncomfortable it would make me feel to be close to her; however, she didn’t push me at all. I gathered my senses back but became distressed as my next lines came across my head. I felt like she had snatched my heart away from my fragile chest.
I tilted my head diagonally for a bit to avoid her gaze. If I wouldn’t do this, then I would never be able to pull my lines inside of my head. At last, I opened my mouth.
“Heart… p…ound…”
“…”
A cold silence hung among the audience again. Soon, a person got up from his seat out of the blue, which broke the ice. Needless to say, it was Yoo Jung In, who was sitting in front of us.
He shouted at me, “Hey, Ham Donnie! Do you have a speech impediment? Come on! It’s just two words, ‘heart pound.’ Is it hard for you to just speak those two words correctly? Hold on, there’s another one.”
Yoon Jung In then flipped the script in his hand nervously. He then continued his words.
“Hey, this part, ‘I can’t love someone anymore because I only have one heart. My heart was already taken by Yi Ruda, so I don’t have anything left.”
“Dude, hold on. Don’t read that out loud!”
As soon as I cried out, a few kids retched while turning pale. Yoon Jung In, who devastated many of us in a flash, however, responded in a guiltless expression.
“I mean, why can’t you say this simple line? Don’t you know how to read it? Do you want me to show you? ‘I… can’t lo…ve some…one anymore… because, cough, I only have one… heart… cough, gosh… what’s it got to do with heart and love?’ Geez…”
“You know, it’s weird!”
“Oh, just get over it and move on. What did you say? ‘My he…art was already taken by Yi Ruda…, so I don’t ha…ve anyth…ing left. Cough. How can I be alive without a heart?’ Hey, stop stammering! Why do you keep adding unnecessary fillers?”
“Dude, honestly, the script is too…”
I paused with a grimace then scowled at a few kids who wrote the script. As they saw my angry gaze, they pretended to be indifferent while looking up at the ceiling. Sigh… I dropped my head and swept my hair back. I then opened my mouth.
“Hey, who says ‘heart pound’ out loud instead of just blushing? Do you have your mouth on your heart?!”
“You’re not ready to blush.”
“It would be way easier than saying ‘heart pound’ out loud! Let me do that.”
“Is it that hard for you?”
Listening to our story apathetically, Kim Hye Hill, who perched her arm on the armrest, suddenly stretched her arms out.
She then effortlessly snatched Yoon Jung In’s script out of his hand and slowly went over it while leaning her body to me. I also bent myself to her. Her jet-black hair shone a bluish hue under the sunlight.
“Let’s see… ‘Pound. What are you talking about? We just met each other earlier. What? No, I won’t. Geez, what a weirdo…’ Hmm.”
A few kids tried to cover their ears out of the freakiness of what she was saying, but they soon looked at us in wonder. I did the same as I felt how unexpected this thing turned out to be.
Surprisingly, the lines coming through Kim Hye Hill’s calm and even tone weren’t cheesy at all. The only problem was…
“Hey, Kim Hye Hill, stop that. Are you reading a book?”
“Come on, oppa. Do you want me to put some emotions in here?”
“No, since it would make all of us cringe here. Hey, just stop reading it for now.”
“Okay.”
Kim Hye Hill replied while closing the script neatly before handing it over to Yoon Jung In. She then returned to her seat and buried herself there.
Yeah… the problem was that Kim Hye Hill’s acting literally sounded like she was reading a book.