Chapter 4

It definitely wasn’t going to be a good day.

“W-what?! W-Why?” Her stuttering went into full gear.

“Duh.”

He pushed her forehead with his finger. “Because I’m already old, Chae Yeon-ah.” And started laughing.

Why is he laughing? What is there to laugh about!

“And it’s required for us to… Remember? Makes sense?”

No! It doesn’t make sense. Why must he go?! It’s still to early!

She knew what was to happen. It’s going to take him forever in the army! Even if she didn’t say it aloud, she wanted to be with Tei oppa every day. That’s why she looked forward to going to work to X-Man every day. It was to have a job and earn money, have fun, and see Tei.

“Aniyo oppa! It’s not making sense at all!” and hugged him.

Tei stood there, stunned. But he was still smiling.

“Ah. So you ARE going to miss me! I knew it. HaHa said that you weren’t going to miss me,” and started pinching her cheeks and patting her head. “Don’t worry. He said that while I’m gone, there would be a replacement, though. I think his name is Sunchi… Sunli… Seung Kri…”

A small voice came from the back. “Seung Gi, hyung. SEUNG-GI.”

“Is it? It’s not Sun Li?” asking himself, “Aigo. Seung Gi ya. And his full name is Ling Seung Gi, I think.” Tei said proudly.

“Aniyo. LEE-SEUNG-GI.” The small voice from the back became louder.

“Aish. Why must these names be so…”

Seung Gi stood up to introduce himself, to save Tei from messing up his name again. “Annyeong, hyung. I’m sorry if I interrupted your talk. I was just uh… fixingmynameuhhanyway. I’m LEE. SEUNG. GI,” emphasizing the name.

“Ohhhhh. Okay, okay. Annyeong! And mianhe, I’m really bad with names.”

“It’s okay.” And Seung Gi smiled again.

“Seung Gi Ya! Can you stop smiling?! I mean.. Even for a little while?!” Chae Yeon was definitely getting annoyed with Seung Gi’s smile.

Seung Gi smiled even bigger.

Tei gave her a look of confusion. “What’s wrong when he smiles?”

“Nothing. It’s just that…”

Chae Yeon stopped. She thought to herself. Truth be told, there really wasn’t anything wrong when he smiled. It’s just that… Okay. She takes it back. There’s nothing wrong it.

“Aish. Whatever.” She went back to talking to Tei. “Oppa! Why must you go?!”

Tei laughed again. “Because I have to, Chae Yeon-ah. Don’t worry. Our… Chi Sul Gi…”

“Lee Seung Gi…”

“Mian. Our Lee Seung Gi will keep you company.” He then whispered another Mianhe to his junior. He was really bad with names.

Chae Yeon pouted, and made a sad face.

“Ya.” Tei came closer to her, their noses almost touching. “Don’t pout. You’re getting uglier. You wouldn’t want to look like me now, would you?” laughing at her again.

Chae Yeon pouted even more. “Aish. Can you NOT go to the army? Can you go after all the X-man episodes?”

“By that time, I’m going to be 80. How can I join the army in that state.” And squeezed her nose.

“But my manager wants me to go already, so I think I have no choice.”

She pouted and looked down. Chae Yeon didn’t have anything else to say. She was sad. She was angry… Yes. She was angry. Why must he go? Why must he… Aish. WHY IS SHE THINKING THINGS LIKE THIS? DOES SHE REALLY LIKE TEI OPPA? She shook her head in disapproval.

She looked up to tell Tei that she… Huh? What the? Tei wasn’t there. She looked around.

Aish. There he is.

He was talking with Seung Gi on the couch.

Chae Yeon crossed her arms. “Ya!” She tapped her feet.

Both of the guys looked at her. “Ne?”

“We were just talking HERE, Tei,” pointing to where they were just conversing. “Why are you suddenly THERE?” Chae Yeon said angrily, almost. She was stubborn this way. But Tei knew how to make her smile.

Tei smiled. “Well you weren’t answering me when I was talking to you. You were sort of… well, shaking your head like a crazy man. So I came to talk to Seung Gi. It’s Seung Gi, right?”

“Finally, hyung! You get my name right!” And the two exchanged high fives, as if they won something from the lottery.

Pft. Boys. “Uhm, oppa. When are you going to leave for the army?”

Tei went up to her again. Faced her, and looked at her straight in the eyes.

“Tomorrow.”





Chae Yeon taken aback, screamed, almost falling over. “What?!! Are you joking?!”

“Ne, I am.” Tei laughed and hugged Chae Yeon. “I’ll leave maybe in a few weeks, I'm not really sure yet.”

Chae Yeon wanted to hit him. She wanted to get away from his hug and just punch him. But she couldn’t. She just hugged him even tighter.

Today, next week, next month, it didn’t matter. It was still the same: Tei was leaving, and Chae Yeon was not happy about it.