Four
887 Words
ARIA
Exhaling a breath, I started reading.
"It's harder than I thought." I keep a pen on my head and started understanding.
Suddenly a card hit my book.
I removed my pen from my temple and saw that card. It's mine. I looked at front and found that Jungkook is passing by the teacher's chair keeping his hands on pocket of his pant.
"I think I should pay him for his foot treatment."
***
"Jungkook." He turned back after I call him. He is going somewhere taking his baseball bag. Sweat pours down from his temple because of playing baseball in such a hot weather.
"What?"
"My card did not have so much money. I give it to you. You keep it." I said giving him money.
He knitted his eyebrows. First he saw money in my hand and then me.
"How do you talk so much?" He asked and turned back.
I ran and stand in front of him.
"Thank you. But don't do this again." I again put money in front of him.
"She doesn't even accept your kindness." Suddenly Hye Jin come and snatched money from me.
"I didn't need anyone's charity." I said and went away from there.
***
I was sitting on the terrace of the school. Keeping my palm on my forehead, I was thinking of my marks of math's test. It's only 52.
"Ah." Suddenly someone pulled my braid. I turned back but no one is there.
Again someone pulled my braid from beside. I turned at that direction and found Jungkook is standing there, tilting his body and keeping his hand over terrace railing.
I was turning to go from there, but he stopped me by grabbing my hand. I jerked his hand.
"Where are you going? Let me help you with math tuition."
I stare at him.
"Why should I?" I asked him after a minute of silence between us.
"Because I have full marks, you only have 52 marks." When he said this, I looked towards him in which he showed his palm.
"Don't misunderstand me. I just cannot accept someone stupid in front of me." He said while teasing me.
"That's your problem. It has nothing to do with me." I said angrily and turned back to go from there.
"Who is affected by your poor marks?" As soon as he said this, I stopped at my place and I teacher's advice was roaming around my mind.
"Your father is still seriously sick in the bed and your family is in difficult situation for you to be able to study here. Do you know how difficult is it? My advice...you'd better pay more attention."
***
I was reading my book while walking on the corridor. Suddenly Jungkook come and stick a note on my book and went. I removed that note from book and started reading it.
"오늘 수업 끝나고 학교 테라스에서 만나요. 난 당신을 가르 칠 것입니다." "(Let's meet on school terrace after class today. I will teach you.)"
"Fine." I said by myself and again started reading.
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CLASS DISMISSED
I kept all my notebooks and pens on my backpack. Putting my backpack over my shoulder properly, I went for terrace.
When I reached the terrace, I couldn't see Jungkook anywhere. I took a seat on the ground thinking that he will come in a while.
"So you're really here?" Someone said while pulling my braid from back.
I understood that he is Jungkook.
"Yes!"
"Okay so let's start." He started writing on the ground with a chalk. I knitted my eyebrows in confusion.
"Why are you writing here?"
"To explain you, I need this."
He answered which I did not understand but I'm trying to understand him. Why he is affected by my bad marks and how will it benefit him from my good marks? First, he did not take money from me for his foot treatment and now he is teaching me. Why? Why he is caring for me?
"Hey?" Suddenly he pinched at my cheek which brought me back from my thought. While thinking, I did not pay attention to what he taught.
"Please explain this all again." I said while pointing my index finger on the ground. After hearing what I said, he started staring at me.
"Don't stare at me like this otherwise I'll got scared." He started laughing as soon as I said.
About half of the ground was filled with his chalk handwriting.
He said me to read all these questions and their solution while walking on the railing.
"How can I do this?"
"I can also teach this to you." He asked while giving his hand to me.
I hold his hand and started walking on the railing with him.
"Ah." I was going to fell on the ground but he hold me by my waist.
Sweat stated pouring down from my temple.
"Don't be afraid. As long as I am with you, nothing will happen to you." He said while staring in my eyes.
I break our eye contact and ask him to teach me again.
It's undesirable... Jungkook is simple and effective way to solve the questions, although the method is simple and rude.
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