4 He is....kind....

After the lunch everyone in the classroom went outside to play.

Mia and Gyuri were also heading towards playground. "Oh right, I forgot..", said Mia suddenly. " I was supposed to return the book to the library today. It's the last date."

Looking at Mia worriedly Gyuri said, "You don't forget things easily. Are you okay? Since the lunch, you are spacing out. Is everything alright?"

Hearing Gyuri's worried voice Mia looked at her. "..Yeah...yeah. I'm okay. Don't worry. Just wait here. I'll go get the book and then we'll go to the library together. okay?"

Gyuri nodded.

Then hurriedly Mia went towards the classroom.

As she entered the classroom, no one was there except In Hyun Tae.

In Hyun Tae was a handicapped student of their class. He was unable to walk on his own since the birth. But he was an excellent reader. There was not a single book from the school's library that he hasn't been read. He was very knowledgeable and aware of every current situations going around the world because of his exceptional reading habits. Mia was pretty familiar to him, as his mother would always ask her for important notes or help in studies. Hyun Tae used to hate studies. He used to say that general knowledge is more important for him than the bookish studies. That's why his mother was always worried about him and would talk about this with Mia frequently.

"Hey Hyun Tae, have you had lunch?", asked Mia.

Without taking his head out of the book he was reading, he just said, "Hm".

"The book you referred to me that day was pretty good. I just finished it yesterday. Thanks for the help." Mia said with a smile.

Hyun Tae didn't say anything for a while.

When Mia was taking out the book from her bag, he said suddenly, "You like science ,right? There is a magazine released last Monday, named 'SciWorld'. It is pretty nice. You will get that in our library if you want."

"Oh sure. I will look for it. Thanks.",said Mia and turned back to go.

And suddenly someone came in front of her. She was about to bump into that figure but it moved to a side quickly.

A little bit startled Mia looked at it and that figure was of Kim Ray. "..Oh...Sorry", he said. Mia looked down quickly. " S...sorry." The words barely came out of her mouth.

"No, no. It was my fault. I didn't see you there....hehe...", Ray said while scratching back of his head. Mia looked up and looking his goofy smiley face she quickly looked to the other side.

Then Ray went to Hyun Tae's bench and sat on it.

"Hey, I'm Kim Ray. Your new classmate.", Ray introduced himself with a bright smile.

"In Hyun Tae.", a reply came from the book.

"Woww....that book is pretty fat. How can you read that much?". No reply came. "Do you wanna come to the playground?".

For the first time Hyun Tae took out his head out from the book and threw a cold gaze at Ray.

"Oh, please don't misunderstand. I just thought you must be very bored by sitting here alone. You know, once my leg was fractured and I was really bored by sitting in the bed for whole 2 weeks....We'll go to the playground and then I'll show you a trick with a football. I call it 'RayRay's lightening goal'. I know you would love it. Wanna go?", Ray was excited.

Hyun Tae calmed down.

There was no more coldness in his eyes. He smiled slightly. He was actually happy inside. Because over the past years, none of his classmates had ever invited him to go with them anywhere.

"Oh, you smiled! So you wanna see? huh?...Or there is somewhere else you want to go? I'll take you there.", Ray said.

Hyun Tae closed his book. "Umm....C..Can you take me to the library?.....",asked Hyun Tae hesitantly. "I want to go through the new stock of books which have come last week".

"Sure, Sure. No worries. I'll take you there." Ray went towards him, held his right arm and helped him get up.

"Library, we are coming!", Ray shouted happily.

Hyun Tae was also smiling.

Mia was watching everything from the same spot, where she nearly bumped into Ray.

'I've never seen Hyun Tae smile like that....', Mia thought. '....He is.....so kind.....'. While thinking that she felt like something's melting in her heart. She could feel her cheeks were getting warm.

She was blushing! She quickly kept her hands on her cheeks. 'What's wrong with me? Ughhh....why am I feeling this way?.....'

"Huh? Mia? Why are you still here?", Hyun Tae's confused voice took Mia back to the reality.

She blinked and saw that both of them were standing in front of her. "Weren't you going to the library? What happened?", Hyun Tae asked again.

"N..Nothing", by saying this she turned back so quickly that she bumped into the door. 'BAAM!'.....

"Oww"

"Hey, are you okay?", asked Ray.

"Are you okay, Mia?, asked Hyun Tae.

Mia put her palms on her forehead and without looking back she ran out yelling, "I'M OKAY !".

Both the boys were stunned with her sudden actions. 'She is funny....', Ray thought while smiling inside.