#1: The Enigma Of The Faceless Boy
Summer time. It is very hot. The sun is shining on it. Su-jin runs to school in this hot sun. She is a very punctual person but Su-jin is late to get up in the morning due to sudden illness. Su-jin has a hard time running because of her health.
Su-jin fell down while running. She gets a lot of pain in her legs. Her socks are torn. The leg is cut and blood is coming out. Su-jin tries to get up but is unable to due to weakness. She grits his teeth in annoyance. Suddenly someone comes and stands in front of Su-jin with a scooter. Su-jin looks up and sees a boy who wear the same uniform as her. The boy reaches out to help Su-jin. Su-jin can't see the boy's face because of the strong sun. Su-jin stood up holding the boy's hand. Su-jin shrugs off her clothes and thanks the boy before he leaves.
Su-jin goes to school without worrying about it. When Su-jin enters the class, her teacher Yoon seong gets angry.
He stops Su-jin and says, " Why are you so late? Is it time to come to school? I didn't expect this from a good student like you, su-jin. "
" Sorry sir! "
" I left it for today so that it will not happen again in the future. "
" Okay sir " Su-jin sat in her seat and classed.
After tiffin time, when Su-jin enters the class, she hears Se-ra and Min-ho, the queen of the school bully, talking bad thinks about her.
Min-ho says, " Today Su-jin came late to class and still sir allowed her to enter the class! But we would have stood outside the classroom at least. Just because she is a good student, Sir allowed her to enter the class. "
" A good student? And she? Do you think she gets these results on her own merit? "
Min-ho asks in surprise, " So how will he get it? "
Se-ra gesture implies that Su-jin gets these results unfairly. Se-ra hints that Su-jin gets these results unfairly.
" Like that... "
"What! With teachers...." Min-ho exclaims.
Se-ra puts her hand over Min-ho's mouth and says, "What do you want to tell the whole town?"
" You're kidding, aren't you? "
" Do I look like I'm kidding? I'm 100% sure. Don't you see that no one wants to mix with her. Also she doesn't talk with anyone. You know she does this! "
"And I thought she was a very good girl. And she does these things. Shit..."
Su-jin stood in front of the class for so long to see all this. Seeing this, before she could say anything to them, a boy came and threw water on them. They immediately stood up.
The boy looks at them innocently and says, "Uppops. Sorry Girls. Actually I wanted to throw water in that dustbin because it smelled so bad but I accidentally throw the water on you. Sorry. "
Se-ra says angrily, "By mistake or intentionally?"
"Whatever you think. " Saying that, the boy left.
Min-ho and Se-ra angrily watch the boy leave. Meanwhile, Su-jin laughs at this. Su-jin quietly enters the class and sits in her seat. She can't say anything else.
School is over. Everyone is going they're home. Su-jin also left school. She will go to the library now. This is her daily routine. She feels more comfortable reading books where other kids her age prefer to hang out with friends. Suddenly someone calls su-jin by her name. Su-jin looks back and realizes it's the boy. The boy's face cannot be seen because of A strange light. He wear cap on his head. Su-jin doesn't know him. She Never saw him at school before. Seeing him for the first time in this school. Holding out a black pen in front of Su-jin.
He said, "It's yours. You left it in class."
"It's not mine."
" look at carefully, it's yours. It was on your table."
"I know my stuff very well."
"well. Then maybe I was wrong."
Su-jin sighed in annoyance and started walking again. The boy also walks with Su-jin.
"Are you going home now?"
"No"
" then Where?"
" In the library."
"Would you like to walk?"
Su-jin stands and looks at him. The boy realizes Su-jin is annoyed so he keeps quiet. After some time they both reached the library. Su-jin picked up several thick books and started reading. The boy also takes some books. And he started playing with the books without reading the books. Su-jin is annoyed by this. She does not like to be disturbed while studying.
Su-jin says with annoyance, "Books are not toys, but reading"
The boy took one look at Su-jin and started acting like himself again.
Su-jin says angrily, "If you intend to play with books, please go and sit somewhere else. I'm getting bored."
"okay"
Su-jin thinks that the boy might get up and leave, but the boy starts reading intently, letting her hopes drop. Su-jin shows an annoyed expression and says nothing more.
The boy has finished reading all the books. He looks ahead to see Su-jin asleep. The boy gets up and takes off his t-shirt on su-jin. He stares at Su-jin's sleeping face. Su-jin brushes the short hairs from the sides of her cheeks. The boy laughs at Su-jin's sleepy face.
" Do you know how much cute you look right now? You can't always be that cute! Why are you always angry and serious? "
In evening. The clock is 6 o'clock. Su-jin just woke up. She wakes up and realizes that her body is very sore. Putting a wet cloth on her forehead. She looked around for the boy sitting with her. Then she saw a paper in the book in front of her.
Written on the paper....
"Come down to the convenience store on the left side."
Su-jin went to the convenience store and saw that the boy had bought 2 cups of ramen. The boy waves to get Su-jin's attention and asks her to come to him. Su-jin walks over to him and sits down. Su-jin looks up questioningly.
The boy shook his head and said, " You fell asleep so I thought I'd come downstairs and eat something."
"your shirt...."
su-jin hands the boy a shirt. The boy takes the shirt and puts it on the chair. Su-jin sits next to the boy. The boy puts one hand on su-jin's forehead and the other on his own, trying to sense su-jin's body temperature. Su-jin's eyes widened as Su-jin's hand was suddenly touched. Su-jin gets nervous. When the temperature is seen, the boy removes his hand from su-jin's forehead and passes the medicine.
" The fever seems to have subsided slightly. Take this medicine after eating noodles. Then you'll feel better."
Su-jin starts eating without saying anything. She kept smiling while eating. After eating, the boy comes out of the store with money. Standing in front of the store, the boy hands Su-jin a bag.
"There's some food and medicine."
"For me?"
"Yes. Do you see anyone else here? "
"Excuse me! Are you flirting with me? "
They started walking while talking.
"Is it flattening to buy food and medicine for a sick person?"
" That's how it looks in movies. "
"Hahaha, are you a little kid to believe that? This only happens in drama. "
"I know. But seeing your behavior, I am a little suspicious of what is this! "
"Listen, I'm not flirting with you. I just want to be friends with you, that's all. Nothing else. "
"All right than. "
" So what else can happen? I like someone a lotttttttttttt. So don't ever think you have a chance. "
"Do you know that you are a very annoying person!"
"Many people have told me this before but I don't believe them."
"But you must believe."
" okay than I believe because you say so."
" hussss "
Both started laughing. The boy leads Su-jin to her house. Su-jin asks as they walk.
"Well, we talked so much but I didn't know your name. What is your name?"
"Everyone calls me a handsome. You can call me that if you want. I don't mind."
"Shhhh here comes the handsome Huhhh"
Su-jin walks into the middle of the street as she speaks. When the car suddenly approaches Su-jin, Su-jin stands scared. Su-jin's head goes blank when she sees the lights of the car. She can't think of anything.
That's when Su-jin's mother pours water on her. Su-jin jumps up. Su-jin sighs. Su-jin's mother angrily yells at her.
" I've been calling for a long time but there's no news of waking up. Do you care that you're late for school? How many times I tell you not to stay up late. But who listens to whom? "
Su-jin falls asleep at her desk to study late into the night. In the morning, when she did not wake up after her mother called her several times, her mother poured water on her.
" Have I been dreaming all this time? "
" What are you talking about? Go get ready quickly. I'm preparing food downstairs. "
"huh"
Su-jin's mother Sun-hee looks at Su-jin suspiciously once and leaves the room. Su-jin sat down on the chair with a sigh. She still doesn't understand anything. Everything is going over her head.
What happened to her so long? Has she been dreaming for so long? That accident? Nothing happened to her! That means everything was a dream! But if that boy is a dream? But she knew everyone in the dream. So why did not recognize him? She could not even see the boy's face. However? How will she know him? Who is the faceless boy? Su-jin's Brain the brain isn't working. She just kept thinking that over and over again.
" Is it a dream? "