CHAPTER 10

Gratitude

Seating peaceful inside the bus with my AirPods playing songs, my thoughts wandered away as I pictured everything that happened just yesterday and early this morning, my lunch with Jimin, my fight with Becky and the cold handsome Basketball player. I mumbled as my head felt muzzy from all the thoughts coming up, I gave out a heavy sign and closed my eyes.

The bus stops at the last station; as people start going down one by one.

I stood up, turned and bowed my head low as a sign of respect and appreciation to the good Samaritan who spared me a seat, he returned to greet with a smile and the same bow as well. I hurriedly left the bus, finding my way to the school gate which was just miles away from the bus station.

Entering my office, I noticed Jimin was not around "What happened" I mumbled as I walked to my office seat to rest my back, since I skipped my morning class I had to cross-check my lesson note for my afternoon class. Skimming through my note, I heard.

"He went to the Dance Academy" Yejin said as she approached me; I drifted my attention to her to get what she was saying.

"Jimin went to the dance Academy for the upcoming Competition." subconsciously looked at her," Dance Academy… What's that?"

"Dance Academy is a subdivision of a music Company." Yejin began.

I shifted all my attention to her because I didn't understand the heck she was saying and why is she bound on telling me Jimin's way about; not that we are in any relationship.

She must have noticed my confused face, and she went ahead to explain." The Dance Academy is a subunit inside a bigger Company called "Sound-Mind.

They specifically specialized in Dance, Beat making, Voice Training, Song Producing and other Arts and Musical genres and it functions.

I listened as Yejin explained everything to me; I nodded as I dropped the book with a heavy sigh

"What happened to your face" she asked, holding my face closer with her two palms, she stared closely at my eyes, "do you fight with Becky?"

She asked, letting go of my face. I moved my face from her sight as tears clouded my eyes. I fought very hard to stop it from dropping, she must have noticed my awkward appearance as she rushed to her table to get her small medical box.

She was gently cleaning my face wound which I failed to attend this morning; she blew gently on it and as I felt her hot breath on my face. " Do you fight with Yuna like this?" I asked even though I know very well the relationship between her and Yuna.

"Sometimes, when she gets on my nerves, you know Yuna can also be annoying as you are right…no matter anything, Bella do not hate Becky; she is your backbone in this country. You won't understand now, but I hope you two will get along, just as Yuna and I did." I laughed at her sudden confession.

Yuna is Yejin younger sister, the four of us have been very close ever since I moved to Seoul with my sister. Yejin parents are very kind people, they treat i and Becky like one of their own. I remembered Yejin mother bringing and stocking up our house with foodstuff with her saying.

" You two are my daughters from afar, since Mom is not here, I will assume her roles."

Her father wasn't left out because he makes sure we travel with the family during the summer holiday.

They have been good to us, but everything changed when Yejin father lost his job, and they had no option than to move to their hometown 'Ilsan' leaving Yejin who unable to go with them because of her teaching job.

I remembered Becky asking her to stay with us, and she did. We lived together as family for one closed to five months until one of her cousins moved in to Seoul, and she decided to put up with her cousin who lives just a few meters away from the school.

"Don't worry I will talk to Becky".. She said with a smile.

She always smiled even in crucial time.

Immediately Yejin left, I picked my lesson material, finding my way to attend to my students.