After crying for a while Sang Woo sat up straight and fixed himself, he then looked at Jin Ha who seemed to be in another world.He tugged on Jin Ha to get his attention, Jin Ha looked over at him and Sang Woo said, "Thank you."
"For what?"
"For listening."
"Alright, try sleeping now, its still morning and lunchtime will be here soon, I"ll get us something to eat later and wake you up when I return."
He nodded and laid down to rest his head, not long after he put his head down, Jin Ha could hear soft snores coming from him.
The bell rang and it was lunchtime, Jin Ha moved away from Sang Woo slowly and walked out the door locking it behind him. He went to the cla.s.s and got his bags and while walking past a group of grade 6"s he heard them mention Sang Woo"s name, he looked at them and continued to be on his way.
He bought food for the two of them and they ate, Sang Woo got to know Jin Ha and realised that Jin Ha was the boy all the teachers complained about, he also noticed how friendly Jin Ha was but there was something off about him.
They spent the rest of the day together until it was home time, when the two of them walked out Jin Ha slowed down and walked behind Sang Woo.
When they arrived at the gates a boy called out to Sang Woo. Sang Woo turned back to look at Jin Ha and said goodbye, he ran off to the other.
Before the drove off, a man got out of the car and help Sang Woo and the other boy place their bags in the car"s trunk. Jin Ha stopped at the gate and watched them interact with one another.
The man stopped to talk with someone then got into the car but before he did, he stopped because something caught his attention from the corner of his eye.
He looked in that direction and saw a boy leaning against a tree and was looking at him, the boy smiled at him and the man looked at him and gave him a hesitant smile then got into the car.
He started the car and was waiting for a car to pa.s.s and Jin Ha walked towards the road when they drove past him the man looked at him with a smile on his face.
Sang Woo looked out the window at Jin Ha then nodded his head.
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The man turned to the boys in the back seat and asked, "Do you know who that boy is that"s looking at us?"
Sang Woo didn"t look out the window but the other boy did, "The one by the tree? His name is Kang Jin Ha, a fourth grader."
"Is that so?"
"Mn, but he has problems."
"What problems?"
"Issues, the teachers don"t like him because he doesn"t speak and ignores everyone but on the good side he is very clever."
The man thought to himself, [I wonder how he looks when he cries, (heh) maybe I"ll...]
The car pulled away and drove past Jin Ha, Sang Woo was listening to their conversation and looked out the window at Jin Ha.
Jin Ha mouthed the words, "Was it him?"
and Sang Woo nodded.
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Jin Ha turned in the opposite direction and returned home and ignored everyone, he was to upset to fake a smile and play nice.
He took out a sketch pad and started sketching a portrait, the portrait was of a man, the man he sketched was the man that r.a.p.e.d Choi Sang Woo.
He later put that picture in a box and buried it in the backyard. The week went by and the weekend came, he never went with Min Hong and the weekend went by without any hicks.
Monday came and Sang Woo showed up at their hiding spot and told Jin Ha that man was asking about him and also that he slept well and wished to be Jin Ha"s friend but Jin Ha told him they could be friends but not in the open because he isn"t ashamed its just that he doesn"t want to affect Sang Woo"s reputation.
They became friends and met up whenever they could, Jin Ha enjoyed being friends with Sang Woo and vice versa, the two of them became best friends.