CHAPTER 3

PART 1

“Wahahahaha! That look on hyung’s and Yeorin’s face was priceless. I wished I had my camcorder with me. I would love to capture that moment and post it on Youtube.”

“Yah oppa! You’re so mean!” and she pinched his cheeks.

He put his arms around her shoulders, “But it really was funny. Do you think that perhaps, the two of them are attracted to each other?”

And he stood up, and got all dramatic.
“Love at first sight,” he said, complete with exaggerated hand gestures, “Come on Eunjung! Think about it. Heechul hyung and Yeorin. Match made in heaven.

Eunjung could think of a reply. Instead, she burst out laughing. Despite the contradicting characters those two had, Eunjung could not help but think, what if…

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Walking along the streets with his drumsticks, something caught his eyes. A pair of lovers, laughing and obviously having a lot of fun with each other’s company.

A spank of jealousy hit him. Thoughts went through his head.

“What is SHE doing there with another guy?”
“She rejected me, saying she had a prior engagement. Yah right! A prior engagement with another guy?”

He whipped out his phoned and dialled a number. A number, he had memorised from the moment he received it.

#

Yeorin was left alone in the dorm. Eunjung was out with Sungmin. While Yunhee was out at the library, either studying or spending time reading novels by Donghae’s side.

That scene keeps repeating in her mind, much to her annoyance. No matter what she does, it just doesn’t seem to go away. She wished she was a computer hard disk, then all she has to do is to press the delete key and all of this morning incident gets deleted along with it.

In the end, Yeorin opened Yunhee’s and Eunjung’s closet and looked through their clothes. She would pick one out, and placed them against herself. She looks at herself in the full length mirror and gets disgusted at the state of the clothes. Too short, too much skin, too low cut and too tight. Nothing seems to suit her taste.

Yeorin stared at herself and wondered, “Why am I so bothered about him? Never in my life have I ever bothered what other people think, or say, about me. But why is it so different this time with him? Is there something special about him?”

She shook that thought out of her head. There was never a possibility of her being attracted to a guy who doesn’t look like one.

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Heechul stares at the computer screen, not concentrating on his Star Craft game. How could he, after what happened earlier.

In his mind, he saw Ivy and Hyori, sexy female singers who know how to dress. Then he puts Eunjung and Yunhee in his head. He could not see any similarities between these four females with Yeorin.

“Well maybe Ivy and Hyori is out of the question. But Eunjung and Yunhee are her friends, in fact her roommates. Why is she so different from them?”

He tried to put Yeorin in a skirt. But he immediately shook that thought away. Then, he put her in a blouse. Not as bad as his first try.

Then it strikes upon him. He needs to do something about Yeorin.

“I need to transform her. I need to change her into a woman.”

But almost instantaneously, another thought came to him.

“Why am I so bothered about Yeorin? She isn’t even my chingu, and I doubt she’ll ever be one. But why can’t I just leave her alone? WHY?”

#

“Hold on. A call… I think its from Yeorin.”
“Yeoboseyo...”
“Yeoboseyo Eunjung-sshi.”

An all-too-familiar voice.
“Omo! Omo omo! Hold on.”

She excused herself.

“What’s up? I thought I told you I’m busy today. “
“Busy eh?”

Eunjung could sense some frustration and unhappiness in his voice and she knew lying would help to solve the problem.

“Yes. I’m busy, and I’m not free. I made a prior engagement with Sungmin-sshi.”
“Ahh… Sungmin-sshi eh?”
“Yes. Sungmin-sshi. He asked me first. Look, I’m sorry I rejected you today but he asked first.”

“Eunjung-sshi, when will you decide?”
“I don’t know. Don’t rush me. Please…”
“But…”
“Excuse me. I need to go. He’s waiting for me.

Eunjung was pissed. Why did he have to call her and make her feel all guilty when she was having so much fun?

Eunjung didn’t go back to where she left Sungmin. Instead, she decided to take a stroll by herself to calm her down. Maybe, who knows, she might find that answer in her heart.

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