Summer Night's Dream
Episode 11 - Something Burn

Earlier. In Ji-Ho's car...

“Di Samcheongdong,”

“What's wrong?”

“Umm...for now no. I was just waiting for Chul Goo to buy tteokbokki,”

"Samcheongdong.tteokbokki.the famous tteokbokki shop in Samcheongdong is Mukshidonna. So maybe Nara is around there," Ji-Ho stroked her chin while thinking.

"Where or not? Need there? No need?" Ji-Ho is in the middle of a war over her own thoughts. He tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, finding it hard to decide. "OK, all right, Samcheongdong was close enough," after a few minutes with a thought struggle, he finally set his heart and turned his car around to go to Samcheongdong.

"I should take a break today, sleep, or maybe it's better to finish my song in the studio. What am I doing here?" ji-ho murmured to himself while sighing heavily. Ji-Ho has arrived in Samcheondong and is currently circling the streets to find Nara. He heard the noise of the crowd and decided to follow the voice to reach the crowd. From far away, he could see Ji Yeon T-ara was holding an event. Then he walked closer to see if Nara and Chul Goo were there as well.

His steps came to a halt when he saw what was ahead, not far from him. They were the ones he had been looking for since, Nara and Chul Goo. But the circumstances are not what Ji-Ho had ever imagined before. Chul Goo was kneeling in front of Nara. Nara was sitting on the bench, crying. And suddenly, Chul Goo raised her body slightly, giving Nara a hug.

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'Hugs releases endorphins that are also known as feel good chemicals. Endorphins reduce tension and stress and calms you.'

Chul Goo remembers reading that sentence in a book, and according to him, that is what Nara really needs at this time. Endorphins. He lifted up his body, wrapped his arms around Nara's shoulders, and pulled her into the arms. Chul Goo just wanted this hug to calm Nara down, at least for now. The girl's body was still shaking. And even though his cries were already not as loud as before, Chul Goo could still feel his shoulders wet from tears.

"Can you tell me what's going on?" Chul Goo whispered beside his embrace. It was actually not the right time to ask, but his worry had already peaked greatly. He knew Nara a week ago, but he thought she was a strong girl, but he misjudged her.

Chul Goo felt Nara's head move on her shoulders, like a shake. Maybe he refused to say anything.

Chul Goo suddenly remembered Nara's behavior at the festival. He was a psychology student, and he seemed to have an idea of what was going on. He felt he could conclude something. If Nara's current condition matches what she thinks, it can connect and explain what happened during the welcoming event.

"alright. Then let's get out of this place first" Chul Goo was sure what Nara needed right now was calm. He grabs Nara's hand and helps her out of the crowd.

After walking back to the parking lot, they immediately got into the car and stayed there for a while. Neither of them said anything. Chul Goo plays an Iron Man figure perched on the dashboard of his car, preoccupied with his own thoughts. While Nara is still trying to rearrange her breath. Slowly, Nara felt a little better after the crowd had disappeared from her sight.

Chul Goo looked at Nara from the corner of her eyes. He found Nara looking calmer than before, but the atmosphere around them was still a bit tense. Therefore, Chul Goo also turned on the radio to melt the tension. Inteo music began to be heard from the loudspeakers of the car. "Oh! I haven't heard this song on the radio in a long time!" Chul Goo raised the volume.

Nara turned her head. He knows this song too!

"Haha! Yeah! BBC follow me! Bounce like this uh..eh... bounce like, "this song is a song from one of the Korean boy bands, Block B. And this is one of Ji-Ho's songs. "Block B in the house Z and pop time music, is officially over now, Bye guys, Hi ladies, mmuahhh," with passion, Chul Goo sings the song, in fact, he also shot a kiss towards Nara with his hands on the 'mmuahhh' section'. I don't want Nara laughing to see it.

"Jinghan nomdeul nawatda para bara bap napareul bureora" Chul Goo still sang.

"Yes! Stop it! Hahaha" Nara tugged on Chul Goo's sleeve trying to stop her from stopping. He could not stop laughing watching Chul Goo sing with a funny expression while jumping up and down in his chair.

"Eodi mom jom pureo? dara dacheul nopi olyeora...Ppeotppeotan momchi bakchideul uri bogo baewo kungchi tachi Rhythm AH!" Chul Goo continued singing until he finished part of Zico, one of the Block B members. Then he makes his hand like shooting Nara, giving the code for Nara to sing the next part.

"We bobbin to the music, music.this song is groovy, groovy," Nara received the code and sang the next part in a heavy voice, trying to imitate the original singer. Because of Nara's behavior, they ended up laughing together.

"Well!! Turns out you know this song too" Chul Goo applauded.

"of course. I'm a big fan of this songwriter" Nara said on the sidelines of her remaining laughter.

“Ah, right too, you are a fan of Ji-Ho,” Chul Goo frowned, reminded of that fact. "Hey, I know what we have to do today!" he suddenly snapped a finger with excitement. "Let's go to karaoke!"

He really wanted to make it a surprise. But after seeing Nara's reaction to the first surprise, he decides to tell Nara first. Fortunately, Nara welcomed the idea. "Call!!" reply with enthusiasm while snapping a finger.

"Okay let's go!" Chul Goo raised a fist into the air. He pulled his car out of the parking lot and drove to the karaoke place he used to go to. A wide smile spread across his face as he hummed the song played on the radio.

"Chul Goo-ya.." call Nara.

"No, I'm just saying that your smile is happy, and like a virus, contagious. Every time I see you smile I want to smile too. Thank you for making me smile again this finger is Chul Goo-ya," Nara's hand outstretched through Chul Goo's hair. The victim froze in his chair.

"Yes!" Chul Goo turned her head back towards Nara, then refocused herself on the streets again. "You want to make me blush or misbehave? Don't do that, you give me goosebumps," he stroked his shoulders and arms, acting like he was really goosebumps.

Nara's laughter again. "Yes I know, I also feel goosebumps after saying that," Nara's words successfully made Chul Goo pursed her lips. She thought Nara was serious.

Soon, things went back to silence. Chul Goo's car was filled only with radio noise from loudspeakers. Amongst that silence, Chul Goo again fell into his own thoughts. He really still has a lot of questions in his head that he wants to throw to Nara. But he held back, because maybe those questions would ruin the pleasant atmosphere that had been created.

Meanwhile beside her Nara grabs the phone to kill time. He checked all the incoming messages, but unfortunately, the message he really wanted to see was not there. He looks forward to a new message from Ji-Ho, because since the last message said that he was waiting for Chul Goo, Ji-Ho has not replied to anything. Nara finally sighed resignedly and opened another incoming message that she had not read.

Message from Zaza. Nara tapped on the picture that Zaza sent her on her message. The photo is a photo of Ji-Ho, actually just a regular selfie, which Zaza could have guessed taking from Ji-Ho's social media account. At first Nara was confused, what was special until Zaza sent the photo to her. He returned the screen to Zaza's message window, and something was written below the picture. “I saw this in the Korean news, netizens talked about Ji-Ho's style lately, especially his glasses strap. Lookie!! He used your gift!!” Nara cleared her throat to hide her laughter while reading Zaza's message.

He quickly typed in his reply. “I know right!!! I made it a trendsetter!!”

“Oh, please. Who would know? All netizens say he's imitating In Pyo's style. By the way, where are you now?”

Nara pouted reading the message. Right, who would know? Although Ji-Ho has said that the eyeglass strap is a fan gift, but how do they know which fans. Ah, but yes never mind, Nara also did not expect herself to be recognized. Even good. It can be troublesome if he is considered to have a special relationship with Ji-Ho.

“I'll go karaoke with Chul Goo. Now again on the road,”

“Omg, Chul Goo?! Your cute friend?!”

Nara chokes. When he read the message, he was drinking. He wanted to laugh as Zaza praised Chul Goo, which is why his drink almost went into the airway and made him choke. He coughed many times, while Chul Goo had started to panic and patted his back.

"Yes! What happened" Chul Goo almost stopped his car from being surprised to see Nara choking.

"I'm fine" Nara coughed one last time and cleared her throat and began to chuckle. "I saw something funny and wanted to laugh but choked, instead,"

"What's so funny?" chul Goo's forehead wrinkled in confusion. He poked his head out to look at Nara's phone to see what was going on. But not for long because he had to refocus on the streets.

"Look," Nara raised her phone parallel to Chul Goo's face so that the man could see her more clearly. But Chul Goo still frowned confusedly. How can he understand if the conversation is in Indonesian.

Nara nodded and explained. "My friend said you were cute" he chuckled again, covering his mouth with his hands.

"And you think that's funny? Is it not for you that I am not cute?" Chul Goo raised her eyebrows.

"Huh?"

"Hm.. I remember the first time we met at the airport, I always made you blush, right?" nara's thoughts go back to the past, and yes, she also remembers the time when she did blush, but not because she thought Chul Goo was cute. Wellh, he just thought Chul Goo's smile was charming. I don't know what the difference is. "I made you blush because of my smile right?" Chul Goo winked his ignorant eyes. "And what you said before! Happy smile? Infectious? Like viruses?"

"Ew..disgusting.you're really ticklish!!" Nara clasped herself against the windowpanes, widening her distance to Chul Goo. It turned out that one week was enough to foster closeness between them to interfere with each other. They feel awkward like they never existed when they are fairly new to each other. "Blessing and being contagious doesn't mean I think you're cute" Nara tongue-tied.

"Jahatttt, I feel hurt," Chul Goo placed a hand on his chest. "But by the way.." suddenly he remembered something. "Whose picture was that? Do I read trendsetters? What trendsetter?" he grabs Nara's mobile phone and tries to read her previous messages. But his behavior is very stupid, because of course he does not understand. But he can see a picture of Ji-Ho sent by Nara's friend.

Nara's eyes widened. In a hurry he reclaims his phone from Chul Goo's hands. "Umm.that is, we again talked about Ji-Ho's style with her glasses strap. I have a similar eyeglass strap, hahaha," although Nara lied, Chul Goo won't understand either.

Right, Chul Goo just nodded accepting whatever Nara said, then handed back the girl's phone.

Shortly after, their car pulled over in front of a building with a sign reading 'Daebak Karaoke in front of it. They both got out of the car and headed straight to the booking desk to reserve a place.

"Nara-yah!! Be all out, okay? I'll kick you if I don't sing with passion" Chul Goo said as they walked down the hallway of the building where karaoke was heading. Room 215.

"Copy that!" reply Nara while raising her hand in salute.

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