JIYEON's POV

"Who are you by the way?" I finally asked the guy in the Cookie Monster slippers.

"Oh! Um, right!" The guy exclaims while shaking his head and raising his right hand up halfway. "My name is Mark! Mark Tuan. And you are?"

I took his right hand in mine and shaked it gently. Then I let it go and scratched the back of my head. "I'm June Lee, but you may just call me Jiyeon," I replied back real quickly.

"Korean, huh?" Mark asks out of nowhere. Then he adds in with widen eyes after realizing at what he just asked me, "I-I m-mean, you're Korean? I'm not trying to be-"

"Racist?" I cut in with a small smile. "Don't fuss, Tuan. I can tell that you're not a rude person cause if you were then you wouldn't have... saved me earlier."

Mark and I then stared off at my bicycle and I doubt that we were both not thinking about that damn black pickup truck. Then suddenly we were both brought back into reality when my phone started ringing again. I sighed and hoped that it was Jungkook again, but when I saw the caller ID, my eyes went wide for the second time tonight and I had to excuse myself from Mark before answering the call.

"Jiyeon, where are you?! It's already past 8 pm!" Yeo Hana, my cousin and Auntie's only daughter, shouts through the other line.

I had to pull my phone away from my right ear before it bleeds, then I placed it back and answered, "Sorry,  Hana, something came up. I'll be there in 5 minutes!"

Then my dear cousin said through her gritted teeth, "You better..." And she hangs up, leaving me shivering out on the street with Mark, who is looking at me in confusion.

"Who was that?" He asked as he takes his hoodie off and hands it to me. "Take this before you get a cold." (a/n: the irony for me right now... cause I have a cold... XD I want Mark, Jungkook or Vernon's donut hoodie now... hehe.)

I raised my left eyebrow at him, but still took the black hoodie from him and said, "Thanks... Um, that was my only girl cousin, Hana." Then I put the black hoodie on and started walking back to my bicycle. "I have to go back home now," I explained to Mark as I got on my bicycle.

"Oh..." Mark whispers softly in disappointment, which made me grin and laugh at the tall cutie.

Then I spoke up, "How about we meet up next time?"

This got Mark to smile once again. Then he nods his abruptly and suggested, "Let's meet up at the park? Here give me your phone number, and I'll text you the time later."

Mark takes my phone without my permission, and honestly, I didn't mind at all. Then he places his digits in my contacts list and hands me back my phone. "Now you place your number in mine," He jokes while giving his phone to me.

I playfully rolled my eyes at him and did what he did a minute ago. Then I gave back his phone and I placed mine inside his hoodie's pocket. 

"So, wanna be friends?" Mark suddenly asked with a cute smile. "I mean, we both introduced each other, exchanged numbers, went through some crazy sh*ts earlier and I pretty much saved your life, even though it might have been a hallucination."

I laughed out loud once again and shrugged. "Why not? Plus, it'd be nice to talk to someone who isn't my relative."

Then Mark pats the top of my head and said before I started going back home, "Cool. Well, I'll see you tomorrow just as long as you don't get into a real accident on your way back."

"Don't jinx it, Tuan."

"Goodbye and goodnight, June!"

"Ugh! I told you not to call me that!"

Mark laughs and waves a goodbye. Then I started paddling and shouted, "Goodbye and goodnight then... Cookie Monster!"

Once again as I rode my bicycle up the hill with the cold wind hitting my pale face, I heard my new friend laughing and for the first time in such a long time, I think I'll be able to finally be me... again.

I hope.

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[ end of chapter 4 ]

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a/n: what a long chapter... I was planning to keep it short, but fingers kept on typing... XD

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[ not yet edited - 11/24/18 ]