Haneul woke up from her deep slumber.  She rubbed her eyes and yawned as she still felt sleepy .

She looked around which the ceiling seemed new to her ,
"Oh, did a knight come and take me to the palace because I am the king and queen's lost daughter ?"

She was about to stretch her body but froze when she saw Jungwon's face was on top of her face .
She tried to remember how she ended up here and silently screamed when she recalled it back .
Haneul facepalmed herself and glanced towards Jungwon's wall clock, it was three in the morning. 

She noticed how Jungwon might not be comfortable sleeping in that position so she immediately got up and carefully lifted Jungwon's head, placing his head on her thighs. 
    She took the blankets and wrapped it around Jungwon's body as the boy muttered something that Haneul could not understand at all .

Haneul stared towards Jungwon's face with a pouty lips, questioning how she could feel so comfortable with Jungwon.  She felt comfortable accepting all the affection he gave her .

She ran her fingers through Jungwon's hair and deeply sighed ,
"I think I fall harder to you"

♫

"Cho Haneul !"
Haneul who was sitting on a tree branch was immediately jolting up when she heard Jungwon calling her in a harsh voice .

She furrowed her eyebrows ,
"Don't force me to go to class, the exam is over so I want to calm my mind "

Jungwon scoffed in disbelief , he then took out a paper and raised it to the sky so that Haneul could see it ,
"This, this is your exam grades"

"WHAT ? WHY DID MR KANG RELEASE THE RESULT TOO EARLY ?!"

"It's not the main problem now, Haneul.  I want to know what your problem is until your result ... "
Jungwon stopped and rubbed his temple, showing his frustration towards Haneul .

Seeing Jungwon's face clearly shows that her result is very bad.  Even her heart felt a little sad, she shrugged the feelings away "Oh, it's not my first time failing. I'm used to it already"

"Failed?  Who said you fail this time?"
Jungwon asked her which made Haneul's lips parted away .

"Look, you passed all the subjects except math! "

Hearing the surprise from Jungwon made Haneul applaud happily.  She immediately jumped down from that tree and fled towards Jungwon, snatching the paper from him and looked over her grades .

She is proud when she passes all subjects, everything exceeds 50% except math. She hugged the paper in her chest and started to jump around in cloud nine .

"I did it , Jungwon ! I did it !"
Haneul cheered happily . Jungwon just chuckled as he watched Haneul celebrate her success .
"Because you succeeded, I will take you somewhere like i promised before"

"Where , where , where ?"

She asked him excitedly but Jungwon just sarcastically grinned to her , he placed his index finger on Haneul's lips to shush her .

"Somewhere special to me, "

♫

"WHAT THE HELL ? THIS IS AMAZING , HELLA AMAZING JUNGWON !"
Haneul yelled loudly, admiring those hot air balloons in front of them.  She was excited to see one by one the hot air balloons start moving into the sky .

She was mesmerized by the beauty, the hot air balloon looked so beautiful floating in the sky.  This is her very first time, being in a place like this.

Jungwon just smiled at her, he then interwined his hand with Haneul ,
"Let's go now, that one is our balloon"

Haneul couldn't stop adoring each hot air balloon they passed by.  Her mouth wide open as flies can fly in to her mouth at any moments.

The worker in charge of flying their hot air balloon greeted them politely as both teenagers bowed to him. 
Haneul didn't seem to believe that the size of this hot air balloon basket was too high and big , even exceeding her height .

Realizing that it might be difficult for Haneul to climb in, he immediately knelt one of his knee down and patted his thigh ,
"You go up first, I will help you. Step on my thigh , Cho"

"No, I can climb on my own "
Haneul insisted. She jumped and managed to hang the basket wall but when she tried to lift her upper body, she started having problems .

Haneul groaned annoyingly, a lot of grievances accompanied her to lift her whole body into the basket as the worker silently snorted to her hopeless action .

She shot a deathly glare towards the worker causing him to stop laughing and turned his head away from Haneul , pretending to enjoy the view .

Jungwon leaned his back on the basket and crossed his arms , watching Haneul .
"Need any help , Miss Tough Girl ?"

"No thanks , Yang Dimple . Just sit still and watch the girl boss do her job"

"As you wish , sky"
Jungwon bowed like a brave knight to her , teasing Haneul .

Haneul rolled her eyes and gave another attempt to climb but her efforts passed too long so that the worker yawned waiting for her .

"If we let her show her skill, we might go home empty-handed"
Jungwon sighed .

He approached Haneul from behind, standing close behind her and whispered to her "I'm sorry but, just show me your reliability next time love"

"Eh , what— HHEY !"
Haneul gasped as she blushed when Jungwon wrapped his arms around her waist, slightly raised her up to climb the basket .

Haneul immediately clung to the worker and climbed into the basket with Jungwon's help without waiting long because she was too embarrassed when Jungwon lifted her .

After Haneul went inside, Jungwon swiftly climbed the basket by his own and stood next to Haneul with a smirk.  He flicked Haneul's forehead ,
"You're so slow like a sloth so I have to act"

Haneul glared at him and pushed him away to her . She stood near the basket as their hot air balloon rose higher, away from the ground .

She peeked down and when realized that they were already getting higher , Haneul clenched her hands nervously. 
The blood seemed to stop flowing in her body, turning her face became paler .

She gulped down her saliva nervously as the cold breeze greeted her skin, making the situation even scarier which sent shivers down to her spine .

Haneul immediately took a few steps backwards , sudden nausea when people on the ground start to look small like ants .
She cupped her mouth, preventing herself from vomiting. 

Jungwon who noticed her discomfort immediately approached her, side-hugging Haneul and patted her head like a kid ,

"Don't worry, I'm here"

He cupped Haneul's face to make her look straight into his eyes .
"Look at me , Haneul"

"Where's Haneul, the tough girl?  She came here to enjoy the beauty of the skies up close "

"Listen, if you're scared .. "
Jungwon took Haneul's hand and interwining their fingers together.

Jungwon raised their connected hands and showed it to Haneul ,
"You can hold me, hold me as tight as you want. I'm here, I'll make sure you're safe "

Haneul's eyes clearly showed that she's sort of uncomfortable of the height .
"But, what if this hot air balloon crashes?  Are we going to die? "

Jungwon quickly shook his head , he tighten their hands together .
"Everything will be just fine, believe me.  It will not fall, "

"Don't look down, look up.  It's less scary"

Jungwon pulls Haneul to approach the end of the basket again carefully.
"Look, the sky looks so beautiful"

When Haneul looked up, her fear immediately flew away.  Only admiration overwhelmed her upon seeing the bluish sky with fluffy clouds above her, it looked very close to her .

That was when she noticed, other hot air balloons floating around them in the vast green field, making the scenery look extra splendid .

"The sky is so beautiful ,"
She muttered , her eyes were like glued to the sky , her safe place .

"You're right, if I look up ... it's less scary— " Haneul shut her mouth when she turned her head to Jungwon and found the male was starring at her with a genuine smile on his lips .
"Why do you see me?  You will miss this golden hour "

Jungwon shrugged his shoulders , fixing his eyes on Haneul .
"Haneul , do you know that Haneul means sky in korean? "

"I think I've found my own sky, my own Haneul"

"You look beautiful , so beautiful "

Haneul almost chocked on her saliva upon hearing what Jungwon said .
"You're too cheesy today , stop it "

Jungwon giggled ,
"Really ? But this is how I acted when I am around a girl I like "

"Tsk , said by you"
Haneul playfully hit his arm as Jungwon laughed .

They enjoyed the scenery while chatting, they even took a few pictures together as memories.
   They had a lot of jokes around, teasing each other by jumping in the basket and threatening to push each other out of the basket which made the worker prayed to live longer .

Seeing Jungwon's smile made Haneul realize that her sky was no longer colourless.  It is equipped with ethereal colour, she just realized how the boy slid in her life and changed the sky above her to be brighter .

All she hopes for is a sincere Jungwon to be friends with her .

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A/N : extra chapter for today since i'll be having a physics paper soon . Hehe , have a nice day everyone ❤️