Chapter 6

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Yoohyeon's POV

The next day, when it was time for the acting class, the students started playing. Of course it wasn't my time to show up yet. And many of the students actually. So we just went outside to play. They brought a ball with them and started playing volleyball. I wanted to play too. But of course, I was the deaf, mute girl or I don't even know how they call me anymore. So I just sat under a tree watching them.

"Hi!" Minji said and sat beside me.

"Hey. When is your time to play?" I asked her.

"It's after you. That's what I know. So if you aren't playing yet, then that means I'm not going to play anytime soon either." She said smiling to me. Why was she so beautiful just by smiling?

We sat there and I was looking at the students playing volleyball.

"Do you want us to play?" Minji said and showed me the students and the ball. I didn't answer. I wasn't sure if they would like that idea.

"Then... Do you want us to go to the rooftop?" She said still smiling to me. I nodded. I liked that idea better. We went there and sat at the corner of the rooftop, looking at the bright blue sky.

"I wanted to ask you about the science project. I had a difficulty to something. And I know you are good at this. Can you help me later?" She asked me after a while. I nodded my head. We were together at the science project, along with Bora.

"How would it sound to you if I told you that I want you to come with me to a party? Jisoo is having a party at Friday night in her house. And I don't want to be the third wheel again. Handong won't come. She prefers staying at home with Dami. So..." She asked me while looking elsewhere than me. When she said third wheel she was referring to the Suayeon couple of course. She was also blubbering. I found it cute. Minji being nervous was cute. And I couldn't understand how this thing happened. She wasn't afraid of anything! And she was nervous to ask me out? In some way at least. Well,... Now that I was thinking about it I had to answer to her. But I didn't know what to do. I didn't like parties, I didn't like alcohol, and I had never went to those. This wass freaking me out! Also, I didn't like crowded places. But I didn't want her to be alone. Why was I this good suddenly? Since when did I care about her being alone? Aish Yoohyeon! You're so messed up!

"What if you won't go?" I asked her softly hoping she will agree with this plan.

"I can't do that! It's Jisoo's birthay party! And she is my friend! I have to go! Will you come? Pleaseeeee?" She pleaded me cutely. Even if I didn't want to, she was being so cute that no one could resist her.

"Fine." I mumbled softly.

"Thank you so much Yoohyeon!!!" She said happily and hugged me. She then realized what she did and pulled away quickly looking at me shyly. I smiled at her showing her that it was ok. She smiled back.

"Oh, one more thing. Can you come with me too, when I'll go buy her a present?"

"I don't know her that well. So I will be no help to you." I told her honestly.

"Just for company! And then we can go out for ice cream! Pweezeee?" she said again cutely.

"Ok, JiU ssi." I called her by her name, at least the name that all students used to call her, and it really sounded so weird. I felt butterflies in my stomach and I was sure I was blushing or something. I wasn't the person who blushed easily. But I was feeling my cheeks warm, at least. It was my first time calling her by her name, well nickname, cause till now I didn't have to use it. Not that it was necessary at the moment but...

"Call me Minji. And not ssi. Unnie please. We are friends!" She said happily. She then looked at me to confirm that we were friends for real. Were we really friends?

"Ok,... Minji unnie." I said confirming that we were friends. I guessed we were, right? It was hard for me to call her by her real name and to call her unnie. But I managed to do it. It sounded really weird and this time I also felt my heart beating really fast. Minji smiled at me. Seeing her smiling was making me smile too. It was my happiness. She was my happiness. I didn't know why, but... she was...

"Ok, so I'll come to pick you up on Wednesday afternoon. Is it ok with you?" I thought about it. I took my phone out from my pocket and texted Siyeon if we could skip tomorrow's practice. She was fine with it. She was going on a date with Bora so she was going to text me to cancel it, too.

"Yeah, sure." I answered Minji as soon as Siyeon and I cancelled tomorrow's practice.

"Ok, then give me your number and address." I did as I was told to. And that was when I realized that she was going to come to my apartment. She wasn't going to come inside. But still! This made me nervous. She also had my number. And all my accounts on media. Great! I didn't even know why I was being nervous about it. But I was.

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In the afternoon, after a while Siyeon rang my bell. I went to open the door. She was there looking at me with that cold stare that she always gave me. I didn't mind it and we went inside. We sat at my couch and we started practicing.

"Aish! Don't do it like that! Your voice is too high and it covers mine!" Siyeon said annoyed after a while of practicing. Well, in reality her voice was really powerful. More than mine. And she could reach really high notes. I could reach high notes too. But my voice was weak and smooth, not strong like hers. So, she was practically covering mine and not the other way. She was just growling about it cause she couldn't reach all the high notes as easily as I could. I could sense that she was jealous. But I didn't want to mention anything.

"Then how am I supposed to do it?" I asked her calmly. She showed me a way. Her voice still covered mine but I didn't say anything about it.

"No no no! I don't like it either. Ok, let's take a break." She said and run her fingers through her hair tiredly while sighing angrily.

I brought us some food and water. She didn't talkto me. She was practicing the song again and again even if it was break time. She was trying to see how we should change it. She never asked my opinion so I never bothered to say mine either. She could handle everything by herself anyway.

My phone, suddenly rang and I picked it up.

"Yeah, Dami?"

"Hey Yoohyeon! How are you?"

"I'm fine. I'm practicing the song with Siyeon ssi. Do you need anything?"

"Well, I was wondering if we could go out tonight. You know. At our favourite place to eat."

"I don't think I can. I have to visit my mom."

"Oh right. I'm sorry then. How is practicing with Siyeon ssi going?"

"It's fine. Let's talk about it later, yeah? I've still had some hours to practice. Talk to you later?"

"Yeah sure, Yoo."

Siyeon was looking at me and she was trying to say something. I could see it by the way she was opening and closing her mouth not finding any words to say.

"Is my father still visiting your mother?" She asked in the end. I wasn't expecting her to ask something like that. I could tell I was really really surprised. I nodded. She mumbled something like 'spoiled brat' and she turned to look back at the lyrics of the song.

"Ok let's do it this way and we are going to show it tomorrow to Mrs.Choi. She will know how to help us." Siyeon said in the end as she showed me a way to sing the song, her voice still covering mine. We continued practicing and when it was finally night time she left my apartment.

After a while I was at the hospital. Siyeon's father was there too.

"How are you Yoohyeon?"

"I'm fine uncle."

"How is Siyeon?" He never asked me about Gahyeon. He and her were talking every day and she was going to his house every weekend. She was so much different than her sister. She loved her father as much as she loved her mother. She was good and kind. Unlike Siyeon. Well,... Gahyeon was young though when all these had happened... And she could forget and forgive easily too...

"She seems fine."

"Is she happy with Bora? Is she still bothering you? Is she still overprotective for Minji?" I nodded my head to all of his questions. He was a really good and caring man. Even if Siyeon hated him. He respected her and didn't push her to like him or love him. He cared for her though. So he always asked me about her.

"You know Yoohyeon... I still miss your mother."

"I know. I miss her too."

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The next morning me and Siyeon went to Mrs.Choi to ask her some stuff about the song. She said she wanted to hear us singing it. We sang it the way Siyeon had told me to and our teacher was looking at us thinking about it.

"Tell us Mrs. Choi. What is it?" Siyeon said impatiently.

"It's just... Whose idea was, for Siyeon to sing the chorus almost on her own? And Yoohyeon to have just a few lines?"

"Mine Mrs." Siyeon said.

"Why?"

"I thought it sounded better than how we were singing it before."

"It's good. But have you understood why I did this with the pairs?"

"Yeah. It's for us to understand how to work together and what teamwork is." She said.

"Have you offered Yoohyeon to help you? Have you heard her opinion?"

"She has a voice. She can tell me if she doesn't like it." Siyeon said defending herself.

"Look Siyeon. I don't know why you didn't ask her or why she didn't talk to you. You two should solve this out and cooperate for this song to be perfect. I think it would be good for both of you to give some time to each other. It's not only this project. It's a good chance to know each other better. Next time I want to hear this song and see both of you in it. It would be perfect." Mrs.Choi said softly and went to help the other students. Siyeon was silent. She then dropped her papers down angrily and went outside of the classroom. I didn't want to interfere cause it would get worse so I let Bora go.

"How is your project going?" Handong asked me.

"Fine." I simply said.

"And how is things with Siyeon unnie going? I know you two hate each other."

"We don't hate each other."

"Then what? Cause that's what it seems like it."

"She just... I don't know exactly what's on her mind. She just doesn't like me I guess. Like most students. It's nothing new. But I don't hate her. I actually understand her Dong unnie."

"You do? How?"

"It's a long story." I mumbled. Handong didn't want to push this any further so she stopped asking for more.

"Hey Yoohyeon! Where is your partner?" Minji asked me.

"She went outside."

"Why?" I didn't answer her.

"What happened Yoohyeonnie?" She asked me softly. I was almost ready to answer her when Siyeon came in.

"Nothing happened. Come on deaf girl. We have work to do." She said abruptly, took my hand violently and we went to our spot to practice. Minji looked at us confused but I didn't turn to look at her. She doesn't have to know. It's nothing new anyway. And I don't want her to fight again with Siyeon for me. It's not pleasant. Not at all. It makes me feel guilty actually. And even more helpless.

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In the afternoon Siyeon came again to my house. We were practicing for the song. She seemed mad at me. I could do nothing about it though. But what made her even more mad was when her dad called me. She saw his name on my phone when it rang. She didn't say anything at first. But when I ended the call she asked me,

"Why did my father call you?" She was angry and emphasized the words 'my' and 'you'.

"It's for my mother. He will come to pick me up in a while."

"Why? You can't go to the hospital alone?" She was mad now.

"Yeah I can Siyeon ssi. But it's an emergency. He will be here in a few minutes. So we have to finish the practice early today."

"I don't give a shit about practice! Why is he still seeing your mother and being all nice to you?! You aren't even his daughter!"

"Siyeon ssi. Please calm down. He  will just come and pick me up. I told you already that it's an emergency!" I tried to shook some sense to her. But it seemed impossible.

"What did he even see in your mother? Why did he abandoned us for her? She is a spoiled brat like you!" she shouted at me. And that was the time when I saw red. For the first time after so long I got really really mad.

"Don's say that!" I mumbled angrily.

"Why not to? Or else what deaf girl? You'll hit me like your step father did to you? Of course! You resemble him so much! You are a monster like him!"

"You know nothing about me!" I yelled back.

"And I don't want to! Your mother stole my father! I grow up without a father! And you did what to this? Nothing! Do you know how it feels to grow up without a father?"

"I do. But you had a choice. Unlike me." I mumbled almost crying.

"I don't care about your condition! All I know is that your mother stole my father and he now gives a shit about us! Your mother deserves to die! You deserve to die too!" She shouted at me. And now I was a beast. Exactly as what she called me. I grabbed her by the collar of her shirt.

"Take it back! Take it back! You can say whatever you want about me but not about my mother!!!" I punched her.

"Oh, so you are indeed like him huh? Such a monster!" She said laughing madly. She then punched me too. And of course she was stronger than me. I fell on the ground from how powerful her punch was and she sat on top of me hitting me harder on my face. I could see nothing. And all I could feel was pain. She then stood up. She breathed heavily and went to leave my house. But when she opened the door she came face to face with her father...   

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Author's note:
Well,... that was an interesting chapter. We got to know a bit of Yoohyeon's past. But also Siyeon's. Also, don't kill me  for making Siyeon look like the bad guy in this story. I won't spoil why she is acting like that. I'll only say to not judge a book by its cover, ok?

Anyway! Remember that English is not my first language so there might be mistakes. I hope you all liked it! Don't forget to like the chapter, and comment, if you want. It helps me A Lot, and don't forget to vote for Dreamcatcher on Soribada on Choeaedol app!!! Bye! See you on Friday! Dream of Dreamcatcher!

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