Are you sure? Even though just by referring to your last word, you must have clearly confirmed to me that your words were indeed true,” Gaeul teased.
“I didn't expect you to go this far.” Helian who realized that Gaeul was trying to tease her felt a little annoyed.
“My words have sounded uncomfortable in your ears huh? I apologize, I didn't mean to make you feel offended.” Gaeul hurriedly apologized to Helian.
***
“Wasn't our conversation too annoying.” Helian opened her voice after a long silence passed between her and Gaeul.
“You could say that,” Gaeul replied indifferently.
Currently, Gaeul and Helian were walking back to the dormitory. Helian happened to live in the same dormitory as Gaeul.
“Do you still have class later?” asked Helian curiously. Today he had finished all the schedules in his class and it was time to go home. Besides, she needed to recheck her guitar whose strings had broken.
“Nothing, what about you?” Gaeul asked back.
“Same as you. I just want to go back to the dorm and check my guitar,” Helian replied.
Gaeul took a quick glance at the guitar Helian was carrying. She was curious about the type of guitar. It felt like she recognized the guitar a bit although she wasn't too sure. “By the way, what kind of guitar is this? It feels like I've seen it before, somewhere but I don't really remember it clearly.”
“Gibson J-160E.”
“Wasn't that guitar once used by John Lennon?” Gaeul observed the guitar closely. In the past, she had read an article that talked about the Gibson guitar series that John Lennon had used. No wonder she felt a little familiar with the guitar.
“You like the Beatles?” Helian stopped his footsteps. She slightly guessed that Gaeul liked the band although she wasn't sure.
“You could say I'm not a fan. I'm just curious about the band and like to know some facts about them. After all they are phenomenal, it doesn't hurt to know their history,” Gaeul said.
“You're kind of a unique person.” Helian stepped back.
Gaeul, who was still focused on the dark brown guitar, honestly felt a little amazed. Gaeul was sure that Helian was a big fan of the legendary band. She honestly had a slight desire to steal the guitar from Helian.
Does she really want this guitar huh? Helian thought. The young man was curious to see Gaeul who seemed very interested in his guitar.
***
A young man with slanted eyes and a typical East Asian face, walked with light footsteps around the dormitory hallway. In his hands were tons of cake boxes, given by the girls in his class. Today was his birthday and there were many girls in his class who gave him gifts including cakes.
Sweet cakes were honestly not her taste. Especially the presents he received had colors, patterns, and motifs that were too cute for a grown man like him. He wondered why the girls didn't think to give gifts that were much more mature. He himself was also celebrating his 24th birthday and was definitely not at the age of a child. Yet all the gifts she received were of the cute, girly, childish variety. This was a bad thing for her.
She had to admit that her overly youthful looks were also a hassle. She obviously knew how to use her youthful charm. But honestly, there was an aspect that was quite disturbing for her if she was treated like a child. Having a youthful face and a small body did make him look like a child lost in a university.
The young man never complained about his appearance. Instead, he felt grateful for his situation. But sometimes he had to admit, that having an appearance that looked much younger than his real age made him feel uneasy. His appearance did benefit him but also sometimes made it difficult for him.
“Chyou!” someone called out.
The narrow-eyed youth automatically turned around, hearing his name being called by someone.
“What's wrong?” asked Chyou.
Sam, Chyou's roommate from the gambling town, called out to him. It was predictable that the young man wanted something from him.
“Wow, it looks like you got a lot of gifts. Obviously then, I should also give you a gift as your roommate?” Sam showed off his horse smile.
Chyou sighed heavily. For her, Sam not acting too much was a gift she had been craving for. It was a shame that he never got it.
“You not acting out and behaving yourself, that would be the most beautiful gift I could get from you,” he quipped.
Sam grinned. “Really? I can give you more than that.”
Where the hell did this bastard put his brain? Chyou thought irritably.
“So what did you want from me that you called me?” Chyou stared at Sam intently.
Sam scratched his head that was covered in dandruff from lazy shampooing. “So tonight I'm going out to play with my group. You know it's my cooking duty today, right? I'd like to ask you to cover my cooking shift, is that okay?”
“No. You can't just order me around like your servant. You think I'm your dog that you can manage, huh?” Chyou snapped. He was fed up with Sam's negligent behavior in carrying out his responsibilities.
“Come on, Chyou I'm begging you just this once.” Sam pleaded with Chyou. “Later I promise to buy you the most expensive Abalone you like,” she seduced.
Chyou knew that Sam if her friend promised something, it would definitely be kept. But to be honest, she was lazy if she continued to receive lazy bribes to do her friend's assignments.
“I actually agree more if you, from now on, should think about finding a personal servant. You've actually indirectly made yourself a servant with your expensive bribes.” Chyou was fed up with Sam's laziness. His friend was exactly the type of spoiled rich kid. Thinking that money always solved problems or responsibilities.
“Chyou I'm really begging you just this once. You know today is an important meeting for my group. I'm really begging you,” Sam pleaded with a whimper.
Chyou, who was fed up, immediately left Sam. Lingering over the boy's spoiled request made her lose her temper even more. Without hesitation Chyou immediately turned around and left Sam...
“Wait Chyou!” Sam immediately held Chyou's leg.
“You're out of your mind!” Chyou looked at Sam angrily.
Shameless Sam immediately sat down to worship in front of his roommate. “Chyou, this is an important meeting, I'm begging you!”