It was already pass midnight but Jong Kook still not able to sleep. His eyes are closed but his mind is drag him away to another thing. The conversation of Song-Song sibling keep haunting his mind.
“ so she was in love with someone for 4 years now and never move on? She said that there’s no one better than him.” Jong Kook smirk when thinking about the last Word. He can feel that his heart is being squeezed.
“she must really love with him that much, but why? She said it just a oneside love story but she still love him? Why? That Lee Dong Wook surely a lucky guy to has been loved like that ” Jong Kook's mid keep wondering and bombarded with multiple question.
He keep asking him self why does she still in love with that man even when see felt that it was a oneside story. She never hope he will love her back but she is not hurted even for once and happy just being in love with him? Isn’t she so naive? Or maybe she just a fool? Why does she keep loving and waiting for nothing?
At first, he thought that Ji Hyo is actually really pitiful for holding onto her oneside feeling. But after he thinking about it over again, he can't pity her anymore. Instead he adore her. Remembering her deep and sincere love to someone without hoping for the mutual feeling makes him adore her. She is so naive but somehow so wonderfull. How can she managed to love someone without feeling any pain and never hoped for the returned of her feeling.
He ever thought that Ji Hyo is a tough and cold girl but then he realize that she is actually a lovely girl inside. Thinking about that, makes he want to protect her fragile side. But then, his mind diverting to his own feeling, why did he become someone who really want to take care of her. He is nobody for her, they are not even close, and never talk to each other.
She is just his ordinary student like the other, but why is the thought of her keep haunting his mind. He admit that she is such a beautiful girl, sometime she may be tomboy, but when he look closer she is just an ordinary cute and naive girl.
“if she is mine, I would make sure to make her happy and safe, happier than what she ever feel when she love him, if she is mine...... Wait?! If she is what? Ah Kim Jong Kook, what are you thinking about? She is your student! Your student!” Jong Kook nagging his self in his mind.
Being frustrated for not able to fallen asleep, Jong Kook open his eyes and staring at his clock. It’s already 4 a.m. He just spends a sleepless night due to his overthinking. He decide to change his cloth into an exercise training outfit. He wear his black jacket, puting his watch then earphone on his ears. He take a bottle of water to help him from dehidration that might happen.
He then go out straightly from his apartement and go down from the high building. He is jogging around the near park. It’s actually still dark outside but he was used to excercise from the dawn. At every morning he alwasy do some excercise by jogging around the nearby park.
Today is Sunday and he has no other plan to do, so he think to enjoy some more leisure time to do a relaxing excercise. The time is ticking and its already 6 a.m. The sky become brighter. Jong Kook decide to take a rest and go back to his apartement. Jong kook was living alone the apartement for 10 years. His parent was staying away in Anyang.
He has a big brother who continue his family business of Kim cooperation. It was a business of his family from generation to generation. His father is the second generation. The Kim first son was manage to help their business and married a girl from a rich company that his father offer. It just a business relationship. Jong Kook thinks that his hyung just being a puppet of their family business ny agreeing that arrangement marriage. That’s become the reason why Jong Kook never interest with his family business and decide to do something that he love to.
His father actually prepare a marriage for him with a daughter of his friend but Jong Kook refused it because he has a girlfriend and never have a plan to be another puppet of the business. His father is really mad at him for this so Jong Kook decided to live away from his family. His break up with his girl friend is caused by his father and he blame his father about that. But then he find that his father is not the only reason of their break up. He just so young back then and not able to hold his relationship and he realized that they are not really mean to be together.
Jong Kook is about to enter his apartement but his entering is delayed when he hear a friendly voice of a young man greet him.
“good morning my new neighbor. I just move here with my sister, I hope we can be a good neighbor” the young man greet him politely. Jong Kook is puzzled and staring on the man silently. This Man who is standing infront of him is a familiar flower boy he saw yesterday.
“ah yes... sure let's become be a good neighbor” when he is aware of his surrounding Jong Kook can finally greet and welcome his New neighbor.
“Ji Hyo noona, our neighbor is here, let’s greet him together” the Young actor Song Jong Ki call out his brother who is staying inside their apartemen. Their apartment is right beside Jong Kook's. Jong Kook hold his breath when he realize that he will become a neighbor with her. The girl who constantly come into his mind Song Ji Hyo.
In an instan speed Ji Hyo appear with a bowl of soup that she prepare for her new neighbor, she is so excited to greet him and hoping that they will have a good relationship as neighbor. But when she was outside and realize who is the person Who live beside her, she is freezing.
“ah. Mr. Kim....” Ji Hyo greet her professor formaly, totally being awkward.
“ah yes Ji Hyo-ssi” Jong Kook is so nervous. Can you imagine spending your whole night time thinking about a girl.... A students.... He corrects it and on the next morning she is right infront of him. And here is she, becoming his neighbor all of sudden. He didn't prepare his self for this.
“Did you two knew each other?” the little brother ask the older person confusely.
“he is Professor Kim Jong Kook, my lecturer at University” Ji Hyo explain to her sibling while exchanging an awkward gaze with the professor.
“ah... so you’re her lecturer Professor Kim..... please take a good care of us, expecially my sister, I will go for a meantime to shoot my new film in Jeju and she will leave alone for a month, I really want to ask you a favor to take care of her because she is.... really a mess” Jong Ki ask a favor to Jong Kook like a father who hand over his little girl to their teacher's care. It is embarrased the big sister.
“yah... Jong Ki ah, what are you saying about? I’m not a little girl, beside I’m your noona, I can take care of my self” Ji Hyo is annoyed and flustered. Her face turn to redish tomato. The word that Jong Ki choose make the sister feel that she is being handed to her future husband.
“I know noona, but it’s better if there is a man who can keep you safe” Jong Ki insist, he is so protective because toward his sister. He is the only man in his family, his father was passed away when they were still a kiddo, and his mother died when giving a birth to Jong Ki.
The two sibling only live alone together while his uncle's family staying at Ilsan. When they live at Ilsan he can feel at ease because his uncle will always taking care of Ji Hyo, but now they live at Seoul which is far away from Ilsan, and his only sister will live alone when he is off to work. He worry about her but he also can't let his sister to drive a long the Way from Ilyas everyday.
Ji Hyo is 1 years older than him. Sometime Jong Ki did realized that he treat the big sister like a baby, he is being more like a big brother for her. But Ji Hyo didn't mind this and Enjoy his babysitting toward her. His sister is really precious for him. He loves her so much and she loves him even more.
It's been a year for Jong Ki since his debut as an actor. He is really happy that he can become a help for their family's finance. They are not a poor family But they also not rich. Their parent have a restaurant at Ilsan that being operated by their uncle. The restaurant is big enough to become a source of their daily finance and etc.
“okay I will try my best to keep her save, she is also my student anyway” Jong Kook interupting Song-Song conversation. Ji Hyo is freezing to hear what Jong Kook said while Jong Ki seem really happy and excited with the answer.
“really Mr. Kim? Thank you so much, I don’t know what to do to repay your kindness” said Jong Ki happily.
“I even not doing anything yet, I was touched” Jong Kook chuckles by Jong Ki's excitment.
“by the way you don't need to be so formal around me, you just can call me hyung” ask Jong Kook then. “and you can call me oppa Ji Hyo-ah” Jong Kook continue the Last word in his mind without speaking it out.
“yes, Kim Jong Kook hyung, thank you” Jong Ki thank him with his bright smile.
“ah, now my dongsaeng call you hyung? How about me? Don’t you wanna hear me call you oppa? Of course you’re not, you are my lecturer! And I am your student Kim Jong Kook ahjussi” Ji Hyo is annoyed in her mind.
“oh right, my noona is prepare a soup for you, she said that the weather is a little bit cold, she hope that the soup will help you warm your body, she is really kind” Jong Ki take a bowl of soup from Ji Hyo’s hand and give it to Jong Kook. Jong Kook accept it happily while Ji Hyo just put her flat expression.
“thank Ji Hyo.....ssi” said Jong Kook awkwardly, he almost call her name unformallty.
“you’re welcome Mr.Kim, excuse me then” Ji Hyo bow 90 degree to her profesor before going back her New apartement.