Second Chance For The Bullied

Bella

     The mother had no idea what sort of bad dream made her son so emotional in the morning but she didn't push him away, instead, she embraced him warmly. Mrs. Lee is a full-time housewife, she only leaves the house to get groceries or go on a date with her husband. Being a housewife wasn't something she wanted but because of how corrupt the country they live in is. In K-country, ladies as beautiful as Mrs. Lee doesn't stand a chance of getting a job unless they have an affair with an official, or they are from a rich home. So, since Mrs. Lee does not have any rich background, nor does she want to be an unfaithful wife, she decided to stay at home and live with the little her husband earns. The love her husband had for her only multiplied when he realized her wife was willing to let go of her dreams in order to be faithful. Another thing Mr. Lee was happy about is that their son took after the mother and not him.

"Your friends are outside, you just started your summer holiday, you shouldn't spend your time sleeping." Mrs. Lee broke off the hug and then went inside her son's room to pick up his dirty clothes from the ground. "You shouldn't liter your room so much, make sure to tidy up before leaving with your friends." She left the room after that and Jinhoo went back to his room to check himself once more.

"So this is real." He muttered as he studied himself in the mirror. 

"Jinhoo!" He heard his name again but this time it wasn't from his mother, it was from his friend. Jinhoo decided not to waste any more time looking at himself in the mirror, there are a lot of things that he needed to check up on. He took the nearest shirt and ran out of the room. The moment he came out of the door, he saw his two friends waiting for him. 

"Min Soo? Jih Hyun?" Jinhoo was surprised to see his two friends young again. Even though they both left him after he started getting bullied, he bears no ill feelings toward them. He walked towards them and embraced them tightly, they didn't understand why the sudden display of affection so boys being boys, they pushed him away.

"Are you alright?" Min Soo asked, though he pushed Jinhoo away, his eyes held affection and care in them. 

"Everything is fine." Jinhoo assured his friends. "So, what is our today's plan?" Jinhoo from his memory knew they always make plans the next day at the end of each day, so he knew that they must have made plans for today. He can't begin to guess the plan they have for the day since to him, the yesterday they knew is different from the one he knew.

"Have you forgotten, we planned to go to the arcade." Jih Hyun answered with an eye roll. Jih Hyun is not as soft-hearted as Min Soo. Jinhoo looked at his friend Jih Hyun and remembered that, unlike Min Soo, Jih Hyun left him because he couldn't stand his face. 

"I am sorry, I can't do that."

"Why?" Min Soo asked.

"I have a plan, it's a last-minute thing. I apologize." Jinhoo is a forty years old man in the body of a teenager so he no longer sees playing a game as something fun. Also, he has a lot of things to so playing games with his friends wasn't one of them.

"Come on Min Soo, let's go." Jih Hyun was already walking away by the time he was saying those words. Jinhoo just smiled warmly at Min Soo as he watched them leave. Min Soo was hesitant at first but after seeing Jinhoo smiling and waving, he also decided it best they leave Jinhoo.

After the friends left, Jinhoo went inside to arrange his room. Though Mrs. Lee asked him to arrange the room, she never expected it to happen. So, she was truly surprised when she saw her son arranging his room. After arranging his room, Jinhoo ate his breakfast, he wanted to rush it since he is eager to see someone but after taking the first scoop, he remembered how much he missed his mother's food. Jinhoo took his time to eat his breakfast and it tasted like heaven to him. 

"I would be back in the evening." Jinhoo said to his mother before leaving the house. Mrs. Lee was surprised about her son's sudden change of character, but she loved it. In the past Jinhoo would leave the house without telling her when he would return, he doesn't help with the house chores nor does he appreciates his mother's food.

"I don't know what happened but I hope this character remains." Mrs. Lee smiled warmly as she watched her son leave the house.

Jinhoo couldn't stop his heart from beating faster due to the excitement and nervousness he is feeling. He is currently on his way to go and see Bella, for some reason he feels that everything would make sense if he sees her. And the thought of seeing her was more nerve-wracking than he hoped for but that didn't stop him. Jinhoo couldn't believe how much different looked to him, but some things are still the same. The Crimson gang members were still roaming the neighborhood bullying whoever crosses their path, Jinhoo carefully avoided them since he wouldn't want his second chance to be cut short.

Jinhoo took a bus to get to his destination and just like always he was flabbergasted by the beautiful neighborhood. The world is divided by classes, Jinhoo and Bella are from an entirely different classes, and it's clear by seeing the difference in their neighborhood. Jinhoo never knew which house Bella lives in so he decided the best option is to wait outside the neighborhood and hope she would walk by. Jinhoo sat down on a chair that was under a big tree, so he wasn't worried about the sun. Jinhoo didn't care how long he has to wait or how stupid he is for hoping he would see her by just waiting. Bella is from a wealthy family so the chances of her walking are very slim, but Jinhoo is betting on that chance.

Aleric watched the sky as the sunset beautifully decorated the sky with colors. Jinhoo has been waiting for hours but he hasn't got a glimpse of Bella. 

"Calm down." Jinhoo said to his stomach as it growls for the umpteenth time. He is getting hungry but he still wanted to wait a while longer to know if he would see her. Just as the last light was about to leave the sky, Jinhoo saw a beautiful car driving out of the neighborhood. Jinhoo didn't think much of it because a lot of beautiful cars have driven in and out of the neighborhood so he felt this would be just another one of them. Just as Jinhoo was about to give up and leave the car came to a stop and the back door opened and the most beautiful girl came down from it. 

"Bella." Jinhoo muttered as he gazed upon the beauty that walked down from the car. Jinhoo did not attempt to approach her since he knew that at this moment in time of their previous life, Bella hasn't spoken to him yet. Though he went to the same middle school as Bella, they never exchanged any word till they got to high school. And Jinhoo felt they wouldn't have even spoken to each other if it wasn't for the incident. He just stood there watching the beautiful girl who is oblivious to him. Jinhoo's heart once again started beating faster as he secretly watch Bella entering the front seat.

"This is Bella." Jinhoo scoffed as he remembered Bella always complaining about how she hated seating in the back seat. The car drove off after Bella entered the front seat. Jinhoo left after seeing Bella, the next person on his list to see is his father, and he knows his father would be at home by the time he gets home.