It had been a month since I moved to this school. I was moved here because I fought with my enemy and made him fainted. I thought I didn’t make any mistake. He was the one who had to be punished. He insulted me. Huh, thinking of it really made me angry. Because of that annoying boy, I must live in dormitory now. HOW RIDICULOUS HE WAS! Huh, I was so bored here. Nothing was special here. How my mom could move me to this school! I wasn’t in my mood to study now, so I decided to play truant. I went to school garden. I laid my body on the grasses and stared to the sky. Suddenly I felt so sleepy. I fell a sleep.
An amazing sound of piano woke me up. It was so beautiful. But it heard like the pianist was so sad. I was so curious with the pianist. I looked for the source of the sound. It looked like it was from the music room. The door was opened! I tiptoed to the room so that the pianist wouldn’t hear me. Finally I reached the door! I looked into the room. The pianist was a girl. I was hypnotized by her piano playing. “Annyeong?” I thought there was someone was talking to me. “Annyeong?” I saw a girl in front of me. Was her talking to me? “Annyeong.” She smiled to me. “Why are you? Are you sick?” I was shocked. “Ah, mianhae.Jongmalmianhaeyo.” I bowed my body. The girl laughed. “Why do you laughed?” I said. “Nope. I just think that you’re funny.” She smiled and went away. “Hey, may I know your name? You are such a great pianist!” I cried, but she didn’t answer me. Maybe she didn’t hear me.
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I went out of teachers’ room. I was scolded because I played truant yesterday. I was punished. That ugly bald teacher made me cleaning the toilet. I really wanted to cut off remain of his hairs!! I finished cleaned the toilet. I was so tired and stinky. I walked out of the toilet and crushed someone. She felt down. “Sorry...” I looked closer to her face “you…you are the pianist!” I smiled widely. I helped her to stand. “No problem. What do you do here?” She asked with innocent face. I really hate to answer this question. It made me looked bad in front of her. “Errr..I just wash my face. Today,the weather is so hot” I bit my lips. “Really? I think you’re new student here.” She laughed a little. “This toilet is broken you know. No one use this toilet anymore.” I was so ashamed. I thought my face was turning into red. “Oh, I was very impressed by your playing yesterday. You’re so amazing!” I tried to change the topic. “Thanks a lot. Do you like the song?” I nodded. “Oh, sorry I must go now. I’ve something to do. Bye” she waved her hands and so did I. Oh GOD, she was so pretty. I kept in silent. One second, two second..I thought I forgot something. Oh GOD! What is her name?! How could I forget to ask it? Argh..
It had been 11.45 p.m. “Keybum, are you still awake?” my roommate, Lee Jinki, asked slowly. “Yeah!Why?!” I answer roughly. “Hmm, could you accompany me to the toilet now? Please. If you don’t, maybe I’ll wet on bed” I thought if I didn’t accompany him, he would cry and wet on bed. Besides it I didn’t want to sleep in a stinky room. I wondered why I got a coward roommate like him. I scratched my head which wasn’t itch. “Jinki! Quick! Or I’ll leave you now!” I cried. “Noooo. Can you wait a lil bit longer?” he cried too. “NO!” Jinki, why you always made me mad?! Suddenly I heard sound of piano again, it was the same song as yesterday. I ran to the music room and left Jinki alone. I opened the door, but no one inside the room. The music stopped.My breath was unarranged.I tried to calm down myself. “Where is she?”
“KEYBUM!!!”Jinki cried. Oh GOD! I forgot about Jinki! I ran toward him. He was sitting and shivering. “Hey!” I held his shoulder. “Hyaaaaaa” he cried, I covered his mouth. “Hey! It’s me, Kibum. Don’t cry please! You hurt my ears. Let’s go back!” he nodded.
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“Keybum! Today is Sunday. Ehmmm, do you want to accompany me to my grandma’s house?” he smiled. “Why must I accompany you to your grandma’s house? I don’t want! You go by yourself. I have something to do.” I saw him pouted his mouth. “Okay. But, are you sure you don’t want to accompany me?” he asked again. “Oh Jinki! Please! Don’t make me mad! Go now or I’ll eat you!”
Jinki had gone to his Grandma’s house. Me? I just stayed at dormitory. I wasn’t too close with others. So I decided to spend my time painting at dormitory garden.I was concentrating in my painting, and then suddenly someone sat beside me. “Your painting is beautiful. Why don’t you enter art school?” I looked at someone whom talked to me. “Oh, that’s you, the pianist! Thanks. Not many people praise my painting like you do.” I smiled widely. “Jongmal? I think this is the best painting I ever see. None of students here can paint as good as you.” I was so happy hearing it. “Yes! I think you’ll win the painting contest if you join it.” She smiled.“Oh yes, may I know your name?” she asked. Oh GOD! She asked my name. Why I felt so happy? Ah, it isn’t important, “Sure! I’m Kim Keybum. What’s yours?” She smiled, “I’m Lee Haejin.” I felt my something strange in my heart. I felt my heart beat faster. What happened to me?
After that meeting with Haejin, accidently I often met her at the dormitory garden.I spent much time talking to her. She was such an interesting girl. I didn’t know why, but I thought she brought happiness to me. I’d never laughed so free before I met her. I felt that my empty heart had filled little by little. When I was with her, I felt something warm flew in my heart. Am I in love with her?
Haejin was playing the song again. She often played the song for me. But sometimes I saw sorrow on her face when she played it.It looked like she would cry whenever she played it. Once time, she asked me all of sudden, “Keybum-aa, do you want to make me a painting of myself?” She asked with sad face. “Sure. I’ll make it for you. Don’t be sad. Kekeke~” She smiled sadly. “Don’t worry. I’ll do my best for you. I promise. Hehe. By the way, what is the named of that song?” I asked ambitiously. “It named ‘song of the forgotten heart’” I made an ‘O’ mouth. “Do you make it by yourself?” She nodded “I make it for someone whom I love, but, maybe he had forgotten me now.” She looked at me deeply.
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“HEY KEYBUM! Do you hear me?” Jinki waved his hands in front of my eyes. “Huh? What? Huh?” I was shocked. “You don’t hear me, do you?” he pouted his mouth. “Ah, mianhae.Jongmalmianhae.” I bowed my body. “What do you think about? Huh, I’m angry now.” He still pouted her mouth and suddenly he smiled “But I’ll forgive you if you tell me who the girl is. Kekeke” I was confused. “What? The girl?” I didn’t catch the meaning. “Yes, the girl who hasturned you to be a good boy like this. Kekeke. You know, you never hit me again and you never play truant anymore. Even you often smiles to everyone now! You change so much Keybum! Are there someone you love?” he smiled widely “Even love can change a wild wolf like you into a cute kitten. I am your roommate. I know you. Don’t be afraid. I won’t tell anyone about it. Come on!” He looked so ambitious to hear my answer. “I don’t know, Jinki. I don’t know my feeling.” Jinki looked confused. “Huh, I’m hungry. I want to eat Ramen.” I looked Jinki. “Do you want me to accompany you? Of course Keybum!” he hugged me. “Hey, stop it! It’s ridiculous! Stop it!”
“Ah, I’m full.” Jinki said. I looked at my surrounding. The canteen was so crowded. Suddenly my eyes stopped at the corner of the canteen. There was someone smiled to me. Haejin! I stood up. “Keybum?”Jinki asked. I ran toward her and left Jinki behind. “Keybum! Wait for me! Oh God! I eat too much until I can’t move. Keybum~ wait for me…”
Where did she go? I looked at my surrounding. Haejin, why did you always come and go like wind? I decided to go back to Jinki. I passed the music room. I entered the room. I stared all part of the room. I touched the piano. I sat on the chair and began to play it. Hahaha, that’s not bad. At last I ever had some piano courses when I was a child. The bell was ringing. I had to go back to the class. I stood up and suddenly I saw a photo on the piano. I took that photo. It was…Haejin’s photo? But why it was torn? Who was person beside her?
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“Keybum-aa” someone held my shoulder. “Haejin-aa?” I looked behind. “Who is Haejin? It’s me, Jinki. You run so fast. Why you run all of sudden? Argh, my stomach..I want to go to toilet now.”Jinki ran away. I looked at the photo again. I decided to keep it. I walked out from that room.I laid my body on a bench in dormitory garden. I was so bored. It has been a week I didn’t meet Haejin. Where did she go? I missed her. I took Haejin’s photo from my wallet. I stared it. Suddenly the wind blew so strong. The photo flew away! “NOOOO!” I cried. I tried to find it. I was so sure that the photo wouldn’t fly too far. I spent seven hour looking for it. But I got nothing. The sun had set. It was getting dark. I had to go back to my room.
I could hardly sleep. I wanted to go to toilet. I went out from my room. I looked at the window along the path. It was full moon now. The moon looked so mysterious and big. Suddenly someone covered my eyes. “Hey! Who is that?” I touched the hands. It was so cold. “It’s me.” I was shocked. I turned back my body. “Haejin-aa? How can you be here?” she hugged me all of sudden. “Keybum. My time was short, I was no longer here. Maybe this is my last change. Keybum-aa, saranghae..” Her eyes were full of tears. “ Haejin? What do you mean? Haejin?” I saw her disappear little by little. “Please promise me, don’t ever forget me anymore Keybum-aa.” Tears ran down on her cheek. “ Haejin?!" I hugged her tightly. “Haejin? Please don’t leave me…” But it was worthless. She had gone now. I was alone here now. “Where is Haejin? Haejin?Arghhh!!!!!!”
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I opened the door. I looked Jinki was holding my canvas. “Keybum! Is this your painting? It was so beautiful! Who’s the girl in this painting? She looks like an angel. This painting is great! You’ll win in painting contest next month if you enter this painting!” Jinki said. I just kept in silent. Yes, it was painting of Haejin. It almost half a year since Haejin disappeared. About two months ago I found a photo when I was tidying my books at my bookshelf. It was Haejin’s photo which I ever found before. But now, that photo was not torn anymore. In that photo I could see Haejin smiled happily with someone whose face was the same as me. I was really confused. I thought maybe he was me in my past life. But I still couldn’t believe it. Am I in love with a ghost?
Jinki forced me to enter the painting of Haejin to a painting contest. And you know what? My painting won the first place at the painting contest. Now the painting was showed in a painting exhibition for a month. “Look! I know that you’ll win!” Jinki said proudly. He smiled so wide till his eyes looked like a line. I was just staring at the paintings. Suddenly someone crushed me. “Ah, mianhae..I slip because the floor was wet.” She said to me. My eyes got bigger.“HAEJIN? LEE HAEJIN? Is that you?” I said to her. “Haejin-aa, how can he know your name?” her friend said. She looked confused. “Yes, that’s my name. How can you know my name?” she asked. Oh God! Did you send her back to me? Or it was just De Ja Vu?
