Chapter 3!

A girl and a boy quickly ran their way down a sidewalk on a blistering hot day. The sun shined down upon the small fishing town, heating up all the places and corners the sunlight could reach.

With the minimal clouds in the clear blue sky and gusts of wind coming from the beach, it made it the perfect weather to enjoy the outside world, under some shade of course.

“Yah No fair, An Yujin!” The boy shouted as he looked onto the figure of the girl in front of him.

“Just accept that you’re slower than me!~” The girl shouted back as the two approached a shop with a sign hanging on top of their wall and with a vending machine to the side, which was perfect for a day like this.

“Aha I won!~” The girl jumped upon her last step, stopping in front of the refreshment machine with her arms aloft her head. Her bright smile beamed along with the sunlight that lit up the street next to them.

The boy stopped shortly after her and was the polar opposite of the cheery and bubbly girl. He placed his arms on his knees, heaving heavily after each second that passed.

“N-no…fair…you pushed me.” The boy groaned out.

“Pushed you? It’s not my fault you didn’t turn the corner quick enough!” Yujin placed an hand over one of his shoulders, patting it softly.

“Now what should I get?~” The girl turned to the main reason why they decided to run all the way from the school, a vending machine for drinks.

Yujin stared at the stack of bottles and cans through the glass that separated them. Upom making her choice, she pulled out some pocket change for her to use.

(YN) breathed in one more heavy breath as he stared at the floor. Looking down to his feet, he saw that the shoelaces had become undone. He leaned down before grabbing onto the thin pieces of cloth.

He tied them slowly, making sure he got the two bunny ears correctly before tying them together.

The boy turned his head towards his other shoe when something stopped him, something that was refreshingly cold. He looked and found that Yujin was pressing down a cold can of soda by the side of his face.

“The machine ran out of orange soda but I got you a grape one instead.” Yujin said, showing him the purple can.

His eyes followed her extended arm until he looked at her face where she was pressing an orange can on her cheek. They locked eyes just as Yujin smiled at him. It was a smile that was distinctly hers, one that had two dimples appear on her cheeks.

A cool breeze suddenly flew by the two young teens. The girl’s short hair danced along with the air as (YN) continued to stare.

“Take it, it’ll warm up quickly with this heat around.” Yujin shook the can in front of him before shaking his head.

“I thought they ran out of orange soda.” (YN) sighed out as he stood back up straight. He took the can out of her hand before holding onto its pull tab.

“They ran out after I got this one~” She gave him a teasing smirk that made scoff softly. As if they were in sync, they both pulled open their cans of sodas that made a loud sound of gas exiting into the air.

They drank down the cold sweetness gulp by gulp.

“Oh when did you two get here? Have you stayed in the sun for long?” A voice of an elderly man came from behind the two. The pair turned and found a large man walking towards them.

He wasn’t large by height but instead was large that they almost resembled a large friendly teddy bear, according to Yujin’s words.

“We just got here, Mr.Kim. We ran all the way from school to get sodas from your machine.” Yujin explained, showing her can of soda with a smile.

The man immediately noticed how sweaty the two had gotten. Yujin’s hair was a mess and the (YN)’s uniform already had wrinkled up from their shenanigans.

“Aish, why did you two run from the school, especially in this weather? Look how dirty you two have gotten.” Mr.Kim told the two young teens.

“This was the only place we knew had anything cold to serve so we just had to go here.” It was (YN)’s turn to explain themselves.

“Aigoo~ You two shouldn’t stay in the sun for too long. It’s lucky that I found you two. You can cool down inside, if you’d like.” The older man offered them.

Yujin immediately nodded her head with (YN) following after her just as eager.

Since they would always pass by the small flower shop on their way home from school, it became some sort of place for them to hang out. Even more so because they knew the owner and he would let them stay inside for as long as they would like.

“Let’s head inside then. Luckily for you two, I just bought your favorite cream puffs. You can eat them as snacks while I water some of the flowers, okay?”

“Ooh, can I help?~ (YN) can help too!” Yujin raised her hand excitedly with the older man nodding his head at her.

“Okay, okay, let’s get ourselves inside. I can barely stand the heat much longer.” The man walked towards the door of the shop, with the two young teens following behind him. He slowly twisted the keys and pushed the door open.

*KRING!~*

“Could anyone tell me what the petals are for?”

Lim (YN) never would have thought that he would once again be sitting down and listening to a teacher ramble on and on to their students. He thought he had escaped this whole ordeal once he graduated from college but he guessed that he couldn’t run away from this one.

He looked at the class of kids that were inside the flowershop. All of them stared intently at the woman discussing at the side of the store. She had a rose in her hand as she enthusiastically explain its different parts.

(YN) could tell that she really enjoyed her job just from how happy she looked as she taught. She made sure to interact with the kids to keep their eyes on her by asking questions and joking about. It truly surprised him that each one of her questions were answered quickly, not just thrown into dead air.

If she was his teacher back then, he might’ve enjoyed the subjects she taught. Teachers like her felt hard to come by, most of the ones he studied under where either grumpy, an oldhead or both of them combined.

Her tone was as sweet like honey, smooth and soft, not strict nor harsh. Maybe that was how she got her name.

“Now everybody, how about we share our favorite flowers? Who would like to start?~” Hanni asked her class, clasping the flower with both of her hands.

One by one, the kids raised their hands. Each one of them went to the front and stood next to their teacher, naming the different flowers they liked, some had a liking for roses, some for tulips and some even said the sakura blossoms that bloomed in the spring.

“Hmmm~ Would anyone like to guess what mine is?” The teacher once again asked her class. Just like clockwork, her students started naming flowers left and right. But as they continued, none of them seemed to get it right.

He already knew the answer so why not give the kids a helping hand?

“Seowon-ah!” He softly whispered to the young black-haired girl sitting not too far from the front desk. She slowly turned around to her older brother who was cupping the side of his mouth.

“What is it, oppa?” She whispered right back.

“Her favorite flowers are daisies! Say it quickly!” (YN) replied, glancing back and forth between his sister and her teacher whom was still busy answering to the other kids.

“Whoever gets it first will get 3 plus points on their next quiz! Oh Seowonnie wants to try~” Hanni quickly turned to the girl’s direction, she also noticed the man sitting right beside her. He took a look at her eyes before turning his head away suspiciously.

“Teacher Pham’s favorite flowers are daisies!” Seowon shouted her answer towards her teacher and classmates. Hanni nodded her head, still with a smile.

“That’s right. My favorite ones are daisies! Looks like Seowonnie will get extra points~” Hanni announced. She looked at the small girl who quickly turned around to her brother for a small high hive.

Hanni already knew that she got her answer somewhere so to be fair, she’ll give everyone points.