Gratefulness~ pt.4

I drop a tea bag in the mug and pour steaming hot water on it. Then I get a blanket, sit down and spread it very well over my frozen legs and my whole body. A book is laying on my table, its cover is ruined by broken wine glass. I set the car keys beside it. I'm waiting.

I wake up when something slams. My eyes are wide open in a second and I raise my head from behind the sofa. Complete silence is surrounding me now. I sigh loudly as I see my blanket as a bundle on the floor and then the car keys that have disappeared. He lefts as soon as he saw it was me.

On my way home I go through the memories I have from last night, over and over again. I nudged Ji to his side, asked if he was in his senses. Eventually I ended up dragging him to his car.
"Idioth..." he has mumbles silenty by himself as I drove him home. "Idiot... Ji Yong, you idiot... Young Bae... Mineeha..." And then he had almost hit me when he had waved his hand aggressively in the iair. He mentioned Kiko too, mumbled so unclearly that I had no idea what it was about.

"Oh. Annyeong haseyo!" Narelle greets me happily as I run past him to take the trashes out.
"Gyo Mi-Ok has something for you!" he head back to the door.
"Hmh?" I get curious and walkt to the door to their room and peek in. The room is empty. I walk to my and Ariel's rooma nd see Mi-Ok sitting on the floor with her back facing me. She's rustling something in her hands.
"Ige mwoyeyo...?" I put my handbag down and walk closer. Mi-Ok turns to me with a wide grin on her face.
"It's damyo*!" she smiles and hands me the package.
"Ohh, jinjjayo?" I get confused because of the gift and I keep turning it around and reading the hanguls on it. There are drawings of all the countries' flags and texts in different languages. I notice the big Finnish flag among the others. Mi-Ok stands up and points at it and then the whole blanket.
"International," he says excitedly and I keep nodding.
"Gyo Mi-Ok," I look at him gratefully. "Komawoyo! Nomu komawoyo..."
"We have decorated our rooms so I though that we should help you to make your room nicer too!"
"Yeah, wow! Thank you. It's so nice of you," I smile and hug Mi-Ok who's looking very pleased. She helps me to make the bed and we clean the dorm together while the others are busy witht their schedules. We play good music and have fun. And for a moment I forget the stress and my problmes and I get close to Mi-Ok. She's so energetic and fun to be with.

Later in the evening I get back from the practices, tired because of both stress and dancing. I really just did let it go and I danced my muscles sore, used all my energy to release some of my bad thoughts with the sweat. I didn't even have energy to think about the whole drama: Kiko and Ji Yong. I feel that when I came to Korea, all I have done is to ruin my image and I've spent my free time scolding myself, my stupidity. It's like I had changed into someone else. Maybe I'm actually evil on the inside and I just have not know it. But I feel too lazy to think about it. I'm so full of everything.
As I walk and head towards the parking lot, I sense something odd. All of a sudden there's a complete silent. The grasshoppers don't chirr like they usually do. The wind isn't blowing. A weird scent is floating in the air... I stop at the end of the path and freeze. Something is wrong now and I can feel it. I can feel it very well. The specific odd atmosphere is surrounding the place, the atmoshpere that can be felt when watching a scary movie. Where someone jumps from a bush, grabs the victim and tries to suffocate him with morphine, then dragging him to his car and driving away without a witness or a trace left behind. I look at the fat tree that is hiding one of the street lamps behind itself. A human could be hiding behind it. And what about the hedgerow on the other side of the dormitory. And I, myself, am standing int he spotlights under the first lamp and almost screaming "Here I am! Come and get me!".
I'm shivering. Still, nothing happens and I continue walking to the door an inside, wondering what made the atmosphere so weird.



*damiyo = blanket

Notes

Teaser for chapter 24