Dreaming of you-Chapter 55: Attending The Wedding

Dong-hyeon stopped his bike in front of a church. As soon as Dong-hyeon stops his bike, Jung-hee gets off the bike. Jung-hee takes off her helmet and hands it to Dong-hyeon. Then, she starts fixing her makeup in the bike mirror. Dong-hyeon smiles when he sees Jung-hee fixing her makeup like that.

"There’s a saying, you know? No matter how much you beautify a witch, she will still remain a witch."

Jung-hee quickly glanced at Dong-hyeon with sharp eyes. Clenching her jaw, she spoke in a serious tone, "Did you mean me?"

Dong-hyeon realizes from the way Jung-hee speaks and looks that she is very angry. If he says yes, he meant her, he’d surely be in trouble, especially with the wedding ceremony coming up. He quickly decided against it, thinking about his own well-being and everyone else’s.

"Why should I mean you? I was talking of those girls."

Jung-hee pursed her lips, smiling widely and said, "Okay then."

Dong-hyeon turned around and sighed, "Phew, I’m safe."

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Jung-hee and Dong-hyeon walked hand in hand. Since Jung-hee was new, she didn’t recognize anyone. Dong-hyeon introduced her to everyone one by one. Through these conversations, Jung-hee learned that today, not one couple, but four pairs of boys and girls were getting married. And all of them were orphans.

The four grooms had grown up in the same orphanage, so they were all getting married together. Not only that, but they had invited everyone from the orphanage to this event, and everyone had come to participate. Although Jung-hee was surprised by this, her main question was: how did Dong-hyeon know them? And why did the people from the orphanage talk to him as if they’d known him for years? Was that true? How could they know him? Dong-hyeon had never been here before!

Jung-hee was sitting in a corner, lost in thought when Dong-hyeon came to her and called her name.

"Let me introduce you to my friends."

Jung-hee didn’t hear Dong-hyeon’s words. She was lost in her own thoughts.

"Hey Jung-hee!"

Dong-hyeon lightly pushed her body, causing her to come out of her thoughts for the time being. She turned to Dong-hyeon and asked,

"Did you say something?"

Dong-hyeon was a little worried when he saw Jung-hee looking so lost. He sat down next to Jung-hee and turned to face her. Dong-hyeon held one of Jung-hee’s hands and looked at her calmly, and said in a worried tone.

"I told you so. But is something wrong with you? Are you worried about something? Are you having any problems here? Can you tell me so I can.... "

"It’s nothing. Actually, I don’t know anyone here, so I’m just a little uncomfortable. That’s all."

"Oh, I see. Well, come with me. Talk to them for a bit, and in a few minutes, you’ll feel like they’ve known you for a long time."

"Hmm. But after a while. My feet are hurting from wearing heels."

"Should I get some other shoes? I’ll buy them?"

"No, no, just don’t waste money on buying new shoes now. It’ll be fine after sitting for a while."

"Sure?"

"Hmm." Jung-hee nodded in agreement.

"Okay. Until then, I’ll sit next to you. "

" But your friends will look for you. "

" Will they? They’re the stars of today, the center of everyone’s attention. They won’t have time for me; they’ll be busy with the guests. "

" That’s right. This day is very special in everyone’s life. This is the only day when everyone is happy, forgets everything and becomes one. How many unfamiliar faces become familiar. And some familiar faces that were about to become unfamiliar also become familiar."

" Well, when you get married, who will you invite? Will you invite me? Of course, if someone marries you!"

Dong-hyeon laughs. Jung-hee sighs. Dong-hyeon can sense that Jung-hee is upset. He said it in a playful mind, but seeing Jung-hee getting sad, Dong-hyeon changes the subject,

"Okay, you don’t have to invite me. Send me a picture of your groom, then it’ll be okay."

"Let me get married first, then you can think about invitations."

"You are saying it as if you won’t get married?"

"Maybe I will. Maybe I won’t. I don’t know what’s written in my future. But I don’t think anyone will marry me, like you said. Who would want to marry an orphan, a poor, an unattractive girl?"

"I will."

Dong-hyeon speaks very slowly. But his words are loud enough to reach Jung-hee’s ears. Jung-hee immediately looks at him. Dong-hyeon is sitting with his head down, in a serious face.

Dong-hyeon’s cheeks are red. Even though he had answered Jung-hee’s words without thinking about anything, now he feels very embarrassed after understanding what he meant.

Jung-hee’s cheeks are also red. She also didn’t think that Dong-hyeon suddenly said something like that. So what does he mean? Has Dong-hyeon told her what she thinks? Does he really love her?

A question arose in Jung-hee’s mind. But there is no answer. She doesn’t even have the courage to ask.

A heavy silence hangs between them. They both sit there quietly, unable to speak. After a moment, Dong-hyeon stands up. Jung-hee looks at him. In her mind, a new, unfamiliar world seems to form. Dong-hyeon kneels in front of her, gazing into her eyes. Jung-hee stares in amazement. The moment is so unexpected, yet it doesn’t feel bad. Maybe there are strange, unfamiliar, and unspoken emotions stirring inside her.

Dong-hyeon holds out a flower to her and says,

"I don’t know how it happened or when it happened, but my heart wasn’t always like this. It wasn’t this restless. It wasn’t so anxious. But after meeting you, it feels like a new world has opened up around me. A world full of imagination, where you and I spend a lot of time together, where we are close, sharing our thoughts with no hesitation. How beautiful is that world! How beautiful are those moments! But you know, I want to turn those moments into reality. I want to experience all of that with you, not just in my imagination. Will you be my partner? My companion?"

Jung-hee doesn’t know how to respond. But in her mind, she hears romantic music, and balloons are floating around her.

But it’s just her imagination. In reality, Dong-hyeon had been calling her for a while. He pinches her hand, pulling her out of her thoughts.

She feels the sudden sensation of being pinched and, in pain, looks at him.

Jung-hee raises an eyebrow and says, "Did you just pinch me?"

"What else should I do? I’ve been calling you for so long and you wasn’t even aware. What world were you in?"

"You don’t need to know, okay. Tell me what happened!" Jung-hee says angrily.

"Let’s go over there. I want to introduce you to my friends."

Jung-hee doesn’t reply. She glances at him with a side-eye, then gets up and starts walking ahead. She mumbles angrily, "What do I expect from him? Is there any romance in him? Hmph! What’s wrong with me? Why am I imagining such things? Ahhhhhhhhh!"

Dong-hyeon breathes a sigh of relief as Jung-hee walks away. It’s like a heavy burden has been lifted from his shoulders.

"Phew, she didn’t get it," he says to himself, clenching his fist and lightly hitting his own head. "I need to keep my mouth in check. If I say something foolish, everything will be ruined. Got it?"

Dong-hyeon started following Jung-hee. Dong-hyeon and Jung-hee went to the new bride and groom together. Dong-hyeon talked to his friends at first.

"Hey bro. You got married before me. You said you would never get married, what happened now? Huhh!"

"Your sister-in-law is so beautiful, my heart burned by her beauty, I’m far from what I said."

Everyone started laughing. Another friend of Dong-hyeon pointed at Jung-hee and asked,

"Who is this girl? your girlfriend? Hmm...?"

Jung-hee felt embarrassed after hearing what they said.

"Hell, no. How can you think someone who look like her can be my girlfriend? She is away much beautiful to be my girlfriend. She is my future wife. I’ll marry her as soon as I finish high school. "

" You still have the habit of joking! But do some improve. Your jokes still remain lame."

" And you don’t even feel the need to tell us? " One of them say with a act of anger.

" Do you tell me at first about your relationship?

" Okay, Okay, now don’t fight. And bro, Introduce her to us. " 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

" That’s why I came here." He started to say to Jung-hee, " Jung-hee, they’re my friends. Tae-hyun, Ji-hoon, Min-jae, Do-yoon, my devil friends."

" Hello " Jung-hee greeted them with a warm smile.

"And her name is Jung-hee. We go to the same school. "

"From classmate to life partner." Do-yoon said and started laughing.

While everyone was talking and laughing, there was a loud noise. Everyone followed the noise and looked in that direction. Someone was walking in through the door. It was hard to tell who it was for the light, but it was not one person but many. It was clear from their shadow. Everyone was looking at them with curiously.