Chapter 6 - The Queens

As my friend and I were walking, she bumped into a tall man. My friend immediately shouted.

"Hey!" my friend called out to the person who bumped into her.

My friend's collision stopped both of us, and we stared at each other afterwards. I looked at my friend when she shouted.

I just took a deep breath while my friend was screaming. I don't know, when the person who bumped into my friend looked at us, it felt like the world around us stopped moving.

"Gil-eun neolb-eunde, nega nal chyeoss-eo." my friend shouted at the tall man who didn't care about us I felt embarrassed by his stare earlier.

(The road is wide, you hit me.)

"Geuneun nae chinguui tudeolgeolim-eul musihaess-eo." I whispered to myself.

(He ignored my friend's grumbling.)

They still ignored us, all the other students there were looking at us. I was pulling the hem of my friend's dress.

"Wae nal chyeoss-eo? ya, yeogi nuga iss-eo!" my friend shouted at them.

(Why did you hit me? Hey, there's someone here!)

The coach looked at us and then at the person he was talking to.

"Museun soliya!" When a professor approached us, they all looked at us.

(What a noise!)

"Geudeul-eun ulileul al-achaliji moshaessseubnida, amudo sagwahaji anh-assgo, ulileul musihaessseubnida." I said.

(They didn't notice us, sir, no one even apologized and ignored us.)

"Joesonghabnida," he said and bowed before staring at the two of us he said goodbye to the professor.

(I'm sorry)

"Omanhan!" I shouted at him and my friend shake off her dirt on her clothes.

(Arrogant!)

Even though what came out of my mouth was because I was annoyed by what he did to my friend and I, I can't deny that my outlook of him has changed.

We also apologized to the professor who came over even though he was the one who embarrassed us. We practiced for the basketball league and this is what we experienced.

"Eolmana omanhanya! Geudeul-eun 'amuli jalsaeng-gyeodo nan geuleul joh-ahaji anh-eul geoya!' lago saeng-gaghaessda." my friend said angrily as we both walked away from the court.

(How arrogant! They thought, no matter how handsome he was, I wouldn't like him!)

I just accompanied my friend to our locker room. We were followed by other members of the cheering squads who saw the scene.

"Geuui sagwaneun gajjayeyo!" my friend said she sat across from her locker room.

(His apology is fake!)

"Geuga ijeon-e han sagwaga jinsim-i anieossgo, eogjiseuleoun deus boyeossdaneun geos-eun bunmyeonghabnida." I said to my friend and I sit beside her.

(It's obvious that his apology earlier wasn't genuine, it just seemed forced.)

My friend changed her clothes and she is no longer part of the practice because of what happened.

"Jjajeungna! yeobeol os-i eobsneunde, nuga daesin ib-eojulkka?" she said after she changed her clothes we looked at our leader with her hands folded.

(It's annoying! I don't have any extra clothes, who will replace me?)

I don't want to be the one to replace her.

"Aleum-ileul daesinhal su issneun salam-eun kiseuppun-iya. neoneun chum-eul jeongmal jal chugo, neohui dul da ttoggat-i jalhageodeun." Our leader said, when she looked at Areum.

(Only Keith can replace you, Areum, because you're really good at dancing and you're both equally good.)

She looked at me and our leader.

To me again, and to our colleagues inside the locker room.

She shook her head and looked at me.

I looked at our leader Ha-Neul.

"Wonhaji anhneundamyeon, nong-gutim-eul eotteohge eung-wonhaeya hajyo? geunyeoga dangsin pyeon-eseo chum-eul chuji anhneundamyeon, dangsin-ege il-eonan il-eun geunyeo tas-i anieyo." our leader said to her and she hurriedly left our locker room.

(You don't want to, how do we support the basketball team? If she doesn't dance on your part, it's not her fault what happened to you.)

I immediately shook my head at Ha-Neul's words, I don't want to take over!

"Geunyeoneun dangsin-ege ol ttae 'mahan in'taedoigo dangsingwa chinguga doel geos-ibnida. geuleona keolieoe gwanhaeseoneun geuneun geuleohge doel geos-ibnida." Aerin said, one of my closest friend.

(She is 'mahangin' attitude when she comes to you, she will make friends with you, but when it comes to career, she will be like that.)

I just ignored what they were saying. They just had something to say and talk about that shouldn't be about other people's lives.

"Geunyeoneun daleun eung-wondan-ege chuwoldanghago sipji anh-ass-eo geulaeseo kiseu, neohante geulaessdeon geoya." Ha-Neul said to me I was quietly.

(She did not want to be overtaken by other members of the cheering squad so she was like that on you, Keith.)

Ha-Neul's secretary approached me, and handed her a notebook.

"Ige mwoya, Haneul?" my colleagues asked, I was just looking at the notebook.

(What's this, Ha-Neul?)

She looked at us and she said, this is the list of those who want to be part of the cheering squads.

"Tto daleun yeoja eung-wondan," at once they said and our leader laughed.

(Another girls cheering squads.)

"Dangsin-eun ulileul neulliji anh-eul geos-ibnida, sonyeodeul ulineun eung-wondan-e daseos namjaleul pohamsikil geos-ibnida. ulineun geudeul-i uliege mulyehago goelobhigi ttaemun-e ijeon-e namjadeul-eul jegeohaessseubnida. jigeum ulineun geudeul-eul pil-yolohabnida." she said to us, we were shocked to what she said.

(You will not increase us, girls but we will include five men in the cheering squads, we have removed the mens before because they are rude and harassment to us, now and we need them.)

We stared at her and if we heard right from her.

"Dangsin-eun eung-won-e namjaleul pohamsikiji anh-eul geos-ilago hwagsinhabnikka?" Ara replied to her.

(Are you sure, I thought, you would not involve men in cheering?)

"Siguro naman may magbabago sa nagdaang taon? Subukan natin saka, kailangan natin sila, kinausap ako ng prinsipal noong nakaraang araw kailangan natin sila dahil sa tumbling at stunt na gagawin natin sila ang sasalo sa ibaba sa ating mga babae mula sa matataas." she told us I laughed when she spoke Tagalog.

Ha-Neul and I studied all the languages of different countries, my older brother was her friend.

"Mwolagoyo? Museun malsseum-iseyo?" Aerin said she looked at me and I was still laughing.

(What? What your saying?)

I said what she said in our language. When she is really irritated that she speaks another language my brother and I laugh at her sometimes.

We are back on the basketball court. When we sat down I saw Areum looking badly at the man who had bumped her earlier.

"Jessica, noteubug-e jeoghin daseos namja-ege dagagaseyo." Ha-Neul said.

(Jessica, approach or go to the five men listed in the notebook.)

We followed her with my friend and ours eyes staring at each other as she walk going to the we saw the man who bumped into Areum talking to the basketball team coach.

"Wae geuege jeobgeunhaessnayo?" we asked at the same time when Jessica returned and especially Areum who approached us.

(Why did you approach him?)

"Geuneun misulhag hagsa (BFA) hagsaeng-in kiseu jin-un yuibnida, kochiga geuleul daehag seonsulo goyonghaessdaneun sasil-eul algo gyesyeossnayo? Geuneun nong-guleul jalhaeseo kiga keugo, nong-guleul geobuhani un-i joh-eun geos gatseubnida." she said and smiled at us I looked at Areum looking at the named, Keith Jin Woon Yu.

(He is Keith Jin Woon Yu, a Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) student did you know that coach hires him as a varsity player except, he is tall because he is good at playing basketball and I thinks he refuses so we are lucky.)

We both have the same name this is the reason we met again and I feel strangely close to him.

He looked at us and I stared at him. After the game we left early we saw the players laughing. But, not with the one named Keith Jin Woon Yu, with the other player who is probably his friend.

"Matunaw 'yan, magka-pangalan pa kayong dalawa." sambit ni Ha-Neul sa akin kaya masama ang loob ni Areum dahil malapit ako sa lider ng cheering squads.

"Nakaka-irita lang ang pagmumukha niya," aniko.

"Makakasama mo na siya wala akong aalisin sa limang lalaki mag-haharap kayo ulit bukas lalo ni Areum na nabunggo niya kanina," aniya natahimik naman ako.

"Bigyan ko kaya ng parusa ng hindi niya nahahalata?" bulong ko sa kanya.

"Ikaw ba ang binunggo? Hindi ka naman, Keith hinay-hinay lang.." aniya.

"Uliga ihaehaneun baleul malhamyeon, dangsin-eun uliwa daleun salamdeul-eul jeojuhaneunjido mollayo." Areum said.

(Speak what we understand, maybe you are cursing us and others.)

"Ani, geunyeoneun kiseu jin-ilaneun namjaleul cheobeolhal gyehoeg-ieyo. geunyeoga dangsin-ege han jis-e daehae dangsin-eun mueos-eul wonhaneundeyo?" Ha-Neul said stared at Areum.

(No, she plans to punish that man named, Keith Jin because, for what she did to you what do you want?)

As we walked out of the school we talked about 'plans' for surprise meeting in five men.

I even saw him in the car of his 'friend' basketball player. I stared at him, he was white skin like ghost and his brown haircut was very masculine, his nose was pierced and his eyes were pale which you thought was arrogant.

What the—I just shook my head and got on the car I was waiting my boyfriend, Hae-Jin.

"Annyeong, yeoleobun!" I shouted.

(Goodbye, guys!)

I just waved and they waved at me.