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"Man, it's been forever since we put this on." Said Dom Kang, while looking at their crew jacket.
"I know right? My heart's racing now that we're back in the game." said June Lee, with a small smile on his lips.
"Four teams left.... I wonder how they're going to run the finals. Will it be all four teams at once? Or a tournament?" Shelly Scott.
"I wish we'd all just race at once." Dom.
"Well, I guess we'll just have to wait until they make the announcement."
It's already the finals. It's been postponed because of some conflicts before and now, they're here for the final rounds of the League of Street.
On the other side, while Hummingbird Crew are busy conversing with each other, a certain red-haired boy looked at them with many thoughts running in his mind.
"What's wrong? Why don't you go say 'hi' to your dear old teammates? Keke." Wooin, the former leader of Team Sabbath, said that to their new crew leader, wearing his usual smirk. At the other side of Vinny, Joker can be seen standing there.
"Shut up." Vinny Hong answered. He turned his back to them and bumped Wooin's shoulder on purpose.
That caught the attention of the Hummingbird Crew. Dom looked at his back to see Team Sabbath with their former member, Vinny Hong.
"That asshole." He's mad, again. Dom couldn't still accept the fact that their comrade, their friend, left the crew they built together and went to join another crew.
"When did he join that team of snakes?! Hey, Vinny!" He called him, with Jay Jo on his side who was also shocked to see their friend with one of the finalist crew. The last time they saw Vinny was when Jay and him raced each other which led to Jay's loss and got his Uncle's bike wrecked.
"Hey, they're calling you." Wooin said to Vinny.
"Ignore them." The red-haired boy answered.
Hummingbird Crew couldn't do anything anymore as they watched Team Sabbath walk away from them, with Vinny leading them
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I sighed as I read Chapter 478 of the manhwa entitled Wind Breaker. It pains me how their friend ended up leaving their crew for some money. It's understandable, knowing his mother's situation right now, so I can't really blame him. But still, I know that if he could've just opened up more to them, they will do their best to help him. They entered the tournament for his mother's surgery after all.
I closed my Webtoon app and looked at the papers above my study table. Lots of schoolwork to do but I still got time to read my favorite manhwa. What a life.
I finished my schoolworks just before 2 am strike. I sighed for the nth time and went to bed because I still have a class tomorrow, and it's only from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Well, I have lots of time to finish up the manhwa until the latest chapter tomorrow so I better sleep now.
The next day, I took a taxi going to the university that I'm in. Yes, I'm already a 1st year college student, a Biology student to be exact. College is more stressful than high school, but I can manage. I'm still at the beginning after all.
"Hey, Y/n. Did you do your activity last night?" I looked at my back to see one of my friends walking towards me.
"Oh, hey, Sheen. Yes, I finished it last night."
"Can I copy it?" He grinned sheepishly which made me smile a little a bit.
"What's new? Of course you approached me because you wanted to copy mine. Sure, sure. Copy it after we get to the room."
"Yes! Thanks in advance, dude!"
"Don't call me dude, I'm a girl, excuse me?"
"You're excused." He tapped my shoulder before walking away from me.
"Aish." This guy. Seriously? We're already in college but he still wouldn't mature.
Time passed by quickly and it's already dismissal time. I put my things inside my bag before walking outside the room. My friends followed me.
"Seriously, man. What the hell is that Kreb Cycle? I can't understand it at all!" Exclaimed Johan, before ruffling his hair furiously.
"Do you think I know? I'm having a problem with our Biological Statistics right now. Do we really need to study statistics again? Argh, I hate Math." Rosenne.
"What? Glycolysis is much more difficult to understand than the Kreb Cycle! The frustration I have every time I'm learning it, gosh." Shane exclaimed.
"I know the flow of the Calvin Cycle. Be proud of me." Claire said while walking beside me.
"Duh, that's the easiest." Shane.
I only smiled at their antics and banters while walking ahead of them.
"Hey, guys, I need to go. Got some things to do at the house, bye!" I smiled at them as I bid my goodbye.
"Bye! Take care, Y/n!"
I walked outside the university until I'm now at the side of the road to look for a car. I took out my phone from my pants as I waited for a taxi to pass by. I opened the Webtoon app again to continue reading my new favorite manhwa. As I was busy reading, I heard a few students cheerily talking with each other. I didn't pay them no mind and just looked at my phone. I took my eyes off the phone only when I saw a kid standing in the middle of the road, facing towards me.
My brows furrowed. What is that kid doing in there? Where's her mom or dad? And is he.... looking at me directly?
I don't know why and how it happened but I just suddenly found myself walking towards that kid with my eyes still focused on him.
"Hey, hey, stop that girl! What is she doing?! There's a truck coming!"
"Hey!"
I didn't pay them any mind as my whole attention was with that kid still standing in the middle of the road, and still looking at me directly in the eye. But before I could totally stop in front of the said kid, I felt my own body crash into something. A truck. And in that second, I found myself lying on the cold floor of the road with a hazy mind. My eyesight was also getting blurry.
"Help the girl!"
"Poor girl, what happened?!"
"Faster! Call the ambulance! Faster!"
Are they shouting? Why isn't that I can't hear them loudly? What are they saying?
It felt like my body went limp. I can only feel pain and my eyes feel heavy. I tried looking back at the kid which I saw a while ago and now he's on the other side of the road. But the weird thing is, he's still looking at me. I smiled a little bit before finally closing my eyes.
I don't know how the kid gets to the other side of the road but thank God he's safe.
With that thought, I let my eyes closed.
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"Hey, Noona, wake up."
Let me sleep, child.
"Hmm... let me sleep for a few minutes more."
"Wake up now, Noona. Hyung will cook our dinner because Mom and Dad will be coming home late."
Can't he see I'm sleeping? I don't care about dinner, just let me sleep in peace right now. After that accide-- Huh? Accident?
I jolted and raised my head when I remembered what happened. Accident. I was caught in an accident. A boy in the middle of the road, me walking towards his direction, a truck. I was hit by a truck before I got my chance to go and talk to the boy. I checked my face with the small mirror just above my study table where I was sleeping a while ago. I tried feeling myself, checking up my head and other parts of my body, and that's when I realized that I didn't feel any pain. A little bit of pain? None also.
So, was that a dream, then? Me crashing into a truck?
"What's wrong with you, Noona? Come back to your senses, we're gonna eat now."
I looked at the boy behind me, the one who's responsible for waking me up from my deep slumber. But the moment I saw his face, I blinked, and blinked, and blinked.
"Who are you?"
The said kid raised his one brow and sighed before crossing his arms across his chest.
"Did you hit your head while sleeping?" He answered with a hint of annoyance on his voice.
I shook my head instantly. "No, no, that didn't happen. The last thing I remember was that I was caught into an accident by trying to save a kid but then—"
What happened after that? Why can't I remember anything aside from getting caught in an accident?
I cleared my throat and turn my head on the little kid again. I stared at him with curiosity. He's wearing a white shirt and black shorts while his arms are crossed on his chest.
"Ah... who are you again?" He looked at me as if I was asking him something ridiculous.
"Your cousin. Kay Jo. Seriously, Noona? You just slept for a while then forgot me now?"
Huh? What is this brat talking about?
"I... w-what? Can you r-repeat that? Who are you again?"
"I said I'm Kay Jo, you're cousin."
I looked at him, as in the whole him. From head to toe. A little boy with eyeglasses, looking around my room. He has black hair and black eyes. Now that I look at him closely like this, he's really familiar to me. It looks like I've seen him before.
But wait, did he just say he's Kay Jo? The same name of Jay Jo's little brother? Huh?
I was too busy organizing my thoughts and didn't notice that I was already staring at him for too long. I also didn't notice that there was someone outside my room who was knocking at the door.
"Kay, is she awake? Let's eat."
I looked at the door where the voice came from. That handsome voice, yes it's handsome even if it's just a voice, it's my first time hearing it. Who is it?
Wait, Kay Jo? Then, does that mean— it's him?!
I saw from the corner of my eye that Kay walked to my door and opened it.
"Noona is weird. She asked who I am and such. Hyung, I'm getting out. Talk to her yourself."
I saw Kay walk outside my room. That's when I decided to look up to see the guy whom Kay is talking to a while ago. My eyes really went wide and it felt like they were going to pop out of its socket with my jaw almost dropping the floor.
"J-jay Jo?!"
Oh my god. Jay Jo? What happened? Am I really dreaming? Why is a manhwa character here in my house? And cousin? Are they serious right now? Am I in some kind of a show and this is all not true?
I suddenly went back to my senses when he flicked my forehead.
"Ahh! That hurts!" I glared at him but he just stood in front of me nonchalantly.
"Get up now, we're eating. You study again after we eat." And after he said that, he casually walked outside my room but left my door open. I face palmed as I don't know what's going on anymore.
I don't know what to think anymore so I followed him outside. He's now walking towards the kitchen and I met Kay outside my room.
"You in your senses now, Noona?" I nodded at his question even though my mind is running so many thoughts right now.
"Let's eat then."
We're just eating with a big silence between all three of us. Only the untensils that we're using are the sounds that I can hear. What to do? What do I do? Arghh, I don't know. Am I really inside a dream right now? Or am I on a some sort of hallucination? But last time I checked, I'm fine!
"You ready tomorrow, Noona?" I looked at the squirt beside me who's busy eating an egg roll. That looks delicious.
"Your first day of school is tomorrow. You're already enrolled with my brother in the same school."
I- what?
"Sunny High?" I asked, uncertain because of what Kay said. When I saw him nodding his head while still focusing on his food, I looked at Jay.
"Then, are we gonna be classmates?" I asked. Wishing that at least, let me be classmates with him on this dream. With the protagonist of the manhwa!
"I don't think so. Go directly to the Principal's Office tomorrow and ask your room. You enrolled much more later than me." I blinked and nodded my head as an answer.
After that, we all eat in peace. When I saw Jay doing the dishes, I went directly to my room and let myself lay down on a soft bed. Before I can even think of what's happening to me right now, my eyes feel heavy for some reason and that's when I fall asleep.
Please, l et me wake up from this dream.