The Taming of the Horse

Yikes, I'm kinda scared because this is my first non-Hwangbo fic, and I do not love Jungmin as much as I love Kyujong, but because I lurpe my evil sole sister very much, I did it anyway.

For Jobibee whose love for Mal is ocean sized.










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How much he regrets what he did earlier was so much more than words can describe. Now, he sits beside the bed, fervently praying that his playful antics and jokes did not damage anything.

He finds it funny though. He always thought there wasn't anything she cannot do. He always thought she acted tough because she was tough. But there was something about her playing with Kyujong and Hyungjun that pushed him over the edge. She always paid all attention to him and always made an effort to be patient with his diva-ish rants. And when she stopped minding him at all, he got all worked up and furious. So when he saw her happily screaming and playfully chasing around Kyujong and Hyungjun at the poolside, blood came rushing to his head, clouding his ability to think. When she came running towards his direction, he grabbed her hand forcefully and pushed her to the 12 feet deep end of the pool.

She yelped and thrashed her arms around splashing water everywhere. She begged for help. She said she could not swim, and he did not buy that. He laughed, “Serves you right for being too noisy!!”

“I cannot swim”, she screamed, water entering her nose and mouth. After a minute or two, she sank, that's when it finally dawned upon him that she was not kidding around. She could not swim and she definitely was not joking.

Kyujong jumped into the pool, pushing him aside. He fell quiet when he realized what he just did, suddenly feeling scared.

“Are you crazy?”, Hyungjun's voice rang in his ears, “Have you gone mad?”

Kyujong was finally able to pull her out of the water and carried her to the gutter where she choked and spat out all the water she drank. She shivered uncontrollably. It was a cold winter's day, and she was drenched. The group's maknae quickly took off this jacket and wrapped it around around their English teacher's arms. Kyujong and Hyungjun quickly took her inside to warm her up.

He was left there, feeling guilty beyond words could explain.

He quietly sat on the chair beside the bed. Kyu and Hyungjun went out of the bedroom to dry off. The coast was finally clear and he was safe to go near her again.

He watched as the frail body shivered under the thickest comforter. Some locks of her jet black hair fell on her face. He had not noticed it before, but she had big expressive eyes and sharp pointy nose. Her lips were dry and chapped. All in all, she was very pretty, but she hid it by sporting caps and beanies.

From the first day she came to the Double S house to teach them English, he made her feel unwelcome by always teasing her and making nasty comments about the way she looks. He said she was not capable of teaching them the language no matter what school she went to. But she always treated him nicely and as civil as she could.

Although his jokes hurt her sometimes, she faced him head on and made he sure he did not win.

He did not actually hate her, he just loved seeing her reaction when he joked around. He admired her for never losing her patience. But it also scared him silly when she stopped paying attention to him. It irked him even more to see her so happily goofing around with Kyujong and Hyungjun.

'Wait, is this..', he asked himself, 'is this jealousy??'

He touched her trembling fingers, they were small compared to his.

“Mian..”, he choked, “Mian-heyo...”, he whispered softly, sincerely, like he has never said those words before.

She heard it, and it thrilled her. She was finally able to tame this wild horse.
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Can this pass as a Birthday gift??