Choose Him Or I'm The Virgin

Episode 112's

'Plok plok block'

There was doubt when I came forward, not hearing the chief rector's words too carefully, I was filled with my own daydream

I realized when a friend of mine hit me on the shoulder from behind and pushed me forward

Seo Jin looked at me who seemed to already know I was in a daze

"Hahaha.welcome to kim hye jin you are indeed an outstanding scholarship student" said the chairman of the rector shook my hand and patted slowly on the shoulder

"To the master of park seo jin is welcome to give awards to students with other cumlaude titles, namely kim hye jin" said mrs. Smith

"Students with cumlaude kim hye jin have a value that almost all get an A in each subject and are able to maintain its value since the initial semester.bla bla bla" said mrs. Smith is explaining my grade history from the beginning until I deserve the cumlaude title

I received the award trophy that seo jin gave to me

Seo Jin smiled at me like a proud father because his son got almost perfect grades

"Good work hye jin" said seo jin, shaking my hand with a smile

"Please stand side by side to take photos together" said mrs. Smith to me and seo jin

Seo Jin stood beside me and smiled happily as we did the photo together

"Your gift is coming soon hye jin, I hope you can have fun with your other friends" said seo jin whispering to me as we finished taking pictures

I glanced towards seo jin and was a little curious as to what gift he meant

But in the end I understood what the gift of seo jin meant

As the judiciary was about to end, suddenly the cries of the students emerged

"Yeah..look!!" The female student shouted

"They are members of the kyaa fatamorgama band!!!"

Before long loud music sounds began to surround the hall and the excited cries of the students and sororities echoed

"Tell me, is your father a good man..."

"This is how it goes dum dim dam dam.."

"Watching it unfold, playing my own role..."

The students sing along with their idol band

What Jenifer said was true, my college friends would love to see his idol band singing on campus to celebrate his graduation day

It is good that Jenifer managed to convince seo jin to grant a request for funding proposal to fill the graduation event, I thought....

"Happy applause for kim hye jin for inviting us to your graduation today." said the band's mirage vocalist.

Instantly a cheerful voice from the campus force headed towards me and jenifer approached me

"Wwwooo..."

"Thanks hye jin for inviting a mirage here and making our graduation more meaningful" jenifer said from behind me and embraced my confused shoulder

"I invited them?!" Exclamation

"Didn't this band come because the proposal for funding for the graduation ceremony was accepted by the chairman of the foundation?" Much

"No kim hye jin, even the proposal has not been revised and submitted back to the chairman of the foundation" said jenifer

"What did you say? But I've made sure the proposal you gave me gets in his hands" I said

"Yeah!! You're right, the proposal has reached the chairman of the foundation and has been read by him in detail"

"But when I went to his office, not his approval, but he suddenly became a killer lecturer who was teaching me" said Jenifer

"Lecturer?" I repeat full of question marks

"I would have never expected that the new chairman of the foundation was a critical and meticulous person, so much different from the nature of the old chairman of the foundation" said Jenifer

"He even knew where I was doing the typing error, what page, which paragraph, and there was some mistake in calculating the amount of funds I was asking for"

"Too many revisions I received and just meeting him was already very difficult"

"So me and the team decided to give up asking him for funds"

"I'm more accepting as it is, celebrating graduation day with wisdom without the joyous cheering party of friends"

"But I wouldn't have expected that today, you brought them kyaaa.." - exclaimed jenifer, shaking my body.

"You know jenifer, I don't really know..."

"Yahoo!!!" The happy shout of one of the students made me stop talking and reflex closed my ears

jenifer looks bright and just ignored my words because he was singing along singing the strains of his favorite band song

A couple of students from this year's school came up to me and sang

Because their songs are often played everywhere, I indirectly memorized and actually sang

Is this what is meant by graduation gift from park seo jin?

Ahh..everything is for sure I am happy with the current atmosphere.

Singing along with college friends and celebrating graduation day together, as if it all paid off with what I had fought for in order to earn my college degree

After the completion of the mirage band show, all the guests present in the hall, began to return to their respective destinations

I was looking for the whereabouts of park seo jin, intending to thank me for giving me happy memories with my college friends as our graduation day gift

But...

I did not find the stem of his nose and instead met with emma who was carrying a bouquet of flowers outside the hall

"Kim hye jin!!" Shouted emma calling out to me

I ran up to him, he hugged me tightly and kissed me on the cheek a few times to make me feel uncomfortable

"Emma flick!" Shouted

"Well...finally kim hye jin!!"

"You became a wooo scholar!!!" Humpoh emma jump for joy

"Why did you come here? Shouldn't you be in the office right now?" Much

"Are you stupid? My only friend is graduating today, how could I not celebrate with you?!!" Emma

"Huh..."

"Hahaha.thank you so much my bestiee" I returned to emma in order to compensate.

"Is that a flower for me?" I asked sumringah

"Waaa.emma you're very romantic with your own best friend" I said.

"Are you insinuating me?" Ask emma

"Your friend only gives you flowers but your lover is much more romantic" continued Emma

"Hemm...lover? you mean??" Much

'POWDER!!'

"Awww.." I cried out in pain as emma hit me hard on my back.

Somehow it seems like emma's anger style is similar to my friend's anger style in Korea

They often hit their own friends hard on the shoulder if they feel upset or angry

Or is emma too often watch Korean dramas so she imitates them?

Ahh forget!

The emma blow was sure enough to make me sick

"Why hit me!!" Shouted

"Kim hye jin you're really mocking me" said emma

"Do you think I didn't know you had a lover now? Even if you didn't tell me?!" Emma

"We're friends, but you still didn't tell me everything and still lied" Emma continued.

"What's lying?! I did speak frankly to you, I have no lover" I said in self-defense

"See...so you don't think that the handsome young master who served as CEO is not your lover?" Ask emma

"Emma.we've already discussed it, you also know the story from me" I said, recalling my last meeting with hajung while at the hotel

"I've told you, he's upset that you don't remember every detail when you came into contact with him"

"I too so he'll feel angry because you're forgetting the peak of every pleasure...."

"Emma was silent." I said screeching as I shut emma's mouth tightly with my palm

Somehow this girl can not see the surrounding first if you want to talk about something that is privacy

I know this is America, others won't care what it's gonna do as long as it doesn't interfere with public comfort

It's just that I'm still not used to all this and my eastern culture is still inherent in me

"I told you not to discuss privacy issues like that if we were outside" I told emma

"Ok well, I forgot if you don't like it" said emma as I took her mouth off

"This.." said emma, giving me a white envelope

"What's this?" Much

"I found it in your apartment mailbox while I was taking an invitation to attend your graduation"

"Why aren't you so diligent in taking those letters huh?!"exclaim emma

"Your mailbox is already full and starting to splatter on the floor, what if someone picks it up and accidentally throws it away?"

"Ahh.paling also only the electricity bill and monthly meeting of apartment residents" I said casually

"I do not socialize with other apartment residents and for electricity bills, seo jin who has taken care of it because I only ride in his apartment building"

"But still you have to tidy up all the letters is stupid" said emma upset

"Oh yes, I read the letter first because the white envelope looks elegant and makes me curious about the contents hehe.

"I think the letter is from the handsome young master" said emma

I quickly read the letter that was brought from emma

"You got a romantic dinner at a 5-star hotel from your lover as a graduation gift"

"How could I be envious of you Kim hye jin"

"If I also had a rich lover who loved me very much, I would do anything for him" said Emma as I read the contents of the letter addressed to me

"Why did Hajung choose to write a letter if he wanted to see me?" Ask me after I finish reading the letter

"He can call me by phone or he can meet me directly" I said

"Mmm.perhaps the handsome young master wanted to make something different" guessed emma.

"If he meets you directly or calls you by phone, it's the same as a regular date" said Emma

"But this still doesn't make sense to me" I argued to emma

"Alright then what if the handsome young master feels awkward for you because he has not contacted you for a long time" said emma gave her opinion

"It could be that he wants to give you a suprise as his apology because you have been ghosted by him all this time" said emma again

"But I know very well the nature of Hajung, he is a shameless man"

"If he wants to say something, he'd rather meet me in person and ask me what I want"

"He is a person who is not too happy in giving suprise to someone" I explained to emma

"Oh god!! Can you not have to think about it that far?" Emma

"Then if not hajung, who else is close to you to invite you to dinner together to celebrate your graduation day?"

"Whatever the way, the person who wrote this letter has good intentions towards you, can you not be suspicious like this?!" Emma

"Now go home and beautify yourself for dinner later" said emma as she encouraged me to hurry away from campus

I obeyed emma's words and rushed back to the apartment to get ready to attend a luxury restaurant in a 5-star hotel according to the letter's message

Actually I wanted to tell emma that I intend to return to my hometown after graduating from college

But because of this letter, I undo my intention to see emma who is eager to beautify myself

Emma picked me clothes in my closet but she thought nothing fit the theme of a romantic dinner

Emma chooses to return to her apartment and lends some of her elegant clothes

Even though emma's posture was higher than mine, at least my dress size and emma's were the same

So when I put on emma's mini dress, I didn't worry too much about having my thighs exposed

"When you dress up like this, I'm sure the handsome young master will be stunned to see your beauty" said emma after finishing beautifying myself

"Mm.emma there's actually something I want to tell you" I said trying to talk to emma

"Tell me" said emma as she combed my hair

"After graduating from college I plan to return to my hometown of Korea" I said directly

"How long are you going home? You want to celebrate graduation with your family, right?" Ask emma

"Maybe I won't come back here and will stay there" I said, leaving emma shocked to drop her comb

"Kim hye jin.." call emma.

"Are you still unable to forget your past?"

"Do you still remember anything bad about staying in Chicago?" Ask emma

"No, emma, it's just.." I said.

"I just want to get back to my original plan when I first set foot in Chicago" I explained to emma

"After graduating from college, I want to go back to Korea and work there, meet with my family once a week if I work in Seoul" I told emma

"It has nothing to do with the bad things that happened to me in the past"

"Have you talked about this to Hajung?" Ask emma

I was momentarily silent as emma mentioned Hajung's name

"And you told the CEO of my office too, pour seo jin?" Ask emma again

"I'll tell him after I hand him the keys to his apartment" I told emma

"Key?" Ask emma

"My agreement with seo jin was over after I graduated from college and he was no longer obliged to send me money every month for my medical expenses and money for my daily life" I reminded emma

"So...are you planning to tell Hajung tonight?" Ask emma

"Maybe yes, because hajung and I haven't seen each other in a long time"

"He chose to disappear and stay away from me after the incident at the hotel" I told emma

"And now this is my chance to tell Hajung about my plans to return to Hangan Island" I said

Emma stared at me with teary eyes

"Emma, that doesn't mean I'll never set foot here again" I comforted emma not to feel sad

"You don't intend to stay here forever, do you?" I asked emma

"I'm sure you miss your hometown, too, but isn't life a choice?" Much

"I've solved all my problems here, there's nothing that binds me anymore"

"I was able to come to terms with my bad past and had taken the decision to finish my studies until I graduated"

"I think it's time I chose what my life would be like"

"i chose to go back to the island of Hangan and spend my life there and start a new beginning as a kim hye jin who has become a scholar" I smiled

"Aren't good friends supposed to support each other's decisions?" Much

"I know you can freely choose what life you will live" said Emma

"If you've made a decision of your own accord, I can't do anything more hye jin"

"Although I will miss you so much and joke with you, I believe the decision you have made is aimed at achieving your happiness" she said, shedding tears

I hugged emma tightly

"Thank you, Emma, because you've been by my side and accepted everything as a friend" I said

"Hikss...fuck you, why do you make it so hard for me to let you go?" Emma said while hitting my shoulder

"I hope you have a little conscience with me and change your decision to stay here"

"You know, I've scheduled our holiday list when you graduate, but..."

"If you've decided to go back to your hometown, what else can I do" said emma

"I am so sorry emma" I said

"That's ok, I'll appreciate all your decisions hye jin as long as you feel happy" said emma

"Stop crying, make up will wear off, lest you look like someone who is being dumped"

"If that handsome young master has ignored you after the incident at the hotel, now is the time for you to take revenge hye jin"

"Say you'll return to the island and won't be back here again for good"

"I'm sure he must be sorry for ignoring you all this time and bowing his knees before you" said emma

"Hahaha..emma why is your imagination like drama?" Much

"Who said I wouldn't go back to Chicago?"

"One day if I get time off at my place of work, I'll go on vacation here and meet you" I told emma

"I've kept your promise, so you've got to keep it" emma said as she made the pinky finger promise

*******

While I was at the stop waiting for the bus to arrive, came the black sedan and stopped right in front of me

Shortly a man with a black suit came up to me and asked me the truth of my name

"Are you miss kim hye jin?" Ask the man in his black suit

I scrunched my forehead as if I had experienced this but I had forgotten it

Old memories that I seem reluctant to recall

But I foolishly assented to the middle-aged man who was before me

"Right, I'm kim hye jin" I said

"Please go inside miss, I will deliver until you reach your destination" he said again

"Excuse me but, I don't know who you are" I told the man with brown hair

For a moment the man fell silent for a moment and looked at me

"Will miss go to wolfgang restaurant?" Ask the man in black

"Yes.." said I who was hesitant at first, but my mouth answered by itself

"Are you hajung's man?" I asked the guy

"I will take you to celebrate your graduation day at the wolfgang restaurant" he said, opening the passenger car door

Without any more suspicious feelings, I went inside because I thought hajung was telling this man to pick me up

Perhaps to save time, he did not have time to pick me up by himself because of his busy schedule so he told others to pick me up

Until I arrived at the intended restaurant, but I had not seen Hajung when the waiter drove me to the dining table that had been arranged by the wolfang

"Do you want an opening menu while waiting for your friend, miss?" Ask the waiter kindly

"Ahh..yes, I want it, thanks before" I smiled

A few minutes later, the waiter showed up and brought the appetizer before the main course

"This is our restaurant's flagship appetizer, abalone saute french caviar, please enjoy the lady" said the waitress and I just nodded my head as she explained the name of the appetizer

I guess if I were told to repeat the name of this appetizer, I wouldn't have memorized it

"Hhh.no! I don't drink" I said reflexly as the waitress was about to pour wine into my empty glass

The waitress looked surprised as I spoke a little loudly to her, but a few seconds later she smiled back at me

When the waitress left me, I began to enjoy the appetizer while waiting for hajung to arrive

I enjoyed the view of the night sky from the 40th floor and saw the flickering lights with very beautiful decoration

With a smile, I devoured the appetizer dish

I heard the sound of high heels that seemed to be approaching me

"Do you enjoy the food kim hye jin" said someone kindly while sitting in front of me

My attention now shifted who originally looked at the flickering lights, now actually looked at someone who had just arrived in front of me

So surprised I took off my cutlery on the plate and was stunned to look at him

Why isn't hajung coming?

Why did he come?

What the hell is going on?

Questions popped into my head