You are my Endless Memory: episode 30 "a part of Jumi's imaginative fairy tale"

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After thinking for a second, Misa decided to turn around and walked away, without even caring of helping Jumi.....

In the dressing room, everyone was in panic since Jumi had not been back from the restroom for 20 minutes already.....

"Everyone! You should go look for Jumi."

The teacher spoke out worryingly. Joon couldn't stay still because of worrying. He spoke out.....

"Jumi is not the kind of girl who makes people waiting like this. I believe there must be something bad is happening to her."

Suddenly, there was an announcement on the stage......

"Here comes the 2nd year class 1 performance...."Sleeping Beauty"..."

A loud sound of applause came from the exciting audiences. But the atmosphere turned quiet immediately after they had not been out to perform right after the announcement had been made. The audiences and judges started to be curious if there had been something wrong. A second later a guy ran up the stage, toward the MC and whispered something which made the audiences even more curious. Later then, the MC announced again.....

"Well.... Because of some problems, the 2nd year class 1 couldn't perform right now. So please welcome the 2nd year class 2 performance.... "Rapunzel"......"...........

The audiences were surprised and a little bit disappointed since Jumi and Joon's performance was the one they had been looking forward to the most.............

"Eh??? What's wrong?"

Kei exclaimed out of wondering. Suddenly he casted a glance and saw Joon who was running pass the dressing room very quickly. An uneasy feeling suddenly came into Kei's mind. H e was about to follow Joon and asked him but someone grabbed his hand and said....

"Kei! Where are you going? It's your turn now."

Kei really wanted to know if there's something wrong but the situation wouldn't let him to....

"Jumi! Jumi! Jumi!"

Class 1 crew members were looking for Jumi all around the school, including Joon. But they couldn't find her anywhere...

Jumi opened her eyes slowly and found herself in an old dark place. The little sunlight though the little holes of the building's wall were enough to make Jumi see the old chairs, tables, boards and lots of stuffs more which were full of dusts. The first thing she remembered was Misa and her cold eyes which were staring at her. Jumi tried her best to move but her wrists were tied with ropes. The room was really dark and it started to make Jumi scared but she stayed strong and tried to find solutions to get out of there. The first thing which came into her mind was her cellphone. Unfortunately, she realized when she changed into Aurora clothing, she had put her cellphone into the locker. The only thing left she could do was breaking the door. Jumi stood up and ran toward the door in order to break it. But it's just useless because the door was locked from the outside and Jumi was not strong enough to break it. Jumi could feel the pain in her arm but she didn't give up trying.......

"Hey! Did we go too hard on Jumi?"

A girl spoke out of worrying.... Another girl responded....

"Nahhh.... She'll be ok."

"But.... What if no one help her? I told you we shouldn't have tied her wrists."

The third girl replied....

"Don't worry. It's not like we locked her in an abandoned building. It's just an old stuff room. People will see her when they bring back the stuffs there at the end of the competition. We just made her unable to perform."

"I'm really scared. I'm afraid people might find out about this."

"Don't be scared. No one will find out. Even Jumi herself doesn't even know that we locked her in there."

"Are you sure that Misa is not going to tell people about us?"

"Don't worry. The other day I saw she shouted at Jumi and seemed like she hates Jumi so much."

"By the way what are you going to do with the key you stole from the principle room?"

"It's not hard. Just sneak in there and put it back and it's done."

"Hmmm...."

"Hey come on! It's our turn."

Three girls had been talking in a dark corner behind the stage, without realizing someone had been hiding and listening to them from the start. As they left, Kei walked out from behind the curtain with a furious expression.......

Jumi hopelessly sat to the ground after trying her best to break the door. But what she got is just hurting herself....

"""I hate myself. I hate that I always drag people into trouble with me. I hate that I'm a burden on everyone. I'm so useless. Can't I just survive without people's helps?"""

Jumi's tears started to fall down. It fell harder and harder......

"""It's really dark in here and I'm scared. I wanna be strong, I wanna stand up on my own without anyone's help. But I just can't. Does miracle really exist in this world? Will someone come to rescue me when I'm in trouble like this? For real, I've been falling into imaginative fairy tale, a fairy tale which the prince comes to rescue the princess from the witch. Wake up Jumi! You're not the princess in the fairy tale. There's no way my life can be like that imaginative fairy tale. Because I'm just a normal girl who's living in this real complicated world. Right now I already realize I'm not the princess in the fairy tale but I just want to spend a last minute in this fairy tale dream once again."

Jumi closed her eyes with tears and continued to speak in her mind.....

"Joon! Help me!"

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Joon had been looking for Jumi everywhere. He became isolated from the others. Having been walking around for a moment, a 1st year high school student ran toward Joon and told him something. Something suddenly came into his mind. He ran quickly toward the old building where Jumi was locked inside and realized the door had been locked.......

"Jumi! Jumi! Are you in there???"

Joon spoke out while shaking the door which was locked from the outside. Jumi, who was crying silently alone, immediately recognized the voice. She ran toward the door and said.....

"Joon! Is that you?"

"Jumi!?!?! You're really in there. Who locked you in?"

"Don't ask me now. Help getting me out of here first."

Joon looked around for a moment but he couldn't find any equipments to break the door. He spoke out....

"Jumi! Stay away from the door. I'm gonna break it. It's the only way."

Jumi ran to the corner of the room as Joon had told her to. Joon used all his strength to kick the door down. Joon's kicking caused a loud sound which made Jumi shocked and closed her eyes because ever since she was young, Jumi has always been afraid of loud sounds. After many kicks, the door was tremble a bit but it wasn't broken. Joon gathered all his strength and kicked it again and again. Luckily, the door was made of wood and it seemed to be old. More than that, the lock was not so hard to break. Joon's last kick broke the door down. The door was broken down to the floor and caused a very loud sound. Joon quickly ran into the room. What's in front of him made him hurt inside and furious with people who had done this to Jumi. Jumi, whose both wrists were tied with rope together, was sitting in a dark corner of the room. She was shaking and closing her eyes because of frightfulness. He walked toward her and sat down. He puller her close to him, hugged her and patted her head slightly. Joon said with a calm voice.....

"Don't be scared Jumi. I'm here and I protect you."

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Kei's heart fell at his feet seeing the scene in front of him. He turned around and walked away with a deep painfulness. It's too hard to admit the fact that he loves her so much but he couldn't do anything to protect her when she's in trouble.........

Jumi could fell warm arms around her.....

"Joon! Finally you're here to help me. Thank you."

Joon let her go and said.....

"Don't mention it. I'm glad you're fine. "

Joon said to Jumi while untying the rope on Jumi's wrists......

"Jumi! Who did this to you?"

"I don't really remember. I just know that I was in the restroom then I lost conscious. When I woke up, I was locked here already. By the way how did u know I'm here?"

Joon replied....

"A 1st year boy told me that someone asked him to tell me that you're here. I didn't ask him much about that someone because I was too worried about you."

After untying the rope, Joon could see clears bruises around Jumi's both wrists. But Jumi acted like she doesn't care. She stood up and said.....

"Joon! Let's go. We have to hurry back."

Jumi said and walked quickly out of the room. But Joon suddenly grabbed her hand. He could feel the coldness of her hand. Jumi wrinkled her eyebrows a bit a bit because she could feel the painful in her arm and wrist when Joon touched it. Joon spoke out after looking at her face.....

"Where are you going? Your wrists are hurt."

"I'm totally fine. Joon! Let's go. We have to perform."

"Jumi!......"

"Joon! I'm really guilty. I can't keep everyone waiting for me anymore."

Joon looked into her eyes and realized he couldn't go against her this time.....

"Well........ All the performances are over. This is the time for the judges to decide on the winning team."

The MC announced after all the teams had performed. The audiences couldn't help wondering why Jumi's team wasn't able to perform. A moment later, every teams'members came up the stage along with the MC, who came up with the result. Everyone turned quiet as they were looking forward to the result. But suddenly a voice came out of the back.....

"Wait a bit."

That voice attracted people's attention to turn around and look. Joon and Jumi walked into the hall, toward the principle and said......

"Mr principal! Please let us perform."

The principal surprisingly looked at them and responded.....

"You're from 2nd year class 1, right?"

"Yes we are!"

"What's wrong? Why are you just here?"

Jumi's drama teacher and classmates walked in quickly to see what was happening. Joon spoke out.....

"Jumi couldn't come to perform because she was loc........."

Jumi grabbed Joon's hand to prevent him from talking. Joon stopped talking and looked at Jumi who was looking back at him. She continued to speak....

"Um.... Actually there was a personal problem at my house. That's why I came late."

Joon, the teacher and classmates were surprised with Jumi's answer because they knew that she was lying....

"Jumi! Why are you....."

"Joon! I had to...."

Jumi continued to speak to the principle.....

"Mr principal! Please let us perform. You don't have to judge or give us any points. At least just give us a chance to show our hard working. We've been trying really hard to prepare for this performance."

The principle seemed to understand Jumi's feeling a bit but he said....

"I want you to perform. But rule is the rule dear. We can't go against it. You came late because of your own issue. We can't let you perform because it's against the rule. More than that, the competition is almost over. I'm so sorry."

Jumi responded with disappointment.....

"Alright I understand."

She hopelessly walked toward her teacher and classmates and spoke out of guiltiness......

"I'm really sorry. I don't know what to do to show how sorry I am. Because of my own problem, I've got everyone into trouble and unable to perform. I'm so sorry."

"It's ok Jumi! It's ok. We understand."

Her classmates responded. They seemed to feel Jumi's disappointment and painfulness. Kei, who had been standing back and watching everything, couldn't stand seeing the painfulness which was drawn all over Jumi's face. He came out and spoke out loud......

"Jumi was lying. She couldn't come to perform because there were people had locked her inside the old stuff room."

Everyone in the whole competition hall was very surprised with Kei's words. Jumi suddenly exclaimed.....

"Kei!!!!"

Kei continued speaking while pointing at the 3 girls from 2nd year class 3.....

"They are the ones who locked Jumi there."

They were suddenly shocked. A girl responded......

"Why are you saying we locked her in there? Do you have any evidences?"

Suddenly the school council president ran toward the principal and handed him a phone respectively. The principal looked and it for and moment and..............................................................

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To be continued

JuLinA

Sorry for the super late posting.... :"(

Well.... What's going to happen next???

Stay tune.... *wink*