Chapter 1

Go Mi Nyu smiled and rested her head on Hwang Tae Kyung's shoulder as they looked out at the stars from the balcony of the A. N. Jell house.

"Go Mi Nam… sorry, force of habit. Go Mi Nyu…" She hiccuped and he couldn't help but smile at the effect of saying of her real name.

"Go Mi Nyu," (hiccup!) "I have a telescope here. I was hoping you could show me some of your favorite stars."

"Yeh. My favorite star is you, Hyung-nim," she said as she gave him a double thumbs up, "but I think you're too close to be seen in the telescope." She said this matter-of-factly and shrugged as she walked over to the telescope. He laughed and smiled brightly at her. She looked up at him and immediately felt a swell of feelings and without thinking, her pointer finger was pressing on her nose.

His eyes softened and he walked over to her. "Dweji-toki," he said softly, gently removing her finger from her nose, "when you feel like you are about to explode you can tell me you l-love me or…" He suddenly became self-aware. This was not cool-guy Hwang Tae-kyung. Where did this soft side come from?

"Or…?" Go Mi Nyu was curious to know if Tae-kyung knew a different accupressure point. She looked at him curiously with her eyes wide.

"O-or…" He had surprised her with kisses in the past, but he didn't want to surprise her this time. He took her hands in his and stood in front of her looking directly in her eyes. "Can I kiss you right now?"

"Hyung-nim…" She nodded.

This kiss was softer than the previous two. She recalled the first time was so confusing and happened in the middle of an argument. The second time he had pretended to hit her and kissed her when she had closed her eyes. But this time she was able to meet his kiss and and she wasn't confused. She was safe with her star.

Tae-kyung hugged her tight and whispered in her ear, "I love you." For some reason, she felt tears welling up in her eyes and she choked, "I love you too, Hwang Tae Kyung-shi." As he held her, he wondered what had suddenly caused her to feel so sad.

"What's wrong? Did I do something wrong?" He asked. He had lost her for an extended period of time before for thinking only of himself. He was also a perfectionist and couldn't bare the thought of losing his perfect 100 score from Mi Nyu.

"No," she laughed through her tears, "I am happy. I'm so happy I'm crying. I missed you so much, Hwang Tae Kyung. And now you're here with me and you love me. I am sad that I am leaving you again."

He smiled weakly and wiped the tears from her eyes with his fingers. "You are doing a good thing, my love. And I will also wait for you."

She took a deep breath and sighed. "Okay, let's look at the stars." She looked around at the night sky and picked out a few constellations. Then she pointed the telescope in the direction of the star she wanted to show Tae-kyung.

"This is a very bright star that you can find near the Little Dipper. It's called Polaris or the North Star." He took a turn looking at the star.

"Hmm, it seems I need to eat more nasty spinach and carrots. I can sort of see it though." He said, with hope in his voice.

"I know you can do it, Hyung-nim." She said reassuringly. She looked up at the star dreamily. "This star is important for navigation. It can help you to find your way back home when you're lost." She said brightly and smiled and shrugged.

He looked at her, skeptically. "How is that possible?"

"Uh… I don't really know." She lightly hit herself on the head.

While she wasn't necessarily knowledgeable, especially for a teacher, and had a tendency to say airheaded remarks, Hwang Tae Kyung greatly admired that she was smart in other ways. She had empathy and compassion. She had seen through his hardened exterior and really took the time to know him. He remembered how stunned he was when she remembered his allergy to shrimp when his own mother hadn't.

His mother. He experienced many traumas from her treatment and hardened himself to everyone else to try to prevent himself from getting hurt. He had recognized from the start that Yoo He Yi and his mom were of the same ilk. Go Mi Nam… well, he wasn't thrilled that he was being lied to when he found out "he" was a she, but she had gained his trust.

After looking at Beetlegeuse, Sirius, and Jupiter. Mi Nyu yawned. "Hyung-nim, I'm tired."

"You're tired?" He gave her an annoyed look.

"I'm sorry!" She said, surprised. And then sheepishly, "Can you take me home?"

"Home?" He looked a little clueless. She was home.

"To the convent?" She said with a small smile.

"Oh!"

"Ahem!" The sliding door opened and Jeremy and Go Mi Nam walked out on the balcony, Jolie was following Jeremy. "We are the curfew police!" said Jeremy. "It's time for Go Mi Nyu to go home!"

"Come on, sis, I'll drive you," Go Mi Nam motioned to his sister, and gave Tae-kyung a piercing gaze. "I'm watching you, buddy."

"Oppa!" Go Mi Nyu yelped in surprise. Jolie started barking.

"That's right, Jolie. This is unacceptable. We don't want any funny business going on round these parts," said Jeremy, arms akimbo, his eyebrows knitted together. He was trying to do his best cop impression.

Tae Kyung looked at the "Curfew Police" with his jaw dropped. "What did you think was going to happen here? What kind of man do you think I am?" He swiftly took Go Mi Nyu by the hand and returned the piercing gaze back to Go Mi Nam. "I am a gentleman and I will be taking my girlfriend" (Mi Nyu hiccuped) "home." Go Mi Nam scowled at him.

As they walked through the house, they passed Shin Woo making tea. He glanced up at them, lightly smiled, and then looked away, deflated.

Tae Kyung led Go Mi Nam to his car and opened the passenger door for her.

"Thank you!" she said brightly as she sat down and he shut the door. She started thinking about how happy she was that Tae-kyung had given her the star necklace. Because she was wearing a scarf, she hadn't put it on yet. She took it out of her pocket to admire it. I wonder if there is something I could give to Hyung-nim, she thought to herself. She wanted to give him something before her trip to Africa.

She started daydreaming. What if I got him a watch?

A very snarky Tae-kyung says back to her, "A watch, pfft, Go Mi Nyu I have every type of watch available."

She shook her head. I know he wouldn't react like that, but he does have a lot of nice things. Like the sleek blue Audi she was sitting in. What do you get for the man who has everything?

When Tae-kyung sat down in the driver's side, he saw her looking dejectedly at the glove compartment.

"Is everything okay?" He asked as he started the car.

"Hwang Tae Kyung-shi, I want to give you something too, but I don't know what you would like. I can't afford anything fancy like this necklace and even if I could, you probably would already own it." She started to become teary-eyed. "I just want you to have something special from me to hold on to."

"Go Mi Nyu, you've given me love and that's something no one else has been able to give me." He took her hand in his and kissed it. "Thank you for loving me." He smiled.

"Hwang Tae Kyung-shi…" she smiled at him as he drove her home. She still wasn't content with not giving him anything though. What did she have that was important?