The Real You || Jung Sungchan

Chapter 23

Sungchan:

Inside the envelope was the lyrics to "All About You." I didn't write the whole thing but I wrote my parts thinking of Miyoung during school. This song is basically about missing someone and thinking about them and reminiscing the past memories. Obviously, this song to me is about Miyoung. While the members may have someone else in mind or just sang it because they have to, the only person I could think of was Miyoung while I was writing it and recording it. I was surprised when she told me she wanted to tell me something before opening it. I just nodded and told her to tell me. She seemed nervous and I was getting nervous too. She looked beautiful today. She must've had class but she still looks really pretty.

"I like you." She starts and my eyes widen. All this time... she returned my feelings? Since when? So many questions popped up in my head but I didn't want to ask them or she would feel intimidated. The whole purpose of showing her the lyrics of the song is to tell her I like her. Is it better to do it with my words?

"And I know we can't date now since you're a rookie, but I'm willing to wait for you." She says and I smile. I'm sure keeping our relationship a secret won't hurt right?

"You're probably wondering how and when I started to like you. Well.. I think it was when we started becoming better friends. Like a couple of days before you ignored me. But I finally realized it and accepted it when we weren't talking and I missed you so much. I knew you were busy and I wanted to text you or call you but I didn't know your schedule so I just gave up. I never stopped liking you though. I realized that you're the only one out of the hundreds of people at our old school that cares about me and knows me for me and not my face. At first I had my doubts about you, but once I got more comfortable with you, I realized your intentions and I fell for you. I denied it and denied it since I know you wouldn't like me back, but I finally accepted it and decided to tell you before it's too late and we stop talking forever." Miyoung explains and I smile at her. I didn't know what to say except for tell her how much I like her too. But I'm not good with my words which is why I wanted to express it in a song.

"I like you too Miyoung." I blurt out and immediately realize what I said. Oh my god.. did I really say that? Did I really just say that so suddenly?

"Uh... you see... I'm not good with expressing my feelings with words so... just um... open up the envelope." I say awkwardly and Miyoung laughs at me, opening the envelope and pulling out the lyrics sheet. She smiles and takes a couple of minutes to read it by herself. The whole time she read the lyrics, she didn't stop smiling. My favorite feature of Miyoung is her smile. I never really got to see her smile during high school except when she was with me, so that's why I like it so much. I was happy that I was the reason she was smiling everyday.

"Awww... Sungchan." Miyoung looks up from the lyrics with tears in her eyes. I couldn't help but wrap my arms about her and hold her tightly. I let her cry it out in my arms. This was the first time we got this close since high school. We never hugged or held hands or anything like that, we just stood and sat really close to each other and I would occasionally rub her hair.

"You wrote this? I don't care if it's like one line or one word, I'm just so thankful that you feel this way about me." She sobs and I smile, patting her head to comfort her. When she seemed like she calmed down a bit more, I slowly pulled away from the hug but kept her in my arms. She smiled at me and wrapped her arms around me too.

"So... what now?" She asks awkwardly and we both laugh.

"You can't date me right now, right? Did I confess at the wrong time? This is embarrassing... I shouldn't have done that, huh? I'm stupid-" Miyoung was asking all of these questions and I couldn't help but pull her back into my embrace. She immediately stopped talking and wrapped her arms tighter around me.

"It'll be hard, Miyoung." I start off and pull away to look at her face. I can't even describe the look on her face. I can't tell if she's afraid or if she's happy, she's not really the type to show her emotions.

"But I'll try my best for you." I smile and Miyoung's face immediately lights up. She smiles back at me and looks surprised.

"So what are you saying? Are we..." She says and I laugh.

"Will you be my girlfriend, Miyoung?" I ask and she turns pink. My heart was fluttering and I never wanted to let go of her.

"Wait.. really? Are you sure? I don't want to affect your career. What if your fans find out? I can't hurt your career especially since you've trained a long time for this. Are you 100% sure? Why me? Aren't there like many other female idols-" Before Miyoung can finish asking me these questions, I pull her into a kiss. I don't know what overcame me, but I just had the sudden urge to kiss her. I placed both of my hands on the sides of her face and pulled her close to me and placed my lips softly on hers. Not only did I want her to stop talking and asking these questions, I wanted her to stop worrying. I pulled away from the kiss after a couple of seconds and when I noticed Miyoung took a deep breath.

"I'm more than 100% sure, Miyoung. We just have to be careful and not make anything obvious. But that won't be hard for you since we always hid together during high school anyways." I laugh and so does Miyoung.

"I don't have any social media anyways and I don't have the same popularity as I did in high school. Since the campus is bigger, people just see me, think I'm pretty, then forget about me. So you don't have to worry about guys." Miyoung smiles and I smile back at her, patting her head.

"Are you my girlfriend then?" I ask and she nods.

"Thank you for liking me for me." Miyoung says, holding my hand. I hold it in both of my hands and bring it to my chest.

"I'm always going to like you for you. The real you." I respond. She smiles and pulls me into another kiss.

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This is the end of "The Real You"! Thank you so much for reading! Look out for the sequel! Thank you for reading my first ever book "The Real You"! <3