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Vernon held out his hands to a falling petal. He found it quite tragic how nobody was willing to save the helpless petals as they quietly accepted their fate and slow descent to the ground. Quite a picturesque site if you asked Kim Dahyun.
She hastily took a picture of the breathtaking scene ensuing right before her very eyes. The beautiful setting seemed to shatter when Vernon turned to the source of the shutter sound.
"Oh, I'm sorry about that." Dahyun started blushing after getting caught, "I, um, just thought the uh, the scene looked really beautiful." She kept on giving excuses saying that it was too beautiful and whatnot.
Seeing that he didn't plan on answering, "Um, I can delete it if you want?"
Silence
Vernon had long noticed the unpacked school uniform that she was holding in one hand.
"It's alright, miss, you can keep it." He said as he walked away.
Meanwhile, Dahyun was stuck in place and she took a while to register what she just did. "Ugh! Dahyun, stupid! Taking a photo of a stranger?! Are you crazy?!" Thankfully nobody else was at the park to witness her lecturing herself.
~~~
The semestral break in Vernon's school is now regrettably over and classes have resumed.
(I have no idea if actual semestral breaks happen in autumn since we don't have those seasons in my country, but for the sake of this one-shot bare with me.)
"Welcome back everyone~" their homeroom teacher greeted them as soon as she came in. As the students stood up and greeted her back she seemed to be looking for something, until her eyes landed on the empty seat next to Vernon.
"Thank you, everyone. Take your seats. Before we officially resume classes, I would like you to meet someone." She gestured the student outside to come in. With a bright smile, Dahyun entered and bowed to the students. "Good morning everyone, I'm Kim Dahyun!"
Dahyun looked around the class. Her eyes widened once she recognized him. Noticing the visible change in her expression, her classmates followed her line of sight only to see Vernon unbothered.
"Is this what we're supposed to call love at first sight?" Nayeon blurted out
"Oi." Seungcheol, their class president, warned her while she rolled her eyes.
"Ah~ the spirits of youth. Dahyun, you'll be taking the empty seat next to Vernon. I suppose you two already know each other?"
She was put on the spot and didn't know what to say, "I-uh, we dont-" not finding the correct words, Dahyun could only sigh and agree.
~~~
It's already been a few weeks since Dahyun entered their class. She easily fit in with her 21, well, 20 other classmates. Their classmates have noticed this "tension" between her and her seatmate, but couldn't quite put their finger on it.
"Seriously though, how do you two know each other?" Seungkwan, who sat in front of the two, asked.
Not wanting to tell the story, both kept quiet and continued what they were doing.
"Fishy..." Seungkwan started as he narrowed his eyes at the two.
"It's not that interesting!" Dahyun quickly defended herself
"So something did happen." Nayeon also joined in, her eyes sending jokingly suspicious looks.
" You should stop explaining yourself like that, you're starting to seem more suspicious. " Dahyun turned to Vernon who suddenly spoke, "When nothing happened at all."
Dahyun felt rather offended by his words. She felt as though he saw her, and their interaction, as something insignificant, even though if you thought about it, he was only telling the truth.
Just then, Dahyun's phone, which was left unattended on top of her table, lit up. Although she was quick to turn it off, the three were able to get a glimpse of her lock screen.
It was the picture she took of Vernon. While the two who kept probing for the details of their encounter were unable to see clearly who it was, Vernon sat there, dumbfounded with a slight tint of red in his cheeks, trying to process what he just saw.
"Ooh~ who was that?" Seungkwan interrogated
"Your boyfriend?" Nayeon continued
"No!" She immediately rejected the idea, "I mean no, I don't have a boyfriend."
"You sound like someone who doesn't want the person they like to misunderstand." Seungkwan muttered
" Your crush then?"
She glanced at Vernon who was staring intently at her phone. "No, it's... nothing like that."
Vernon sighed as he stood up.
He leaned down behind her and whispered, "To say that when you asked to keep a photo you took of a stranger," she straightened her posture while he stood up straight and continued, " can be quite misleading."
(ajahshjaja)
Nayeon and Seungkwan were unable to hear the first part of his statement, which was why they were confused by what he meant by misleading.
"Oi, where are you going?" Seungkwan called out while he shrugged and walked out.
Dahyun pouted, 'His face and his voice are lethal weapons!'
"What'd he say just now?" Nayeon asked
" Nothing, nothing at all."
~~~
Vernon sighed, "What the hell's wrong with me?"
"You know, that's early symptoms of someone falling in love." He hear a voice from behind him
"Ha ha ha..." He laughed sarcastically, "Very funny hyung."
"What can I say, I'm just stating the obvious."
They became quiet
Joshua sighed, "You're still allowed to fall in love you know."
"You know I can't, hyung." He laughed lightly, "It'd be unfair for her if I do."
🎶Nobody reaches their hands out towards the fluttering flower petals With a frigid smile That seems mixed with sadness
Swaying, dancing Like the wind Swaying, dancing The destination point for this falling heart Could it be even warmer than it is now?🎶
