The Autumn I Met You | Jun x Yerin

Chapter 12 🍂:: The first time competing alone

3 months has passed. Jun and Yerin have got closer to each other. So has Wonwoo and Yerin, and Yerin and Sinb. Jun's piano competition is coming close and Yerin has been helping Jun practice.

"Remember, how are you going to play it, are you playing it for yourself or for someone else. And who are you dedicating it to." He remembers those words Yerin first told him when practicing.

It was the night before the competition. Yerin and Jun stay back at school practicing for the next day. "You've been doing great the past three months." Yerin compliments Jun.

"Thanks. I've really been trying to practice." Jun thanks Yerin. "Sinb told me. She told me that you have been stressing out a lot. Because of me..." Yerin tells him as tears fall down her face. "I'm sorry...it's all my fault you're so stressed." She looks out the window and starts to cry.

"No, don't apologise. It's ok. Challenges like this involve stress. Thats how I work harder." Jun reassures Yerin. "The moon...it's especially beautiful today isn't it?" Jun walks up to Yerin and looks up at the sky. "Yeah..it is." Yerin mutters. "Don't worry about me. I should be the one thanking you"

The day of the competition

Jun, Yerin, Sinb and Wonwoo arrived at the venue of the competition. "You'll do great!" Sinb cheers Jun on. "Go on give it your best!" Wonwoo tells him. "Thanks." Jun thanks them and walks off. "REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU!" Yerin shouted at him as he walked away.

"YO, WEN JUNHUI." Someone calls out to him from the stairs. Jun turns around to see who called him. A guy and a girl. He passes by them. "Lee Woozi. Do you not remember me?" Woozi asks him frustrated. Jun shrugs and walks past them.

"Can you believe that Eunha? That jerk forgot about us!" Woozi tells the girl next to him annoyed. "He never even knew us in the first place." Eunha tells Woozi. "Still the same as a few years ago."...

Timeskip to before Jun's performance

Jun sits down in the hallway with his head down and knees curled up. Seeing his mothers image in front of him grinning. "I'm scared..." Jun says to himself in fear.

"Contestant 14. You're up." Jun stands up and makes his way backstage. "Are you ready?" The person backstage asks him. Jun walks up on stage. Before seating himself down he turns to the audience. Seeing a black cat plush a child is holding. Flashbacks starts to enter Jun's mind.

"Jun, are you free?" Sinb asks him Jun replies "No, I have to practice piano for an upcoming competition. My mom is-" "WEN JUNHUI. WHAT IS TAKING YOU SO LONG?!" His Mom shouts at him from the other room. "She scares me." Sinb looks down seeing bruises and bandages on Jun's arm.

"What happened?" Sinb asks him. "Sorry I have to go." Jun closes the door on Sinb. Hesitantly walking back to the room his Mom was in. "Good. Sit down." His Mom instructs him. With a cane in her hand."

"Why is Jun just standing there?" Wonwoo asks himself. "I...I don't know." Sinb replies. Jun sits himself down adjusting his seat. Placing his hands on the piano, resting his hands on the keys for a few seconds.

"Go on."