Chapter 14 🍂:: The first time I embraced my fears

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"This is your punishment..." His Mom's voice continues echoing in his mind. "For rejecting me...my dream..." His Mom scold him in Jun's mind.

"Why did I think I changed...I'm still the same after many years. Why..." Jun plays the notes softer and more slow. "No...no...don't stop." Yerin whispers to herself. "He isn't going to stop right?" Sinb asks Yerin.

Jun looks up, and silence fills the room. Surprising the audience. Putting his hands off the piano...

"What happened to him?" The audience talks amongst themselves. "Its over for me huh..." Jun tells himself. "He...he stopped playing." Wonwoo looks down in upset.

Jun remembering, the violin competition, where he was Yerin's accompanist. Did the same thing as today. "She stopped playing, knowing she was disqualified still continued to play. Who was that for. So merciless." Jun turns to the audience looking at Yerin's direction. "Jung Yerin...what have you done to me? You won't let me give up no matter what. You're so inspiring."

The moment of silence continues. As Jun places his hands in his piano once more. "Again." Jun tells himself. Hearing Yerin's voice in his mind. "Remember, how do you want to play this piece. Who is it for..." Jun closes his eyes, remembering every practice session he had with her leading up to this day.

"Jung Yerin...there is no way I can thank you enough... Thank you..." Jun continues to play without stopping. Hearing Yerin's voice once more. "As long as I play and the audience is listening, I have to play with everything I got. Will I live inside peoples hearts? Will they remember me?"

Jun closes his eyes as he finished his piece. "Did it reach her...?" Jun wonders to himself. "I hope it did...". As he ended his piece, he stood up, walked towards the end of the stage and bowed. As the audience clapped for him.

"I'm disqualified, but I can't care less...did it reach her?" He looks up to Yerin's direction. Whom's face is covered in tears. Seeing his Mom's black and white figure turning colourful.

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