One Day At A Time [ATEEZ]

Eleven

2015, March

I woke up 15 minutes earlier today to make sure that I'm ready by the time me and San agreed to come out. But by the time I close the orange lipstick's lid, there's still five minutes left.

Grabbing my phone, I sit on my bed and decide to go through my phone. The first thing that I see are the messages that Chanmi has sent. I immediately open the messages and read them.

Wait, your winter break is already over?
Wow that was fast...
So, today is the first day of high school for you?
Wow... good luck hanging in there 💪

As I type in a reply, I unknowingly smile.

Yea, the winter break ended so quickly 😭
I'm really nervous about starting high school...
I don't know anything about the school or the students attending it
I just hope the students aren't like our classmates in middle school...

As I send the last message, I realize that the five minutes have already passed and it's past 7:30. I quickly put my phone in my backpack and throw it over my shoulders.

Before going out of the room, I check myself in the mirror one last time to make sure everything is okay. I brush my bangs a few times before going out.

I pass Dad sitting in the living room and head to the door, picking up my new pair of sneakers and putting them on.

"I'll be going now."

"Alright, take care."

"I will. Bye," I fix my skirt before putting my hand on the door handle and pulling it down.

As soon as the door opens, I'm faced with San who has his usual smile on. But his smile goes away when he sees me.

"What?" I bring my hand up and touch my face. "Is there something on my face?"

"No," he shakes his head. "It's just... weird."

"I look weird?"

"No, you don't look weird, I'm just not used to seeing you with makeup, that's all."

"Oh..."

"You look pretty."

I stare at his face as he smiles but then look away when I feel my face heating up. Good thing my face is covered with foundation... or else it would've been so embarrassing. "Let's go."

"Okay."

The two of us start walking toward the elevator while I'm busy trying not to focus too much on the fact that he called me pretty.

"Do you see anything different about me?"

"Hmm?" I turn to look at him again as we step into the elevator. "Uh... you cut your hair."

"Other than that."

"Uh..." I narrow my eyes, scanning his face, "I'm not sure..."

"I grew by 0.5 centimetres!"

My mouth hangs open as I stare at his smiling face, "you grew 0.5cm in just a month? Over the winter break?"

"Yep," he nods, "now, I'm 171!"

"Good for you," I roll my eyes at him before getting out of the elevator first, leaving him behind.

"Hey! Wait for me!"

We walk for about five minutes and reach the bus stop rather quickly.

"What was the bus number?"

"801."