pavement ↠ kim sunwoo

sixteen

The students had moved on to another city, and Hana wanted so badly for it all to be over.

Three down, three to go. She couldn't give up halfway, could she?

It couldn't be her, could it? There were surely more Taeyang's in their proximity.

Yet still Hana's thumbs lingered over her contact number, wanting so badly to call her and ask what this was all about. She was angry, exhausted.

"I will trust you all to come back to our meeting point, okay?" Mr Kang warned the students.

The girl had already began to walk away, not even taking in the wonderful sites of the foreign city.

Her eyes were focussed on the ground and passerby's, making sure a nudge on the shoulder wouldn't send her towards her breaking point.

Footsteps pattered behind her, and she knew them all too well. Did they have to always walk the same streets even when they were in a different country? "Go away."

"Don't flatter yourself," Sunwoo scoffed. "I'm heading towards the clock tower."

"Well, so am I," the girl lied, desperate for him to leave. "And I was going here first, so go away."

"What age are you?" The red haired boy scoffed from behind her.

It was then his footsteps quickened, as did hers.

The two began to run like they have never ran before. Or maybe that was a lie. "I'm surprised your groupies aren't following you," he remarked.

When they were younger, they used to race home from school. They'd keep an eye on each other as they reached their front doors, and Hana always had to run that little bit faster because her house was slightly further than his.

She felt blessed that they didn't stay directly opposite from one another.

Everything seemed to be a competition, even now. "If you're not fast, you're last."

"Would you both like a tour?" The two were out of breath, staring at the man.

"Just me-"

"I'll go alone, thanks." Hana spoke that little bit louder, narrowing her eyes at Sunwoo.

The man chuckled, shaking his head. "There is a group waiting inside, I shall take you both."

The two trailed behind him and at the back of the group of people. They tried to catch their breaths and stayed silent. "Can't you just let me have one thing?"

"What is that supposed to mean?" Sunwoo spat, shaking his head.

"You can't see me have anything," Hana argued, her voice cracking. "You try to outdo me at everything, you even took my relationship from me-"

"That was you," he shouted back. "The nerve of you to ask to have one thing when one thing didn't even seem to be enough for you!"

The crowd that faced forward upon the staircase now looked back, but the two didn't care.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Hana grew more frustrated.

"I am so sick of you playing dumb," the boy spat, shaking his head. "You know what you did to Changmin, over and over again!"

The two stopped, Hana's eyes wide and Sunwoo's narrow. "What the hell are you talking about?"