snowdrop | 최범규

16 | exhibition.

     D - 17

it was the day of the exhibition.

Beomgyu was mortified. today he would be showing Lavender the surprise on the back of the project, which was hidden from view. it was full of love letters and souvenirs of the places they had gone to.

he put on the dress pants from the suit, but instead, wore a white button up with his forearms showing. leaving the three buttons on his shirt open, he created a rather chic look. he looked formal, taking a comb and parting his hair midway.

today, there would be global artists visiting to look at art and choose qualifiers to be world renowned artists. it was a big day for everybody, but nobody was more anxious than Lavender.

with her white simple dress on, she almost didn't go. she didn't want to leave her room and be in a room full of professionals looking at her art. just the idea of that terrified her.

like Beomgyu, Taehyun wore his best dress suit he had had for a while in his closet. since it was a rather big exhibit, he wanted to show Lavender that he cared about her art. he wanted to dress well and his blonde hair was combed down.

Beomgyu walked out of the door, rushing to the exhibit which was only a few minutes away from the school by foot. yesterday, Lavender told Beomgyu to go without her at the exhibit. but, of course, why would he do that?

Taehyun on the other hand, walked to the flower shop first. he wanted to buy Lavender flowers as a congratulations for all the hard work she put into the project these past few months. he smiled, picking out pink peonies that he thought would fit the mood beautifully. he paid and walked out of the store with Lavender's grandmother to the exhibit.

the girl heard knocks on her door downstairs. she sulkily pulled herself up from her bed and walked down the stairs.

it was as if she had deja vu, her prince had been there waiting for her.

"Beomgyu?" she smiled. "what are you still doing here, i told you to go ahead of me?"

"absolutely not." he held her hand and smiled. "let's go together. i'll help calm your nerves when we're there." he leaned in and kissed her forehead. she gave him a reassuring smile and walked out the door.

"could you make sure the lights are all closed and the door's locked? i need to make a quick call." she forced a smile on her face and grabbed some quarters for the payphone.

the girl walked over to the pay phone, dialing her father's number.

"dad?" she called out, her voice already breaking.

"Lavender! how are you?"

"d-did you forget about today?" she asked, a tear falling from her eye.

"of course not, how could i forget about your art exhibition?"

"where are you?" she placed her hand on her eye, wiping away her tears.

Beomgyu walked out from the door, away from Lavender's vision though he could hear everything clearly.

"i don't know if i can make it anymore."