Like A Star (별처럼)

chapter seventeen.

Taeyeon on the other hand, grabbed her phone too, trying to contact Wooyoung but she got no answer. She looked side to side, looking for him in every crowd there was. She kept on running, then ending up somewhere. She remembered this place. This was when she first met him. This was before her debut. She clearly remembered it and the bridge.

Flashback.

She was running. She just wanted to get away from everything just once. She found herself at the Dongho bridge. She looked at how the moon's reflection on the Han river was so delightful to see. There, she cleared her mind and straightened out her thoughts.

"KIM TAEYEON, YOU CAN DO THIS! FIGHTING!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.

"YEAH! KIM TAEYEON, YOU CAN DO IT!"

She turned to her left seeing a boy imitating her. Taeyeon didn't know who he was.

"Why are you out here alone at this time, miss? And why are you shouting?" He asked her.

Taeyeon kept herself safe, not talking to the stranger. But the man didn't give up and he followed her. Taeyeon freaked out a bit as she walked faster. But the man kept up with her pace. The man finally ran up in front of her, making her stop in her tracks.

"Nuguyo?!" Taeyeon managed to ask him.

"Whoa, calm down. I just wanted to keep you company, that's all."

Taeyeon narrowed her eyes on him before she continued walking.

"Hey miss shortie!"

Taeyeon turned back. She was now annoyed. He could've just called her "miss" instead of adding "shortie" with it.

"What do you want?!"

Wooyoung went closer to her and he smiled.

"Can we hang out for a while?" He noticed the girl's face turn worried "Oh don't worry! I'm not those types of perverted men!" He told her.

The man thought that "Kim Taeyeon" was an interesting girl -- shouting at a bridge at this hour, what more could you ask? Taeyeon examined the man from head to toe, and she sort of felt safe with him. She thought for about 5 seconds before she nodded and agreed to his offer. They both sat down a bench, just near the bridge.

"So... Why did you have to scream a while ago?" The man asked her.

Taeyeon turned her head to him as she gave him a stare.

"Okay, sorry! I didn't mean to disturb you stargaze. You're really cute but your attitude is kinda weird." He paused for a while.

Taeyeon looked back to the sky.

"By the way, my name's Wooyoung."

Wooyoung stretched his hand out, offering a hand shake. Taeyeon ignored and continued to look at the sky.

"O--kay..." Wooyoung said as he slowly withdrew his hand.

They stayed in very awkward silence. Taeyeon wasn't looking at the sky anymore. She just sat there, completely spaced out. Wooyoung noticed the short girl as he waved his hand right in front of her face.

"Wooyoung to miss shortie! Do you read?"

Taeyeon smacked Wooyoung's hand away before she gave him another death glare.

"You know you shouldn't be doing that to soon-to-debut person like me."

Taeyeon looked at him before she finally spoke. "You're gonna debut too?"

Wooyoung nodded proudly. "Wait, so you're gonna debut also?" He asked Taeyeon.

Taeyeon slowly nodded in her reply.