At 16 we used the same class desk, with less than 10cm between our arms. My peripheral vision was full of him.At 26, I woke up in the morning, and saw the sunlight softly shining on his face. I thought, this is how I want to grow old gradually, toge...
If Taehyung is “the man who can recall everything at first sight”, I would be the “woman who is unable to recall anything despite multiple sights.”
My math was terribly poor, whereas his was excellent.
Whenever we sat for our exams, he would always solve the questions at lightning speed, and basically only required half an hour to complete the paper, after which he would stare out of the window and drift into a daze. It was only then that I dared to sneak a few peeks at his answer sheet and copy his answers.
I continuously comforted myself whilst copying – after all, the Bible says that “It is more blessed to give than to receive”; therefore, what I’m doing does not constitute cheating, I’m simply helping him rack up points so that he’d be able to obtain more blessings in the future.
The process usually goes like this:
(Sneaks a few peeks at his answer sheet) ACBCD, BCAAD, okay, got it.
(Buries my head and furiously scribbles the answers) BCAAD, BD… What was it again? Darn! I forgot!
(Sneaks a few more peeks stealthily) Oh oh, it’s BCAAD…
Buries head again) Wait… Was the final answer B or D? I didn’t look properly!
Just when I was about to take another look at his answer sheet, I discovered that this person had actually folded his answer sheet into half!
I looked up in surprise – only to find him staring at me silently, with an expression of disdain etched on his face.
I managed to squeak out a hollow laughter, and tried my best to recall whether the final answer was B or D, but to no avail.
Finally, a cold voice rang out, “It’s D.”
He complained disparagingly, “You can’t even copy properly? So stupid.”
I could only grit my teeth and silently bear the insults for the better good, instead choosing to act as if I didn’t hear anything.
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Taehyung was the Mathematics representative. Before we became deskmates, we had absolutely no interaction at all. That said, there was an incident which remains deeply etched in my mind.
The exam scripts were being returned to us then. The Mathematics teacher had divided the exam scripts into two piles one pile for students who managed to pass and another pile for those who failed.
