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...
For a long period of time, even I was unable to understand why he would ever like someone like me.
We simply remained at status and refused to contact one another.
Subsequently, after graduating from my university, I started working in Daegu. During the 60th anniversary of my alma mater, I returned to my hometown to attend a gathering organized by my high school schoolmates. It was then that I knew Taehyung had returned.
The class representative gave him a call, saying “We’re currently at XXX, are you coming?”
I had a gut feeling that he would come and, as predicted, the class representative really went to pick Taehyung up shortly after.
I was terribly nervous, and couldn’t sit still. In the end, I cowardly ran to the toilet to hide.
I dawdled in the toilet for over ten minutes, trying to prepare and comfort myself mentally. Afterwards, I preened myself, arranged my hair properly, took a deep breath, and stepped out.
In the crowd, my eyes found him instantly.
It was rather strange. I haven’t seen him for four years, the lighting in the XXX room was so dim, there were so many people, and he wasn’t even sitting in the center but despite all these, the moment I entered the room, my eyes singled him out immediately.
He cut his hair short, and wore a black sweater which I had never seen before. He was much skinnier, and much more mature.
He raised his head, our eyes meeting for a few seconds before he shifted his gaze away. Clearly, he had absolutely no intention of acknowledging me.
Because there were no empty seats, I was forced to sit next to the song selection machine.
As such, I lowered my head and pretended that I was extremely busy selecting songs. Taehyung was seated two persons away from me.
Ever since he appeared, I had no idea where to put my hands or my legs, my heart was extremely confused and I was at a loss as to what to do. I wanted to find something for myself to do, to act as though I wasn’t particularly concerned about his existence.
Just then, I spotted a can of cola on the table, and grabbed it as though it was my saviour. I tried to open it twice, but I wasn’t able to. As a result, I returned the cola to the table out of embarrasment.
Who would have known that the moment I placed the cola can down, that can of cola would be picked up and easily opened by another person?
It was him.
Whilst he was opening the can of cola with a completely natural expression and placing it in front of me, he was simultaneously conversing with the people next to him he didn’t even look at me once during the entire process.
All of a sudden, I felt like crying.
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