Remember me || JHS ||

9.

 I wake up and realize that I'm in my bed. I probably crawled into my bed at some point during the night.

I look for my phone and find it next to my bed on my nightstand. I reach for it and switch it on.

I immediately see that I've received a message. Full of joy, I press it, only to realize that it's not from SooHyun, but from Hoseok.

"Good morning, are you feeling better?" He wrote the message two hours ago. I falter, jump up and quickly look for my lecture plan on my desk.

It's under some other papers and I pull it out. I quickly look for today and am relieved to see that my lecture is only this afternoon.

I fall back into my bed and type a short message back to Hoseok. "I'm feeling better."

I walk out of my room with my phone in my hand and throw it on my couch, then I go to the kitchen and make myself a coffee.

After that I go to the bathroom and do my morning routine.

Next, I stand in front of my closet and pick out a pair of jeans and a plain black hoodie. I pack my bag and make my way to the library.

I pass a kiosk and buy some chocolate. There's a dog tied up in front of the kiosk, a cute little Labrador.

As I walk towards him, he lifts his head and starts wagging his tail. I sit down cross-legged with him on the sidewalk and while he stands with his front legs on my legs, I stroke his head.

I walk on to the small park and sit down on a bench opposite the lake. I'm watching a couple of children feeding the ducks on it with bread when someone taps me on the shoulder.

I turn around in amazement and look into the beaming smile of a little blonde girl. My gaze wanders to her hand, with which she holds out a beautiful flower to me.

Hesitantly, I take the flower and her blue eyes light up with joy. "Thank you, little girl." I say softly and she takes a seat next to me on the bench. "What's your name?"

"My name is Mina." She smiles and holds out her hand to me. "Do you want to be friends with me?" She asks with puppy eyes.

I have to laugh and then nod. "It's nice to meet you Mina, I'm Yn."

"You're pretty." I grin and am also a little embarrassed, I don't often hear things like that. "You too, little girl."

"You know, whenever I was here with mom, I saw you a lot." I look at her in surprise. "Oh really, do you come here often?"

"Yes, it's very important to mom that I go out." I look around but can't see anyone I would recognize as her mother.

Worried, I turn to her, "Mina, does your mom know where you are now?" "Yes, I told her I'd take the flower to the pretty girl and then come back." She replies with her radiant smile.

"Okay, but you should probably go back to her now, not that she's still worried." "Okay, but only if you promise to meet me back here soon."

"Of course kiddo." I give her a warm smile and she jumps up, before she leaves she gives me a tight hug, at first I'm surprised but then I have to smile and return the hug. She runs off in a different direction, turns back to wave to me and then disappears.

After a few minutes, I make my way to my lecture with the flower in my hand.

Hobi POV:

I'm on my way to meet up with two friends when I notice a person sitting on the sidewalk petting a dog. How cute, I think to myself. But as I get closer, I recognize the person and stop on the opposite side.

I just stand there for five minutes and watch her until she gets up and walks towards the park.

Without thinking twice, I follow her at a little distance. After a few minutes, she sits down on a bench and I watch her as she observes the ducks and the children.

Suddenly a little girl comes running up to her from behind, she gives her a flower and the two of them talk for a while before they hug and the girl leaves.

She reminds me of the old Yn I know. Over the last few days, I've been getting the feeling more and more that the girl who was my best friend has now become a completely different person.

But every time I see her alone somewhere, she acts like she used to. I'm sure she's still the same, even if I can't explain why she says she doesn't know me.

I run after her to the university grounds, but keep a safe distance.

Suddenly a guy comes running up and hugs her from behind, my heart stops for a second and I move closer to hear what they're saying.

"Hey babe, sorry about yesterday, it was really important." She just nods with a smile on her lips, but doesn't say a word. And knowing her, that means she's hurt by his behavior.

"Wait, what's this?" He takes her hand and looks skeptically at the flower in her hand. "Who gave this to you?" His eyes are cold and he looks angry. She exhales deeply and looks at him. "Calm down. I got it from a little girl in the park."

"Sorry baby." He wraps his arms around her and kisses her.

Damn, does she have a boyfriend? I feel something prick my heart, I turn around and walk to my apartment.

I tried to tell her how I felt three years ago, but after I gave her the letter, she never spoke to me again. And I didn't see her again until a few days ago.

Could that be the reason why she pretends not to know me? Maybe it was too much for her and she never wanted to see me again.

I can feel tears welling up in my eyes. I shouldn't have told her. I should have just buried my feelings in my head, then everything would still be the same.

It's all my fault.

When I arrive at my door, I can no longer hold back my tears. I fish my key out of my bag, enter my apartment and take off my shoes.

I immediately head for my room, fall onto my bed and bury my head in my pillow as I pull the covers over my head.

At some point, there are no more tears, all I feel is sadness and I blame myself for everything.

Soon my eyes close and I fall asleep.