Second Chance// Lee Donghyuck

Back in the day

To be quite honest, I wasn't a smart kid growing up. Well that's what my parents thought. Instead of assuming that scientific courses are just meant for me, they decided that I just needed a little push. And now I'm here sitting at the tutor's in a small dim lighted room surrounded by boys studying physics.

It was mid December, I could never forget this day no matter how hard I try, the rain slammed the window causing cracking sounds to blend in with the chatter of students, punching numbers on calculators, and the combination of a pencil on a mock test. The moment I arrived, the tutor informed me that none of my friends were going to study with me because we talk too much and don't focus. Instead, each one of us was in a different class dreading the two hours of studying to pass by so that we can just go home.

My room had a large circled table in the middle, a white board, a smaller table perfect for 2 in front of the window and a huge sliding door where students throughout the year wrote their names on. I already wrote "Iseul was here" on it and I smiled at it, the first thing I saw when I walked in. I sat with my back to the door opposite of a boy I dared not to look at. My heart raced, I had nothing to do but play with my fingers. It was weird being the only girl in the room and weirder that I kept getting stuck on questions and instead of bluntly asking my tutor for help, I would nervously look around while fidgeting my fingers trying to make eye contact with him so that he can ask me "do you need help?"

Instead of locking eyes with my tutor, my eyes landed on someone else. His brown hair rested on top of his eyes covering his eyebrows. His dark brown eyes sparkled under the dim light and stared back at me, delicately holding my reflection. His lips were parted with his teeth lightly biting his pencil. His skin was smooth tanned and I blinked turning my head to the other side after seeing him smile at me staring at him.

I think that was the moment I built a crush on you. I didn't know your name but I felt comfort just by looking at you. Our eye contacts with small shy smiles kept on going back and forth until it was time for me to head back. When I went outside to wait for my brother to pick me up you secretly followed.

Hand stretched in front of me "I'm Lee Donghyck." Your honey voice said with a smile.