Not understanding the lecture, I blankly stared at the white board before me. Math will the death of me, I am sure of it. But, the most confusing thing was that guy's scent, it was to a point where it bothered me. How can someone have the same scent?.... no, It can't be....he should be with....at home. I erased the thought from my mind, not wanting to think about it. When math class was over, thank God, I was the first one out. While waiting for the girls, I noticed a figure near me . I went over, to figure out why he was there when I came closer I noticed it was Mr. Chubby Cheeks.
"Hello, what brings you here ?" I asked while trying to do my best to not be awkward, but miserably failing.
"Um, I noticed that you were standing here so I came because I would like know your name", he mumbled shyly.
"Oh...of course, my name is Scarlet Hemlock , what's your name ?", I questioned, while fidgeting with my bracelet.
"That's a cute name", I replied, while Seungkwan blushed a deeper shade of pink.
" Seungkwan, are you free this Saturday ? ", I pondered waiting for his answer. Seungkwan nodded, I gave him my phone so that we could exchange phone numbers.
"Well, see you on Saturday", I stated before he left. He waved goodbye, I smiled and waved goodbye also. When he was finally gone, I filled with excitement.. I was finally able to invite someone for the school campfire...My friends arrived, I giggled and they stood there dumbfounded by my cheerfulness.
"I am happy because I finally found someone for the retreat", I exclaimed happily. The girls looked at me, then at each other.
"The extremely sarcastic and pessimistic girl, finally got a date", Gabi mumbled. I glared at her to be quiet, hoping that she would the message and shut up.
"It is not a date", I said uncomfortably. The rest of the girls just stared in shock, I just stood there awkwardly.
"Wow, I have never seen you like this...is he a boy.....the one you're inviting to the retreat ?", Hana questioned while Zia and AeTae nodded their heads in agreement.
"H-h-he's a b-boy", I stammered, while feeling a bit warm from my face. All the girls just looked at me, possibly wondering if I had something to drink. But, I like this feeling....for the first time, I feel fine.
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I woke up in the morning with a loud ruckus. Woozi was shouting at Seungkwan for some reason. "But it's almost ten, she just called that it would be at 11:00 sharp, so she would come and meet me here", I overheard Seungkwan explained. I went towards Seungkwan's room and sat down near the comic books.
"Everything will be fine, you have twelve good friends that will help you , so get a grip of yourself", Woozi scolded while slapping Seungkwan's head. The members were all inside the Seungkwan's dorm, while Woozi was doing his best to calm him down.
"Okay everyone, if any of you could let our dear Seungkwan borrow any of your nice clothes", Woozi replied doing his best to not freak out.
"Hey, what's up ?" I questioned. Woozi turned to look at me, and breathed a sign of relief while Seungkwan received some clothes from the members.
"Take over please, they don't referred to you as the peacemaker for nothing", Woozi replied while laying down. I did my best to help Seungkwan get prepared, though I was not sure on why he was getting dressed, so I finally sat him down to style his hair and decided to ask him.
"Why are you getting all dressed up ?", I questioned, while I parted his hair to one side. Seungkwan became blushed and hit me on my arm.
"Remember the girl that I told you about ?" He asked. I nodded my head and gestured for him to continue.
"Well, she asked me out..on a date", he replied happily. I smiled, feeling happy for him, but wondering who was the girl that made Seungkwan all fluttery inside.
The doorbell rang, Seungkwan began trembling, panicking, he squirmed in his chair. I proceeded to open the door, while the guys gathered in the living room. A girl stood near the doorstep, her face covered by a hoodie, silently shivering with an umbrella. The rain had stopped, only the puddles were left and the cold wind that made me want to close the door. She never looked up, I was about to speak but Seungkwan arrived and greeted her. They turned around, she took off her hood..the scent of strawberry shampoo.....
But, when I had finally come back to earth, they had left. Closing the door, I was surrounded by everyone, they were curious about Seungkwan's date. But I walked past, muttering that I had not seen her. I went to my room, opened up one of the cupboards and took out a christmas themed box with penguins in winter apparel painted on it. Opening the box, I found a picture of Junhong, the last christmas we shared before she left, because she was tired of me and my personality. I am a such a coward..that I hate myself...
But, I would like to see her smiling face again, to hear her call me Hansol again in her sweet voice. She gave me the box before she left to Korea without hugging me or saying goodbye, she handed me the box and left. My parents and I were watching the news, I was bummed out that she had left, I silently cried on the way home. The commerical on television stopped because of the sudden news, a plane had crashed due to a snow storm. I hoped that was not the plane she was on, but it was in big bold words, it was the plane...The people who died were indentified, but she was not because her body was never found. The investigators concluded that her body had been buried deep in the snow. On the day of her funeral, a part of me died, I cried for a month, completely isolating myself from the world. Four years later, I booked a flight to Korea and met all of the boys at summer camp. The girl with same strawberry shampoo scent as Junhong kills me, it reminds of the jerk...I still am.
-Seungkwan-
Scarlet opened the car door, I got inside and found five girls. Scarlet sat next to me and shut the door. I remained quiet during the ride, unsure where we going. This does not seem like a date......I glanced at Scarlet, she turned to look at me and smiled. I glanced out of the car window, the whole place was surrounded by trees, we had arrived in a forest. This is definitely not a date.....The girls got out of the car, while I unbuckled my seatbelt and came out. There were people setting up for something, possibly a campfire.
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Everyone sat on the tree logs near the fire, I went to sit next to Scarlet. I was disappointed and embarassed that I thought this was a date. Scarlet must have noticed my gloomy mood.
"What's wrong, is everything okay?" She asked while holding my hand. I looked down, refusing to let her to see my flushed face, looking around to distract myself.
Scarlet took a hold of my head and our eyes met, my heart began pounding against my chest. I wondered if she could hear my heartbeat. She placed her hand over my head and caressed my hair, a small giggle came out of her. I enjoyed the sound of her laugh, she took her phone out of her pocket and a click was heard. She faced her phone towards my direction, it was me, but I had a bow placed on my hair. I outstretched my hand to snatch the phone away from her in the hopes of deleting the picture, but she placed her phone out of my reach.
"Let me keep the photo, you look so adorable in it, I had to cherish the moment and make a memory out of it", she replied, placing her eyes on mine. I agreed not to deleted it, she hugged me due to her excitement.
"Could you tell me why you are not happy?", She asked again, still staring at me with her soft brown eyes.
"Well....I-I thought this was going to be a d-d-date", I responded, afraid of her answer, she thought about it and finally understood.
"Hmm...I see why you would think way.....well, if you like we could still have that date", she replied, while texting on her phone....probably her friends.
Placing her phone away, Scarlet interlocked my hand with her own while everyone there began whispering and giggling, my face became warm again and my heart began beating rapidly. She opened the door for me when I sat down, she closed the door and went to the driver's seat, she closed her door and started the engine. We arrived at a nearby coffee shop, we got out of the car and she interlocked her hand with mine.
