Our Love Story | Kim Seokjin

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Chapter 3: Something Exceptional

My wristwatch tells me it's already 7 at night-but the sky tells me it's still early. I left the library early, because the guy went home; he said he has something to do. I only smiled to him when he told me that, I mean it's not that I wanted to know. And because of him leaving, I thought that I would feel lonely, sitting all alone at the edge of the library-so I left.

I tucked my hands into my jacket's pocket, letting out a soft sigh. "Yeah...this is what I'm feeling right now, lonely," all of sudden my stomach growled. "And hungry," I patted my stomach lightly, as if I'm telling it to wait for awhile.

Looking around the street, just to find the perfect restaurant to dine in, "What should I eat? Hamburger? Steamboat?" Talking alone is like a habit for me now, though it does look funny if you trespass me, but it's a normal thing for a girl like me, I mean who else would talk if it isn't me?"

"Beefsteak should be fine," I passed a fancy restaurant with neon lights welcoming me. I bit my lips as I stop with hesitation, "...but of course it won't cost a little, I mean this is Brooklyn."

So I continued to walk around the street, searching what food to eat. It must not be pricy, but it can fill up my empty stomach perfectly. One foot to another, I walked forward with my eyes roaming around. I lifted my arms, to look at my wristwatch, which says 8; my mouth escaped a scoff.

"This is ridiculous," I shook my head in displease. I don't even know what I wanted to eat, but I'm starving, to death. "Should I just cook Ramen?" I mean, rather than wasting my next few minutes searching for a restaurant, I think Ramen is better. It cook fast, and delicious too, "Gahh! I'm hopeless."

Unfortunately, I had to reverse back my path from here to there again. The sky is already dark, I didn't realise it after I looked above. The night view is beautiful, it's a full moon and there's a star beside the moon. "At least you're not lonely," I was talking to the moon.

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Because I'm tired, so I sat down with an empty stomach on a bench, near to a park. I was taking a picture of myself, with the full moon as the background. Then I send it to my mum, as I write:

Hello mum, its night here. I miss you and dad too. I'll be back in a few more weeks, wait for me. Good Night (then I inserted a heart emoticon)

Another sigh escaped from my lips, "What is wrong with me, I should be happy," a tear slipped from my eyes, probably because I missed them so much. I sniffed my nose, and I wiped my watery eyes with my sleeve.

"Heul," a voice was coming near to me, but I'm too lazy to lift my head. "Omo, blue jacket girl!" but when his voice flowed inside my ears, my eyes shot open as I flicked my head and found him standing a few centimetres in front of me.

He has his smile plastered on his face, and the he waved to me in a calm way. So I waved back in return, I was going to ignore him but he helped me earlier. "Please don't come near, please don't come near," I whispered to myself like a mantra-but that's all a waste, he approached me, in excitement.

"Anneonghaseyo," he said and I assumed it means 'Hello' so I just bowed slightly. "Wahh! Are we fated? How many times did we bump together," he chuckled while he chugged his bottle of water. He was sweating, and he's wearing a short pants and a sport jacket-he must've jogged here.

I faked a laugh for a respond, "I don't know...the world must be small now," I said which made him nodded his head with water inside him mouth, he looked like a squirrel putting a nut inside its mouth.

"So what are you doing here alone?" he asked while wiping his sweats with a handkerchief. I told him I needed some air, so he only replied with a long oh and a smile at the end. "Do you live around here? Don't think this wrongly, I'm just asking because you're here at this late night."

I shook my head with a smile-surprisingly a genuine smile, "My house is at the side street," sometimes I don't understand myself why I tell him this; last time I thought he was a paedophile, but now I'm telling him where I'm staying at? He nodded his head in understanding, and then he told me where he lives; which is at the side street too.

We talked more about the night; how chilly tonight is, and how dark the sky and all-but suddenly while we were laughing about factual stuff, my stomach growled loudly, louder than earlier. I looked at him with wide eyes, which he only smiles in return.

"We may not know each other well, but I know that you are hu-"

"What no! I-um, thinking...yes I was thinking about food and it made my gastric juice raised a little, you know what I mean right, ha-ha." I awkwardly stand up to walk away, but he quickly grips my wrist. He dragged me somewhere without saying anything. "Dude, can you please let go of my hands?"

He laughed a bit, "Nah to boring to do that. Miss blue jacket I'll take you to the food-land," I wasn't sure of myself but my lips curled to a smile. And for me, it's something impossible-I was called as the 'Cold-hearted girl' at school when I was young, I don't usually smile to any kind of words like that.

I mean, I do smile but I don't know myself...

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My clock rang, it's my time to wake up, but how funny that I'm already awake-wait, I was awake for the whole night. I couldn't sleep last night; my eyes were too strong because of last night.

It's hard for me to swallow my own saliva, my hands are sweating a lot and I can hear my heartbeat in a fast pace. I looked outside the window, and it's still raining. The raindrops are making me crazier, so I diverted my eyes and sit up straight to stand.

"This is stupid," I scoffed out loud, the more I'm thinking about it, the crueler the images are. Last night, was something I never ever imagine in my life. After we finished eating at the Korean Barbeque, it rained heavily; just like right now. I was only wearing my t-shirt and my blue jacket, I knew it can secure me from the droplets but he, the guy opened his jacket to cover my head.

It probably wasn't the sweetest thing a guy could do, but it was nice and...Warm-he walked me home, and throughout our walks, I didn't notice he was only wearing a black vest. I mean, whose heart won't beat fast when a good looking man does that?

This is not love, I know this isn't, I'm not stupid; but I know that he is something. I know, guys from novel won't exist, but he's an exceptional. He is something exceptional for me, and I don't even know why.

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Hello! Oh my gosh, it felt like years that I haven't update anything. I'm a busy writer and a serious student so, please accept my apology for not updating this, I know I should update more since its 2016 but ugh, I'm in 10th grade and next year is my last year, so I need to study hard; people are expecting big from me, and I'm just afraid...

But so anyway, I'm really sorry for this short and not enjoyable update but I really hope all you guys will still continue on waiting! He-he I love you guys!

Written-27/3/16

Sincerely by bazzy who loves unicorns.

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and and big thanks for averychan for the beautiful cover ;)