BABY BLUE |BTS| KIM SEOKJIN| 1

9- Learning

Days passed, but Jin still walked me to school everyday.

Even when I got a new walking stick, he would always offer his arm for me. And every time he would do that, I would blush and decline his offer, but I secretly wanted to hold onto his arm.

I was at school right now, and we had lunch break.

And like the usual, after eating I would go outside to somewhere quiet, to read a novel.

Miss.Yujin would go somewhere, maybe to the teachers conference often, and would come back to get me back to class.

Everything was the usual... except for my feelings for Jin.

As I heard footsteps, I counted down from ten, until they stopped just in front of me.

"Annyeong Sumin," I heard him say, and I smiled and lifted my head up.

"Annyeong Jin," I replied back as I heard him sit down next to me on the bench.

This was the usual spot he would always meet me during lunch break, and it had became our secret base to hang out and talk of sorts.

He would tell me stories about his funny friends in his class, or some stories about his life, and I got a shot to get to know him better.

"So what book are you reading today?" He asked me. "Wait no, don't tell me. I'll figure it myself."

"What do you mean?" I asked him.

I heard him chuckle. "Can I see your book please?"

"Sure," I say, a little puzzled as I lended over the book to him.

"Hmm..." I heard him say, and I got curious.

"Jin, what are you doing?" I asked him.

"You'll see," He says, and I kept quiet again.

But the curiosity was eating me alive, but I endured it and was patient.

"Alright, I think I got it." He says, and I turned my head.

He then cleared his throat and began speaking.

"The first word begins with a P, the next one is r, i, d, and e. So it's Pride. The next word is an A... followed by n and a d, so it's and. The next starts with another P... followed by an r, e... and d?"

I couldn't help but place my hands over my mouth, as I was deeply touched.

"Jin... are you learning braille?"

"Well, I thought I might as well since I wanted to know what kind of books you were reading all the time during lunch break like this..." He said with a nervous chuckle.

"That's why you could've asked me directly!" I say a bit too excited, and I took a breath to calm my nerves down.

"Are you... suprised?" He asked me after I didn't speak for a moment.

"Of course I am!" I say, as I couldn't hide my smile. "But... did you learn it on your own?"

"Haha!" He laughed, which made me laugh too. "Well no, Miss.Yujin actually taught me some."

"Miss.Yujin?!" I say in shock, and he laughed even more. "No wonder why she's been acting a little strange lately... she keeps on leaving early during lunch break... to teach you?"

"Just a little," He says. "Did I get the book title correct?"

"You got Pride And right, but not Prejudice. But if you just learned just a little braille, I think that's a great accomplishment."

"Thank you, Sumin." He said with a chuckle. "Pride and Prejudice, huh? Is it good so far?"

"Yes! I'm addicted, and read about five chapters in one day already!" I say, feeling prideful.

"As expected of you," He mumbled.

"What did you say?" I asked him, and he laughed.

"Nothing, nothing."

"I heard what you said." I say, and he groaned.

"Man, I could've gotten away with that!" He exaggerated and I laughed at him. He then sighed, and leaned against the back of the bench. "I was just kidding, it's good that you are reading. Girls nowadays are all about going out to shop and party 24/7. There's rarely any girl like you."

"Is that a compliment?" I asked him.

"Who knows, maybe it was?" He says, and I secretly blushed.

After a moment of neither of us saying anything, I decided to break the ice.

"My older sister... um, she... she hated reading books."

"Well that's quite the opposite between the two of you," He says, sitting up.

"Yeah," I said with a soft smile. "We were opposites in many things, but we loved each other a whole lot."

"That sounds like my older brother and I," He says.

"You have an older brother?" I asked him.

"Yeah, he's two grades above me, and he goes here too. Despite being my older brother, who's supposed to take care of me and all that, he never cares for anything but games."

"But do you love him though?" I asked him.

He sighed. "Of course I do. Family are suppose to be loving and kind to each other... but my dad really isn't like that."

"I'm sorry," I say, frowning.

"It's alright, there's gotta be some family problem in everyone's family." He says. "So, what about your sister? How is she?"

I opened my mouth to answer but was cut off when the bell rung, and it was time to go back to class.

"Oh wow, time really flew by." Jin says as he stood up.

I tried to stand up also, but my legs were weak due to sitting in one spot for too long, and I almost fell back but gained back balance when he grabbed my arm, and pulled me back.

"You alright?" He asked me.

"I'm okay," I breathed out, but I really wasn't inside. His touch on mine alone was enough to make me want to become weightless, and float up in the clouds in happiness.

He handed me over my walking stick in my hand, and chuckled.

"You act like you're an independent women, but in reality you really depend a whole lot on a man."

"Who are you to say-" I started to say, but was cut off by him.

"It's good though, because I get to take care of you more often." He said.

What he said left my mind go blank, and I forget what I was going to finish what I was saying.

"Sumin! It's time to go back to class!" Miss.Yujin called for me. "Oh hi Seokjin."

He chuckled. "Hi miss.Yujin! Well, I'll see you after school. Bye Sumin!" He said as he patted my head and walked off, leaving me there, shocked.

"What happened?" I heard miss.Yujin ask me.

"I don't know," I say. And I was being very honest. "I don't really know..."