Beyond The Age | kim.th

Chapter 34

[Min Ha Neul's POV]

The cold air hitting on my skin endlessly as it wrapped my exposed legs real tight. I tried to ignore the freeze completely as I leaned my back against the wall.

I've been striving my mind the whole night before, and finally came to a decision to collect all my nerve and talk to him properly. So I engulf my pride and waited for him here by the school gate.

I pulled out my phone from my pocket hastily, checking the time.

He should be here in a minute.

I mumbled inside as I looked around by the school gate, and soon I saw the face that I've been waiting for almost fifteen minutes already.

Taehyung walked alone as he jammed through whatever music he was listening to through his earphone while his hands were shoved inside his pocket to keep it warm.

I was about to call out his name but before I could do that, a girl grabbed his arm as she greeted him causing him to startled before he removed his earphone, shoving it inside his pocket as he greeted her back.

He then proceeded to walk inside the school, side by side with the girl as she smiled widely. He was too busy talking with her that he didn't even notice me when he walked passed me by the gate.

It's not like I blame him for not noticing me since I slightly tried to shrink myself and dissapeared the moment he came closer to where I stood by shifting my body to the side as I hid half of my face underneath my scarf that was wrapping around my neck.

I didn't even realize why I did that as if my body moved by its own as it sense his presence getting nearer. Maybe I just didn't want to embarass myself in front of him, or probably in front of her? That one particular girl who had her arms around his body the other day.

I looked at them from behind, reminiscing the moment when I was the one who walked by his side, every single day. But now I witnessed that my place had been replaced with someone else hurt me to the point where I didn't even know what to do anymore.

I dropped my gaze to the ground before the sound of the school bell rang in my ears as it snatched my thoughts away and brought me back to reality. I then began walking to my classroom hurriedly since I wouldn't want to be late and get scolded by the teacher.

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"I thought we're going back to the class?" Hye Jin raised an eyebrow the moment Jimin took a turn to a corridor which lead to the first grade classes.

"We are, but I need to give this form to one of the juniors from the council first. Principal's order." Jimin muttered.

"Why didn't you just tell us so?" I mumbled.

"It won't take long, I promise." He assured.

The three of us walked through the hallway that was filled with first graders. Soon, Jimin stopped in front of a class where 1-B was written on a plaque above the door.

"Jungkook!" Jimin called out and the boy with the name turned his head immediately.

"Oh, Jimin hyung? What's up?" He said as he walked towards Jimin.

"I need you to spread this through the first grade students."

"Oh okay. Anything else?"

"Yeah the principal said..."

I was listening to their conversation before I couldn't hear a single word anymore the moment I diverted my gaze to the other side of the room.

My heart sunk when my eyes landed on Taehyung who was busy laughing along with that girl, again. My gaze dropped when he caught me staring at him as I felt a thump inside my heart.

When I brought my eyes back to him, he was already busy playing around with her again as if he didn't see anything. The sight of them laughing together creating another wound inside my already broken heart.

Fortunately, Jimin had done with his bussiness and soon enough we left that place in peace, without me being dramatic over the scene of Taehyung even though I knew my heart was overreacting just a moment ago.

I might still looked calm on the outside, but inside my heart shattered in tiny little pieces that I didn't even know if it was able to be fixed again or not.

I spent the last period unintentionally thinking about Taehyung like an idiot. I lost control of my own mind that it kept on recalling his face, recalling all the good memories that I shared with him before we became like what? Strangers?

Why couldn't I stop thinking about someone who's not even thinking about me?

I shook my head as I walked through the empty hallway. My habit is back again. I didn't find any reason to come home immediately after the school finished, just like old times when I barely knew him.

My feet stopped when I passed by the music room. I hesitantly opened the door and cocked my head to look inside the room and I was lucky that no one was around.

I walked myself to the piano in the corner of the room and took a seat afterwards. My fingers soon reached for the keys as I tapped on it randomly.

One key, two keys, three keys. The more sound came out of it, the eager I wanted to hear more. The next minute I found myself started playing a piece of song that I've been listening to lately and I could remember the keys perfectly inside my head, which is A Time For Us. (Song on the media.)

I was hypnotized by the rhythm the moment it filled my eardrums as I closed myself to feel the tune even more. The melodies that came out of the piano made my heart warm and slightly forget about all the pain that I felt recently.

For a very brief moment I could forget about all the problems around me. All the pain, the thoughts, the worries, slowly washed out of my mind by the calming sound that I adore the most. As if I was in a totally different place and soon I realized that I just found my peace.

I could distract myself if I'm playing piano.

I snapped my eyes open and stopped playing before I reached for my phone. I swiped over my contact quickly and dialled a number.

"Hello?" The person answered after three dial tones.

"Samchon? You said you still keeping the piano that my father threw away right?" I asked impatiently.

"Yeah. Why do you─"

"Can you bring it back to the house? Please?" I begged as I cut him off.

"Uh sure, but why are you suddenly wanting it back?" Yoongi asked, obviously curious.

"I wanted to learn the piano again." I said in certainty.

"You started playing again? Since when?" His tone slightly rising with a hint of excitement.

"Just recently." I hummed.

"Okay. I'll ask some people to bring that back to the house tomorrow." He stated.

"Thankyou samchon, I love you!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah of course, I love you too." He chuckled.

I hung up the phone as I slightly bit my bottom lip. A smile soon found its way to my cheeks, tearing my lips as I smiled from ear to ear in excitement.

Right, I will just focus about the piano and my study so I wouldn't have the time to think about anything else, anything else especially him. That was my final decision which I made in order to continue living this not-so-happy life.

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Annyeong! For those who read this book way before it got edited, you should notice by now that this is actually an additional chapter :)) I just feel like I need to write this to clear things up a bit.

And I wanted to thank all the readers that's been enjoying and supporting this book up until now. No matter if you're an old reader or a new reader, I love you with all my hearteu♥♥