LOVE YOURSELF (A Short Story)

Love Yourself_6

Two friends
The only ones of their old
Group of friends
That stayed together

Both loved to dance
They would always spend time
In a dance studio
And sometimes

A girl would accompany them
One of the boys
Was always dancing
Let's call him 'H'

And the other
Was always recording his friend
Let's call him 'JM'

The girl and H
Would usually dance together
Because they had a passion
For dance

And JM
Well he was probably to shy
To dance with them
Or even in front of them

One day
He was dancing
And JM was recording

Then the girl came in
She was holding a cake
With a single candle
And she gave it to H

JM hadn't stopped recording
And when she came in
He zoomed in on her
Secretly admiring her

Maybe just to keep a video
Of her beautiful face
Her beautiful smile

When she turned to face him
JM quickly lowered his phone
And pretended to do something else
He was probably super embarrassed

But all she wanted him to do
Was join them and celebrate

When H was about to make a wish
And blow out the candle
His smile faded
Then remembered something

Something so sad...

When he was younger
His mother left him
She just left him

She told him to close his eyes
And count to a number
"Just a little game"
But then she walked away

Knowing her actions were wrong
She tried to hide her face
From everyone that was around

And so H stood there
In front of the carousel
With his hands over his face
Counting

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On another day
The girl and H were dancing
And JM was recording them

Well he was recording her
He just couldn't stop looking at her
He loved the way she danced
Maybe he wished to be in H's place

Dancing with her
Making her smile
But all he could do
Was watch her

And then
On a rainy night
JM went to the dance studio
He danced alone, in the dark

He tried recreating H's steps
Maybe he wanted to impress H
Or the girl
Or himself

The girl showed up
Taking JM by surprise
Because he was dancing
He accidentally hurt himself and her

She fainted
And he left her on the floor
He left and washed the blood away
The water becoming red

H found the girl
And he put her on his back
Then he started running
He was trying to save her

From what?
I'm not really sure
He was running in the rain
Until someone stopped him

JM stood in front of him
He held an umbrella
Though the rain had soaked him too

And without exchanging words
JM turned around and walked away
Leaving H behind
Leaving the girl behind.

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Not my own story.
Just written in my own words.