PURSUE {Park Jihoon & Kang Daniel}

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We laughed and danced through several up-beat songs until I stopped because I didn't want to start sweating. My makeup wasn't allowed to be ruined. He offered to get something to drink and I agreed.
We walked seperate ways and while he searched around I sat down on chair and listened as the old rock'n roll song turned into a slowdance ballad. I liked this type of dancing better. I watched the couples get closer to each other.
Maybe we also could dance like that, I thought and regretted it right away. With who? With which one?

I probably sat there for ten minuites and Jihoon still hadn't come back with the drinks. So I stood up, but when I was about to go look for him someone called out to me.
"Would you honor me this dance, my lady" He said and bowed with his hand reached out for me to take.
When I didn't answer Daniel grabbed me and held me tight. One hand in mine and one around my waist and he slowly danced us out towards the dance floor.
"You look beautiful." He said and smiled as I finally understood the situation and blushed. I didn't know what to say other than "uhm.."
"I see that you know how to dance." He said and I shook my head. "Dancing to slow songs isn't difficult. It's the ones that played before that's tricky." I told him and his smile faded away. "I saw that." He said.
I felt guilty and it got quiet for a second. I coughed and nervously asked him how his evening had been and he smirked as he tightened his grip around my waist and said that it had been boring without me.
How was I supposed to react to that!

I moved his hand from my waist to my shoulder which made me feel a lot more safe. "I have to talk to you later." I told him and pushed him back. But when I did he came back. "Tell me now."
This behavior of his had made me slightly annoyed and flustered so without taking anything slow I blurted out everything. "Fine! I will move away."
I stared into his eyes and I saw how the they darkened. He only asked when and I only answered with soon.
Then he let go of me and walked away, leaving me alone on the dance floor.
It must have been so sudden for him and I felt bad. But it was better to do it this way without any difficult goodbyes.

I went back to the chair I had sitten on before and didn't have to wait long for Jihoon to return with the drinks. I took mine and almost drank the whole thing at ones.
Jihoon looked at me and asked how I was feeling because by what he told me, I looked very tired. And I was. This night was more exhausting than I had expected it to be.
He offered to go with me to a more calm place and I agreed.
We walked backstage and sat down on two boxes that were left there. I watched him stroke his fingeres through his hair and take a sip out of his plastic cup.
"I have to tell you something." I began. Would Jihoon react the same way as Daniel did? I though and drank what was left of my drink. He waited for me to continue.
"I have been offered to study abroad." I said and he didn't react. "And I've accepted which means that I will move away."
It became quiet and Jihoon nodded slowly. "Soon I suppose?" He asked and I nodded as well. Then he stood up and reached out his hand.
"Then may I have this one last dance. I believe it is a Waltz."
This is what I wanted to hear. This was the raction I had hoped for.
Gladly I took his hand. "Of course."
I noticed when we began to dance that he didn't know how to dance Waltz, so I had to lead. He told me that he didn't often dance slow. But leading was fine by me.

And in the end my night ended good.

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The next day I didn't wake up until lunch time. I would've slept longer but my mother didn't allow me to waste my day sleeping. That day I told them about my plans and they happily said I could go. They had actually thought that something like this would be good for me and not long after that everything was decided and fixed. All I had to do was wait for graduation.

I didn't see much of either of the boys since that night which was both relieving and heartbreaking. I would of course miss them but meeting them after already saying goodbye would make everything harder to deal with.

Every day I thought about what would happen to me in the future. What I would work with and how I would live. And when I talked to my family about it they always said that I didn't have to think about those things now.
I also thought about Jihoons and Daniels future. Whoever end up with them must know that they are very lucky. Everytime that thought entered my mind I gritted my teeth because, to be honest, I was the jealous type but knew that there was nothing I could do. I had been very selfish all this time, only thinking of my own feelings when they must have gone through a lot going against each other. And now I would leave. They did their best for nothing.

~To be continued~

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