Say It Back || SoonHoon (#wattys2019)

fifty-one

호시
It's been a week or two after all that happened. I don't feel sad anymore. Well, it's all because of you.

You're always there to make me smile.
I don't really know how you do it.
You don't even try hard which is kind of annoying.

Seriously!
You walk into my view and a second later, I'm already smiling.

I— how is that possible?

Well, anyways, we're going to have to work on a project again. Something about making a music video of some sort. A music video for an original song.

I feel my spirits soar incredibly high when the teacher tells us it is going to be in pairs again.

Yay! I can be with you—

"This time, I will be assigning your partners."

Ah. Crap.

I look over to you and I see you already looking at me. You hold a neutral expression when I give you a small frown displaying my disappointment.

I saw you sigh and you turned back to your notebook. Your cute face was now sadly out of sight.

I cross every existing appendix I have in every possible way, hoping that our names would be called together.

The teacher starts to read her list.

우지
I look over to you when the teacher announces that the project has to be in pairs.

I bite down on my lower lip to keep myself from laughing.

After all, the way your smile fell so quickly upon hearing that the pairs are assigned, is hilarious.

I can clearly see the disappointment in your eyes.

It's starting to get too funny that I have to let out my fakest sigh, look away, and pretend I am writing in my notebook.

I calm myself down soon enough and focus on the teacher instead.

She starts to read out the names.
People begin to either get excited or grumpy at the mention of their
partner.

"Kwon Soonyoung and Hong Jueun."

I feel a strange irritating sensation in my heart. I look over to you and watch your new partner approach you.

It's a girl. Your partner is a girl.

I shake my head and scoff lightly, looking back at my notebook.

Why should I be bothered about that?
After all, you like boys. You're gay.
Which is a good thing by the way.
It would've been worse if you were paired with a guy.

But what if you're actually bisexual.

My head shoots back to the two of you.
You're smiling brightly as you look at her. She is smiling too.

I frown.

"Lee Jihoon and Park Heecheol."

I don't even take one glance at my new partner. My eyes stay stuck on the both of you.

Ew. Why do you look so happy?
You don't even know her.

"Oh umm hey," this Hee-whatever-girl says.

"Hi," I say.
I still don't look at her.

"Do you have any ideas for the music video?" She asks.

This time I don't reply.

I feel my eye twitch as I see King Kong Jueun take the pencil you are holding.

Your skin brushes against hers and makes contact.

I almost flip my desk.

"Wow. Am I seriously going to be working with a useless person again?" I hear my partner say.

Her sentence makes me instantly turn towards her. "Excuse me? I'm a very hardworking person," I say in an offended tone.

I quickly scan her appearance.
Short. Glasses. Pink hair.

She's cute.
If only I'm straight.

"Okay then. Well please cooperate. If you don't have any ideas, I'll just say mine. So, I was thinking about writing a song about temporary things. And then the video concept could be flowers or something.. something aesthetic..."

She starts to ramble.

I try my best to listen but my eyes wander back to you and your annoying partner.

Ugh. Am I actually falling that deep again?