I better not meet Min Yoongi. I should let him live his life, devoid of any taint of my presence. I just should not barge in.
My short hair is blown by the sea breeze and I can see some fishing boats in the horizon, with the lurching dim yellow lights of the lamps.
I cut my hair several days back. It is a symbol to me. It shows that with time everything heals, and similarly, hair also grows.
The sea urges me to sing a tune. I am not a good singer, but I could remember a tune Yoongi had played for me once at his place. He called it, “So Far Away.” The mp3 recording was played to me when we were driving to have a date after the prom night.
I check my surroundings just to be sure that I am not going to give nightmares to the innocent coast-dwellers. It is just beyond 50m I can see a person aimlessly walking away from the seashore. He fixed his mouth mask and adjusted a black cap on his all silver hair.
If I had been in Sri Lanka, I would have gasped at the sight, wondering how youngsters had silver hair. But in Korea, hair dying was something like a commonplace occurrence.
May be that he has lost interest in the waves now.
Anyhow, the coast is clear.
“So far away
naegedo kkumi itdamyeon
Naraganeun kkumi itdamyeon
Don't far away naegedo kkumi itdamyeon
Naraganeun kkumi itdamyeon"
..
“Excuse me,” the male voice said and the owner of the voice tapped on my shoulder.
I am averse to touching.
Well not all touching.
But when random strangers touch I just become a cat on hot bricks.
No, you do not want to touch me Mister.
STOP TAPPING ME.
My adrenaline rush.
I should brush his hand off my shoulder.
YES NOW!
All this happen in the bat of an eyelid and the rock I was sitting on had a good deal of wet moss. With all my fluster, the rock give away and I just fall in the water and my hood cover my face sticking to it. This hoodie had belonged to late Mr. Jo and it was a gorilla size and for a sprat like me, this was enormous.
The salt water soak my gown and my skin is pierced by the blistering cold.
“YAH WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?” I yell.
“I just did not mean to scare you. Mianhaeyo.”
“I cannot see anything! AM I DROWNING?”
“Actually, no. you are just in sea.”
“YOU BLOODY IDIOT, SAVE ME!”
“You can get out of the water easily.”
“Oh yes. I really see everything around me!”
“Just push the hoodie aside and you will see. Did you really think that I would risk my suit which cost a fortune of wons to save a girl who just plunged into shallow water? My foot!”
I flap my hands around and the salt water stings my eyes. It takes a while to be able to open eyes under sea water and I finally manage to do it. I push the hoodie a little bit, only to be amazed by the view.
The silver haired boy is towering over me and the moon appears like a big halo around his head. He is not extending a helping hand.
I make a mental note. He is capricious!
Should be a chaebol!
I scan the intruder.
The crescent eyes would have made the crescent moon run away in embarrassment. Well. His eyes were so pretty and the half hanging mouth mask revealed a boop-able nose and soft pink lips.
Boo-pable? Is that even a word??
The looks seem familiar, but I do not uncover my face.
“Flap around all you want like a silly otter.”
“Just reminding you that I fell in because you scared me!” I spit back.
“Blimey! I just tapped on the shoulder. I was not going to fix dynamites around you!”
“Now SIR,” I stressed the word. “should not you like even help me up?”
“Get up by yourself, MERMAID in the HOOD.”
I cough out the salt water that has gotten into my throat which makes me nauseous.
“Wow, I did not ask for Story Titles. This is not a story either. It is real!”
“I was intending to be nice but you are so sarcastic that you remind me of ...Kris - ”
He stops abruptly.
“I do not care who this Kris Tris is, but I will make you pay for this.”
“Yeah of course. I am gonna charge you for theft of intellectual property.”
“WHAT THE...”
“You heard me.”
“No ... I.”
“You heard me crystal clear. I won’t help you up, but here is my card. Feel free to make an appointment and explain how you stole my song, ‘So Far Away.’ Your skills must be quite amazing that you knew the song even before I released it!”
The boy bites his bottom lip.
“I feel like lifting and see who this Hooded Mermaid is, but I won’t. I am waiting for an explanation anyway. See you.”
He goes away leaving me still flapping around.
I drag myself to the seashore somehow and examine his card in the moonlight.
MIN YOON GI.
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