Sighs [K.TH]

Genuine

"Taetae...Listen to this song."
(Y/N) said, handing me an earplug.

"I already have." I told her.

She turned to me with mouth a bit ajar, and her small eyes larger than usual.

"You listen to music now?"

I nodded.

"Maybe.... I've always loved music too much to let it go..." I whispered.

She smiled.

"That's nice. For me...." She started, her eyes looking lost as she sorted her words.

"For me...Music is a healing and...A friend? It's always been there for me. I can never leave it." She said.

Music as a friend? That's new.

"Your going to be a singer, right?" I asked her.

She nodded.

"I'm going to go to Seoul after my college. I want to be an idol singer." She spoke.

I'm not sure what got into me, but right at that moment, I felt myself looking at my reflection.

My reflection of an year back.

I had dreams, I was smiling, I was happy.

"Taetae?" (Y/N) waved her hand on my zoned out face, and I looked the other way.

"That's....Great...Good luck." I murmured.

She sighed.

"Taetae...can I ask you a question?"

I nodded.

"Why don't you smile anymore?" She asked, her tone a mix of innocence and concern.

"There's nothing funny in life..." I replied.

She stared at me with her infamous blank face, hard to decipher.

She hummed and nodded solemnly.
"Right..."

This time I stared at her.

"Your gonna give up at that? Your not gonna encourage me anymore?" I asked.

She looked blankly, her head slightly tilting from puzzlement.

"Should.... Should I?" She question with utter confusion.

"I mean...I just really love seeing you smile."

I raised a brow.

"You know...When you smile your rectangular shaped box..." She explained using hand gestures.

"Don't...Don't..Depict it..." I shyly mumbled.

"When you smile like that, I feel warm inside. Everytime I recall you smile, I get motivated. " She spilled it all.

"When did you see me smile..?"

"I always have." She honestly replied.

At this point, I was absolutely blow way from her honesty.

"Are you a stalker?" I joked.

She blushed, mumbling a 'no'.

Call it a miracle maybe, but i felt my cheeks pushing up, my eyes slightly crinkling,
As I broke into a small chuckle.

"Aish...You are really weird, you know that?"

She whipped her head towards me.

"Hey! You smiled!" She exclaimed, staring down at my grin.