SEESAW

The Day We Met

After a tiring rap session with his peers at a local club, Yoongi walked back home. It had rained most of the evening and the weather was cold. The streets were wet, dark and empty. People were already home having dinner with their loved ones.

Walking back home wasn't Yoongi's favorite thing to do. He always stayed up late at the club, restaurants or at times hung out with his peers just to kill time hoping everyone in his family would fall asleep before he reached. 

Today was no different. But Yoongi was exceptionally happy today. His session went well and everyone cheered his performance. Days like this made his poor life seem rich.

Humming a tune out loud Yoongi walked alone when suddenly rain started to pour hard. He stood still in the middle of the street as there was nothing he could run to take shelter. 

In no time he saw an umbrella over his head. Confused he looked at the person standing behind him. 

"We can share it," a soft voice spoke. "I'd like to help if you don't mind of course". Yoongi's cheeks flushed as he saw this girl smiling back at him holding a bright red umbrella over his head. 

"Ahh Yes, " he squeaked embarrassed at how it came out. 

"Okay then, let's walk," she said. "I am already late."

Yoongi's heart raced at the sight of her. His face flushed and his gaze fixated on her cuteness. She has the brightest smile he said to himself. 

 As they walked under one umbrella listening to the pattering of tiny raindrops this girl started her small talk as she noticed how flustered the boy was. 'Cute' she said to herself.

 "So I shifted to this neighborhood two days back," she started "I am originally from Busan by the way. Mom got transferred here. Getting familiar to what is around the house. So I went grocery shopping" she said as she showed a plastic bag filled with stuff brought from a local store. "I noticed this place to be very quiet though unlike Busan. People are quite conservative here." 

She tried easing the guy into the conversation but just to get mere smiles from him. 

'Common you idiot say something to her' he cursed himself as he tried to control his fluster and get his heart back beating to a normal pace. 

Nothing seemed to work and he wondered what made him so awestruck. They continued walking now silently as she literally could get nothing out of him. They had almost passed four blocks now.

Out of the blue, a loud thunder stirred the sky. Yoongi didn't notice, he was so fixated on opening his mouth to at least ask her her name. He noticed he had walked ahead a little to turn back realizing she wasn't walking anymore. She stood frozen on the street. Her face went pale and her smile disappeared as the loud noises of thunder filled up the sky.

Yoongi noticed something was off as he went back to her. Out of reflex, he caught her hand pulled her towards him and said: "Walk".

 Her hands were trembling as she shivered in fear. Yoongi fastened their pace as he knew he had to get her home soon.

 " Where do you stay? He asked. "More two blocks away" she stammered. Yoongi walked pass his home. But decided to accompany her home seemed more appropriate. She tightly clutched her hand around his as the sounds went on and off in the sky.

Not long from then he noticed a middle-aged woman running towards them from far. She stopped in front of them with a worried anxious look all over her face.

 "Are you alright love? The woman asked hugging the girl. 

Yoongi immediately let go of her hand. He was slightly embarrassed about it as he noticed she must be her mother. "I will take it from here dear. Thank you so much for accompanying her though. I was worried sick. You go home safe okay. Keep the umbrella," she said with a bright smile.

Yoongi gave a small smile back and nodded. He started walking back home pondering over what had just happened. He then suddenly remembered he never asked her her name, so immediately turned around, to notice the girl looking back as she walked with her mother giving a simple plain smile and waving a bye. 

Yoongi's heart picked up the pace again as he felt his hand rise up and wave back. His face lit with his infamous but rare gummy smile covering half his cheeks. He never felt so flustered. He never felt this rush. He had to know more about this girl. She sparked his heart with her smile.

 A dead heart he thought, she had the power to move a dead heart. His stomach churning and his face giving away smiles as he walked back home humming a new tune.

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Yoongi writes-

The unexpected encounters, you and I,

We were destined to meet.

The thunder you hate,

Became the thunder I loved.

It got us together under one umbrella.

You became one for me...

You became my Umbrella....!!!