starlight |jw

-6-

-Lee Sunhi-

"Class, I have an announcement to give you" our music and special arts teacher told us with a huge grin on her face, not as devilish as usual, but with mere excitement pouring through her pores.

"The k-industry's project due date will change to the same date as the festival, everyone will be presenting their stage there!  Guests and judges will be there, from now on it's a competition from duo to duo and trio's to trio's.

And the most exciting part is~!" The whole class stumped their feet in anticipation 

"GOT7 will be performing as special guests!" Everyone started cheering. The guys were very popular in school, and even so, I never saw a single picture of them till Mark showed me it. I smiled, excited for them to watch me perform with Baby! I was even more excited and nervous now that I knew they would be coming

I took a glance at Baby who gave me a thumbs up with that gracious smile that was always able of cheering me up. We were already working hard, but now that Jacks-I mean, the guys will be watching our performance, I wanted to work even harder!
。。。

"Okay, arrangements are done!" I sighed with satisfaction, highfiving Baby as she finished writing down the last specifications 
"Finally! Do you wanna go for a walk and a smoothie? I'm in the mood" she smiled and I nodded. I honestly could never decline Baby, she's always so kind to me, and my only girl friend (even though it was almost 21:30 when we decided to head out)

"Soo.. I notice you and Jackson are very close to each other, huh?" She commented, her hand on the front pockets of her skirt and her head slightly tilted to watch my face expression

"Yeah, we are. He's always very nice to me" The thought of him alone was enough to have me smiling
"But.. you're just friends? You don't like him as anything else?"
"Now why would you ask that?!" I said, slapping her arm and turning my face away. The thought of me liking Jackson was ridiculous! And though that was the reply I often gave to myself, I still couldn't explain my burning cheeks at the question my friend made.

She laughed and shook her head "Then why are you blushing? I'm right, are't I?!" She laughed hitting my arm back, making me shake my head in denial

"Not possible, I've never thought about Jackson in any other way that isn't as a friend" which was partly true! I just often found myself thinking about his sparkling eyes, his breathtaking smile, his...

"Oh, sure! I see the way you look at him or laugh at his jokes when they're not as good. Come on, I think everyone knows you like him but both of you... he probably likes you too"

"No way, Hatai! He's the meaning of perfection, an idol, I'm just some ugly girl who happens to be his friend.. I'm no match for him, useless, untalented, an average and dull person" I shrugged my shoulders back and for a few seconds, everything was silent.

"Don't say that Sun.. you are not ugly or dull, or average... you're very talented yourself... We just composed a beautiful song! Your grades are great and let me just tell you how much happier everyone else is around you... those girls say you're not worth it, so what? That doesn't mean you have to embrace those words. I'm sure you know that you're much better than that" she said, growing angrier as she spoke. Was it my fault?

"Let's not talk about that, okay?" I shook my head once again, in denial.  She could be right, or she could be lying to make me feel better..

She sighed, rolling her eyes in annoyance as she opened the door to the smoothie place. It was a nice looking local with upbeat songs playing and an 80's vibe to it. A soft smile made its way to my face as I looked around even more, it reminded me to my childhood days, in which my mom would take me to a cafeteria near our house to have ice cream

We ordered our drinks and as they gave them to us, we sat down on a booth near a window. For a while we were silent but as we stared out the window we both witnessed a loveable fight between a young couple, that alone was enough to have both of us chuckling while popping lame jokes out of things we saw around us.

"It was a nice walk, Baby. See you tomorrow? We have to start working on the choreo" I reminded her. Today was Friday and we didn't have Saturday classes this week

"Right, I'll come by your place at 8 am maybe? And we'll go to JYPe's dance studio, is that okay for you?"
"Sure, see you!"
"Bye" she smiled both going our seperate ways.

It was already pretty dark and my house was just a few blocks away, so I decided to run till I reached my doorway; running always made me feel at ease and safe, more so at this time that no soul was on sight.

As I reached my home I noticed someone sitting on the steps, which made me lower my speed to walk more cautiously to try and figure out who that was, but I couldn't. Maybe he was just drunk or something, so I decided to walk straight to my doorway.

"Hey, I thought you would never arrive. Where were you?" He asked standing up and dropping his arm around my shoulders. Yes, that was the one and only Jackson Wang waiting for me at my complex.

Don't blush, don't blush, don't blush..

"Gosh, stop blushing! You look too cute, my heart might pop out of my chest if you keep that up" he chuckled, making me feel my cheeks burning harder
"What are you talking about?" I said and shook his arm off as I opened the door to my house

"Why are you here anyways?" I asked while typing the password to go inside my house
"Well, I was kind of bored and the guys were too tired to go out with me, so I wanted to know if you would?" He asked with the cutest smile ever. I didn't even get to fully step inside my house of pure shock.

Was he.. asking me out? Like the male leads do in books and movies?
"umm, s-sure, just let me-"
"Makeup is forbidden around me, young lady! So don't even think about it"
"But-"
"No butt's, but yours and mine on my car seat right now" he said, closing the door I had already opened, taking my arm and leading me to his car. I sighed and buckled up my seatbelt, waiting for him to start the car. 

I was always trying to look decent around him, but somehow the timing was always off and so I was always bare faced, or with outfits that didn't exactly favour me.. but that never stopped me from having a good time with him and the rest of the guys, he always made me feel safe, secure, and enough.. I couldn't help the huge grin forming on my lips the more I thought about it

"So where are we going?"
"How does the beach sound?"
"They say the moon looks terrific reflected on the sea"
"Then to the beach it is" he smiled, inserting the location on his car's gps. Yeah, the nearest beach was far from Seoul, but who cares? Definitely not me now! I was having the time of my life with him in this car.

The radio was the only thing playing softly in the background, since we both kept our silence, one very comfortable and relaxing.
But when I heard Fun's 'We are young' on the radio, I couldn't help but turn the volume up, singing along, swaying from side to side and laughing from time to time, having him sing and sway with me

"I know that I'm not, all you got,
I guess that I, I just thought,
we could find new ways to fall apart" I looked at him with the biggest grin I've had in years and he looked at me briefly, with a similar smile

"Tonight, we are young! So let's set the world on fire
we can burn brighter, than the sun"

We both screamed the chorus together, genuinely enjoying each other's presence. 

This was definitely I night to never forget.

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