make me come alive

Part 9

As I nervously fiddle with my camera, while waiting for my partner to come back. I hear a small "Hello" and tap on my shoulder. I follow the finger to match the person with a head tilt.

My smile fades and I can feel the blood drain from my body.

"No way." I whisper.

It can't be.

It can't be him.

"Hi, I'm park Jimin. And you are?" He bows, but his face expression still remains the same when he first saw me. Scared, curious and familiar.

I want to run, hide and break down in tears and fear. I want to run and never stop running. I want to get the hell out of here.

This can't be happening, what does this all mean? What will our fate mean now that we've met?

I want to say "I know who you are." But I can't, he wouldn't understand.

"I'm Luna Kim, nice to meet you." I gulp.

....

"Have i seen you befo-" He gets cut off.

"So class, now that everyone is paired up we can begin. The partner next to you is going to be with you over the course of this semester. Make sure you all behave and be nice to one another as you will be seeing them often. To my dance team, as you know you will be working on your individual performances. I know your all eager, but please don't push yourself too hard as I don't want any injuries happening. You know how to take care of yourselves so please make sure you do that. To the photography team, good luck and please be patient. Mr.Jeon has shown me all of your photography portfolios and they are brilliant. Keep up the amazing work! Finally, there is enough small dance studios for everyone, so go take your pick and begin!" Mr.Jung smiles.

Everyone grabs their belongings and one by one, walks out of the dance studio with their new partners.

As I wait outside the locker room for Jimin to grab his things, I feel panicky.

I mean it's normal for me to feel like this. I'm riddled with anxiety, but this feeling inside my heart and chest is powerful. I never would have thought that I would ever meet the Jimin inside of my dream.

I was never prepared for this. I don't think anything would have prepared me for this day. Meeting the real life, living and breathing Jimin makes me anxious.

"Ready?" He slides his bag strap on his toned shoulder.

"Y-yeah." I nod my head as I continue to look at the floor.

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The walk is deathly silent. We don't speak a single word, the only noise that could be heard was the exhale and inhale of our breaths.

I follow Jimin as he walks and peers into the passing by studios, looking for an empty one.

What felt like a lifetime of silence and walking, Jimin turns around and smiles.

I was not expecting the gorgeous smile at all.

"I found one." He pushes the wooden door open, holding the door open for me to enter too.

"Thank you." I give him a small smile back as I enter the mirror filled room.

He closes the door, dumping his bag in the corner of the room and turns to look at me.

"Should we get to know each other first? Like our hobbies and interests?" He tilts his head and rubs the back of his neck.

"Uh yeah, sure." I place my things on the floor.

"Okay, so as you know I'm park Jimin. I'm 19 years old, I love to dance and hopefully in the future I'll be able to become a professional dancer. In my free time I spend most of my time with my friends. I like to go on long walks and I love cats. How about you?" He smiles widely.

"Uh... I'm Luna Kim and i'm also 19 years old. I like to go on walks and take pictures. I love music, it's my will to live. This is quite sad but I don't have any friends, the only person I have is my mum. But she's more than I could ever ask for. I'm a quite and awkward person so I'm sorry in advance." I nervously laugh.

"Hmm interesting. We will have to go on a walk sometime, I know some pretty places that you might like." His eyes disappears into crescents as he chuckles.

"Sounds good."