Masterpiece

Chapter 8

Chaeyoung felt happy within these past days, and certainly, she also felt excited because today is the day that she'll step up on the stage and sit on the very chair with a canvas in front, her back facing the crowd while she's painting.

The crowd was ready and so was she, she felt giddy and restless when she saw the calendar, it was February 14 today and she was prepared to paint. The judges will give them a box and they have to pick from the box without peeking and the word you will get is the theme of your painting and you will have to explain it.

The Art Department is third from the performers, first is the Dance Department then Music Department. When Chaeyoung heard the emcee called their department name, the cheers got louder. One by one, the painters stepped up.

"Our first showcase, Canvas Painting!" She heard their Department Head yell and the crowd got wilder.

Chaeyoung felt nervous when she stepped on the very stage, the painters each smiled at her and she smiled back, her nervousness vanished when she heard her name being yelled by the crowd, she was being cheered on. In front of the stage, there was Taehyung and beside him was Momo, then Irene then Yoongi, the four of them were judges and they all waved at Chaeyoung who shyly waved back.

Chaeyoung sat on her chair and faced the canvas, a box was given to her and she picked a paper from it and lifted it up. She doesn't have to show it to others but the moment she read the word, she felt her heartbeat faster and her anxiety was there again.

"Love"

Chaeyoung gulped and heard the crowd suddenly grew quiet, she turned her head side to side and saw the others already started lifting their brushes while she was still frozen on-spot. She froze and stared at her blank canvas.

Love?

She asked herself, she didn't know what to paint for love.

What is love?

She only remembered her mother, who always hit her, she remembered her brother who gave her love, she remembered Taehyung who made her feel loved, she remembered her friends who always made her laugh when she was down. Then, she remembers the ballerina. But how in the damn world can she paint something like that?

She shook her head and stared at her brush, she lifted it up then she heard a voice.

"Chaeng! Use you feelings!" She heard and turned around to see Taehyung screaming those words at her, she turned back and closed her eyes. She slowly exhaled and second by second, the beating of her heart slowered and calmed down, she felt her heart being connected with the brush.

Then with that, she felt her hand moving, both of her hands were. She opened her eyes and her right hand held a brush while she used her finger on her left hand to paint other parts of the canvas. The crowd went silent as they were watching Chaeyoung's magical showcase, everyone stared in awe while Taehyung just sat there with a smug face, Momo was smiling widely, Irene was looking like a proud mom and Yoongi, who rarely smiled, smiled cutely. Chaeyoung did wonders to everyone in the very area, professors were enchanted by how she was focused on her canvas as if she had no one watching her. She professionally finished her painting within the time limit, and it was marvelous. Soon, her spot was turned around and it was for the last moment she'll make her canvas more mesmerizing. The other painters' spot also turned around and a red curtain hid Chaeyoung's work. She stood up from her spot and carried her canvas to the front and the others followed suit.

Chaeyoung breathlessly smiled at everyone, espescially towards the judges. Everyone beside her pulled their curtains down and each explained and when it was her turn, she slowly grasped the red curtain and felt the soft cotton, pulling it to reveal her masterpiece. Everyone gaped in awe.

Her canvas was really.. really ravishing.

She smiled at everyone's faces.

"The theme of my canvas is... love." She started, everyone focused on her.

"For me, I don't have the definition of love but my friends showed me different kinds of love you can encounter in life. Everyone feels their heart beating, right? And when you feel your heart beating quickly whenever you're doing something you love, it's called satisfaction. The fact that you're following your heart satisfies you, well, I don't know if it works for others but for me it does. I usually don't attend these kinds of events because I'm too doubtful of my works but seeing other people work hard for what they love," she stopped and remembered how the ballerina encouraged herself. "It made me realize that doubt only stops me from doing what I want to." Everyone clapped but Chaeyoung was clearly not yet done with her speech.

"I'm sorry if this is too long but I felt like I want to." She laughed which caused the crowd to laugh as well. "My friends, Taehyung, Momo, Irene, Seulgi, Yoongi, Jungkook, Jimin and Dahyun, I love all of you for showing me how passionate you are with your dream, it also made me realize that I, too am passionate about arts. And.. the ballerina in the middle of this work of mine," she smiled, "I don't know of her name but I do know that she was the one who made me attend this event. She danced alone in the garden, she fell many times but she always told herself that she can do it and one more time she did it without mistakes, I saw the satisfied smile on her face and that gave me a lesson." She paused again.

"And that is to support yourself, motivate yourself, be yourself and love yourself even if no one does it to you." She smiled widely, she saw Taehyung smile at her like a proud father.

Everyone clapped and Chaeyoung bowed. After she bowed, she faced the crowd again and many faces made her smile more, they were happy.

I love this feeling.

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oOf this book has more chaps than Abilities

reasons why i am an irresponsible author ;-;

anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter~~~