the sunlight creeps slowly through the window and onto the figure sleeping soundly on the bed. " kim yara ! wake up now ! " a voice all too familiar woke up the said person. " 5 more minutes " yara mumbled , eyes still closed .
"baby , you're cute but please wake up . don't you remember we're going to the amusement park today ?" hara is now softly slapping her sister's face . yara , upon hearing her sister's words sat up on the bed , eyes wide open and mind as fresh as ever .
yara quickly got ready and wore her best outfit as her first love will be going with her to the amusement park . "hurry up !"hara's voice could be heard from downstairs . yara rolled her eyes and posed in front of the mirror to take a quick snap of her 'ootd' .
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when they arrived , they stood at the entrace waiting for seungmin , hara's boyfriend , who is also the person yara has a big fat crush on . "sorry i'm late , lost track of time " seungmin said smiling brighter than the sun . "it's okay , it's not that big of a deal anyways " yara replied with a smitten look on her face . "oh , because i didn't buy you a present , i'll pay for anything you want from the gift shop " seungmin said while linking hands with his girlfriend . yara stared at their hands but nodded nonethelessly .
they first went to the gift shop to buy headbands . yara browsed through the selections of headbands and picked two cat ears , one for her and the other for seungmin . yara was searching for seungmin to pay for the headbands when she saw him with her sister chatting and laughing happily with each other . they were even wearing matching headbands . yara stomped her way towards the couple . " oh , you've already picked ? come on , let's pay "
then , the couple parted ways with the so-called birthday girl , leaving her alone . " psh , and it's my birthday . " yara mumbled to herself while sitting on a bench , bored out of her mind . suddenly , an ice cream appeared in front of her . she looked up startled . "here , you look sad and i overheard you saying today's you're birthday " a boy , who looked no older than 18 , smiled at her awkwardly .
yara felt paralyzed . her heart started beating faster and blood rushed to her cheeks . is he real ? the boy stared at her and waved the ice cream expectantly . " maybe she doesn't like mint chocolate. " hyunjin mumbled to himself . " what ? no no no , i really like this flavor thank you " yara replied at the speed of light and accepted the (already melted ) ice cream .
" my name's hyunjin " " i'm yara " the boy sat beside her on the bench . " if you don't mind me asking ... " hyunjin stated shyly . " sure , what is it ? " yara glanced at the boy . " actually , i'm on a date with my girlfriend " oh . yara blinked . what was she expecting ? " and ? " she forced a smile . " this friend of mine thought it would be a great idea to crash our date so i'm hoping you could help me "
" how ...... should i help you ? " yara asked , genuinely confused . " i thought maybe you could hangout with my friend ? " hyunjin said , now realising how stupid his plan sounded . yara analyzed the boy beside her . he looked like he really wanted to spend time with his girlfriend . so yara thought , " why not ? " hyunjin smiled widely and lead her to meet this friend of his .
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"here , he's still in the toilet but i promise he won't be long " hyunjin gestured her to take a seat inside the park's cafe . she noticed a figure walking out of the toilet and panicked . it was lee felix , her classmate back in elementary school . they were not close but she panicked because she was a really messy and untidy girl during her elementary school days . she averted her gaze towards the table and prayed that the boy was not her supposed ' date ' . but felix was heading in her direction .
he was then by stopped by hyunjin who seemed to be explaining the situation to felix as the said boy nodded understandingly and patted hyunjin on the back . yara was so close to running out the door . she calmed herself down ' it's okay , he will not recognize you . you changed completely and you are no longer the girl he used to make fun of , okay ? ' yara braced herself when felix was seated in front of her .
" nice to meet you , i'm felix " his deep voice caused shivers to run down her spine . " h-hi my name's yara . " she managed to stutter out . " i knew it . " felix said making her startled . yara raised her eyerows as if asking what he meant . " don't you remember me ? we were in the same class . " she was red-handed . " y-yeah , i remember you . " she suddenly lost her ability to speak properly . felix must have noticed her being uncofortable because he said " you know what , let's get this day over with " yara followed him silently .
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surprisingly , time spent with felix was not as bad as she thought . they had lots of fun and talked a lot too . turns out they have a lot in common . " hey , there's still one last ride i want to go on . " felix took her hand softly and pulled her to the ferris wheel . yara glanced at their interlocked hands and held on tighter . felix noticed and smiled to himself .
when they were at the top , felix called her name softly , almost like a whisper . " yara " the moment felt surreal . yara gave a small smile in return . somehow , she felt nervous . " i know i did a lot of bad things in the past ...... " her breath hitched , already seeing where this conversation would lead to . " sounds cliche , but i ant you to know that "
" i really like you , kim yara "
