What I Want [COMPLETED]

Chapter 14 - Through Jihyo's Eyes

Jihyo and Taehyung had been friends since birth. Their mothers were friends since college, were at each other's weddings, and helped each other out when the trial and tribulations of motherhood became something that only another mother could help them get through. So, Jihyo and Taehyung were pretty close most of their lives. They played together in kindergarten, worked on all their school projects together in first and second grade, but began to find their place in different groups of friends around the third grade when Park Jimin started in their class. Jihyo wasn't bothered at first, as that was about the time she made friends of her own. She and Taehyung would still spend a lot of time together while their mothers sat in the cafeteria catching up on their busy lives every Friday after the four of them would go get dinner after school. That was their special time, every Friday. They would get picked up from school, choose the place to eat, and spend hours at one of their houses having the time of their lives. Playing in the backyard, watching TV, destroying each other in video games, whatever they could think of, they were able to make the best of their time together. On one particular Friday, however, Jihyo had noticed that Taehyung had begun to change.

Twelve-year-old Jihyo, with long black hair and an optimistic grin, walked down the hall of her middle school. This was the time to start studying. Though high school was still a bit of a way away for her, being only a first year in middle school, it was never too early to start preparing. Cram schools, study sessions with friends, anything she could do to make sure she got into a good high school! Despite her new busy schedule, it was Friday! Today she was going to relax, get some good food in her belly, and hopefully, today would be the day she would beat Taehyung in that stupid fighting game! Gathering her stuff, she said goodbye to her friends and hurried out the door of her classroom. As she made her way to the entrance, she saw him. Taehyung, even back then a good looking heartthrob. All the girls were always talking about him, how he would smile at them when they said hello, how his laugh would brighten up any room he was in. And they were right, Jihyo knew that better than anyone else. As she approached him, she saw him standing up against the wall, talking with Jimin and a few other boys that were a year older than him. They were pretty handsome fellows too, but Taehyung was the only one Jihyo cared about.

"Taehyung!" She called, making the group of boys look in her direction. As she got closer, she saw Taehyung roll his eyes a bit, and nudge one of his friends with a slight grin. Jihyo's steps slowed to an eventual stop and she looked at him. "Are you ready to go?" Taehyung didn't respond for a moment, and Jihyo frowned. "...Taehyung?"

"Uhhh I'm not going today," Taehyung said simply, giving her a forced smile. She could see that he looked uninterested in her at that moment, and it confused her. Why wasn't he coming?

"Is everything okay? You busy?" Quickly, Taehyung nodded.

"Yeah! Yeah, busy...whatever..." he chuckled, and the boys around him followed. Jihyo felt a bit uneasy.

"Oh uh....alright then?" She shifted a bit. "Mom didn't say anything about plans being canceled but-"

"I already said I'm not going. Tch, what are you, my girlfriend or something?!" Jihyo's face heated up in embarrassment as she gripped her bag tightly, looking away from the boys who all started to laugh a bit. Why was Taehyung acting this way? She didn't understand it!!

"O-okay..." she said simply. "Bye, then." She waved, but Taehyung simply looked away from her. She felt her chest tighten a bit as she walked past them, shoulders slumped as she made her way home. As she walked away, she heard the boys beginning to talk.

"I thought she was your girlfriend, dude!" It was Jimin, he was laughing.

"Oh God, no. She's cute I guess, but totally not my type."