BTS HYYH Notes (Book 1, 2, BUS Game) // COMPLETE [Part 2]

2022, Aug 2 - Yoongi (One Foggy Day with Seokjin Hyung)

[Place: workroom]

After sending the music files to Seokjin hyung, I laid down. While looking through the music sheets that I brought back from the Storage Classroom, I saw words written in blank space, "if we are together, we can smile" it wasn't even my handwriting.

A day came into my head.

It was a day filled with fog. Somehow, Seokjin hyung and I got to walk across the field together. We were both awkward. I put my hands inside my pocket and purposely walked slowly. I had hoped he went ahead but hyung didn't do that. Instead, he awkwardly tried to start an conversation and every time he did that, we got more awkward.

I asked without realizing, "Hyung, when was the last time you laughed wholeheartedly?"

He did not answer. I didn't ask more.

"if we are together, we can smile," in a way, this phrase seemed like the answer to my question. I had no assurance that hyung had written this. I didn't even need that sort of thing.

The melody that was written on the music sheet was childish. It was only 2 years ago but the music back then was incomplete and violent. When I thought of high school days, I only remembered walking around drunk but it seems like that wasn't everyday.

For the whole night, I touched up the music from back then. I gave a title like this, "if we are together, we can smile."

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(A/N: Book version. You can also seen this event from Seokjin's POV on April 15th Year 22)

After sending Seokjin hyung a music file, I lay down again. While thumbing through the music scores I'd brought from the classroom, I saw a sentence written in the margin: We can laugh when we're together. It didn't look like my handwriting.

I remembered one foggy day. I happened to be walking across the school playground with Seokjin hyung. We both felt awkward. With my hands in my pockets and my eyes fixed on the ground, I intentionally walked slower than usual. I hoped that he would go ahead without me, but he didn't. Every time I tried talking to him, it made it more awkward between us. He chuckled out of embarrassment.

I ended up asking him, "When was the last time you really laughed from your heart?"

He didn't answer, and I didn't ask him again. I had no intention of putting him on the spot. The question has just popped out of my mouth.

We can laugh when we're together. This might be the answer to that question. But I wasn't sure if Seokjin hyung had written this. A certainty I didn't need to have.

The melody on the score was pretty lame. I had written it only 2 years ago, but my music back then was unripe and destructive. The notes didn't connect smoothly nor did they sound beautiful. When I thought about my high school days, I only remembered going around drunk, but I hadn't spent every day like that.

(A/N: Moments later)

I'd spent the whole night rewriting the score and finished it this morning. I changed the connecting parts between the melodies with a more polished bass, but left the destructiveness as it was. The same with a sense of aggression and irascibility. That was how we'd been--- aggressive and irascible. I named the piece "We Can Laugh When We're Together."