Fleeting Moments With You

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"Oh. You know my name already," she nodded to herself. She sighed before mumbling, "That's a surprise."

I furrowed my eyebrows. Why would knowing her name be a surprise?

"So..." she smiled at me. "What's your name, neighbor?"

Now that was the real surprise.

"You don't know my name?" I asked her back.

She stared and squinted at me, as if trying to examine any other meaning behind my words but those were just it. I know that it was unusual for me to let a person who has been with me for three days to get a hold of my mind for months, but it should be normal for the two of us to at least remember each other's name.

But to my dismay, she shook her head and answered, "I'm sorry... but no."

I stared back at her with my mouth gaped open in disbelief.

She just answered "no" and it meant that it was only me. It was only me who vividly remembered and revisited the memories of El Nido. It was only me whose mind and heart ached upon wondering of the ifs and the what ifs. It was only me who treated those moments as rare, special and precious. It was difficult to forget Dahyun especially when I always dreamed of the stranger who made my heart race even if I just knew her for three days.

I was not the type to think romantically but I'd admit that I looked forward to this day where I would meet that girl again but I never thought that our second meeting would leave my mind in messier state.

The girl who bravely kissed me by the beach couldn't even remember my name.

"Are you really sure that you don't know me?" I asked again.

She stared again at me, as if trying to give it a deep thought but asked back, "Are you someone that I already know?"

I groaned thinking if this was what the girls whom I rejected felt – being loved dovey and sweet at one moment then forgetting you and treating you like a stranger the next. Then an idea popped into my mind.

Maybe Kim Dahyun is pretending not to know me. If this was the game she wanted to play, I'd show her that I could play this one better.

"No," I gently shook my head. With a smile, I convinced myself and her, "This is our first meeting."

I then held out my hand, and said, "I'm Park Jimin. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too," she took my hand and shook it with glee. With another beam she added, "Welcome to the neighborhood!"

And in my mind, I said to her: Welcome back to my life, Kim Dahyun.

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I was walking along the corridors, trying to look for Room 306 where my first class for the school year would be commencing ten minutes from now. If I don't find the room anytime soon, I'd surely be late and that would not leave a good impression on my classmates or on my professor. Desperate, I grabbed the attention of the one nearest to me.

"Excuse me, but do you know where Room 306 is?" I asked and that was only the time that I realized that it was a girl whom I have just called. She had long black hair and small eyes – her appearance reminded me of Dahyun.

"I'm actually looking for it too," she said in a soft voice.

"Ah. We must be from the same block," I gasped.

"Hmmm. I think so," she hummed. She then extended a hand at me and said, "I'm Kang Seulgi."

"I'm Park Jimin," I shook her hand quickly, "But let's get going or else we're going to be late."

The desperation in me was getting bigger as I thought that there was another person who depended on me now, so I blocked the way of another student and a girl who was walking just behind him.

"Excuse me, but do you know where Room 306 is?" I asked yet again.

"Oh. They're from our block too," the girl behind him mumbled.

"Why are people so stupid nowadays? How many more should I fetch on the way?" the male groaned as he rolled his eyes, but his eyes were so chinky that it was almost unnoticeable. He then spared us a glance and said, "It's 306. Of course, it's on third floor. Come on, just follow us."

He then walked again fast, and we indeed followed behind him. The girl behind him then slowed her steps a little as she said, "I'm Kim Jisoo and that guy is Im Jaebum. I also met him on the way. What are your names?"

The other girl then took the honors and replied, "I'm Kang Seulgi and this is Park Jimin."

Jisoo then glanced at me and I merely bowed a little and said, "Hi."

"Hello," she beamed and added, "Let's all be friends."

Before we could even engage in another conversation, Jaebum noticeably groaned again and uttered, "Faster guys! We don't have time for introductions now!"

As we ran together towards the classroom, a smile played on my lips as I knew that these three might just play a large part of my life from now on.

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AN: Hello, sorry! Updates are kind of short because the story is also short hahahuhu. Things would spice up now that they are together hehehe