You Know Me

Chapter 2

We met in high-school. Outgoing he was, laughing all the time, everybody's friend. But to me, he was beautiful, my cheerleader and my bestfriend. He will and forever will be the love of my life. I know he's gone and I don't think he would ever want to see me again and I wish I could forget him...but I can't, I'm sorry.

I live my life as a dance teacher that teaches ballet for little kids. I've lost so much over the past years, so I decided to keep my head into work for now. I sometimes go to the art gallery, the strokes of pens and brushes, they may look like a bunch of lines, but they tell a story. After work, I like to go to this internet cafe to play games.

"Ready and one, two, three, four, five. Good job everybody!" I say enthusiastically. These kids are so talented. It makes me regret...nevermind. The day was finished and I was ready to head to the cafe.

As I was walking in, I thought I saw someone familiar, but I may just be a bit too tired and my eyes aren't functioning as well as I like them to. But as I sat down to play my favorite game, I heard someone say, "Wow! You're so good at this!". That voice sounded almost like...but it couldn't be, he left.

I guess I'm more exhausted than I thought and should go home. As I was walking to my car I heard the voice again, it couldn't be him. He's gone and he's never coming back.

Should I look?

I slowly turn around and see nothing. No one was there, it must just all be in my head. I mean I did have a long day after all. But as I got home I couldn't help but wonder what would happen if he came back?

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"Chae, you're back! I missed you so much!" I say as I jump into his arms. "Of course I'm back, only for you." He says in his soft welcoming voice. I missed his voice, his face, his love. When I look at him, it's like all the happiness that was lost came rushing back. I want to stay in the warmth of his hug forever. I close my eyes to savor the moment, but when I open them, he's gone...again. I'm in my apartment, alone, I guess it was just a dream and my prince isn't coming.

It's still early and I have a few hours before I have to go to work, so I think I'll go to the park near the lake.

There's a couple having a morning picnic, he loved going on picnics or to the beach or both, but especially during sunsets. I chuckled to myself but suddenly stopped knowing that I may never have that experience again. I keep blaming myself for what happened and the longer I don't see him, the more I'm convincing myself I'm right. 

There's a few parents and their children at the playground, he always loved kids. And that could've been us, a happy family. I shed a tear but quickly wiped it off my cheek. I couldn't be crying because he had to leave and there was nothing I could do to stop him.

Just then I got a phone call from Sana, "Hello?" I say. "You're up? Good. What are you doing right now?" she says, as cheerful as always, "Good Morning to you too." I say with a small laugh. "I'm just relaxing outside for a bit. How about you and Tzuyu?" I replied.

"Again?" she asks, a hint of concern in her tone. "Of course, it helps me calm down." I say . "Okay then, if you say so, mind if Tzuyu and I join you?" she asks. "Don't you guys have work? Why are you bothering me?" I ask with a smile, just teasing them. "Haha very funny, we actually got a day off today. Our managers didn't call us in for a shoot."

Sana and Tzuyu are models that pose for many popular companies. They actually model together as a couple in shoots and in real life. "Okay, I'm by the tree." I said. I hear a pause on the other end.

"Um, hello?" I asked to see if Sana was still there. "Are you sure you are okay?" she asks. "I'm fine, why would you ask that?" I say with a faint smile. Sana then sighed and said, "Okay then, we are pulling up to the park now. See you soon!" She said and we hung up.

I guess I could see why she would think something was wrong, this was our spot. The tree next to the park by the lake.

I just look at the glimmering lake water, he always said that the glimmering water was like the shining stars in the sky at night. Like a day night but pocket size.

It's been five years but I can't seem to get over him.

"Minari!!!" I turn around and see Sana running over with her arms out wide. She crashes into me as we hug and that soon turns into a fit of giggles. I then look at Tzuyu and he seems to be embarrassed. I miss hanging out with my friends.

"Tzuyu look at the little kiddies playing, aren't they so cute?!" says Sana while pointing to the kids on the playground. Tzuyu then looks at Sana and rolls his eyes, "Come on Tzu! Aren't they cute" Sana said as she pouted. "Not as cute as you." he whispers. "What?" she says while making cute faces. "What did you say?" "Nothing, I just said," he then whispers again, "Not as cute as you." "Tzuyuuu, did you say "not as cute as me"???" Sana said with a playful voice and draped her hands around his neck.

"Yes, they are not as cute as you. Happy?" he says with a smirk and then kisses her on her forehead. "Wow okay, I feel like I'm third wheeling, also I have to go to work. Goodbye lovebirds!" I say as I get up from my spot.

As I leave to go to work, I find that someone parked in my parking spot. Everyone knows that I always park there! I head to the front desk to rant about the idiotic human who parked in my spot. She tells me that a new staff member parked there but that's really odd because there wasn't any news about a new staff member, she then explained that there was a late notice and didn't have time to tell all the teachers.

She also said that the man who parked there was really weird but pretty nice, so that's good. And I thought that this day could actually get worse. At least I could get to see my students dance. As I walked past the art class to my studio room, I thought I saw Chaeyoung. What is with all these hallucinations? It doesn't make me miss him any less. I shake it off and head to my studio, my students must be waiting for me.

I had three classes today and in the last class I got a new student. She looked very familiar and was really good at ballet, maybe the best in the class.

When class was over, I stopped her and asked her where she learned how to dance. "I took ballet at a different academy before." she said. She looks pretty shy, so I didn't ask any more questions. I saw her going the wrong way and called out to her, "Chanmi! You're going the wrong way." I said with a warm smile. She then said, "Um, I have to go to the office."

"Oh, would you like me to accompany you there?" I replied. "Uh, sure! If you want to." We walk in silence until she gets to the office. "Thank you for taking me to the office." she says with a gummy smile. "No problem!" I say and then head back to the studio. "How was your first day Chanmi?" I hear. That voice is so familiar. I turned around and silence was found.- - - - -

"Sometimes the heart sees what's invisible to the eye " - Alfred  Tennyson

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