Finding you [MYG]✔️

16. Mirage

YOONGI'S P.O.V:

Choi Ara...as soon as I saw her I got a sour taste in my mouth.

She comes off as shy but, there's something obnoxious about her. Maybe it's the way she's nestled too close to me on the stool.
Her hands trying to graze mine on the keyboard every time I point out a new key.

Her hair is another matter entirely. I absolutely despise the way it's weirdly long, dead straight and sprawled everywhere. Every time she turns her head too quick, it would smack against me.
If only there were a pair of scissors near by...

"You're so good at this!" She squeals, as I play a basic tune to demonstrate how to properly place your hands on a piano.
Her voice reminds me of Sunhee. The high pitched annoying tone, so fake.
If there's one thing I hate, it's pretentious girls with fake personalities.

I can tell her friendliness towards Y/N is fake too. Y/N might not have seen it but I'm certain Ara glared at her.
Ara did it so quick, it was as if her true personality seeped out momentarily before she managed to hide it again. I guess that's why I agreed to do help her out- to figure out Ara's true intentions.

I want to know why she's pretending to be nice to Y/N, why she wants to learn piano, and why the hell she thinks it's okay to 'accidentally on purpose' rub shoulders with me every chance she gets.

"So when did you start learning to play the piano?" She beams, leaning towards me even more.

I scoot as much as I can to the very edge of the stool. If I was a block of wood, I would be smoother than metal by the amount of times she's grazed and rubbed against my arms.

"Six." I bluntly say.

"Wow that's amazing!"

I just grunt in reply.

"So... how did you come to know Y/N?" Ara beams at me.

Why is she asking me that?
She looks up at me with big eyes, genuinely interested in what I've got to say.
I can use this to figure out her true intentions...

"She became friends with Namjoon then he introduced her to us. What about you?"

"Introduced..." Ara mumbles, ignoring my question."
"I want to ask you something..."

"Um... go on."

Ara looks into my eyes with a smile.
"Do you remember me?"
She waits expectedly but I don't know what to say.

Remember her?? Did I know her before the crash?
Hesitantly I shake my head.

She grins before digging into her black backpack beside her feet. Ara pulls out a white book and flicks through a few pages. But the book is turned away from me so I can't see it's pages.

Finding the page she's looking for, she places her fingers in the piano and plays a shaky tune.
That melody... I've heard it before.

Suddenly, I'm overwhelmed with a warm feeling. But that feeling is overpowered by a splitting pain coming from the back of my head. The room starts pinning as images flash in my mind.

"Yoongi? Are you okay?" She gasps as she stops playing.
I barely make out her putting her book away and turning to me concerned.
Unable to take the immense pain, I place my head in my hands to bear its weight.

A piano... my hands on the keys playing the same melody Ara was playing.
A little girl beside me, I can't see her face but I see her small hands mimic the movement of my fingers on the piano keys.

What am I seeing? Why am I seeing this?

The surrounds are different now. I'm outside, pouting at a girl. I pull out a red chocolate bar and hand it to her. I can't see her face again but I can tell she's crying by the haggard movements of her shoulders.
She takes the chocolate before attacking me with a hug.

I stand up from the stool and back away.
"Are you remembering something...?" Ara asks with a worried expression.
She shakes her head with a frown.
"Snap out of it Yoongi!"

"I saw a little girl... I don't know her name and I can't see her face but... I was close with her..." I mumble.

Ara looks... relieved?
She jumps up from the stool and rushes to me. Stopping only a few centimetres ahead.
"Yeah! That's me! Choi Ara! We used to be best friends."
I look down to where her nametag should be but she's not wearing it anymore.

"You... you knew me? We were friends?" I gasp.

Ara smirks and nods.
"Yes... but no at the same time. We're more than friends."
My eyes widen as she places a hand on my cheek. I want to recoil away from the touch but knowing she's my childhood friend... a part of me wants to cave into it.
"You promised to date me when I came back. I'm back now."

My mind is telling me she's right, that she's important to me... but my heart is telling me this is all wrong.

"A-Ara... I'm sorry for forgetting you..."
A million different emotions rush through me. She's my childhood friend and from what I saw and feel, I treasured her a lot.
But why do I feel like everything is distorted?

When I think of Ara, I feel nothing, but when I think about the little girl I saw in my flashback... I feel a connection to her. A warmth and a sense of happiness. How are they the same person?

"That's okay. I'm here now. We can be together!" She beams.
Ara lifts herself on her toes, her face getting dangerously close to mine.

She shuts her eyes and leans towards me, puckering her overly tinted lips.
I don't moved, I can't. I'm frozen.
I want to pull away, but I also don't want to hurt her feelings...

Before I know it, her lips are on mine.

But then...I hear the door open, and a gasp.
Wide-eyed, I turn to the door.
Y/N is standing, gawking at me and Ara, Namjoon close behind her, mouth gaping open in shock.

As soon as I see her, my heart drops.
Y/N... it's not what it seems...
"Y/N..."

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