Chapter 1

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The boy was walking ahead of her, making way through the crowd as it cheered for the batsman who had just hit a six, making their team an inch closer to winning the Cricket World Cup. As he cleared the way, he held onto her hand, which took her by surprise.

She's known the boy for as long as she can remember. His name is Kim Taehyung. He has been her friend since her play school. They practically grew up together, only to have a major drama in their teen years that drifted them apart for years to come. He had used her for his selfish means, exploited her for his desires and made her vulnerable only to feel better about himself. All this lead her to not trust anyone in her life in the coming years, for she had given him her heart while he had used her.

6 years. They went their seperate ways 6 years ago and she had sweared to herself to never see him again. But what is life if not the unexpected.

So, 6 years later, here they are. His hands intertwined with hers, making her feel a bit uneasy in her stomach.

She told herself mentally, 'Younha, calm down. It means nothing and he is just being nice.' She knew all too well that she can't make the same mistake again. She can't let herself be vulnerable around him, AGAIN.

Once they made their way through the crowd, he kept on holding her hand as he lead her to a coffee shop. As they ordered their drinks, bickering  over who would pay. Looking at them, no one would believe that they hadn't spoken for almost a decade.

The evening went by with more bickering and catching up of what all took place in the last 6 years or how they were such kids, reliving the good old days, making them burst out in laughter. However, the old memories came with an underlying heaviness which could be felt by both of them. As the laughter died, neither had the courage to remove that blanket of memories, too afraid of what all it might unfold. And so, nothing was said. Only silence remained with the both of them tightening their grips around their coffee glasses as they looked away.

The way back in the car was awkward to say the least but it was soon cut off by her clumsiness. The cigarette fell off from her hand to her lap while trying to hold on to the parking ticket and her coffee. Only realizing when she felt a sting on her thigh as the bud burned through her dress. She tried getting the bud off her but her hands were too occupied.

She suddenly stopped when, out of nowhere, she saw a hand pushing away the cigarette off her lap. It was his hands, throwing the cigarette out of the car as he started patting on her thigh where it burned the dress to make sure that her leg was fine and there was no more residue that could possibly burn her.

She froze for she couldn't process what was happening. His hands were on her thighs. She started panicking on the inside at the utter chaos as he looked at the hole that the cigarette had made in her dress, rubbing his hands on her thighs while saying, "Are you crazy? Why didn't you say that your cigarette fell? It could've have literally burned you. You could've just said that you can't hold the parking ticket. And why didn't you ask me to remove the cigarette when you knew you couldn't pick it up yourself? You're so stupid, Younha." He said it all in one breath while continuing to make sure that her skin didn't burn or that she didn't get hurt.

Younha felt weird in her stomach once again, not because of the burning sensation but because she had never seen him care for her like this. He never took care of her in the past. He used to treat her like one of his guy friend's, so he was always rough with her. He wouldn't have tried to make sure if she was okay, had this would have happened back when they were friends. Rather, he would've blamed her for being stupid.

But to her surprise, he was being sweet and caring and she just couldn't get herself to believe.













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Author's Note:
Hi to everyone reading this. I am new to this, so kindly bare with me. It's a slow start but I promise,  it'll pick up. Kindly leave your thoughts as I would love to hear from you all.
Thank You. 💙

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