Smile together - chapter 01/?
Author: JKLee
Rating: PG13
Genre: romance, slice of life, some fluff and angst (?)
Status: Ongoing
Focus: Minho,(SHINee)
Disclaimer: They belong together
Words count: 1400
this chapter is special for Sas's birthday :)
Happy birthday to Sas ^^
best wishes from me to you
I arrive to Seoul and quickly get off the train station.
The sunlight dazzles my sight. It takes me a while adjusting the vision.
The place is full of people and the suffocative air makes my breath heavy.
People around are rushing, they are passing by with frowning face, talking non stop on the phone or putting a boring mask on their face.
The loud-defending horn are beeping nonstop
The heat is getting hotter
The city looks busy, it’s chaotic
Driving the mind into craziness thoughts
I know this was usually happen in big city like Seoul, but still, I just do not like this feeling.
The feeling of unknowing and out of place
Like a rope, tighten me
It’s absolutely not suit me…
***
I move and live in a small room at level one of an apartment, it faces East, not too far away from my school. This is a house of my uncle’s family. They let me lived here for free to support my study.
I asked him if I could help anything to pay back as a return.
Thanks God, he accepts my request; my job is helping him to manage his apartment.
I feel kind of relief.
I am not being a burden, am I?
…
One day quickly ends
And the night comes…
The Sun left for Darkness stayed.
Looking outside the window at a long distance
The city is under dusty colorful light
If it was a usual night, I would come to my grandfather’s room and talk with him about the coming football matches
Or simply I came to my best friend’s house
And we discussed about his crush.
My old life was just simple like that
I used to have something to do
But now, all I could do is looking at the dusty sky and searching for the stars.
Even though I turned off the light, I could not see the stars.
The moon seems sad
Sad to be ignored
I sigh, and close the window…
Wonder how life would flow tomorrow.
And slowly
I zone off by constantly ventilation sound.
***
The next day
The summer is nearly over and old students would come back soon. I do what my uncle asked which is cleaning those empty rooms.
It was getting hot in the afternoon and I felt my body starts to sweat as the same time as my head feel a bit dizzy.
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I am disturbed by annoying noise from the higher level while I am cleaning, it’s probably some students still live here during summer holiday. The noise makes my head get worse so I quickly finish cleaning up and bring all rubbish to the ground level at the back apartment.
I see two people climbing up the stairs. I stare at them for a while. One of them was a boy and his face right on my vision. A so-beauty-and-friendly-smile appears on his handsome face as his dark-brown hair is sparkling under summer sunlight.
There was a boy that is following him, having a black hair and wearing red T-shirt, I couldn’t see clearly his face but I could tell they were enjoying being with each other.
I realize myself was frowning…
They look so close, so happy together
Bursting out laughing in a middle peaceful afternoon
They got into their room, and the laughing suddenly stopped.
An uneasy feeling was growing in my chest
May be
Just may be
I am jealous of them
That is the silliest thought of mine today.
I quickly get back to work and erase that thought away.
Soon later, school starts about a week after that.
Waking up earlier than usual by unpleasant sound from alarm clock,
It’s 6 AM
My head feels heavy and my eyes try to adjust the light shyly running through out the fabric of curtain.
Today is the first day I come to school
One of top university in Seoul
I wonder how different between this school and my old school are.
****
Since the class started; there was nothing significant. There is a huge different, especially the tense and serious atmosphere. Or it was only my imagination?
During break, some classmates come to make friends with me but I pay not much attention to strangers.
I didn’t like but neither have I showed any bother. It doesn’t matter to me who is my friends.
Because they are different from people in my hometown
They do not make me feel real
The tone of their voice and the way they speak do not match
But having someone around is the good way to spend my boring time instead of wasting it.
I try to show them my fake friendly smile while we are keeping conversation.
Smiling is always making a good impression on people and creates friendly environment as same as hiding your concerning. It sounds silly but it works.
During break time, I notice a guy, his name is Lee Jinki and older than me one year. Because of his sickness, his study has been delayed for one year.
He comes to sit next to me while I am eating alone in school cafeteria.
“Nice to meet you”
He says those words to me
Beaming at me
“Call me Jinki”
He has smiling eyes and plumpy face, his voice sound warm and the way he spoke seemed so friendly and that made me feel comfortable.
He is the first person who smiled at me naturally, made me feel a bit awkward at first when he asked if he could sit beside me.
He is polite
And
We become ‘friend’.
I don’t remember how or why, it’s a natural flow…
Perhaps it is a good thing…
***
When the school bell rings up, it’s time to go home.
Jinki has to meet teacher for some reasons so I decide to go home first.
I don’t know how long I was walking in this corridor
The colours are dull
A sudden wind blows hot air running through
My hair
My fingers
Angst my face
My shirt
Touch the skin
As it is trying to push me out the edge
To between worlds
Out of balance.
The corridor filled up with petrichor scent
The mind filled up with memories
It raised a heavy feeling on my chest
Sharply hurt
Following by uneasy breaths
The vision get blur
…Like a window glasses…
…Watery…
And the song of crying rain has started
…
I take a deep breath, walk forward school entrance with my umbrella, thanks to the rain, it is not crowned.
There are two figures running around on my way, each movement of them attract attendance of mine and other students. Each of their jumping steps mixing with exciting shouts broke out the mournful song in the middle of the rain.
“Hey Jonghyun! I bet you can’t win my games”
I look up and realize that handsome face one who I saw on my apartment on that day.
It’s him. - he is Jonghyun.
“I will win, I can catch you in 3 seconds, Taemin ah~” and they keep running.
Unknowingly, I’m stand motionless and watching them, because they are so eyes catching - running around in the rain - and screaming.
I thought I just passed by a kindergarten
A place of fun
Without worry
I don’t notice that rain has stopped raining while I am standing.
A suddenly flash of light caught my attention at the moment I intend to look away. It is from the other boy - as Jonghyun called him ‘Taemin’.
His hair and skin are completely soaked and wet
Under bright sunshine, his body is gleaming.
Light drops are dancing playfully on his skin
When he turns his face into my sight
A sweet smile with soft eyes appear on his face
His head slightly tilted to a side as sunshine is cuddling his cheek.
Each movement he makes, the brighter the scene is
Like magical, like a fairy tale
In a second, I think he is an angel
In a second, my heart skips a beat and pounds faster
I could tell my cheek getting warm
What’s wrong with me?
I quickly turn myself and run head to apartment.
At that time, I didn’t know
The feeling called “Love” had bourgeoned in my heart.
That incident had changed my life
A new life of mine has just started…
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A/N: I'm not English native speaker, sorry about my bad writting in the story :(