Knock. Knock.
"Is anybody here?" I pushed the door slightly open. I saw one side empty, the room silent. But then, it hit me. The melodious humming that I heard the other day. I pushed the door all the way open now and saw someone sitting in the corner with a yellow beanie on.
At first he didn't look up, so I carefully closed the door behind me. "You can slam it if you want you know. It won't bother me at all if that's what you're worried about." I heard from behind and it made me jump.
"Uhm... Oh, I thought you were sleeping." I lied. I perfectly knew that he wasn't. I don't how I knew that. I sat down in front of the piano which was the farthest seat from him. I had the instinct to sit beside him like it was meant to be, but I fought it. It was hard.
My hand wandered on the keys of the piano. It had been so long since I touched them. I used to play you know, but after my parents divorced, I never touched one ever again. I missed it to be honest.
"Play something then." I heard him said. "Huh?"
"The piano. You miss playing it right?" He looked up and and our eyes met. Electricity ran down my spine and made me shiver. The next thing I knew there was a strong gust of wind that blew and put my hair into a mess. I looked at the window to see if any windows were open, but all of them were tightly shut. I looked at Hyunmin, I think his name was, but to my surprise he's standing right beside me.
"What... How... You were over there. How?"
He laughed. "What are you talking about?" He laughed. He actually laughed. It really sounded nice too... Like the melody he always hums. I want to hear it again.
"Come on." I looked at him, confused. Admiring his beautiful face at the same time. "What? Don't you wanna play?" Impatience showed on his face as he sat on the chair I'm on and slightly pushed me to the side. "Aigoo." He sighed. His hands went up and landed on the keys. He started playing.
The familiar melody seeped in me. All of me recognized it without trouble. But my mind can't seem to find where I first heard it. I seeked my mind, dug through the murky depths of unforgotten memories. Nothing. But my mouth opened and I hummed the melody like I know it by heart. It felt that way to me.
I closed my eyes, and images flashed before me. I couldn't make them out. They were old, unclear, and confusing images. It made my head hurts. I opened my eyes and saw Hyunmin looking straight at me. His gray eyes boring to my skin, my soul. I shivered and he stopped playing. My head getting better every second passed.
Our eyes, still locked on each other, like seeing someone different from the other. I saw him, Hyunmin, but I saw deeper. A person. Who was completely different from him. My heart ached. My hand went up to touch his face, in contact, my head throbbed again.
Her skin felt so soft, so good on my cool skin. My hand instinctively placed itself over hers. Our hands fit perfectly with each other. My cold hands on her made me feel something unexplainable yet familiar. I held her hand and put it in front of my lips. I placed a kiss on it without breaking our gazes. My other hand touched her cheek, felt her flawless skin.
Our chests heaved, like we ran a thousand miles, but we didn't. We were just sitting there, facing, looking at each other. My hand trailed down from her cheek to her chin and brought her face closer to mine. Our breathes mingled with each other, both hot from each others touch.
I inched closer. My breath, something I lost a long time ago, got caught up in my chest. Or something like it. I felt suffocated. I stopped an inch away from her. Her face changed from innocent to knowing. I saw something flashed across her eyes. She wrapped her around my neck and pulled me closer. "Hold on..." I breathed.
It's like I've been slapped on the face when I heard him say 'Hold on." Why? I didn't know why. Then I noticed the throbbing of my head got worse. "Ugh." I unwrapped my arms around him, like being close to him seemed to cause the headache. I rubbed my temples, then everything went dark.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Chapter 1 - Familiar
"So hot!" I yelled as I plopped myself under a big, old, oak tree. "Ah, jongmallo! Why my ribbon? Now, I can't tie my hair up and I'm sweating like crazy." I fan myself with my notebook, but it didn't help much.
Giving up, I put my head down to enjoy the little breeze until I felt something cold touch my arm. "Ahh!" I jumped and saw a guy with a ginger hair holding a bottle of water in front of my face. I looked up to look at him and he smiled, "Annyeong! Here water."
Why so familiar? "Ah. Kamsahamnida."
"No, no. You can talk to me informally." He waved his hand in time with the shake of his head. "Besides you're a senior and I'm just a junior."
"Oh." Dumbfounded, I just took back what I sad. "Ok. Komawo."
"Much better."
Talking to Injoon wasn't that bad. Most of the things he talked about were interesting and I only needed to block him out a few times. He's a funny and a cute dongsaeng. I really like him, I think we're going to be good friends even though I'm not the kind who talks a lot. He makes up for it.
"Yah, noona!" I blinked and focused on Injoon's chubby cheeks. I'm really tempted to pinch it. "You're not listening to me..." He pouted.
"Huh? What are you talking about? I was."
"What did I say?"
I worked my brain to think of what possible things he said, but he's much faster to catch on. "You weren't listening. Anyways, I asked you what kind of club you want to join in. Do you any ideas or do you want me to recommend something?"
"You're going to tell me what to join in anyway." I smiled. "Shoot. What do you suggest I join in. Besides I don't have any idea what kind of clubs there are."
"Really?" I raised my eyebrows at Injoon right after I read what the paper on the door said. "The vocal music club." I faced him, folding my arms on my chest in the process.
"What?" He giggled. "It's a fun club. You don't even have to know how to sing or anything. Joining it will be just fine."
"Aigoo. Fine." It's not that I don't anything about music. "Kaja." He opened the door, to my surprise I only saw four people inside. The one with a dirty blonde hair was dancing, popping, and grooving to the music coming from the small cd player in the corner. The guy who has a dark brown hair watching him intently and later on joined in matching the other's moves. The one with black hair was sitting on a chair reading something. The last guy with a bright blonde hair was in the corner humming to something melodious and calming.
"Guess what?" Injoon burst out saying that all four looked at our direction."We have a new member." He placed his hand on my back and gave me a push forward. I looked back at him, but the guy in the corner caught my eyes instead.
I stood there, staring at him. His gray eyes looks menacing yet... sad. My heart reacted to it like it haven't to anything else. He was looking at me confused, trying to work something out in his head like what I was doing right at that moment. I was going to say something, but Injoon interrupted.
"Yah, noona. Gwenchana?" Worry was evident on his face that quickly seized when I told him that I'm fine. I looked back at the blonde haired guy again, but I saw him looking down.
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Why am I feeling like this? I feel like I've met her before. As soon as he saw her, his insides, his being, all of him, wanted to stand up on the chair and go to her and take her in his arms. He had tried to fight those urges so hard his head hurts. He rubbed his temples trying to ease the pain... Rather the feelings he was experiencing then.
"Yah." His voice erupted and the people in the room looked at him. She's looking at him. He stopped himself to lock his eyes on her again to who-knows-what's going to happen. "Jay, turned the music off. It's making my head hurts."
"But, hyung." He protested. "I need to practice for the showca-"
"I said turn it off." Hyunmin said coldly. The guy with the name Jay obeyed, his face plastered with a frown.
"What's wrong with him?" He heard her ask Injoon which Injoon replied to, "He's always like that. You'll get used to him."
"Yeah. Don't mind him." Mika said. "He still needs to figure LOTS of things out."
He definitely knows something.
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"He's so rude!" I exclaimed and Injoon started laughing. "Yah. Why are you laughing? It's true."
"I know he is. But after you get to know him, he's not that bad. He's actually the one who fools around a lot from the five of us."
"Nah-uh! I won't believe you ever!" We were walking home now. We both found out that we're neighbors and coincidentally our houses were right next to each other. How lucky was that? First friend in a new town and we live right next to each other.
"See you tomorrow, noona!" Injoon waved as he walked towards their house. I walked inside and went straight up my room. Today was very tiring and hot that I felt gross. I want to take a shower, but my bed was very inviting and I threw myself on it. "Hmmm." I groaned.
I tried to fight sleep, but it had more power over me. My lids were closing, my body relaxing, and my mind organizing itself. The last thing I remember was his beautifully sad, gray eyes.
Giving up, I put my head down to enjoy the little breeze until I felt something cold touch my arm. "Ahh!" I jumped and saw a guy with a ginger hair holding a bottle of water in front of my face. I looked up to look at him and he smiled, "Annyeong! Here water."
Why so familiar? "Ah. Kamsahamnida."
"No, no. You can talk to me informally." He waved his hand in time with the shake of his head. "Besides you're a senior and I'm just a junior."
"Oh." Dumbfounded, I just took back what I sad. "Ok. Komawo."
"Much better."
Talking to Injoon wasn't that bad. Most of the things he talked about were interesting and I only needed to block him out a few times. He's a funny and a cute dongsaeng. I really like him, I think we're going to be good friends even though I'm not the kind who talks a lot. He makes up for it.
"Yah, noona!" I blinked and focused on Injoon's chubby cheeks. I'm really tempted to pinch it. "You're not listening to me..." He pouted.
"Huh? What are you talking about? I was."
"What did I say?"
I worked my brain to think of what possible things he said, but he's much faster to catch on. "You weren't listening. Anyways, I asked you what kind of club you want to join in. Do you any ideas or do you want me to recommend something?"
"You're going to tell me what to join in anyway." I smiled. "Shoot. What do you suggest I join in. Besides I don't have any idea what kind of clubs there are."
"Really?" I raised my eyebrows at Injoon right after I read what the paper on the door said. "The vocal music club." I faced him, folding my arms on my chest in the process.
"What?" He giggled. "It's a fun club. You don't even have to know how to sing or anything. Joining it will be just fine."
"Aigoo. Fine." It's not that I don't anything about music. "Kaja." He opened the door, to my surprise I only saw four people inside. The one with a dirty blonde hair was dancing, popping, and grooving to the music coming from the small cd player in the corner. The guy who has a dark brown hair watching him intently and later on joined in matching the other's moves. The one with black hair was sitting on a chair reading something. The last guy with a bright blonde hair was in the corner humming to something melodious and calming.
"Guess what?" Injoon burst out saying that all four looked at our direction."We have a new member." He placed his hand on my back and gave me a push forward. I looked back at him, but the guy in the corner caught my eyes instead.
I stood there, staring at him. His gray eyes looks menacing yet... sad. My heart reacted to it like it haven't to anything else. He was looking at me confused, trying to work something out in his head like what I was doing right at that moment. I was going to say something, but Injoon interrupted.
"Yah, noona. Gwenchana?" Worry was evident on his face that quickly seized when I told him that I'm fine. I looked back at the blonde haired guy again, but I saw him looking down.
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Why am I feeling like this? I feel like I've met her before. As soon as he saw her, his insides, his being, all of him, wanted to stand up on the chair and go to her and take her in his arms. He had tried to fight those urges so hard his head hurts. He rubbed his temples trying to ease the pain... Rather the feelings he was experiencing then.
"Yah." His voice erupted and the people in the room looked at him. She's looking at him. He stopped himself to lock his eyes on her again to who-knows-what's going to happen. "Jay, turned the music off. It's making my head hurts."
"But, hyung." He protested. "I need to practice for the showca-"
"I said turn it off." Hyunmin said coldly. The guy with the name Jay obeyed, his face plastered with a frown.
"What's wrong with him?" He heard her ask Injoon which Injoon replied to, "He's always like that. You'll get used to him."
"Yeah. Don't mind him." Mika said. "He still needs to figure LOTS of things out."
He definitely knows something.
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"He's so rude!" I exclaimed and Injoon started laughing. "Yah. Why are you laughing? It's true."
"I know he is. But after you get to know him, he's not that bad. He's actually the one who fools around a lot from the five of us."
"Nah-uh! I won't believe you ever!" We were walking home now. We both found out that we're neighbors and coincidentally our houses were right next to each other. How lucky was that? First friend in a new town and we live right next to each other.
"See you tomorrow, noona!" Injoon waved as he walked towards their house. I walked inside and went straight up my room. Today was very tiring and hot that I felt gross. I want to take a shower, but my bed was very inviting and I threw myself on it. "Hmmm." I groaned.
I tried to fight sleep, but it had more power over me. My lids were closing, my body relaxing, and my mind organizing itself. The last thing I remember was his beautifully sad, gray eyes.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Intro
"Shut up will you and go to sleep for everyone's sake. It's almost dawn." Hyunmin's gray eyes glared at Karam and Jay who were playing around on the other side of the room. They were opening and closing the heavy curtains that blocks the sunlight out.
As if the two didn't hear him and kept playing. A ray of the early sun escaped the heavy set curtain and hit Hyunmin's eyes, "I mean it!" He snarled. The other two flinched.
"Hyunmin." A guy sitting on a big chair, with the same gray eyes, but more alluring, like him called his name. "Calm down." He said cooly.
Hyunmin glared at him and turned himself on the sofa. "Tch." He was feeling off for the past few days and he doesn't like it one bit. He doesn't remember feeling this way before, but it's eeringly familiar. Like something's going to happen that will either be worthy of his time or not. He thought a lot about it until his eyelids were heavy enough to fall into the dark abyss.
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It's my first day in my new school. I'm used to it because my family moves a lot. I'm a little nervous though because we will be staying at this town longer than the other towns that we've lived in. "Aigoo." I sighed.
I needed to befriend others which I don't usually do because when we leave, my contact with them stop all together. So I don't bother anymore. I like being alone anyways. But this time's different. Longer stay equals befriending people.
I walked slower, taking in what the new town looks like. It looks decent. The houses were not that big, but not small either. It looks neighbor friendly too. I think I might like this town. It seems... different. she whispered to the air.
As soon as the words came out of her, a gust of wind blew from behind her, loosening the ribbon that she had on here head. It flew leaving her jet black hair down. "Ahhhh! Just great!" she yelled.
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The ribbon flew and landed exactly on his foot. He picked it up. He doesn't know why, but his instincts told him so. "Hyunmin, I thought you're not going to school." Someone from behind asked him.
"I couldn't sleep and I'm bored." He shrugs. "I don't want to be stuck in the house too." He looked back and settled his eyes on the other. "I thought you're skipping too, Mika?"
"I guess not." Mika walked past him, out the door, then looked back. The morning sun against his back, he looked like an angel, not a damned one. "Let's go."
He walked towards him and stopped beside him. Mika looked at him with those beautiful and wise eyes and said, "Ready?"
"Heh."
"Good luck." He said, he looked at him confused. "You'll need it." Then, they're off.
As if the two didn't hear him and kept playing. A ray of the early sun escaped the heavy set curtain and hit Hyunmin's eyes, "I mean it!" He snarled. The other two flinched.
"Hyunmin." A guy sitting on a big chair, with the same gray eyes, but more alluring, like him called his name. "Calm down." He said cooly.
Hyunmin glared at him and turned himself on the sofa. "Tch." He was feeling off for the past few days and he doesn't like it one bit. He doesn't remember feeling this way before, but it's eeringly familiar. Like something's going to happen that will either be worthy of his time or not. He thought a lot about it until his eyelids were heavy enough to fall into the dark abyss.
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It's my first day in my new school. I'm used to it because my family moves a lot. I'm a little nervous though because we will be staying at this town longer than the other towns that we've lived in. "Aigoo." I sighed.
I needed to befriend others which I don't usually do because when we leave, my contact with them stop all together. So I don't bother anymore. I like being alone anyways. But this time's different. Longer stay equals befriending people.
I walked slower, taking in what the new town looks like. It looks decent. The houses were not that big, but not small either. It looks neighbor friendly too. I think I might like this town. It seems... different. she whispered to the air.
As soon as the words came out of her, a gust of wind blew from behind her, loosening the ribbon that she had on here head. It flew leaving her jet black hair down. "Ahhhh! Just great!" she yelled.
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The ribbon flew and landed exactly on his foot. He picked it up. He doesn't know why, but his instincts told him so. "Hyunmin, I thought you're not going to school." Someone from behind asked him.
"I couldn't sleep and I'm bored." He shrugs. "I don't want to be stuck in the house too." He looked back and settled his eyes on the other. "I thought you're skipping too, Mika?"
"I guess not." Mika walked past him, out the door, then looked back. The morning sun against his back, he looked like an angel, not a damned one. "Let's go."
He walked towards him and stopped beside him. Mika looked at him with those beautiful and wise eyes and said, "Ready?"
"Heh."
"Good luck." He said, he looked at him confused. "You'll need it." Then, they're off.
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