"The dark clouds silently fade out
The love I didn't say then
You're the departure, I'm the future
After a few years of 'bad'
My heart suddenly felt better
I woke up , hearing a sweet voice nearby.
"At the silent boarding gate
I saw the clouds flying away, the half orange half grey sky
Wanting to fly towards the next me
Shivering in the cold, I tighten my collar, unable to land
Our timelines not keeping in touch
I don't know where to go, I'm the one who can't let go
There's a path but I don't have the heart to take it
How long does it take for someone to say "I'm better now"
I start to stand up by my feet. This song is in mandarin yet, I could understand it perfectly. Slowly walking to him, he continues his singing.
"Guess how it turns out afterwards
The loneliness ignited the long-awaited disaster
I stop on my track. My heart is beating fast. As if I could feel what he try to say. Grabbing my clothes tight, I walk to him again.
"At the silent boarding gate
I saw the clouds not moving, half-conscious I surrendered
The one waiting to board wasn't me after all
Tears in my heart, I know that even after I land
Our timelines are in parallel
I don't know where to go, I'm the one who can't let go
There's a path but I don't have the heart to take it
How long does it take for someone to say "I'm better now"
Before I could touch him, he turn his body to me. I look up at his face. The familiar smile.
Then I feel a pang of hurt on my chest. I fall to my knees. Closing my eyes once again.
I open my eyes, feeling someone shake my body. My brother friend, Haknyeon looking at me with worried eyes.
"Are you okay Y/N? You're shaking so bad while you were asleep earlier" He said, slowly help me sit properly on my bed.
"Yea, I'm okay. I think. Don't worry" I said, earning a nod from him.
"Why are you here by the way?" I ask, making him realize something.
"Ah! Kevin asked me to wake you up! He said today there is some sort of family day or something at your school right? He said you'll participate in an event!" Haknyeon says, smiling brightly.
I look at the clock, it was still early. 6 O'clock. I sigh.
"Okay, aren't it's too early for you to be awake Haknyeon ?" I ask, earning a giggle from him.
"Nah, all of us want to go to your school so we decide to crash your place first! Honestly, I don't know why Eric and Sunwoo want us to wake up this early " He said, make me frown in confusion.
"I see, I'll go down later. I want to take a bath-"
"It's too early for bath Y/N! Let's go down together, the hyungs has already ordered some fast food for breakfast" He said, grabbing my hand and guide me to the kitchen.
I decide to just let him pull me everywhere he wants. Too sleepy to even protest.
Arriving at the kitchen, everyone is still in their sleepwear. I take a seat beside Kevin. Sighing once again.
"Duh sis, why are you sighing so much nowadays ?" He asks, making me look at him emotionlessly.
I take a look at the food in front of me. Damn why I don't feel hungry at all? I closed my eyes and take a deep breath. Then I remember something.
Oh, shit today I have a performance. Oh fck.
I stand up quickly , making them shocked at the sudden movement. Before I could run to my room, someone hold my hands.
"Why tf you just stand up like that?" Chanhee asks, making me look at him with a nervous stare.
"Fck I need to go now damn it. I'm sorry" I said, putting his hand at someone else shoulder and then quickly ran back upstairs to my room.
I have exactly 20 minutes to prepare myself for rehearsal. I take a 5 minutes shower and wear my costume right away. Then before I could go out of my room, I take a look at my face.
I need make up god damn it. I look pale like this.
I run downstairs and grab chanhee hand. Stopped him from continuing eating his fried chicken.
"What tf ?" He said before just follow me with force at his hand to my room.
"Here, please put some make-up on my face. I have an event today and my face look unhealthy as f and it was important and please-"
"Okay okay girl, I get it. Now sit down and let me do your make up" He said, making me nod and sit at the chair.
"Where is your make-up?" He asks, I show him the drawer that has a lot of make-up things in it. He nods and starts working on my face.
I look at the clock, it's already 6:25 a.m. I became more anxious.
"Chanhee can you please be quick? I-"
"BE PATIENT GIRL, I'M DOING MY JOB RIGHT HERE" He shouted, making me flinched and quickly nod again. Not wanting him to get angrier.
After a while, he has finally done my make-up. 6:35 a.m, sharp 10 minutes. I quickly stand again and look at my face one last time. Damn, it's look good. I start running downstair while shouting.
"Thank you Chanhee! I'LL REPAY YOU LATER, LOVE YOU !" I said and run to the school as fast as I can.
"Tf she means I love you?" Hyunjae asks me, making a laugh a little.
"I help her duh, I deserve that word," I said winking at him. He looks at me in disgust, makes me laugh even more.
"Why is she rushing? Aren't the school has an event today?" Sunwoo asks, looking at Kevin.
"She participates in the event I guess, she asks me to wake her up at 5 O'clock but I guess I make Haknyeon wake her up a little late," Kevin said, motioning a little sign with his hand.
"Eh? Does she join an event? That's unusual of her.." Eric said, making me look at him.
"What do you mean? Aren't she active in her school events?" I asked, making Eric's and Sunwoo's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"Uh.. yea I guess?" Sunwoo said a little bit hesitated.
This is weird, Kevin always said Y/N is busy after school because she always participates in extra activities in school.
"She's not active in school events. She just uh always join the extra activities chanhee ya" I said, making him nod a little.
Deep inside I know, he must be suspicious of everything.
A while after, we decide to finally get ready and go to school.
Arriving at the school, I made my way to the music room. There are already students at the school but I can't bother anymore.
"Finally, you're here! We gonna rehearse in another 5 minutes. Thank god you're already in your outfit." My teacher said to me, making me nod and help her prepare things for the rehearsal.
Vernon came in 2 minutes after, panting hard like I do when I come here before.
"I'm sorry I'm late Y/N, let's prepare things on the stage quickly." He said, grabbing things that we need for our stage.
Truth be told the science project thing ( chapter three ) that he asked me to give to him is a lyric that I made for our song.
And one more thing, he is my music partner. The only person that knew about my love for music as he also love it too.
The teachers discover our talents when we hang out together in the music room in secret during recess time before. So they give us a chance to perform for these events.
Art Carnival. Some people may not know it but, music is also an art. So we decide to accept the chance and take it! As a pianist, I could create any suitable melody. But he decides to ask his friend for his help. So we just gonna go with that.
One more fun fact, he is a rapper and I'm a vocalist. Good enough for both of us.
Finally, we saw the stage in front of us. It's big enough. No, it's too big. Feeling sweat all over my palm, I gulped as anxiety start building up.
He notices it and pats my back. Signalling that everything will be okay and I shouldn't worry about anything. I take a deep breath and try to take some confidence from him.
After the short rehearsal, I take candy from my pocket. Trying to relax. Then I saw people start coming in, making me run again backstage.
Finally, the event has started. I got quite nervous about it but once again, I calm myself. I take a deep breath and wait for our turn.
"Now we're gonna welcome our last performer, Vernon Hansol Chwe and Moon Y/N !"
And with that, we take a slow step to the stage. I take a deep breath one last time and am finally ready to perform in front of all the people here.
