chapter 24

" I-I don't know.... I guess it's because I-"I paused. No, I can't tell him that I like him. It's going to ruin our friendship. I can't. No, this is not how it should be." You what?" He says, turning to me. His eyes that once laid on sunset are now watching me." I... I think you are a good person." I lied, even though the statement is true.I just can't tell him I like him. I can't , and I won't.He snickers and looks away from me, his expressions like I told him some sort of a joke. " You barely know me, I'm far from nice." "Then... Let me know you." I demanded hopefully, slowly stepping closer to him. " I want to know everything. Everything about you."I aimed the video camera secretly at him as he watched the sunset. It was one of the best captures I had ever made. Him sitting on top of a rock, and sunset against him that did nothing but to emphasize him. " Well-" he turns to me, realising that I'm now filming him. He stands right up. " Yah! Have you been filming me?"" Yep!" I say giggling to myself. " It's really pretty, you don't need to wor-"" Give me that." He says, launching himself at me. I dodged and began running away from him, the video camera still recording everything . I look over my shoulder and see him coming at me smiling, and I continue to sprint faster to the grass as I laugh freely.But then, I was suddenly tackled to the ground, making me close both my eyes, my back touching the grassy soil.As I open my eyes, all I see is Yoongi's face. Yoongi's face who is one the top of me, panting as he breathe. Both of his arms touched the ground, allowing him to support his body mass so he would not crash against me.I was enveloped by him. I was covered and I felt protective. I could feel his warm breath as he continued to pant. Our eyes met but neither of us decided to move. I couldn't breathe, it was like I forgot how to simply inhale and exhale. My body felt like it was dipped in cement. I was so lost in his orbs. But then, he shakes his head and rolls to the side. Then he stands up and bends down to snatch the video camera from my hands." You are such a pain in the ass.""P-please don't delete it." I manage to say, despite how floating I was feeling. I sit up, my legs still touching the ground." I won't put it on the project, but it looked good, please don't -"" Too late." He says before shutting down the video camera. " Get back up! It's going to be late soon..."I stand up and pat my school uniform in case any soil or grass might have sticked to it.As I look up, I see Yoongi now standing in front of me, handing me the video camera. He looked serious now, showing no emotions or whatsoever. I take the video camera and look back at him. He's still standing there like he wants to say something but is not able to find the right words to say ." What is it?" I ask him, hoping that it would help him to open up easier.It was a normal day fro me. I did never thought it would end like this. I didn't think that in a single day that I'd be friends with him. That I wouldn't be just a mere classmate to him, or someone he's just stuck to work with.But that changed when Yoongi began to speak the words that I had never once thought would come out of his mouth. " Don't get tired of trying to get to know me."" I won't." I promised.•••" You what?"Yuri was shocked, she was beyond surprise when I told her that I liked Min Yoongi.A person who I thought I would never like." I- I like him." I repeat, looking down on the floor as I fidget." Look. Being stuck in the museum with him is one thing,but," she pauses and then continues again, " I had never thought that you'd like someone from our class."" I didn't either." I admit. " I didn't realise that I was liking him until I saw him play the piano." " Don't you think you like him just because he knows how to play a piano?"" Then why don't I like other pianists?" I defence. " I mean in a romantic way..."" Romantic?" She frowns again. " Dara, I'm - I've never thought.... You're finally a lady."She launches herself at me, hugging me tightly." Ah, Yuri seriously?" I say as I pull away from her and arrange the lunch box from the floor since it was knocked down. " I just like him, that's all."" Oh, a lunch box?" She gasps as she smiles widely. " Did you put my favourite in it?"" It's not for you." I spat, hitting her arm as she tries to take it. " I made it for someone else."" Let me guess." She says, putting both of her hands on her waist. " Min Yoongi!"If it wasn't for the bell ringing at the same time Yuri shouted his name, we would have been caught red handed by our classmates.I looked around and see the students walking to their seats, getting ready for the first lesson. I scanned through the room until I reached Yoongi's seat.His seat is empty.Why is he not here?Is he sick? Oh my god! What if he worked himself so hard that he couldn't go to the school today? What if he caught a cold? What if he's in danger? What if he didn't get enough meals and then collapsed and is now in a hospital???....or maybe, he was just tired from going straight to the work after our filming last night that he skipped school today?Yeah, that must have been it." Yuri!" I call for her. " I guess you can take the lunch box."•••