chapter 35

" Why do you find that so hard to belie-"The door swung open. Yuri is standing at the door, looking as surprised as I and Yoongi are." What are you doing here?" I asked her glancing at Yoongi who did not seem to be bothered at all. He looked at her, but then looked even in a second." Well..." She steps in. " There's a substitute at night school today and he's the music teacher. He wanted me to take his phone from the cabinet over there."  She points at the wooden desk at the back of the room, fiddling the keys on her fingers. She bends down and opens it, then takes the phone.No one is speaking. It gave out an awkward vibe and we needed to break the ice.But then, an idea lit up in my mind, making me break the silence.Yuri was already leaving when I stopped her." Wait, Yuri." I say, glancing at Yoongi before I looked at her." What?" She says turning back. " Well, Yoongi doesn't believe me that..."" Don't you dare." Yoongi murmurs silently, too quiet for Yuri to hear.But that wasn't enough to make me stop." I want you to judge Yoongi's talent because he thinks that I'm biased."•••" I want you to judge Yoongi's talent  because he thinks that I'm biased."I said as quickly as I could, not pausing at a single word. Yoongi rolls his eyes but doesn't say anything. Yuri looks at me, then looks at him, and then looks at me again." Oh!" She says, taking the seat beside me. " But you have to hurry up. I don't want the sub to notice."She was addressing that to Yoongi.Yoongi who is still sitting and pretending like there is no one in the room. He looked up with his eyes appearing stone cold, his mouth forming a line." No." He finally says. " I don't want to."" You have to." I say. " It's the only way you will believe me. Prove me wrong." And that worked.Because he stood up where he was standing ten minutes ago. He looked more serious than he was before. But I can still tell that he is nervous.He started to rap the same lyrics he did earlier. And I was thankful enough that I had a reason not to get carried away by him into the world of music again. I didn't want Yuri to find out that I like Yoongi more than she knows.But as I looked at Yuri, she was gasping in awe, she was even holding her breath. When Yoongi ended, she closed her mouth , then blinked twice before clapping vigorously." Wow." She said looking at me. " I never knew he couldn't rap like that. He doesn't look....like he could do it."Yoongi stood still, looking at both of us. He looked like he was waiting for a comment. It's like he's a contestant where Yuri and I are judges." See?" I say standing up. " Even Yuri thinks that you are good."Yuri stands up as well and hurries to the door. " Seriously, you shouldn't be ashamed of what you can do. Believe her, you are better than good."She closed the door behind her, leaving us alone in the room.I smiled at Yoongi and walked into the piano, sitting down in the leather chair. " See? Do you believe me now?"He smiles in defeat, and starts nodding, tucking his tongue under his upper lip. " You are so annoying."Oh, Yoongi!I would annoy you every day if I get to see that smile on your face every time I did.•••After that day at work, when I confronted Minho, every thing has been awkward. I would always go to work, and I would always try my best to keep my distance away from him. Working in the coffee shop alone itself was already hard, but to be working behind a counter with minimum space that I had to share with Minho made it even harder.I'm sure he can tell that I have been distant , but could he blame me? I didn't want to be near a pervert, or a maniac of some type. I promised myself that I would leave this job as soon as I get my paycheck at the end of the month, and that's because it's going to be enough for me to buy Yoongi a present.Oh my.. just imagine Yoongi getting that present from me. I wonder if he would show me the smile of his that I fathom the most. Will he be overjoyed that he won't be able to do anything ? I don't want anything else other than seeing him happy." Stop daydreaming and start to mop." Minho said sternly as he passes by me. I straightened up right away and go to the backroom to take the mop." Sorry." I said as I come back with the mop and the bucket.But of course he'd ignore me too. The nice Minho who would give me coffee on my way home is now gone. Now I have to be careful with everything I do if I don't want him to shout at me.That one single day gave us a lot of tension.But I don't regret it. It's definitely right to stand up for myself. That's my personal right.I mopped every inch of the floor, leaving it sparkling clean.  Beads of sweat sparkles on my temples as I wipe it with back of my hand. I put the mop back into the back room. But when I turn around to go back in the front, Minho is already blocking the door way." Excuse me." I whisper as I try to squeeze myself into the small space between him and the doorway, but he didn't move. Instead, he moved to where I was squeezing into, making me step back into the back room.•••A/n:- Finally updating after a decade... Sorry ,lol🥺💕🎶💀