chapter 7

Eomma:Where are you?Aren't you supposedto be studying for yourentrance exams??Sent @9:13 a.m." Oh crap! " I say after reading the message from my mom. " I'm so screwed."" What's wrong?" Yoongi asks, looking at me while we continue to walk to the school.Yoongi and I decided to shoot some scenes from the school to show how hard does the main character work in studies. I was planning too to do some cinematic parts from the school, but as soon as I read my mom's message, it felt like it won't be possible now...." My mom's looking for me." I admit shyly. I'm already seventeen and yet I sounded like an elementary school kid." Oh!" He says, " you should get going then."I'm out filming for a school project. Please,don't worry about me.Sent @9:22 a.m." It's fine, I guess I can stay for a few more minutes before she goes all crazy." I joke, making him chuckle a bit.Once we saw the school, we decided to take a rest in the playground. There was rarely any soul except for the football team that was practicing.I sat on the swing and started swaying back and forth, my feet barky touching the ground." Why so sad all of a sudden?", He notices taking a seat on the swing next to me." I'm not sad." I shake my head. " I just feel pressured."" You don't have to tell me." He says, looking at the bright sunny sky, making him squint his eyes before looking back on the ground." We all have something we can't tell others." I know." I agreed to him. " But it's nice to let it out sometimes. Especially when you have  been hiding it for a long time in the walls of your heart."He sways his swing back and forth while holding onto both of the metal chains attached to it. " I'm not the right person for this. I wouldn't know what to tell you."" All I need is someone to listen me. But it's okay if you don't want to, if it makes you uncomfortable, I won't."" Tell me then." He stops swaying and glances at me.Should I?I took a deep breath before opening my heart to him," It's my parents. Ever since, I was a kid, it's like everything I'm doing is not enough. I am not enough. They keep on pushing me, pressuring me, no matter, how hard I try... And now, I'm so nervous for upcoming university entrance examinations that because if I couldn't get in-"  I pause, shivering a little at the thought. " It's over for me. They will never in life say ' that's our daughter ' again. I don't want to disappoint them..."He inhales through his teeth and then lets out a sigh," That's tough."I nodded. It's really something of no use to tell someone these stuff , especially him. Why did I even though to tell my thoughts to someone? I barely know. Would it be a good idea?? Hell no.He's probably judging me so hard right now. Who knows what's going in his mind. Kill me God, I know I'm dumb!That was such a bad idea!!!“ Dara.",he calls out all of a sudden. His voice low and calming. " I know we don't know each other that much, but.."he pauses again and looks at the ground." I know you can do it."Did he really...just say...that?I've known Yoongi for most of my high school life, but I never knew he had this side of him. I thought he was the type of person that only cares about himself, and nothing more.*A/n:- How can you think like that bout Lil meow meow!! :(*But maybe I'm wrong.I can feel my eyes tightening; droplets of tears starting to form. I blinked hard and looked at the sky despite how blinding the sunshine was." You said you're bad at this." I say, wiping the moisture from corner of my eyes with my fingers." I am." He reassuringly says. "Don't take it the wrong way. I'm not trying to make you feel better. It's just that I don't want other people to add up to my melancholy."Here we go." What do you mean?" I ask, looking at him now. He starts to sway his swing again."Nothing." He instantly replied in a whisper." I just don't like it."" Are you taking the exams?", I try to change the topic." Aniyo (no)." He replies shaking his head with a blunt smile followed by a small shrug." I don't know, we'll see."My phone beeps again, making me take it out from my pocket. It's another message from my mom.Eomma:Come home right now.Sent @10:11 a.m.Yoongi stands up from the swing and stretches his arm out." I think we should go."He starts to walk away from me again, leaving the school premises. He does not look back and continue walking as if I was invisible.I closed my phone without texting my mom back and jog until I catch upto him. When I reached him, we began walking on the streets of Daegu again, but now, at this time,it's not empty anymore.Our walk was quiet, and we didn't talk.  We just walked with each other's presence until we reach a house not too far away from school.  A simple house, yet so cosy looking." Uh, I guess, I'll see you back in school." He says, scratching the back of his neck as he stood infront of the door. " Sure." I say. " Do you want to keep the cam?" I ask while I eye the video camera that is still in his hands."Oh,no." He hands over the video camera to me and I take it. " You should start editing when you get home."He is really rushing the project.... He wants to finish it as soon as possible. Well, I can't blame him. That's what I wanted too, right?"O-okay." I nod," I'll see you tomorrow."" Annyeong." He says before entering the house and closing the door.I turn around and begin to continue my walk back home, my breathing, for some reason, finally relaxing.•••