Six
1018 Words
ARIA
Me and Eunji walking in the garden beside baseball court of school talking about my results.
"Your results have been improved quite a lot recently. It's good to have someone helping." She chirped.
I smiled at her reaction for my results. It really gives me a confident to work hard on my studies.
"Yes." I turned my face towards her but she was busy in seeing baseball match.
"I don't know you like to watch baseball." I faked a smile to her.
"I'm actually watching Kim Taehyung." She whispered near my ear.
What? She is watching Taehyung? I don't know that she likes Taehyung.
"So are you not watching Jungkook?" She asked me excitingly. Hearing her statement, I bowed my face down and started seeing the ground.
I've no words to explain what I feel for Jungkook. He is just my friend and nothing.
I lifted my eyes and looked towards Jungkook. First time I've noticed that how perfect his face is.
A perfectly round head without any angles, the chin is smooth and the line from his ear to his chin.
A perfectly round face, smooth line without any shade or prominence, the jaw area of his face is so short but sharp. A younger appearance with a short chin. Eyes are big and stiffy, but the pupil is black and clear. His nose is a little bit short and the tip of his nose is slightly thin but nice. The upper lip is thin but the bottom lip is slightly chubby.
Smiley face, thin top lip, a slightly larger front tooth.
"Oh no! He is look like a cute rabbit." I tried to hide my thoughts from Eunji but I don't know how it spells from my tongue.
"What happened?" She knitted her eyebrows in confusion.
I shooked my head in no.
I again turned my face towards Jungkook. He is going to hit the ball. And at the second moment, he hit the ball very high and far. Everyone there started clapping, Eunji too. But I just standing there smiling at him.
"Aria." Suddenly I heard a voice of a girl. I turned at her direction.
"Teacher Sun is looking for you. You should go there at once." I went away from there.
JUNGKOOK
"Aria." I heard a sound of a girl calling aria's name. I saw at that direction and found that Aria was going somewhere.
Where did she go? I have to ask Eunji where's Aria went.
***
When will she come? Suddenly my eye stopped at stairs from where Eunji is coming.
"Eunji, where's Aria?" I asked her.
"Something happened in her family. She has gone home." Saying this she back without giving me chance to ask her something more.
Shit.
***
I'm sitting on my seat keeping my palm on my head, thinking about when will Aria back?
What happened in her family? Will she come back soon or not?
"Just leave this." I mumbled in my breath and trying to give my full attention on teacher's lecture but all in vain.
I tried to complete my notebook but again all in vain. I tried to talk with Taehyung who was sitting just beside me but... Don't know why but my mind is not ready to talk with him at this time. It's looking boring. Everything getting boring without her. Classes getting boring without her, study getting boring without her, and most of all, I don't want to talk with my best friend Taehyung without her. Why? Why I'm missing her so much while I know she'll be back in a few days. Thinking this, my eyes feeling sleepy.
Don't know how but I slept for some hours on my table.
My table started moving before I saw that Eunji is sitting at Aria's seat.
"Why are you sitting here?"
"Aria has asked me to switch the seat with her."
"She has not even come back. Stop your nonsense." I asked her thinking that Aria is not come back till now.
"She's back already." Hearing her words, I quickly ran to the 3rd floor of school hostel which is next to our school.
I checked each and every room number while running.
While bumping with a girl, I found. Aria's room.
I quickly knocked the door with my hand.
"Aria, open the door. I know you are inside. Aria open the door. I'll break the door if you don't open. Open up!" And finally, the door was opened slowly.
She was standing at the door with a messy bun. Her eyes turned red and puffy maybe due to crying so much.
"Why do you change the seat suddenly? Do you wanna stay away from me? Did I do anything wrong? Do you know how upset I am?" I asked her softly.
"Go back."
"I'm not leaving until you answer me."
"I don't have the mood to talk about this now." She answered me after a minute of silence between us.
"After the college entrance exam, Okay? I promise I won't bother you before that. Is it okay?" I asked her now with a high tone.
"My father is has taking his last breath." She mentioned ignoring what I said. Tears filled in her eyes.
***
ARIA
My eyes filled with tears when teacher asked me to come on his table to collect money for my father's operation.
I go and stand there with my face bowed down.
Students started coming one by one and put their money in the box.
Taehyung going while putting a banknote on box but seeing my face, he took some more banknotes from his blazer's pocket and put them all in the box.
Then, Hye Jin came and put few notes in the box. I bowed my face and she went.
Suddenly, Jungkook came gasping from the back door of classroom.
He quickly started taking big steps towards me. He put at least One thousand notes of Ten thousand Won banknote in the box. My eyes stopped at his eyes. His eyes were filled with tears. His lips are dry. Maybe he cried. But Why?
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