It’s February 13, just a day before Valentine’s or whatever people call that event. Everyone around me is busy preparing their gifts, surprises, chocolates and flowers for their crush, boyfriends and girlfriends. Such a waste of time. What’s so special about this upcoming event? Why give those expensive chocolates to people who won’t even appreciate your efforts? Eat it instead. And do you think flowers are cool? Who knows, the little missy might be allergic to its pollens. Is that cool? NO. Time is precious to be wasted with such nonsensical things. They should atleast do something productive for themselves.
Okay guys, even if you tell me that I am selfish…I don’t care. What you say about me is none of my business. Sometimes I realize that I need to consider my own happiness too, and start taking care of myself rather than being too generous, to the extent that I even let them hurt me already. I’m not being pessimistic here, just…realistic.
“Dongsaeng!” Look who’s here, the boy with small hands, Yesung. He’s 4 years older than me. Oh wait, I’m sorry. I forgot to introduce myself…I’m Cho Kyuhyun, a graduating high school student. If you want to ask me if I believe in love, I just have one answer…no.
No, I do not believe in love. Why? Some questions are not meant to be answered. In this world the only thing that is permanent is ‘change’. If we want to survive, we need to adapt to our surroundings easily, well that is…if we want to survive.
“Yah! Brat, don’t you miss me?” Yesung-hyung asked, as I slowly drift away from my thoughts. Wait, what did he ask me again? Miss him?
“Miss you?! What the heck are you saying? We live in the same apartment and you’re asking me if I miss you? Did you take your medicine, hyung?!” Goodness! He’s just like a decade younger than me. Is he even thinking?
“Oh come on, bro! Loosen up. Tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day! Be happy! Do you already have a date?” He said, as we made our way to my classroom.
“Hyung, I told you I don’t care about Valentine’s, okay. How many times do I have to repeat that?” I told him, exasperated. This guy is always persistent.
“Kyuhyun, you have to forget the past. Move on---”
“I’ve moved on, hyung.” I cut him off, and this time I already made sure that I showed him how pissed off I am with his rants now.
“You still haven’t Kyu! It’s been two whole years! You know…I might as well give you a blind date.”
“What?! No! Don’t you dare hyung! You can---”
“Bye dongsaeng! I still have something important to do!” What the heck?! I know that’s so like Yesung-hyung to set up a blind date but that’s just going over the line. Ugh, calm down…Cho Kyuhyun. It’s Monday, start the week right and calm down. You have to control yourself.
“Ugh, why is it hard to be so small?!” Someone yelled.
I turned around and saw a girl desperately reaching for her things which is located at the uppermost part of the locker. I tried hard not to laugh so loud. This is so funny. Why did she choose that locker in the first place if she knew she is that small? Silly girl. She was jumping and jumping but then she was able to reach upto the second locker only. So much to make my day. I waited for another minute, and there she is, still doing nothing but to jump like a baby kangaroo.
“Ugh! I’ll be late!” I hear her whisper. She’s currently tiptoeing and I can tell that she’s been there for minutes already. Okay, Kyuhyun. It’s time to stop watching.
I easily get hold of her things and gave it to her.
“Uhh…Thanks.” She mumbled.
“No problem.” She sure is small…maybe 168 cm in height. As I pass her the books, I accidentally saw its title and surprisingly they’re for fourth year students.
Physics
Advanced Algebra
Statistics
She’s a 4th year too? But her face is not familiar. Short hair that falls freely just above her shoulders, doe-like eyes and well…cute cheeks. Looks like a freshman to me.
“Excuse me, mister. Yoohoo!” I didn’t notice that she was tapping me numerous times already.
“Oh, sorry. Yes? What do you need?”
“Nothing. Um, you know I’m kinda lost …May I know where is Class 3-A?”
Is she serious?! She’s lost in her own school. Haha! This girl surely knows how to make one’s day amusing and entertaining. I stifled my laughter but failed.
“What, mister?” She looked at me confused, her eyes clearly showing that she doesn’t have any idea why I’m chuckling.
“You’re lost in your own school? Are you serious?!” I laughed.
“Yep. I’m a transferee, mister.” She explained. “My family moved here a few weeks ago and I had a late enrollment.”
“Oh, so that’s why this is the first time I saw you here. Anyway, I’m a 4th year student just like you.” She smiled and reached out her hand for a friendly handshake and I gratefully accepted it. Cool girl.
“I’m Kim Soo Mi. My friends call me Mimi. Nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you too.”
I lead Mimi to her classroom. I mean…our classroom. Yes guys, we are classmates. I’m from Class 3-A, and believe it or not, I’m the homeroom president. And it is REALLY hard to be one, especially when almost all of your classmates depend on you.
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3:00 p.m.
Finally! The day is done, and all I need to do is to have a good time with Starcraft-ssi. I just hope my hyung won’t disturb me.
“Kyuhyun!” Aaaaaand speaking of my ridiculous hyung, here he is again.
“What now?”
“Have you bought flowers or made chocolates already?” So, he is still insisting me to find a Valentine’s date for tomorrow. I don’t care about Valentine’s, I hate it. There’s nothing special about it, so why do we need to celebrate February 14?
“If you don’t have anything good to say, then just shut up hyung. Stop ruining my day.”
“Cho Kyuhyun, I know you’re too sensitive for this topic but just give yourself another chance to open up for other possibilities in life.” Possibilities? Like what? Getting f*cked up again, and spending every hour of my day at the corner of my room crying?
“Hyung, it’s 3 o’clock. You still have work, you’re gonna be late.” This is the best thing I can do in times like this. Instead of yelling at him, just change the topic and everything will be oh-okay for me.
For me. Selfishness. I never really wanted to be selfish.
“Okay, you’re really hard-headed, boy.” He sighed in his defeat and went to his job.
I walked the streets to my apartment alone. If you want to know where are my parents, they’re probably somewhere around the globe with their own families while here I am, struggling to keep up with life’s challenges.
Bitter. Is it wrong to feel these things? Truth hurts, but living in a world full of lies hurts even more.
“Locker-ssi!” Someone called out. That voice. Kim Soo Mi?
I searched where the voice came from and waved back when I saw the lass near the park’s garden, among the great number of children around her. What is she doing? Her short hair was now tied up and her bangs are held back by a headband exposing her adorable face. The children seem to be playing with her. Babysitter? Nah, doesn’t look like it.
“So, what are you doing here?” She walked nearer. Did I say that she’s the only one I met that is not busy for Valentine’s? Weird but cool too.
“My apartment is just at the 2nd street. You?”
“I work for an orphanage nearby.”
“Oh, cool.” Wow, a working student. It is really hard to balance school and work, especially for a girl like her.
“Locker-ssi, I think I need to go now. The kids are waiting. Bye! See ya!”
And she ran towards the children, smiling and fooling around with them. Really cool, someone you can’t find just around the corner.
But wait, did she just call me Locker-ssi? Haha! I forgot to introduce myself again, silly me.
I continued my walk on the way home and at last…after 5 whole minutes; I reached my apartment’s door. I went straight to the refrigerator and quickly searched for something to eat. Unfortunately, it only contains a bottle of milk and some bottles of water. Bummer, no afternoon snacks for me today.
Now I’m bored. I’m always bored, there’s nothing else to do. I went inside my room and turned my laptop on. Starcraft-ssi, I’m counting on you. Make the rest of my day worthwhile.
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“Jihee, it’s Valentine’s tomorrow. Wanna hang out?”
“Ofcourse, oppa! That would be so cool!” The young sophomore girl exclaimed, clinging on to her boyfriend happily. The boy’s idea made her smile sprightly. Valentine’s Day is a day for lovers, and it’s the best day to hang out with someone very special to you.
“So where do you want to go?” Her oppa smiled.
“Anywhere, as long as I am with you!”The boy giggled at the cuteness of his girlfriend.
“Aigoo, my little angel, why so sweet?”He ruffled her hair and pinched her cheeks. This girl in front of him is the most special person in the whole world for him.
“Haha! Oppa stop ruining my hair! I don’t want to be ugly in front of you!” She said, laughing as she playfully hit her boyfriend’s shoulder.
“Yah, Jihee! That hurts, why are you hurting your oppa? Now give me a kiss.”
“Haha! You silly brat!” She chuckled and gave the boy a small peck on the lips. Right after that she feels herself suddenly being hoisted up by her boyfriend.
“I love you Jihee.”
“I love you too, oppa!”
The next day, Jihee was unusually late in their meeting place. The lad began to panic; Jihee is not the type of girl that arrives late, especially in a date. He tried calling her a million times already, but the girl is not answering. This time, he searched the place. He knows that Jihee never gets lost but who knows, things might change. It’s worth a try.
After a few minutes he reached a nearby convenience store and saw a bunch of people crowding around the place. He decided to join in, and finally found what he was looking for.
“No…no! JIHEE!” The boy immediately ran near his lover and slowly laid her body on his lap. It was so heartbreaking. Jihee was there lying on her own pool of blood. It was said that she was robbed by an unknown man and was stabbed after getting her properties.
“O-oppa, I’m s-sorry…I-I was l-late. I d-didn’t m-mean t-to.” The helpless girl said as she gasped for air.
“Ssh, Jihee. Don’t talk please, you’ll hurt yourself more. The ambulance is here, you’re gonna be okay. I love you, remember that, be strong.” Tears welled up in the boy’s eyes now. Why did this happen to her?
“O-Oppa. Kyuhyun-oppa. C-Cho Kyuhyun…I-I love you a-and I-I a-always will. P-please l-live well and c-continue to b-be s-strong, e-even i-if I a-am already g-gone. I-I love y-you oppa, t-thank y-you for e-everything.”
“Jihee, I love you too. Don’t say that please. Please, don’t leave me!”
“O-oppa, I-I’m sorry…I l-love you, so much.” And that was her last words. She left the world with a smiling face, knowing that her one and true love was there beside her.
“JIHEEEEEE!!!”
“Kyuhyun-ah!” I woke up with a start and saw my hyung looking at me with worried eyes.
“H-hyung?”
“Hey, you okay? You were having a nightmare.” My face feels wet. Tears. I was crying in my sleep? I looked around and saw that it is February 14 already. I slept without eating dinner?
“I-I…h-hyung…” I started; I don’t know what to say. Silence covered the room for a minute and just as I was about to talk to him again, a pair of hands embraced me.
“Kyu, it’s okay to cry you know.” He said. I don’t want to cry, not now…not after two whole years, not when Jihee told me to be strong. I can’t be like this.
“Kyuhyun…You know Jihee’s happy in heaven now right?” That’s it. I hugged him tighter, hoping that it could lessen the pain. I tried to hold back my tears but some disobediently flowed through my cheeks. I hate this, I’m okay and now, why does it need to come back?
“H-hyung, am I-I a b-burden to y-you?” I asked, I know I’m being a brat these days. Hyung must be so tired with me already.
“Kyu.” He held both of my shoulders and faced me. “You know you’re my cute little cousin. You’re like a brother to me. Why are you suddenly asking that you’re a burden for me?”
“Nothing.”
“Aigoo, it’s Valentine’s ChoKyu! Be happy!” He cheerfully said, ruffling my hair then pulled me out of the bed.
“Okay hyung, I give up.” I let Yesung-hyung drag me out of the room. I wiped my tear-streaked face and tried to shape up a smiling face. It’s Tuesday, I need to loosen up.
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"KRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!"
It took us 30 minutes to prepare and go to school; Yesung-hyung gave me a box containing 4 chocolates. He told me that I should give it to the girl special to me, if ever I change my mind about Valentine’s. Well, as what I said, today is February 14, no wonder all the students in school are busy with so many things. All, except one.
As I walked pass the lockers, the girl from yesterday which is, Kim Soo Mi (if I remembered it correctly), is there again. Another day of reaching her things on top of the locker…must be so hard for her. I walked nearer and helped her get her things just like what I did yesterday.
“Oh, Locker-ssi! It’s you again! Hehe, sorry.” She said, as she gets her books from me.
“Uh-uh, not so fast.” I smirked, lifting the books up. Haha! Small girl, too unlucky.
“Eh? What?” She pouts, and crossed her arms over her chest. Cute indeed.
“You should stop calling me Locker-ssi from now on okay?” I told her while I give her the books. “My name is Kyuhyun, sorry if I forgot to introduce myself yesterday.”
“Yeah, I know. You’re our homeroom president, of course I know.” She smiled and chuckled. I never knew someone could smile that beautifully.
“Then why are you still calling me Locker-ssi, huh.” This girl is definitely different from the others. Unique, eh?
“I was wondering when will you formally introduce yourself to me.” Haha! You never fail to amuse me, SooMi-ah.
“Anyway SooMi, today is Valentine’s, why aren’t you preparing?”
“Kyuhyun-ssi, I don’t really have to prepare for Valentine’s. Besides, I’m not sure with my feelings yet.” She told me and smiled again. Not sure? Does she have any crush?
“Not sure?”
“Actually, there’s this guy who helped me yesterday getting my books on the top of this locker and he certainly got my attention.” She stated, as she walked pass me. I smiled. Wait? What? I smiled at what she said?
“Hey Kim Soo Mi.” I called out.
“Yes, Kyuhyun-ssi?” She halted, turning around to face me. I ruffled her hair and gave her the box, then went inside the classroom before her. Yes, the box of chocolates.
I looked back and saw her shocked face. Pretty. Well…she didn’t expect that someone would give her a present for Valentine’s. I didn’t expect that I’d give the chocolates to someone, either.
I guess, I’ll give myself another chance to open up for other possibilities in life, as what my hyung said. Happy Valentine’s SooMi.
~The End~
-Labyrinth_101
02.13.12
P.S. SujuLabyrinth is my UN at another website. ^^
02.13.12
P.S. SujuLabyrinth is my UN at another website. ^^
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