***Submitted by myoppamyoppa.. It’s such a beautiful read. I hope you guys will enjoy it :) ***
The front of the school looked a lot more impressive than you thought when you walked up to it. You thought an arts school would be nice, but not this nice. You were about to start going to the school and were nervous about showing any of the talents you had.
“Maybe I just won’t show anything.” You thought to yourself walking into the school. Kids were dancing everywhere and singing and rehearsing things. The school seemed very alive and everyone seemed to be enjoying it.
“Who’s that?” Sungyu asked as all the guys turned to look where he was. Sungyeol’s eyes fell on you and his mouth dropped, but he couldn’t take them away. He couldn’t even blink.
“Why is she here?” He thought.
“That must be the new girl I was assigned to show around.” SungJong remarked.
“What? Show around? What are you showing her around?” Sungyeol asked shooting an angry look at SungJong while grabbing him by his jacket collar.
“Woah, nothing I just have to show her from class to class.”
“Oh..” He let go and sat back down. He realized how much he had overreacted.
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You walked up a set of stairs still exploring when you saw him. Sungyeol was sitting at a table with who you assumed to be his friends.
“He goes here? Did my parents know? They had to have known.” You thought as Sungyeol looked up and saw you. You swallowed hard.
“Oh no, he saw me.” You thought. “No, why should I care? We were barely allowed to talk. He knows nothing about me.” You began walking over to the table.
“Annyeonghasseyeo,” You said with a bow.
“Oh! __________.” SungJong said.
“Oh, how do you know me?” You asked nervously.
“I will be helping you find your way around the school! I’m SungJong!!” He was so cheerful, how cute.
“Nice to meet you.” All the other boys introduced themselves except Sungyeol.
“Hyung, introduce yourself.” SungJong poked him.
“Aniya, we already know each other.” You said with a smile. All the members looked at you, then Sungyeol.
“You know each other?” Hoya asked curiously.
“Yeah, our parents are friends. My family moved here because of them."
"Yeah, she basically spent the summer at our house.” He looked down and grinned.
“We never talked though.” He looked at you and saw the longing in your eyes. You had wanted to talk to him, no matter the circumstances.
“You look different though. It’s only been a few months.”
“I guess you were used to seeing me everyday.” The guys just looked at you two.
“What’s going on here?” Myungsoo asked blatantly.
“What?” You both asked.
“You guys sound like knowing each other ruined your lives!” He exclaimed.
“It might as well have.” Sungyeol said under his breath. You took a step back. Did he really think that?
“Oppa…..” You almost whimpered.
“I’M NOT YOUR OPPA!!” He stood up and was breathing heavy.
“Yah Hyung, calm down.” SungJong tried to control him. Sungyeol walked away.
“You ok? What was that about?” Hoya asked you.
“Don’t worry, he’ll tell you if he feels it’s right.”
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*FLASHBACK TO THIS PAST SUMMER*
You sat across the table from Sungyeol just like everyday. Your parents conversed with one another as you both sat there silently eating your lunch. Day after day, meal after meal. Parents talked, you and him were silent. You barely knew what his voice was like. You looked at the ring on your hand and the matching one on his. How were you going to marry him if you didn’t even know his voice?
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*NOT FLASHBACK* (<–LOL What?)
You flipped on the lights of the practice room and checked to make sure no one was watching. You had started dancing secretly when you came to school so you could still practice, but not have anyone see you. You did it every night and still no one knew a thing.
The next day your first class was music theory, having to do with reading music and playing instruments.
“________,” The teacher said your name. “would you play something for us?” You looked at her and nodded then proceeded to the piano. Sungyeol was in your class and his ears perked at the sound of your name. He was surprised to see you sit at the piano. You began playing ‘River Flows in You’ and his jaw dropped.
“Since when can she play piano?” He thought to himself. When you were done the class applauded. The room was filled with “I didn’t know she played!” and “Well, I guess everyone has their secrets.”
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Sungyeol came up behind you after class.
“BOO!”
“AHH!” You jumped when he yelled. “Yah! What was that? Give me a heart attack why don’t you!”
“Sorry, hey so I didn’t know you played the piano.”
“We don’t know a lot about each other.” You looked down shyly.
“It’s because we didn’t get to talk at all.” He was right, you two hadn’t even talked. You went to his house every day over the summer and you had countless meals with him and his family. You never talked though. Your parents and his would do all the talking and it was just you two exchanging looks.
“Oppa…..” The color drained from his face when you said that.
“________, please. Not here.” He looked at you.
“Why can’t we tell them? SungJong almost caught me with my ring the other day!!” Just as you yelled that Woohyun came up to you two.
“What ring?” You both looked at him.
“Uh, nothing……”
“No, why does it matter if SungJong would catch you with a ring? And why are you tell Sungyeol about it? _________, Sungyeol, what’s going on?” You could see how nervous Sungyeol looked. He grabbed your hand and took you into the main dining hall where everyone hung out. He jumped up on the stage in the front of the room.
“Everyone I have something to say!!!” He shouted. All the guys looked up to see their friends on the stage.
“Why are they up there?” Myungsoo asked.
“I want everyone to know the truth!” Sungyeol shouted. You looked at him. What is he doing?
“___________ and I are to be married!” Everyone was in shock.
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*FLASHBACK TO THE OTHER DAY*
You sat down in the library to do research on composers for you historical music class. This stuff really did interest you and you didn’t realized that Sungyeol had come in and sat right in front of you. When you finally looked up you thought nothing of it.
“Psssst.” He whispered across the table.
“What?” You said without looking up from your book.
“Why weren’t you surprised to see me?” He cocked his head curiously. You looked up and had to think for a second.
“I guess I’m used to seeing you sitting across the table from me.” You looked at his big brown eyes and realized how true that statement was, but it was more than that. You were so extremely comfortable and used to Sungyeol.
“_________……….” You could see him hesitate at what he was going to say. He rubbed his neck.
“Sungyeol, just say it.”
“We are betrothed, right?”
“I mean…….” You coughed. “yeah.” You looked down kind of embarrassed. He placed his hand on top of yours. He looked into his eyes. “Why do I want to look into his eyes forever?” You thought to yourself.
“___________, can’t we be engaged? If we’re betrothed it means our parents made the choice. I want this to be my choice.”
“Sungyeol, what do you mean?” You tried to pull your hand away, but he grabbed it and held onto it.
“__________, I want this.”
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*NOT FLASHBACK* (again)
“_________ and I are to be married!!” Everyone was shocked.
“What are you talking about?” SungJong asked.
“I mean, at first we were betrothed in an arranged marriage.” All the guys looked at you.
“________, is he telling the truth?” Hoya asked.
“Yes, he is.” You said.
“But, it’s not arranged anymore. ________,” He turned to you. “I love you.” He got down on his knee. “You already have the ring, will you marry me? Because I want to and not because our parents do?” Tears were in your eyes. You didn’t know when, but that face across the table was permanently etched in your brain. And now you were in love with him.
“Yes, Sungyeol oppa.”
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(NOTE: This took me like a while to write. So I hope you enjoyed it.)