Enemies To Lovers? (Minsung, Hyunlix, Seungin)
Enemies to Lovers? #19
The next few days went past. It was June and summer was starting. Han had successfully finished half a year of uni and half a year back in South Korea.
Five times that week he had work, mon-wed, Friday and Sunday. On Wednesday, he came earlier, so he could get the piano ready and set it up. the next few days he would play the piano for around half an hour after his shift to much applause from the customers
On Saturday that week, he was free the whole day apart from one assignment due at the end of the term. Chan was at work, and being bored, he decided to catch the bus to his favourite park
the bus arrived, and he took a window seat near the middle. It wasn't packed. Mostly with adults so it was quiet as well. He rested his head on his arm against the window, feeling the buses vibrations in the glass. he was lost in the scenery outside so much so that he didn't hear anyone sit down next to him
Unknown
Nice day today, isn't it?
Jisung
*startles and turns*
next to him was an old man, with full white hair but no beard. He had a walking cane in his hand. There was no shortage of wrinkles lining his face and his clothes weren't expensive. in fact, it looked much like he was wearing rags patched together. There was a certain sort of wisdom in this man's eyes as if he had gained a lot of knowledge through experience
Han found himself immediately liking the guy
Mr Lee
* chuckles* I didn't mean to startle you
Mr Lee
looks like your were lost right here you did
Mr Lee
what's troubling you?
Jisung
wh-what n-nothings troubling me..?
Mr Lee
*clicks his tongue* I can see it in your eyes
Mr Lee
you don't have to tell me
Mr Lee
you should just acknowledge that something is troubling you
Mr Lee
makes you ponder what it is
He turns back to the front of the bus and Han turns back to the window. After a moment of silence Han says something
Jisung
I know what's troubling me *looks down*
Mr Lee
*turns to him* smart boy
Mr Lee
someone broke your heart didn't they
Jisung
*looks up surprised* how'd you know?!
Mr Lee
I myself had my heart broken
Mr Lee
I would recognise that tone any day
again another beat of silence passes
Jisung
he cheated on me...
Jisung
With multiple women... Women *emphasizes*
Jisung
and then denied everything even when I had pictures
Mr Lee
*listens in silence*
Jisung
*still quietly* and I loved him with my whole heart
Jisung
He was all i could think about day and night and even in my dreams
Mr Lee
Did you listen to his story?
Jisung
*looks at him* huh?
Mr Lee
There are always two sides to a story. If you want to end the problem the right way it's best to listen to both sides of the story
Mr Lee
so did you hear his side of the story?
Han remembered the exact day when lee know had come home and Han had shown the pictures to him. He hadn't even listened to lee know when he had pleaded for him to listen.
After leaving, he had felt a prick of guilt that maybe he should have allowed, but to explain but that had been quickly drowned by all his anger and the thought had never crossed his mind again.
Mr Lee
*lays a hand on Hans shoulder* I can tell that it still hurts
Mr Lee
if you are still in contact with him, I advise you ask his side of the story
Mr Lee
maybe he is innocent after all
Jisung
*getting angry* but I had photos!!
Jisung
he can't be innocent!!
A few people look at him when he raises his voice, and he lowers it once again, embarrassed
Mr Lee
Did you take those photos yourself? Were you there when he was with these women?
In fact, that same fateful day, someone had rung the doorbell, and he had opened it to an empty porch. However when he looked down he had seen a thick folder. he thought it was just normal mail and took it inside. However when he had opened it and the photos had spilled out he knew it was not mail. Going through those photos one by one, the hammer hit the nail in his heart over and over again until it shattered.
Mr Lee
maybe the reason he was there was different to what you think
the bus stops and the old man leans on his stick and stand up.
Mr Lee
well this is my stop
Mr Lee
think over it young man
Mr Lee
*chuckles* just call me Lee
Han slumps back in his chair, still filled with some anger at being told that he was wrong. but there was a part of him that had hope. hope that maybe Lee know did indeed have a valid reason for the pictures
The bus starts moving again and Han sits there thinking a hundred different thoughts at once. After a while he realizes the bus is almost at the parks, and he tells the bus driver to stop and gets off. As soon as he leaves the bus he inhales and smiles, his head already clearer
he heads to the grass and is soon walking under the canopy of tall green trees, the breeze playing with his hair and the quietness surrounding him in a cocoon.
he spots a secluded bench and heads over, sitting on the smooth wood, relaxing. he closes his eyes and empties his head, fully intending to unwind and relax. After a few minutes his head is finally empty, and he looks around, and finds himself reminiscing
he remembers one time when he had first discovered this park, he had been still in high school, and back then he had also been very active. One of the first things he did in that park was search for a good tree to climb. he remembered trying to climb many trees some of them tall ones some with lots of branches and others that only had a few.
He had never found that perfect tree to climb one that would be comfortable to sit in for a long period of time and one that could hide him high in tHe leaves. Every year when he had a chance he would come to this park. Sometimes he would bring friends, or sometimes he would go alone.
those times he went a lone, he would always continue his search for the perfect tree. And one day he found it
He remembered the day clearly. he was in year 12, and he had just finished classes that day. Spring time had come, and the days were cool. However just the day before it had rained, and Han remembered he'd found a particularly large puddle in the park the next day, and had jumped in it.
His socks and shoes had got wet, so He took tHem off and walked barefoot on the grass. he left his shoes someplace under a huddle of trees, one that he would remember, and started his search for the tree. he found one that had low branches and swung himself up, but his blazer constricted his arms, so he took that off as well and threw it down
He had laugHed at himself that day, barefoot and without his blazer. He had found a spot nestled in between a few branches and was sitting there when he heard some birds above him. Now he wasn't generally scared of birds, but the sound was right next to his ear and he lost his balance and fell out.
He remembered lying there under the tree, his arm hurting from where he had fallen on it, and staring up at the green foliage. he picked himself up and continued walking, making sure to take his blazer with him. he had discovered a park bench then, situated under a big wide tree with long thick branches.
He put his blazer down and gazed up at the tree, still intent on looking. The branches were a bit high for him, so he stood on the bench still barefoot and reached up to the lowest branch
He had to struggle a bit to lift himself up cause of his hurting arm, but he managed it and soon he was among The leaves, his legs dangling down from the branch. the spot he was in wasn't comfortable, so he looked around and saw another branches the connected to the trunk above him almost horizontal.
And so he pulled himself up and found that the branch he was sitting on was wide enough that he could sit with his legs in front of him and leaning back against the trunk without falling off.
"perfect" he remembered thinking
he shook his head and bring himself back to the present.
Jisung
(I wonder if I can find that tree again)
just then, a thought occurred to him, and he looked up. Almost to his surprise, the tree above him, as he remembered, was tall and wide. Not wanting to jinx his luck he slowly got up, standing on the bench and reached up to the lowest branch. Immediately he felt déjà vu. he pulled himself up and only managed it on the third try.
Jisung
*shakes his head* I should go to the gym more often
he pulled himself onto his belly on the first branch and stayed there swinging his leaps back and forth. After a while his stomach began to hurt, and he struggled to pull himself up fully, and was eventually sitting with his legs on either side of the branch.
Afraid the branch would break under his weight he hurriedly reached up to the branch on top of him, and sure enough, it was The Branch.
Again he shuffles into a crouch and jumping slightly made it onto the branch. Just as he remembered, the branch was horizontal to the trunk and wide enough, so he could sit comfortably. Surprised at the chance of being back in his tree he leaned back and stared up and the leaves.
He knew that he was partially hidden by the leaves and the branch below him form view, but he also knew from a certain angle anyone looking would be able to see him.
And then for the first time sitting in that tree, he did something he hadn't done in a long time. he opened an app. but not just any app. His app
The next day he had work. When he arrived, ten minutes early as usual, he made a decision. And that decision would change his future. And he didn't know
He sat at tHe piano in the back of the room. he opened his app. he studied the familiar notes and lines in front of him. And he placed his fingers on the piano keys. And he played his very own produced song.
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dark world
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2024-08-18
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authy you came back/Sob//Sob//Sob/ thank goodness/Cry/
2024-02-04
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2024-02-04
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