Lesson Thirty

Interludium

When the timer started to ring, it took a bit until Taehyung slowly opened his eyes. He was sitting on the sofa and the rising sun had started to lighten up the room. His eyes felt heavy but it was the first time for quite a long time already since he felt full of energy again. He was sure that Jungkook was around but when he looked around, he noticed that the apartment was empty and quiet. In his hand laid a golden pocket watch. He didn't really know what happened but he felt good.

Jimin was sitting in the restaurant of Yoongi's father. He got to know his father and was invited to stay over. Jimin didn't really know what kind of relationship Yoongi and he had but after Yoongi introduced him as his boyfriend, Jimin was surprised but he liked it. So the two of them shared the night together. Jimin was still sitting in the restaurant in the morning, where he had met Namjoon and Hoseok. But Jimin didn't pay attention to the others, because he was dreaming around.
"Are you still daydreaming, Jimin?", Namjoon asked and caught his leader's attention, who shook his head quickly, "We should plan another show and start practicing!"
"Another concert? Are you sure we can do it?", Jimin sounded skeptically.
"Of course!", Namjoon shouted and clapped his hands on the table, which gave Hoseok a fright, "Did you read the newspaper?" Then Namjoon leaned over to Yoongi's father, who was cooking meals for other costumers and Namjoon grabbed the newspaper, handing it to Jimin, who took a curious look.
"Rising Star war very well received", Hoseok explained happily with a bright smile on his lips, "We should make another show."
"Let me contact all the members", Namjoon said and pulled his phone out. He didn't wait for Jimin to accept or reject. It took him a while to call everyone but at the end all members agreed to the plan of a new show. "By the way, where's Yoongi?"
"He left early in the morning, because Taehyung needed his help", Jimin explained and returned to his coffee, which already had turned cold because of his daydreaming, causing the dancer to shiver.

At the same time Taehyung found himself in front of the airport. He didn't really know why he was there or what he should do. "Why...", he talked to himself and turned away, facing a wall, "Why am I in such a place?"
Yoongi, who was with Taehyung and stood next to him holding two flight tickets in his hands, didn't understand what his friend was talking. "Huh? Why? But you're the one who suddenly called me about eating ramyun?!"
Suddenly Taehyung heard some words in his head. The voice sounded like Jungkook but he couldn't remember when Jungkook ever said those words. "You can now get on a plane, seonbae. Please try. For starters, how about going to Busan?"
"Why does it have to be in Busan? Is something there?", Yoongi asked, but Taehyung didn't really listen to him.
"No...nothing...", Taehyung said and walked inside the airport.
"You seriously want to go there just for ramyun?", Yoongi babbled and walked after Taehyung, "That's the way of the rich, I guess. Thanks for taking me with you and paying the ticket."
"It's risky to go alone though!"
"Huh?" But two guys going to Busan... hm... is a bit odd, isn't it?", Yoongi talked to himself and didn't pay attention to Taehyung who started panicking and wanted to run away again.
"But if we took Namjoon, it would've been more odd!", Taehyung answered and tried to hide his inner panic, while Yoongi's phone rang.
"Speaking of the devil... It's Namjoonie", Yoongi spoke and was about to answer the call but Taehyung quickly grabbed Yoongi's phone and tried to turn it off, while Yoongi tried to get his phone back. "Hey let me answer the call!"
"No! You're supposed to turn off your cell phone or the planes will crash!!!", Taehyung shouted and ran away from Yoongi.
"I will turn it off once we're on board!", Yoongi said, who still tried to get his phone back but Taehyung was able to turn it off. As soon as it was done, Taehyung threw the phone back to Yoongi.
"Final boarding call for Korea Sky Airlines Flight 833, service to Busan", the official call echoed through the airport hall, giving Taehyung a huge fright.
"Taehyung? Are you okay? You look so pale", Yoongi noticed and looked a bit worried at his friend, who was trying to breathe calmly.
"N..no... Everything is fine..."
"Okay, let's go then. Let's go eat ramyun. Ramyun!"
The two of them rushed to the boarding, although Yoongi often had to pull Taehyung with him, because as closer they were to the plane as more cramped Taehyung was. But they made it in time and they took place on their seats in the plane. Yoongi was sitting at the window, while Taehyung who was sitting near the gangway, was clinging on Yoongi's arm. The stewardess was checking the people's seatbelts the last time before the start as she noticed the panicking Taehyung, who didn't even notice what was going on around him. "No, please don't worry about us", Yoongi told the stewardess when he noticed her surprised wide eyes. She gave him a nod and left. Then Yoongi turned to Taehyung who was clinging so much to Yoongi that he had troubles to move. "What are you doing? You're acting weird!"
When the plane took off Taehyung was panicking even more and Yoongi didn't know how to calm down his friend. But no matter what Yoongi said or tried, it had no affection on Taehyung. Then again Taehyung heard this voice in his head, which told him that he will be fine. As soon as he thought of the words, Taehyung was able to calm down. He was still in panic but it wasn't as worse as before anymore.
As Yoongi and Taehyung reached Busan, the latter still couldn't believe that he flew across the sky with a plane. He was looking up to the sky and finally he realized that he could go anywhere now. Taehyung nodded to himself and took a deep breath, when Yoongi walked over to him. "Taehyung! Everyone wants to hold another show", Yoongi reported as soon as he finished his call with Namjoon.
"Huh?"
"An everlasting dance crew", Yoongi said and sat down next to his friend, "This is the first step in my plan. Let's do our best, Taehyung."
"Yeah."
"Alright", Yoongi jumped up again, "Let's go sightseeing right now! Actually, it's my first time in Busan. Ah, since we're here, let's stay one night! We'll stay overnight and we can eat.."
"Crabs", Taehyung suddenly mentioned and Yoongi gave the other one a confused look.
"What?"
"Let's buy crabs and go home.. Crabs..."
"Huh?!"
"Where do they sell crabs?", Taehyung talked to himself and looked around, before he started walking away quickly.
"Taehyung!", Yoongi shouted after the choreographer and ran after him, "Didn't you say you wanted ramyun?"
"Please buy a lot of crabs for me, the voice told me", Taehyung kept talking to himself.
So Taehyung and Yoongi rushed to the fish market, where Taehyung ordered one box of crabs after another. Not only Yoongi but also the sales men couldn't believe their eyes. "Sea urchins..."
"What?", Yoongi didn't understand what was going on and so he just followed Taehyung over the fish market of Busan. Taehyung was walking quickly over the market, collecting more and more. He bought five boxes of crabs, a boy full of sea urchins, several packages of ramyun, melons and white lover chocolate. "I'm sorry that I'm poor Jimin", Yoongi talked to himself and sighed, when he watched Taehyung buying more and more stuff. As soon as Taehyung bought everything he needed, the two of them returned to Seoul.

At the evening Taehyung returned to his apartment. He was carrying lots of boxes and bags. He stopped in front of Jungkook's apartment door but before he was able to ring the bell, he noticed a small plant, which stood next to his door. Next to the plant laid a letter. Taehyung put down the shopping bags carefully and picked up the letter, which was addressed to him. "To Taehyung seonbae: Since I'll be away for a while, please take care of this plant for me. Love you, Jungkook." After Taehyung had read the letter, he looked back at Jungkook's door. "Jungkook...", Taehyung whispered to himself. 
Taehyung had to know where Jungkook went, so he took the boxes and bags and walked to Yoongi's restaurant to ask if he or his father knew where the younger one had gone. "Jungkook's staying at Mubuchae's house?", Taehyung asked shocked after Yoongi's father told him.
"Yes. Since he can't stop by for a while, he came to return the plates he's accumulated", the older man explained, "Oh, Taehyung-ssi. Thanks for taking care of Yoongi in Busan. He apologized since he didn't bring back any crabs. Actually, I love crabby very much."
Taehyung nodded and handed Yoongi's father a box with a small crab. "Enjoy it with Yoongi. Now excuse me please", Taehyung said and left the restaurant again.

Jungkook, who stayed at his teacher's house for a while, was sitting in front of a piano and played the piece he had learned together with Taehyung. "An overture that embodies the love between seonbae and me...", Jungkook mumbled to himself, dreaming off, when he had finished playing.
"Hey! What was that?", Seunghyun asked him, who sat some meters away and had listened to his pupil, "What about the pieces I gave you? Did you prepare anything? You can't just always sleep and eat all day long." He jumped up from his seat and shook Jungkook around to keep him staying awake. "What piece did you select for the first round of competition? Choose between Schubert and Beethoven."
"Ah, right...", Jungkook babbled and stood up from his seat, ruffling his hair, "Um... the piece to play in the competition?" Jungkook was looking through the scores, which his teacher gave him weeks ago already. "Ah, I choose this one! Schumann."
"It's Schubert!"
"Eh? Oops, right", Jungkook chuckled and his teacher shook his head desperately.
"Are you serious about this?"
"Of course! Very much! I already prepared by practicing! I'll play it right now and show you", Jungkook pouted and opened the score, sitting down in front of the piano again. He started playing, looking and concentrating on the score and Seunghyun couldn't believe his eyes and ears.
"Incredible", the man thought, while watching his student closely, "So, he really did study. But why does he suddenly want to participate in the competition? I mean I'm glad he took initiative, but why so suddenly?"
When Jungkook had finished the piece, Seunghyun sighed and scratched his head. "How was it?", Jungkook asked and turned to his teacher, "Can I win the competition?"
"Win?!", he asked and tried not to laugh too much, "Win, you said? Do you mean you want to win first place?" Jungkook pouted and nodded. "You weren't even taking lessons properly until just a while ago. How can you possibly win first place?! Competitions are not that easy! Above all, you don't have much time! This year is just for experience to prepare for next year!"
"Next year will be too late!"
"Huh?"
"Is there anyone who enters a competition to lose?", Jungkook asked and gave his teacher some kind of puppy look. Then suddenly his look changed into a wild and serious one. "In particular, this piano competition is awarding 2 million won as a prize! On top of that, first place receives a scholarship to study abroad."
"Could that be your purpose..."
"I WILL WIN 2 MILLION WON, NO MATTER WHAT!", Jungkook screamed like crazy, giving his teacher a fright, who couldn't believe what he heard at the same time.
"Are you stupid?! You don't enter a competition for money!", Seunghyun encountered.
"It will be enough to go to Europe, right?"
"Europe?"
"It's enough to follow seonbae, right?", Jungkook wanted to know and the puppy eyes were back, looking up to his teacher like he was lost and suddenly Seunghyun understood why Jungkook wanted to enter and win the competition so badly. Jungkook started mumbling to himself and returned to the piano, continuing to study the piece. "I have to do my best", the student whined quietly. Seunghyun didn't know if he liked the reason why Jungkook wanted to enter the competition but he wanted to help the boy.

Taehyung had reached the house of Choi Seunghyun. When he was his pupil, he often was at this house as well, so he still knew where his former teacher lived. He looked through the trees and saw Jungkook behind the windows in the piano room, where he was playing, while Seunghyun was giving instructions from behind. "I can't believe this", Taehyung thought, "Jungkook is really at Mubuchae's house. What on earth is on his mind?"
"Oh no, are you peeping?", a woman's voice suddenly resounded and Taehyung turned around, looking at the woman who was talking, "Ah, Taehyung-ah!" She quickly ran over to the young man as soon as she recognized him. "Ah, yes, it's you Taehyung-ah! It's been a long time! Ah, you're as handsome as ever!"
"You too, Boyoung-ssi."
"What's up? Did you come here to be my husband's pupil again?", she asked curiously.
"No, not at all."
The woman titled her head confused and suddenly noticed the boxes and bags, Taehyung was carrying. "Ah, what are those? Crabs? A souvenir for me?"
"Yeah... I went to Busan", Taehyung said and handed Seunghyun's wife the bags and boxes, "Please eat them tonight with the others."
"Thank you."
Then Taehyung put his hands into his pockets and looked at the room with Jungkook again. "Is he holding cram sessions again?"
"Yes, it's been a while since he's been so enthusiastic. That student is entering the Seoul piano competition", Boyoung explained to Taehyung, who kept looking at Jungkook, "So he's staying with us for special training until then. Ah, he's the first to have cram sessions since you. He must be an excellent student."
"Jungkook is entering a competition, although he hated the idea so much?", Taehyung talked to himself and remembered Jungkook's words, and that he would never enter any competition that he wanted to be a kindergarten teacher, nothing more.
"It's Schubert's Sonata, right? But is sounds kind of odd", the woman said.
"It's reckless", Taehyung thought, "He's not made for competitions. His sound and technique is superb and though I understand Mubuchae's feelings... Can he fix this weakness of him always to improvise?" Taehyung gulped and turned to Boyoung. "Excuse me, I'm going home now."
"Eh? Going home already? Let's eat crab together!", the woman whined.
"No... I don't want to disturb them. Goodbye", Taehyung spoke and bowed to her before he walked off. "We won't know until he tries", he thought while leaving, "More importantly, if Jungkook is serious about the piano, perhaps it's the best for Mubuchae to work with him. I shouldn't interfere for a while."

It took a while until Boyoung had finished the dinner. She called for her husband and Jungkook to come for dinner. They all gathered in the dining room and couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the crabs and sea food all over the table. "Wow! Crabs? Why so many?", Seunghyun asked his wife confused.
"They're from a very handsome boy... for me", she said and laughed.
"Huh?", Seunghyun looked at her with a confused and pissed glance.
"No, I was just kidding. Taehyung-ah brought them earlier", she explained.
"Eh? Why?"
"No idea... He said they're souvenirs", she replied to her husband. Jungkook sat down on his seat and looked over all the good food Taehyung had bought. "Seonbae...", he mumbled to himself while his teacher and his wife just looked confused at the young boy, "So you went to Busan..."
"So, this is a gift for his boyfriend, eh?", Seunghyun mentioned and smiled lightly when he saw Jungkook's happy but shy facial expression.
"Eh? Boyfriend?"
"Well, he sure does unexpected things... I wonder what will become of him..."

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TisyiaKpopper #1
Chapter 2: Why is Jungkook so disgusting xD
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Chapter 39: Loved this story!! Keep going author in! Can't wait for the sequel.
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Nojalina #3
Chapter 2: Is it okay to copy the plot of animes like, in this case, Nodame Cantabile, when writing fanfics for this website?
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Chapter 38: Aaah, I'm in luuuv with this story! You're amazing authornim! I cant help but to get attach to this. I cant even stop pressing next and now I'm done reading it! Again, its reaally good!
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Chapter 39: for the third time i read. huhuu please make sequel soon authornim (☆^O^☆) !!
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Chapter 2: Hello it s my first time here so exited for fluffy kookie, btw is it inspired by kdrama tomorrow's cantabile???? It looks similar *srry bad engrish
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Chapter 39: It's sad that is over but continue the sequel
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Chapter 38: I LOVE THIS STORY!! CANT BELIEVE ITS OVER T.T
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Chapter 23: BOOM! FINALLY! NOW GET MARRIED!!!!! Yasssssss <3