10 Years Previous: Busan SK

I look at the clock on the wall 10 minutes to lunch, I peek under my desk to see the small blue box with a white ribbon I had wrapped last night. I didn't have time to give it to him this morning on our walk to school, but will for sure give it at lunch

The bell rings.. I gather my things and place the box in my backpack and threw it over my shoulder

"Seungyeon, want to eat lunch together?" my best friend Yoojoung says as she grabs my arm and steers me to the cafeteria

"Eh... sure" I say. Guess I will have to give Jonghyun Oppa his gift later, that's okay I say to myself. What I do for the love of my best friend

We line up to grab lunch. I scan the room to see if I can spot Oppa, he notices me and gives a slight wave I smile back

"Seungyeon .. hello ..." Yoojung says as she puts her face close to mine "Have you been listening to a word I said? Me and the girls are thinking of seeing a movie this weekend? How about it? In or out?"

"Huh.. I'm sorry Yoo" my nickname for her, well actually our group of friends call her that. There are five of us girls from school that all hang out we stick together like glue ... thru thick and thin "I have work this weekend" I continue "you know the situation at home, I have to help mom and dad at the restaurant, but you guys have fun and tell me all about"

She looks at me with a somewhat sad expression on her face but doesn't say more

We head outside and sat on one of the tables. It was a beautiful spring day, flowers were blooming all sorts of pretty colors.

"Aahh" I say aloud as I take a big breath "I love this time of year"

"Same, Spring ... the best time time to fall in love" Yoo looks up, her eyes closed facing the warm sun

We eat in silence as my thought goes to the blue box. It's probably better that I give it to Jonghyun Oppa in private anyways or else I will never hear the end of it. Yes, thats the plan on our way back home ...

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I walk thru the gates of school and see Jonghyun Oppa waiting for me, he is one year my senior and my next door neigbour. We usually walk to and from school together. I consider him to be one of my best friends, I can tell him pretty much anything. Well almost ... In this last year I started feeling different towards him. The way he looks at me makes me blush I usually find myself looking away, afraid he would see my flushed face. Our accidental touches which used to have no effect on me makes my heart race.

"How was your day?" he asks as we start our walk home

"Same old, same old ... Assignments and tests next week which I have to prepare for"

"Let me know if you need old notes or study materials"

Jonghyun Oppa is an A+++ student. He is the envy of all the guys at school. He has the looks, dark hair, light brown eyes and white skin. Top student and an athlete to boot. He also has alot of guy friends, must be because of his easy going nature. He has a lot of girls falling for him. Never a day goes by that a girl will not drop him a note of a love confession. With all the girls drooling over him, not once did he show any interest. I always just figured he was focussing on his studies.

"Ya.. Lee Jonghyun, where are you headed? We have to celebrate your birthday, you can't go home just yet" It was his cousin Joonyoung

"Hi Seungyeon, sorry I have to steal this guy away for now. You don't mind do you"

He didn't wait for an answer as he pulled Oppa away. I see him waving and mouthing I'm sorry. I just wave and gestured that it was fine. Sigh, another timing missed. Well I guess I can always give his present another day. No biggie

I finished dinner and headed up to my room. Mom and Dad were still at the restaurant while, Jeongyeon was at a tutor and Seoyeon was walking our two dogs. I take out my books and the blue box and place them on my desk. Pull up a chair and start reading my books

*doink* *doink* *doink*

I woke up to the sound of little rocks hitting my bedroom window. I look at the little clock I keep on my desk it was already 8:30 pm and the sun was setting, I must have fallen asleep. I walk to the window where the source of the noise was coming from. I rubbed my eyes as a peer out and open them.

"Come out for a minute" it was Jonghyun Oppa with a small box in his hand

I grab a sweater and meet him in our backyard and sat on the swing. He came and joined me, my heart fluttered as our arms touched as he sat down

"What is that?" I ask pointing at the white box

"Oh this, a piece of my birthday cake older Noona bought, thought you might want to have a taste" he pulls out two plastic forks and hands me one

"Mmmm... looks delicious" I take a piece with my fork and put it in my mouth

"Mmmm ... yumm" I say in between bites. Oppa just looks at me, with this look in his eyes, a look I've never seen before, a look that made me blush and look away

"Aren't you having any Oppa?"

"Aahhh..." he opens his mouth to be fed, I comply

I take another forkful and just as I was going to wipe my mouth with my fingers I felt someone else's fingers touch my lips. I froze ...

"What are you doing?" I asked in surprise, my heart racing

"What..? I'm wiping a piece of chocolate off your lips .." he says as he his fingers

"You can't just be touching other people's lips you know" I could feel my face heating up

"I guess you're right, after all they are not my own, sorry" he says as he looks at me in the eye, with that same expression I can't seem to place

"Oh I almost forgot" I got up "Just a minute Oppa, I'll be right back" I rushed in the house into my room and grabbed the blue box

"Happy Birthday" I say as I hand him the box

"Awe you didn't have to get me anything Seungyeon"

"Open it"

He slowly ripped the paper and opened the box, inside was a gold watch with brown leather straps

"Sorry Oppa, it's not a fancy watch, if you don't like it you can return it for another you like"

I had saved up for 3 months to buy him that watch, it wasn't anything special but I was so proud of myself for earning the money to be able to buy Oppa something nice

"Ey, why are you apologozing, I love it" he put it on

"See it's one of those watches that doesn't require a battery" I tell him "all you have to so is twist this little knob here every morning"

"Thank you so much Seungyeon" his smile was so big that his dimples went deep

He came close and gave me a hug. Again I froze, we've hugged before but this time my heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest and was beating so hard I could hear it. With our bodies touching I'm pretty sure he can hear it too

We sat there in silence for a couple of minutes looking up at the sky as it starts to get darker Oppa clears his throat

"Uumm Seungyeon-ah ... "

"Yes what is it" I look over at him

He pulls a gold string out of his pocket with a little round pendant hanging on it

"I've been meaning to give you this ... uuumm... I just didn't know when.." he starts I sat there not saying anything, nervous with my eyes wide. "Since you gave me a present today, I too will give you one"

"But it's not my birthday" I finally manage to say

"I know it isn't, but I want to give this to you" He takes the necklace and places it around my neck. The pendant hung just between my collar bone

"I wanted to confess my feelings to you for a long time, I just didn't know when or how or ..." he trails off

I sat there unable to answer or move. Did he just say confess my feelings to you ...

My heart was beating, my hands were sweaty, everything went blank...