~Key POV~

I crossed my arms over my chest as I sat down on the cold bleachers. Why must these games be so boring?

More than enough times, some guy would come up and try to talk to but I just gave them a response with a whip of my head. I was still in love with a certain dino, and I can’t help it. Even if he may hate me, I just can’t bring myself to do the same.

I scanned the bustling student for Jonghyun and Amber, but found neither one.

Suddenly, a hand touched my shoulder and I almost jumped a mile into the air by surprise. I frowned at a very amused looking Seunghyun.

“Your reactions are the best” he laughed. I rolled my eyes.

“Are you trying to give me a heart attack?”

“No, of course not! And anyways, I wanted to let you meet some friends of mine.”

He gestured to four boys who were standing behind him. One had a sort of bowl cut that looked like Taemin’s long ago before he changed it and colored it, one had a bright reddish orangeish colored hair, one had a light chestnut color hair, and the last had long blonde hair. They all looked friendly and kind of… outstanding.

“This is Jaejin hyung, Hongki hyung, Minhwan, and Jonghun hyung. They’re my band members.”

Oh right, I forgot. Seunghyun is in a band they started back in middle school. I bowed. “Anngyeong. I’m Key, Seunghyun’s friend.”

“And ex.” He added. I knew Seunghyun had pride, but why was he telling his friends this?

Hongki was the first to step up. “Anngyeong. Nice to finally meet you. Seunghyun has been talking about you nonstop.” He chuckled and bowed. Most everyone else said the same before they ran off.

I couldn’t help but notice the blonde one, I think it was Jonghun,  kept looking back until he called out to the boy who was still standing in front of me. “Seunghyun! C’mon, we have to practice!”

“Nn? Practice for what?”

“Music competition tomorrow” he replied cheerfully. “Ask Onew-sshi or Luna noona about it. I’ll see you later Bummie~” he flashed me another bright smile before he turned and joined his other band members who threw their arms around him and tussled the younger’s hair while laughing loudly.

Music competition huh. I screwed my lips to the side. Why not? Maybe I could rap with Amber or Minho. Or Jonghyun…

I shook my head. No, Kibum, Jonghyun doesn’t even want to see you right now. Out of sight, out of mind.

But even so… why can’t I seem to forget about him?

… This is driving me insane. I have to talk to him.

As the event winded down, I spotted Amber talking with someone I recognized as Victoria, one of her silent admirers.

So there she was, and I also spotted their other group member, Changmin…

But where was Jjong? I frowned and sat back down. It to be avoided and alone.

Just as I was about to go inside and stay inside for the rest of the day, something caught my eye. It was a boy in a cat looking mask.

Why was he wearing a mask? It must be part of the tasks event. But I couldn’t help but stare. It wasn’t every day you see someone in a mask, right?

He noticed me looking at him but I still didn’t turn away, even when he did. I sighed heavily again.

“Ugh, there it is once more. The infamous ask-me-what’s-wrong-even-though-i-won’t-tell-you-because-i-have-too-much-pride sigh. Key, what is it?”

I frowned at Minho and turned away with my nose in the air. “It is not.”

Silence settled upon us until he broke it. “So, why are you so sigh-y?”

I frowned and unfolded my arms, shrugging. “I sigh when I’m mad or sad.”

“Huh. So you’re like constipated or something?”

“What the- NO, the Minho?”

He shrugged and I sighed. “Why do I even bother telling you this stuff?”

More silence. And again, he broke it before I could.

“If you’re so sad or angry, then you have to find out what’s causing you to feel like that and get rid of it. You won’t feel better if you just let it sit there and simmer. Get it over with so you can enjoy better times in a more… happier mood instead of pretending to be alright when we all know it’s a lie.”

I said nothing for a while whilst I replayed what he’d just said. Just get rid of this sick feeling in my stomach?

I nodded in defeat. “Okay, okay, you’re right. But I can’t find him anywhere.” I frowned and searched the crowd for my love but saw no sighting of the puppy saurus.

“Wasn’t he in the tasks event?”

“Yeah, but I still don’t see him…”

“Well, then later.”

I pouted until the principal called for the next event of the day that sped by easily with the white team winning a point.

I looked at the clock and saw that it wasn’t that long until it was time to leave. I’d already participated in the soccer match with our team winning easily so long as Minho was here with us. By the time it was just before the last event, the score was 2:1, with the blue team winning.

I rested my chin on the palm on my hands as people who were called ran to the starting line. So this was basically like the tasks event I guess.

I counted the racers until my eyes landed on the one with the mask. People had said that he wasn’t allowed to take it off for the rest of the day until tomorrow.

They started and the short masked boy sped ahead, and was the first to see what he had to find. For a while, I noticed he just stood there, staring at his slip of paper. What was wrong? Why wasn’t he moving?

~Jonghyun POV~

I walked around among the bleachers and sighed. No one could see it was me behind the mask, and they were all just giving me puzzled looks.

Suddenly, someone grabbed my wrist and I turned around to see a teacher. “You! Aren’t you in the scavenger hunt race?”

I opened my mouth to say something, but she just dragged me over to the other runners. Was I being mistaken for someone else? Well, whatever.

For a brief moment, I thought about Key. He was probably with Seunghyun. I haven’t really seen him all day except when he spotted me and just gave me a confused look.

“Get ready!”

The referee’s booming voice snapped me back to the reality where Key now belonged to Seunghyun and I was just a boy in a mask. Since I was already in this stupid race, I may as well try to win.

“Get set…. GO!”

I sprinted as soon as he bellowed those last words and easily beat the others, even though I was probably the shortest.

I looked at the paper one of the teacher’s handed me at the end and saw what I had to find and bring him back.

“Find your true love”

It took me 3 seconds to register what was going on before I blinked and scanned the crowds, to see Key. And he was alone.

Should I just get him? Well, it’s not like he could see it’s me, and I have nothing more to lose.

I dashed up the bleachers, trying my best to not shove anyone as I made my way to the confused buy who looked at me with those pretty eyes of his. I grabbed his wrist, maybe a bit roughly because he squeaked, and took him with me back down.

Other contestants were also making their way into the bleachers to get the person they need to bring, but I was ahead of them all.

“Hey! What’re you-“ Key tried to yell, but I didn’t listen. “Who are you?”

I ignored him again and pulled him with me to the same teacher who had given me what I had to find in the first place. We were both out of breath, but that didn’t stop me from running away again.

“Wait!” both Key and the teacher called after me, but I didn’t listen. The day was almost over already, so I may as well get out of here.

I threw off my mask and ran inside the school and out the front doors, not caring that I was so tired to the point where I could pass out.

~Key POV~

I stood there dumbfounded with the teacher who unfolded the paper anyways.

Why had that boy just taken off again? And why was I the one he chose to bring back? What was it he had to find?

I watched as the teacher’s eyes grow a bit wide and she handed me the paper.

I took it from her and my heart skipped a beat when I read it. “Find your true love”.

So, I’m that boy’s… crush? But who was he?

I rubbed my wrist that still ached of his strong grip. That same feeling of when Jonghyun touched me. But, that wasn’t him… was it?

I thought he didn’t like me anymore. I thought he didn’t care…

Then I gasped as I just stupidly noticed something. On the masked man’s finger was… a ring.

A green fleur de lys symbol, the matching one to my blue one. It was the ‘couple rings’ that Jonghyun had bought on our date.

That masked boy… the one who when he had to find his true love, brought me back… the only one who could hold my hand so strongly with the same amount of passion…

It was Jonghyun. Without a doubt.

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Ch 14~ ^^

im sorry for the late update once again but school really right now D:

and if i don't get good grades, i won't be able to use the computer anymore ><

so no computer = no updates = story on hiatus.

so that' why i can only update on weekends. BUT, christmas break tarts after next week and i think i'll be able to update more :3

btw, i got the idea for this chapter frm a manga, Gakuen Alice. ^-^

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