The next morning, I checked the group wall of my class on Facebook and it turns out that our lecturer wanted us to film the idols choreography for extra credit.

I remembered my past marks weren’t really satisfying. So, I texted Minho to make an appointment and it was decided on that evening at their dance studio.

While waiting for 5 pm, I charged up my camera battery to film their dance later and surfed the internet to open their website for further details.

When I open the gallery, I noticed myself going through Minho’s photos only. I felt like my heart was racing fast.

I quickly shut my laptop off wanting to get rid of that mysterious feeling.

My eyes wandered around the room as if they were searching for something and they found a teddy bear, a gray teddy bear that Syaoran once gave me. I only looked at it and didn’t want to hold it because I realized the clock on the wall was already 4.30 pm.

I jumped out of the chair that I was sitting on, grabbed my towel and went into the bathroom to freshen up.

I took a bus and along the way, I remembered about the teddy bear again and because I have Syaoran’s number now, I can text him. So I sent him one

“Thank you for the teddy bear you gave me”

When I arrived at the studio, it was already 5.10 pm. I felt really bad for arriving late than our appointment.

Jonghyun was sitting on the sofa, playing with his phone while waiting for the other members to show up.

I wanted to apologize for being late but thinking that the other members haven’t arrived yet, I decided not to say anything.

“Oh, Aeri ssi. Come, sit down first. The other members are still on their way from the dorm” he said with that warm smile on his face.

“Why didn’t you come together?” I asked.

“I was already on my way from home and made my way here instantly” he replied while still looking down on his phone.

I just nodded after listening to his explanation.

Suddenly, he got up, stretched his arms and let out a huge sigh.

“Where are they? They aren’t usually this late” Jonghyun murmured.

I was trying to keep myself busy by playing with my phone. Jonghyun just stepped outside for a while. He wandered in front of the studio and then he disappeared.

Suddenly, my eyelids started to feel heavy and the next thing I remembered, I was already in dreamland.

I was brought back to the past where I met Syaoran at the playground. Tears rolling down my cheek and he said those words.

“Please don’t be sad about it and hear out my thoughts first. I wanted to tell you that…”

I don’t know why but Minho didn’t appear at all and the words from Syaoran’s mouth were…

“I like you”

Suddenly, my eyes open wide and saw Minho in front of me.

“Aeri ssi, mianhe (sorry). There was a heavy traffic because of an accident and we’re really sorry about it” he said

“Oh, uh… okay. Can we start filming now?” I asked with a rough voice because I just woke up.

“Ne (yes)” he replied.

After that nice sleep, I got my energy back but I kept remembering Syaoran’s words…

“I like you”

Does it really mean that the three words that Syaoran said in the dream might’ve been the unspoken words from before or it was just a dream that my mind made up?

I forgot about that a minute later to focus on filming their choreography. Their dance move was just spectacular and in sync.

During recess break, I spent some time jotting down notes that I could use to complete my assignments.

“Taeminnie, can you go and buy some black noodles for us?” Jonghyun suggested.

Suddenly my stomach growled for hunger and I was completely embarrassed about it.

“Oh! I think you need to buy two for Aeri ssi” Onew said jokingly and the other members just laughed.

Taemin stood up and said

“Aeri ssi, kaja (come on)!” I was a bit startled but agreed to him immediately.

We went there by foot and a conversation started

“Aeri ssi, how come you’re so good in Korean and understand it very well?” Taemin asked.

I told him about my childhood and somehow I felt that we became close for that few minutes.

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We arrived back to the studio. While we were eating, a woman appeared out of nowhere and called Minho

“Oppa!!”

Everyone just rolled