Chapter 12

Memory of you
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Hanbin    Hanbin texted Ara “Sorry” and waited for her to reply something. However, she didn't, leaving Hanbin on read. He wanted to text her again, adding something small like sincerely, but Hanbin didn't want to sound too sorry or too clingy so he went to sleep.    The next morning, Yunhyeong asked him how he was planning to apologize.   “Already done” Hanbin voiced as he opened the fridge and took out the milk. “I texted her last night”   Yunhyeong sighed, his eyes brows furrowed “No, Hanbin. You have to do it face to face. Where's your common sense?” he ended, snatching the box of milk from Hanbin and pouring it into his bowl of cereals.   “I don't have time for that” Hanbin lied naturally.   “Yes you do” Yunhyeong replied determined. “Go to her house after the training”   “Yunhyeong” Hanbin voiced and taking a serious tone as he deposed his spoon down. “Do you like her?”   “No” Yunhyeong quickly replied rolling his eyes. “I just think it's unfair what you said to her”   “Really?” Hanbin , not believing in him.   When training was over, Yunhyeong somehow, taking advantage on the fact that he's older than Hanbun, forced the latter to go to Ara's house.    Not having any other choice, Hanbin came up with one simple plan. He'll knock on the door, Ara will open, he'll say sorry and leave. No explanations, no deep conversations, nothing else. Just an quick apology.    So Hanbin knocked and waited. Just a fews seconds later, someone opened the door but it wasn't Ara. Nor the maid or the nurse, but a lady with brown hairs tied in a sophisticated bun, one that Hanbin had not seen before. She looked at Hanbin and suddenly while putting her left hand on her heart, she exclaimed    “Omo, you must be Ara's boyfriend” and before Hanbin could express any form of denial, she dragged him inside. “I'll bring Ara, wait here”    Hanbin nodded, completely taken aback and ignoring  what to say. This surely and by far wasn't part of Hanbin's plan. He looked around and sighed, the thought of running away flashing in his mind. However, the lady came back within a minute with Ara.   “Look Ara” she said overexcited. “Your boyfriend is here so you can stop being so depressive and get out of your room for once”   “What?” Ara literally screamed. “He's not my-”   “I'm so happy to meet you” the lady continued cutting off Ara. “Oh I forget to introduce myself, I'm Ara's mother”   “Nice to meet you Mrs.Lee” Hanbin introduced while bowing. “I'm Kim Hanbin”   “Omo, he's so respectful” the mother exclaimed. “You're staying for dinner, right?”   “I'm sorry but I just came to tell Ara something” Hanbin replied carefully and with the uppermost respect.   “There is no excuse, you're staying for dinner” she ordered happily. “But for now, you can borrow my daughter”   Only after professing these last words that Hanbin was left alone with Ara. Both of them glanced at each other in silence, awkwardness lingering around them. Hanbin remarked Ara's swollen eyes. She seemed tired. Did she cry? Hanbin wondered, a hand in his hairs.    “I'm sorry” Ara muttered breaking the silence. “For my mom, she makes assumptions out of nothing and gets excited”   “Ah” I said. “It's okay, I actually came to apologize for what I said the other day... I should have maintained myself but I let out my anger on you. But I'm really sorry, I didn't mean anything”   She was about to say something but her mom came back, cutting her off once again.    “What are you doing in the hallway? Ara, bring him in your room” she said while pushing us towards Ara's room.    What kind of mom is she? Letting her daughter alone in a room with a boy... Not that Hanbin's planning on doing something, but isn't she supposed to worry a little bit?   Ara's room was clean except for the fact that her bed was filled with kleenex. She must have cried a lot. Was it because of me?    “Did you cry because of me?”    “No” she quickly replied while taking all the kleenex from her bed and trowing them in the garbage can. “I heard a sad story”   “What kind of story?” Hanbin interrogated, curious.   She looked at him intently a few seconds before saying “A story about someone who passed away without being able to fulfil his dream”   When she said that, Hanbin automatically thought about Junseo. About his deep desire of debuting. How he always wanted to stand on stage and feel his heart beat at the same rhythm than the fans. He always dreamed of performing on a big stage but he couldn't even perform on a small one...   “Hanbin?” he heard Ara's voice which caused him to snap out of his thoughts.  “Are you okay?”   “Yeah, why?”   “You're crying”   Hanbin abruptly touched his face but it was dry. “I'm not”   “Your eyes are all teary”she said.   He blinked a few times. “The story you heard is quite sad”   “It is and you know what's the worst? she asked “He passed away while being in bad terms with his loved ones”   They looked at each other in silence a few seconds then her mom came in the room without knocking.   “The dinner is ready” she exclaimed happily. “Come and eat”   She intertwined her arm in between Hanbin's and dragged him to the dining room. Ara followed them from behind.   The table was huge, it consisted with chairs for more than 8 persons but only 3 places were occupied. Mrs. Lee sat on the front chair, meanwhile Hanbin sat on the side and Ara in front of him. The table was filled with all kind of dishes and they all smelled extremely good. They started eating and Hanbin felt kind of weird eating with Ara's family and not the boys like he would usually do.   “So Hanbin” Mrs.Lee began. “How is school going?”   “I don't go to school” Hanbin retorted before adding “I'm a rapper”   There was a small silence following Hanbin's declaration, followed by the sound of Ara's mother coughing. “Interesting.Honestly, I always wanted Ara to date a businessman but I guess a rapper isn't bad also”   “Mom, we're not dating” Ara exclaimed pissed off.   “Oh my dear, you don't need to hide it. I won't stop you from dating him” she said while laughing. “And don't worry about your dad, I'll talk to him”   “Mrs.Lee, Ara and I are only friends” Hanbin tried once again to deny everything.    She started laughing even harder. “You guys are so cute, you reminds me of when I was young...” Hanbin didn't say anything after that and neither did Ara. They both realized that it was useless trying to convince her. The dinner went on normally with Mrs.Lee mostly talking about her teenage years, about how Ara was when she was a kid and then she asked Hanbin a few questions about his plans for the future...   “Thank you so much for this dinner , it was delicious” he finished.   “Oh it's my pleasure dear” the mother exclaimed while pulling Hanbin into a tight hug. “Please do come back more often”   “I will” Hanbin said lying. There was n
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iisalexithymia
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Chapter 20: lol! hahahahahaha the ending is quite cute tho
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Chapter 20: Aww this is so good upvoting this :'))