But I can’t forget all the love we shared,

‘Cuz the things you do, tell me you don’t care.

So is this the way that our story ends?

Girl I don’t know what to do,

This was song was never meant to be about you.

-Never Meant to Be, Jian C

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Amber

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Amber was scared and shivering. She huddled closer to the ground, hoping that the darkness would go away.

“Don’t leave me, mommy, please don’t leave me-“

She remembered being left in the streets, where everything was dark and there was no one to help her. She had walked, stumbling, trying to avoid the gangs and the drug dealers that stalked the roads. Once, a man had come up to her with a knife, and she ran away, climbing over a fence to get away from him. He had even almost scraped her leg as she pulled herself into the backyard of a deserted home. It was here, alone, where she had lived for three days, until a boy had found her.

“I found a girl, Headmaster!”

The kind boy had looked into her eyes and smiled. She couldn’t help but think about how warm he was, and how safe he looked. She couldn’t remember how long it had been since she, too, had felt that feeling, that feeling of home.

“My name’s Donghae, what’s yours?”

“Amber. Amber Liu.”

But now she was being left alone, swallowed by the darkness. She grabbed at Key’s leg, hoping that he would show some mercy and turn on the lights. He kicked his leg, making her lose her grip on his jeans, and Amber let out a sob. Don’t leave me, Key, please don’t leave me-

And then Key grabbed her and held her to him.

She was suddenly aware of the fact that her head was on his shoulder, and that he had one hand on her waist and the other on her back. He was whispering into her ear, telling her that it was going to be okay, and his voice was so gentle and kind that Amber’s heart suddenly stopped racing. Gently rubbing at her back, she calmed down, her sobs turning into little coughs.

“Better?”

Amber nodded, and they stayed like that until the lights turned back on.

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Donghae

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He’d left his bag at SM, and was now walking over to the reception, trying to look for it. There was no way that he could lose it-how could he have been so careless as to leave his most prized possession here? Pabo. Hoping that it was in the lost and found,he asked the receptionist if anyone had seen a bag here, but she explained that it had probably been stolen. Sighing, he looked around, and saw two figures walking in the hallway.

“Thanks Key. Miahanada-“

“gwenchana?You okay now?”

Amber nodded.

“gomowo.”

After thanking him, the boy smiled at her, and then he walked away. She stood still and watched him for a while, rocking back and forth on her feet. She then turned around, a soft smile playing on her lips, until she saw Donghae.

“Oh-“

Donghae waved, his heart crumbling. So she liked someone already? And she didn’t remember him? After all these years of waiting for her, she didn’t-

“Donghae-ssi?”