Performance TIme!
Fate Decides the Word "Us"Seohyun's POV
A few weeks have passed and today was the day of our performance!
I was both excited and nervous to be able to perform, especially with Kyuhyun-oppa.
We were sure that our performance would go really well, but I didn't know anymore.
I knew oppa would be amazing but what about me?
I've never done a duet with a guy before and I was afraid I would mess up and humiliate myself in front of him.
I stayed up till 1 to practice my lines and went over hand gestures and facial expressions.
Even the unnies said they were getting tired of my singing.
I woke up only 5 hours later and continued singing my heart out.
I sang maybe a little bit too much that my throat was starting to become hoarse.
"Here, have a water bottle," Taeyeon-unnie said, handing me a bottle. "You must be really nervous singing with Kyuhyun-oppa huh?"
"What?" I turned toward her, surprised. "How'd you know?"
"Seohyun-ah, come on. We've lived together for a while now, of course I would know. You continue to sing without a break so it's pretty obvious there's something with you. I know you like him and you want to do your best for him, but take a break or else you'll hurt yourself, okay?"
I nodded and took a sip of water. "Thanks unnie."
All 9 of us walked to school together for the first time. Usually we would go at different time but today was different. Just walking altogether somehow stregthened our bond and we began telling each other things we've never told before like why we do thing certain ways, what we think of each other, our favorite points about each other, etc. I love that.
Classes seemed to go by really quickly, and soon school was over, and it was time to perform.
Changmin-oppa and the backup dancers went before us.
"Good luck," I said and he smiled back.
His performance was amazing in my opinion. His singing was on point, and dancing too. I honestly didn't know he could dance that well.
Next was our duet performance.
The nervousness was coming back now. My hands were shaking and even though I tried to walk, I just couldn't.
"Are you okay, Seohyun-ah?" Kyuhyun-oppa asked.
"I-I'm scared."
"It's okay. Here, hold my hand. Just know I'm here for you."
"But what if I messed up?"
"You won't. Even if you do, I wouldn't care. I would rather sing with you than some robot who doesn't make mistakes. You're perfect the way you are."
I blushed and hearing that gave me more confidence.
Kyuhyun-oppa stretched out his hand and I grabbed it. We smiled at each other for a while until Changmin oppa's voice broke the silence.
"Good luck to you both," he said, but his eyes were only on me.
I smiled and followed Kyuhyun-oppa towards the stage.
We took our positions and held the mics firmly in our hands.
Once the music began, I completely forgot the butterflies in my belly. I was lost in the music and only looked at Kyuhyun-oppa.
Our voices harmonized nicely together and it was as if we were meant to sing together. Our hands unconsciously linked together, even though we didn't rehearse that part. It was all natural. I liked that.
After the music stopped, I finally remembered I was on stage, in front of many people and started to panic a bit.
Kyuhyun-oppa seemed to know it and gently squeezed my hand.
"We did it!" he said and I nodded.
I still couldn't believed I held hands with Kyuhyun-oppa.
After the last performance was over, everyone walked on stage and stood together. The audience clapped loudly as we congratulate one another.
The performance with Kyuhyun-oppa made me realize I was ready to confess after all. But not at that moment.
I told myself I would wait until the right time and tell him.
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