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2020 - 23 y/o
It's great to be here once again after studying overseas for several years. Here I am once again, stepping in the school that I had so much memories... So much memories with him...
I'm stepping once again in front of the class that witnessed our memories about 8 years ago.
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In the last 3 months of 2011 - 14 y/o
I always stalked him back then. He was a new kid in town. I always saw him smiling with his eye smiles perfecting the smile. His class was near the stairway, so I usually stalked while he played with his friend.Without knowing myself, I realized that I liked him like badly.
"Hey, HaRi, do you think that boy is cute?" Suddenly one day, I asked a best friend of mine.
"Him? He's just so-so for me." She answered with no interest. "Eum.. Okay.." From that on, I stopped talking about him to her.
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2012 - 15 y/o
"Hey, Seoul, don't you think that boy over there is a bit more cute?" HaRi asked while her eyes were focusing to a boy at the corner of our building. I saw sparkles in her eyes while asking me. "Where?" I pretended to not knowing where although I had already known about it.
"Over there, at the corner." HaRi pointed her forefinger to the boy. I made an uninterested face then answered her, "That boy? I already told you last year, but you said what? You said he's just so-so." I rested my fingers under my chin and looked into the blue sky.
"Really? I take back my words! He's totally cute...!!" She chuckled as she stood at the balcony, eyeing the boy at the first floor. "Whatever." I replied, could not hide the smile from my lips as I saw the sight of her liking him. But in the same time, I know I should stand up my though, but for me, friends come first. I sighed quietly as I did not want her to be aware of my reactions. I took a deep breathe then put on a grin on my face to show her that I was happy for her.
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"Seoul... I think I like him, Seoul." HaRi's confession made me bit my lips. "So?" I asked her although I know the upcoming answer. She pouted, then looked at me with puppy eyes. "Help me." The words that I managed to hear. I closed my eyes for a second then faced her in the eyes. I tried to think of an excuse and there was it, I made a frown. "I don't have his numbers." HaRi widen her eyes then asked as she disbelieved the excuse I gave. "You don't? You know, everybody already had his numbers." I turned the other way and pouted, "yeah.. I don't have." Since he moved to our class, he was getting famous because of his good grades and scores. And, yeah, for me, I was just a bit late to realized the things that happened in our class because I was just focusing to my score, especially Science's score, which he had an advance.
"Here, take this and get some information from him like his birthdate, his parents' occupation and what-so-ever about him." HaRi took my hands and lent me a piece of paper that contained his numbers she wrote just now. I bit my bottom lip and slightly nodded. This was getting to my nerves and I did not know how I would be in the call-to-be later.------2020 - 23 y/o
I opened the box of my memories as soon as I reached home from a walk. I reached out my hand to a shred of paper that HaRi gave me last 8 years. The shred looked slightly dull when I picked it up. I placed my fingers at the shred and touched the numbers. I missed the numbers a lot. I picked up my phone from my handbag and dialed the numbers.
I heard beeps coming and there came a lady's voice who never tired saying, "The numbers you had dialed is not available..."
"Ara... He won't pick up the call because he had changed his numbers." I murmured alone while tears rolling down my cheeks.
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2012 - 15 y/o
As soon as I reached home, I wandered around my room and crossed my hands against my chest. I reached my phone under the pillow and though twice before dialing the numbers to text him.