stolen glances (1/1)

-Chapter IV--stolen glances- (A/N: thanks for all the subscribers one this story and the upvotes <333)________________________________ A dream. A déjà-vu. A memory.  the feeling so familiar something heavy on her chest, drumming like raindrops that suddenly weighed a hundred times heavier. A pumping feeling on her chest, the same rhythm of her heartbeat. The speed only increasing. Was it panic. Fear? Fear of what.All these questions but still they're lacking... the question, Why would you ask a question when you already figured out the answer?It was fear.  The fear of dying, fear of being alone. The fear for the future and acceptance. The fear to disappoint. Each one of these drumming on her chest, the thumping fastening together with her heartbeat, only increase until it ends.  And just like that she snaps awake, sitting up straight, breath uneven little droplets of sweat clear on her forehead. It wasn't the first time that Dahyun had this dream, she had the exact same dreams when she was younger, but it's been reoccurring again lately, ever since she moved in their new house here in Seoul. It's like reliving a distant memory, one that you just can't recall.A white fluffy dog jumping next to her, that's probably what made it so much more real this time, so much more intense. A few wet licks on her hand that was supporting her body was all it took to fully wake her up out of the sleepy state she was still in. Dahyun doesn't mind the fluffy cuddles but no Ahri-kisses. She pressed the back of her hand against her forehead laying her head back down in her pillow, closing her eyes, taking a few deep breaths. "Sweetie are you up?" The soft voice of her mom accompanied by a few gentle knocks on her door,"Yeah" her voice still groggy. Ahri jumps over her and of the bed running through the tiny gap of the open door, towards her mother. Leaving her alone once again in her new room. She hears her mother's footsteps already making their way to Tae's room.It's been almost a month since they moved in and unlike her old room this one doesn't feel like hers. She feels like a stranger living in it even though everything is exactly the same as it was in her previous room; same bed and sheets, same posters and pictures even the same curtains and wallpaper. It feels like it's home but at the same time it isn't hers.Maybe that's why, maybe copying her old room isn't going to help her change, maybe she needs something new and fresh something that doesn't remind her of the past, or maybe she just needs to get used to it.To the change. She has a feeling she'll have to get used to a lot of changes this year.  After what felt like a few minutes of catching her breath she hears a sound resonating from her phone, the annoyingly high pitched notification sound indicating that someone just messaged her. After a few seconds of fumbling under the sheets she retrieves her phone, looking at the screen a soft smile stretched across her face. It was her new friend Chaeng, Dahyun went through several discussion with the younger regarding their nicknames. Since Dahyun insisted on calling Chaeyoung 'Chaeng' she let the younger girl call her dubu or tofu, she didn't really mind either one of them, both meaning the same thing anyway. When Chaeyoung finally agreed to their little nickname agreement Dahyun couldn't stop smiling, she looked like a smiling dork for the rest of the day until she crossed paths with a certain Japanese girl, then she was a smiling-blushing dork.Should I've asked her number? Or would that be to fast? The younger ponders, slowly getting up from underneath the warm bedsheets.She did add me on instagram, we can message each other via there for now. I’ll just wait until she asks, yeah that's what I’ll do I’ll just wait for now.She read the text messages she got earlier while walking down the stairs  Chaeng [7:12 am]:  unnie, you live near Songi-ro street right? Wanna walk to school together ?? Dahyun quickly typed her reply and send it before entering the kitchen where her mom was preparing the table Dahyun [7:35 am]: sure :) I'll meet you there in front of the supermarket 8:15? She put her phone down and grabbed a 3 plates, placing one by the head of the table where Tae's usual seat is, her mom seated left of him and she herself on his right. Whenever her dad can join for breakfast he would sit at the foot of the table, but since he wakes up to early to join them for breakfast she skips his seat. She grabbed her phone again and waited for an answer when she saw the little text balloon pop up, telling her the younger was was busy typing her reply. Chaeng [7:36 am]: I’ll see you in a bit then ^^ She send a 'thumbs up' emoji and closed their chat. Scrolling through her instagram, of course the first picture she sees is Sana's newly posted selca together with two other girls.She double tapped the photo. They were eating some kind of fancy breakfast with toast, eggs, bacon and each girl was holding a glass of orange juice joined with a big smile. The picture was posted 10 minutes ago so Sana was probably still eating at this moment, she could imagine sana being a messy eater or at least clumsy. Her mom was still preparing their breakfast and lunch for later in school so Dahyun decided to take a quick shower to freshen up instead of waiting for her mom to finish. She walked up the stairs and saw Taehyung trying to find a clean shirt to wear in the big pile of clothes in his room. " you know, it helps if you just fold the clothes and put them in your dresser once they're finished washing" she chuckled " I know smart ass, I just choose not to." He grabbed a blue shirt with some weird black shapes on the back and nodded contently. "See why would I go through the effort to waste my time if this works too."  "Whatever suits you Tae" she shrugs and walks to her room grabbing her school uniform, underwear, a bra and a pink fluffy towel. She entered the bathroom and locked the door, turned the shower knob and took a step back, waiting until the water wasn't freezing cold anymore. 20 minutes passed by fast and before she even knew she was freshly showered and dressed. Making her way downstairs again. Now sitting down at the dinner table, she started eating from the meal that was just served. When she looked at her phone again and noticed that she told Chaeyoung she would be meeting her in 15 minutes she choked on her food. "Mom I really need to go, I promised a friend to meet in a few minutes." She grabbed her plate and threw the leftovers in the trashcan and put her plate in the sink. Kissing her mom goodbye and ruffling Tae's hair "Hey! Why'd you do that I spent 10 minutes on this!" He said while gesturing to his hair.She just grinned and rushed towards the front door, never more grateful that she always prepares her backpack for the next day the evening before.  After walking for about 10 minutes while humming to a classical piece preformed on a piano, she finally sees the supermarket she's supposed to meet Chaeyoung at. She released a relieved sigh when she noticed the younger still hasn't arrived yet. Before the next song could even end she felt a tap on her shoulder, she turned around and saw the girl she was meeting. "you're late" Dahyun mumbles while showing her watch to the younger.Chaeyoung leaned closer to the older's watch to take a look at the time "17 seconds, are you serious unnie?" She asked with an amused tone. Dahyun just shrugged at the girls question. They walked to school side by side talking about Chaeyoung's art classes and Dahyun's music composition classes and also about their japanese paper due to next Wednesday. "You know unnie if you're having trouble with that assignment I can ask a friend of mine if she would mind you joining us after school. She's japanese so she's good at explaining everything." She exclaimed excitedly. "Her name is Mina, she gave me this" chaeyoung said while rummaging through her bag, Dahyun caught a glance inside the younger's bag and saw how messy it was "How are you able to find anything in there, it's like a mini maze.""Ah here it is! I guess it's a gift" chaeyoung shrugged ignoring the older's question, her eyes sparkling when she retrieved what she was looking for, holding the item in front of Dahyun's face. It was the pink sparkly pen with little hearts printed on it. " oooh that makes sense" Dahyun mumbles to herself and scratched the nape of her neck, but the younger was still able to hear and gave her a questioning look. " no it's just that yesterday when you were drawing you used that pen and I just thought it was funny because it didn't really fit my first impression of you" she paused before continuing and smirked " you must really like this Mina girl huh." She hummed and raised her eyebrows in a knowing manner."I- I uh yeah she's kind I guess" Chaeyoung spoke, her words not sounding very certain. She put the pen in her bag again and started walking. Her mind wondering to the girl with gentle eyes that gave her the pink pen. And how their first meeting got interrupted by some dude handing out invites "So I heard there should be this party on Friday, the captain of the football team is throwing it, something about the new season and back to school stuff." Chaeyoung looked at the older"A party? Football team? Wh- how did I not know we had a football team?" Dahyun questions."Yeah didn't I tell you about how they almost won nationals last year but fucked up last minute, were you even listening to me the first day we met?" "Ahhh im sorry chaeyoung-ah it's just a lot to remember you know." Dahyun pouted, Chaeyoung knew that their school must be a lot to take in for a new student so she just brushed it off, it's not like she really cared about the football team most of the members had a cocky and annoying personality anyways. "So are you going to the party?" "I don't know..." Tzuyu will comeback on Sunday and if she goes out on Friday she'll probably still be a mess on Saturday so that means she won't be able to do homework " ughhh I really should go right?" She groaned while furrowing her brows "Meet new people and all, but a friend of mine is gonna return on Sunday so I wanted to make sure all the school stuff is finished by then." "Return? From where." Chaeyoung asked. A lot of foreigners attended HMAS so it wasn't anything new for a foreign student to join in but that doesn't mean her curiosity will stop her from asking.  Dahyun looked at the younger and smiled at her interest for the topic " Well she was born in Taiwan and then moved to Korea but last year she went back to Taiwan to study abroad for a year.  And since that year is about to end she's gonna move back here, she passed her entrance exam already so she'll probably join us next Monday.""Woah she's from Taiwan? I don't think I know anyone from there."  They arrived at the school entrance, walked through the familiar corridors until they reached their classroom. The whole morning was fille