Dance with Me (1/1)

I was left alone…waiting for this guy...how long is he going to make me wait?! I look cute and innocent, it doesn’t mean I act like I am. I don’t know how many times I have been left hanging because of him. Why am I the one always left waiting when it should be the guy waiting for me?I paced around back and forth in my little condo I shared with my friends. I would be at the practice room working on a new routine but of course, I was waiting for him. How long could it take for one guy to get ready?!Another 20 minutes went by when I finally heard the doorbell ring. I looked through the intercom and saw that he was here. I let him in and went straight into the practice room, also known as our empty room that we don’t use which was converted into a dance room for Eri and I. I was finding the music we would be working with when I heard footsteps coming from behind. I could already tell is was him so I didn’t have to look behind me. “You’re late.”I heard a deep sigh from him before he spoke, “I know. I’m sorry.” I heard a sense of guilt in his voice but it’s not like I could give in so easily.“If you’re sorry why can’t you ever show up on time?” I was pretending to busy myself with other things to do when I felt his hand around my wrist which stopped me.“Hey Siah,” he spun me around to face him, “Don’t be mad. You know I have other things to do.”I didn’t know whether he was joking or if he meant it but sometimes, I wonder why I talk to this kid, and even treat him nicely. “Yah, Park Jimin, I’m a human being too ok? I just ask you to be on time for once. This is something really important to me. I only asked you to help me because you were the only dance partner I could find that I was compatible with.”I could feel myself burning up because of how he acted. He said he had other things to do. Ha...well so do I. I have other people to talk to and I have other things I need to do yet here I am trying to work with him so both of us could get a shot in this dance crew. “If you could just stop acting like a jerk and do this one thing for me, I won’t ask for anything else.”He suddenly backed away from me, with his hands held up. “Ok. You could have just said it was a major emergency. I would have been here in a flash.” He shot me a smile, the same smile I received from him when we first met. Back then, it would have been the best feeling ever. Now? It got annoying.I sighed, running my hand through my hair, “Just do what I tell you to ok? I don’t want to ruin this chance.” He silently nodded and backed away.It’s funny how, 3 years ago, we seemed like we could have been brother and sister with the way we acted around each other. But everything’s changed.*3 Years Ago*I was new here, in this neighborhood where my friends lived in. It was different from where I lived before but I had to take a chance and come here.I guess I looked extremely lost. Well when you’re alone in what seems to be a foreign place which is completely unfamiliar to you and you have a million thoughts on your mind because your boyfriend won’t answer your texts, you do tend to look a bit...lost.I walked around for a bit more before I accidentally bumped into someone and dropped my phone. “Damn…” I sighed as I rolled my eyes and bent down to pick up my phone when it was handed to me. “Thank you.” I tried saying it as friendly as possible to this stranger. I looked up to see who was so kind to me and saw a boy, well more like a teenage guy?“You’re new around here?” He had a cute smile, and an even cuter eye smile. He was short, but he was fit. For some reason, he seemed like someone I would know.I produced a sarcastic laugh? “Is it that obvious?” I shook my head and gathered my things.He shook his head and chuckled, “Not at all. But the luggage case gives it away. Just a bit.” He pointed to my blue suit case and automatically in my mind, I slapped myself. Way to sound like an idiot Siah. Nice job.“I have to get going now. I need to find my friends’ house and drop off my stuff before I go to work.” I tried grabbing the handle on my suitcase but I couldn’t feel it. “Huh?” I looked around my left and right when I suddenly saw it in front of me.“Care to give me the address?” He smiled once again. Honestly, I think he had the cutest smile I had ever seen come from anyone. But I said this in my mind to myself of course.“I don’t want to bother you. You seem like you have somewhere else to go.” I tried taking my luggage from him but instead, ended up with his hand around my wrist.“Don’t worry. I’ll ask you for compensation later. Now, where are we going?”*Fast forward*I ended up learning a bit about this mysterious boy that appeared before me. His name was Park Jimin and he was just that cute type of person. There wasn’t much for him to say since I was pretty sure I would never be seeing him again.“Thank you, for helping me.” I smiled as I looked into his eyes.He did the same and I got a fluttery feeling inside of me. Control yourself Siah, you just met him. “No problem. I have to go now. Maybe, if I see you next time, I can ask you for that compensation?”“Of course.” I nodded. I expected him to leave right away but he didn’t. Instead, he stayed until Eri came and opened the door. I could see from her expression that she looked shocked. I mouthed to her that I would explain later and she nodded. She left to go back inside and I saw that Jimin turned off onto the sidewalk and walked away.Eri showed me to the room we would share and we got changed to go to work. Recently, there was a position available at Def Dance Skool and Eri and I went to apply. We actually got the job as dance instructors and have been working there for the last couple of months. I lived too far away to get to work everyday so Eri and the others told me to move in with them. They said they had the extra space anyways. So I did. And now we were off to work together.We taught separate classes which meant once we got there, we went our separate ways only to be reunited after work. Today, my new class began which was a hip hop class...for intermediate students. Why was I this class’ instructor and not the advanced students’ I have no idea. But a job was better than no job.When I went inside, there were already several kids there. Some seemed young, 13 or so while the others were probably older than me. When I walked to the front and set my stuff down, I heard them talking about me; “She’s too young to teach us anything.” “She looks like a foreigner.” I smirked at all of their comments. I may have looked nice but when it comes to my passion, I will never be nice.I turned around and was about to start when the door suddenly slammed open and I heard frantic feet shuffling into the room. “Choisonghamnida seonsangnim.” I looked behind me and saw that it was Jimin, the same Jimin that assisted me home. I guess he realized it was me too because he pointed at me, “Siah-ssi?”“You’re late.” I didn’t even look at him for long enough to let him say anything else and began right away.*End of Flashback* Now that I think about it, I’ve been waiting for this kid since day 1 and yet I still haven’t gotten used to it. His gummy smile was something you could say I was attracted to in the beginning. But the more I knew about him and how he acted around girls, I grew to dislike it...almost even hate it. It was something he did to everyone, it wasn’t anything special. For some reason, that bothered me. A lot but I never understood why. Well not until I asked someone else. *1 ½ years ago*I trudged up the stairs into our room and I saw that Eri was inside studying.“Hey Siah.” She kept her head in her textbook without having to look up to know it was me.“Hey Eri. Which class?” I sat on my bed and rolled over to where she was.She sighed, “Physics. I swear I’m going to start some random rant sooner or later about that class. I can’t take it anymore.” She shook her head as she heaved a heavy sigh filled with regret and hatred. I felt the same way.“I can’t take Jimin anymore. He’s like a kid around everyone. And it’s annoying.” I pouted at the thought of how annoying he was and flopped down on my bed.Eri looked over at me and placed her textbook on the desk. Sitting next to me, she pat my head and scooted over. “What’s wrong Siah? Did he do something wrong again? Or did he stand you up again?”“I don’t even know where to start. He’s just so different that he’s the same. He acts the same way around other girls. I thought he was just nice, but he seems so more than that when I see him with other people. I hate seeing him talk to other girls and it’s even more annoying when it bothers me so much that I can’t even sleep! Ughh…” I covered my hands with my face and rolled over. “What is wrong with me?”All I did for the next couple of minutes was whine and pout but Eri didn’t do anything. She just sat there with me and it was already the most comforting thing I could have.“Siah, I think I realized something.” I sat up and looked at her with my usual wide eyes that made me seem to be the most young, oblivious child ever. “I think you like him. And you get jealous over everything that he does.”I thought about what she said for a moment and it all made sense. But then, I didn’t want it to make sense. How could I fall in love with someone that seemed to be like a player? How could I ever let myself do something like that?*End of Flashback* It was since then I knew I liked him. But what does liking a person even mean? How could I say I liked a person when I never even knew what a real relationship was like? I could say I had boyfriends before but it was nothing that was real.And that brings me to what I’m doing here, now. I looked up into the mirror in front of me and saw him practicing. I think the one thing that I was most appealed to was his dancing. It was when he danced that I saw the most flawless, handsome moment of his. But that feeling went away quickly.“Can we get started now?”Jimin POVI stayed with Siah to practice for the rest of the day to practice. I didn’t know why she was so uptight lately. She snapped at me for the smallest things possible. I was late, sure but what did that have anything to do with this? She was colder towards me lately, especially when I was around other girls. Like she was...jealous. Was she? Did she end up liking me? Has she liked me all of this time?I said I had to go and Siah just nodded at me, without looking. She must have thought it was an excuse and didn’t want to argue with me. It was an excuse, but I wanted to really think things through. Could this person that I spent night and day working together with be the one?I went back home to think clearly, to think of all that I thought about her. She was sweet, innocent, the kind of girl I would want to know more about. But the thing is, I knew about her already. I knew so much about her that it would be almost impossible to know more about her. She was gorgeous, no matter how many times she denied it in front of other people, I knew inside her mind even she knew she was beautiful. I loved her confidence with no matter what she did, especially when she danced. Her charisma was beautiful, it was what I was attracted to when I first stepped into that studio a couple years ago. I never forgot what she looked like when she danced and I thought it was the most magnificent thing ever.The more I thought about it, the more I began to realize that I liked her as well. So why is it that I couldn’t admit anything to her? I had feelings for her and I was positive that she felt the same way. So why was I wasting time, sitting around in my living room thinking about her when I should be there with her. I should be spending time with her, getting her to tell me about her feelings. But instead, I just sat around, thinking about all I could be doing.I decided at the competition I would tell her, I would tell her then all that I felt. The girl shouldn’t make the first move when both are in love. To be the man in the relationship, it should be the man to confess. What’s the point in calling yourself a man when you don’t have the courage to tell the person you love “I love you”? And that’s exactly what I’m going to do.*Skip to a week later...too lazy to write it*I told Siah I would meet her at the location of the competition. I wasn’t nervous for the performance, I was nervous for what would come after the competition. This was just for a dance crew, there was no need to be nervous at all. Even if it was for one of the most prestigious dance crews, I wasn’t as nervous compared to my plan to confess.I arrived there before her and tried to go over the steps we made together. After a while I decided to give up. I wasn’t physically tired, but mentally. What would she say if I confessed to her? What would her reaction be? Would she accept me? Would there be a chance for us? Or would she say no? Would she not consider my feelings at all? What was she going to do?I was so lost in my own world that I didn’t even notice that Siah was calling my name. “What?” I looked behind me and saw she was tapping her foot with her arms crossed. That was never a good sign. She only would do that when she was extremely impatient. And I could tell it was one of those times.“Are you done day dreaming about girls?” She glared at me, with lasers coming from her eyes and knives from her hands.“I wasn’t-never mind. I’m done. Are we up yet?” I nodded in the direction of the stage and she rolled her eyes.“We’re up next. Pay attention and don’t do anything stupid. I want this badly.” She turned her back towards me but then suddenly spun to face me again. She approached me cautiously, taking a single step at a time...the heel of her boots clacking on the floor as she walked towards me, with desire in her eyes. She neared me and stood close enough that I could feel her breath on my skin. In my ear, she whispered, “Don’t screw this up.” Enunciating every single word, she stepped back and looked at me with a different look than I was used to from her. It was a look of desire mixed with hatred. This was her game face, when she acted this way, you knew you would never see light ever again if you messed up. Nice way to put pressure on me Siah. Nice job.Our number was called and we approached the stage from different sides; Siah on the right, I was on the left. Our song played and suddenly, I could just feel the beat all within me. It felt like the most amazing feeling. After hours of practice and sweat and time to think, this was the moment I was waiting for. I waited for this for weeks. All to lead up to this moment, the moment of a dance that I could do with the person I loved. And it was the most beautiful moment ever.Just seconds before the song ended, Siah and I decided beforehand that our ending would change. Instead of ending almost what seemed miles away from each other as the final pose, she would land in my arms. And no I was not going to say no to that. And as according the plan, it worked beautifully. I could forget about the applause that people gave us because the most important thing to me was the look I saw in Siah’s eyes. She was smiling, one of the most beautiful smiles I saw from her. And I knew it was then I had to do what I had to do.I took a deep breath and waited for us to head backstage. “Siah, I have something to tell you.”Someone handed her a bouquet of flowers and she took them and held them close, “Yeah?”“I’m going to say this bluntly. Very bluntly.” I shoved my hands into my pockets and looked all around the place.“Go ahead. Nothing’s stopping you.” She looked at me with her innocent deer eyes, something I grew fond of over time.I took another deep breath and blurted everything out, “I like Siah. I really like you. I started to realize not too long ago when I finally realized that you felt the same way. That was what awakened me from my stupidity. I’m sorry it took so long for me to realize and I really regret it but now, I have no regrets in telling you right here, right now.”Her breath was caught in her throat, I could tell. I remembered her saying she wasn’t fond of love after her last boyfriend, but back then, we didn’t know what love was. She was just 17, while I was 18. 3 years have gone by. We should know what love is now right?I waited for her answer, and before I knew it, she spoke to me. Saying she knew all along. She knew her own regrets for not saying anything to me. And it was then that our number was called as the winner. We were overwhelmed with our emotions. Ultimately, we broke down, from happiness. Our feelings were mutual and everything that could have been perfect in that moment was. We were part of an elite dance crew that we dreamt of for so long. And now, I have a partner to share that moment with.After all we went through, thick and thin, and after all of our actions, we could finally both admit what we felt. And that was all I could possibly ask for from someone.  Hope you guys enjoyed! This was for my best friend and she said it was good so I hope it's good enough to be AFF material >.< tell me what you guys think! Bye bye!~M