01 Tattooed on my Mind

“… Spend too much time thinking of you …
Coz you’re smile is tattooed in my mind.”

It was late summer night when he first met her. He was on his way home when he heard soft music being played at the park. His mind told him to ignore it but his heart can’t help it. His feet was slowly moving towards the direction where the music was coming from. Soft, sweet and seductive. Yes, that’s how the music sounded to his ears. The once soft music was getting clearer and louder to him. Every beat blends with the nature and the ruffling of the leaves joined in synch with the melody.

It was something that no person could ever forget. Enchanting music. He thought that it was all that but to his surprise, he saw her. Clad in her simple green dress, she moves her body like a feather being played with the wind. She glides like she was an ice princess. Her expression was like she understood every beat of the music and was feeling it with her own body.

He watched her until she tire herself out. He saw her leave the place while his feet was nailed on the ground. It was his first time to saw a dance that had been engrave in his memory.

Every night, it became his habit to drop by at the abandoned park in hopes of seeing her. For two straight weeks, he was stalking her, watching her and admiring her from afar. Every night he would spent his night with her. His heart could not take it anymore and decided that he would introduced himself to her.

On that night, he brought pale pink-coloured tulips. He waited for her at the abandoned place but she did not come. He was disappointed but he did not lose his hope. He went back the next night, and the next night and so on but she did not come.

After a month of waiting for her, he stopped coming and he forever regret that he did not introduce himself nor knew her name. He was disappointed in the sudden turn of events but one thing he gained from this experience was his discovery of music and rhythm.

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“Yunho! Yunho!”

His name was shouted throughout the whole gym during the game. He was the vice chairman of the student council and was part of the basketball varsity team. A leader, a teamplayer, a jock and a great friend. These are some of the words used to describe him. A role model for all the students.

Many guys were envious on how girls tend to swarm over him. He never wanted any attention from the girls but he just magnet them as what they told him. He felt some slap his back and congratulating him for leading the team to the finals. Girls screaming on top of their lungs which hurt his ears. He excused himself from the crowd and slipped out of the crowded place.

He went towards the back of the gymnasium to freshen up. He opened the faucet and washed his face. He likes the coldness of the water on his face. He felt refreshed.

He was about to leave when he heard someone singing. A great voice, sultry and enchanting. It was almost a year when he stopped listening or dancing to any music.

“I don’t know what to see. It should be you, it’s how I want it to be. Tell me, you feel the same way. And I can’t get you out of my dreams. Now, I know you’re an angel from the sky. And your smile was tattooed in my mind…”

He listened to the song as he leaned his back towards the wall. He sits down to relax and enjoy the music. He like the song since he remembered someone with that song. Unconsciously, his eyelids felt heavy and fell asleep.

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She tied her hair up in a bun again and put on her glasses. She was already late for her appointment today. She quickly grabbed her things and hurriedly put all her scattered things inside her bag.

“I was so absorbed into the song that I kinda forgot about the time.” She thought as she slapped her forehead as her punishment.

She hurriedly runs out when she tripped into something, or rather someone’s leg and fell flat on her face.

“Awww.” She said as she rubbed her nose.

“How can someone be sleeping here?” She thought as she checked on who was the owner of the legs that tripped her.

She was surprised to see him here, sleeping. She blinked like she was dreaming. She was having doubts whether to wake him up or not. She stares at the still sleeping guy and found out that he got a small face for a guy. His lips has the colour of the an old rose. His lashes were longer than mine and his messed up hair.

She was staring at him when his eyes suddenly opened and it’s her first time seeing such eyes. Deep set, black and mysterious.

“Who are you?” She heard him asked.

“Uhm…”

“Were you stalking me?!” She heard him asked again which annoyed her.

“What the? Why did he asked if I’m a stalker? Was he serious?!” She thought.

“Hey, I was asking you. Who are you?” She heard him asked. He sounded so angry and annoyed but should she be the one who should be feeling annoyed?

She felt his hand on her shoulder.

“I was asking you.”

“No one.”

“Eh?”

“No one.”

“What?! Are you trying to piss me off? Coz you’re doing a great job in doing so.” She heard him exclaimed.

“You’re asking me who I am. I answered I’m no one.” She answered.

“Say what?!”

She was supposed to be mad at him but she could see his brows almost connecting and tiny creases forming into his forehead was cute.

“Cute wasn’t appropriate for him.” She thought which made her laugh.

“You little~!”

“Sorry. I was not a stalker or anything and I didn’t mean any harm.” She explained before she got hit or killed by this guy.

She saw him frowned more which made him cuter than ever.

“Oops. I’m sorry. I guess we started wrongly, I’m Sandara but my friends usually call me, Dee.” She said as she offered her hand to the stranger.

“Yunho. Jung Yunho.” He said as he accepted her handshake.

The moment their hands touched, their fates were bound and intertwined that no one can untangle.

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