"I've always wanted to wrap myself up with you if we're walling closely like this."
-Goodbye - Taemin
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Krystal's parents watched their daughter leave the house to visit the love of her life. They felt as if she was slowly slipping from in between their fingers, but they couldn't quite do anything about it.
Krystal reached the graveyard, wearing that dress again. She was upset that her mother had to wash it, because she felt as if his scent lingered on it.
She refused to wash it after their first date, not wanting to get rid of his scent.
She scanned the quiet area for Jin, but he was nowhere to be found.
Krystal slowly made her way to his grave, hovering her fingertips over the gravestone.
She couldn't speak. All she did was kneel down and open the envelope as she stared at the crows picking on the sand.
"Wait!" Jin screamed, panting.
Krystal's head snapped to Jin's direction. She gave him a puzzled look.
"I'm sorry!" He panted even more.
"I- and then he- so I couldn't-" He stuttered, still panting.
Krystal let out a giggle.
She gestured him to sit down, so he did.
"I brought you some food!" He waved another brown bag in her face again.
"I'm starting to think you've been offering me the exact same food for the past few days." Krystal joked.
Jin raised his hands, acting as innocent as ever.
"Here." He whispered, stretching his arm, handing her the bag.
She declined his offer by taking a deep breath and reading the letter.
"Dear Tae,
Thank you for the lovely late nigh walk. I really needed it."
Jin stared at her with his most sympathetic look. He felt sorry for her for walking all by herself, thinking Taehyung was next to her.
"It somehow reminded me of our first walk together.
Do you remember it, Tae?"
As usual, Krystal decided to tell Jin about her first walk with Taehyung.
Krystal was just about to leave school when Taehyung grabbed her by the shoulder, panting.
"Hi!" Krystal grinned at him.
"Hey," He smiled.
"I was wondering if I could walk you home?" Taehyung offered, still panting.
"Is that what you wanted to tell me earlier today?" Krystal asked, recalling how he got interrupted by the bell.
"No, I wanted to ask you something else."
"What was it?" Krystal asked.
"I'll tell you someday, I promise. Anyway, the question?" Taehyung asked.
Krystal smiled at him and nodded.
Taehyung thanked god that Krystal didn't avoid any sort of eye contact that moment. He felt blessed for being able to look into her eyes for so long.
Krystal lead him to her house, naively trusting him.
"What are your plans after you graduate?" He asked her.
"I wanted to become a psychologist, but my parents didn't approve. They mistook psychology for psychiatry. I, then, wanted to study Graphic Design, but my dad thought it was silly. I jumped to Journalism or English Literature, but my dad said he wasn't going to pay tons of money for me to study such a silly thing. I suggested Animation or Studio Arts, but my mom thought they were both as silly and unimportant. I wanted to go to Japan after studying Animation, but they thought my dream was too big for me." She ranted, not quite answering his question.
Taehyung couldn't help but smile at her little rant. He found it adorable. She would make a lot of hand gestures and different expressions. He just couldn't help but smile at her cuteness.
He wanted the walk to last longer. He wished her house was located farther than it actually did.
"I understand, don't worry. Parents don't seem to take our dreams into consideration. They just think they know better. They actually do know better, but that's not my point. My point is that they just think they know what's best for us. They would rather make us study things that guarantee us a brighter future, no matter how much we might hate that job, than to study the things we love, even though their employment rate is low."
Krystal stared at him, wide-eyed. She couldn't believe what she had heard. Her brain couldn't process all of what Taehyung told her.
He spoke her mind.
She jumped in her place and squealed.
"I was thinking the exact same thing, but I couldn't quite put it into words!" She screamed, placing her hands on his shoulders, shaking him.
Taehyung laughed at her and smiled to himself.
He smiled to himself, because he was glad they understood each other.
He also smiled to himself, because he felt as if she was starting to grow comfortable around him.
"Anyway," he laughed.
"you didn't quite answer my question." Taehyung said, squinting his eyes at Krystal, still standing in his place.
Krystal shyly looked away, blushing.
"I'm going to study Architecture, you?"
"Animation." He smiled at her.
"Really?" She squealed, receiving a nod from him.
"You're so lucky your parents are okay with that!" She sighed to herself and started walking again.
"It took a lot of persuasion." He laughed as he followed her.
"If you had one more day to live, what would you do?" Krystal asked him, changing the subject.
"I would spend as much time with my parents as possible. I'd visit my girlfriend and shower her with "I love you"s. I'd also eat lots of buffalo wings." He answered, licking his lower lip.
For some odd reason, Krystal's heart sank.
"You have a girlfriend?" She whispered.
"No, I don't, but, like, if I were to have a girlfriend, I'd visit her and shower her with lots of "I love you"s" He explained, slightly smiling at her worried expression.
"Anyway, what would you do?" He asked.
"I'd probably freak out." She laughed.
"I'd do the same. I would love to die while eating buffalo wings with either my parents or boyfriend."
They both liked buffalo wings.
"You have a boyfriend?" He asked her.
"Nope. This is it." She stated, standing in front of a gate.
Taehyung was stung with disappointment, because their walk had ended.
On a different note, he was quite happy Krystal was single.
"Thank you for walking me." Krystal smiled, waving at him.
Jin didn't know what to say to the crying girl that sat right in front of him. Krystal wasn't sobbing, she was just silently crying.
"Anyway," she smiled.
"back to the letter." She said, clearing her throat.
"To be honest, Tae.
I was freaking out when you mentioned the word 'girlfriend'.
I didn't know how to react.
I was disappointed, even though it was our second meeting.
You had me wrapped around your finger since day one.
The rope that wrapped me around your finger was tightened when you walked me home."
Krystal looked at Jin after wiping away the tears.
Jin parted his lips to ask her something neither of them expected him to ask.