Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

I awoke to a loud continuous ringing coming from Above my head. I lazily lifted myself up and turned off my alarm. I sat on my bedside for a moment, waiting for my eyes to adjust. I checked my phone for the time; 5:45am. I stood up and dragged myself to the bathroom. I glanced into my mirror and stared for a while trying to decide wether or not I should straighten my hair. I decided not too. I brushed my teeth, combed my hair, and made my way downstairs. I noticed no one was up yet. It's usually only me up at this time anyway. I packed my lunch and went back up to my room to change. Right after I pulled up my shorts, my phone began ringing. I picked it up without checking who it was. He was the only one to call in the morning anyway.
" Joeun achim, oppa" I greeted.
" are you ready yet?" He impatiently asked.
"Yah, we still have 15 minutes until we have to leave!"
"We still have to do our homework!"
"Ahh, I forgot"
"Tchh, so forgetful"
"Aish, just meet me in front of the tunnel." I said and hung up.
I quickly checked myself in the mirror and ran downstairs. I picked up my things and ran out the door. When I arrived at the tunnel, myungsoo had already beaten me there.
"It's so cold out, and you decide to take your time? Pali!" He quickly wagged his hand.
"You're so impatient" I sighed and jogged the remaining distance between us. We walked up the usual pathway, and arrived at school. No one was there yet, so we just sat against the wall and finished our homework. In the middle of completing our math homework, we decided to race who finished first.
In the end, he beat me by three minutes, ONLY because he cheated. He snatched my pencil out of my hand and threw it across the hallway. Aish, such a trouble maker.
"Don't forget that we're going to the shopping center after" he reminded me with a smile as he stood up and picked up his bag. I followed right behind him and nodded. We entered the classroom, which was now filled with people. We walked to our desk and sat down. By then, I had already noticed three girls sneaking glances at myungsoo. I swear, they've been inlove with him since the second grade. The morning bell rang signaling the beginning of class.
School passed by quickly, and before I knew it, I was walking home with myungsoo. We decided to change before we went to the shopping center. One we got home, we quickly changed then left.
We hopped off the bus and the sliding door behind us closed. As the bus drove away, I felt the warm air coming from the engine. I turned towards myungsoo and he smiled at me. I've seen his smile a thousand times, but it never failed to make my heart beat faster.
"I'm buying lunch today." He proudly pointed to himself
"What a gentlemen!" I sarcastically gasped. We laughed and strode towards a pizza shop. We argued on wether we should get pepperoni or cheese and decided to play a game of mook-chi-pa. Of course, I won and we settled for pepperoni. After lunch, we walked around admiring stores and trying on goofy clothes. As the air became cooler, and the sun dimmed a bit, we decided we'd take a ride on the trolley.
It was quiet empty, so we both took our own bench and laid across it. I rested my arms behind my head and closed my eyes. The wind was blowing through my hair and it felt really nice.
"MinJi, you support my dreams right?" Myungsoo asked.
"Yah, of course I do! Do you know how much times I listened to you sing and watched you dance!" I answered.
"Mahjah, mahjah, I was just making sure" he scowled. I clicked my tongue and shut my eyes again.
We were walking home from the bus stop. The sun was going down, and the sky was a dark orange. We could hear the chirping of the birds as they settled into their nest before it got dark. We were observing the nature around us, when I remembered.
"Oppa, what was it that you were suppose to tell me?" I asked. Myungsoo looked down at his shoes snd kicked the rocks around him. His hand were in his pockets. He stopped walking and looked up at me and smiled. There's was something sad in the way his eyes looked. Finally, his lips parted and he began speaking.
" Minji-ah. Im leaving to train to be singer." He said softly. I felt heat rush to my cheeks and my mouth opened to congratulate him, but before the words escaped my mouth, it hit me.
Myungsoo was leaving.

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