Second Chance
Title: Second Chance
Author: minhosims
Rating: G
Pairing: 2min
Disclaimer: Only own the plot
Summary: Minho rejects Taemin just because a silly reason. (Aish, I'm not in mood to make a summary)
A/N: Because the summary was poor, I hope you enjoy reading this. I warn you, this fic is unbeta. Sorry if I made too much mistakes. COMMENT PLEASE ^^
And for your information, this story was made for shawol_haven 11th challenge, vote this story if you think it's good enough to be voted. thanks ^^
“Minho hyung, I-I love you” I say to him. I keep my head down while confessing at him. I’m not confident enough to look straight at his eyes. I’m completely shy and nervous; I guess my face is as red as tomato right now.
“Have you done with me? I have to go now.” He leaves me without giving an answer. I tilt my head up and watch him walking away. I’m confessing at him and he’s leaving me like this, maybe others will say that he’s not answering yet. But for me, that obviously means NO. Tears are falling from my eyes as soon as I realize that he rejected me. I can feel my heart break into a million pieces. I think I won’t be able to put all the pieces back together. I’m sure it can’t be fixed because I love him too much since my first day in this school. I’ve been looking for the right moment to confess to him and hope he feel the same for me. But I was wrong.
I walk back to my class. I have to see Key hyung, my best friend. He must know what I should do after this.
***
“You left him like that?” Jonghyun screams at me.
“Sssh, don’t be too loud or everybody in this room will notice us. What do you expect me to do? Saying Yes Lee Taemin, I love you with all of my heart? You know I can’t do that.”
“Yah. Stop being selfish!” Onew speaks up. “That was exactly what you should say. You’ve been watching over him since his first day in this school. You keep your eyes at everyone who bullied him and look for a chance to take revenge. And just now, he confessed to you and you left him - or we can say it as a rejection - because you don’t think he sincerely loves you. How could you make a silly conclusion like that? How if he truly loves you? Don’t you think you’re already broke his heart?”
“I’m afraid, hyung. How if he did that because he won’t be bothered by the others anymore? Whose in this school dare to bother Choi Minho’s boyfriend? The answer is NO ONE. I’m already fed up with people who want to be with me just to take advantages on me.”
“But at least, don’t judge people easily. I swear you’ll regret your decision, refusing the one you love.”
“Don’t worry Onew hyung. I already regret it.”
***
“That bastard, how could he just leave like that?” Key hyung shouted at me loudly, he must be completely mad right now. “Yah, it’s better for you to forget him. He’s not the right person for you Taemin-ah.”
“You know I can’t hyung, I can’t forget the person I’ve been in love for these two years even if he rejects me. I love him too much.” I yell at him. I wipe my tears and try not to cry anymore.
“Yaaah, why are you so stubborn? What are you expecting from someone who clearly doesn’t love you back?”
“I don’t know hyung. I just love him. I think I should find out why he rejects me and if his reason is-“ I pause for awhile, strengthen myself before let the words out of my throat. “If his reasons are he doesn’t love me and wants me stay away from him, then I’ll stop. I’ll stop loving him. So, please, let me love him a little bit longer.”
***
“Good job,” I say to my team. We’ve been playing for two hours as a preparation for the next match. I should end this session before they get too tired. “Well, we’re going to play against the best soccer team in Incheon this Saturday.” I say to them as they pay attention towards me. “Eat regularly, get enough rest, and keep your health. We should be the winner no matter what.” I stop because I could see from the corner of my eyes that someone is watching us. I keep myself calm so that the others won’t be aware of his presence. Taemin, when will you stop watching us like that?
“Minho-ah,” the voice shocked me and brought my attention back to my team. “It’s not like I’m pessimistic or uncertain but I heard this team is the strongest team in South Korea and next Saturday will be our first time to meet. I know you hate losing but I remind you not to get your hope up on the game. Let’s take the result gracefully whether we’re out as the winner or not.”
“Are you kidding me? Once I have a plan and set a goal, I’ll work towards it no matter what. Do you know what my goal is right now? Go out as a winner on the next match. To reach that goal, I’ll try my best to win the next match and I hope you guys will do the same. I hate losing so I won’t lose. And I remind all of you not to say pessimistic words like that in front of me because I hate people who receive the state granted. I hate pessimistic people.” I pause. “I’ve been working in this team for two years; I know we’re strong and good enough to beat them. So, please, don’t be pessimistic like that.” I ended my instant speech and let my team leave the stadium. I walk toward Taemin who’s still standing in the corner of the tribune.
“Hi, are you watching us while we’re practicing?” I ask.
“Yeah. That was great. Your speech.” His words are out in mess. “Sorry but I’m in hurry. Bye.” He’s rushing out the stadium and I smile at his cute action.
***
We’re lost in crowded just a minute after the match ended. We’re out as the winner. I smile proudly to my team and we’re hugging in victory. But, after the supporter go down and join us in the field, I start searching for someone whose presence is my only reason to win. Yes, Lee Taemin. But, I don’t find him in the crowd. I see his best friend, Key, is standing not too far from me and I go after him.
“Where is Taemin?” I ask.
“He’s not coming.” He answers me and I feel my breath stopped in shock hearing his answer.
“Why?” I ask him again in curiosity.
“Don’t you know he has moved to the art school or in the other word, he’s not student of this school anymore? Maybe he’s busy with his transferring stuffs. Why did you asked?”
I feel my heart dropped as I heard his answer. I think this is the punishment for rejecting him harshly. It has ended, Choi Minho. This is the price you should pay for breaking his heart.
***
Eight years later
“Today hottest news is about the world famous singer and dancer from South Korea, Lee Taemin, who’s going to back to Seoul for certain purpose. His manager didn’t say anything about Lee Taemin’s homecoming. But, we will know soon the reason of-“ My phone’s ringtone distract me. I see Onew hyung’s name in the display.
“Yeah?”
“Have you heard the news?” I sigh on his question.
“Yes, I’m watching the news now.” I put my eyes at the small figure in the TV. Whenever I see him, I can feel a big part of me missing him so much and hope someday I can have him in my arms. But it’s just a dream. It is the only thing I can’t win in this world, the only thing that I’m pessimistic to get it, the only thing I lose, and I hate myself for it.
“Find him and tell him about your feeling. A chance like this isn’t coming every day. He’s a world star now, he has no time to-“
“That’s why hyung,” I cut him. “That's because he’s a world star now. Will he choose a lecturer like me if he could get anyone who’s better than me in this world? And I even don’t think he will remember a jerk that rejects him for a silly reason. I’m sure he will find a better person out there and I will be happy for him. Sorry, but I have to go. I have a class in one hour. Bye.”
***
As usual, I have a class on Tuesday morning. I enter the class and start the lesson. Everything seems to be fine until I see something wrong in this class. Well, I find a stranger sitting in the back corner of the class and I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen him before. He wears blue jacket, black hat, and big glasses. He put a scarf around his neck, covering almost half of his face. If he’s a new student, he should give me the introduction letter from the college, that’s the college’s rule. Maybe he decides to give it later.
“Okay, that’s all for today. Give me your paper before you leave the class.” I collect the paper from the students. I see the stranger is still sitting in corner of the class.
“Are you going to stay here?” I ask after no one left in this class except me and him. He stands up and walks towards me. He stops right in front of me. He put off his scarf and glasses.
“Hi, hyung. Glad to see you again.” I hold my breath when I see the face behind the scarf smiling at me. My eyes widen and I could feel he heart beat faster than normally. If this is a dream, it must be the most beautiful dream I’ve ever had and I don’t want to wake up.
“Is it you Lee Taemin?” I ask him hesitantly.
“Yes, hyung. It’s me, Lee Taemin. Why do you look so surprised hyung? Is my coming unexpected?” He says and his smile never leaves his face. I keep my face as calm as usual but I know deep inside my heart scream loudly in happiness for meeting him one more time. I want to hug him tightly because I miss him like hell but I can’t.
“No, no. It’s not like that. I just shocked because I’m pretty sure that this morning the newsreader said you’re going to come to Seoul. But you’re standing in front of me right now.”
“Don’t believe at news. We just want to divert their attention. If I come at the day I tell they, they will fill up my entire schedule and I’ll have no time to do something important in my life.”
“Something important in your life? Is it the reason why you’re back to Seoul?” I get curious about his reason for coming back to Seoul.
“Yeah, I want to get my goal, hyung.”
“Your goal?” I raise an eyebrow at him. “Well, this is very interesting. Lee Taemin, the world’s famous singer and dancer want to achieve his goal in Seoul. Taemin-ah, what do you want to get in here?” I ask in teasing tone. “I think you’re already got everything as a singer. You got Grammy last year, your album has become one of the best sellers, and everyone knows you. You’ve got it all, haven’t you?”
“No, hyung. It’s not my goal.” His answer drowns me more in curiosity. “Become a world famous singer is just a step to make my way closer to my goal. Do you remember your instant speech to your soccer team? You said that once you have a plan and set a goal, you’ll work toward it and try your best. And you also said you hate pessimistic person. You hate people who receive the state granted.” He pauses. “The day you reject me, my heart broke into pieces and I promised myself to look for a reason why you reject me. And when I heard your instant speech, I realized that I met the entire requirement to be the person you hate. I always remember how many times Key hyung says that I should take a revenge on the people who bully me but I never do that and let them bully me because I think I’ll never win against them. At that time, I must be a worse person in your eyes.” Tears fall from his eyes as he says that. Right now, I know how much I hurt him and I’m going to regret it the rest of my life.
“No,no. It was not because of that. Please don’t cry-“
“I’m not finished yet hyung,” He cuts me. His voice’s trembling while he’s saying that. “After that, I decided to transfer into art school and everything began from there.” He pauses to wipe his tears and to steady his breath. “I practiced as hard as I could. I was the only one with the outstanding progress in the school. I got A at all exams and became the genius one, a silly nickname they gave for me. One day, there was an entertainment which interested on me and asked me to make a debut. You have no idea about how happy I was hyung. I practiced harder and harder after my debut. I want to be a world famous singer and dancer to make my way closer to my goal. And do you know what my goal is hyung? I want to be yours.” My heart dropped as I heard his words. “Now, I’m not a pessimistic person; I’m not a person who takes state granted. Can you love me now hyung?”
I hug him as soon as he finished his word. I thanked God for giving me a second chance to have him.
“I always love you, Taemin-ah. I love you since your first day in high school and it never changes until now. Sorry, I was so stupid rejecting you in the past. But now, I will never let you go.”
Author: minhosims
Rating: G
Pairing: 2min
Disclaimer: Only own the plot
Summary: Minho rejects Taemin just because a silly reason. (Aish, I'm not in mood to make a summary)
A/N: Because the summary was poor, I hope you enjoy reading this. I warn you, this fic is unbeta. Sorry if I made too much mistakes. COMMENT PLEASE ^^
And for your information, this story was made for shawol_haven 11th challenge, vote this story if you think it's good enough to be voted. thanks ^^
“Minho hyung, I-I love you” I say to him. I keep my head down while confessing at him. I’m not confident enough to look straight at his eyes. I’m completely shy and nervous; I guess my face is as red as tomato right now.
“Have you done with me? I have to go now.” He leaves me without giving an answer. I tilt my head up and watch him walking away. I’m confessing at him and he’s leaving me like this, maybe others will say that he’s not answering yet. But for me, that obviously means NO. Tears are falling from my eyes as soon as I realize that he rejected me. I can feel my heart break into a million pieces. I think I won’t be able to put all the pieces back together. I’m sure it can’t be fixed because I love him too much since my first day in this school. I’ve been looking for the right moment to confess to him and hope he feel the same for me. But I was wrong.
I walk back to my class. I have to see Key hyung, my best friend. He must know what I should do after this.
***
“You left him like that?” Jonghyun screams at me.
“Sssh, don’t be too loud or everybody in this room will notice us. What do you expect me to do? Saying Yes Lee Taemin, I love you with all of my heart? You know I can’t do that.”
“Yah. Stop being selfish!” Onew speaks up. “That was exactly what you should say. You’ve been watching over him since his first day in this school. You keep your eyes at everyone who bullied him and look for a chance to take revenge. And just now, he confessed to you and you left him - or we can say it as a rejection - because you don’t think he sincerely loves you. How could you make a silly conclusion like that? How if he truly loves you? Don’t you think you’re already broke his heart?”
“I’m afraid, hyung. How if he did that because he won’t be bothered by the others anymore? Whose in this school dare to bother Choi Minho’s boyfriend? The answer is NO ONE. I’m already fed up with people who want to be with me just to take advantages on me.”
“But at least, don’t judge people easily. I swear you’ll regret your decision, refusing the one you love.”
“Don’t worry Onew hyung. I already regret it.”
***
“That bastard, how could he just leave like that?” Key hyung shouted at me loudly, he must be completely mad right now. “Yah, it’s better for you to forget him. He’s not the right person for you Taemin-ah.”
“You know I can’t hyung, I can’t forget the person I’ve been in love for these two years even if he rejects me. I love him too much.” I yell at him. I wipe my tears and try not to cry anymore.
“Yaaah, why are you so stubborn? What are you expecting from someone who clearly doesn’t love you back?”
“I don’t know hyung. I just love him. I think I should find out why he rejects me and if his reason is-“ I pause for awhile, strengthen myself before let the words out of my throat. “If his reasons are he doesn’t love me and wants me stay away from him, then I’ll stop. I’ll stop loving him. So, please, let me love him a little bit longer.”
***
“Good job,” I say to my team. We’ve been playing for two hours as a preparation for the next match. I should end this session before they get too tired. “Well, we’re going to play against the best soccer team in Incheon this Saturday.” I say to them as they pay attention towards me. “Eat regularly, get enough rest, and keep your health. We should be the winner no matter what.” I stop because I could see from the corner of my eyes that someone is watching us. I keep myself calm so that the others won’t be aware of his presence. Taemin, when will you stop watching us like that?
“Minho-ah,” the voice shocked me and brought my attention back to my team. “It’s not like I’m pessimistic or uncertain but I heard this team is the strongest team in South Korea and next Saturday will be our first time to meet. I know you hate losing but I remind you not to get your hope up on the game. Let’s take the result gracefully whether we’re out as the winner or not.”
“Are you kidding me? Once I have a plan and set a goal, I’ll work towards it no matter what. Do you know what my goal is right now? Go out as a winner on the next match. To reach that goal, I’ll try my best to win the next match and I hope you guys will do the same. I hate losing so I won’t lose. And I remind all of you not to say pessimistic words like that in front of me because I hate people who receive the state granted. I hate pessimistic people.” I pause. “I’ve been working in this team for two years; I know we’re strong and good enough to beat them. So, please, don’t be pessimistic like that.” I ended my instant speech and let my team leave the stadium. I walk toward Taemin who’s still standing in the corner of the tribune.
“Hi, are you watching us while we’re practicing?” I ask.
“Yeah. That was great. Your speech.” His words are out in mess. “Sorry but I’m in hurry. Bye.” He’s rushing out the stadium and I smile at his cute action.
***
We’re lost in crowded just a minute after the match ended. We’re out as the winner. I smile proudly to my team and we’re hugging in victory. But, after the supporter go down and join us in the field, I start searching for someone whose presence is my only reason to win. Yes, Lee Taemin. But, I don’t find him in the crowd. I see his best friend, Key, is standing not too far from me and I go after him.
“Where is Taemin?” I ask.
“He’s not coming.” He answers me and I feel my breath stopped in shock hearing his answer.
“Why?” I ask him again in curiosity.
“Don’t you know he has moved to the art school or in the other word, he’s not student of this school anymore? Maybe he’s busy with his transferring stuffs. Why did you asked?”
I feel my heart dropped as I heard his answer. I think this is the punishment for rejecting him harshly. It has ended, Choi Minho. This is the price you should pay for breaking his heart.
***
Eight years later
“Today hottest news is about the world famous singer and dancer from South Korea, Lee Taemin, who’s going to back to Seoul for certain purpose. His manager didn’t say anything about Lee Taemin’s homecoming. But, we will know soon the reason of-“ My phone’s ringtone distract me. I see Onew hyung’s name in the display.
“Yeah?”
“Have you heard the news?” I sigh on his question.
“Yes, I’m watching the news now.” I put my eyes at the small figure in the TV. Whenever I see him, I can feel a big part of me missing him so much and hope someday I can have him in my arms. But it’s just a dream. It is the only thing I can’t win in this world, the only thing that I’m pessimistic to get it, the only thing I lose, and I hate myself for it.
“Find him and tell him about your feeling. A chance like this isn’t coming every day. He’s a world star now, he has no time to-“
“That’s why hyung,” I cut him. “That's because he’s a world star now. Will he choose a lecturer like me if he could get anyone who’s better than me in this world? And I even don’t think he will remember a jerk that rejects him for a silly reason. I’m sure he will find a better person out there and I will be happy for him. Sorry, but I have to go. I have a class in one hour. Bye.”
***
As usual, I have a class on Tuesday morning. I enter the class and start the lesson. Everything seems to be fine until I see something wrong in this class. Well, I find a stranger sitting in the back corner of the class and I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen him before. He wears blue jacket, black hat, and big glasses. He put a scarf around his neck, covering almost half of his face. If he’s a new student, he should give me the introduction letter from the college, that’s the college’s rule. Maybe he decides to give it later.
“Okay, that’s all for today. Give me your paper before you leave the class.” I collect the paper from the students. I see the stranger is still sitting in corner of the class.
“Are you going to stay here?” I ask after no one left in this class except me and him. He stands up and walks towards me. He stops right in front of me. He put off his scarf and glasses.
“Hi, hyung. Glad to see you again.” I hold my breath when I see the face behind the scarf smiling at me. My eyes widen and I could feel he heart beat faster than normally. If this is a dream, it must be the most beautiful dream I’ve ever had and I don’t want to wake up.
“Is it you Lee Taemin?” I ask him hesitantly.
“Yes, hyung. It’s me, Lee Taemin. Why do you look so surprised hyung? Is my coming unexpected?” He says and his smile never leaves his face. I keep my face as calm as usual but I know deep inside my heart scream loudly in happiness for meeting him one more time. I want to hug him tightly because I miss him like hell but I can’t.
“No, no. It’s not like that. I just shocked because I’m pretty sure that this morning the newsreader said you’re going to come to Seoul. But you’re standing in front of me right now.”
“Don’t believe at news. We just want to divert their attention. If I come at the day I tell they, they will fill up my entire schedule and I’ll have no time to do something important in my life.”
“Something important in your life? Is it the reason why you’re back to Seoul?” I get curious about his reason for coming back to Seoul.
“Yeah, I want to get my goal, hyung.”
“Your goal?” I raise an eyebrow at him. “Well, this is very interesting. Lee Taemin, the world’s famous singer and dancer want to achieve his goal in Seoul. Taemin-ah, what do you want to get in here?” I ask in teasing tone. “I think you’re already got everything as a singer. You got Grammy last year, your album has become one of the best sellers, and everyone knows you. You’ve got it all, haven’t you?”
“No, hyung. It’s not my goal.” His answer drowns me more in curiosity. “Become a world famous singer is just a step to make my way closer to my goal. Do you remember your instant speech to your soccer team? You said that once you have a plan and set a goal, you’ll work toward it and try your best. And you also said you hate pessimistic person. You hate people who receive the state granted.” He pauses. “The day you reject me, my heart broke into pieces and I promised myself to look for a reason why you reject me. And when I heard your instant speech, I realized that I met the entire requirement to be the person you hate. I always remember how many times Key hyung says that I should take a revenge on the people who bully me but I never do that and let them bully me because I think I’ll never win against them. At that time, I must be a worse person in your eyes.” Tears fall from his eyes as he says that. Right now, I know how much I hurt him and I’m going to regret it the rest of my life.
“No,no. It was not because of that. Please don’t cry-“
“I’m not finished yet hyung,” He cuts me. His voice’s trembling while he’s saying that. “After that, I decided to transfer into art school and everything began from there.” He pauses to wipe his tears and to steady his breath. “I practiced as hard as I could. I was the only one with the outstanding progress in the school. I got A at all exams and became the genius one, a silly nickname they gave for me. One day, there was an entertainment which interested on me and asked me to make a debut. You have no idea about how happy I was hyung. I practiced harder and harder after my debut. I want to be a world famous singer and dancer to make my way closer to my goal. And do you know what my goal is hyung? I want to be yours.” My heart dropped as I heard his words. “Now, I’m not a pessimistic person; I’m not a person who takes state granted. Can you love me now hyung?”
I hug him as soon as he finished his word. I thanked God for giving me a second chance to have him.
“I always love you, Taemin-ah. I love you since your first day in high school and it never changes until now. Sorry, I was so stupid rejecting you in the past. But now, I will never let you go.”