Forbidden Love : Chapter 5 : Serendipity Can Be Evil
Forbidden Love : Chapter 5 : Serendipity Can Be Evil
(2 YEARS LATER)
04:14 pm, 24th May, 2004
Yuri’s Bedroom, Yuri’s House
“Oppa?”, Yoona asked anxiously, her phone was pressed firmly against her ear straining to hear the slightest sound coming from within the speakers. She paced around nervously giving a quick glance over at Yuri’s direction who was sitting on the bed furiously trying to strangle her own pillow. She nearly lost count how many times she walked back and forth from one end of Yuri’s room to the other. Not to mention, nearly slipped when a more than familiar voice emitted from the other line.
“Yobseyo?”, the voice whispered ever so quietly on the other line, it seemed as though the person was trying to talk in secret. But Yoona breathed a sigh of relief, the person she wanted to talk to so desperately had finally picked up.
“Donghae oppa, it’s Yoona! Oh my god! This is bad… I don’t know what to do…”, Yoona replied desperately but the words she wanted to say stuck to her tongue like a tongue twister.
“Hang on… (Silence)…”, Donghae says quickly, his voice leaving the line for a short period of time making Yoona wander around the room even more frantically. She stops on the spot instantly when Donghae’s voice reappears again, louder and clearer this time.
“Yoong calm down, say everything slowly and clearly or I won’t be able to understand you”, Donghae says calmly though it has absolutely no effect on Yoona, being calm was the last thing Yoona could do. She couldn’t be calm at a moment like this, the moment was way too serious.
“Oh my god… it’s a long story… I was at my dad’s house, wait no, I was at Yuri unnie’s house… and then her dad… and then we… oh my god… long story”, Yoona rushes on irritatedly not noticing that her entire sentence didn’t even make sense. It was only after Yuri had snatched the phone off her furiously that she had noticed.
“Aish… let me talk to him”, Yuri mutters, her voice was pissed and angry but that was normal Yuri attitude. Yoona seats herself on Yuri’s bed holding onto her own trembling hands as Yuri places the phone next to her ear. What comes next, Yoona recommends you to cover your ears…firmly.
“YAH! LEE DONGHAE OPPA! YOU CAN DRIVE NOW RIGHT? WELL DRIVE US TO THE FRIGGING SM ACADEMY PLEASE! IT’S NEARLY 4:30PM! WE’RE GOING TO BE FRIGGING LATE!”, Yuri screams out, if one didn’t know that she was on the phone, one would have thought she had seen a ghost.
“Yuri unnie, we’re actually already late and by 30 minutes”, Yoona points out half-heartedly and then rolling her eyes when the realisation suddenly struck Yuri.
“Woah, are you serious?”, Yuri whispers loudly in shock while Yoona nods moodily in response.
“Donghae oppa, did you hear that?”, Yuri asked, her voice was calm and controlled as she waited for Donghae’s reply.
“Err… yeah”, Donghae replies though his voice was edgy and nervous as though fearing what was going to happen next.
“Then will you drive us to SM Academy?”, Yuri asks eagerly, her voice was filled with over-confidence as though positive that he would say yes.
“I’m in vocals class ”, Donghae says dully, his voice with a tiny hint of irritation.
“So?”, Yuri replies in a confused state as though it wasn’t of the slightest concern to her.
“Yuri yah, I’m in vocals class, how am I supposed to leave my lesson to pick you up?”, Donghae says once more, his voice now with an obvious hint of annoyance.
“Well… say your friend is in the hospital”
“What kind of lame excuse is that?”, Donghae asks with a sigh.
“Oh please, it works, trust me”, Yuri replied back fiercely, her face insulted at the fact that Donghae had called her excuse “lame”.
(Silence)
Yuri following on Yoona’s footsteps paced around from one end to the other impatiently waiting for Donghae’s response. Only hearing the pitch silence on the other line, Yuri quickly gives an irritated glance to Yoona who shrugs back in response. Not about to take this unwanted silence anymore, Yuri speaks up, in plain annoyance.
“Lee Donghae oppa! Are you there? Are you going to drive us or not?”, Yuri barked out, her patience was gone and she even ignored Yoona who was mouthing at her to speak more softly and politely to her oppa.
“Yuri ah…”, Donghae tried to explain but was cut off in an instant by Yuri.
“Donghae oppa! I know singing and dancing is more important than your yeo dongsaengs! But next time when we ask you a favour maybe you should answer STRAIGHT AWAY instead of wasting our freaking time!”, Yuri shrieked out, her voice so loud, drowning out the explanation coming out of Donghae. Natural instinct came to Donghae on the other line as he quickly pulled away his mobile, 1 metre away from his ears, but he quickly placed it back because he had something to say.
“Yah Yuri!”, Donghae cried out instantly just in time when Yuri was about to end their call.
“Huh? What is it Donghae oppa? Did you change your mind?”, Yuri asked excitedly once she had heard Donghae’s anxious voice on the other line.
“Err… can I speak to Yoong again?”, Donghae replied awkwardly, since he couldn’t drive them to SM Academy, it was natural to apologize, well… to Yoona first of course. Yoona was always his first priority but it sure pissed Yuri off.
“LEE DONGHAE OPPA! Was that what you were going to say? YOU JERK! I actually had to slightest thought that you would change your mind! You-you you’re not going to talk to her! You can talk to her when we get to SM Academy… 1 HOUR LATE!”, Yuri screams out in response, her voice magnifying more than 10 times higher than before. Even Yoona sitting a good couple of distances away from her had to shut her ears from the ear wrenching sound, and as for Donghae… he dropped his phone.
“Yah Yuri unnie! Did you take the wrong medicine today? You didn’t have to scream at your oppa, that was really disrespectful! And it’s not his fault he can’t drive us to SM Academy”, Yoona said disapprovingly hoping that it would defend Donghae and suppress Yuri’s increasing anger.
“I don’t care, he has a car, he should’ve driven us, simple as that”, Yuri snapped back bitterly as she closed the phone and threw it back to Yoona.
“YURI YAH! You are so stubborn! Don’t forget it is entirely your fault that we’re trapped here!”, Yoona replied angrily in response, maybe it was because she hardly spoke with a harsh tone in her voice or maybe what she had said was nothing but the truth. Either way, Yuri’s anger ceased and she shutted up.
It had all started today, right after they had finished school. For Yoona, it was a usual routine for her to catch the bus and walk back home from her bus stop. From there she would have a rather hurried shower, a change of clothes and a quick snack. The time to get from her own home to SM Academy was usually a problem simply because it was too far away from her town. And sometimes on a bad day she would end up in SM Academy still dressed in her school uniform and with an empty stomach. But thankfully for Yoona, getting to SM Academy was an easy breeze simply because her dad drove her on the way to work.
But today was different, just a bit, instead of going back home; Yuri had invited Yoona over to her place. The reason? Simple, because she simply felt like it, she simply felt like inviting Yoona to her house because of no whatsoever reason at all. Yes, very random of her Yuri unnie, Yoona thought, but secretly she knew Yuri invited her over because she had trouble with her homework. Singing, dancing, being loud, talkative and pretty was certainly Yuri’s strengths, but mathematics was certainly not.
SM Academy was certainly a lot more closer to Yuri’s house than it was with Yoona’s, 15 minutes closer by car in fact. But there was a slight problem; Yuri’s dad being a busy businessman had an important conference presentation today that was been held far away from SM Academy. Because of this situation, he could not afford the time to drive them to SM Academy, of course, he did suggest to them to cancel their lessons for today though Yoona and Yuri snapped back at him in response. Now they were both stranded inside the house alone, Yuri thinking of the next friend that they had that owned a car and Yoona deep in thought of the best solution to get to SM Academy with the least delays.
“Yuri ah, think, think, who owns a car out of all our friends…?”, Yuri wondered out loud, she had the curious habit of talking to herself though Yoona was used to it.
“…I KNOW!”, Yuri exclaimed at once looking over at Yoona who was in shock.
“Ehh?”, Yoona mumbled curiously.
“Leetuek oppa! He’ll definitely give us a ride to SM Academy since he’s so less stingy then that Donghae oppa!”, Yuri replies happily but stops when she sees Yoona roll her eyes.
“Yuri unnie you babo! So what if oppa can drive? If we called Leetuek oppa right now, he will still give us the same answer like Donghae oppa!”, Yoona asks frowning at Yuri as if she had said the silliest thing.
“And why is that?”, Yuri frowning back in response as Yoona sighs moodily.
“…Leetuek oppa and Donghae oppa are in the same vocals class. If Donghae oppa could have driven us today, why would we need to call Leetuek oppa?”, Yoona replied, her voice with a hint of frustration as she tries to get the message loud and clear into Yuri’s head.
“Oh… my bad… hmm… what about Taeyeon unnie?”, Yuri asks eagerly.
“…Taeyeon unnie doesn’t have a car”
“Oh… I KNOW! What about Tiff-”, Yuri tries to suggest, her eager face drops when she is cut off by Yoona.
“No”, Yoona says simply, rolling her eyes when she sees Yuri mumbling to herself.
“…I was just trying to make the situation for pleasant…”, Yuri mumbles to herself bitterly.
“I think the only way to get to SM Academy is by catching the bus”, Yoona says gloomily with a sigh after a brief moment of thinking. Yuri’s head instantly snaps to Yoona, her face is gaping and awestricken, of course, as expected of the princess-like Yuri.
“ARE YOU SERIOUS?! B-but I don’t know how to catch a frigging bus!”, Yuri screamed out horrified as though the very thought of catching a bus could kill you. Yoona just rolled her eyes, typical Yuri attitude but she was used to it, they were best friends for so long at the very least.
04:34 pm, 24th May, 2004
Bus Station to Apgujeong
“Oh my god, when’s the bus arriving? We’ve been waiting for ages and it’s so hot out here!”, Yuri complained as she fanned herself irritatedly. Yuri was right, Yoona thought, it sure was hot right now, hot days usually find itself in midday, it’s the afternoon now, shouldn’t it be cooler?
“Hmm… it should be arriving now… maybe there’s traffic”, Yoona says slowly, a slight frown forms around her face as she checks the time on her watch. It’s 4:41 pm, the bus is 6 minutes late, Yoona thought with a big pout. Yoona scans the busy road in front of her, cars were everywhere, loud beeps and honks followed their trails, but there were no buses in sight.
“Well there better be no traffic when we board the bus”, Yuri says glaring at the passing cars in front of her. The glum look on her face materialises at the sight of a towering vehicle moving towards them, it’s the 086 bus, their bus to SM Academy. The clear door in front of them slides open and Yoona and Yuri’s face light up with glee. Of course, Yuri’s face turns sour again when she enters, the bus is packed with people, almost crowded, the fact that the bus didn’t have an air-conditioner didn’t help with Yuri’s sour attitude at all.
“And where are you two dear girls heading to?”, the driver asked kindly grabbing at the attention of Yuri’s who had her face towards the crowd of people who looked back at her bewilderedly. They were clearly frightened at the pissed and sour attitude she was displaying. Yuri’s face turns pleasant when she faces towards the kind old driver who was smiling at her cheerfully.
“We’re going to Apgujeong… thankyou halapoji”, Yoona bows towards the old driver when she receives their bus tickets.
“Ahh… heading to SM Academy aren’t you?”, the driver smiles as Yoona nods in response. The driver wasn’t psychic of course, Apgujeong is the home of SM Academy, apart from that, there was nothing else interesting about the city.
“Halapoji, why’s the bus so crowded today?”, Yuri asks politely to the driver whose attention was focused solely on the road in front of him.
“Well there was a car accident so the main road was called off, and naturally there would be traffic”, the driver replied to Yuri but it seemed as if he was talking to the window in front of him. Yuri was about to open her mouth and ask why there wasn’t any air-con installed but was dragged away by Yoona who pointed at one of the notices pasted on the window reading “No Talking To The Driver”.
“Yuri unnie, you’re so talkative, come on, let’s stand over there”, Yoona indicated towards a gap of free space that was near the door in the middle of the bus. She stopped suddenly and released her hand from Yuri who looked at her curiously. There was an elderly woman standing, she was holding one of the handles on the seats tightly as the bus started to turn during a roundabout. A guy who looked maybe a year older than herself was sitting on one of the seats humming and tapping to the music that he was listening to through his earphones.
And that was how I met the devil.
But what made Yoona most angry about was that he was sitting there not noticing the elderly woman who was standing there weakly in front of him. Did he even offer this elderly woman if she wanted his seat? Yoona thought angrily. Yoona glanced at the elderly woman whose face was weak and tired, she then looked back pissed at the guy in front of her.
“Excuse me… could you please offer your seat to this halmeoni?”, Yoona asked waving her hands in front of his face to get his attention. He slowly takes off his earphones and looks up at Yoona closely whose face is stern and serious.
“Sure, sorry about that, please forgive me”, he apologizes to the elderly woman who smiles pleasantly as they exchange seats. But something makes Yoona shudder slightly as she looks up at the boy’s face, there was something suspicious about his smile, it looked more like a… smirk. Of course, she shakes the thought away, it was probably the heat playing with her head.
The rest of the journey was a silent one, Yuri was busy texting to a friend on her mobile and Yoona was looking across the window at the buildings pass by. Maybe she was too busy looking out at the passing scenery before her because she didn’t notice that behind her the boy was watching her for the entire time. She really should have felt it at least, the long stares boring behind her back and if she didn’t, shouldn’t she really have noticed how close they were standing together? They were standing so close in fact that if Yoona had really focused she could have felt the slight movement of the boy’s stomach behind her breathing in and out. So close in fact that if she had taken one step behind her, one small tiny step, her back would have met the boy’s chest.
She turned around nervously when she felt a light tap on her shoulder.
“Umm… yes?”, Yoona asked looking up at the boy’s face.
His eyes were deep black, something that she hasn’t seen with her oppas. Leetuek oppa’s eyes were black but a lot softer, Eunhyuk oppa’s eyes were black but with a hint of brown, Donghae oppa’s eyes weren’t even black at all, they were brown. There was something intriguing about the eyes staring back at her, it was black, too black, it was the sort of eyes that you felt like you couldn’t trust.
“Do you go SM Academy?”, he asked with a deep voice.
“Umm yes”, Yoona replied looking away nervously, she felt embarrassed. Why was this person looking at me like that? Yoona thought.
“I see… well it’s nice to meet you”, he says with another smirk-like smile and putting out his hand politely. Yoona who doesn’t notice a thing takes his hand and gives it a warm handshake.
“It’s nice to meet you too, I’m Im Yoo-” but Yoona couldn’t finish her sentence because the bus had suddenly stopped and since she wasn’t supporting herself by holding onto anything by any means she had fallen onto him. Yoona could have swore that she had felt his arms wrap around her waist for a brief second, until she got back up instantly and fixed herself up.
“I’m so sorry about that… it was so sudden… I just stumbled”, Yoona tried to apologize frantically; she could feel her ears redden from the embarrassment. She had never actually fallen on anybody in fact, let alone on a boy.
“It’s okay… it was just an accident”, he says smiling at Yoona’s reddening face. Was her eyes playing tricks on her or did he look as if he was satisfied for some unknown reason? It certainly looked that way with that wider than usual smile, the piercing black eyes and that strange facial expression which looked as if he had accomplished something good. Yoona’s thoughts were instantly interrupted by a more than familiar voice.
“Yah Yoona! Hurry up, let’s get off already, it’s our stop!”, Yuri says loudly as she moves towards the open door of the bus.
“Umm… I have to go now, sorry about that again, bye!”, Yoona says hurriedly to the boy before moving quickly towards the exit right behind Yuri.
“I think we’ll be seeing each other more later on” Yoona heard the deep voice in her ear, it seemed so audible, it seemed so clear, it was like silence had struck and the only voice she could hear was him. But what was more strange was what that sentence meant. It didn’t make sense, what made him feel so positive that they would meet again? He was a stranger she had met on a bus anyway…
“Huh?”, Yoona uttered turning around as the realisation had struck her but all she could see was the sliding of the door before the bus had taken off to its next destination.
“Hey Yoong, who was that guy? Did you know him?”, Yuri asked suddenly as the both of them were walking on the main street towards SM Academy.
“No… I just met him on the bus… OH NO! I never introduced myself and I never asked for his name!”, Yoona says in shock though Yuri chuckles at Yoona’s regret.
“My dear little one, this is what you call serendipity”, Yuri says trying to make her voice as soft and misty as possible while patting Yoona on the back who looks at her a curious manner.
“Unnie since when did you get so smart?”, Yoona teased.
“Since my literacy lesson today”, Yuri replies proudly, she closes her eyes and starts to strut down the walkway as though she was some sort of a last surviving hero.
“Serendipity… unnie what does serendipity mean?”, Yoona thought to herself before asking Yuri who had began walking sensibly again.
“It’s like finding something good accidentally while doing something entirely different , it’s like a coincidence just like what happened to you back then”
“Unnie what do you mean?”, Yoona asked dumbfounded at Yuri’s gesture.
“Well… you asked the guy if he could give up his seat to offer it to an elderly woman. And after that what happened? You were meant to ignore him right? He was just a stranger right? But no, you ended up falling in love with him. If it’s not serendipity, what is it then?”, Yuri smirked as though she knew all the secrets of the world, once she had finished it took some time until the words sunk into Yoona’s mind.
Falling in… love… with HIM?! It was the craziest thing ever, Yoona thought, how could her Yuri unnie be so stupid. Why would she think that she would fall in love with a stranger?
“YAH UNNIE! What are you on about? I’m not in love with him”, Yoona shouted out at a giddy looking Yuri. Of all people, her best friend would actually have the nerves to think she would fall in love with a total stranger. Of all people, her best friend who she has been so close to didn’t even stop to think of the one person who she had been always thinking about. Lee Donghae.
Yuri unnie, you’ve known me for so long, don’t you have any idea that I have a crush on Donghae oppa? Yoona thought sadly.
“You can’t fool me Yoong”, Yuri teased at Yoona giddily but made a run for it once Yoona had started to chase her. The both of them began running down the street, Yuri still teasing Yoona about her “love at first sight” and Yoona annoyed that Yuri had gotten everything mixed up.
Hopefully Yuri won’t get too carried away and spread this to Donghae oppa, Yoona thought.
05:36 pm, 24th May, 2004
Vocals Classroom, SM Academy
“Hey Yoong, how come the vocals classroom is empty? Where is everybody?”, Yuri whispered to Yoona as the both of them had sneaked through the corridors to take a peek through the vocals classroom door. The room was clearly empty as the lights were switched off.
“Of course it’s empty right now! It’s already past 5:30! Vocals lessons finished more than 30 minutes ago!”, Yoona cried out angrily as she looked at her phone and had realized the time.
“It’s already past 5:30?! Crap! That means dance lessons already started, hurry up! Let’s go!”, Yuri shouts out in shock grabbing Yoona’s hand and half dragging her towards the stairs to the next floor. They both ran up the stairs in a rush, Yoona nearly slipping on the steps when Yuri had pulled a little too hard. Puffing and panting, the both of them ran through the quiet corridor of the second floor and towards a room in a far distance that was playing faint hip hop music.
“Yoona! Yuri! Are you two alright? Where have you two been?” a sharp feminine voice projected out once Yoona and Yuri had opened the door to their dance room. Sharp and feminine enough, the voice was still a complete opposite to the voice of the witch or Ms Han Kyung to be exact.
“MISS WOO! Longest story ever! My dad couldn’t drive us today because he had an important meeting and then he just left the two of us behind!”, Yuri complained loudly to Miss Woo who sighed in disappointment. Sighing in disappointment was a natural reflex of Miss Woo simply because Yoona and Yuri were nearly always late to dance classes. And as Yuri called it, bad luck.
“Well?”, Miss Woo asked Yuri who looked back in a taken back curiosity.
“Umm… well what miss?”, Yuri asked curiously trying to sound as innocent as possible though Yoona rolls her eyes slightly at her. Yuri was a bit on the slow side.
“WELL! Aren’t you going to apologize?”, Miss Woo cried out in disbelief causing the entire class to burst out in laughter as they looked Yuri’s reaction.
After the rather humorous commotion, Yoona and Yuri walked over hurriedly to their group of friends who were shaking their heads in disappointment. They had certainly made a lot of friends in these past 2 years, Yoona could still remember when she had entered SM Academy and had met her future friends, Yuri, Jessica and Seohyun. Now Taeyeon, Tiffany and Hyoyeon had joined SM Academy and before you know it, they all became close friends.
“Yoona! Yuri! Well done with another excuse for your lateness”, Tiffany said loudly giving the two of them a clap. Tiffany had came to SM Academy only this year, but her loud and cheeky attitude had made her extremely likeable throughout the academy. Yoona always thought that Tiffany reminded her of her best friend, Yuri because the two of them had the same personalities.
“Tiffany yah! This time was real! My dad really had an important meeting!”, Yuri bellowed in rage as Tiffany giggled at her reaction.
“Yoona! Yuri! You were so lucky that you didn’t come vocals class or Miss Han Kyung would have punished the both of you”, Hyoyeon said worriedly but Yuri brushed it off as though it was nothing.
“Oh please what is that devil woman going to do to us?”, Yuri replied coolly as the group snickered at her remark.
“Yah Yoona! Why are you so quiet today?”, Taeyeon said suddenly and everybody’s attention shifted to Yoona who was standing next to Yuri quietly. Yoona reddened in embarrassment, she was always quiet, haven’t they noticed that?
“Umm…”, Yoona tried to explain but Yuri butted in giddily.
“Taeyeon unnie! Leave Yoona alone, she’s daydreaming of her love at first sight!”, Yuri said frowning at Taeyeon as though she had just did a terrible thing. Yoona looked at Yuri in shock as everybody started to “ooh” and “ahh” at Yuri’s statement.
“Yuri yah!”, Yoona shouted out but soon enough everybody started to butt in.
“Yoong, is he hot?”
“What’s his name?”
“Oh my god Yoong where and when did you see him?”
“How old is he Yoong?”
“Yoong tell me!”
“Yah! Yoong tell us!”
Arrrggghhh! Yuri unnie and her big fat mouth, Yoona thought angrily clearly annoyed at Yuri’s misunderstanding.
06:12 pm, 25th May, 2004
Vocals Classroom, SM Academy
“Yoona! I suddenly remembered something!”, Yuri blurted out suddenly, it was break time after their dance lessons and today they were all sitting on the floor in their empty dance room. Jessica, Seohyun, Hyoyeon were sharing their lunchboxes with one another and Taeyeon was lying on the floor fast asleep. And as for Tiffany, she had left for some strange reason.
“Huh? What?”, Yoona said surprised at Yuri’s sudden enthusiasm.
“Oh my god Yoong, you are so clueless aren’t you? There’s going to be 5 days left till your birthday!”, Yuri indicated annoyed at Yoona’s blank reaction. Yoona knew her birthday was coming up really soon but somehow she never really looked forward to it, she knew there was something lacking from her birthdays but she didn’t know what.
“Oh…”, Yoona replied, her voice was dull and oddly bitter. It was her birthday anyway, shouldn’t she be a bit more cheerful?
“What’s with that attitude? Come on, cheer up, think about all your presents in 5 days time”, Yuri said trying to lighten Yoona’s dull mood though she remained unchanged. They all looked up towards the door when they heard the sudden fast footstep sounds that were getting closer. It sounded like this person was in a rush…
“Yoona!”, Tiffany cried out once she had came inside, she was panting and puffing from her run.
“What’s wrong Tiffany unnie?”, Yoona asked worriedly as she came up towards her in a hurry.
“Well it’s your birthday soon right?”, Tiffany asked in between pants and puffs.
“Err… yeah”
“Well I wanted to invited this guy-”, Tiffany begun but Yoona quickly butted in and this time with strangely great excitement.
“Oh? Who is it unnie? Do I know him?”, Yoona asked excitedly, she knew where she was getting the excitement from, Lee Donghae. Strange how her feelings for him never changed for these past years. What was the chance of it being Donghae? And why was it that she never had the guts to invite him to her birthday party every single year?
“You don’t know him, but don’t worry, he’s really nice, you’ll be good friends in no time”, Tiffany replied happily causing all the excitement left in Yoona to drain off.
“Unnie, it’s a friends only birthday party…”, Yoona tried to explain but the look of Tiffany’s puppy dog eyes made her stop right there.
“Yoong please, he’s really nice, he just wants to be friends with you”, Tiffany pleaded to Yoona who sighed.
“…fine but can I at least get his name?”, Yoona asked dully in which Tiffany replied eagerly.
“He’s my closest friend, his name is Ok Taecyeon!”
And that was how I invited the devil.
Forbidden Love Chapter 6 Coming Out Soon xD