Chapter 7: Seoul

                                    

                                          
That day when I returned back to my dorm room after coming back to college, I set my priorities set. I knew I had to crack the B-school exam so that I could study about management and become a manager and then move to Korea for work. That was the only way I could ever convince my parents about going to Seoul. Also, this was the only way I could find Tae.
                          
I didn't spare even a moment and took out my books and started studying day and night and by the end, the college got over I finally had my offer letter from the University of Seoul for a management degree. 
                          
With trembling fingers as I pressed enter to open the email from the University of Seoul, I almost cried when I saw I got accepted. Only things that were on my mind what I was going to do next and how was I going to meet Tae.
                          
A lot of events had happened after I returned from Dehradun. Rohan had asked me out one day. 
                          
"I like you, Yeo-Reum", he had said after he brought me out to a fancy restaurant giving me an excuse for some important work. "Will you go out with me?"
                          
I had never thought of Rohan as anything more than a good friend and was shocked beyond the limit when he said that out of blue. It took me some time to recollect myself before I could even stutter a word. How lost was I that I had missed all the moments that could have hinted that Rohan had developed feelings for me. 
                          
"I-I- am sorry Rohan! I can't return back your feelings. I have always seen you as a good friend and I don't want to lose it." I saw a sad smile appear on his face and I got up and took a leave. Things were awkward between us for a long time between us and most of the time I avoided him and did my best to not run into him.
                          
Ahana broke up with her boyfriend and got a new boyfriend. I remember her crying all night after she had broken up with her ex. We had spent a week doing shopping, watching dramas and working on organising events for our Music club.
                          
But now as we were leaving college, I didn't want to forget about every memory I made here just because it would be easy instead I reminisced every single happy memory and kept it safe in my heart. Before leaving for home, I hugged Ahana tight and promised each other to stay in contact. I also talked to Rohan and set things straight and wished him luck for the future. Waved back at my fellow batchmates.
                          
Next week I had my joining at the University of Seoul and I were to leave India two days later. Soon I will be in Seoul and I could meet Tae as well as Kim Taehyung whose voice had always kept me strong and helped me sleep. I couldn't be more excited. The heart racing in my chest was a proof for it.
                          
Exactly, a week later I landed in Seoul. I had already joined online forums of my uni so I knew I had to take a cab from the airport and it will take exactly 30 bucks and drop me in front of the admission office of the uni.
                          
Standing outside the admission office at 5 pm I felt nervous. It was a completely new place and a new start. One day when I would graduate from this uni I want to get my dream job and live the life of my dreams. People around me from all over the world speaking different languages and I felt lost. 
                          
I entered the office and went to the counter where the receptionist gave me some forms to fill. As I sat there filling the form, someone walked in through the door and I looked up to find a lean guy in a black hoodie and Gucci jeans as said the label with his hoodie on,  walk to the counter. He had a leather bag strapped across one shoulder. I couldn't see his face or hear his voice. But after the receptionist said something he walked to the empty seats across where I was seated. He was probably asked to wait as the receptionist left her desk and went somewhere. I was done filling the form so I looked towards him. He was now looking into his phone. He was wearing a black mask and his hairs were dark and permed. It fell over his forehead and almost was covering his eyes. 
                          
Is he a fresher too? And why has his face covered as if he to avoid getting recognised? I thought. 
                          
I looked around and the digital screen on the wall towards my left caught my eyes. There on the screen was the most handsome person I had ever seen in my life. And the name read Kim Taehyung. I got up and went closer to the screen to read the article there. It said Kim Taehyung , the famous kpop idol was to join the University of Seoul this year. I couldn't believe it. I didn't think  I was going to meet him so soon and how come I had never google him up and just listened to his songs. I took out my phone and opened the camera to take a selca with the screen. As I turned around and clicked a photograph or two, I saw the guy in the black looking right at me.
                          
Was his expression confused or mocking me I couldn't tell as I couldn't see his face. But his eyes had some kind of humour in it. Or was I just imagining things? I quickly put my phone away as I saw the receptionist coming back to her desk and I handed over my filled up forms to her. She asked me to sign. That was when I saw in my peripheral vision that the guy was now walking towards the desk and as I was already too intimidated by him, to begin with, I signed in the register hurriedly and took the campus map, admission card and timetable along with my room key and avoiding another eye contact I rushed towards the main gate after collecting my bags.