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CHAPTER THREE 
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TAERI SLOWLY LIFTED HER
head up from the desk and looked around her classroom to see that everyone had left.
"Why didn't they wake me?" She mumbled in annoyance before standing up to see Yoon Cheongah still doing work at the back of the classroom.
Taeri knitted her eyebrows together before approaching the girl and gently patting her arm, causing her to slightly jump and take out her wired headphones. 
She looked up at at the girl in confusion before her eyes wondered around the room to see that she was the only one left.
"Lesson is over." Taeri softly spoke but cursed at herself when she remembered that the girl was deaf. 
Cheongah stood up and awkwardly began packing up her stuff while Taeri slowly started to walk away.
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The brunette girl laid her back on the small couch in the corner of their band room. One of the books that was originally discarded on the floor was now covering her face to block out the sun. 
Suddenly, Taeri jumped up in shock as the sound of a guitar being played made her jump. 
Although, instead of seeing one of the four band members playing with the strings she saw a weirdly familiar boy sat on the stool.
His hair was dark brown matching his large doe eyes and soft eyebrows. He wore a cream sweater which had a bear print in the centre and black trousers.
His eyes slowly shut as he listened to himself play with a soft smile. Where did she recognise him from..? Taeri wondered to herself as she sat up straight with a confused expression.
After a little while the boy began to open up his eyes again but when he caught the sight of Taeri his eyes expended like a balloon. 
He jumped back in shock while the girl sarcastically clapped for him and stood to her feet. 
"Yoon Dongjin fraud, that's where I recognised you from." Taeri teased while pointing her index finger at him as she slowly crept forward. 
His eyes darted around the room, desperately trying to avoid her piercing ones. The closer she got the further his head turned away from her. 
"What are you doing here? You don't go here." She pointed out making him slouch and look at her up and down.
"Neither do you by the looks of your uniform." He pointed out with his eyebrows creased together.
He was right, she was wearing the Seowon High School uniform. Taeri couldn't help but glow red and bow her head, "b-but you're not even wearing school uniform." She defended herself. "Are you perhaps... a college student!" She gasped as if it was the worst thing to be imaginable. 
Eungyeol's face flattened as he stared at the girl with a blank expression. "I'm a high schooler." He whined while dragging out the 'r' and scoffed under his breath. 
Taeri rolled her eyes and stood up straight with her arms crossed over her chest. "What are you doing here?" She questioned and moved to sit back down on the couch. 
"I'm here to see Yichan." He answered while setting the guitar beside his stool on the ground. 
"Oh, me too." Taeri responded and closed her eyes while her head leaned against the wall behind her. "I'm waiting for everyone to show up to practice." 
Eungyeol stood up and grabbed the plastic bag that was thrown on the ground in the corner of the room. 
"Are you in the band?" He quietly asked, almost as if he was fishing for information.
"Me in a band?" She laughed and shook her head. "I'm afraid that if I even touch a guitar the strings would snap and my voice is enough to make anyone go or want to go deaf." 
Eungyeol let out an awkward chuckle and began to walk out when he stopped himself and turned back to the girl. 
"Don't tell Yichan or anyone that I was here." He begged with desperation lingering in his tone. 
"Or what?" Taeri sassed and let her arms support her head. "What will you give me in return for your secretifety.." she spoke while raising her brow with a cocky smirk. 
Eungyeol let out a sigh and shut his eyes in annoyance as he cursed under his breath. 
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"Who was just playing the guitar?" Both Yichan and Majoo yelled out as they sprinted into the band room. 
They stood in front of Taeri while panting for their breaths as the girl casually licked her newly opened watermelon ice lolly. 
"Hmm." She contemplated and tapped her finger on her chin. "I think the coldness of this lolly has gone to my head. I can't seem to remember." She pretended and held her head in discomfort. 
"Liar." Yichan accused and pointed his finger at her as he stood tall with a look of betrayal. "Your eyebrow twitched." He pointed out. 
Majoo looked confused and glanced between the two. "What does that mean?" He wondered.
"Her eyebrow always twitches when she's lying." Yichan explained and edged closer to the young girl. 
Taeri shrugged her shoulder and carried on eating the refreshing lolly. "He left." She admitted, knowing that she had already been caught out.
"Who was he?"
"Did you see his face?"
"Do you know him?"
"Do we know him?"
"Does he go here?"
They both rambled and spat out questions, too many for Taerin to register. "He doesn't go here." She shook her head. "He's a college kid." She snickered. 
Majoo and Yichan looked at each other with confused eyes. "Why is a college student in our band room playing our guitar?" Majoo questioned.
"Why don't you ask him.." she tempted causing them both to shoot their heads towards her direction once again. "He just left. You can still catch him up." 
And before she could even blink, they were gone. 










-ynjwon