Angst & Romance ~ Seoul Arts High, Seoul

{ Perfect Melody ; The Romeo To Me, Juliet }

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Moon Christi Lin ~ you

The melodic sounds of the piano notes flew around the room, making me feel at ease.

It was a tough day in school today- with two difficult tests and piles and piles of homework which was making me feel stressed out.

And this is why I'm playing the piano.

Playing the instrument that I love the most always made me feel relaxed and professional.

It was a normal Monday at school, there was nothing special at all.

And that was until a dimple faced guy came into the secret music room I usually used after school.

He startled me with his quiet entrance and his soft voice.

I never expected anyone to come into any of the music rooms after school hours.

I was playing Canon in D, a musical piece by Pachebel as the door suddenly and slowly opened.

I stood up in surprise and stopped my fingers from creating the beautiful and peaceful song.

"Oh annyeonghaseyo! I'm sorry to disturb you!" He apologies and bows.

"Ah, kwenchana. Annyeonghaseyo." I bow back as he shows me a dimpled smile.

I return the smile, and I was interested in why he was in here.

"I'm sorry, are you looking for something?" I asked as he shook his head.

"Ani. I'm just here to practice. Do you mind if I can practice in here? Or if not, then I'll just go to another room." He says as I shake my head.

"It's ok, I don't mind. It's a really big room as well. But I hope you won't mind me playing the piano." I say as he shakes his head.

"Actually, can I play the piano withyou?" He asks as I was taken aback.

"Umm sure." I say as he smiles and walks towards me.

He sure smiles a lot.

His smiles looks cute as well, with the dimples as complements.

"Canon in D, right?" He asks as I nod.

"From the beginning." He says as I hover my fingers above the keys.

"Hana, deul, set." He counts as we start playing.

I was so surprised at how his style of music was much more different from mine.

My style of piano playing was a sharp and crisp sound, while his was so soft and gentle.

And as our notes combined together, it was perfect.

Absolutely perfect.

We finish playing the song after a while, and as we finish, we give a smile to each other.

"You're a good player." He comments as I blush.

"Aniyo. You're really good. Even better than me." I answer as he smiles.

"Maybe I am, since I can't read notes." He says as I gasp.

"Really?" I ask as he nods.

"But I can play by ear. I even made up a song." He says as I gape at him.

"You're really talented." I said.

"Thank you. You're really good too. I bet that if we play and sing, our music would be even more perfect." He says as I nod excitedly.

'Our. He said our.' I think and blush.

"I can agree that our music is really nice. They compliment each other so well. Except I'm not a fan of vocals and singing." I say sadly.

"It's ok. I can teach you if you want. Oh. I have to go now. Can we continue tomorrow?" He asks as I nod.

"Yeah, I'd like that. I'm usually in here after school." I say as he was about to leave.

"Oh wait. How rude of me. What's your name?" He asks me as I smile.

"It's Moon Christi Lin. You can call me Christi or Lin, or even Moon. And to you as well?" I ask.

"Zhang Yixing. But my friends call me Lay." He says, showing his famous dimpled smile.

"It was nice playing the piano with you Yixing." I smile as he bows and smiles back.

"I enjoyed our music. I'll see you tomorrow Moon." Yixing says, bowing and leaving the room with a closed door.

After Yixing left, I felt a bit lonely. It was the first time anything like this has ever happened to me.

It was the first time a guy has even talked to me.

And if you ask why I sound like this, is because... I'm a loner.

I'm a smart person, or you can just call me nerdy.

No, I don't wear glasses, don't like to recite the number of Pi, don't like to challenge myself to the difficulties of mathematics.

And yes, you can call me a different type of nerdy.

I'm the kind that likes to study, do my homework, and spend most of my time reading or playing instruments.

That's the mind of nerd I am.

And because of my antisocial-ness, I don't like to waste my time to make so called 'friends.'

I'd rather spend my time doing the things that I feel comfortable with.

And so, ladies and gentlemen, I don't really do what society calls 'socializing.'

Instead, I just hang out in my own world. My own bubble.

Just me, myself, and I. No one else.

If you ask me why I don't make friends, well, it's just a waste of my precious time, and there's always some sort of conflict when you have friends.

Am I right?

And that's why I'm friendless and an antisocial person.

Also, that's the reason why I was so surprised at how Yixing approached me all friendly like.

I stare at the piano notes, and reminisce the memory of Yixing and I playing the piano.

How our notes have swirled together to make the most perfect melody, I honestly don't know how.

I remember his scent of clean linen and and a little bit of earthy colonge on him.

I remember how close he was to me- we were only centimeters apart from each other when we played.

I remember his kind personality and how weirdly polite he was to me.

But what I remember the most was his warm and cute dimpled smile.

That night, I couldn't get the memory of Zhang Yixing playing the piano out of my head.

•

Yixing ~ Lay

I knew she'd be in the music room. She's always in there after school.

I've been watching her play the piano sometimes when I pass to go to my practice room.

I'm a dancer, and so are my other five friends: Xiumin, Luhan, Kris, Chen, and Tao.

We practice dances after school if we have free time.

Our dreams are to be idols, so we're thinking about if we're going to audition or not.

But back to Moon.

I've seen her in the same music room daily, or if not, everyday.

I sometimes watch her play the piano.

Well, secretly.

She usually plays classical music pieces, and I can see how it takes her stress away.

I've seen her scowl and frown with frustration and stress, but as soon as she lays her fingers on the piano keys, it all goes away.

I really admire her for playing the piano so freely.

I also really like how she looks when she's playing the piano: calm, elegant, happy, and graceful.

She looks like an angel when she plays.

It makes me upset to see her walking through the halls everyday, with no one to talk to.

I usually thought that people avoided her, but I found out that she avoids people as well.

But sometimes, that voice in the back of my head asks why would I care for such a random girl, much less a stranger?

And as I thought that thought, I'd shake it off and I'd be even more curious.

It makes me want to know her more.

-

The next morning and the rest of the day at, school was a blur; everything seemed to be controlled by time's slow and fast handles.

All I remember today was my friends talking, the teachers explaining the day's lesson, and our fangirl's screams and squeals and loud talking, and most of all, the school bell ringing.

And that was the most exciting thing. I can finally meet Moon again!

It was weird being excited for school to end for staying after school. I'm weird, aren't I?

Well, I'm not the only one that's going to be staying behind school. My friends and I normally do with Moon as well.

I'd still hear her piano melody after my friends and I finish dancing, which was between the afternoon and early nighttime.

And today, I'm going to be with Moon again. I'm going to teach her, and maybe, just maybe, I can experience and listen to our perfect music once again.

•

Moon Christi Lin ~ you

I was already in the music room once school ended. I always run towards that music room right after school since my 6th period class was just a few rooms away.

I sit on the piano chair, eagerly waiting for Lay to arrive.

Hmm... that's weird. I usually never feel eager to wait for someone I don't know. And I'm probably sure many people including Lay doesn't either.

But my thoughts churned once I remembered what my parents said to me yesterday.

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"I'm home!" I yell, taking off my shoes.

"Hi honey! How was school today?" my mom asks as I smile.

"School was great. I made a new friend." I smile as my mom gasps.

"Oh honey, that's great! Who's this friend of yours?

"It's a guy. His name is Zhang Yixing." I say as my mom's eyes widened.

"Zhang Yixing? Lay?" mom asks as I nod.

"Omma wae?"

"You, must never talk or see him honey." mom suddenly says as I furrow my eyebrows in confusion.

"Why can't I? He's just a friend mom!"

"You shouldn't hang out with him. And I know this because of his parents."

"What- His parents? Omma, what are you talking about?!"

"What I'm saying is that your father and I are going to tell you why you shouldn't hang out with that boy tonight. There's no excuses, and we expect you to stay away from him from now on."

That night at the dinner table, my dad nearly choked when mom told him the news about Yixing being my friend.

"Sweetheart, you don't know what the Zhangs are like. We've seen them and known them before, and we're trying to protect you from their son." Appa says as I sigh.

"What's so bad about Yixing's parents that you two won't even let me befriend him?" I ask.

"His ancestors has killed ours hundred of years ago. I still can't forgive the Zhangs becuase of what they did to your grandparent's from war."

"And his parents are herbalists. They know which plants can heal, and which can harm. Who knows if the boy has this knowledge and wants to kill you?" mom joins in as I sigh.

"Really. Are you kidding me? Yixing wanting to kill me and hurt me? That will never happen mom. I'm pretty sure that Yixing is just an innocent person-"

"That can fool you and take your life away." dad inturrupts as I stand up and slam the table.

"Omma, appa, I think you two are being ridiculous. There's no way that ZhangYixing has any intentions of killing me whatsoever. He'sas kind person, and I know because I've talked to him before. Just because his parents and grandparents possibly could've been bad people, it doesn't mean that he is too."

"How do you know for sure?"

"It's because I'm his friend."I say harshly as I stomp to my room, slamming and locking the door behind me.

I sighed heavily in fruatration, and I punched the wall and my pillows from anger.

-

I sigh again, and I hear footsteps outside the room. The door know slowly turns and I look at the door's direction.

"Yixing-" I call to the figure, only to be dissapointed once I saw another.

"Oh hi Christi. It's me-" he begins as I turn away from him.

"Yes, I know who you are Sungyeol." I said, sighing and staring at the piano.

Lee Sungyeol was a guy my parents tried to have me date. Sungyeol is the son of my parents' friends, and they want me to be friends with him, or even be his girlfriend.

Now that my parents know that I'm friends with, Yixing, Sungyeol has been following me around everywhere.

"I.... I was thinking maybe if we can go on a-"

"A date? Sungyeol-sshi, I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in someone that my parents have tried set me up with. And besides, there's lots of girls that have a crush on you, so why are you trying to pretend to like me?" I ask, pretending to read the piano notes in my book.

I try to play a song, but I heard Sungyeol walking closer and closer to me, making me nervous.

And from my perpherial vision, he doesn't look very happy either.

Sungyeol suddenly grabs my wrist, and drags me painfully to the opposite side of the room.

"Oww! Apa! It hurts!" I yell, feeling my wrist getting suffocated my his hand.

I forcefully shook my hand, and Sungyeol let go.

"What the hell was that for Lee Sungyeol?!" I shouted in anger.

Sungyeol doesn't say anything, and I watch his shadows come closer and closer to me as I run my red and pained wrist.

Sungyeol's shadow comes closer and closer to me and finally, he pins me to the wall, with both hands beside me.

I can't escape now.

"Moon Christi Lin." he says my name as he stares at me.

"How come you'll let another guy in, but not me?" Sungyeol says as I widen my eyes.

Does he really know about Yixing? I thought.

"And do you think I'm pretending to love you? No! I do love you! Why can't you see that?!" Sungyeol yells as I wince.

"I don't like you, nor will I love you. Is this what you call love? Hurting the girl you like and to pester her about your love even though you know she's not interested in you? I thought you were better than this Lee Sungyeol." I said harshly.

"This is a one sided love Sungyeol. I don't want to hurt you, but there's someone else in this world that will love you even more than me. She can love you as much as you love her. But that girl isn't me, and it won't be me." I say as I watch his arm fall to his side.

"I'm sorry Sungyeol, but please, don't do this anymore." I say, walking towards the piano.

As I was halfway there, Sungyeol grabbed my wrist once again and turned me around.

What happened next was a blur.

Sungyeol cupped my cheeks, and I knew he was going to try to kiss me.

"Stop! Sungyeol stop it- STOP!" I yelled, trying to avoid his lips.

The door suddenly flunged open, and I saw his normal cute face scowling in anger.

•

Yixing ~ Lay

I was walking towards the music room where Moon was usually in.

But then, I saw a guy go in before me.

What's he doing in the music room? Perhaps he and Moon know each other? I thought.

I know it isn't good eavesdrop on others, but I was curious and I didn't know what the guy would do to Moon.

I couldn't quite hear what, they were saying, but I knew for sure that Moon was yelling for help a few minutes later.

That's when I opened the door and helped Moon.

I separated the guy and Moon. Moon looked scared; and the guy looks like he was about to kiss her too.

And for some reason, it made my blood boil.

I punched his face, and he fell to the ground. I quickly went to Moon, and she had tears in her eyes.

"Moon, are you ok?" I asked as she nodded slowly, sinking to the ground. "Don't cry."

And slowly, her tears streaked her smooth face, her expression upset and scared.

I took a sharp intake of air and grabbed the guy's collar.

"Look. Whoever you are, don't make Moon upset or cry ever again. And if I do see you, you're good as dead." I said harshly to him as he looks at Moon.

"Him? Zhang Yixing? Christi, you know that your parents don't like you being with him, and yet- he's the one?" he says in disbelief and jerks, taking off my grip on him. "I never needed your pity and advice. But I'll wait for you, no matter how long it takes for you to love me back."

"You say you love her and yet you dare to hurt her? How do you call yourself her lover? Leave now or else." I say as the guy looks at Moon, and finally leaves the room.

"Moon, are you ok?" I ask, patting her hair.

She nods. "No, you're not ok for goodness sakes Moon."

"Please, don't cry. He isn't even worth your tears. No one is worth your tears." I say, wiping her tears with my thumb.

I quickly open the door and grabbed my forgotten backpack, and took out my handkerchief.

"No, I'll make it dirty." Moon says as I smile.

"It's supposed to get dirty. And you need it more than I do." I say, giving it to Moon.

"Thank you Yixing." she gives me a small smile.

After a few mintues, Moon has calmed down, and her fingers were back at pressing the piano keys.

This time, it was a sad melody. I slowly walked towards her, thinking about what the guy had said earlier.

Moon's parents don't like it if she's around me..... my parents don't like it either. I thought.

But.... because of my new blooming love, I will stay next to Moon and love her, no matter what anyone says.

I sat down next to Moon, and played a happy melody instead. She looks at me in surprise, but continues to play.

Our melodies are opposite, just like the two of us. But when you put us together, we'll make a perfect melody.

And for the both of us, I won't give up to fight for my love for Moon.

And I hope Moon feels the same way, as I do.

We stopped playing, and I turned to Moon, who stopped crying.

"I... I have something to tell you Moon." I say as she looks at me.

"I... I love you, and I won't stop to fight for my love for you, no matter what anyone says or thinks. If you feel the same way, maybe we can fight against the people who oppose of us and maybe, we'll win one day. But if you... don't have the same feelings as I do, then.. it's ok." I say as Moon's eyes sparkle.

"I do. I do love you Yixing. I... fell in love with you at first sight, and I couldn't stop thinking about you. I too will also fight for our love." she says as I smile.

I wrap my arms around her and she does too.

We pull away a few seconds later, and I stare into her beautiful eyes.

We slowly lean closer to each other, and before we knew it, we kissed.

It was perfect, just like Moon and our melodies.

She's the notes to my piano sheets, the moon to my sun, the Juliet to me, Romeo.

I love her; no, I love Moon Christi Lin.

-

Meanwhile...

"Aww Lay hyung's so lucky to have a girl like that!" Tao says excitedly after witnessing their sweet kiss from the windows.

"Aish. That kid. He didn't even tell us anything." Luhan sighs.

"You must wish for a girlfriend Lu hyung." Chen jokes as Luhan turns to give his dongsaeng a scowl.

"So this is where he spends all his time lately." Kris comments. "I've seen him just standing here and listening to the door. I thought he was crazy at first."

"I hope they'll be happy, and maybe, Lay and his girlfriend can play the piano together!" Xiumin says happily.

"They can probably perform at one of the school special assemblies." Tao chimes in.

"Well, guys, let's leave the two alone. Let's go back and practice." Kris says, turning away from his group.

"But I want to stay here and listen to them!" Tao whines.

"Stop eavesdropping or you'll just cockblock on the future." Luhan says, patting Tao's back.

"Fine. And hyung, I don't cockblock!" Tao says loudly as Luhan laughs.

-

12 years later...

Moon Christi Lin ~ you

Today's a special day, no one can change that, not even our parents.

You see, with my determination and as well as with Yixing's, our parents have slowly put everything into the past and have reconciled.

They finally approved of our relationship.

So when I was officially Zhang Yixing's girlfriend, our relationship was in full bloom.

Yixing is such a sweet guy. He actually got me to open up with others, to talk to them, and make friends.

Although I did say that friendships were useless, they aren't. They're special relationships with the people you like and love.

Xiumin, Luhan, Kris, Chen, and Tao became my new friends; Hyuna and Kahee too.

Soon after our high school years, Yixing and I got accepted after the same college that we dreamed about. He decided not to enter the entertainment world after all, altough Luhan, Kris, and Chen have become a famous trio called EXO.

And Xiumin had his own coffee shop, which is really successful and famous these days.

With college life and new things, we made new friends and kept in touch with old ones.

It turns out that my classmate and new friend MiYoung is Sungyeol's girlfriend.

I met him once again and congratulated them both. Of course he was surprised to see me, but I told him that I forgave him already.

A few years passed, and Yixing and I were out of college. We thought that we should start living together.

We both pitched in to buy our own beautiful and spacious apartment complex, which was a bit expensive, but manageable.

And to mention that today is a special day, it certainly is.

However, there's bad news, and good news.

The good news was that Yixing popped the question last uear, and he married me on January 8th, which was also my birthday.

A few days after, I went to the doctors and they confirmed that I was going to be a mother, and that Yixing was going to be a father.

We were so happy, we couldn't even talk since we were speechless.

Yixing has trained himself on how to change diapers, to make milk out of a powder formula and making sure that the water isn't too hot or too cold.

He helps me buy the foods I'm craving for, although I couldn't believe that he managed to buy pudding at 2 in the morning.

And now, 9 months have passed. Yixing and I decided to not see what our child's gender is.

We guessed, and he said that he wanted a little girl, while I said the same. We decided to name her Zhang Yuexing, which means Moon star in chinese.

{ 张月星 to all my Chinese people~ btw, I don't usually use traditional chinese.... }

Her Korean name would be Lin Moon Ri courtsy for Yixing who wants our daughter named after me.  

{ 임문리 }

If our child was a boy, his name would be Zhang Quon Jin, which means shining gold. His korean name would be Lin Kang Woo.

{ 张光金 - 인캉우 }

But now not a really good time to be saying this, since im in the hospital, where I'm-

"AHHH!" I scream in pain for the umpteenth time.

"Please Ms. Moon. The baby's almost out. Just a bit more..." my doctor says as I breath heavily.

"Moon, your doing really well baobei." Yixing cooes, trying to calm me down.

With a final push, I scream and sigh in relief as I heard a baby's cry.

The doctor smiles and announces, "Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Zhang you two have.... a healthy baby girl."

Yixing and I cheer, but I start crying from happiness and hormones.

"Can... can I hold her?" I ask as the doctor hands over my daughter to me.

"Moon Ri annyeong~" I say, half crying and smiling.

"Say hello to your father Yue Xing~" I say, handing her to Yixing, who was crying as well.

"Yue Xing ni hao... I'm your father." Yixing says as Moon Ri continues to cry.

After a few years, Yixing and I had a baby boy while Moon Ri was a healthy little 2 year old.

"I love you Moon, Moon Ri and Kang Woo~" Yixing sings as he plays with our daughter.

We were in the living room, and I was putting Kang Woo in a little bed while Moon Ri was sitting on the floor.

"Moon, wanna play the piano?" My husband asks as I smile.

"Just like the old times." I say, sitting down next to him.

We both play the song that brought us together, and we take glances at our son and daughter, who seemed to be enjoying our music.

We really are one perfect family, indeed.

♡

Yay I finished!!! I hope you love this as much as I do, @SparklingBubbleTea! 

This is so fluffy I just can't....

Ok well, I was kinda going along with the Romeo and Juliet plot, but that didn't really... uh turned out the way it really was.

Dont worry, I would kill the two main characters! Oh and yes, it is Lee Sungyeol from Infinite.

I be put Lay playing the piano as a gif, and I versus also put Pachebel's Canon in D in the multimedia as well :)

That piano song is just so peaceful, I ♡ it so much! But sadly, I can't play it, although I'm trying... not so much. 

Nevermind.

And I also had to do some creative thinking plus the help of Google to help me name Lay's and @SparklingBubbleTea's kids, which was fun.

XD

So, @SparklingBubbleTea I really hope you like this imagine, and our Byun Baekhyun is next on the list!

Gomawo and Annyeong! 

@xoxo_annie_exo