"가장 밝은 미소를 가진 소녀."

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A U T H O R ' S  P. O. V

Lalisa Manoban.

It was weird, Jungkook thought. The same eyes, the same expressions, the same smile.

For the entire week since his run in with the girl, she became the only thing and person that was present in his mind. Just the thought of her blurred all of his senses and thoughts. There was just something about her that bothered him in a way, and at first he thinks that it may be because of that same fateful surname, but there was also this faint voice inside his head telling him that it was because of something else.

But the thing is, he couldn't pinpoint exactly what that thing is, and it frustrated him to no end.

Also, just when he thought that it couldn't get any worse, it did. Because the last time Jungkook checked, he didn't get this frustrated about anything before. He never did, at all.

The male sighed and shrunk in his seat.

He was over thinking again.

Wanting to get rid of all those unnecessary thoughts out of his supposed to be focused mind, the young heir shook his head and closed his eyes.

For now it was just him, the lull silence slicing through the air, and the white grand piano that was standing before him.

Jungkook allowed himself to be lost into his own hypnotic distraction called music. His long, dainty fingers made its way towards the smooth black and white keys of the piano and started to play. Jungkook's brows furrowed in concentration as the soft melody of Clair De Lune danced in the air, eventually calming the storm that was previously brewing in both his heart and mind.

It was always like this, just Jungkook and music.

Even though in the eyes of many, he was an arrogant, rich, cocky brat who has the ability to get everything he desires in the snap of one finger, he knew to himself that under all those facades, those numerous masks worn by himself, under all the crap life threw his way, underneath lays a broken boy who only found true solace in music and singing. The only things where he could express himself freely.

As Claude Debussy's famous piece escalates, along with Jungkook's fingers picking up the pace as it runs through the keys, the heir's expression turned to those of a pained one.

Memories of the only woman who genuinely cared for him passing away flashed through his head, then it transitioned to all the years of excruciating pressure and expectations that followed that heartbreaking incident where he had nobody to comfort and support him, where he was all by himself. He knew it wasn't good, reminiscing through those memories will only awaken the chaos that he just calmed down a moment ago, but he couldn't stop, and his hands couldn't either.

What were once soft chords wafting through the air, became distressed presses on the piano keys.

But once the piece descended to a much slower and calmer mood, all those painful flashbacks vanished inside his head and instead, the hazy picture of a young beautiful girl invaded his mind.

She had big hazelnut hues, brown silky hair, and pink, plump lips. The girl inside the hazy memory was sporting a sweet and blinding smile that can easily lighten up any person's darkest day.

Jungkook's playing came to an abrupt stop as his eyes shot open.

His hands discarded themselves from the piano keys as they transferred to cradle his head. The young heir clenched his eyes shut again and groaned as he fell off the chair because of the pain that suddenly shot through his head.

As he laid there on the floor, he only noticed then that these incidents have been happening more frequently these days, and it was always the same girl that was trapped in his lost memories causing it. Even though the accident happened when he was still young, it doesn't mean that that certain mystery girl left his mind. He's still having constant dreams about her even until now.

When the pain started to subside, he crawled over to the chair and rested his back on one of its legs, he ruffled his hair before staring blankly at the ceiling, a thoughtful expression gracing his face, "It's her again. . ."

". . .The girl with the brightest smile."

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"Kookie, what are playing?"

The young boy immediately stopped playing the piano piece upon hearing the same sweet voice of her dearest bestfriend.

"Priya," The boy's expression brightened, his eyes smiling along with his lips, eventually showcasing his adorable bunny teeth. "You're here!"

The young girl smiled back equally as cheerful before humming and sitting on the vacant space beside the boy. "Yeah, I'm here, Kook. I'll always be here."

Kook's smile widened even more because of the statement that just escaped the little girl's lips, if that was still even possible, "You're still keeping our promise, Priya."

Priya looked at him in confusion as she tilted her head to one side, "Of course I am, Kook. I will never leave you even if sometimes you can be the most annoying person in the world."

That turned Kook's grin upside down, "Yah!"

Priya pretended to not hear Kook's grumbling as she squinted her eyes at the piano instead as if it was the most interesting thing that could ever grace the world, "You still didn't answer my question." She glared lightly at her bestfriend who immediately straightened up and coughed.

"You remember my favorite piano piece? The one my grandma always plays for me?" Kook turned to look at Priya with a raised brow.

The young girl nodded eagerly with a smile, "Yeah! It's so beautiful!" Priya halted and glanced at Kook with a questioning look.

"What was that called again?"

Kook only grinned.

"Clair De Lune."

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Lalisa bolted up from her bed and clutched her head. The girl tried to steady her breathing by placing her hand on her chest, only for her to notice how she was sweating hard even if the AC was turned on.

A lot of things ran through her mind all at once. She wondered if it was just a dream, but if it was, she wondered why it felt so familiar and real. Lalisa racked her head in an attempt to figure out who the little boy in her dream was, but his face was still too blurry that she couldn't get a clear picture of him for her mind to recognize.

After calming herself down a moment later, Lalisa plopped back into her bed and stared blankly at the ceiling with knitted brows. Her mind went back to her dream, her little hazy dream.

It was a little unclear, but at least she was still able to make out the girl and the boy and some snippets of their conversation. Now that she was thinking about it earnestly, it honestly scared her how the girl from her dream looked, talked, and even had the exact same name as her.

If ever it was a childhood memory, then why can't she remember it now? Why couldn't she recall a young boy who plays the piano who was apparently her bestfriend?

The young heiress ruffled her locks in frustration.

"Great, another sleepless night." She groaned to herself.

She knew that she wasn't going to sleep anytime soon because she'll be left to over think about a certain topic again. There was just so many questions bugging her now that she's certain she wouldn't be able to sleep. Too many whos, whys, whens.

But her biggest question right now?

"Who are you, Kook?"

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"The girl with the brightest smile."

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I'm three days late, but that's not going to stop me so belated happy birthday to our golden maknae! (didn't forget his birthday, just forgot to post here because our dad changed our wifi password :( sucks for me ik)

Also congrats to us blinks because we already have two mvs that reached a billion views! I'm still kinda sad about what happened in the comments section and how our fandom lacks unity in general but I hope that we will still continue to support our queens, because just imagine our power if those stupid blonks disappear and we genuine blinks unite :') Continue to stream ice cream amd dynamite guys!

But anyways here's a juicy chapter for y'all ;) hope you enjoyed it because you guys deserve it for giving this book 40k+ reads, y'all are amazing <3 Personally, I'm still not satisfied with this chapter but I hope you guys are. Anyways please excuse the errors if there's any and continue to keep safe guys!

Luv y'all

Author-nim outtt