Pt. 3 (1/1)

- Flashback Two Years –- Seulgi's POV –My phone vibrated in my pocket as I walked to the back entrance of the entertainment. They were on a three hour lunch break and the entertainment building was deserted, the other artists and managers were either in their dorms on the other side of the building or out on a long lunch break, giving me a perfect opportunity to finally get a tour of where they worked and lived. Jin had told me he would meet me around the back to let me in, it would be too risky going in the front. I checked my phone.Text Message from: TaehyungMeet me in the piano room! I have a surprise for you! I smiled and put my phone back in my pocket.Jin was waiting for me outside the door, I waved and smiled in his direction, he returned with a smile and opened the door for me. 'Can you take me to the piano room? Taehyung texted me saying he has a surprise for me!' I smiled up at Jin who was already smiling.'So that's why...' he smiled down at me. I looked at him confused then shrugged it off. We walked up the stairs, went through hallways and around endless corners before arriving at yet another hallway. 'It's the end room, go on!' he smiled and went back the way we came.'Thanks!!' I yelled back at him and began walking down the hallway. Doors, doors, and more doors. I let my hand trail along the wall, as I got closer to the end door I heard the sound of piano keys tapping a melody. I opened the door to see Taehyung at the piano. 'Taehyung?' I said, impressed. He turned to me and smiled, he was playing Yiruma.He said he had learnt it so he could play it for me so we could spend more time together. I could feel my cheeks turning red and hoped my makeup would stop that from showing. He let out a small laugh and moved over, gesturing me to sit down. I lifted my legs and allowed myself to sit on the piano seat next to him.'Play with me.' he grinned, I didn't know how to play the whole song but I knew most of it. He pulled his right hand away and continued to play the left hand, I rested my right hand on the keys and waited for the right time to play. As we both sat there, smiling and playing the song together I felt something between us.Something nice. Something that I thought could last a life time. - End of flashback –- Seulgi's POV –Jin had called me saying they were leaving today. I didn't even say goodbye to Taehyung, I said my goodbyes when he was lying on that hospital bed thinking he wasn't going to wake up, and he did, but he didn't.I lay on my bed and stared at the ceiling, it seems to be the only thing I do nowadays besides volunteer work at the animal shelter. The animals took my mind off everything. When I found out Taehyung was an idol in a group I always felt uneasy, like anything and everything could go wrong if one little thing happened.Dating an idol was stressful enough, but other things just had to pile it on and strain my relationship with him. We loved each other of course, but it was still hard, I was sick of everything having to be such a huge secret, and having to sneak around the entertainment building, trying to hide from other trainees and managers, it was all too much work.I had been thinking about calling it off for a while now, but he made me stay. I didn't want to give up on our relationship, but at times it brought me down so low I could hardly bring myself back up. For months on end I wasn't allowed to see him so we would have to text, call, and Skype, which he always fell asleep on because they had been training so much.Feeling myself falling away from him I shook my head and snapped out of the negative thoughts. 'Stop! You love him! You can't give up on him! But life is so hard with him. That doesn't matter! You will both pull through!But what if we don't? What if he never remembers me and forgets he loves me forever? He loved you once, he will love you again. He's just a boy, I'll find another? Don't say that. We met when we were teenagers, it could've just been a fling? Or nothing at all? Stop saying that!' My mind reeled and crashed against my skull as I argued with myself. I was going insane.- Jin's POV –We arrived in the US for our first lot of shows. We all felt empty leaving her behind, especially Taehyung and I. He felt like he was missing out on everything and just wanted to catch up with her, but we couldn't let him find everything out too soon.He would be in shock, disbelief, and probably break down crying due to the heavy information. We couldn't let that happen, not while on this tour. So we continued life as it was going. His mind resetting like how it did, was somewhat good?Better than him being a dick like the first time though. I told her we should just leave him as he is, of course still live through all the memories, but not force the memories upon him. I wanted to see how he would turn out, if he instinctively did the same as he did the few years before, or deciding to go down a whole new path.We wheeled our suitcases to our hotel rooms. 'Don't even bother unpacking, just leave everything in your suitcases and get some sleep,' our manager said as he poked his head through mine, Taehyung's and Namjoon's hotel room door, 'You're going to need your energy for tomorrow night.' We had eaten before we landed at LAX so we weren't hungry and didn't bother asking, ordering, or looking for food.We just showered and slept.- Taehyung's POV –I stared at the ceiling in the dark. I couldn't keep my own thoughts in order as they ran wild through my messed up and confused mind. But I was starting to remember some things, that memory in the piano room, I don't remember when it was but I do remember it.That memory makes me question what mine and hers relationship is. What are we? What am I to you? What are you to me? I exhaled loudly and pulled my blankets off, my body was heating up fast and I had to get out. I pulled on a coat, slicked on a pair of jeans, slipped my sock covered feet in a pair of black Vans and left the hotel room making sure I didn't wake anyone.The hallway was quiet, it was late but I didn't check the time, I didn't have my phone. My feet carried me to the elevator and I hit ground floor. The hotel was huge, we were on the seventh floor out of fourteen, so it took me a while to get to the ground floor.The floors were marble and glistened under the light of the golden chandeliers dotted with glimmering crystals. It was like this was all a dream and I was just waiting until the dream ended so I could wake up back in the past, but I knew it wasn't a dream, it was all too real, too vivid and complex. A dream would never be this complicated and real.I followed the grand staircase with gold railing to a big dark wood door lined with gold. The ballroom? The doors yawned open as I pushed on them, it was empty so I stayed. It was cold but it was nice. I walked through the ballroom, artwork sprawled across the ceiling as did chandeliers, columns stood tall and supported the walls and ceiling, it was beautiful, but it felt too much like a dream.The marbled floor clattered almost melodic under my shoes, my eyes didn't know where to look, but then they settled on the grand piano in the corner of the room in front of the stage. My skin crawled and tingled as I got closer, my view blurred slightly, like a dream. I allowed my fingers to glide across the piano keys.'Can you play me a song?' I heard her voice whisper from behind me, I turned around but no one was there. I slipped into the chair and rested my hands on the keys, once again. How many songs did I learn for her? I wondered.Closing my eyes as before, I began to play. Just like the first time it didn't sound like a proper song, but the more I moved my fingers and tapped every note the melody began to flow like a person running from the darkness on a cloudy night with only the moonlight shining through the thick branches of the bare trees.With my eyes still closed I stopped playing, but the piano did not. I stood up and walked to the middle of the ballroom, I felt a figure hug my body in a tight embrace. I opened my eyes, and it was her. She pulled back and looked up at me with her sparkling blue eyes and smiled.'I can't dance' she whispered softly. 'It's okay, you don't need to know how to dance. I'll lead, you follow' I said back, replaying a lost memory. I pulled her closer to me and wrapped my left arm around her delicate waist, my right hand trailed up her arm before locking with her hand.'Now put your other hand on my shoulder' I whispered, I don't know why we were being so quiet. Her hand slithered up my chest, warm to the touch, and rested on my shoulder.Our eyes still locked. She exhaled, as did I. We slowly began to move our feet to the piano keys, our bodies moved in unison with each other and with the song. The lights dimmed and the world around us fell away. With every breath and every sigh I felt no longer scared of what was happening, what had happened, and what was going to happen, I felt at peace.Nothing mattered in that small moment in time, except for her and I. The song slowly faded away to nothing, she pulled away, I held her waist and tried to pull her back to me. 'Where are you going?' I asked her, she didn't answer, she just shook her head and disappeared.What seemed to be a repeating memory soon faded and I found myself sitting in the middle of the ballroom beneath one of the chandeliers. I heard footsteps coming from in front of me. 'Excuse me, sir?' it was a girl. I lifted my head to see a girl wearing the hotel uniform.'I'm sorry sir but you can't be in here.' her voice was delicate, she was trying so hard to be nice about kicking me out. 'You are really good at playing piano though, sir, and dancing.' she beamed a small smile down at me. I slowly stood up, bowed to her, then turned around and left-