| Fan Fiction |
by Ishwarya
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REFERENCES:-Some of the dialogues of the “flashback” sequences are adopted from Erich Segal’s book- Love Story.
I loved reading it, and I was so pleased by certain dialogues that I chose to put it in my story.
If any of you are offended, I apologize.
My intentions are not wrong. I’m not plagiarizing.
I’m just a reader who simply loved the author’s dialogues.
NOTE- My storyline is completely different from that of the book.
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ABOUT YUNMI:
Name: Lee YunMi
Nickname: YunMi
Age:20
Personality:
-She’s a person who likes company and also give company.
-She's not happy-go-lucky.
-Even if you have just met her, you may get the vibe that she’s arrogant, but she’s not.
-She is very straight forward.
-She can be very stern with guys.
-She becomes quite blunt in her words when it concerns a serious issue.
-She enjoys her part time job in the library.
-She loves fairytales.
-She always stays true to the motto "treat others the way you want to be treated."
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“Okay, it’s time to end it. It’s time to end it all.” I whispered to myself. I took one last deep breath and stood at the edge of the road. I didn’t want to push myself in front of a vehicle at once. I wanted to feel the adrenaline rush in my body. This was it, I was really doing it.
I closed my eyes and prepared myself. My heart was already pumping at full speed. I knew that there was nothing that could stop me from doing it. I started to count my last moments.
Five- I faced forwards.
Four- I gulped my fear.
Three- I heard the car horns.
Two- This was it.
One- Time to jump.
I felt myself being lifted up.
But why wasn’t there any pain?
Did God choose to give me a painless death?
How useless…
I wanted to feel pain..
I wanted more pain.
Suddenly I felt a hard tug on my jacket sleeve and hand. My eyes opened wide.
What was stopping me from death?
As I looked up, I finally saw what was holding me up...a person.
Not just any person, NO.
Before, she was the girl for whom I started to live life.
She finally pushed me to the ground.
Why did she save me?
She didn’t need me.
She had some other man now; I wasn’t wanted anymore.
I was pretty sure she wouldn’t have noticed my attempt at suicide, but she did.
“You fool, you don’t deserve to save me” I was glaring at her.
She walked towards me as I lazily stood up and looked at the ground.
“Can you please look at me?” she yelled.
Great! She made me attempt suicide; and I made her angry, that’s equal now.
“What is it YunMi?” I said uninterested, and in return I got a tight slap on my face.
*Did my face just turn 90 degrees?*
“What were you doing here?” She continued to yell.
“Are you blind? You definitely saw what I did!”
“Don’t act smart with me, Junsu!” she hissed back.
Man! How could a girl, talk to a guy like that?
I guess that’s why she’s different from others..and that’s why I love her…
Her present mannerisms remind me of our first meeting.
*FLASHBACK*
In the end of my senior year at college, I got into the habit of studying in the library, because the reserved books were in less demand there. The day before one of my maths exam, I still couldn’t get hold of the first book in the list.
I went to the reserve desk of the library to get the book, and saw two girls working there.
A tall girl and a short girl.
The tall one was constantly fiddling with her cell phone as I moved towards them.
“Aish! I’m so going to kill your Yoochun now.” The short girl was complaining. “He makes me do his homework every single time, while all that he does is text you. Ishwarya!!!Ishu…please understand me…don’t you feel that even I deserve some happiness. Even I deserve to be supported by someone. Ishu…Ishu…!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Whoa!” The tall girl exclaimed, finally looking up from her cell phone. “Yes..Yes..oh my YunMi..I feel so terribly sorry..from next time..I’ll do your homework, as well as Chun’s.Okay! Now cheer up buddy!”
She saw me approaching them and their little conservation disappeared into thin air.
I approached the short girl..who’s name was YunMi.
“Do you have this book?” I enquired her, pointing to the name of the book on my list.
She shot up a glance at me.
“Is this your library that you’re asking like this?” she asked.
“We, from Seoul Academy are allowed to use this library!” I said expressing my full authority.
“So you belong there!” she said with no interest, “No wonder you look stupid” she continued glancing straight at me.
I was too shocked. In my whole life, I had always faced girls swooning over me, she was the first one to call me stupid.
I wasn’t going to let her go so easily, so I shot back, “What makes you think you’re smart?”
“I wouldn’t go for coffee with you.” she said as a matter of fact.
“Excuse me..I wouldn’t even bother to ask you..”
“That,” she replied, “ is what makes you stupid!”
*PRESENT*
“Junsu! Junsu!”
“JUNSU!!”
I heard her yell again.
“Don’t phase out! I’ve been asking you something. Reply!!”
“YunMi, I’ll explain surely, but please I want my ears to function properly! So don’t shout and make me deaf!”
She was a fool for trying to convince me that what I did, wasn’t the right decision.
“Please explain to me why you want to leave me” she said weakly, “do you not love me anymore?”
I looked up, just to find her eyes spilling with tears.
Seeing her expression made me cry too.
“Did I say you could do this, Junsu? Did I? When have I asked you to leave me?” She continued with whatever she had to say, but I was reminded of something else.
*FLASHBACK*
It was our first date.
I had arranged a seat for her, so that she could watch me play soccer.
We ofcourse won the match, and after the game. I took her to the nearby café.
We were talking about books, when once she specifically lumped me with the fairy tale characters.
I asked her what was the order of her liking, including me, amongst those names.
“Alphabetical” she said smiling.
At that time I smiled too. But now I sit and wonder, whether she was listing me by name-Junsu-in which case I would trail Hansel and Gretel-or by my family name-Kim-in which case I would come before Little Mermaid.
Either way, I didn’t come first, which for some stupid reason bothered the hell out of me!
I guess, I was falling in love with her.
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We soon started to meet often, mostly in her library.
As my final year exams neared and she had her exams too, we studied together in the library.
Once when we were studying-
“Junsu, you’re gonna flunk, if you just sit there and watch me study.”
“I’m studying…”
“Don’t lie..you’re looking at me.”
“Only once in a while, YunMi. After every chapter.”
“Your book has very short chapters then…” she quickly interrupted me.
“Listen, you’re not so great looking” I began, but she had her say.
“I know that, but I can’t help it if you think so.”
I slammed my book and crossed the room to where she was sitting.
“YunMi, for God’s sake, how can I concentrate, when every single second I think of you?”
She screwed her eyebrow and frowned, “Oh! Junsu! Would you please!”
I was crouching by her chair, and she looked up at me. Like instinctively, I kissed her on the forehead.
“Did I say that you could?” She questioned me.
“What!” I was shocked at her reaction.
“Did I say you could kiss me?”
“Sorry. I was carried away.” I couldn’t think of any other excuses.
“But I wasn’t.” she said sternly.
We were pretty much alone out there, in that section of the library.
So, I kissed her again.
But not on the forehead, and not lightly.
It lasted a long time.
And when we stopped kissing, she was still holding onto my sleeves-
“I don’t like it!” she said.
“Whoa?”
“The fact that I like it.”
*PRESENT*
“Junsu! I’m asking you something! Don’t look at the ground, look at me!”
She was screaming now, in the middle of the road.
I stood there, quietly, waiting for her to continue.
“Aren’t you happy Junsu?”
I rolled my eyes. Great! She didn’t know me at all.
“We can fix everything, I promise. I will do anything to help you Junsu! I love you, please don’t ever do this again” she begged.
Now I reached my boiling point.
I narrowed my eyes, it was my turn to speak now.
“Love me? That is one of the biggest lies ever YunMi. Do not say you love me when I saw you with that man. Do not say you love me when I saw you kissing him. Do not say you love me when you truly don’t mean it. I am done with you and your lies.”
She held herself up and faced me with a glare. “You fool! Stupid! You think I would say that when I don’t mean it? Did you ever try and talk to me about that situation? Have you given me a chance to explain?”
I said nothing. I had no more words for her.
“That ‘man’ you’re talking about was not a man, Junsu. It was a she, you dumb fellow. It was my friend Ishwarya. I just met her by chance that day. Is it my fault, that she chose to convert herself as a tom-boy? Is it my fault she decided to go for a cut like that? That day we were supposed to meet at the café across the street. I wanted to introduce Ishwarya and Yoochun to you. If you would have asked me about it, I would have told you, you fool!”
I was shocked again.
“You were kissing a girl? That too in the middle of the street?”
“Aish! Junsu~ah! Why are you so stupid? I wasn’t kissing her. Her chain’s locket got stuck in my dress and so she stooped down to loosen it. I can’t help it if she’s so tall. And I won’t blame you for this misunderstanding, as even Yoochun thought we were kissing. And lastly, don’t say that I don’t love you! Because that’s a lie.” She finished.
I felt so guilty now.
I grabbed her hand and caressed it.
“Now please, can we get out of here?” I pleaded with my puppy dog eyes.
She, thankfully, agreed to my suggestion.
Oh, how grateful I was, that she saved me from getting crushed under the wheels.
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“Oh, Junsu! I don’t know how I fell in love with someone like you!” She always says this to me.
She’s right- I’m her stupid lover.
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Finally..one more completed.
I hope you guys liked it!
To YunMi Unni:
Did I even manage to understand 0.1% of your character?
I hope so.
And yeah, I included myself in your story.
I got inspired after my friends called me a tomboy , courtesy, my awesome haircut!
He..he..he..
To Mariko:
I’m almost done with Changmin’s story.
Will post it soon too.
Anyway..comments please…!!!
P.S.- Listening to SJM’s song-Atleast I still have you. Awesome song. I almost cried..!!!
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