Chapter 4: Meaningful Dream

[Summer]
[Seunghyun POV]

"Hyung, where the hell did you go?" Jiyong asks once I finally meet up with them in line for our flight. I pretend I didn't hear it.

"Seunghyun hyung," YoungBae calls. I look at him. "You went to talk to that girl again, didn't you?"

I shrug, snatching Daesung's water bottle and taking a swig from it. Why am I suddenly hot? Summer shouldn't be this hot at this time. I give Daesung his water back, only one-forth of it remains. Daesung pouts as he eyes his water.

"It's that same girl, right? The same one a few months ago in the restaurant?" Daesung asks. I nod. We walk up to another attendant and give her our passports and tickets. She checks all of them and gestures for us to pass. The others start pointing out our fans while we put out luggage in the cabinets in first class.

I take a seat next to Jiyong while Daesung, Seungri, and YoungBae sit across from us. I lean my head back and close my eyes, not wanting to go to sleep just yet. I hear Jiyong flipping through a magazine. After 20 minutes, the plane starts to move. I slip on my earphones and turn on my music. A soft melody begins to play, slowly drifting me off to sleep.

"Hyung!" Someone shouts in my ear.

"Aish!" I snap my eyes open and jump up. "What, Jiyong?" I pull off my earphones from my ears.

"I was talking to you."

"You were?"

"Neh. Obviously, I was ignored."

"Mianhae." I mumble. "So, what were you talking about?"

"That girl…EunMi." Jiyong says.

"How do you know her name?" I snap.

Jiyong jumps from my suddenness. "Because you shouted her name and she said it herself."

"Oh," I mumble, feeling stupid. "What about EunMi?"

Jiyong shrugs. "It's just weird. This is the second time we see her, and she's making another argument. Then you, of all people, go and talk to her again." He pauses. "Do you like her?"

That caught me off guard.

"What?" I say after a moment of silence. I shake my head back and forth swiftly. "No, no. I don't like her." I say more to myself than Jiyong. "Why?"

Jiyong shrugs. "Alright then." YoungBae calls Jiyong and they start talking to each other, leaving me alone to my thoughts. I lean my head back.

No, I don't like EunMi. She's just a random person. And I've only seen her twice. Besides, I don't know her and she doesn't know me. There's no need to know each other. Plus, she's not my type. Yes, I don't like her. I shouldn't.

I close my eyes, feeling tired. As I drift off, those black orbs begin forming in my head. A heart-shaped face takes place and pink, plump lips form. Dark, long hair grows and bangs cover one of the dark eyes. Instead of a dark atmosphere, a bright glow surrounds the person.

"Hello, Seunghyun." She smiles at me, making clench my hands. "I'm EunMi."

EunMi… EunMi?

"I have something that has its advantages and its disadvantages… Do you know what that something is?" She continues, her eyes soft and deep.

I don't say anything because, frankly, I don't know how. Seeing her up close just takes my breath away. She's beautiful. Seeing her like this makes me think she's going to say something bubbly and bright. Instead, she says the opposite.

"War." She whispers.

In a flash, everything goes black and she was gone. Whispers echo around me. Having the need to see light, I start running, slicing through the darkness. A tingling laughter rings through my ears. My legs stop without warning. I try to move, but I can't budge.

"It's war, Seunghyun." A whisper enters my ears.

I turn around. There's no one here. It's just me, alone.

"EunMi?" I yell. I swear this sounds like her, her voice eerie and blending into the darkness.

"You thought I was going to say 'love', right?"

I turn around once more, feeling chills run up and down my back. The chime-like laughter comes back, only this time, it's ringing through my ears.

"You have to know something, Seunghyun. In my life, there is no love." She whispers. I feel something touch my back. Suddenly, I see her form behind me. She rests one of her hands on my shoulder while the other wraps around my wrist. Her lips touch my ear, making me freeze in place.

"In my life, there's only war." She murmurs, her breath hitting my ear and cheek. I gulp, suddenly feeling hot.

"You can always change your life." I mumble under my breath without thinking. I feel her pause and she lowers her head to my neck. She smiles, her teeth grazing my collarbone. She chuckles.

"I can't." She says, bitter.

"Why not?"

"Because I'll die trying."

I gasp for air as I snap my eyes open. I straighten up in my seat and look around. I'm still in the plane. I look beside me and see Jiyong softly snoring, deep asleep. I look across from us and see the other three sleeping quietly. I take a peek out the window. It's dark outside. I gently lean back on my chair, trying not to wake the others up. I grab my water bottle and chug it all down. Once I'm done, I look up at the ceiling of the plane.

What the hell was that about? Did I just dream about EunMi? Can I even call it a dream? Maybe it's a nightmare. I close my eyes; the picture of her instantly pops up. I snap my eyes open and shake my head as if the picture would go away. The dream was scary, yet I felt at peace. Why is that? That conversation… What does she mean by "I'll die trying"? What does she mean about "war"?

"In my life, there is no love."

"In my life, there's only war."

Hearing those words ringing in my mind, I feel chills shoot up and down my spine. I don't know why or where it came from, but I have the need to protect her…

And show her that there can be love in her life.