REMINISCENCE

CHAPTER 8

NEW MEMBER OF THE TEAM

NORMAL POV

It was cloudy Wednesday and the student's brought umbrellas in case it will rain. Chanyeol was walking in the hallway when he spotted Luna looking outside the window with her hand under her chin. She looks bored. He walked over to her slowly then covered her eyes with his hands. She wasn't even surprised but still Chanyeol did what he planned to do.

"Guess who?" he asked cheerfully. He expected her to say 'I don't know' or name names but calmly she answered,

"Chanyeol."

He was amazed by her sensitivity and gently slid his hands off her eyes and she faced him and smiled.

"I saw you through the window." She said and pointed at his reflection. Chanyeol rubbed the back of his neck due to embarrassment then laughed.

"I thought you were psychic…" he replied. Luna just giggled and turned her gaze back to the window.

"I really hate weather like this…" she said and let out a heavy sigh. Curious, Chanyeol asked her why she hated dull weathers. "It's gloomy… and it makes me remember things I'm not supposed to remember…" she answered calmly. Chanyeol looked at her eyes and saw that she was really deep in her thoughts.

"Even I hated this kind of weather because it's cold and when it rains, it becomes muddy," he said with disgust in his voice, "but sometimes, weather like this is good too, especially when the land is dry and cracking because of the very warm temperature. The plants would really want for a little shower…" he added. Luna looked at him with wonder.

"Plants?" she asked. Chanyeol nodded and looked outside the window dreamily.

"Yeah… plants… I know it doesn't sound truthful but I really like looking at the green grass, the tall trees and the beautiful flowers. They just seem to make this place… alive…" he answered and looked at Luna who was smiling at him. Chanyeol blushed and turned his gaze back to the window.

"Did I sound… gay?" he asked, embarrassed. At this, Luna started to laugh.

"No silly! Actually I agree with you." She answered. Chanyeol looked at her and saw that she mean what she said and smiled.

"Oh! I almost forgot!" he said and took something out of his bag and hand it to her.

"What is this?" she asked while scanning the box Chanyeol gave.

"Open it." He answered while looking on the floor, shy. Luna smirked at him and slowly opened the said box and smiled when she saw what's inside.

"It's beautiful." She commented and took the bracelet out of the box. It was a silver bracelet with hanging crescent moons and stars charms. Chanyeol took it from her and placed it on her wrist himself.

"I was thinking of giving you something since you are part of the group now…" he replied. Luna looked at the bracelet with sad eyes.

"Don't you like it?" Chanyeol asked when he noticed the way she looked at the bracelet. Luna looked at him and he was startled when she suddenly hugged him. He doesn't know what to do when she whispered something in his ear.

"Even if you gave me this, I can't guarantee you anything… sorry…" then she let go of him and looked at him straight to the eye. "That was my favourite line from my favourite movie!" she exclaimed. Chanyeol who was stunned from what she said earlier and when he finally absorbed what just happened, he smiled uneasily.

"Please stop scaring me…" Chanyeol said while wiping imaginary sweat from his forehead. Luna just smiled at him. The bell rang and the two of them walked to the classroom together. Behind the locker, there was someone who was watching their every move, especially Luna's.

SO HEE'S POV

The bell started to rand indicating that the class is about to start. Student's started to walk towards their respective classrooms. I turned my attention to my seatmate. Luhan was sleeping. He is facing towards my direction so I can see his face clearly. When he sleeps like this, he looks like a child. I giggled to myself. Suddenly the door opened and out came Chanyeol with Luna.

Luna… until now she still keeps me wondering. She is kind and sweet but I feel like there was something in her that she is not showing us, but maybe it's just like the others; everyone has his or her own secret so I better not meddle with her secrets.

She walked towards her seat and looked at Luhan's sleeping form. She turned her gaze on me and smiled, I smiled back.

"He looks tired…" she said while looking back at Luhan. I nodded and said, "Yeah… the moment he step inside the classroom and took his seat, he fell asleep."

She nodded to herself and took her seat too. She took her notebook and started scribbling something. I ignored it and just minded my own business. Suddenly, I saw her shaking Luhan to awaken without any reason. Luhan slowly opened his eyes and looked at Luna. I wanted to stop her because Luhan needs all the rest he can get since he was just recovering when Luna said, "The teacher is here…" then as if on cue the teacher came in after spoke. Luhan fixed himself and sit on his chair properly. He turned his gaze towards Luna and thanked her.

"No problem…" she answered with a smile. I looked at her and she went back on scribbling notes into her notebook. Maybe she heard the teacher's footsteps… I thought. She's a very sensitive person so I guess it's easy for her to know if the teacher is already there. The class already started so I focused my attention to the lesson.

"Class… our lesson for today is about Sapphires. Now, can anyone tell me what a Sapphire is?" Mr. Park asked us. Nobody seems to know the answer and the teacher was about to answer it himself when Luna raised her hand. "Yes ?" the teacher asked. Luna slowly stood up and looked at the teacher for a moment then she spoke.

"The name Sapphire is thought to come from the Greek word 'sappheiros' which means blue stone. It belongs to the corundum family of minerals. These gemstones come in a variety of colours including pink, yellow, brown and green. Rubies are actually red sapphires."

Mr. Park smiled at her and she bowed to him. "Brilliant child! You just said the words I expected the students to recite! Outstanding!" then Luna said her thanks to our teacher. I looked at her and she was talking with Baekhyun already. I heard Baekhyun said, "You are very smart!" and Luna just answered, "I just know how to play a game…" the two of them high fived and giggled.

She can easily get the people's attention and befriend others. There was something in her that may drew you close, it's like a different charm that you can only see in her. She maybe sensed that I was looking at her so she turned her attention to me and waved. I waved back with a smile. She can really be childish at times… maybe I'm just thinking too much about her. I think she can be a really good friend.

NORMAL POV

The class ended early so the students have too much time to do things they wanted. Luna went out the classroom after they dismissed telling Suho that she was called by Mr. Han. She waved her good byes and disappeared.

Meanwhile, inside the classroom, Baekhyun walked over to Chanyeol and gently pushed him.

"Ya! Why didn't you tell me that you're buying a gift for her yesterday?" Baekhyun exclaimed. Chanyeol just scratched his head.

"It didn't cross my mind, sorry…"

"You're unfair! You just wanted to show off!" Baekhyun added. Chanyeol just laughed at his childishness.

"Then buy her something too!" he said while laughing.

"You bet I will!" then sat down next to Lay while pouting.

"Will you two shut up?" Lay said and the two just glared at each other. "Where did she say she was going?" Lay asked.

"She said she was called by Mr. Han." Suho answered.

"Too bad, I made dinner at my house tonight and wanted to invite her too." So Hee said with a tint of sadness in her voice.

"Maybe next time she can come." Luhan tried to cheer her up. It worked and So Hee smiled. "I hope so…" she added.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go to So Hee's house now so that we can do a lot of fun stuffs!" Xiumin suggested. The group packed up and started moving. They are all walking down the stairs when Kyungsoo saw Luna walking on the east wing where Science laboratories are located. She said earlier that the dean called for her so was supposed to go to Mr. Han's office that was located at the west wing. She was up to something for ditching today, he thought for himself.

END OF CHAPTER 8.