Moon Child

Chapter 17 Be Still

A year ago, Ye Jin wouldn't have known that she would be coming to Seoul. A year ago, she was still another ballerina training day by day while she waited for an opportunity to audition for a big company. A year ago, all she heard or knew about Hyun Bin was from his interviews.

That girl, curling up in her appa's jeep as they tuned in to the Ballet Legend's interview was Ye Jin a year ago.

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself." Came the Ballet Legend's voice through the radio.

Occasionally, his voice would get distorted by the static radio noises but Ye Jin caught what he said. Time and time again, she has been humbled by the Ballet Legend's dedication to his craft. Only dancers would be able to grasp the very pressure he placed on himself to get to where he was today.

But this was an old interview...

It was a pity Mr Hyun Bin decided to retire.

For days, it was all everybody at the dance studio would talk about. Ye Jin couldn't understand why someone with such a bright future in the ballet world decided to retire so suddenly. 

For as long as she could remember, Mr Hyun Bin has always inspired her. He was someone she looked up to even though they have never met.

Now fast-forward to a year later and not only did she get to meet him, but also, she found friendship and love in him.

If anyone were to tell her she would be dating Hyun Bin a year back, she would have laughed in their faces. Just the thought was laughable to her.

Fate certainly worked in unimaginable ways and it miraculously brought them together.

He was one of the most eligible bachelors in Seoul.

She was just another girl from Daegu; a beautiful one at that.

He had the titles, the recognition, the fame that any dancer would wish for.

She was still fighting to get to where he was.

He turned heads everywhere he went.

Everybody avoided her like a plague.

He was tall and broad.

She was fun-size and petite.

He smiled with his dimples.

She smiled with her eyes.

In a crowd, he wished to retreat.

She wished to be included in a crowd.

He was dynamic and intense.

She was graceful and gentle.

He rarely smiled.

She smiled and laughed more than anyone he knew.

He lost his virginity at the age of 20 to the first girl he ever dated.

She only remembered getting a kiss on the cheek from her best friend in kindergarten when she was six.

He was blinded by his past.

She was too but in a vastly different way than he was.

He chose to live in the past.

She chose to live in the future.

He danced with his heart and soul.

She did too.

And now, he knew that he was head over heels for a certain swan girl and he loved it.

For her, she knew that she was in love with her angel and she loved it too.