5 Minutes a Day 》 KTH ✓ (Book One)

My artist

April 8, 20XX
Wednesday

The train was approaching.

He came up the stairs with everything in his arms.

I chuckle as he bows his head at me and runs into the train.

Late again?!

Once the train leaves, I realize he dropped his portfolio.

Oh no.

Does he need it for school??

I debate whether or not I should go get it.

Don't be stupid!

I nod and run down the stairs and have to go to the other side of the platform.

I make it and pick up his portfolio.

I'll give it to him in the afternoon.

As I walk back over to my platform, I can't help but want to peak into his artwork.

I have a seat and start flipping through it.

It's a mix of things.

I was shocked, I thought it would be just sketches.

It was photographs, collages, sketches, paintings, almost everything.

He was so skilled.

I could only draw stick figures.

As I flipped through, mostly landscapes and objects. I came across one final photograph.

Except it couldn't have been a photograph.

Because I remember this day.

It was the day I had the chocolate on my upper lip.

He had drawn it entirely by colored pencils but it was such high quality I mistook it for a photograph.

It was me holding my cup of hot chocolate while smiling,the whipped cream on my upper lip.

"Ah, you caught me."

I nearly jump in my seat and look up.

Taehyung was standing over me.

Scattered, I try and close the portfolio to hand back to him.

"S-sorry!"

He smiles and takes it.

"Shouldn't I be the one who's sorry?"

I tilt my head. He takes his bag off and has a seat right next to me.

"You arent going to be late for school?"

He shakes his head. "I called my professor and told him my situation."

I nod. Strange how the conversation felt like we've known each other forever. Observing someone for 8 months does that to you.

"You're amazing by the way," I compliment him after finding my voice.

He ducks his head down as he smiles.

"I mean you barely saw me for a few seconds that day and you quickly drew that-"

I got lost in his eyes.

As cheesy as that sounds, he interrupted me with the conversation of his eyes.

"I didn't draw that well from a few minutes of studying your face."

"Then...?"

The sound of my train caused us to break eye contact.

"Don't miss your train. I'll see you tomorrow. I have to pick up my siblings after school so I wont be on the bus."

I nod and get up.

Just tell me to miss my train and I will.

He smiles at me, "Think about what I've said okay?"

The train announces the doors are closing and I quickly jump inside.

Taehyung makes his way down the platform.

Think about what he said?

That he didnt draw me just by looking at me for a few minutes?

Has he been watching me just as long as I have been watching him?