Music blasting from your headphones, making your heart beat to the rhythm of a song you haven't listened to in a very long time. You lean back into the cold metal chair and cross your legs at the ankles. Your friend's flight got delayed instead of in 30 minutes she arrives in 90. It would take longer for you to go home and come back, so you just sit here and wait. You look out the big, long windows watching people hugging each other, tears streaming down their faces. Some seem relaxed, others stressed, others in a rush and others don't seem bothered at all. You smile at a young couple with a kid. The toddler sitting on her dad's shoulders, the tiny piggy tails swinging up and down as he dances to a song he looks like he is singing. The mom capturing the moment with an actual camera. “Wow, not a phone but a camera, not bad.” You say to yourself and flinch by the sound of your voice. At the corner of your eye you see a group of people walking towards you. You turn your head, it's not a group, looks more like a crowd, cameras flashing, people shouting. Is there someone inside this “human ball”? They come close and you recognize most of them as reporters, others seem to be just following the lead and holding up their phones for the best shot. You are sure your face says more than your mouth ever will in this situation, you lean back and pull your legs up to your chest because if you don't, you're sure someone will trip, they really don't pay attention at all. The song changes and a soft piano starts echoing through my ears, you smile as he hits the first notes and his voice immediately sends shivers down your body. You turn the volume up and the moment you look up again, the moment the crowd around the person seems to slightly part, in that moment he looks to the person to his left and for a split second your gaze meets. For a split second that seems to last an eternity. For a split second his beautiful, chocolate brown eyes meet yours. For a split second, your heart skips a beat and you feel every single muscle in your body relaxing and your cheeks warming up. For a split second, you feel like in the part of the movie when two people realize ‘it's always gonna be you’.
Chris Bahng Chahn
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