“Connecting Link” (ft. iKON’s Bobby) Ch. 1
너와 나의 연결고리 You and me, our connection,
이건 우리 안의 소리
this is the sound inside of us.
It was like any other day. In fact, it might have been less than a day. Everything felt wrong, as if something awry is watching you with open claws, ready to catch you the moment you let your guard down. Okay, maybe you were overreacting. Maybe today just particularly sucked because all of things in your mundane little life went wrong. First, you fought with your father about washing the dishes last night, then this morning your senior had scolded you for not doing your job well. You had a feeling that the only reason he scolded you was the chairman’s daughter, who also happened to be an ‘intern’ in the same department, hated you for some odd reason. You once confronted her about it and only got into more trouble.
You sighed and checked your phone, but you suddenly remembered that another reason for your sullen day was that your best friend was leaving for an exchange program today and would not be back for 1 month. She sent you a snap of the view from her window seat.
So now, you were trudging down into the Seoul afternoon without aim, sighing every now and then. Really, it felt like the most ordinary day. You were simply walking until you reached the pedestrian. You stood quietly among the other people, waiting for the walk sign to turn green and the traffic light to turn red. Routinely, without thinking, you began crossing the road and then, that was when you heard it.
A clear, crystalline sound and it rang in your head like it did so many years ago.
Okay, maybe you omitted some details from your life. You lived an ordinary life, but you were not exactly ordinary. No, you were not a superhero or a vampire. Everyone is just as weird as you were. When you were born, you heard a sound, it is unlike anything you’ve heard, but the closest comparison was like a spoon hitting a wine glass, only make that 40 times louder. That sound, called “the call”, is the resonating sound of your other half or, though you hated calling it that, your soulmate. You heard it when you were a baby and strangely, you can still remember. The reason behind that, according to your parents, was that when you were born, your soul mate was already alive. Otherwise, you would have heard it later when he or she is born.
When you were about 10 years old, you heard the sound again when your family was on vacation in the US. However, you heard it in the amusement park where there were at least a thousand people. Your mom told you that your soul mate was probably in the same vicinity which is why you heard the sound. She said that the same thing happened to her and your dad.
You were stunned when you heard it now and froze in your tracks. You looked back and realized that the walk sign had already turned red. Before you could react, an inexplicable force, like a hook that latched on to your guts, tugged you backwards.
You recovered your footing, but collided with someone. You turned around and met his eyes.
For a second, the earth stood still.
Without words, just simply seeing his face which mirrored the same bewildered expression as yours, you knew that it was him.
“You…” He began with his low, rough voice. “It’s you, right? You also heard the call?”
You nodded, not noticing that you were the only people left in the center island of the busy avenue.
“Wow, I didn’t think I’d see you so suddenly.” He chuckled, obviously flustered by the situation.
“M-Me too.” You whispered, as bewildered as he was.
You locked gazes with him for a few more seconds before he glanced at his watch and saw that he was late for rehearsals.
“I’m sorry, but I really have to go now.” He said just in time for the walk light to turn green. He was about to walk away when he suddenly remembered that he didn’t even get your name. “Do you, perhaps, know who I am?”
You gave him a confused look and firmly shook your head. “No, should I?”
“No, uh, that’s great. My name is Jiwon by the way.” He extended his hand and you took it reluctantly.
“Y/N.” You replied and he covered your hand with both of his.
“It was really nice meeting you and I wish we didn’t meet in the middle of the road.” He laughed and you found yourself smiling back. He took your phone which you were holding in your other hand and you were too dazed to protest. “Look, I really wish we could sit and talk now, but I have to go. Here’s my number, so just call me when you have time and I’ll try my best to meet you again then.”
You nodded and he took your hand again to place the phone on your palm.
“It was nice meeting you, really.” He remarked, still holding your wrist. “I hope to see again real soon, Y/N-ssi.”
“You too, Jiwon-ssi.” You grinned back.
He let go of your wrist and ran across the road before the light turned red again.
You were left in the center and turned on the screen of your phone only to find out that he failed to save his number and just exited the screen.
You sighed. 'Of course,’ you thought dejectedly. 'Why would it be that easy?’ You craned your neck to see if he was still in the other side of the road, but he already disappeared in the sea of people.
…
Bobby smiled to himself like an idiot as he walked inside the practice room.
“Yah, why are you late and coming in here with a stupid grin on your face?” The members scolded him as they kept on stretching.
“If I told you, you wouldn’t believe me.” He told them as he took his place and started stretching as well.
“What?” Hanbin was the first to ask.
“I just met my soulmate…” Bobby laughed like it was a joke. “…and she’s really cute. I think I could learn to love her face forever.”
Chanwoo made vomiting sounds at his hyung’s uncharacteristic cheesiness. Bobby simply wanted to end the day and see if you had texted him.
The moment he did, he flew to his phone only to see that he did not get a single call or text message.
“Is she playing push and pull with me?” he asked to himself as he collapsed on his bed.
a/n: This is just a little something I wrote based on the hook of YGGR while commuting to school and I don’t really know what to do with it, should I continue?
Retweeting this because this gave me all the butterflies back when I was reading this au like 4yrs ago? and now with Bobby’s recent news, I suddenly have pictured out that he was doing this with his fiance all along :’)
