"Is everyone ready? The photo exhibition starts tomorrow."
The head of the photography club's voice was more filled with tension than excitement.
The school festival photo exhibition is an event that receives great attention every year.
We organize the highlight cuts of each club and display them on the wall.
The photos with the most responses will go into the yearbook page.
Kim Yeo-ju already knew that fact,
So I was thinking about it.
Should I hang up a photo of Jungkook on stage?
Obviously, the photo came out well.
The lighting, the composition, the timing, everything was perfect.
But it was just too—perfect.
Even the emotions contained within it.
The female protagonist was looking at Jeong-guk in the photo.
Eyes staring straight ahead.
A scene where the backlight is turned away and the heroine is looking towards the heroine.
That's enough to make even the heroine who pressed the shutter hesitate for a moment.
It was a direct and firm gaze.
“…I wonder.”
Once I submit a photo, it's no longer mine.
—
On the day of the exhibition.
The photos were hung along the walls of the school hallways.
Each club is divided into sections,
Students gathered in groups of their own interest and chatted.
Fencing club area.
In the center, a large printed photo of Jeongguk was attached.
Kim Yeo-ju was quietly watching from behind.
That scene.
The very moment when Jungkook on stage was looking at Yeoju below in the audience.
Someone said.
“Wow… this is really cool.”
“But… what’s with that expression? Who are you looking at?”
“Isn’t it a bit scary because it’s so frontal?”
“No, it’s not that it’s scary… It feels like only one person is watching.”
The heroine lowered her head without saying a word.
That's what the photo originally looked like.
Originally, that child was only looking at one person.
“Who took the photo?”
“Kim Yeo-ju. She’s a transfer student.”
“Oh— that kid over there?”
The heroine sighed softly.
A familiar situation.
When emotions are revealed in a photo,
The person who created that emotion is also exposed.
And another gaze that feels it.
—
“Can I look at this photo?”
Someone stood next to the heroine.
Same class, design and Kwon Ji-hoo.
Soft eyes, not much to say.
But the heroine knew that this child was a sensitive person.
"…huh."
Ji-hoo looked at the photo for a long time.
Silently, slowly.
And he said quietly.
“Is this Jungkook looking at you?”
The heroine hesitated.
Ji-hoo added with a smile.
“Even if a photo is good at deceiving,
“You’re not good at hiding your gaze.”
—
That afternoon.
While walking around the photo exhibition, Jeongguk stopped in front of the photo.
Standing quietly with arms crossed
I looked at the picture of my own face.
As the heroine approached, Jeongguk said.
“…Why did you take this picture?”
The heroine did not answer.
Because there was no need for an answer.
Because Jungkook already knew.
“I am looking at you,
“It became more certain after seeing the photo.”
Jungkook fixed his eyes on the female lead.
That gaze is so familiar,
The heroine took a deep breath for a moment.
“…that the gaze in the photo was only on you,
“The other kids noticed too.”
“…So.”
"me,
“I’m starting to get a little worried.”
“…What is it?”
Jungkook paused for a moment and then said.
"thee,
“I was worried that someone else might take pictures besides me.”
—
A few days later.
During the photography club meeting.
The manager said.
“I’m going to do a new project next year,
It's a 1:1 collaborative shoot.
“One model, one photographer.”
Before he could even finish speaking,
The photo department door opened and someone poked their head out.
"I,
“Can I support that model?”
It was Jeon Jungkook.
Drenched in sweat, in training clothes.
“I’m not sure about the conditions…
“I wish my partner was Kim Yeo-ju.”
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