Missing Sketch Book

~Taehyung pov~

The artist girl always comes to the beach in the late afternoon to do a sketch. I've never seen the outcome in person, but I've heard from many people who have her on Instagram that they're amazing.

She got up and picked up a bag dusting her clothes off and began to walk away to go home. I noticed a small object still in the sand where she sat down. I looked around and no else seemed to noticed that she left it behind so I jogged over and picked it up dusting off the sand from it.

I turned around holding up the book "HEY MISS!! YOU FORGOT YOUR BO...ok". She was gone I couldn't even see her walking anymore man...she's fast. I walked to the near by hut that sells swim gear they also have a lost and found chest.

"Hey could you hold onto this."

"Sure" he reached out to take it from me and he recognized it "oh this the art girl sketchbook she couldn't have gone that far since she just started walking go you might be able to catch up with her, Her usual route is up The hill past the public gardens after that I'm not really sure".

He handed the book back to me.

"thanks I'll try"

I took off sprinting and the people around me stared at me either confused or just irritated. Since everyone was packing up to leave they don't expect 5'10 young man to be sprinting through their process. I came out the entrance and saw her figure in the distance going up to the public garden areas up the hill like the guy told me, So I started sprinting again.

"HEY YOU FORGOT YOUR BOOK !!"

She continued walking, she couldn't hear me at all and at this point I'm not much of a runner so I was getting tired. She banked the corner and i picked up my pace before I lost her. But once I got to the corner she was gone and all that was left was people walking and cars passing by.

"Dammit"

I cursed under my breath

I messed up I should've called out to her the minute she got up and didn't turn back around to pick up the book. Or maybe when she started to walk off. I groaned and ruffled my hair feeling annoyed with my self.

"Guess I'll try again tomorrow she'll come looking for her book"

My phone vibrated against my thigh, I pulled it out to check it.

Jimin~ I'm waiting at your dorm room alone now since your roommate left to go to some party come quick I'm lonely 🥺

I smiled and tapped along my phone screen

Tae Tae~ ofc I just had to do something Really quick but I'm coming now 🙂

I slipped my phone back into my pocket, turning around to begin my trot back to my dorm.

{20 min walk}

I finally reached the Dormitory area of my college campus. I jogged up to the front door and made my way inside and up to my room. I opened the door and closed it behind me resting the sketch book on my work desk.

"What's that ?"

Jimin asked me while walking over to it

"Remember when I told you about the girl with the scar on her face"

"Ooh the art girl"

"Yeah her...she usually comes to the beach around late afternoon hours but she left this behind today"

"Did you try to take it back to her ?" Jimin picked up the book and sat in my rolling chair.

"Yes I did but she's a really fast walker, if I called out to her before she got so far away I would've been able to give it to her" Jimin hummed and looked at the book front cover before opening it.

"....It's a sketch book...she's really good"

I sat on my bed "is it ?" He nodded and closed it back resting it down. "I wonder why she hasn't applied to be a student here like you, I mean it is an arts school after all" I shrugged and laid down on my bottom bunk.

"She probably has her own personal reasons"

"Well anyways onto different matters...your roommate thinks I'm gay"

I laughed into my pillow "he what ?" Jimin pouted and folded his arms. "He thinks I'm gay" I laughed harder "and why would he think that". Jimin spun around in the chair "he thinks I spend to much time around you and that I spend a lot of time on my hair and my skin, i shower way to many times a day and that I take care of my nails like girls do with manicures"

I sat up clearing my throat "Jimin that's not being gay that's just good hygiene and so what if you were gay you're still my best friend". Jimin smiled making his eyes smile as well

"you would be such a good boyfriend why haven't you gotten a girlfriend yet"

I kicked off my shoes and Jimin threw them in the corner angrily. "I could say the same for you you're a pretty boy"

Jimin head went back as he laughed. "Well I did have someone I was talking to but I don't know anymore she keeps talking about ways to make me look better than I already do so I find it annoying". I hummed in response and got up to grab my things too go shower.

"Your going to the showers ?" "Yeah" Jimin slipped on his shoes "then I'll leave now it's my turn to cook tonight for my little brother anyways plus he should have gotten home about an hour ago". I nodded and he picked up his bag and left closing the door behind him. I got ready to go the showers so I can come back and just sleep.

Of course after showering I didn't feel that much tired. So I just sat at my desk working on a sketch for my painting that was due in The next month. When my eyes darted over to the sketch book.

"One look won't hurt right ?"

I pick it up and went to my bed I opened it up and the first few pages was images of a collapsed building and young girl about maybe 17 or 18 years old.

"What does this mean ?"

After that it was just pictures of places and objects, maybe a few people here and there. Her stuff was really good and well detailed and very realistic. But of course I went back to the first few pages.

"I've seen this building before"

It was the old city mall down town called SuperM. But it collapsed two years ago after a level 5 earthquake.

"Was she there when it happened ?"

A lot of questions floated in my mind especially about the girl she drew cause it didn't look like her. I noticed markings on the bottom of the page, in messy writing it said.

~I couldn't help you~

"i couldn't help you ?" I cocked up an eyebrow at those words. I looked over at the clock on my roommates desk and saw it was about midnight, so I closed the book and rest it on the bed beside me. I pulled up my covers and hugged my pillow to try and get some type of sleep

{The Next Morning}

In the middle of me getting ready for my first class this morning that's when my roommate walked in. He looked hungover, lost, and stunk of alcohol I shook my head and continued dressing. He walked over to his single bed on the other side of the room and collapsed on it immediately falling asleep only for his alarm to go off like five seconds later making him groan.

"ugh Tae could you turn it off"

"ill get it"

I walked over to his desk and shut it off before picking up my things to leave. As I was halfway through the door his second alarm went off. "Tae can you-" "sorry Sam i can't I'm gonna be late next time I'll do it for you next time though".

I closed the door behind me and made my way to my class.

~(y/n) pov~

I trashed my room and studio looking for my sketchbook where exactly could I have left it. I probably put it in the bag when I left, I picked up my jacket and threw it on leaving my house. I ran all the way to shop and Mr. Shaw was outside sweeping as usual, I jogged over to him.

"Mr. Shaw did I leave my book in the bag"

"no sorry Esmeralda got back everything but we didn't find your sketchbook"

"oh...well if you see anyone with it call me"

"of course i will"

"wait you remember what it looks like right ?"

"yes child I do now go continue your search" "okay bye" I ran down the road. I sketched at all my regular places...I never rest it down anywhere I always held it in my hand except.... THE BEACH, that's where it is !. I head straight for the beach and to my usual sketching spot. But it wasn't here either...I was stressing now, my face and ears heated up from my frustration. Did my stupid memory issue mess this up for me, I turned around and noticed the lost and found hut. That place is my last hope right now, I walked over and the guy their smiled at me. "You must be here looking for your book" "yes i am please tell me you have it" "no I don't" my heart dropped. "But this boy name kim Taehyung has it" I stared at the man a bit confused.

"who ?" he laughed and pulled out his phone to show me a picture of him. "This young man noticed you forgot your book so I encouraged him to take it back to you but it looks like he didn't make it time"

"Would you happen to know where he is right now ?" he thought about it for a bit and nodded yes. "He's an art major at the university near by he should be their right now"

"okay thank you" I took that information and left. Now If I can remember correctly the university is literally like maybe 15 minutes away by foot from here. I sped walk most of it and got there quickly, the campus was huge so I ended up wasting almost two hours looking for the office.

"So you're a visitor of Mr. Kim Taehyung ?"

"Yes"

"How long will you be here ?"

What the hell is this a hospital or a jail or something just tell me where to go woman.

"Maybe an hour or less"

"Okay good here is a visitors pass" She handed me a lanyard with a card that said visitor on it. I took it and waited for her to tell me where this Taehyung guy was "well it looks like his first two class lectures are over so he has two hours to him self so you should check his dorm".

"and where are the dorms exactly ?"

"On the other side of the campus silly didn't you notice the building when you first arrived ?"

"uh no" "well in that case its on the other side of the campus just follow the pavement path and then go up to the sixth floor room 218C okay" she gave me this information while chewing on her gum obnoxiously and typing on her keyboard really hard. Which was really annoying me, I nodded and got up from the chair and left the office. Leaving the building was much easier than getting inside thank god.

I followed the pavement path to the other side of the campus and saw students for the university outside socializing and eating. I avoided eye contact with most people and just entered the Dormitory. I got in the elevator and hit six for the sixth floor, the doors closed. Finally it dung and the doors opened letting me out, I walked down the hall repeating the room number.

"218C 218C 218C 218C" Till I found it the door was a dark maple wood color. I knocked and someone opened up the door and started talking immediately.

"Tae you gotta answer your phone more quickly and stop knocking you know its usually just me in here around this time"

This pink haired boy in front of me was ranting as he approached the rolling chair to sit in it. I stood in the entrance confused just staring at him, which he noticed and his mouth dropped open.

"you're not Taehyung..."

"no I'm not but is he coming ?"

"yeah he is he just texted me he was coming uhh here sit."

he had me sit on the chair and he sat on the made up bottom bunk. The awkward silence filled the air but he broke it.

"So your the art girl"

"How do you know-"

"Well Tae talks about you...I mean your art"

I nodded and looked around the room and noticed the two work desk with art supplies. So he is an major, "are you an art major too" he laughed sheepishly and shook his head "no I actually attend a dancing arts school i'm just his best friend my name is jimin" "oh" I looked down at my lap.

"By the way your book is in good condition so you don't have to worry about that"

"okay"

"hey uh whats your name"

"Its (y/n)"

"okay cause i didn't want to keep calling you art girl"

Basic conversation flowed after a while of awkward questions and finally we heard a knock at the door and it opened up.

"jimin who are you talking too are you talking to your-"

jimin smiled and I waved at the boy in the door frame, he immediately scrambled for something in his bag and pulled out my sketch book completely unharmed. I took it back and finally felt at ease with myself. "Thank you for trying to get it back to me and holding onto it"

"o-of course"

"bye"

I made my way passed him to go into the hall and jimin called out to me.

"(Y/N) !!"

I turned around and he walked over to me "lets switch numbers i honestly would like all of us to get to know each other and be friends if you don't mind". I looked at his smiling face and then Taehyung shocked facial expression. They don't seem like bad people so why not, I shrugged and pulled out my phone handing it to him.

"sure why not"

He happily typed in his number and Tae number having me do the same in his phone. He waved bye to me and walked back into Tae room pulling him inside as well closing the door behind them.

"okay then"

{At Home}

I cleaned up most of the mess that I made from earlier and sat in my studio getting my paint together for this canvas.

Ping !