This morning was different.

I was by the beach again.

"Taehyung, did you figure out what you wanted to do?"

Hyung asked while a reading a book under the shade of his van.

"No, not yet."

But it was okay.
I had decided something.

I would just take everything
step-by-step.

I did a bit warm up,
with my surf board by my side.

After that rainy day, a number of typhoons passed by,
and,
the island became a little cooler each time.

The winds rustling the sugarcane fields became a little chillier.

The sky felt a little higher.

The outlines of the clouds were softer,

And the students who rode their scooters to school began wearing light jackets.

And today,
when I dashed off into the sea,

My first successful attempt to ride a wave in six months...

...came at the end of summer's warmth, in the middle of
October.

At lunchtime,
I sat with my friends again.

Hoseok told me, Jihyo and Daniel of our class had started dating.

After a while, he asked me,
"You look happy today, Taehyung?"

"Finally made progress with Jimin?" asked Bogum.

I giggled.

Today was the day, it would be on the final..

I would tell Jimin how I felt.

If I couldn't do it on the day I rode a wave,
then it was never going to happen.