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"So....Have you read this before?" his sudden question made you look up at him with a questioning look not quite understanding the question as well as wondering why he was interrupting when he "swore" that he wouldn't do so, "What?" 

"Alchemist " he jutted his chin towards the mentioned book tenderly clutched in your hands as you were sitting across each other, "Oh this? Yeah I did read it before but haven't completed the whole thing yet-got bored half way but.....I don't prefer leaving anything halfway so I thought why not"

He nodded his head understanding your words before speaking his own thoughts "I actually have read this-its theme is to always follow your dreams and listen to your heart. At the start of the novel Santiago the Shepherd does not know what he should do when he is confronted by his dream."

"Oh you have, that's good.Um so.... what does "Santiago" do at the end...?" You air quote the name Santiago for it being a part of the main plot of the story, you both are sharing your thoughts about.The doubt you had of Juntae being a bookworm is clear because he indeed is one and that too having interest in various genres that actually was the thing you lacked. Although you have tried a lot of genres. Reading about five to six books from almost every new genre you come across but the genre of Romance was always the one which won at the end despite having a high interest in Mystery and Crime. If the story doesn't have a side love story included you are not so sure that you'll be able to continue reading the book till the end. There have been many books which didn't have any sort of romance or even a single mention of it and you ended up leaving it by the first or third chapter. It just never came in your long processed thoughts to finish reading them but you didn't like it.

You felt bad for the writers. Unknowingly feeling as if you are letting all their efforts ,knowledge and time go to waste and being a person you are,you had high respect for the writers who created a world. Who brought their world into existence. Who shared their thoughts through words and It's only known to God how much effort it takes to do that. To create a whole new world with words ,long description ,perfect grammar,without any misspelling along with using accurate words to describe something or anything. Also considering not offending someone and taking things like laws and rules, feelings and all those tangling things into high considerations. There are high times when many writers feel lost during all these processes, many goes through the phase of de-motivation, or times when some words are just not enough to describe. Not enough to make the readers feel the emotions that they feel.

And the excelled writers who have gone through such phases and fought them without giving up deserve to be awarded and that too with having to deal with their own life as well- Reality and imagination sometimes fools a person. It likes to play with them,their emotions. There have been so many victims who have confused themselves between what's Real and what's a part of their imagination. The talk will go too long if considering every little thing for which a writer should always be praised but the main given is Words.

There are millions of words, billions of emotions and thousands of phrases and absolute respect for the writer who plays with them obnoxiously with so much ease.

Your trance was broken by your companion's voice who was now done with his thinking. As he mentioned before, it has been a long time since he read this book and he has a bit of a short term memory when it comes to remembering the ending of any particular book.

"How about I not give you a spoiler and you find it out yourself....hm?"Your brows rose before you nodded your head a soft scoff escaping your trap "Yeah so that I can remind you what actually happened because you clearly don't remember."

There was a pause as you gave him a look , "Right?" with certainty filled in your voice and eyes holding the fearsome look you spoke. He cleared his throat and right after that ducked his head down to concentrate on the words imprinted on the book he had in front of him.

Chuckling you resumed your own reading until he once again asked out of curiosity "Have you.....Do you have any favorite book or books written by him?" his finger pointed at the name written at the center of the book with bold letter "Paulo Coelho", You nodded composedly still carrying on with the perusal, "Which one?,I have read-Brida ,The Pilgrimage, The Alchemist and lastly Aleph.....Yep that's it" he nods to himself after confirming the number of books he has read by the same Author. You monotonously close your book being acquainted with the fact that he won't let you read in peace.

"Well precisely speaking, all his books which I have read were great. specially the fiction ones but Favorite out of all of them.....Well that's actually pretty easy" 

"So which one?Is It Brida? Because Seriously I loved it-a tale of love, passion, mystery, and spirituality and believe me it's thrilling!"he exclaims and rejoices for he had once loved the book and the world it took him into, a smile forms upon your face before you share your own thoughts as you had too read it "It actually is! The spiritual world is amazing from what my imagination made it like-it was beautiful,The story of a woman on a search for what spirituality is and can be, what form her relationships should take and the exploration of mysticism in today's world... They were perfectly paired with the concepts of uncertainty and growth.I really appreciated the various mentors that came into Brida's life, proving that no one person can be everything for us. No one teacher can explain everything. No one's love should be expected to fulfill us. Her experiences showed that momentary love is just as important to personal growth as is lasting and domestic love." he nodded with a huge grin plastered on his face,obviously understanding the references. 

"Give in to the mysteries of the world and open your heart to love. That's what I got out of it at least. A magic journey of self discovery and perseverance to attain a goal/dream. I liked the concept of soul mates as a soul split in two, with which the encounter leads to wisdom and transformation instead of the cliché happily ever after scenario"He commented further which made you mirror the action he had been doing while you spoke.

There was a pause as you both went back to the memories of the time when you had read the book, everything carried memories and this one did furthermore for you. You were 16 years old when you read this during the fall season-you fairly remember the time you spent with your mother. It was in Busan,your hometown. during the vacations as it was near time for Halloween and you had decided to spend the span of two months September to November with your mother instead of being a retarded cretin and staying at home munching unhealthy junk for straight two months- that would have caused three things : excessive waste of money and Weight gain and also you being a vulnerable indolent which wouldn't have been a good condition. Therefore elucidating the impression that the decision made was highly favorable for you. You also had exams upcoming right after one week of the end of the vacations-other than that you loved the time you spent with your mother after being away for so long and getting back the privilege to wake up to the delicious aroma of a variety of mouth-watering dishes professionally made by your mother herself.

You were relishing the golden memories of old times until Juntae again decided to speak After letting out a long sigh "It indeed was great-oh by the way you still didn't tell which is your favorite one?" You hummed whilst giving a look at your wrist watch to check the time-the bell rings in-

Ringgg!...

You smirked collecting the book along with your bag before giving a delinquent look at him through your eyes. A smile on your lips while getting up as he gave you a wide eye face. You gingerly went close to him by standing next to his seat and then bending down his ear level -lightly whispering "Eleven minutes" before retracting back in split seconds and making your way to the librarian desk to return the book and then making your way out with a proud smile. Completely  well aware of the arising situation.

There on the same seat sat still a poor boy in shock, soon turning to look back towards the entrance of the Library to find your figure sashaying out of the place with a pleased expression enchanted. His eyes watching you. Wary of something which had occurred the moment you whispered. Turning back to look down at the space between his legs he cursed "Shit" looking around cautiously-hastily picking up his bag from the seat next to him and getting up, to the use the bag as a cover and rush to the Restroom-the book on the table as well as his Physics class long forgotten. 

You walked out of your hide out trying to stifle the loud cackle wanting to burst,by covering your mouth with your palm. Still chuckling lightly and making your way to the Physics class where He was supposed to go.

As you enter the professor stops speaking and looks at you along with the whole class "Yes?". You bow at him expression now blank as you hand him a note reasoning Juntae's absence which you made yourself- An upset stomach was the reason you had written down on the piece of sheet "Oh I see- I was wondering why my one of the best student is absent" he smiled at you which you replied with a small one of yours until someone from among the group of pupils yelled out loudly  

"Y/N!! MR.JEON WAS SEARCHING FOR YOU!!" 

That was the loudest you had heard someone yell-Like Jackass am not standing miles apart from you! Nevertheless you scanned the sea of Students to find the Person from among them-it has to be someone you know because they knew your name. 

Oh well it was Kris- You gave a appreciative nod and smile at him before exiting the class as the professor resumed teaching.You thought you could finally leave here but oh well-Seems like someone is wanting to see you.

But for what? That's the main question.

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Hope you all enjoyed this one though.

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