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> Same night <
A couple is relaxing themselves on sofa. Various of antiques and plants are around the house, accompanied by sketches drawn by Asahi himself.
“Have you talked about it with Jeongwoo? His mom worries about him a lot” Asahi asks as the Japanese eyes’ fix on the tv.
“Annyaa, I won’t disturb him now. If I do, you know him yourself. He couldn’t concentrate on his ongoing drafts later if it bothers him alot” Jaehyuk answers while eating his favourite ice cream.
“That’s right. But still, now or later, no matter how busy he is, you should check on him before it’s too late. It would be harder if thing’s get worsen.”
“Araaaa, chill baby, it could be the other things that bothering him~” Jaehyuk rolls up his eyes.
“Well unfortunately I doubt that” Asahi smirks.
“Okay, and here’s the question that I always wanna ask, why him? They’re doing just fine even before Haruto went to Japan. It would be impossible for them to hide it from us. Everyone will definitely know if they are sulked of each other or having a big fight. Plus, I saw it in his eyes, he’s in a heartbreak, he’s in love. There’ll be no way it could be related with Haruto.”
Asahi releases a sigh.
A moment pasts as their eyes are still on the tv. Jaehyuk has no intention of continuing his rambling either.
“I don’t know, it’s just my instinct.”
“Arasseo, arasseo.” Jaehyuk nods and continues,
“I’ll ask him tomorrow. Also about Haruto, he haven’t tell us when he will come back right? I thought he said he won’t be long there. Am I misheard or what?” Jaehyuk stops his doing and turns his head to Asahi, while the tip of the spoon that he holds is still at between of his lip, eyes in confusion.
“That’s weird, I’m sure he told me that.” He shrugs his shoulders as his mind is wandering in his past memories when he talked to the silver hair.
“Bulla, he only tells me that he doesn’t sure yet when. Jeongwoo might be know when since they always chat together." Asahi answers.
A moment of silent pasts again, Jaehyuk also doesn’t mind of continuing the conversation neither.
After a while, Asahi quickly wraps his arm around and pulls the ones towards him. Embraces him although the other one is struggling to escape from the hug.
“Ya! I haven’t finish my ice cream!”
“Ara, just keep eating”
“Yaaaa!!!”
Jaehyuk finally can get away from Asahi. But still, the paler just wont stay still without disturbing him, so, he keeps tugging his sunshines to be in his cuddle.
Jeongwoo is reading his drafts, trying to find out if he could add any idea more to the writing for the next meeting since they are in the process of editing and revising the drafts.
‘Knock2’
Jaehyuk’s head peeps into his room as the older opens the room’s door. As usual, a big sweet smile forms on his face.
"Hyung!? How come I didn’t hear u coming back?” Jeongwoo beams happily.
“Hahahaha, I thought you would be sleeping in the living room, so I try to not make any noise. Why are u sleeping in here, btw?" Jaehyuk walks in and sleeps on his bed not far away from the tan.
Living in a huge bedroom alone, Jeongwoo’s does look bigger since he doesn’t bother to decorate his room that much compare to Jaehyuk who keeps budging Asahi to decorate his room according to his preferences.
"Just not feels like wanna sleep outside last night" Suddenly, Jeongwoo is reminded of the past night incident.
"Geurae, anything that make you feel happy. Anyway, how is it going?"
“Mwo?”
“Yk, your writing stuff or whatever it’s called”
“Ohhh, it’s sucks”
“No wonder u look like shit these days and also, now” Jaehyuk beams.
“Bastard” Jeongwoo smirks while throwing his woopy plushie on his lap to the older.
The plushie unexpectedly lands on Jaehyuk’s face while he is laughing.
“HAHHAHAHAHA, just kidding~“
“Ofc I know,” and he continues,
“But it’s good now because I have already settle down everything, only left a little things to touch up the draft, only if they let me to” this time Jeongwoo smiles in relief.
“Jinja?!?!?!” Jaehyuk’s eyes shine with excitement as he wakes up and goes to him.
“Uigooo, my Jeongwoo, congrats on finishing the writing, although at first I thought you might cannot make it”
“Hyung!!!!! Stop holding my face, I’m not a kiddo anymore”
“Awwww, woowoo is mad to me, mianhae woowoo, come here, let me give you a kiss”
“EUWWWW, HYUNG!!!!!!!”
“HAHAHHAHAHHAHA WAEEEE~ Do u want more~ HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA”
…
Jaehyuk is now on his phone, figuring on how to ask Jeongwoo what’s bothering him since the kid rarely shares him anything unless, if he is busted or uncontrollable emotionally unstable.
“Jeongwoo ya”
“Hmmn” Jeongwoo eyes are still fixed on his MacBook’s screen playing some random games.
“That day at the cafe, something’s bothering you right?”
Jeongwoo stops his doing at a moment and quickly continuing as he doesn’t react to the question.
“You and Haruto, do you guys had a big quarell?”
Jeongwoo unconciously becomes anxious as he keeps blinking his eyes and tightens his jaw while he pretends being occupied to the game.
Jaehyuk blinks once as he sees his reactions and he knows something’s up.
‘Is it really Haruto?’ Jaehyuk talks with his mind.
“What’s up with the sudden question, hyung?” Jeongwoo chuckles. His question brings Jaehyuk back into the conversation.
“Anyaa, it just your mom. She called me”
“Aaaah, it’s nothing serious. After all, what could be about Haruto that could bother me? You’re just overthinking Jaehyukshii”
Jeongwoo gulps before continuing the sentence, “I’m just stress out with these writing stuff, happened to be, she called me at the poor time. So yeah…~”
“Araseo. Good for you then, since you want a break from all those office works”
“Ya!, I know that it’s my fault, but I never thought this would be the “good deeds” to cost me for wanting a break”
“OMO, poor my baby”
“Haishhh stop doing that”
“I, don’t, want” Jaehyuk sticks his tongue out to him.
“Meh” Jeongwoo makes his sulk face.
“When haruto will be coming back?”
“Bulla, he doesn’t tell me yet, maybe soon?”
“Okay….”
“So u miss him?”
“Ofc I do. It’s been awhile since the last time I met him”
…
“But anyway, although you’re already know this but still, for real, if you have anything in your mind, don’t keep it to yourself. I’m all ear up for you bro”
“Ofc I know that, hyung. I’m just tired of these stuffs. It’s draining my energy and I swear I would never request the break to my grandpa ever again”
“HAHAHAHHAHAHA, serve you right”
“Hyung!!!!!!!”
“HAHAHAHHAHAHA”
~ <3 ~
Scent.
Fragrance.
Aroma.
What could be so intriguing and interesting about scent?
Some says scent has that ability to trigger our past emotions and memories, bringing us to a strong visual image in our mind. Researchers also prove that human’s personal smell is very unique and different human has ‘scent blind spot’ where there are some of the smell that we couldn’t pickup including the reason why each person has different scents that they love.
And that was a big problem to Jeongwoo.
Haruto’s birthday would be coming up soon. He made a promise to the Japanese, giving him cologne as birthday present. Well, its not really him tbh, but it because of Haruto wanted him to. The Japanese always praised him for managing to find such ambrosial perfume. So one day, he just told off the tan to choose him any cologne as his birthday gift.
Jeongwoo is not a fond of scent. The whole reason why he had those fragrances was only because he bought it randomly, and happened to be some of them matched to his taste. Not like Jeongwoo, Haruto was way more picky at choosing his fragrance. He wanted to find his own significance smell but he did not want to try using new fragrance other than the ones that he always used either.
Sneaking through all of his collections, he tried to recall the ones that Haruto loved. Planning to use them as a reference to choose the type of scent that the Japanese would favour of but unluckily. It was hard.
“Wait-“
As he though of buying the same ones as his, on the spur of the crisis, he finally puzzled out a crack of the headache.
Allure Homme Edition Blanche.
Versace Eros.
Blu Atlas Atlantis.
Uden Xerjoff.
Now, that was the victorious curve formed at the corner of his lip.
“Haruto definitely gonna loves these”
~ <3 ~
“Stop moving okay! Are you crazy?”
“Haruto kun!”
“No!!! That’s belong to the others!”
“Haruto kun!!!”
“Haishhh, what is wrong with him today?” June covers her face in frustration while handling the drunk Haruto, who is running and doing random things.
> earlier <
June is preparing to sleep, just as she sits on her bed, she gets a call from Haruto. The dim vision is replaced by neon light as seeing her boyfriend calling her out of nowhere.
“Hello”
“Hello, I guess this is miss June right?”
“Oh yes, who is this?”
“Oh I’m sorry, this is young master Yoshi’s chauffeur. Mr Haruto is here in pub with young master”
…
No makeup, no heels, no jewellery
June is all in her dark green hoody, grey Celine sweatpants, white Crocs shoes and a mask to cover up her bare face.
Also, including her miserable state of helping Haruto to walk properly.
“I told you before, didn’t I? Why bother to work here when you can just go back Korea?”
Haruto head is down, answers her in mumbles,
“I do want to”
“What?”
“I do!” This time he says it loud while gripping her hoodie and unexpectedly trips down, causing the young lady to yelp at the sudden blow.
“Haruto kun!”
No answer.
“Are you okay? Look at me! Let me take a look.”
Haruto’s vision is not clear anymore but he feels a pair of graceful hands are cupping his face. The person in front of him is scanning his face and head throughly.
He then hears a sight from the latter.
“Aishhh, how many times have you fall this time?”
“Bulla” He replies with his raspy voice.
“I have already told you many times didn’t I, can’t you just stay still?”
“Well, it’s not my fault. It’s mainly because of someone who wants me to be here” Haruto smirked out of his slyness.
“Ya! Say someone who never know how to skate!” a satisfactory smile formed on the other’s lip while attention lowkeyly drew to them from nearby passerby.
“Ya Park Jeongwoo, how can you insult me that loud infront of people here in this skatepark!”
“HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH”
The current vision is replaced by the view of Jeongwoo burst out laughing at him, that type of laughing, the one that bubbles up with warm and pleasant mood. They were skating on the ice ground with the others. It was Christmas. So many people came to hype up the Christmas event. Red, green, sweets, presents and flashy pine trees were everywhere.
And there he was, Park Jeongwoo in his favourite High Cultured dark green hoodie, helping him to get up and bringing him to the side cautiously while holding his left hand.
Starting by lending his both hands to help him get up, those hands later landed on the Japanese’s waist to stabilise his own awkward posture. It was weird. There was spark in those contacts, tingling nerve-wrecking feelings that he always heard of when girls talk in the classroom, or in another words, cliches attempt of someone who has a crush on someone.
While being occupied to his thoughts, he was awaken by Jeongwoo’s soft pats on his clothes, trying to discard some of the shaved ice from the floor.
“Alright careless baby, let’s move to the side”
Usually Haruto would respond to the teasing, but somehow, his mind was drawn to interpret it in a different way today. Definitely not because of alcohol since they were still minor.
Jeongwoo’s right hand on his waist was now shifted to his back, without aware, caressing the pale skin gently with the hoodie’s fabric as the only barrier. No warning, but a booming rush of blood hit by his ticker core. His heart pounded so loud, so bellowing that it could made him faint out of his sane. Time that was supposed to past like wind, suddenly slowed down, trapping him in this inescapable stopped-clock illusion brain.
Breathing in his scent, bumping shoulders along slight skin brushes, those little talks and giggles, tuning to Last Christmas by Ariana Grande at the background.
And he did it.
Park Jeongwoo successfully made it.
He did made the iceskating felt so much romantic.
Just like a scene in a romance novel and fairytales.
Eyes to eyes.
‘That goddamn wolf eyes’
Beams side to side.
‘Oh shit, that smile’
“Hyunggggg!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA”
Jeongwoo was then wavering to Yoshi, Mashiho and Doyoung from far away.
That sharp jawline with happiness in his eyes.
He looked,
‘very majestic’
As the tan took a look at Haruto, the peaceful moment was replaced by worriedness as the taller looked like not in a good shape.
“Ya Haruto, are you okay?” He cupped the taller’s face again.
And here again, the taller’s heart was about to explode in euphoria, beating out of it’s usual pace.
‘Ahhhh”
In realisation, Haruto could only look at him with adore.
‘So this is what it feels like,’
“Ya, I guess you have fever. Gosh, you’re sweating so bad.” Jeongwoo used his hoodie’s sleeve to wipe the exposed sweat.
‘To fall in love with someone’
That owner of the wolf eyes was widen out of worriedness seeing how much the one flushed.
‘Aniya, it is not just someone’
“No way, you’re hot as hell” The tan used the back of his hand to touch his neck, then to his head while compare it to his.
‘It is my âme soeur,’
Haruto leaned to the caressing while covering the hands on his face.
“Are you really okay?”
‘It’s Park Jeongwoo, my first love’
“This break, let me fulfill your wish” the taller said it out of nowhere.
The anxious person didn’t concentrate on his words, mainly concerning of his state.
“Park Jeongwoo!”
“Mwo!”
“I’m okay, Okay!” And now the wolf eyes finally were parallel to his eyes as he brings his face closer to the tan.
“Lets go to the Mount Fuji”
Suddenly, he feels dizzy.
Feeling about to faint, he saw that piece of the memory gradually fades away, leaving him in the darkness and in miserable alone.