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Hoon
It has always been like that, this sight never fails to make my heart skip a beat - nor does it fail to take my breath away. It has always been like this, I am always halted on my tracks whenever I see that freshie. His hair flutters along with the wind, his skin that shines even from a distance, his supple lips that invite you to just munch on them and just attack it with kisses, and of course - his pink cheeks .
His pink, bouncy, squishy, fleshy cheeks . I can’t fathom how many more adjectives I could use to describe how cute he looks whenever he pouts, whenever he purposely inflates those cheeks; whenever he was spacing out or confused, or even when he’s just feeling a bit silly. Then it hit me, something literally hit me - it was Jay. I looked to my right, and there he wiggled his eyebrows, which made me realize that I was spacing out for too long that I wasn’t even accomplishing anything.
“Pre, next time na pupunta ka ng LRC, siguraduhin mong matatapos mo yung gagawin mo ha? Kanina ka pa nakatitig dun sa freshman ng accountancy department. Buti pa sila kahit sa synthetic grass nakaupo, natatapos nila ang ledgers nila - samantalang yung plates mo walang usad, kahit tuldok ata o linya wala ka man lang nadagdag.” sabay duro niya sa plates kong nakalatag lang sa isa sa mga drafting tables ng library. You can't blame me that the library in enclosed in a glass structure at kitang-kita mo ang field ng university - siyempre pati na din ang students na nasa labas nito.
“Ah-eh” I can’t think of a proper excuse, dahil wala naman na talaga akong masabi. It's just my ego that won't let me back down and admit that I am smitten to that boy. “Ih-Oh-Uh?” sabay tawa ng lokong si Heeseung na nasa kaliwa ko naman, who seems to have just finished his output because he was already arranging his fine liners away. “Hoon, alam naman natin na gusto mo yung freshie. Why don’t you just shoot your shot? I mean -” he paused, as if thinking carefully for the proper words that should leave his mouth. “You got the looks naman chong, we can’t deny that.” he resumed, to which Jay giggled, and caused me to frown.
“Yes, he got the looks. Pero walang magagawa ang itsura kung hindi ka naman gagalaw at kikilos. Tandaan mo pre, isa ka lang sa mga bubuyog na naghahanap ng bulaklak na pwedeng dapuan” sabay turo sa akin ni Jay, tila ba tinatakot ako. And who am I to deny that his words weren’t giving me the chills - even the mere thought of Sunoo having to date any other human being aside from me scares me to death.
“Alam niyo naman na pinangungunahan ako ng hiya, hindi ba? And the fact that I am an introvert somehow worsens the situation, by a lot.” I m entally sighed and face palmed, I fucking hate this feeling. I love the giddy feeling of butterflies hovering on my stomach whenever I see him, but it is easily replaced by fear and longing whenever I don't see him.
“Pre, bakit ka ba nahihiya? HIndi ka naman ganyan sa ibang tao kahit pa sabihin mong introvert ka. Ang ingay mo kaya.” said Heeseung, to which I can’t give any rebuttals at. Yes, I am a loud lad - despite my introverted tendencies. “Kaya nga, you’re even that cool guy sa mata ng iba. Ang hindi ko lang ma-gets is bakit kapag kay Sunoo eh tumitiklop ka lalo?” Jay imitates the ‘thinker’ as he searches his brain for possible answers.
“That, I can answer. But it is not for you guys to know.” I blurted out of nervousness, and I didn't wanna leave them clueless with whatever it is that is happening on my life.
“At ano naman yan, pre? Bakit nagtataguan na tayo ng sikreto dito?” Heeseung said.
Paanong hindi ka titiklop when you, out of all the students of NU South, had kissed that famed accountancy student’s pink cheeks?
And that feeling when my lips touched his supple skin, it made me crave for more...