yogurt. | jcm x ksw

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sunwoo closed the bottle, grabbed his backpack and immediately sprinted out of the room. he dashed down the stairs, his hair bouncing as he did so. he fastened his pace once he was on  solid ground again.
he left the school building in a rush and looked around the school yard. his eyes moved right to left and back to right, in hope to spot a tiny light brown haired boy somewhere among the crowd. but he didn't. 

he must've left already. 

he sighed and exited the school area. having no clue as to how changmin comes to school he searched for him in the parking lot and at the bus stop. the boy had no clue as to why he wanted to find the other, he didn't even have words prepared to say to him. so why was he looking for him?

without success sunwoo sunk down on one of the benches placed next to the bus stop. he sighed and put the bottle back into his backpack. once he was done he pulled his phone out, chanhee had texted him.

sunwoo pressed the call button and lifted his phone to his ear. after some beeping sounds chanhee picked up.
"i sent you the adress, did you see it?" the blonde boy asked him over the phone.
sunwoo hummed in response and added, "i'll come in a bit, something came up before"
"okay! hurry up or i'll make you pay for your ice!" the other said to which sunwoo laughed and ended the call.

the black haired boy waited for his bus to arrive and entered it, after a while he reached the downtown. from there on, he walked to the destination. the maps app on his phone showed him the way. once he arrived infront of the shop he read it's title aloud,
"yoyoko ice cream parlour."

sunwoo wasn't familiar with this shop at all, he always used to go to another shop which is a bit closer to his school. he went ahead and opened the door, entering the small shop.

to his surprise the one standing behind the counter wasn't chanhee but kim younghoon. a smile grew on his face as he cheerfully walked towards him. "hey younghoon! what a surprise to see you here."

"sunwoo! it's been a while, how are you?" he had a huge smile on his face, "it's been a while since i started working here haha"
"ooh" sunwoo cooed, he took his time to look around the shop, it looked quite nice. it was well decorated with lots of bright colours. it looked nice.

"pretty, isn't it?" sunwoo turned around to see chanhee coming to the counter. sunwoo hummed in response and pointed at the decoration, "the colours are well chosen, it looks cozy and bright"
"younghoon helped with the decoration, i think he did super well!" the blonde boy praised younghoon.
the praised boy looked flustered, he tried to change the conversation, "may i take your order, sunwoo?"

sunwoo shook his head, "thank you but chanhee is treating me today." he grinned while winking at chanhee.

the blonde boy approached younghoon, sweetly saying. "it's okay, i'll take his order." younghoon nodded and left to clean the tables. while they switched places, sunwoo sat down on one of the chairs in front of the counter. 

silently chanhee started preparing a bowl. sunwoo took a look at his friend and bursted out in laughters. the other looked up to him, a questioning expression on his face. chanhee mouthed a „what?" and put the bowl down.

sunwoo tried to hold his laughter in as he imitated chanhee, „it's okay-" he batted his eyelashes to appear in a more flattering way, „i'll take your order" sunwoo widened his eyes and pouted, trying hard to appear as lovely as chanhee did when he talked to younghoon.

chanhee scoffed, „are you stupid? shut up or he will hear you." he whispered, looking serious as ever. the blonde haired boy furrowed his eyebrows and took the bowl into his hand again. he scooped some of the ice cream and put it into the bowl. while he did so, he mumbled „and also, i didn't say it like that" 

sunwoo giggled at his comment, „hey." he called out and chanhee looked at him. the black haired boy winked at him and chuckled. sunwoo bent over the counter and whispered, „you have some explanation to do, mister" he smirked and turned back to look at younghoon who was silently doing his job. „did you rush out of classes to drive with him?" sunwoo concluded chanhee's actions and it turns out that his hunch was right, chanhee nodded and added, „now shut up before i make you pay for real" chanhee defended himself and placed sunwoo's order on the counter. „okay okay and thank you for this" he picked up the ice cream, "i'll enjoy it" 

the tall boy went over to a free table and sat down. he looked out through the slightly tinted windows. the weather outside was perfect for a sweet ice cream like this. 

chanhee had once mentioned to him that younghoon is handsome. but it had never crossed sunwoo's mind that chanhee might have a crush on him. the worst thing is that chanhee had kept quiet about it for the entire time. he should've told me,  no?  sunwoo thought to himself as he glared over to chanhee. it's not like i ruined his chance to talk to his other crushes-  now that sunwoo gave it another thought he realized that he did pull some funny things with chanhee's past crushes. he should've told me though... 

sunwoo stopped glaring at chanhee, who was cleaning some utensils. instead, sunwoo focused on his ice cream. sweetly put, two ice cream scoops of the flavour strawberry yogurt, some pieces of strawberries, chocolate sprinkles and not to forget some cream on top. it looked as beautiful as ever. 

truth is, in the past sunwoo used to not like strawberries. as a child he thought they look weird, the rough skin of strawberries made him uncomfortable. thats why he didnt eat strawberries. this was, until the day where he got top of his class. it was about the time where he was in middle school. his grandpa was so proud of him that he had picked him up from school. he wanted to treat little sunwoo to something sweet. thus, he took little sunwoo to his friend's ice cream shop, the mentioned elder had the sweetest ice cream in the entire town. when they arrived there, his grandpa chose the ice cream for him, it was strawberry yogurt. little sunwoo wasn't sure if it was because he had done so well in school but the moment he ate the ice cream, his mouth was filled with such sweetness, it tasted so heavenly. the delicious taste made little sunwoo so happy.

looking back this was a memory he treasures a lot. the exquisite taste of strawberry still makes sunwoo melt away. it's not just the best flavor for ice cream, it's the best fruit to ever exist. 

a duchenne smile was found on sunwoo's face, he was genuinely happy. he scooped a bit of the ice into his spoon and put it into his mouth. the cold and sweet sensation perceived in his mouth, it felt like heaven. he wanted to go for another bite, when his brain connected the taste to something he had tasted earlier. the boy remembered what happened earlier. his ears blushed red as he gulped down. he felt so embarassed, he shouldn't be thinking about changmin like that since he doesn't even know him. yet he couldn't help it. he tasted exactly like the ice cream infront of him. without wanted, pictures of the innocent boy came into his mind. the way he would always looked so fragile. the way he would always move in such a gentle and delicate manner. 

sunwoo breathed out as he repositioned him on his chair, he looked out of the window to distract himself. he usually doesn't think like this, it was bothering him. 

eating the ice cream took him way longer than expected, not that it mattered, he didn't have plans for today anyways. he kept chanhee some company and left afterwards.

the after taste not leaving his mind even as he arrived home.