random boystory

0i. after school / jia hanyu

based from the song "after school" by weeekly !
— moved from oneshots book

*ring, ring*

"yah, jia, we'll be meeting there later, right?" i said and he replied with a hum. "be on time, don't be late, okay? if you are, then that's a foul." he agreed as i joked around. i put my phone down as the call was ended, but i can't help myself from glancing at the clock, impatient. i've changed my school uniform to my pants and shirt. it might just be an exaggeration, but i can't wait to run on the corridors towards his classroom after the last bell rings.

the sky's already turning into an orange shade, and i saw him just outside the school gate. "hanyu!" i exclaimed and ran towards him. he showed me a cute smile while i joked, "hurry up or it'll get dark! we have no time to waste.". he then laughed and i pulled him towards a park nearby. we brought our skateboards, and we were smiling from ear to ear.

we then skated, although i wasn't that good, he helped me quite a lot. he held my hand and we skated together. sure, i won't lie. i was quite fluttered when he did that, and we skated not too far away, but somewhere else where there were rarely people. we brushed though the winds and sat under nearby trees. i got my water bottle from my backpack, and laughed when i saw him staring at me. "i'm (so) good with you." i sang to him and squished his cheek. our eyes met and we both blushed. my heart is fluttering. i feel so free.

"come here, catch up!" he shouted. "wait but you are too faast-!" i tripped on a rock. i landed on my butt and this dude just laughed at me. "hey, what's funny?!" i shouted and he then replied, "nothing, but you're so cute." i looked up the sky and told him that it was so pretty, with him replying "just like you.". the sky was a gradient of pink and orange, and i pointed at a cloud. "hey, doesn't that look like a heart? haha," he nodded and smiled at me. he then reached his hand out and helped me stand from the ground.

this moment will never come again, wherein everything just feels so good. everything sparkles. i've captured it all, from stolen photos of him staring up to the sky, to clips of us skateboarding, filling a special album with these videos. we've hit it off ever since we've met at school. "you know, we don't need to say anything to be on the same page." hanyu said to me. i agreed and stood up. "cheese!" i exclaimed as i snapped a photo of him stuffing a sandwich into his mouth and laughed out loud. i then wiped off crumbs of bread on his face. we looked at each other and i bet you, both our hearts fluttered at the feeling.

"look into the camera, 1,2,3!" he took a selfie of us, posing with peace signs. "hey i like your face in this angle," i swiped at the photos. "don't forget to send these to me!" i laughed and hugged him.

at this point, i didn't want to stop and just wanted to fly away to the end, together, get away from this place. i couldn't forget his face, and the feeling of not only finding another person that i can treat as a friend, but with all our similarities i could say another me or a soulmate. i feel so free with him, feeling like i can just sing and dance and stomp my feet whenever.

we're free as we are, and i love you, jia hanyu.