SEVENTEEN IMAGINES

[⌗1] - Adore U

"Wee~ wee~ aak! Wuaa!", you fell off your swing, flat on your butt, crying on the grass. "Are you okay?", a boy asked, offered you his hand. "You are bleeding", he said, searching for something in his pocket. Soon, he wrapped your wound with his handkerchief. "Don't cry. I will help you", he said, gently wiping off your tears, help you to stand up but you fell once again.

"It hurts", you said, pouted. "What about I give you a piggyback?", he suggested. "Will you be fine with it?", you asked, wiping off your snot. "I'm a strong boy! Don't worry", he said, squatting while helping you to ride on his back.

The silence filled up the thin air. "Where do you live at?", he asked. "Behind the school", you replied. "In the two storey house area?", he asked. "Nope", you replied. "Then?", he asked. "Under the bridge", you replied, smiling. He stopped, disbelief. "Why?", you asked. "Nothing", he replied, continue to walk to your 'house'.

He dropped you there, noticed that there's a house made of boxes, was decorated with leaves, under the bridge. "Your house is so beautiful!", he said. "Thank you!", you replied, smiling to your ears. "Where is your parents?", he asked. "I don't have one~", you replied, innocently made him stunned on the spot.

"How did you eat?", he asked. "I will go out early in the morning, to find recyclable things to sell and I will use that money to buy food!", you replied. "How many times a day do you eat?", he asked. "One!", you replied. He shut his mouth, tight, look at you, then at your house. The air is filled with silence.

"What is your name?", you asked. "Choi Seungcheol", he replied. "You?", he asked. "y/n", you replied. "Can I come here again?", he asked you. You nodded, furiously. "I would love to!", you replied. That day was a starting point for both of you.

Years passed, both you and Seungcheol has grown up, from kids to teenagers. "Yah! Choi Seungcheol!", you screamed his name, chasing after him who is running away from you because he stole your chips. "You won't be able to chase me!", he said, sticking out his tongue while fastening his pace.

But then.. things happened, you can't avoid it..

"Aakk!", both of you screamed, he fell to the ground while you fell on him. Both of you went silence. Krik krik. Krik krik. Krik krik. The silence was too loud.

His eyes meet yours, his hands slowly wrapped around your waist, leans closer for a kiss. "hAh, you thought!", you avoided, shoved his face somewhere else, take your chips and walk away. You couldn't stop smiling, your cheeks reddened. 'Why did I avoid that kiss when I was waiting for it?', you couldn't stop blaming yourself for being dumb.

He gripped your wrist, make you facing him in a flash, claiming your lips. Your eyes widened. You pushed him away because you were too shocked. "What was that?", you asked. He smirked. "I know you enjoyed it", he said, confidently. "N-no?! Euw why would I?!", you denied. "I will proof that wrong", he said, walk away, leave you by yourself.

Days passed, he didn't show up in school. You started to feel anxious because he never skip school and obviously you miss him, it just your ego, doesn't want to admit that. "Where's Seungcheol? Is he okay? Why he didn't come to school? It's been 4 days since he absent", you mumbled to yourself.

You are walking alone, planning to go to his house, to pay him a visit. After few minutes, you arrived but is hesitating to knock on the door. You take a deep breath, about to knock but you heard something.

"We dislikes you befriended with y/n, she didn't match our standards. You're coming from a rich family, has loving parents with you while she doesn't have parents, living in poverty and I'm pretty sure she befriended with you because of money. She wasn't being sincere!", his mom uttered. That broke you really hard. Slowly, you walk away from his house but suddenly stopped halfway.

"We said this because we don't want you to be hurt someday. Before it's too late it's better we do it now. Come with us, move to somewhere else with us. We don't want you to have any contact with that girl", his dad added, words cuts deeper than a knife, your tears rolled down to your cheeks.

"That's what you think. Not what you know. Maybe she doesn't have parents, living in poverty, is a poor girl, barely have money but you don't know something special about her. Among all of the girls I've known, she never asked anything from me but one thing. Love. She has nobody but herself, she's lonely and lacking of love. She didn't need anything but love. The first day I met her, which is 11 years ago, I know that she's different"

"I did asked her, "will you be fine this way, living under the bridge, has boxes as your home, only able to eat once a day, used all the money that she gained after collecting recyclable things to sell" and you know what she replied me, "I believe that something big is waiting for me as long as I didn't give up" and she never asked for my money. I tried numerous times to treat her some better food not letting her eating rice wrapped with seaweed everyday but she refused"

"I became your friend not because you're rich but because you are willing to be my friend even if I'm poor". She didn't even complaints for not be able to go to school, I know she's a smart girl but she just short in finances. She's the one who helped me with my grades. She's the one who teach me with subjects I don't really understand and I saw her peeking outside the classroom numerous times, learning in silence"

"You don't know how much I adore her, her spirit for not giving up. If I'm on her shoes, I would've been dead by now for not be able to keep going but she's such a strong soul, there's no 'give up' in her dictionary. Then I realized that I fell for her harder than I thought. I don't want to lose her, I'm willing to risk anything as long as I'm able to be with her. Please understand me. I never ask anything before this but please let me be with her. I don't want to move somewhere else. I want to stay beside her", he uttered. The house went quiet.

You are walking with your head down, crying, touched by his words. "I didn't give up because I have you by my side", you mumbled, proceed to the convenience store, to buy your rice wrapped with seaweed. "Do I need to distance myself from him?", you mumbled to yourself.

You came out of the convenience store with rice wrapped with seaweed on your hands, staring the road. Without you realized, you have arrived to your house area, accidentally bumped into someone. "Aak!", you screamed because you was shocked. "Miss me?", he asked. 'This voice.. it's belongs to Seungcheol', your thoughts spoken. You lifted your chin, look at him. 'It's really him', your thoughts added. He pulled you into a hug. It was a warm hug. You close your eyes, your tears falling, couldn't forget what he said earlier.

"I love you", three words. "Be my girlfriend?", he asked, deep staring your eyes. "What if your parents dislikes me? Because I'm poor?", you asked. He smiled. "I told them about you.. everything.. and", he didn't finish his sentence. "And?", you asked. "I know you were outside, you heard everything but there's something that you missed", he said. You shut your mouth.

"Are you mad at me for eavesdropped your conversation with your parents?", you asked. He shook his head. "Nope. Instead I'm glad", he said. You raised your eyebrows. "Why?", you asked. He smiled. "See, you missed an important part", he said, chuckled. "Huh?", you responded.

He's caressing your hair, softly put them aside not to cover your face. "How beautiful", he praised, leans closer. He's claiming your lips, devours it as if there's no tomorrow. Few minutes passed, he break the kiss. "See, I knew you enjoyed it", he teased. You pinched his stomach, while he just giggling cutely.

"Love, hear me out", he said. You couldn't help but blushing when he's gently called you 'Love'. "Ayee, you like that nickname so much, I knew it", he said. "A little bit", you replied. "Your face screamed a lot", he teased, you slapped his chest. "Come on what did I missed?", you asked.

He's holding your hand, as if he's holding something precious, soft, gentle and warm. "My parents want to meet you. I'm here to pick you up. Let's go", he said. You blinked once. Twice. Thrice. "Huh?", you responded. "Let's go!", he's running as well as you. 'Something big' that you was waiting for is finally happening.

- Believe in time, they never wrong -