✓ laundry boy | yang jungwon

17: medicine

what else was he supposed to do? he didn't have the proper attire to be swimming right now.

"come on." the girl yelled, "look how much fun i'm having." she tried proving it by playfully splashing water at his direction.

he hesitantly removed his flip flops before cuffing his pants, rolling it up 3 or 4 times.

he stared at her having fun on her own while she waited.

then, he walked towards the water. it was cold but not super cold. when he touched the water, the girl at the bridge that day flashed into his mind.

"it's too high, you will die once you hit the water."

"and you won't be able to swim!"

his eyes widened before he looked at her.

"i can swim now." he whispered to himself, taking a deep breath before sprinting towards her.

the water slowed him down but once he was deep enough, he swam towards her.

startled by him darting at her, she splashed him. but he quickly sunk down into the water and she couldn't tell where he went.

"oh no." she muttered.

then, she felt something pull her down into the water. she held her breath and shut her eyes.

when she opened her eyes, she saw him staring at her. his hair floated so gracefully underwater.

her cheeks were puffed up and filled with air. he smiled while looking at her before he tried to speak.

"i can't breathe." were the words he tried to get out. bubbles flew out of his mouth before he quickly went closer to her face.

she wondered, then just swim back up, right?

why did he have to pull her down here? to have someone to drown with..?

instead, he clashed their lips together. her eyes widened and before she knew it, her lips slightly opened and the air escaped from her mouth.

he took her breath away. quite literally.

he backed away and swam up quickly, leaving her dumbfounded and confused.

she went back up as well and started gasping for air.

"i almost drowned." she coughed out the water that she accidentally swallowed before paddling her arms back to the shallow end.

he followed not long after, he would brush over his lip with the tip of his thumb from time to time.

there she sat on the wet sand, the water would hit her feet each time since she was so close.

he took the spot beside her and she hugged her knees, making her seem small. it was something she always did.

he felt a bit dizzy for using so much of his energy. and that same heavy feeling in his heart started to increase.

she was out. of. her. mind.

blushing like crazy.

but they continued to act like nothing happened, like everything was normal. or he did at least.

is this what friends do? hisano thought.

and so, she decided not to put any mind into it because he hasn't brought it up yet.

he probably wont any time soon...

"have you had friends before?" hisano asked curiously.

"yeah, before. i used to." he replied.