BOY IN LOVE || JH

THIRTY-FIVE

I rolled my eyes instantly as my sister stood in the doorway, her eyes going from Hoseok to me then back and so forth.

"Get out of here, would ya." I say as I chuck a pillow towards her head.

"I was just trying to warn you that mom and dad are home since I came home and saw all the flowers and candles. I'm sure they'd love to hear the fun you're having with this sexy guy."

I chuck another pillow for her comment.

She scoffs as she walks out of the room, closing the door behind her.

I turned back to Hoseok who looked terrified and nervous.

"Want to meet my parents?" I say, slightly joking. Hoseok still looked terrified.

"You don't have to if you don't want to. I was kidding." I say as I sit up and slip my shirt over my head.

"No, I want to! I'm just a little taken back is all. Was that your sister? I didn't know you had siblings." Hoseok says as he too starts to get dressed.

"Yeah it was. She's annoying I don't talk about her much. She's younger. Did I mention also annoying." I say as I finish getting dressed before I pull open my bedroom door just as I hear voices downstairs.

Hoseok cleared his throat as he followed me out the room and downstairs. He was like a lost puppy as he followed closely behind me.

When we enter the room my parents look up at us and my sister grins knowingly.

I didn't even need to answer her question for me to know she already knew and just wanted conformation.

"Who is this?" My mother asks, a huge smile growing on her face as she looks behind me at Hoseok.

I step aside so that he's more visible. "This is my boyfriend, Hoseok. He transferred here this year from Seoul."

Hoseok smiles and offers a wave and even bows. Which I came to learn was like second nature. After my visit to Korea, it was a way of greeting I had become quite familiar with.

"It's nice to meet you! You know, I use to study Korean in high school!" My dad says with a big smile as he offers his hand out to Hoseok to shake it.

Just as Hoseok grabbed my dad's hand, my father said something In korean that I had no idea what it meant. Hoseok sure did though as he smiled widely, saying something back to him.

It was nice to see they were bonding already.

"Well sadly I don't know any Korean so all I can give you is a hug." My mom laughs as she comes at him with open arms.

He seemed shocked but hugged her back nonetheless.

"Well now that the introductions are out of the way, I'm gonna drive Hoseok home. It's getting late and we have school tomorrow." I say and my parents both say their goodbyes before Hoseok and I head out.

Once we're in the car I turn to Hoseok and let out a small breath.

"Sorry about them, they can be a lot." I say but Hoseok smiles and shakes his head.

"No I like them! It's awesome that your dad knows some Korean. He speaks it very well." Hoseok said and I couldn't help but smile seeing how happy he was.

"Well I'm glad they weren't too embarrassing then. Thank you for tonight though, it was great. All of it." I smile and Hoseok grins as he grabs my free hand.

With that, I drive him home for the night, saying our goodbyes until tomorrow.

Once I'm finally back home, I start to clean up all of the flower petals and candles.

As I'm in the process of doing so, my sister appears in the room with a smile on her face.

"You two seem chummy. Already having sex too. At least he doesn't seem like a douche like Joshua was." My sister says as she fake gags.

"Yeah definitely not the same. Hoseok is sweet and I really like him. Well, love him." I say, now having to get use to saying that out loud.

"Good because I hated Joshua." My sister says as she begins to help me pick up everything.

We clean up in silence until we're done. Once we finish I go to head upstairs, only to be stopped by her.

"You two are gonna stay together when he goes back home, right?"

Her words saddened me a little. I put on a smile as I headed up the stairs. "Yeah, I hope so."

Once I'm alone in my room, I glance over at the flowers that Hoseok had given me that now sat pretty in a vase on my bedside table.

Today was perfect and yet as perfect as it was, I couldn't help but to feel a little sad.

I was thinking back to what my sister had said and It made me think.

Of course I want to stay with Hoseok when he goes back home but what if it's just too far to make it work?

That worried me but I also didn't want to lose Hoseok. It was the hard reality that eventually we'd have to figure out exactly what we are going to do.

I just hope it's a good end result and not a bad one because losing Hoseok is the last thing that I want...