Winter Summer

Chapter 3

Yoshi groaned even before he opened his eyes. He felt really tired for some reason, and his arms felt a little sore. As far as he could remember, he didn't do anything strenuous yesterday using his arms, so why was it aching as if he overused it or something?

Eyes still closed, he tried grabbing his favorite hug pillow beside him, but he only grabbed the air. He tried the other side, and there was only air that he grabbed. Panic started to enter his body when he smelled something flowery. He definitely doesn't use any perfume or burn any scented candles with that smell. He likes the citrus scent more.

He opened his eyes and was shocked to see an unfamiliar room. He checked to see if he still had his clothes on, and he sighed in relief when he saw that he was still wearing clothes. He paused; he was only wearing pants; he was not wearing a shirt. He also noticed that his body seemed to have become more buff than before. He couldn't remember himself lifting weights.

He ran toward the mirror. He shouted in horror when he didn't see his face. Instead, he saw someone else's face.

"Why am I seeing Jihoon?" Yoshi whispered as he caressed his face. He tried pinching his cheeks and felt a pain in the part where he pinched.

"This is not a dream? I felt the pain." Yoshi jumped up when someone suddenly opened the door. Yoshi saw himself walking briskly towards him.

"J-Jihoon?" Yoshi asked. Jihoon, who was in Yoshi's body, shot an eyebrow upward. Yoshi lost his leg strength, which made him sit on the floor. Realization hit him. Jihoon and he swapped bodies.

"How did we swap bodies?" It felt weird for Yoshi to watch his own body talk. Yoshi shook his head as an answer. Yoshi was in a dilemma. He has work to do, and that goes the same for Jihoon, but now they have swapped bodies.

Yoshi tried to recall last night's events in the hope that he might find some clue as to how they swapped bodies. He stood up and faced Jihoon, who was in his body, after remembering that they kissed last night. He knows that they were not in a fairy tale, and the kiss probably had nothing to do with it, but there's no harm in trying it.

He grabbed Jihoon's face and kissed him straight in the lips, not giving the other a chance to react. He stepped back after a few seconds, waiting for something to happen, but to his dismay, there was none. That made him conclude that a kiss was not the answer. He felt Jihoon's stare at him, so he tried explaining but was stopped when Jihoon grabbed him by his arm and pulled him closer to the guy.

"That's not how we kissed last night." Jihoon said before kissing Yoshi again. This time, the kiss was deeper. Yoshi closed his eyes, savoring the kiss, but then remembered that the kiss was ineffective. He pushed Jihoon away, but the man's grief was strong. So he opened his eyes and saw Jihoon's face—not his face, but Jihoon's original face—kissing him. Jihoon pulled away. He suddenly laughed, startling Yoshi.

"Ah, everything's messing with my head. The key was not a simple kiss but a deep one." Jihoon said before going toward his bathroom. Yoshi stood there like a statue, watching Jihoon do his thing as if nothing mystical had happened earlier. Jihoon noticed Yoshi, so he stopped before his bathroom's door and faced Yoshi.

"I'm sorry, but you can go back to your unit now. Let's think that none of this happened. I'm sorry for kissing you as well. I have work to do, so I'll prepare now." Jihoon explained. Yoshi ran back to his condo unit in embarrassment.

Why would my day start like this?! Yoshi shouted in his head before looking at himself in the mirror. He looked like he made out with someone since his lips are so plump. Yoshi shook his head and went to the bathroom, hoping that the cold shower would help him forget the things that happened a few minutes ago.

On the other hand, Jihoon couldn't stop the smile painting his lips as he recalled the kiss he and Yoshi just shared. Yoshi, ah, the beautiful Yoshi, was someone who ticked all the boxes on Jihoon's list of things he admired in a person, physically speaking.

Yoshi is tall, and Jihoon definitely likes tall people. Yoshi's beauty is somewhere between beautiful and handsome, something Jihoon really loves as well. Jihoon also likes Yoshi's eyes. He knew that Yoshi was wearing contact lenses last night, but he saw Yoshi's real eyes earlier when he looked at the mirror while he was still in Yoshi's body.

Jihoon also likes Yoshi's soft and thin lips. He also remembered smelling something citrusy in Yoshi's condo unit, something that made him feel warm and cozy. Yoshi got all the physical aspects Jihoon was looking for in a partner.

No one has ever grabbed his attention like Yoshi did. His colleagues might call him cold and scary, someone who will not settle and loves to stay a bachelor, but the truth is he wants to settle. He is a hopeless romantic too; he just doesn't show it to people since he knows his close friend, Jaehyuk, will tease him.

If Yoshi will also check all the boxes on his list for the character aspect, Jihoon will definitely start to court the guy. Jihoon chose a black suit and wore it to work. He went straight to his office and started checking the documents that needed to be checked.

He was reading a proposal when his mind wandered to Yoshi, a smiling, beautiful Yoshi who was looking at him. He made a slight jump when someone slapped him in the back, removing him from his trance.

"What happened to you? You're daydreaming. That is so not you." Jaehyuk commented as he went back to sit in a seat in front of Jihoon's desk. Jihoon shook his head and continued reading the proposal.

"Did you know that Kanemoto Designs sent another proposal? They're so persistent." Jaehyuk said as he showed an amused look on his face. Jihoon knew that company. It's a big design company that has so many subsidiaries, each in every field where design is needed.

"But, y'know, there's something interesting in their new proposal." Jaehyuk said before handing Jihoon a folder that contains Kanemoto Designs' proposal. Jihoon took it and scanned the proposal. He stopped scanning when he saw who made the proposal.

"Yoshi Kanemoto?" Jihoon murmured, which Jaehyuk heard.

"Yeah. Mr. Kanemoto's son and heir of Kanemoto Designs." Jaehyuk answered. Jihoon needed to confirm if this Yoshi Kanemoto was the Yoshi he knew.

"Do you have a picture of him?" Jihoon asked. Baffled, Jaehyuk still searched for Yoshi's picture and showed it to Jihoon. Jihoon smiled after seeing Yoshi's picture. Destiny is helping him.