𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄

#.. TWENTY

The urge to just run away got bigger every day and day. Months have passed since
Jooyeon's first arrival and he has already seen the true side of this horrible boarding school. Was this even legal? Do authorities know about the cruelty the students undergo here? Or do they let it happen on purpose? He thought that he'd never find an answer for all the questions he asked himself and just let them go, enjoying the current moment.

Winter just started yet it already was so cold. He and Jiseok were cuddling underneath a thick blanket, warm bodies pushing against each other as an attempt to warm each other up. They weren't a couple, not yet, but it was something along that. A situationship maybe? Jooyeon wasn't sure whether he loved the shorter boy. He was cute. Hell, Jooyeon would die for his smile. Or his cute little habits of creating sweater paws whenever the sleeves of his top were a little bit too long.

Jiseok was funny. Jooyeon could've been at the lowest point of his life, yet a simple joke could enlighten it again. "Ask me if I am a bus driver" "Are you a bus driver?" "No." That was the unfunniest thing he has ever heard, yet to see Jiseok's facial expressions along the bad joke had to be the funniest thing Jooyeon has ever seen.

Jiseok was caring. Jooyeon still remembered the act that broke their silence: The hug that told Jooyeon more than a thousand words could. But that wasn't the only time Jiseok cared for him. In all the previous months of Jooyeon's stay, Jiseok was the one to guide him the right way in a huge school like that.

So was he in love? Everything inside him screamed yes. Yes, he was in love with the short boy that was currently lying in his arms, peacefully sleeping as he did so. But what if they get caught? That was Jooyeon's biggest fear. He didn't want to be hurt again. But would it be worth it to experience Jiseok's love?