One Summer Day (BWWM)

CHAPTER 5

"You don't have to ask twice," I say, opening the door a bit wider so he can enter. Thank God I just spent an hour cleaning my room or this would have been embarrassing.

As he steps in he took a minute to survey the room, putting the bag filled with goodness on the table he looked at the wall of polaroids and paintings I had hanging in my room. I love painting--it's a good release for pent-up stress and frustration.

"Not to be rude or anything, but even though I appreciate the food, how and why are you here?" I asked, confused, as I walk over to my bean bag and gesture for him to sit as well. He shuffles onto the bean bag and begins to reach for the food.

"Wait," I say, and he stops." Go wash your hands, nasty," I joke, leading him towards the bathroom. I cannot believe he was just about to touch the food without washing his hands. After we both washed our hands, we head back to the bean bag.

"Ok, now answer my question. First start with the 'how,'" I say, grabbing a piece of bread and looking at him expectantly. I watch as he chew and swallows before answering. Thankfully, he doesn't talk with his mouth full--- I would have kicked him out without hesitation.

"How? Yonhee told me where you apartment was. Why? We were supposed to meet over an hour ago and grab some food, remember? And since I'm a man of my word I got the food and came over--knocking two birds with one stone," He said. "Also we didn't even swap contact information so I honestly don't know how we would've met up otherwise." He said finally, and it finally clicked. Makes sense, and hey, I got free food out of this, so I'm not complaining.

After a moments of silence, with only sounds  being chewed and rustling, I decide to turn up the volume on my speaker, and "One Summer Day" by Joe Hisashi starts playing. Hearing this soundtrack always makes me feel so nostalgic. Studio Ghilbi movies defined my childhood, and the tracks always bring me peace.

"What song is this? I really like the vibe," he says, nodding his head to the rhythm.

"You don't know Joe Hisashi? You don't know this legend? You don't know this masterpiece?" I ask in shock. "Please tell me that you've at least watched a Studio Ghibli movie," I say pleading as I looking at him. His confusion was all I needed to jump into action.

"Alright that's it, how far is your apartment from here ?"I ask while tidying the food.

"About a five-minute walk from here. Why?"he asks standing up.

"We are going to have a movie night, and you are going to watch every classic Studio Ghibli movie until you are properly educated. If you have any plans today,  go ahead and cancel them." I say, standing up to face him. "I also need you to go get a fresh pair of clothes from your apartment because I refuse to have your outside germs laying around on my bed. Capisce ?" I add, staring up at him.

"Lucky for you, I didn't have any plans today, and I'll just ask Jeno to bring clothes for me. I think he's gonna drop by with Yonhee soon anyways," He says grabbing his phone out of his pocket to text Jeno.

After a few minutes, I hear the door jiggle, and in walk Jeno and Yon walk through the door.  Jeno tosses a bag of clothes towards Roman.

"Jagi, I missed you," Yon says as she walks toward me and with a smile. These words made Jeno turn towards her, eye wide with shock..

"You call her jagi?" Jeno asks, pouting. "You don't even call me Jagi," he says, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind. I have never seen Jeno act like this before. What the actual hell ? How can this be funny and cute at the same time? I glance over at Roman, who is trying to stifle his laughter and failing, which causes me to laugh alongside him as well.

After a couple of minutes of laughing, I finally sobered up. "Well, Roman and I are about to have a Studio Ghibli movie marathon since he's never seen any of it," I say turning to Roman and giving him a blank stare. "So unless you guys wanna join, I would kindly ask you to leave," I add  sarcastically. I know I sound mean, but I don't play around with Studio Ghibli, and Yon knows how I feel about these films. Sensing the potential danger, Yon speaks up.

"Lucky for you, Jeno and I have a date tonight," she said turning towards Jeno who looks confused. 

"We do ?" he asks, puzzled. She quickly gives him a look.

 "Oh, yes, yes we do have a date---we booked earlier. " he says, catching on to whatever Yon is silently communicating to him. "Well, we will leave you guys to it." Yon says, as they both walk towards the door. I give Yon a thankful glance as they head out, leaving me and Roman alone again.

"Are you ready to be wowed?" I ask, turning to him motioning for him to follow me to my bed. Now, I know what you're thinking, but let's stop right there.  We are both adults who can control ourselves, and this is literally our first time hanging out as friends. Well, whatever we are---I'm not really focused on that right now.

After getting situated on my bed, I prop my laptop on my desk I bought for doing assignments when I don't necessarily feel like using my desk. I start with the best Studio Ghibli film in my opinion: Howls Moving Castle. Argue with someone else I don't care.

"Let's get started then, " I say, tapping the play button and starting the movie.