JiHan | One-shot ( book I )

What is love ?

Joshua has no idea what love is, having been shuffled from home to home since he was a child because he had no parents. When he reached a suitable age, he dared to ask the director of his current and final home what had happened to his parents, and she replied that his parents had had him very young, his mother was only sixteen and his father had abandoned him when he heard the news. His mother didn't feel ready to raise a child on her own at that age, preferring to leave Joshua in a foster home.

The young man is truly saddened by this; he would have liked to know at least a little about his mother, as she gave birth to him, but well, such is life. As far as his school is concerned, he's got a good grade, he's doing well and this irritates the pupils because he doesn't seem to work much, in class he only half listens and sleeps when he's bored, or looks out of the window when it's next to him. He's a loner.

Jeonghan has parents, but they don't care about him at all, he doesn't get any love from them, but he's used to it, at school he's in his corner, as soon as someone approaches him he's afraid they're going to hurt him, because yes, when his parents are annoyed they take it out on him, so he thinks everyone's like that. So he's better off alone.

At the moment, the two boys are sitting on a chair in their classroom, Joshua watching the leaves on the trees move in the wind while Jeonghan draws on his notebook, the blond marking : What is love ?
He sighs, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes, but swallows back all his emotion before the bell rings.

The young man quickly exits his classroom and heads for his favorite spot, a quiet, restful place where no one comes and where Jeonghan can let go of all his emotions. Jeonghan doesn't lift his head from between his arms, but he hears footsteps coming towards him.

When he no longer hears them, he dares to raise his head and comes face to face with someone staring at him. Usually, Jeonghan would have run away, taken fright, left in a fit of stress, but here. No.

He remains gazing into the boy's beautiful eyes and is hypnotized, completely bewitched by that sweet, innocent gaze.

" Is everything all right ? Do you need anything ? "

" I..."

" Wait I saw two people doing this, this morning, apparently it feels good. I'm going to try to do one."

The boy approaches Jeonghan and the latter strangely lets himself be touched, feeling the stranger's arms come around his waist. At first this contact is awkward, as both don't know how to handle it, but eventually Jeonghan takes the boy in his arms too, and this makes the embrace much more pleasant.

The blond dares to rest his forehead against the other's shoulder, while the latter rubs his back and puts his mouth in his hair.

" This is the first time my body has reacted so well to being close to someone. "

" I feel good here too, you have really comforting arms. "

" Yours are warm and soft, by the way what's your name ? "

" Joshua and you ? "

" Jeonghan."

The two boys smile and then have to stop hugging because they have to get back to class.

-> At the end of the day

Joshua leaves his classroom to return to his home, once inside he decides to go immediately to his principal to ask him some questions, however when he enters the room all he sees is the principal's son with another boy, they're doing something Joshua doesn't know anything about.

Finally, the principal's son notices Joshua's presence, so he walks away from his boyfriend.

" Oh, Shua you scared me, do you need anything ? "