You Smell Like Hope

22. Iris

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

Iris
The flower of hope and trust.

Jisung's pov.

Minho didn't tell where we are going but I don't think I mind.

It's 3pm right now and I'm rereading the message I read for the first time at 2am when I woke up to drink some water and checked my phone to find a text from him.

Minho Hyung:
Be ready by 5, I'll come pick you up.
And Jisung
I'm really doing this because I want to.

He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to. He wants to.

He wants to.

He wants to go out with me.
With me.
He wants me.

He said 5, but I'm dressed and ready by 3. I'm not sure what to do till he's here so I'm just sitting next to the window rereading his texts over and over again as I sip on my chocolate milk. He got the milk for me last night when he was driving me home. He stopped by the market and got all the flavours they had because he didn't know which one I liked.

I made him pick first and he chose the banana milk. I know he prefers the chocolate one so I picked the strawberry one and asked him to take the chocolate milk home with him.

But I think he knows I like it too.

An hour passed fast as I watched the birds and reopened our chat and smiled at the little cat sitting by the neighbour's window.

He's early.
I thought as I watched his car park in front of the building.

Two minutes later there was a gentle knock on the door.

"You're early."
"You're ready early, too."
"I am."
"I am early." He paused to smile. "Ready to head out?" I nodded and grabbed my keys from the counter. Phone already in hand. "May I ask where we are going?"

"You may ask, however I may not answer." He led the way downstairs. Not having to pay attention to any none-existent broken steps I paid attention to his smile instead.

When we reached the car, I was shocked to not see the driver but instead Minho took the driver's seat. "You can drive?" I asked with surprise filling my voice.

"You're scared to die?" He asked and tilted his head to the passenger seat for me to take it. "Not really, just shocked."

"I can drive. I just do not always have the time. I have work to get done in the car as well." He explained the reason behind having a driver. I let the silence fall between us as I thought about his words. Is it always that busy for him? He took the day off today for the day which means I took it off as well. Am I making him miss something important?

"It's refreshing to take a day off don't you think? I haven't taken one since I graduated high school." He spoke up again when I didn't. "I'm excited to enjoy my day with you Jisung."

I'm not used to how wide my smile formed at his words "I'm excited as well."

"We're almost there, you can play any song you want until we arrive." He handed me his phone; turned on and unlocked. I searched for the music app icon and clicked shuffle.

"Are you sick of me?
Would you like to be?
I'm trying to tell you something
Something that I already said
You like a pretty boy
With a pretty voice
Who is trying to sell you something
Something that you already have"