December 2014
After the fan signing event, the two of them end up in a cafe nearby. Jisung waited for him to finish and told him that he wanted to catch up. He invited him to dinner but Donghyuck wasn’t in the mood for it. He opted for a coffee and something sweet to calm his senses.
“Fifteen years is a long time and I drove all the way here to see you.” Jisung had reasoned.
Despite their age and mature appearance, Jisung’s behavior stayed the same. He’s still jolly. He’s still warm. He still makes Donghyuck’s heart flutter.
While in the cafe, Donghyuck learns that Jisung likes coffee just like him. He only likes his black while Donghyuck prefers milk in his. They share a slice of blueberry cheesecake that is mostly consumed by Jisung as they drink their latte and Americano.
“Congratulations!” Jisung exclaims. “I always knew you could do it!”
“Thanks.”
“So, should I call you Dr. Lee now?”
Donghyuck sniffs. It’s funny how they still banter like they were still twenty-year-olds, like they weren’t apart for fifteen years. Jisung still makes him feel so comfortable around him. He doesn’t feel thirty-five right now while he recalls the things that had happened after that summer in 1999. It feels like it all happened just yesterday.
“You could. It’s up to you.”
“I actually dreamed of calling you that. It’s just that it’s Dr. Donghyuck in my head because I never knew your last name.”
“I never knew yours, too,” Donghyuck says.
After a few months since they met, Donghyuck has searched a lot of Jisung on the internet to try his luck. He had tried Kim Jisung, Choi Jisung, Im Jisung, Lee Jisung, Nam Jisung, Bae Jisung, and so on. The internet was still not that developed during that time. Not a lot of people had access to it and there was limited information available for people who are looking for something. Nonetheless, Donghyuck had kept trying. Jisung Photographer. Jisung Tall. Jisung Handsome. Because of his good looks, maybe he had fangirls on the internet who talks about him. It took Donghyuck three years to give up.
“It’s Park.” Jisung finally tells him. Why did he forget one of the most common surnames of their nation? “My whole name is Park Jisung.”
“Park Jisung,” Donghyuck repeats. It feels so good finally saying it and being sure about it. Kim Jisung never felt right to him.
“That’s me.” The taller smiles.
“How did you find out about the book?” Donghyuck asks. Curious.
“Ahhh that.” Jisung’s smiles widen. He sits up straight, eyes twinkling. He gives the impression that he is excited to share this story. “It’s not hard to find you.”
“What? Why?”
“I know your name all along.” He confesses.
“How?” Donghyuck lifts his brows.
“Your family is famous. Your brother married the mayor’s daughter. It’s not really rocket science.”
“So, you knew all this time?”
Jisung tells him that he had stayed in Changwon for another day after dropping him off. He had never been in that area so he decided to check it out before he continues driving down to Busan. While going around, he had met some people. He was still curious about Donghyuck. He couldn’t just let him pass by his life like that. Since he had mentioned that his brother was connected to the mayor, he went on and asked people about him. That’s where he learned about the Lee family.
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𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 || 𝐉𝐢𝐇𝐲𝐮𝐜𝐤
FanfictionFifteen years ago, he was twenty. Never fallen in love. Never had a concrete idea what he wanted. Never sure about his true identity. But a boy came and suddenly everything's changed. Donghyuck would never admit that to anyone until he has to write...