Unexpected Blossom

The Sin of Innocence

Zhehan held Gong Jun's hand tightly and pulled him along as they ran freely in the park.

"Did you ask me out here just to make me run?" Gong Jun asked, slightly out of breath.

"What's wrong with that? It's good for you to get some fresh air," Zhehan replied. "You never take a break and always work. How can you keep up? Junjun, you should rest more!" Zhehan added, concerned for Gong Jun's well-being.

Gong Jun's curiosity was piqued by the nickname Zhehan used. "Junjun?" he repeated, confused.

Zhehan's expression froze, caught off guard by Gong Jun's question. It took a moment before he regained his composure. He smiled awkwardly and replied, "Oh, um, Junjun... I mean june..." He spoke but was cut off by Gong Jun.

"Don't speak one word about June once again. If so I'll kill him..." He said intimidatingly, "Come on, let's just keep running!" Gong Jun said running once again.

Zhehan was stunned for a moment he regain his composure and moved forward, catching up on Gong Jun.

"I'm sorry, I promise I won't mention him again, so..." trying to shift the focus away from the nickname.

Despite his jealousy, Gong Jun decided to let it go. Those pitiful eyes were speaking to him making him feel more guilty of what he does earlier.

He smile softly and kept his eyes on Zhehan, running beside him, They're then continued to enjoy their time together in the park.

They ran side by side, their laughter filling the air as they raced through the open space. In that moment, they both forgot about their worries and simply left just the two of them on their mind.

Gong Jun couldn't comprehend what had happened but his girlfriend acting like this, she changed in the better way, and the sudden feeling he has was forming in his heart once again.

There were moments when Gong Jun felt like he wasn't dealing with Xiaomi anymore. It was as if his girlfriend Xiaomi had transformed into someone entirely new. No, not entirely New, because She just like him.

Xiaomi's changes left Gong Jun both intrigued and puzzled. The connection between them seemed to deepen and was puzzled on it's resembled someone familiar in the past. The feeling he gets from the woman is also the feeling he has from the man before.

He really was saddened remembering such familiar feeling. It's like all was coming back to him. The feelings he refused to consider and the words he forced himself to conceal. The admiration he felt at the start of the filming continued until now, and when he realized it. It's too late, they already apart from each other. Then the feelings he refused to confess was been concealed and haunting him every year.

Getting this feeling for someone who's not that person left him confused.
Unable to contain his curiosity any longer, Gong Jun mustered a courage to ask,

"How did you come to know me so well?"

Wanting to have an answer to the woman.

Upon hearing it, Zhehan's mind grew into chaos, and he desperately searched for answer. He struggled to cope with the situation, feeling overwhelmed by it Despite his inner turmoil, he managed to put on a reassuring smile to Gong Jun as he said, "You're my friend. How could I not know you?"

"Friend?" Gong Jun said as wanting to clarify what the woman had called him. "Are you referring as just a friend?"

"A-re you not?" Zhehan said nervousness are enveloping him, knowing that somethings isn't right, "What is this? Am I not a friend? Then,... Am I sibling or a cousin?" He asked to himself. "But if I am why would he say he like me?"

Gong Jun just nodded and smile, "Yeah,...I'm your friend." Although harboring doubts, Gong Jun decided to let it go, recognizing that people can maybe forgot who they are as a person. Deep down, he knew that Xiaomi was not a thoughtless person, and perhaps she was returning to her true self. It reminded him of how she used to be.

Simple but ordinary, a childlike girl who is innocent to everything, he doesn't know how Xiaomi change to someone who's stubborn and greedy, but for Gong Jun she still a child. A very considerate and a little spoiled child.

If not for the contract that suddenly offered for the both them, they won't become that complicated. And maybe he can continue being a brother for Xiaomi.

"Cheerful and honest, a little bit considerate and a little bit too confident. She was just like him," Gong Jun muttered to himself, A newfound warmth enveloped Gong Jun as he experienced a side of Xiaomi that he missed once again,

She became his savior during his darkest days, something he never gives up to see. It left him both curious and confused about the changes in Xiaomi's behavior.

In their almost four years together, he had never seen her act in such a way anymore, She showed genuine concern, sadness, and even shed tears for him once again. Her eyes gleamed with love, deeper than before. She had ignited a spark within Gong Jun, instilling hope where it seemed impossible.

Initially, he had believed that their relationship was beyond repair. But now, it became something he couldn't let go of. The changes in Xiaomi made their bond stronger and more meaningful than ever before.

However, there was a lingering sense of familiarity and foreigness to her presence, as if the person standing before him wasn't entirely Xiaomi.

Even so, Gong Jun accepted it ready to embrace the entangled path they were on.

Sat on a wooden bench in the park, Gong Jun surprised Zhehan by holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand. He looked at Zhehan tenderly, radiating boundless happiness.

"Thank you for loving me, for always being by my side, for taking care of me. I hope you will love me until the end," Gong Jun expressed sincerely. Zhehan's eyes sparkled with the genuine emotions pouring from Gong Jun's words, and for a moment, he almost forgot about his own predicament.

At that moment Zhehan was filled with full bliss. But only then he realized was Gong Jun knows about him?. At that his smile faded concluding that maybe Gong Jun had missed something and the person he currently confessing was Xiaomi.

He realized, He was playing a role, pretending to be Xiaomi. Then maybe the person Gong Jun was giving flowers to wasn't him but Xiaomi.

Mix with happiness and sadness, Zhehan had mustered a courage to speak of a secret that he endured for so long.

Under the light of the sun, Zhehan finally said "I'm not Xiaomi,...I'm Zhehan."

Zhehan's words hung in the air as the truth finally escaping off his lips. The weight of his secret are lifted as he revealed his true identity to Gong Jun.

Gong Jun stared at Zhehan, expression are mix of surprise, confusion, and half in half by Zhehan's statement,

"What did you say?" He asked as he processed the said truth. It puzzled him same as it answer's him completing the puzzle he has.

Emotions flooded Gong Jun's eyes as he took a step closer to Zhehan, "Explain why do you claim you're Zhehan?" He asked.

Zhehan smile and immediately give him what he wants he explains the situation and reveal a secrets only Him and Gong Jun have.

extending a trembling hand. Gong Jun was shocked, as he whispered "Zhehan..." his voice filled with a mixture of disbelief, So...The person he had grown close to, the one who had captivated his heart, was not Xiaomi, but Zhehan.

Zhehan met Gong Jun's gaze, his own eyes filled with a bliss and vulnerability completely unaware of the feeling Gong Jun has....

On Gong Jun's mind, The ball was now in him if he'll get angry, mad, happy nor sad. But right now he asked. What can be the possible feeling he must have if his hurting and the man who caused it is oblivious about it. He can't explain the love and anger that fills him. Falling into Zhehan's lie.