pluto ; jungjoo

24.

hyeongjun didn't know how many more times would he have to be a witness of a much heartbreaking sight of jooyeon crying in his arms, but there he was. it broke and shattered his heart into billions of pieces and he didn't even know how to comfort the younger boy, what to tell him.

compared to the last time though, jooyeon was much more composed. he was not the crying mess he was when jungsu disappeared after their almost shared kiss. this time it really seemed like he knew what was going on more, was aware of the situation and it didn't come to him as a pure shock like it did last time.

hyeongjun this time was able to hear full and clear story of it all too, the reason, why jooyeon asked him to come over and was met with a sight of the younger one being in tears when he arrived.

to be hit with an information that jungsu indeed was a star, jooyeon's star and in fact not a human at all was something hyeongjun did not expect at all. he sat there on the couch beside jooyeon, lips slightly parted as he tried to let the information sink in.

did jooyeon go crazy? or was it him? or both? this just sounded a little too insane for him. how could it mean that the stars protecting humans really existed? wasn't it just a small fairytale jooyeon's mother used to tell him and the younger grew up believing? how could this be really happening right now.

on the other hand though, it made sense. so much sense that hyeongjun didn't know how he wasn't able to figure it out earlier. well, he technically did. but it was just his own theory, it sounded too crazy for him to believe in it since he wasn't in this whole star thing in the first place but now that jooyeon confirmed it, it sounded so weird but valid at the same time.

because all these habits jungsu had, the clumsy attempts of everything spoke so loudly. hyeongjun recalled the first day the two of them had met each other. jungsu literally struggled to hold a spoon and eat. that was apparently because he had no clue how it was done. made sense since he hadn't ever experienced living on earth. all those other stuff he did, simply being so clumsy in everything was because he had no clue how it worked.

his appearance was adding up to it. hyeongjun always knew, there was something so off about it. the skin always looked different but he never would want to admit to it. but there he was, because now, it made sense. the glowing skin was indeed because of the star nature jungsu had.

no wonder jooyeon started catching feelings. jungsu always was so different, so easy to approach, talk to and not even a human in the first place to have any bad habits or traits. sure, jungsu was not perfect but that was just on earth and even here he seemed like he had no flaws. or, made those flaws turn into something so beautiful that no one managed to notice.

jooyeon also told him everything that he got to know from jungsu before the elder left. about all his powers and basically every single thing in the smallest details. how he stayed there till his very last breath to be with jooyeon and make sure he was all okay and left only after that. jooyeon admitted feeling so bad and selfish for that all and also not being able to let go.

❝i already miss him so much.❞ jooyeon mumbled more to himself, leaning against hyeongjun's side, letting tears slowly roll down his cheeks. he was not upset, he just felt like not being able to bear with this whole situation.

he had somehow accepted the fact that the elder had left him, because he would die if he didn't and was not coming back. but it was much harder than expected to let go. not surprising at some point, he had grown to be a little too attached. jooyeon himself had to admit that.

he had to learn to move on. not like he was ever going to forget about it. about every single moment spent with jungsu. he had done so much for him. all he could do in return was to grant the last wish for him and keep being well. for him. he didn't want for jungsu's such big effort to be all wasted, he wanted to get better and keep on going, like when jungsu encouraged him to do so. he felt like it was going to be so hard though, even now he couldn't stop tears that kept and kept rolling down his cheeks. jooyeon really felt bad for hyeongjun too. he put him in such state for god knows how many times already. always running to him and crying in his arms.