Through Your Lens

chapter 5: brother

the days passed oddly quick, and it was now the morning san went to pick up his brother from the train station. he would be lying if he didn't find wooyoungs reaction to meeting his brother strange, it was almost like he was nervous?

san strolled around the station, anticipation biting at his tongue as he impatiently waited to see his brother. it had now been 7 months since he last saw seonghwa, and his father at that matter. the last time they met was on seonghwa birthday, which was in april. to san, 7 months was too long to be far away from his family, alas he couldn't control the amount of work he had. he looked at the time on his watch, it was still early morning, 11am. apparently, seonghwa was taking his time. san thought.

he was quickly proven wrong, when a pair of hands blocked his eyesight. san could recognise these delicate hands anywhere. he turned around faster than ever, happiness filling his eyes as he hugged his brother with joyful aggression.

seonghwa shrieked, followed by laughter when sans strong grip almost blocked his breathing. "gosh san could you let me even breathe?"

"i've missed you so much hwa, im so happy you're here. i wish dad could've joined you, id be even happier" san replied, still not letting go of the man in his embrace.

seonghwa smiled, patting his younger brothers head and caressing his back. "have you gotten more buff? i'm feeling more muscle"

san finally let go of the latter, the compliment getting the best of him. "you think? i've been working out more in any free time i get, but it's hard to since i barely get any."

"how is university? any new projects?"

san stayed quiet, remembering the events of his last piece of work.

"right, the boy that stayed over. how could i forget? tell me more about him, what's he like? is he pretty? does he have any siblings? what major does he take?" seonghwa bombarded san with all the questions about wooyoung, finally knowing he will be able to meet him.

san shook his head, chuckling at his brothers curiosity towards wooyoung and the night they spent together. "let's get all your stuff to my dorm first, we can talk in the car. come on"

the two brothers made their way to the car, san carrying most of the stuff since, well, he was the stronger brother. once they were in the car, seonghwa couldn't help but bring wooyoung up again.

"are you going to tell me about him or what? i'm so curious." seonghwa complained.

"his name is wooyoung, he majors in photography. he's also uhm, in first year."

"hold up. when you said younger i thought you meant a few months. you're telling me this wooyoung is three years younger than you?"

"i-i didn't know he was, he looked older! it's not my fault okay? he only told me he was in first year when... when we first met. fuck." the realisation kicked in, as san tried to defend himself.

"choi san. did you do anything indecent to him?"

"what? no! god fuck, no. i would never. not without his confirmation. goodness seonghwa, what do you take me for?"

"alright alright. so tell me, what's he like?" seonghwa turned his body to san, intrigued for his answer.

"he's... he's classy. but hes definitely got a little bit of sass to him. he always gives me these comebacks, insulting me. but it doesn't even offend me , it makes me laugh. he's got this long red hair that perfectly accentuates the shape of his face, he has such a petite figure, it was so obvious when i had him wear my clothes. they barely fit. his love for photography is so strong, maybe stronger than my love for art. and his smile? seonghwa, every time he smiles something dies inside of me. his smile is beautiful. i day dream about it. i can't focus when im working because of it, because of him all together. i think i really like him hwa, i really think i do."