Sparkle | HoonSuk

ch 22

“Oh. There you are,” Hyunsuk said as he found Jihoon. He called Jihoon's phone earlier, asking him if they can meet after Hyunsuk's class today. Coincidentally, Jihoon was free at the time when Hyunsuk asked him to meet. Hyunsuk walked toward Jihoon who's playing with his phone while waiting. Jihoon turned to Hyunsuk.

“What is it?” Jihoon asked. Hyunsuk handed him a paper bag that he's carrying. “What is this?”

“Your clothes. I’ve washed it,” Hyunsuk said.

“Ah,” Jihoon nodded. But then he noticed something inside. He took out the box. “What is this?”

“I thought you might like it since you have that figurine at your place. I heard that it's a limited edition one,” Hyunsuk said. Jihoon opened the box and got his eyes widened looking at the content.

“No way,” Jihoon said while looking at the limited edition of his favorite anime. “This only has 5 of them in this whole world. Is this even original?”

“There's the authenticity card inside,” Hyunsuk said. Jihoon looked inside and got excited because he found the authenticity card inside. But just a few seconds after that, his expression changed.

“This might be really expensive,” Jihoon said. “You don't have to give this to me,”

“Why? I don't even enjoy this series as much as you do. You should keep it,” Hyunsuk said.

“How much is it? I will pay for it. But not in lump sum,” Jihoon said.

“Nah. Just keep it,” Hyunsuk said. “I didn't even pay for it. I got it from my older cousin because his close friend collects this kind of stuff. And he thought I should collect everything that's figurine. But yeah. I feel like you’ll like this more than me,”

“Thank you,” Jihoon said. “I really like it,”

“I’m glad you did,” Hyunsuk said. Hyunsuk noticed something on Jihoon's hair. He moves closer to Jihoon and tried to get the thing on Jihoon's hair. His sudden action makes Jihoon's heart thumping so loud while trying to maintain calm outside. “Ah. It's dried leaf,”

Jihoon can feel his face heated up while Hyunsuk's face is just a few centimetres from him. He wanted to kiss those lips. Jihoon doesn't know what has corrupted his mind, but he always has that kind of thoughts when he looks at Hyunsuk.

“I’ll leave first. Thank you for everything. Bye,” Hyunsuk said before he left. Jihoon just nodded. Not because he has nothing to say. But he doesn't want to say too much about it. After Hyunsuk disappeared from his sight, Jihoon sighed.

“It's still. Not easy,” Sure. He told Hyunsuk that he wanted to end it. But it's not easy for him. It hurt his heart even more seeing Hyunsuk looked just fine. Did he wanted Hyunsuk to suffer? Probably.

Is it because Hyunsuk is his first? Does he want Hyunsuk to share the same special feeling with him? Is that why it's too hard for him to just move forward? Is this how Hyunsuk feels toward Ryujin?

“Park Jihoon. I was looking for you everywhere,” suddenly Junkyu’s voice brought him back to reality. Junkyu walked toward Jihoon. “Why do you look like you’re going to cry?”

“What do you want?” Jihoon asked after quickly changing his expression. He didn’t know that his feelings were obvious on his face. But Jihoon guess, he changed after he realized that he likes Hyunsuk. Maybe they are right. That love can change people. He changed too without even realizing. Without his love even being reciprocated.

“This. Some girl, who’s her name? Minhee? Yeah Minhee. She wanted to give you this after our class but you’re nowhere to be found. She asked me to give you this,” Junkyu handed Jihoon a small plastic bag. “You have been receiving these a lot, haven't you?”