Naeun sighs as she closes her diary and puts it under the mattress of her bed. She sits up then gets her huge fluffy teddy bear. Sighs again as she leans her head against it then takes a deep breath before closing her eyes, remember the last day she saw her childhood best friend Kim Myungsoo...
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( 8 YEARS AGO.. )
"Oppa.. I'm leaving.." Naeun said while she and Myungsoo were sitting on the grass at the playground near their house. She looked up at the sky to avoid looking at her best friend, afraid to see his reaction.
"W.. What?!", Myungsoo blinked his eyes. He couldn't believe what he just heard from his best friend.
Naeun sighed again then puffed her cheeks, fighting back the tears that wanted to flow from her eyes. "I said I'm leaving."
There was a few minutes of silence. Naeun looked down at her fingers while she was pulling of the grasses on the ground. She secretly wished that she should have told him few days ago. Not on the day of his..
".. B.. birthday." Myungsoo looked at her. His voice crying as tears started to flow from his eyes. "O.. on.. th.. the d.. day o.. of m.. my b.. birthday?"
Naeun just nodded. Afraid to speak up because her voice might betray her. She slowly wiped the tearts that were starting to flowing from her eyes. Myungsoo stared at her. He wiped some of his tears as he spoke up again.
"Y.. You will.. l.. leave m.. me?" Myungsoo then whispered, "I.. I.. thought we're best.. friends. We pr.. promised not to leave each o.. other.. r.. right? A.. and.." Myungsoo took a deep breath, "I.. I th.. thought we will g.. grew up t.. together."
Naeun finally looked at him. Her eyesight was blurry due to the tears that were escaping from her eyes. She watched his tears flowing. She smiled a bit to cheer him up then wiped his tears with her fingers. "I.. I just h.. have to.." she pursed her lips then continued. "B.. But.. I will come back. I.. I promise."
Myungsoo pouted cutely as he sticked his pinky finger out for Naeun, "Pinky promise?"
Naeun chuckled softly at his cute pout. She then raised her pinky finger and clinged it on his. She smiled as she shook their pinky fingers. "I promise", she said with her heart.
Myungsoo smiled back at his best friend. Even how sad he is, Naeun always make him smile. Only Naeun can make him smile during his lonely moments and no one else - not even his family. Everytime he saw her smile, it seems like his day is finally complete. But now that she is leaving, he didn't now what to do. He couldn't afford his best friend to leave him. She is not just his best friend but his friend who can only make him happy.. His angel. He suddenly remembered that he got something for her. He slowly reached from his back pocket and hid it with his palm and smiled at her.
"Naeun-ah~"
"Neh?"
"I got a surprise for you.", Myungsoo smiled brightly.
"Surprise?", she tilted her head "But you're the one who is celebrating his birthday!"
"But you're the one leaving.." Myungsoo thought to himself, his heart slowly breaking but just ignored it. He opened his palm in front of her and smiled. "This is for you, Naeun-ah~"
Naeun blinked her eyes as she gets a necklace with an angel as a pendant from his palm. She looked at it and admired the cute angel pendant. "Oh my. It's so beautiful!"
"Like you." Myungsoo thought to himself again. He smiled warmly as he studied her beautiful face. "Still young but already a Beauty Queen.", he thought again. He was so busy studying her face that he didn't notice that Naeun was already calling his attention.
"Oppa? Oppa?" Naeun called him again and again and poked his nose, giggled. Myungsoo jumped a bit while blinking his eyes, still in shock.
"M.. Mwo?" Myungsoo asked.
Naeun laughed softly at his reaction. She smiled and confessed, "I love it, oppa~"
Myungsoo smiled widely at Naeun. "Glad you love it. Er.. Can I put it around your neck?"
Naeun nodded as she handed Myungsoo the necklace. She turned her back at him then put her hair on the side, waiting for him to put the neacklace around her neck.
Myungsoo took a deep breath as he stare at her neck, fighting back the urge to kiss it. "No, Myungsoo!" he thought to himself. "No kissing! For God's sake, you are 12!" Myungsoo shook the thought away as he gently put the necklace around her neck, trying his best to not to blush. Hooked the two ends together then smiled, "Finish."
Naeun felt herself blushing as he put the necklace around her neck, let out a smile when he finished putting it. She turned around, still feeling her blush on her cheeks, "Thanks, bestie!"
"Welcome!", he chuckled softly as he ruffled her hair then he became serious after a while as he was trying to think of the words he will say to her. He stared into her eyes and said, "Bestie.."
Naeun felt herself blushing more as she stared back at him, "Neh?"
Myungsoo took a deep breath as he slowly grabbed her hands and put them between his, smiled softly before speaking up..
"Son Naeun, I know you're leaving now. So I think it is the right time for me to say these things." he smiled then put a strand of hair behind her ear before continuing, "See that angel necklace? I have been keeping that for months already.. looking for the right time to give it to you and I think today is the right time. I want tthat angel to be the symbol of our friendship. I want that to smybolize me - your angel.. guardian angel. I promise that - as your guardian angel - that I will always be here for you no matter what. We may be thousand miles away from each other but always remember that I am her for you. I will never leave you. If you need me, I'm just here no matter what what happens. If you're sad, I'm just here to cheer you up, With that angel pendant, I hope that it will make you feel my pressence. I promise that when we see each other again, I - Kim Myungsoo.. Your Guardian Angel - will still be here for you."
Myungsoo leaned in to seal his promises with a kiss on Naeun's forehead, holding her tight.. afraid to let go of her.
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Naeun goes back to the present with a soft chuckle. She can still remember how her stomach felt as she listened to her best friend's sweet promises and of course.. her bestfriend's sweet kiss on her forehead. She lays down on her bed then closes her eyes, smiling as she remembers more childhood memories of her childhood love.. while holding the angel pendant that she still wears from the day he gave it to her.
