See You Again

Reminisce

Today was the day. Today was graduation. Jihoon was excited. Today he would say goodbye to all those studious days, all those headaches because of stress.

Jihoon sat on one of the chairs in the grass waiting for his name to be called up. They were under the sweltering sun and for once Jihoon thanked the heavens that having a cap and gown was necessary. The cap was the only thing that was protecting his face from the son.

"Joshua Hong Jisoo," Jihoon hears the dean call up. A crowd of people cheer Jisoo along. Jihoon can make out Jisoo's mom out of the crowd. Jihoon along with his other friends Baekho and Aron instantly cheer Jisoo on as well. Jihoon watches as Jisoo chuckles. Jisoo, with his newly dyed rose gold hair, walks across the stage to retrieve his diploma and Jihoon smiles at him encouragingly.

And once Jisoo sits down, Jihoon hears it.

"Lee Jihoon." and he hears a loud cheers come from various places. Of course, during his time at the Universty, Jihoon had made plenty of friends so of course he would hear them all cheer for him, but what really got him was watching as Jisoo's mom cheered him on just as loudly as she had cheered on Jisoo, her own soon. Jihoon felt a rush of affection for her. She treated him like her own child and he felt truly grateful for that. Jihoon looked over the crowd as he made his way across the stage and he made eye contact with Jisoo who was cheering on loudly along with his both Aron and Baekho. Jisoo gave him a thumbs up and Jihoon smiled and nodded as he received his diploma from the dean of the University.

Today he had reached another milestone in his life: Graduating University. Jihoon would have preferred his friends from back home, his mom who he hasn't contacted in such a long time to be here too, but as the situation was presented at hand, he couldn't. He didn't have a choice, but to go along without them. And so he did.

Hours later the ceremony had come to and end, closing it with a traditional throwing of the caps and Jihoon felt relieved. It was all officially over. Now he and Jisoo were to move on and become business partners and run the open mike cafe.

"Oh look at you both. You've grown up so fast," says Mrs. Hong as both Jihoon and Jisoo walk aroun the crowd, saying their goodbyes to their professors and some friends they know they'll probably never see again.

"I've only been here for four years, Mrs. Hong."

"Oh shush, son. And how many times have I said to just call me mom," replied Mrs. Hong as he hugs both Jisoo and Jihoon tightly.

They all head home after the ceremony, Mrs. Hong retreats to her home but not after warning the boys about being too wild.

"Now you behave boys, don't make a mess. Now you remember after summer ends, this establishment is now yours to run," she says as he gets emotional.

"Don't worry mom, we know how much this shop means to you," says Jisoo as he hugs her tightly.

"Yeah, Mrs. Hong, Jihoon and Josh are really reasonably so if we try anything they'll knock us in our place," replies Baekho with a dazzling smile.

"Right," says Aron sarcastically. Jisoo may be a church boy, but what went on behind closed walls was something that would have his poor mom praying for years. Not to say that Jisoo wasn't responsible. He was but he had his moments. They all did.

"All right you boys have fun then," she said as he smiled at them and drove home.

"ALL RIGHT LETS GET THIS SHIT STARTED!" of course the moment wouldn't stay peaceful at all with friends like Aron and Baekho. Within minutes some of their friends had come marching into the cafe, turning the once quite shop into a bustling cafe filled with drinks and music bustling through the walls. For once Jihoon didn't mind. It was time to get loose a bit.