Sempiternal ♢ Jicheol

오 • pillow

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It was starting to get dark and the air was getting chilly. The stars would come as if to welcome us back to these hours of comfort and relaxation.

Jihoon was on his way back to the dorm he shared with his friend Seungkwan after a tiring day of visiting his parents back home. He surely missed them, especially his mother's cooking. He spent the whole day with them, but unfortunately, he had to leave once again.

The bus ride back home was quiet. The windows are beaded and the rain beats on the roof like some crazy drummer. Inside were a curious mixture of cozy and bored, everyone itching for the destination that will come eventually.

Jihoon's head was leaning against the cold window with his earphones plugged in his ears. His eyelids were starting to drop from sleepiness when he felt a pressure put on his shoulder.

He glanced at the man who was asleep and now leaning on his shoulder. His eyes started to narrow. "Do I look like a pillow?" He asked in his head. He was starting to get irritated but then, he noticed the deep eyebags under the man's eyes and his pale skin.

His face wasn't anything extraordinary or significant, and yet, he felt somehow magically draw to those serious and silent features.

The awake boy decided to just let it go, since the man looks so tired. He doesn't want to be rude, and he doesn't want his anger to get in his good mood.

After a few minutes, the places started to get familiar. Jihoon was near his destination. He nudged the man beside him, trying to wake him up from his slumber.

"Uh, excuse me? I've got to go now. Can you please move a bit?" Jihoon spoke as calmly as possible. He tried not to laugh at the man's face who's now pouting at him. The man didn't move an inch. Oh well.

Jihoon was about to stand up, but he was held back by the sleeping figure. The man smiled to himself as he snuggled closer to Jihoon's shoulder, and then, in a low whisper, he said to him,

"But you're so warm and comfortable. Can I just get you as my portable pillow?"