The Echoes Of Autumn | Minseok

Chapter Seventeen

A/N: Play song above... I particularly added this one cos I loooove his voice but I'm not sure if it links... 😂😂 But enjoy the song anyway 💜

I stood with my hands wrung up behind my back as Sumi looked up at me with her brown orbs with curiosity.

"Hi..." I managed to force myself to say to her.

"Hey yourself!" She giggled slightly.

"So what are we doing back at this park?" She questioned attempting to look around.

"Ah it's a surprise!" I smugly said with a smile.

Sumi tried to move away from me and peak at what I set up but I grabbed her attention by gripping her shoulders lightly. I moved behind her and leant down to phrase a question.

"Do you trust me?" I asked.

"Yes... I do." She replied back with no hesitation.

I brought my hands up to cover her eyes and felt her body stiffen. Her eyelashes brushed and tickled my palm as she blinked.

"No peaking okay... It has to be a surprise!" I reminded her and she vigorously nodded her head with a soft chuckled.

I guided her to walk forwards whilst her eyes were still covered by the palm of my hands. I soon told her to stop walking and we now stood in front of the large oak tree that had formed the base of our relationship both past and present.

"Minseeeeok...Can I pleaaaase see now?" She said rather cutely causing a smile to form on my lips.

I removed my hands away from her eyes allowing her to see what I had set up come into vision. I had set up a small picnic for us to both have under the tree. The garden lights twinkled and sparkled brightly as the sun was beginning to disappear from the sky. The leaves where scattered around the trunk of the tree with colours of orange, yellow and brown each of them beautiful in their own way.

I watched Sumi look around in awe before she turned around to face me.

"Do you like it? Is it okay?" I rambled on with questions.

Suddenly she flung her arms around my neck embracing me into a warm hug which left me speechless. I stood there for a moment caught completely off guard before cautiously bringing my hands up to press them onto her back to push her closer towards me.

"It's beautiful..." Her sweet voice echoed inside my ears. Just hearing her say that made my heart skip.

We broke away from the warm embrace and Sumi looked down with flushed cheeks. I gently took her hand and led her down to the blanket I set out. We sat down on the soft quilted material and looked up towards the sky. All traces of daylight had now faded away and all that was left was a dark blue sheet of blue where stars shimmered across it. I drew my gaze away from the stars and looks and Sumi who had her eyes closed with a faint smile tracing her soft lips. I admired her side profile from a far before rummaging through the basket for the sushi dishes I had brought for us to eat.

I turned back and saw that Sumi was now gripping her head in pain and wincing. I immediantly pushed the food to one said and edged closer to her.

"Sumi... What's wrong?" I asked her but she had her eyes sealed shut and her breathing became fast paced along with her body beginning to tremble.

'Oh god she was having a panic attack...'

I gripped her shoulders gently as I sat in front of her. I felt my heart ache seeing her like this, the girl who always had a warm smile on her face now frozen in fear.