Hiraeth | Im Youngmin

16: Always

Youngmin's eyes shot wide open and he could literally pass out in a few seconds. Not because she said yes, but because it was just a simple answer.

In all honesty, talking to Joo is like talking to a brick wall. She's pretty plain and awkward at first, but can be really extreme to an extent. She was kind of like "Stone Nayoung" from what her two cousins have said before.

"Donghyun what do I do next?" He shoved his phone right in front of the boys face giving him a look at the convo.

"Get ready?"

"Right."

And with that, Youngmin quickly took a shower and dressed himself up casually as usual. His baggy t-shirt and jeans were a typical look on him. And don't forget his flanneled long sleeved shirts.

Before bidding Donghyun a good bye, Donghyun quickly runs up to Youngmin and brushes off any weird stuff on his shirt. Then he licks his fingers to fix Youngmin's fringe which disgusted him causing the two to have a small slap fight.

"There!" Donghyun smiled placing his hands on his hips. "You look ready to kiss her." He chuckled as he looked at the fake kiss mark he planted on Youngmin's cheek which he wasn't aware of.

"Shut up and go...go do whatever you want." Youngmin stuttered and finally exits the door.

The walk to Joo's place wasn't that bad at all. The sun was still shining, but Youngmin knew that by the time he's at Joo's place it'll go down. He inhales the fresh air and happily hums to himself.

A few minutes passed and he was finally at the front door. Before ringing the doorbell, he checks his watch and smiles at the time. "6:30pm...not bad." He shrugged.

Talking about the doorbell, there was no need for it in the first place. Joo gently opened up the door and blinked a few times as she and Youngmin were again face to face. One of the two were flustered and by one of the two, it was Youngmin. He shyly smiles and scratches the nape of his neck.

"Where are we going?" Joo spoke up as she still kept her eyes on Youngmin's face which was looking elsewhere than hers.

"The park?"

Joo plainly stares at Youngmin leaving him flustered once again, not knowing what else to do. "U-unless you don't want to go to the par-"

"Oh, I do." She interrupted, but then pointed at his cheek. "But why do you have smeared lipstick on here?"

Joo then reaches over and brushes her thumb a bit harshly to take off the thick lipstick off his face. Youngmin stood there awkwardly and looked around to avoid any eye contact with Joo who was continuously brushing his cheek with her hand.

"It's gone." She smiled before grabbing his hand and leading him out the house after locking the door. "Now which park?"

"I saw one by your neighborhood, it seems pretty peaceful there. No signs of teens or such."

Without answering, Joo just smiled and jumped or skipped a few times as she lead Youngmin to the park he was suggesting. Her mind was elsewhere other than on Youngmin for a while. She was completely carefree until she was suddenly pulled back from running. Turning around, she sees Youngmin with one hand on his knee as for the other still holding onto hers.

He takes a few deep breaths and lets out a small laugh before bringing his head up to look at her. "Did you not freaking notice that you were speeding the hell up while going here?" He said as he panted a little and pointed at the park.

"Oh...didn't notice." Joo shrugged as she was a bit surprised looking at the destination.

Instead of talking anymore, the two both looked at each other with a huge smiled plastered on their face as they both took a quick glance at the swing set.