train (showki) [✔]

3

"you-"

kihyun's eyes widened as shownu's right hand rose to his cheeks.

"you have something in your hair" 

shownu picked a piece of dust out of kihyun's hair as he backed off, finding the bin in his room to dispose of the dust.

kihyun was left in his seat. chest rising and falling rapidly. heart beating at an awfully fast rate. entire face burning and tears forming.

'is he playing with me? does he think this is fun?' kihyun thought to himself. the second he processed these thoughts, the tears escaped as they ran down his red cheeks.

shownu turned around to see kihyun with his head down. he was shaking.

"kihyun, you okay?", shownu asked as he walked towards the boy.

as soon as shownu reached kihyun and noticed he was crying, he knelt down placing a hand on kihyun's knee.

"kihyun... what's wrong? why are you crying?", shownu said softly, not wanting to scare the smaller boy.

kihyun just shook his head, not wanting shownu to know about his feelings.

it was true. kihyun liked shownu. well who didn't?

but kihyun was different. while most of the girls at their school would show their love and interest for shownu publicly, they liked him because of his looks, his abs and his dancing skills. they were into the exterior and materialistic aspects of shownu. kihyun was different. yes, kihyun had taken a liking to shownu the moment he had set eyes on him but that wasn't the reason he liked shownu. 

kihyun had sprained his ankle while walking down the steps at their school on the way back from the toilet 2 years ago. he had cried from the pain and tried to get up but he couldn't. he couldn't bring himself to yell for help and he wasn't sure if anyone would hear as the boys toilet was in the extreme left. the classrooms around him were empty having gone out for sport.

kihyun didn't have his phone with him and he had sat at the bottom of the stairs crying until he heard footsteps rushing towards him. 

a deep, bellowing voice greeted his ears. "are you okay?" the way he spoke was stiff, almost robotic yet kihyun could feel the boys sincerity.

with no other words being exchanged, the boy had grabbed kihyun's hand pulling him up before carrying him bridal style towards the infirmary. kihyun had stopped crying as he stared at the boy who was carrying him. kihyun's face had turned a deep red and he buried his face in the boy's chest so the boy wouldn't be able to see. 

soon enough they had reached their destination and kihyun was gently being placed on the bed. kihyun wiped his tear stained face just catching a glimpse of the broad shoulders of the boy who had carried him here.

"miss! i have to go back to my class but the boy inside is hurt. please make sure he is okay"

with that he left and kihyun was left with a feeling of warmth and excitement. the school's most popular and hot boy shownu had just carried him. a smile slowly formed onto kihyun's face as he realised that shownu's heart was as wide as his shoulders.

after that kihyun had hoped that shownu would acknowledge him in some way, possibly a small wave or even a smile but nothing happened and that made kihyun disappointed. he thought that he was stupid to think that someone like shownu would want to be associated with him let alone like him. however, those warm feelings were never forgotten and kihyun never stopped liking the taller boy. 

so when shownu woke kihyun up on the train, kihyun thought he was dreaming. when shownu helped him carry those heavy bags, kihyun thought it was unreal. when shownu caught him when he fell, kihyun had nearly lost it. and when shownu walked him home he felt like his heart would burst.