Never Forever

Icy Thorns

The next day, Jun insisted that we stay in. He took great care of me while we stayed in for the next few days until I had begun to think about pushing my own selfish feelings aside and having fun with Jun. Pillow fights and tickle wars won't cut it this time. Especially for as long an Jun plans to stay.

"Hey.." he looked up at me standing in the doorway in my pjs. "Do you wanna go outside?" He paused.
"But what about you? Don't you feel sick?" I smiled. Sick was our code word for 'Emotionally Unstable'. It was used a lot when I was on my period in college.
"Oh come on.. Don't tell me that you've contracted that stationary disease?" Which means, 'When did you ever start appreciating the indoors?' I walked over to him and rubbed the side of his face. He laughed and took my hand away from his face, but keeping it in his hands.
"Yeah.. So, where do you want to go?"

•Jun•

Her hands were so soft. Very different from when we were in college.. But I pittied her.. I know that's the one thing that she never wanted me or anyone else to do, but seeing that her hands have been soaking up the pain she feels at night; when I am right beside her..

It hurts..

It feels worst than having your teeth pulled out at the dentist without novicane. Leona's my best friend and I've never seen her cry over a guy this bad.. Acutally.. I've never seen her cry over anyone.. But anyway..

She dragged me into the car without telling me where we were going and took to the steering wheel.

"You're gonna love it." She smiled.
I nodded.

I love you

○◇°Mira°◇○

"Mira Soh-yun Oh!" (Pronounced Soh-yoon) I bit my lip and kept my eyes squeezed shut before taking a deep breath. "How could you do this? Why in the world would you-?"
"It was for Hoseok's benefit." I reasoned.
"What benefit?" His eyes squinted into tiny beams. I must've said a triggering word..
"Honey.." I said as I walked over to him, allowing my hands to touch his lower arm. "Hoseok is my best friend. I can't let him die of sadness.."
"Mira. If you wanted to help your friend out of sadness so bad, why did you say yes to me?"

I paused in shock. Wait a minute.. He's getting the wrong idea!
"Sehun-ya. Honey.. It's not like that. It's not like that at all.."
"Best friends are never this intimate with each other." He said as he got up to leave.

"Sehun!" He stopped. I walked up to him and leaned up against the wall but I didn't dare to touch him again.. My eyes cast downward, I began to speak once the silence became accompanied with his keys. "I said yes for a reason that you and I both know. Hoseok has never seen me like that and I have only had eyes for you. There's no need for you to be so jealous because I-" I paused in fear once I heard his keys and impulsive footsteps approaching me.

"What am I gonna do with a girl like you?" His voice, carried by the echoes of the wind between us. My eyes still closed, my mind yet confused as I dared to open my eyes just to close them again.

The chill of his lips coming in contact with the side of my neck allowed my tense muscles to relax into his embrace. But I was careful not to relax too much. For Sehun was not a very patient man and could just barely wait until marriage.

"Be here when I get back. Then we can further discuss this.." he pecked my cheek before heading for the door and pausing. "And as for your friend.." I turned around with anticipation. "He pays for his own stuff. But we can be wed on the same day." He casted his gaze towards the floor. "And.." I felt something crawl up my leg with excitement as he approached me once more.

He came closer and closer until his lips were just centimeters away from my nose.

"I am Not a jealous broad."

I couldn't help but smile at his response.

"But wait.. If that's your answer about Hoseok, what is there to talk about later?"

It was now his turn to grin..

~

•Leona•

Upon arriving at the garden, I could already feel the excitement begin to nip me on the nose and fingertips. Hello winter frost, frost bites and ice.. "Please don't kill me today.."

"Now why on earth would I ever do a thing like that to such a fine and sexy delicacy?" He licked his lips and winked. "OUCH! Okay, okay! Leona quit! I was joking!"

"Pervert!" I screamed before pausing. "Now come on!" I dragged him over to the withered old tree. The tallest in the garden..

My favorite.

"In the summer, this tree has the most beautiful aura of beauty surrounding it. Especially with its leaves there to shade you from the sun completely. In the spring, you get front row seats to the world, watching as the plants grow. And finally, in winter, just like now, it seems like a withered mess, but it's really just a masterpiece of time.. I mean.. Who knows how long it's been since this tree has been planted?"

•Jun•

She beamed. Her cheeks full of the peaceful pleasure she had begun to feel from just being here in this place, despite the cold. I just looked at her with admiration and wonder.

I wondered how one person could be this pure and yet, still so intrigued about the world. Even after being alive in it for over twenty years..

I had lost my child-like passion for the world that she has, a long time ago. Long before I slept in my first bed with another woman.. But then, of course.. Sometimes I begin to think that that's when I had lost it all..

In that moment..

That sudden moment where..

I had made my bed of roses..

But I just forgot to pick out the thorns..