Paint Me A Rainbow (JJ Project)

Yellow

Just like every other morning, Jinyoung opened his eyes to the darkness of his room. Any light from the outside was blocked by a thick curtain he put over the only window in his room beside his bed, except the little that managed to escape through the narrow crack. He groaned as he pushed himself up from the bed and yawned to his palm. He pushed the curtain slightly to the side, taking a peek to the sky outside. He sighed. It was cloudy, which meant there was a high possibility of snow, which brought cloud in his mood too. He didn’t necessarily hate snow, he was just afraid that it might ruin his plan for the night.

He sighed again at the thought. Having such a bad mood as soon as he woke up wasn’t a good start of the day, and it usually would lasted the whole day. The thought of being gloomy all day made him lost his will to do anything. He shifted his eyes to the other side of the room, catching the clock ticking on the wall. It told him that fortunately there was still three hours until his afternoon class at one, so he didn’t have to be in a hurry. He could even sleep for another hour if he wanted. He contemplated it. Maybe sleeping again would make him feel better. But what if he didn’t woke up on time and became late to his class? It would just make his mood worsened. And his stomach started to rumble, so he opted for food. Maybe eating a good food would do the job.

He shoved his blanket to the side and put down his feet on the floor one by one. He walked to the door, thinking what he should eat. However as soon as he opened it, a delicious smell hit his nose. Following the smell, he was brought to the kitchen. On the kitchen cabinet beside the stove, he spotted an omurice accompanied by a post-it note. He pulled the note off from the plate and took the it closer to his eyes so he could read it since he didn’t wear his contacts.

In the world of safe hues, like black, red, and white, yellow shouts: “Look at me, I’m happy!” :)

P. S.: Don’t forget to heat it up in the microwave before you eat ^^

Only then he realized that on the omurice, there was a smiley face drawn with ketchup. It was so childish and funny he laughed so hard. Who knew Im Jaebum had a cute side like this? He put the post-it back to where it was put before and went inside his room again, looking for his phone. He took a picture of them and sent it to Jaebum with the caption:

Thanks for the meal~ I’ll eat it well :)

After that, the drawing on the omurice seemed to be plastered on his face. He couldn’t stop smiling. He smiled as he waited for the microwave to beep. He smiled as he ate, even chuckling sometimes as he tried to picture what kind of face Jaebum made when he drew this. the notes again. He smiled as he took a shower and hummed pieces of any bright songs that came to his mind.

저 태양처럼 baby // Like that sun baby
환한 미소로 내 맘을 녹여줘 // Melt my heart with a bright smile
저 태양처럼 baby // Like that sun baby
환하게 나의 하루를 밝혀줘 // Shine brightly into my day

“Did you get infected by some kind of weird disease? Or did you drink the wrong medicine this morning? You’re grinning so much it’s disgusting,” Jackson said, throwing him a weird look as he sat beside him in their class.

Jinyoung just shrugged and continued humming. Jackson looked like he wanted to ask further, yet was stopped by the arrival of their professor. The great mood he had still didn’t disperse even as he noted down the guests’ orders in the restaurant he worked at, and it seemed like it was so obvious from the way Wonpil stared at him when he got back to put the orders.

“Did something good happen? You keep smiling it’s weird,” Wonpil asked curiously.

“What’s weird about smiling? I always smile when I’m working, it’s part of our job anyway,” Jinyoung answered in an attempt to avoid the topic. However, Wonpil just wouldn’t budge.