{SHINee} Lee Taemin - One Last Wish

Chapter 27: Heartbreaking Words (Let's say words like that)

An audible bump by the window and a certain pain that hit the side of my head. I squint my eyes open, furrowing my eyebrows when I realized the car was furiously speeding up.

"Ahjussi, can you slow down please?" I mumbled while still rubbing sleep in my eyes. I turned at the driver after, eyeing his back view intently, I noticed he was wrapped up in like bundles of clothing. I waited for him to slow down the car. But then, he didn't.

"I'm sorry but you're already late." He croaked. It sounded like he's trying to fake his voice by chapping it down.

My eyes widened in puzzlement. "Excuse me?" I exclaimed. I turned at the window, darting my eyes through the already dark outside, I could still see clearly that we were taking the wrong way.

I may be not too good at directions, but this...this way...I couldn't be wrong...it's the opposite way to the airport...

It's the way to Taemin's house. And I could tell that we're just a couple of blocks away from him.

I heard the driver chuckle softly. The sound of his voice, slowly giving hints that made me almost die in disbelief. Until he began to uncover much of his face. He stopped the car and for the most heart skipping moment, he turned and grinned at me.

My jaw dropped. "What the-?!" I stared at him in shock while he burst out laughing. "Kai?! What are you-"

Once he refrained from laughing, he moved his hand and pointed out the window. My eyes followed it, and found out that we're already in front of Taemin's house.

"I should really get paid in doing this all the time." He murmured jokingly, then he went out the car and opened the trunk to get my bags out.

I scrambled in my seat. "Yah! What are you doing? I'm gonna miss my flight!" I quickly jumped out the car.

I ran after him as he rushed to put my things on the doorstep. I reached my bags and started to strap all of it on my body, but then, when I turned around, Kai was already on his way to get back in the cab.

He was chuckling all the time while waving at me before he drove off, leaving me frozen on the spot. Until the place was all quiet, except for the gust of wind, lapping with my hitched breaths.

I could feel cold sweat running on the sides of my face. My bags were slipping off my shoulders, and I couldn't find the strength to put them back on. I'm doomed. Finding another cab in this place is quite impossible, and it's already dark for the idea of walking on my feet, just to get away from here.

My face crunched up while I slowly turned to one side, remembering what he said about meeting him in the backyard. My heart suddenly felt like bursting out. I was perhaps scared to face him. I don't know what to say to him.

My eyes were able to glance down the ground, where I noticed a few rose petals that were barely obvious. I stared at them for awhile until I figured out that it has supposed to be leading somewhere.

I put myself together before I followed the petals with my trembling feet. I made my tracks as light as I could, avoiding the loud crunches of dead leaves in each step I make.

I was holding my breath just before I arrived at the backyard. Eyes sparkling in surprise when I took sight of the place. I haven't been here before, nor I had the chance to check out this secretive corner.

I looked around in daze. There were hanging strings of light bulbs all over the place. Yet, this wasn't the thing that almost popped my eyes out. There, in the center of the field, lies a big oak tree, wherein a pretty house was beautifully casted in the middle of its branches. The tree house was blanketed with colorful lights that would blink prettily from time to time.