Remember Me

#2

-a few years ago-

Jiho sat alone in the school cafeteria, playing with the food on his plate. He had absolutely no appetite after he opened his locker once his classes finished. "Suck a dick! Gay!" was sprayed in huge letters on his locker accompanied by a few other names on yellow sticky notes stuck around it. He pulled out the sticky notes and absentmindedly shoved them inside his pockets.

Also, he was pretty sure he gained another bully a few minutes earlier just because he decided to go up to the terrace and cry there in peace. A senior probably.

His mind wandered to other thoughts and then he suddenly stopped at one particular thought.

That senior was beautiful.

He tried to remember how that boy exactly looked like or what was his name. Later he realised that he didn't even ask for his name. Once his memory became a bit more clear, he remembered the boy's face. The face glowed with happiness. His hair were black and he kind of remembered that the boy was short. And according to Jiho, his eyes were beautiful.

Damn, he thought again as he felt his heart sink, a crush?

He shook away the thought because he knew it was never gonna happen. But a small voice from his heart said to just hope for the best, and so he did.

The next few days past by in a blur for Jiho. He didn't see that senior even once after that incident. The usual bullying took place and he just did not know how to get through it. Things weren't nice for him at home either. Confronting his parents was hard for him and so when he did come out as gay, even though his parents supported him he could see that they weren't happy at all with Jiho. Hence started the arguments between his father and mother. It was then that Jiho vowed he would do whatever his dad asked him to. He decided to never ever go against his father's will. Arguments between his parents eventually intensified and became more frequent. It was getting harder for him to deal with whatever was going on at home as well as school.

A week had passed after that meeting with the senior on the roof top. Jiho's maths class had just finished. He groggily made his way to his locker because he did not get any sleep last night. The moment he opened the locker, he felt himself getting drenched in a gooey green liquid and then he heard laughter from behind.

"That's what you get, cock chaser" he heard someone hoot. He slammed the locker shut and turned around just to see the faces of the bullies laughing at them. His anger reached its peak but he was helpless in front of five well built boys. He just simply turned around to leave for the washroom to clean himself up when he heard a familiar voice.

"Are you assholes done with the bullying?" the voice boomed. 

It's him, Jiho thought. He turned around to look at the senior. He was with a few of his friends who clearly showed that they were in charge.

"Stop this crap and get a life," one of his friends spoke. This made the bullies eye Jiho and then eventually leave.

Kyung slowly made his way over to Jiho To help him clean the mess.

"I'm Park Kyung," he smiled and Jiho could swear that the smile was the brightest and prettiest one he had ever seen. Jiho weakly smiled and let Kyung help him.

"Thank you, hyung," Jiho said once he was done with the changing.

"Come to me if they do that shit again," Kyung replied and smiled again.

"Why did you help me?" the younger asked out of curiosity.

"Isn't it a senior's job to help his junior?" Kyung cross questioned.

Jiho sighed and looked at him. His eyes were a brown colour and they were huge. Jiho found him beautiful.

And Jiho found himself falling hard for him. Eventually, Jiho and Kyung became good friends and Jiho couldn't stop his heart from fluttering everytime Kyung was around. Even the smallest of Kyung's actions took away his breath but Jiho thought Kyung never noticed.

Jiho believed that Kyung only thought of him as a junior and nothing more and so Jiho decided to never confess and try to get over his crush on Kyung but it was hard for him. Kyung, on the other hand tried to muster up the courage to confess to Jiho. 

When Kyung first saw Jiho, he couldn't help but feel drawn towards him. He first believed that he just wanted to be Jiho's friend but eventually he realised that it wasn't the case. He had no valid explanation as to why his heart always raced when Jiho was near him, or why Jiho always looked like he was glowing or why he felt exactly how they showed in dramas and movies when someone fell in love. Then he realised, he liked Jiho.

.........

Jiho sat in the cafeteria without any appetite yet again. He just didn't like the school food and so he didn't eat it. The bullying had stopped after Kyung told the bullies off. It seemed as if the seniors had a lot influence on the juniors. He was glad for that. And he was glad that Kyung wasn't bullying him but helping him instead.

Jiho suddenly felt a hand being draped around his shoulder and he heard a voice "Wanna grab something to eat from outside? The school food sucks."

Jiho's heart fluttered the moment he saw his face.

"But recess is gonna be over soon," Jiho pointed.

"We'll be back before that," Kyung said and dragged Jiho out of the school cafeteria.

They went over to a nearby cafe and both of them bought hamburgers for themselves. Jiho had never been to this cafe and he really liked it. It was a nice place with a nice aura.

"Hyung, this place is really nice, thanks" Jiho spoke just before he took a bite of his burger.

"I love coming here," Kyung admitted. "And you don't need to call me hyung, you know, I'm just two months older than you" he added. Jiho's surprised expression made him chuckle.

"Yah! How come you're two classes senior than me?"

"Because I'm smarter than you, kid" Kyung fanned himself.

"My life has been a lie" Jiho shook his head. "Are all the kids in your grade older than you?" Jiho let his curiosity get the best of him.

"Yeah, but no one knows I'm not their age tho, I'm a year older than you according to school records" Kyung said as he ate.

"That is cool, hyu-Kyung," Jiho said and they both ate their meals in silence.
............

"Thanks," Jiho made sure to say just before they both left for their respective classes. They were both getting late for classes and the corridors were completely empty.

"Hey, Jiho!" Kyung called out, making Jiho turn around.

"Hm?" Jiho could see something was up with Kyung because he looked tomato red.

Kyung slowly walked over to Jiho, took a deep breath and kissed Jiho on the cheek. Jiho was stunned, and he stood there shocked. Kyung ran to his class at an animalistic speed and disappeared before Jiho could even process the situation. 

That's how the relationship between them started.

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A/N:
Yes I know this is absolute trash and I don't really write like this but then I just wanted to write a Zikyung fic so here it is. I'll probably rewrite this fic later and also forgive me for any silly grammar mistakes, I haven't checked the chapter lol.

Hello to you if you're reading!

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