The King and The Peasant

Kiss Me Goodbye

The house is now noisy but it's full of laugh and cheerful. Seungwoo is living with them for the week. Sungwoon's grandfather can just sigh and let them intruding his house like this but his grandson, Sungwoon, seems to welcome them very well. He smiles so bright with them, joking and talking with people of his age. It been a while since he can laugh like this. 

"You know chili is fruit." Seungwoo talks as he pulls the grass from the soil. 

"No way! It's a vegetables." Daniel denies it with surprises looking face as he looks at Seungwoo. 

"It's a fruit." Seungwoo insists his argument with Daniel. Sungwoon chuckles a little as he helps these city born people to revoke the grass. 

"Yes, it's a fruit." Sungwoon smiles and looks Daniel's clueless face. They focus on their work but Sungwoon can't help but to look at Daniel's thinking face. It's cute. 

"Then, chili sauce is a smoothies?" Daniel looks at Seungwoo with his frowned face. He can accept the truth. Seungwoo looks at him with surprised look with his mouth open wide. 

"Now that you mention it!" Seungwoo wants to discuss it more with Daniel. 

"Hihihi!" Sungwoon can't help but to grin to see both of them is like two peas in a pod like this. 

They talk and keep finding topic to say. From how to plan in the field, guess vegetables in this field, talk about the vegetables they don't like to eat, and how they manage to eat them now. 

One thing Sungwoon learn from this is Daniel really hates bugs. He can't stand with them and always scream every time he sees one. 

The sun is set and the night is covering the area. They have their own party in the garden and enjoy the night. 

When the morning comes, they do their course again in the field, mowing the land, moving the fertilizer sack, checking the water flow, planting new seeds, or maybe just playing around in the lawn. 

If it's the night, Seungwoo, Sungwoon, and Daniel always have barbecue and beer. It's just like any other people around their age, enjoy their time and have a good chat. 

Good times fly fast. It's already a week since Daniel started to stay in Sungwoon's  house. Now, Daniel needs to come back where he belongs, Seoul. Seungwoon checks all their belonging and the room where they stay. Sungwoon's grandfather helps him to pack some vegetables for their souvenirs. Some some reason his grandfather is really fond to Seungwoo, he is more reliable than Daniel he said. 

Daniel and Sungwoon are standing in front of the house. It's now Kang Daniel, the CEO, is wearing his black suit and his hair styled to the back. He doesn't look like a country boy again. Sungwoon can't help but to smile and admire him. 

"Hyung." Daniel says in low spirit. He doesn't want to leave as he grabs Sungwoon's hand and kisses it. Sungwoon steps forward to Daniel as he caresses his cheek to his forehead, fixes his fallen bang back to his back. 

"Hmm?" Sungwoon checks Daniel's outfit as he tries to make it more decent for Daniel. Daniel kisses Sungwoon's cheek and hugs him, placing his hand rounds Sungwoon's waist and head. Sungwoon chuckles a little, he can feel that Daniel doesn't want to leave here. 

No words can describe how desperate they are, Daniel just looks at him with that painful look on his face and Sungwoon who keeps smiling to him. Daniel's warmth will soon disappears from his body, his touch on his waist and how gentle he hugs him like this. Those caring eyes and those smiles on his face. 

"Niel, please smile." Sungwoon smiles to Daniel and places his hands on Daniel's cheeks. Daniel looks sadly to Sungwoon as he grabs Sungwoon's hands on his cheeks. 

"How can I?" 

Sungwoon sighs as he smile and tiptoes to kiss Daniel's lips. 

"Please..." Sungwoon begs. It hurts for him also to sees Daniel like this. Daniel nods as he smiles. This smile, Sungwoon can't get enough of it. They really don't have words to say as Sungwoon leans his head on Daniel's chest. It's maybe his last time to hear Daniel's heartbeat, it beats fast. Daniel hugs him tightly inside his arms, Sungwoon fits on his arms, small but precious as he kisses Sungwoon's forehead. 

"Don't forget to call us and send us a letter." Sungwoon's grandfather's voice can be heard from the outside as he and Seungwoo are walking to them. Daniel and Sungwoon quickly release their hug and tries to look normal in front of Sungwoon's grandfather. 

"Are you two finished?" Seungwoo smiles gently. Sungwoon nods and smiles. 

"Hei, city boy! Be a good man, OK?" Sungwoon's grandfather gives him advice. 

"Thank you for having me here for a week." Daniel smiles and bows his body to him. Seungwoo bows his body to him too. Sungwoon and his grandfather bows at them too. 

"Be careful." Sungwoon says to Daniel and Seungwoo as he smiles. Seungwoo nods. Daniel walks to Sungwoon, he looks hesitate to do it because his grandfather is beside him.

"I'm tired. You guys  can just do your goodbye as long as you want. I'm out." Sungwoon's grandfather sighs and walks inside the house as he waves his hand in the air without looking back. Sungwoon smiles to him, maybe it's a parental instinct but he is glad that his grandfather can understand this. 

"Please send my gratitude to your father once again." Daniel says as he looks at Sungwoon in his painful smile. It's like he connects his eyebrows. 

"I will." Sungwoon says as he places his index finger to Daniel's forehead, right in between his eyebrows. "Don't frown." 

"Do I?" 

Sungwoon chuckles and smiles to him. "Please stay healthy." 

"I will and I will visit you again." Daniel promises as he kisses Sungwoon in his lips. How Sungwoon wishes that this moment will last forever, this kiss, Daniel's hand on his waist and on his cheek lingers Daniel's warmth anywhere he touches his body. 

As the kiss is released, it where Sungwoon knows that nothing last forever. 

Seungwoo taps Daniel's shoulder. It's time to go as Daniel nods. Sungwoon smiles to Daniel as Daniel smiles back at him. 

"Have a good trip, Niel." Sungwoon says goodbye as he removes Daniel's hand from his cheek. 

"Please wait for me, hyung." Daniel smiles and walks with Seungwoo. 

They wave and get in to the car. Sungwoon waits them until they are really gone as he waves with his smile. At least, this is the last thing that he can do.

"You know that they will never come back, right?" Sungwoon's grandfather says. Sungwoon keeps his smile, looking at the empty road. 

One drop. Two drop. Even if he knows the fact that Daniel is only playing with him but he loves him. Sungwoon knows that Daniel will never take him seriously. Successful businessman like him with a country boy like Sungwoon, what a nice love story. After Daniel goes back to the city where he belongs to he will forget about Sungwoon.  

"I know..." Sungwoon says as his tears fall to his cheeks like a river. "I know that... but... I can't help but to love him..." 

It's Sungwoon's wishful thinking if Daniel will remember him. His smile. His touches. His warmth. His kiss. All of it will only be pieces of memory.

"I'm sorry, grandpa." Sungwoon apologizes to his grandfather. His grandfather comes to Sungwoon as he hugs him. 

"You are a stupid grandson." Sungwoon's grandfather says in his soft tone. Sungwoon hugs him back as he nods, agreeing that he is stupid. 

"I know... Please forgive me..." Sungwoon clenches his grandfather's jacket. 

If it's so easy to fall in love, why is it so hard to forget about it?