He's Dreaming

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Chanyeol's POV

This is the fourth month. I don't even get any news about him. Since the day, his accident, I start to dream about him crying or sad or just silent, looking away for me. I start to ask myself, is it God, lead the way for me to forget him?

This is Sunday. I feel like going nowhere but just stay at home. Last night, I dreamed of him, holding a bouquet of flowers and gave it to me and left. I feel uneasy. Is it really a goodbye? I decide to swim again today to forget that so I drag myself to the pool.

After I get to the pool. I just sit down on the bench. Staring how the water moves slowly. I keep thinking what does it mean, my dream last night. Then I put off my clothes, leave me with just my swimming trunks and dive in.

It's a good 1 hour of swimming then I decide to stop. Get out from the pool then I sit down.

"You look so exhausted," I hear someone talking to me. It sounds familiar.

"Baekhyun?"

"Hey," he says while smiling. I still can't believe that it's him.

"Is it really you? Really?" I touch him here and there.

"Hey! It's ticklish! Hey! Stop!" it's really him, in front of me.

"Where have you been? I miss you so much."

"I'm sorry Chanyeol. I just...I go to the psychologist to make myself better. I don't want to meet you in such a bad condition. I want to meet you in a better condition," he says, looking to my eyes.

"I do it for you, Chanyeol. I want to swim with you everyday. I can't let you suffer to teach me everyday how to swim. I want to swim with you, together. And now, I can deal with my fear and trauma. I'm here, ready to meet you, swim with you, go anywhere with you. I'm ready, Chanyeol," he says with glimmering eyes.

"I'm sure now. After that accident, I always dream of you looking sad. I can't bear with that, Chanyeol. And it makes me more enthusiast to do my classes with my psychologists. It takes 4 months for me to heal. But, now, I'm fine!"

"Baek, I do too, dream of you everyday. You are looking so sad even crying a mess. I even doubt myself whether I should let you go or not. I'm wavering these past 4 months." I see him caught of guards. He looks devastated right now.

"But, now, I'm sure. I'm not leaving you anytime soon, or even never, forever. In any condition, when you are sad, happy, or feel like don't want to swim again, I love you for who you are. Let's swim this pool of love together from now on. I'll teach you, accompany you, to the end of the pool," I stroke his cheeks. He is crying in happiness right now.

"I thank God for sending you to my dreams 6 months ago. He does really lead the way to meet a beautiful person like you. I will never regret to dream about you, even I am wiling to live forever in my dream, with you."

"But now, we are not dreaming, Chanyeol. We are real, for real. And I don't want to live in our dreams because it just last a moment. Let's make memorable things here, together."

At first, I can't believe that the boy in my dreams is real. The boy with sweet smile, slender hands, petite body, as beautiful as he is, is real. And now, I'm living my dreams, but in a real world. And I love it more.

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