❝he came in jinyoung's life like the summer solstice and he kept coming back to him each year with the familiar warmth❞
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a small town boy like jinyoung doesn't have the ability to wrap his head around the enigma called jaebeom. all the suggesti...
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The summer that follows up in Jinyoung's life is drier than the Mojave desert. He never goes back to swim nor does he makes attempts to contact the friend he has lost.
Jinyoung suffers in silence, without the knowledge of his parents and peers.
When he steps foot into the only college available in their province, Jinyoung realizes that the world is a much bigger place than him and Jaebum.
With a summer affair gone wrong and totally forgotten, Jinyoung looks up to start his life afresh knowing that Jaebum will never look back to where he used to visit. There was nothing left at grandma Jiyeon's house which can remind Jinyoung of its past inhabitants. It was sold to a businessman who was planning to tear down the house and invest in rearing pigs on the plot.
So, Jinyoung moved on or atleast he tried to, with occasional flashbacks of him and Jaebum swimming together coming back to haunt him.
He made friends and tried dating girls once again. Jinyoung knew he did not particularly fall in the ruggedly handsome category of boys which were popularly preferred by girls of his college. But he also knew that he didn't fall in the category of ugly specimens either. And Jinyoung doesn't face much problem asking out girls to accompany him for night outs and dates.
Jinyoung wonders if Jaebum has been doing the same. Jinyoung wonders if Jaebum has forgotten about him just like he was trying to forget about him.
But fate had cruel ways to remind him that no matter how much he tries, he isn't capable of filling out the Jaebum sized hole in his heart. Jinyoung would sigh often, tell himself that it's all for the greater good in both of their lives because who wants to fall in love with the proximity of suffering a heartbreak at any given point of their relationship?
Park Jinyoung was cautious and careful and he didn't want to become a social outcast.
And just like that, fate showed its cruelty once again.
His whole class was taken to the city for a stupid excursion in a maritime museum and Jinyoung had to sit through hours of bus ride hearing people complain about how they felt like kindergarten kids on a field trip.
Jinyoung was sitting with Chaeyoung, probably one of the prettiest girls in the college whom he has been dating for over a month now. She fits well with Jinyoung. Jinyoung admires her thoughtful nature and bubbly personality. He likes her company in total and ponders upon the future of their relationship.
Avoiding the eyes of her friends, Chaeyoung places a quick kiss on the corner of Jinyoung's mouth to which he smiles back at her and places his hand over her shoulders. A gesture of being the perfect protective gentleman and boyfriend.
When they reach the location and Chaeyoung takes his hand to wander off from the batch, Jinyoung was least expecting them to end up at the backdoors of the museum.
It was barren and when Chaeyoung gave him that particular look full of expectation, Jinyoung was momentarily confused. But she made herself comfortable in his arms which were encircled around her waist.
She leans in for a kiss which had the chances of escalating to something more.
"Not here," Jinyoung turns his face away and begins pulling both of them back inside.
"Come on. Don't you ever wanna do something adventurous baby?"
Her tone has a certain amount of mischief crammed in. Jinyoung has heard it a couple of times before. Mostly when Chaeyoung wanted to get more intimate with him.
"Yeah sure but not here. We are in public."
Chaeyoung huffs in disappointment and Jinyoung takes her wrist and starts making their way inside. But she is one determined girl and Jinyoung should have known.
She takes the chance of Jinyoung's distraction and pushes him against the concrete wall, smashing her lips to his and Jinyoung gasps into her mouth in surprise. Torn between wanting to push her away and continuing their kiss, Jinyoung decides to enjoy it for a while nonetheless.
That doesn't quiet go as per plan.
He opens his eyes in the middle of the kiss. Something tells him that they were not alone anymore and the opening sound of the backdoor assures Jinyoung that they definitely weren't alone.
Jinyoung looks at a figure from the corner of his eyes, standing by the door. His lips keep moving against Chaeyoung until Jinyoung finally recognizes the spectator as Jaebum. Their eyes meet and Jinyoung feel like he has been run over by a fourteen wheeler and he panics. Pushing off Chaeyoung in a rather disrespectful fashion, Jinyoung turns at Jaebum.
Jaebum does nothing except flashing a dry smile and he disappears inside the building.
Chaeyoung sounds hurt and insulted at that.
"What's wrong with you Jinyoung?"
She never manages to notice the third person's appearance and what that third person has to do with Jinyoung either. She just tucks a lock of her hair behind her ears and sniffles her way back inside the building. Jinyoung doesn't follow her either.
He stays at the back for a moment, breathing heavily, trying to debunk Jaebum's out of the blue appearance in the museum and then goes back inside to join his batch.
The whole bus ride home Jinyoung rolls over two information he had gathered due to desperation.
One, Jaebum was interning at the museum under an expert. Two, Jaebum had seen him kissing a girl.
Jinyoung wasn't sure anymore, he wasn't sure what his primary concern was anymore. But Chaeyoung effectively grew distant from him since that day as they went back to their college.
