𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐍 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 || 𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐮

07 STARLIGHT PROMISES

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C H A P T E R S E V E N
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»Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition.
But when they get angry, they bring about a change.«
– Malcolm X

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"I didn't forget about the promise I gave you back then," he winked, "The next birthday can come, I'm prepared."

"Can't wait." I smirked and looked up at the stars again. "But the next birthday is- Oh my God, did you see that?" I pointed my finger up at the midnight blue night sky, knowing that Taeyong would have no idea which star I had pointed to. Tonight, on this late summer night, the stars were twinkling very brightly. They were up there, looking down at us two lovers lying on the roof while we looked up at them. The shooting star I spotted was too pretty to be ignored, so I had to attract my boyfriend's attention to it. I felt him squeezing my hand and brushing the back of it gently with his thumb.

"Yes, cherry, I saw it. Now close your eyes and make a wish."

I could hear the smile in his voice and I knew that he felt at least as good as me.

Next, I did what he said and closed my eyes.

I wish that this moment never ends.

When I opened my eyes again and looked to the side, I looked directly into his midnight eyes, which were clearly visible even in the dark and seemed to have rested on me all the time.

"Will we stay like this forever?" The smile that I could hear earlier in his voice was still on his face.

"Wouldn't that be pleasant? Only us two, your hand in my hand, a starry night and the city around us?"

I sighed. "But we have to go back." He nodded and turned his head back toward the night sky and the stars.

"We have to. Later. But we will come back tomorrow night. And also the night after tomorrow. And the night after. Until these nights become our eternity." I frowned at his words and sat up because I thought I had heard footsteps from people looking for Taeyong and me.

"I'd like that." This time, Taeyong sat up too, wrapped his strong arms around my body and pulled me to him. He placed a gentle kiss on my head.

"One day we'll be able to sit in front of the veranda of our house, together. And we'll watch the stars from there. But we'll still come here, to the highest part of our headquarters, just to remember. We will be able to think back to those days and smile." I closed my eyes and felt comfortable in his embrace. I loved to feel his arms around my body and his hot breath on my ear. I loved listening to his voice as he told me things I wanted to hear so much. "And later we'll bring our children here. We'll show them where their parents fell in love."

"On the rooftop?", I laughed and playfully snuggled up against him. Taeyong, too, managed a small laugh at the thought.

"Somewhat", he admitted with a shrug. "Even though my younger-self would never admit it, I've oftentimes watched you from the distance when we were little. That was right over there." He pointed his finger at a certain spot on one corner of the roof, but I didn't follow his finger. I was too tired for that, even though I didn't want to fall asleep. "We will teach our children the names of the stars and watch them fall asleep under the night sky." I felt my eyelids getting heavier. I didn't want to lose this moment; I'd rather enjoy it so damn much.

That moment when the world seemed so small; that moment only Taeyong and I existed.

"And what happens after that, Taeyong?" He pulled me closer to him a little more.