Hiraeth

final

"Oh, my heart hurts so good, I love you baby, so bad, so bad~" Paul sanf with the crowd of hopeless romantics. I sang along too. But instead, I gazed at her. How her eyes glimmered at the excitement she's feeling, how her hair flew with direction of the wind.

But she didn't look back. Of course she wouldn't, because she's hurting upon her own heart break. "I got way too much time to be this hurt, somebody help, it's getting worse. What do you do with a broken heart?~"

Kim Minju, I was long here before her. I was there when you met her. I was the one who you cried on to when she broke your heart. But I'm not the one you love.

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"This is seriously the best day ever!" She jumped in happiness to the exit. "Thanks for coming with me Sakura!" She smiled as she held my hands. Oh, that smile is enough to melt my heart. "S-sure thing. Let's do this again when they come back." I smiled back.

"So, where should we go next?" We walked to my car without distangling our hands. "Isn't it a bit too late to go somewhere else? I mean, we just attended a concert...." I trailed off. "But I'm still not tired yet! Come on," she dragged me to the parking lot. I sat on the driver's seat and she sat on the shotgun seat.

"Take me anywhere." She added.

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I drived and drived. But from time to time, I glance at her side profile. She doesn't know where I'm taking her and she looks so dazzling in that curious look in her eyes. She looked back and I averted my gaze back to the road. "So," she cleared her throat as she sat more comfortably in her seat.

"Where are you taking me?" She stared at me. "Somewhere." I teased her. "Oh, come on, Sakura. We've been best friends for a long time. We've gone to everywhere in this city. I've practically memorized every corner of this town. Just spill the tea sis." She grabbed her phone and the connector and changed the song to Panic! At the Disco's Death of A Bachelor.

"Oh, I know you do. But I've lived longer here. You moved here 8 years ago. I've lived here for almost two decades. There's still one place you haven't been to." I winked at her as I accelerated as the song reaches the chorus.

"Well, I'm intrigued. But tell me though, what's so special about this place that I, your best friend for 8 years don't even know about?"
"It's my favorite place, and it's where I always took Chaeyeon and where she dumped me. It's my abditory."

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We arrived and walked through xyst. The moonlight gleamed through the night and it emphasized that she looked stunning anywhere, with anything. She looked so calm and I felt a wave of relief in my chest. I wanted to see her like this for the whole time I get to breathe in this planet.

"How come I never knew this place? It's so selcouth."
"It's hidden for a reason. But this is not the place. Just a part of it."
"You have a lot of secrets Miyawaki Sakura."

"Oh, only a few. Like secret places I don't show my best friend." Because that's all you think of me. As a friend.

We strolled through the xyst and eventually reached the overview. It has a nostalgic view of the city while giving a spotlight for the stars too. I layed the mat I brought with me and we stared at the stars.

"Sakura?" She grabbed for my right hand and linked her fingers with mine. "That star right there." She pointed to the star that shined brighter than any star. "I wanna be as bright as her. But since Yujin...." She slowly trailed off but continued. "Left me, I've felt like that star. Well, I was always like that. But when she came into my life, she lit me up into a brighter star.