Still I Remember Our 60 Seconds

Nam Woohyun was 15 years and 11 months when he first met Sunggyu.

Chestnut brown hair, brown eyes that gave a warm dark glow, glowing right through him. A smile so warm and laughter so kind. However those smiles and laughter seemed so forced and faked.

He sat behind him during classes and was glad that he had been assigned to this seat. Sunggyu was reserved, he hardly talk to anyone. He was short for his age, even though he looks healthy and muscular, it made him the target for bullies. But he never fought back. Woohyun knew, he was perfect on the inside, however no one is able to see through that.

When the bullies were demanding for his pocket money again, Woohyun went forward and stopped them, giving them some of his own money and swore at them to get the hell away from him. Just before they left, they shoved Sunggyu to the floor and his pencil fell out of his front pocket. When they disappeared, Sunggyu stared at him with the pair of brown eyes he has adored. Woohyun picked up the pencil with fox drawings and held out his hand to pull Sunggyu up. And that was the first time he smiled at him. A real weak and bright smile. At him.

"Thank you." he said shyly. "W-Why not... let's be friends?" He asked, ears reddened as he pluck the pencil from him.

Then holding out his right hand, giving him the brightest smile that he had ever seen.

Smiling, Woohyun nodded and shook his hand.

That day, he went home with his heart hardly in his chest, threatening to burst out.

He was the first friend that Sunggyu ever made in this school.

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Nam Woohyun was 16 years and 5 months when he became best friends with Sunggyu.

Sitting together with Sunggyu in his own bedroom, he looked on at Sunggyu plucking his guitar strings as he drew notes down on a notebook. He was using the pencil that has shorten considerably since it was given back by him when it fell out of the pocket 6 months ago.

"You should really keep this pencil." he said seriously as Sunggyu was writing down the next line of notes, "this pencil kinda brought us together."

Sunggyu smiled at him and opened his palm as he pulled up his wrist. He left the orange pencil in his hand and closed it.

"Well you can keep this pencil, I don't trust myself to keep things properly. You can give me back a year later on today's date." He went back to plucking his strings, ears reddened considerably.

"Alright?" He ended shyly, grabbing a mechanical pencil from his desk and focused back to the dark brown guitar.

"Why today's date though? I can give you back on the date where we first became friends. I still remember the date, it was exactly 6 months..." Woohyun trailed off. His face reddened, no one exactly will remember things like this, probably only him-

Giggling softly, Sunggyu looked up from his guitar and said "Because it is today we are going to be the bestest of friends, and I don't want to forget it."

Defeated, Woohyun smiled stupidly and nodded. "I will keep this pencil safe. I will keep it in a safe if I have to. You know how easily I lose things. I can even drill a hole through the top so that I can put a string and hung it around my neck."

"Okay okay. I get the idea you will keep the pencil safe. Just don't do anything weird to it. Science genius." Sunggyu laughed.

Just then Myungsoo, his younger brother, came in. "Hyungs, it's time for dinner. We are having pizza! Gyu-hyung, mom wants to talk to you."