Rain: Lock & Key

Chapter 1

There were days when Jonghyun would walk home from the coffee shop in the rain.

Today wasn't one of those days.

He sat on a couch on the second floor looking over into the garden.

There was a greenhouse in the garden, it was mostly used to grow some of the herbs that were used for drinks among other things, but today he saw something new in there.

There was a boy, around his age, watering the plants inside.

The rain had turned to mist, and his view of the boy became much clearer.

He was surrounded by flowers, very beautiful ones, yet he was the most beautiful thing Jonghyun could see.

He was the son of the owners, the son that had been studying abroad in America the past three years.

That boy, smiling as he walked into the rain, was his best friend.

The friend he had missed so dearly.

The boy who had changed so much.

The person he had been in love with for the three years he was gone, probably even longer.

His hair was now dyed blond, but he was the same as ever.

His smile was still the same.

It still made Jonghyun's heart want to beat right out of his chest.

His eyes were still the same.

They were catlike and beautiful, they made Jonghyun's heart pound just as much as the rest of him.

Especially when they looked up to him through the window.

Those perfect, bow shaped lips turned up into a small smile, and all that did was make Jonghyun want to run down there and kiss him.

Right there.

In the rain.

The last time he saw his best friend was also in the rain.

He had also wanted to kiss him then.

And he almost did.

They were in the garden, outside the coffee shop, rain and tears running down their faces.

They had said goodbye, and because spring was a time for new beginnings, they smiled at each other.

Jonghyun almost kissed him, and he was scared of the feeling at first. As time passed, he slowly realized what it had meant. He came to realize he was helplessly in love with Kibum and that there was nothing he could do about it.

Many times he had regretted not kissing him then, but he knew it was selfish of him to think that.

They were great as friends, an Jonghyun didn't want to ruin that relationship. That didn't mean he wasn't going to give it his all to steal his best friend's heart.

He was determined.

He knew there was something special between them, he knew it because Key would stay up very late at night just to Skype with Jonghyun after he got out of work even though he had class the next morning.

They'd smile at each other and ask how their day had gone. Almost every day, Jonghyun said he was writing a new song. Other days, Key would ask him to sing a bit. But every single time they had those little moments of seeing each other, even if it was through a screen, they both felt an immense connection.

Those years of being apart did not have a strain on their friendship. They were in constant contact, texts, Skype calls, and the occasional hand written letter.