Efflorescence (2won)

3. A new friend

Wonho was quiet in the car, while he, Shownu and Jooheon were driving to the funeral. Jooheon noticed it.

"Why is he so quiet? Is he nervous?" Jooheon suddenly asked Shownu, who was driving.

"No. I feel like he has a crush." Shownu said, almost laughing.

"What?" Jooheon eyed the pink haired man through the rearview mirror. "Who is it?"

"We don't know him... or you don't." Shownu said. "It's a guy at the flower shop we went to."

"Oh? A flower boy, huh?" Jooheon laughed. "They totally have to hook up. I mean a biker and a flower boy, what an amazing duo."

"Totally, but he's in his own world now, so we'll let him do that until we're there." Shownu said quickly, before Jooheon could get Wonho's attention.

"Yeah, sorry." Jooheon nodded. "I feel really bad for him though."

"How come?"

Jooheon shrugged. "I mean he wasn't the closest with Gun, but you know he gets very emotional very quickly."

"Oh yeah, I've noticed. Actually when we were at the flower shop, we had to ask the guy to write us a poem, because we're too retarded to do that, and when the guy read it to us, Wonho was literally about to cry, even though he didn't admit it." Shownu said.

"Oh man, the guy also writes poems? The perfect nerd!" Jooheon laughed loudly.

"Keep it down." Shownu said quickly. "Let's talk more about this later. We're almost there."

Finally, In-Sook came back. Hyungwon went to meet outside and helped her carry all the stuff inside.

"So, how was your day?" In-Sook asked, while putting the last box down.

"Pretty good. There was this lady who almost started to quarrel with me, but she still bought the cactus." Hyungwon laughed. "Oh, and also two guys came by to buy funeral flowers and a card."

"Oh no... were they fine with the cards we had left?" In-Sook asked, worried.

"Oh yeah, they were happy with it. I also wrote them a poem, and they were very satisfied." Hyungwon said proudly.

"What would I do without you?" In-Sook playfully pinched Hyungwon's cheek.

"But if it's fine with you, I would like to go home now." Hyungwon said to her.

She smiled warmly. "Of course."

Hyungwon left home, as he said to In-Sook. He opened the door and closed it behind him. Then he walked to the table and opened the radio. A summery song is playing and Hyungwon opened the window. He looked out the window and admired the blue sky.

"Like a bird in the sky" Hyungwon whispered to himself.

For some reason he didn't get Wonho out of his mind. The man had something so enchanting that Hyungwon just thought of him. Although he was sad, he still had looked at Hyungwon closely, what got the black-haired man to marvel at the events. Hyungwon secretly hoped to see him again.

Wonho and Shownu sat on the park bench. The funeral was over, and Wonho felt relieved. Although he was sad, he felt like he was able to breathe again. Shownu knew Wonho was confused. The man did not endure difficult situations.

"I have to ask..." Shownu started. "Why were you staring at that boy, at the flower shop?"

Wonho was not expecting such a question, so he just looked at Shownu, raising an eyebrow.