𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐲 ☾︎ binwoo

C H P - 20

Stop looking at me as if you're hurting, too...

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-12 Days Remaining-
-Trampoline Park Date Pt 2-

"Well, I don't know. Is there anything you would like to do?" 

If Dongmin was being truthful, he almost felt embarrassed jumping around the trampoline park, knowing that these sort of things were for children, and he was most certainly not a child anymore. It didn't make it any better that Moonbin seemed as excited as he ever was to go bouncing around; if anything, it made him feel bad. For now, he would do what his friend wanted to until he managed to loosen up a bit and confidently request to do certain activities.

"Hmm..." The younger set his hands on his hips as he contemplated what he would like to do first. He had a nagging feeling that the dark-haired male adjacent to him wasn't yet comfortable enough to go and do stupid things like push each other into a pit full of foam cubes, not that the older would say it out loud. Knowing this, he opted to settle with jumping around on the rows of trampolines at the corner of the room, somewhere far away from the smaller kids and their judging parents. "Alright, I know what we should do, follow me." He motioned for the other to follow behind him as he walked, more like skipped, over to the aforementioned area. He may have been feeling heartbroken, and possibly even confused, but he wasn't going to let that ruin his day. He was in the place he first came in contact with the love of his life; he wasn't going to let this once in a lifetime opportunity just pass him by. This would be his only chance to reminiscence here with his best friend, seeing as he would be leaving in less than two weeks. He needed to enjoy life as it was, because soon enough, his life would no longer include Dongmin. He wanted to make the most of every last moment. 

Moonbin didn't bother to wait for his buddy. The moment he was close enough to the rows of trampolines, he flung himself onto the nearest one, back hitting the flimsy material. He laughed loudly as his body bounced in the air for a few seconds. He continued to giggle as his form came to a halt and was no longer being slung into the air. "What?" he asked, sitting up, noticing Dongmin's hesitance. "Are you too scared?"

"No, I'm just wondering why you chose a place so far from the other people here."

"I'm your soon to be boyfriend, you think I don't know what you're feeling right now?" 

"Confident much?"

"Listen, I know you. I know that you have a hard time goofing off in public. Therefore, I'm not going to make you. If you're not comfortable somewhere surrounded by people, of course I'm going to take you somewhere more private. Who do you think I am? Other than of course someone who is madly in love with your beautiful face and your goofy personality?" He crossed his legs and set his palms flat on the surface of the trampoline. He proceeded to use his arms to bounce himself up and down slightly as he awaited his friend's answer. His face had on display a loving, yet confident smile, which happened to be the complete opposite of what he was feeling inside. 

He knew keeping up this bold façade was going to be difficult, but he never fathomed it would be this difficult. Keeping his love hidden away all those years was hard enough, and as it was currently, he had to pretend he wasn't afraid to talk about his feelings out loud a million times. Now, it wasn't the public's reaction to his affection for Dongmin he was scared of, but rather the reaction he would get from the male himself. He was sure his feelings weren't going to be returned, yet he had to act so sure of himself anyway. If he was going to show his friend just how much he felt for him and make him feel the same way, he needed to be bold, and keeping up that confident face was one of the hardest things he had ever done; he wasn't going to pretend it wasn't.