The heart never forgets. It's just that... sometimes there has to be sad endings for the spark of better beginnings.
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~Sequel to Let Us Be Us~
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START DATE: 28.02.109
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Having Jimin hyung sit in the couch of my living room at three of the night was the last thing I expected this week to bring. After pouring down the hot water I've been boiling inside the two mugs in my kitchen counter, I head inside the living room, where Jimin hyung is patiently waiting for me.
He is cramped up in the couch, running his eyes over the room, I'll say timidly, because when he sees me walk inside he flushes and clears his throat, shifting his legs on the couch back and forth until he is comfortable with us being in the same place at the same time. And voluntarily.
- Here you go. -I smile and place one of the mugs on the coffee table next to the couch he is sitting.
- Thank you. -He replies faintly, passing me a quick eye that doesn't last too long as I unlean from his side and take the seat at the opposite one-person couch. -What is it?
- Sorry?
- The tea. -He corrects himself, pointing to the tea like he is in a rush and actually feels scared of saying something wrong.
- Oh. -I cackle, taking a sip out of my own, my view half-blocked from the heat of the cup steaming my eyes. -Hibiscus tea. It's my new jam.
He relaxes into a smile, grabbing his cup and taking a sip himself. And... he likes it. Bingo!
- Thank you Jungkookie. -He says with a delicate voice, and I feel myself growing pink under the nickname that he brings into the room. He didn't even use to say my name in the beginning. Progress... -Um, so...
I watch attentively as he tries to gather a proper way of addressing the issue that kept him up all night and brought him to my house.
- I really don't want to bother you with this again... -He gives me a troubled look. -It's just that I thought about the things you said yesterday...
My eyes protract. He actually did think about my words... I thought he wouldn't give a shit, but then Jimin hyung was always the type of person to take into account what others say, regardless of whether they have a good reason behind their ideas or not.
I wait silently, and it looks like he appreciates that I'm giving space for him to find the right order of words.
- Do you think it's possible that I didn't notice? -He asks unsurely, bottom lip caught in between his teeth as he nibbles on his existence in the couch. I can't help but admire... how can someone have such innocent beauty, even as a grown-up man looking like a little baby in need of care and loving? -I... I never thought about Chul-soo like that... But now that I look back... Maybe he...
I tighten my hands around the mug holder, feeling uncomfortable about having to give Jimin hyung advice about another guy... If it was only three years ago... I could have just hugged him close and told him to stop thinking about it and to leave everything to me. But of course I can't intrude into his life like that now...
