summer lovers | seonghwa.

壱 - one.

??? POV.

It was the start of summer break and the humidity outside felt like you burning in the pits of hell itself. but that wasn't the case for the two of us who was shivering endlessly at the back of the truck as the sun started to set.

if only the driver would've switched the ac to the minimum we both wouldn't feel this cold in the middle of summer.

"hey mr. could you set the ac down?" i requested but only to get a glance from the rear view mirror before his eyes set back to the main road. i could feel my palms tensed up before exhaling out in annoyance. surely, i would've kicked him from the back of his seat with my foot.

its been a tough journey, planning with the last minute with aera. well, the fault was a fifty-fifty.

the part time job that i applied set me to a branch that's outside of the city and their reason was 'they're short on staff' but nonetheless i still accepted it. you could say i was eager to get some cash.

if only aera knew, that im on debt. i really need to pay the rent or else i would've been homeless by now.

speaking of aera. i knew i should've dragged her into this but as stupid as i am i couldn't help myself but invited her to join yet she agreed. with that, im guessing she had nothing else to do during these upcoming three months.

its funny how we've gone through this far in life starting from the day we met at the age of 7 until now.

i still remembered how that day started.

she was with her mother walking back to the apartment where we both coincidentally lived in and i did the same but i was with my dad.

i remembered the little pink coral sundress she wore, her hair tied to a low ponytail and her white stockings along with loafers. the way she turned around and looked at me with her eyes widened. a smile appearing brightly.

she knew about me because i was that one boy who wore banana printed socks in class. where i got bullied because of it and the fact that i was new.

but she was the first one that wanted to be my friend. where she would give me her juice box because mine got stolen during recess and that time where she yelled to a kid who pushed me which gave me a cut on the elbows.

and i remembered, i would feel my heart beat so rapidly whenever im with her.

funny that i still do even though we've been through so much.

suddenly, i felt a hard bump on my left shoulder. noticing aera's head resting on it while her eyes were shut closed and her slender arms crossed.

she fell asleep.

i smiled lightly. with my left arm pulling her closely from the waist, i placed my jacket around her chest before resting my head on hers.

with all those memories we made, i was too much of a coward to express my feelings to her. everyone loved our inseparable relationship but she used to admit, she's never going to date again not after what her ex yunho did to her.

the nights she cried on the other side of the line, telling me how gullible she was. throwing endless negative things about her when i tried to tell the things that i loved about her.

when we ended our calls with 'i love yous' but i wondered did your 'i love you' had the same meaning like mine ?

" sleep tight, aera. i love you, "

" a lot. "

" love you too, san. "