Precious [Seongsang]

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Point of view: Yeosang

I hear the ticking of our clock in the kitchen as I lay on the sofa. Seonghwa is late. Very late. After his promise to be back at five, I haven't seen him, nor been able to contact him since he always tends to turn off his phone whenever he's working. Hours have passed. It's half past ten now.

Usually our neighbourhood is getting quiet around nine and the lights get turned off at ten. I'm probably even the last one awake in the whole village. It's not like I'm angry at him for staying out this long, but it annoys me that he didn't tell me before.

I can still smell the food that I made, but I don't want to eat it alone. Instead I decide to go to sleep. Even though the sofa isn't that comfortable and I still fear that there might be a monster behind it, I easily fall asleep.

I wake up when I feel someone carrying me and try to fight him instantly. The person doesn't even seem to notice and soon I feel a bed under my body. Collecting all of my strength I stand up, still a bit dizzy from the sudden awakening, and try to punch into the darkness.

Suddenly I'm blinded, blinded by the light coming from the lamp beside the bed. Still trying to get my kidnapper I keep hitting, but all I feel is air until I get pinned down onto the bed. Before I can even scream, I feel familiar lips on mine.

Even though the kiss just lasts a few seconds, my brain manages to put everything together and finally I am able to understand what just happened. Opening my eyes again, I recognize my kidnapper aka my boyfriend who is smiling at me apologetically.

"Hey Sangie...", he whispers. I snap out of my trance and shoot up, nearly crashing our heads together.

"DO YOU KNOW HOW LATE IT IS?", I scream, not caring about our neighbours. Seonghwa steps back and looks at me a bit shocked. I follow him, my index finger pointing at his chest.

"HOW DARE YOU LIE TO ME, PARK SEONGHWA?!", I continue even louder, not planning on shutting up very soon. Since he kept going backwards, he now can feel the wall right behind him and see me right in front of him. His eyes show regret, even a bit panic, and his full lips are pressed together, creating a very thin line.

"YOU COULD'VE JUST TOLD ME AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN OKAY!", I can feel how I'm tearing up slowly, but I don't want to stop just now.

"Shh", he soothes me, placing his right hand on my chest, removing my index finger from his own chest with the other hand. His slightly bigger hand gently caresses mine and for a short moment I allow myself to calm down.

But this is not what should be happening right now. I still have to beat his ass for being so late. I pull away my hand and glare at him angrily. "Don't think I have forgiven you!", I snap and add: "Do you have any explanation for this?"

He obviously relaxes a bit: "So I really wanted to contact you... but I... uhm... do you remember San? He wanted me to go with him, because he said he had a huge crush on some hot guy and needed my help. Turns out he was talking about your best friend Woo, so I"- he can't continue because I cut him off.