Remember Me

#5

"Done for the day?" Jiho asked Kyung through the speaker of his phone.

Kyung sighed, "Not yet, one more class left,"

Jiho frowned. He really couldn't wait for Kyung's college to get over. Jiho was in his last year of school and Kyung had graduated the previous year. He was now doing a major in math and a minor in music. Jiho was really happy that unlike him, Kyung could follow his dreams. 

"I miss you," said Jiho softly. It was rare for Jiho to say soft things like these to Kyung. 

"Aw, okay, just half an hour more, please?" said Kyung.

Jiho nodded, but then he realized he was on call, and spoke, "Okay," 

"I love you, Jiho" Kyung's voice came through the speaker. 

Jiho smiled and said the words back, and then hung up. He decided he could go back home and refresh himself since all of his classes were now over. As he walked down the corridors, he could see a few girls look at him and giggle. He had grown used to it though. 

After being in the relationship with Kyung for six months, he had decided that he will not sit quietly and go through the bullying. He joined a gym along with a hobby Taekwondo class. Eventually, he started standing up to the bullies and didn't need to depend on Kyung at all. Now, he could protect Kyung and he was very happy about it. Eventually, Jiho made it to the top of the list of the popular guys at school. He also had a nickname Zico, he found it cool but Kyung hated it. He always said that 'Zico' is not him, not at all. According to Kyung, Zico was an entirely different personality, and Jiho hated to admit that he was right.

Now, they were two years into the relationship and both of them were as happy as they could be. Surely, they had problems, but they had each other's support to overcome them. And, whats a couple if it doesn't have a few lovers' quarrels?

Caught up in these thoughts, absentmindedly, Jiho reached home and soon the half an hour had passed. Jiho grabbed the keys to his bike and his leather jacket and started to walk out when his mom called out and asked him where he was going. 

He frowned. He was still not over what his parents were doing to him so he wasn't yet talking to him.

"All that concerns you is that it isn't med school yet," he called out and left. He admitted to himself that it was slightly rude but then, they deserved that since he would go to med school eventually. 

He reached Kyung's college just in time as he was just walking out. He was talking to a friend (whom Jiho could've been jealous of but he shrugged it off). 

The moment Kyung saw Jiho, he gave his best smile and got all excited like a kid. He waved bye to his friend and quickly walked up to him.

"What's with the leather jacket?" Kyung asked as he gave a quick kiss on Jiho's lips.

Jiho smiled, "It keeps me warm and makes me cool,"

"That, Woo Jiho, is the worse joke of the century," Kyung said as he took his seat on Jiho's bike.

"Where to?" asked Jiho.

Today's date of theirs was going to be a random one, as they had decided. They'd go to places that would instantaneously come to their minds. 

Kyung thought for a bit. Then he settled for the mall. He wanted to buy Jiho as many things he could before he left. The thought of Jiho leaving extremely upset Kyung for obvious reasons. It also gave him anxiety because they hadn't thought about what they were going to do about them. Kyung shuddered at the thought of Jiho breaking up with him and shuddered. He quickly shook the thoughts out of his head.

They reached the mall and first went straight to the food court because both of them needed some fueling. Later, both of them window-shopped for a while and then bought cotton candy because Kyung insisted. 

The entire day consisted of them going from places to places, from the mall to the arcade, then a movie, and finally, after dinner from a fancy place, they ended up in the backyard of Jiho's house, gazing at the stars. 

They arranged for it by bringing a few blankets, hot chocolate and marshmallows and getting themselves comfortable in the lush green grass. For both of them, the day had turned out to be a perfect one, and as they traveled into the night, both of them forgot about their worries.

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