Seoul was amazing.
Even though I grew up near a big city I couldn't process how many things there were to see. We could never see everything in just two days. We just walked around aimlessly, going into random shops, parks and a museum. It was a surprisingly warm day and after two or three hours we were sweating and thirsty.
"You wanna go look for a restaurant?" Renjun asked while fanning himself.
"I'm not really in the mood for something warm right now. Maybe ice cream?"
"Ice cream sounds good."
After a few minutes we came across an ice cream place. With a sigh of relief we stepped into the cool building.
Renjun pointed at the ice cream flavors. "Which flavor do you want? I'll order."
"I'll go for, hmm, maybe mango?"
"Okay, wait for me here, I'll be back in a minute."
Renjun disappeared in the crowd in front of the counter and I leaned against the wall.
I stared at the floor and thought about what his aunt had said this morning, "You could've just told me you were dating." Were we dating? We had kissed twice. Well, one time was a small peck on the cheek, but I took what I could get. We also slept on the same bed. And we both liked each other. But we didn't officially say that we were dating. I did want him to be my boyfriend. Hanging out with him always made me so happy. I wanted to kiss him more. Should I ask him what we were?
My train of thought was interrupted by a pair of shoes appearing in front of me. I just had thought these aren't Renjun's shoes when the stranger talked to me with a thick accent.
"Hey girl. Foreigner?"
"Yeah?"
"You pretty."
"Uh, thanks." I tried to back off, but I was already pressing against the wall. That guy must've been at least 6 years older than me and he was coming closer.
"Do you want ice cream?"
"Uhm, actually-"
"Hey, babe, I got you ice cream!" Renjun intertwined his fingers with mine and handed me an ice cream cone.
The guy took a step back. Renjun said something in Korean I didn't fully understand. I only understood one word: Boyfriend.
Before the guy could answer Renjun dragged me out of there. I looked back and saw the guy still staring at us. I didn't let go of Renjun's hand.
We hastily walked around a corner so that we couldn't see the ice cream shop anymore.
I leaned against a wall, closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Renjun was still holding my hand.
"Thanks for saving me in there. That was seriously creepy." I opened my eyes. "Babe, though? Boyfriend?"
Renjun let go of my hand. "I was just trying to help you!" His ears were completely red now.
"Yeah. Sure."
We kept walking, but we didn't separate anymore. The ice cream in our hands disappeared fast. After a while we stumbled across an arcade. For the next few hours we played through most games in there and I was pretty satisfied with myself for beating Renjun multiple times. When we finally left again the weather was a lot colder and the sun was slowly beginning to set. We decided to go back home - which would've been easy if we knew where we were.
"Let's just follow the road, I'm pretty sure I've seen a bus stop not far from here" I suggested, so we did.
I had been wrong. We did not come across a bus stop, but we somehow landed in a park near a river.
"Oh! I think this is Han River!" Renjun said excitedly.
"It's so pretty here." We sat down on the grass and looked at the glittering water. The sun had painted everything orange. I looked away from the river and looked at something even more beautiful: Renjun. I thought back to when we first hung out and we watched the sunset on the tree in front of my window. His hair was slightly longer now and almost completely black. His eyes were still dark brown, almost black, and almost as sparkly as the water in front of us. I smiled to myself when I looked at his well formed lips. He also looked much more relaxed now; he seemed thoroughly happy and relaxed. While watching him I felt so overwhelmingly happy.
A wave of emotions hit me. I love him. I love him so much.
"Renjun?"
He turned to me. "Yeah?"
"Wanna be my boyfriend?"
His smile revealed his little dimple. "Suddenly?"
"Well, if you don't want to-"
"Oh, shut up." He put his hand on my cheek and kissed me. I slung my arms around him as he leaned over me when I lay down on the grass.
All I could think about in that moment were Renjun's lips pressing against mine, but we were quickly brought back into reality; this was a public park. Someone walking by yelled something. I didn't need to speak Korean to know that she just told us to get a room.
Laughing I let go of him. Smiling Renjun helped me get up.
"Come on, let's go home now. I'll just ask my aunt if she can pick us up."
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Romans《 Another thing I liked about South Korea? Huang Renjun. 》 I was shocked when me and my father had to move to South Korea because of my father's job. I didn't speak the language and I didn't know anyone there. I kept telling myself that, at least, i...
