𝒐𝒐𝒐. "I didn't write this to forget who I am as a person nor did I write it for money out of desperation. I wrote this because I know, one day, someone will find this story in the corner of a library, squeezed between forgotten stories with a dus...
Kim Hongjoong. August 18th, 1980. | Monday, 8:15 AM.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Hongjoong jogs toward the school's gate, a light layer of sweat on his forehead knowing that Seonghwa was at the entrance, waiting for his arrival. A wide smile stretches across his face once he spotted Seonghwa with Aya, the two chatting and laughing as they waited for Hongjoong. "Hey, guys!" Hongjoong calls out when he reached them, Aya flushing when the blonde grabbed her by her hand and pressed a soft kiss to her cheek.
Seonghwa gasped in surprise, mouth slacked open. "You're dating?"
"Yep!" Hongjoong answered happily, arm around Aya's shoulder as the short-haired girl blushed sheepishly.
"And you didn't tell me anything?" Seonghwa sends a playful glare over to Aya, the young girl sputtering nervously before Seonghwa chuckles. "I'm not upset, Aya, I'm only joking. Congratulations, you guys are so cute together!"
Seonghwa holds out his hand toward Aya, his hand formed in a fist. "Fist pound for getting the boy of your dreams."
"Stop, you're making her embarrassed." Hongjoong scolded the older as Aya gave Seonghwa a fist pound, face cherry red. "Anyways, we're going to the library, right? I need to finish my English homework." The three began walking in the direction of the staircase, Seonghwa's hands in his pockets while Aya and Hongjoong held hands.
"You had the whole summer to do your homework, Joongie," Aya said to the blonde with a small frown on her face before she glances behind her. "Isn't Wooyoung supposed to be here by now? Why are we leaving, shouldn't we wait for him?"
"Ah, don't worry. I'm sure he'll meet us at the library..." Hongjoong nervously laughs, faking a genuine smile at Aya who still seemed troubled, but nodded. He didn't have the guts to tell Seonghwa and Aya what happened between him and Wooyoung, especially what happened between the two when they were high together because he doesn't know how they will react.
None of them are going to take him seriously if he told them the truth, and they'll call him a homo and drop him right then and there, even if he doesn't swing that way. So, Hongjoong will continuously tell them lies until they forget all about Wooyoung and come to the conclusion that the dark blue-haired boy doesn't want to hang with them.
And that's exactly what Hongjoong did for the past couple of days. Every time Seonghwa or Aya questioned Wooyoung's whereabouts, Hongjoong would merely answer that Wooyoung was going to show up later or that he went with his stoner friends to smoke. Seonghwa would stare at Hongjoong, uncertainty in his eyes while Aya sighs and mumble how she misses Wooyoung's bright presence.
