Strawberry || BICJAE/MINBIC

Chapter 17: Return

"Seungmin!"

The black haired boy quickly turned his head in the direction of his approaching friend. Minjae stopped a few paces away from his friend, but the gap was quickly closed when the two collided into a hug. Seungmin stuffed his face into Minjae's shoulder, slowly breathing in the fruity scent of his shirt.

Minjae's expression was full of sadness, and guilt. He didn't want to leave, but he had to.

"Seungmin im sorry-"

"Don't be," Seungmin cut him off, "It was going to happen sooner or later."

Minjae grabbed Seungmin by the shoulders, so the two faced each other.

"Will you promise me something?"

The shorter nodded.

"Wait for me, ok?"

Seungmin's bottom lip curled up as he nodded. Minjae pushed his blonde hair away from his eyes, then looked back at Seungmin's eyes.

"Don't miss me too much, ok?"

Seungmin squeezed his eyes shut, and mouthed an 'ok'. Minjae pulled him into one last hug, which both of them hesitated to pull away from. Minjae pulled out something from his pocket, and placed it in Seungmin's hand.

"This way, you'll remember me."

Seungmin looked down at his hand, and there laid a tiny, crystal bear. He picked it up between two fingers, and placed it into his jacket pocket.

"Thank you."

"No, Thank you. For being my friend when nobody else would." Minjae smiled softly.

Seungmin nodded, and looked at the grassy ground.

"You should go. You said your flight was at 11 right?"

Minjae took a deep breath, and nodded. He slowly stepped backwards, and turned to walk back to his home. Seungmin watched the back of Minjae's back as he slowly started walking away. Minjae looked back at Seungmin, but he had to keep walking before he got carried away.

Minjae turned back forward, and rubbed his eyes, which had became teary.

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A comfortable silence filled the atmosphere. Seungmin was still shaking slightly, and Minjae rubbed circles on the shorter's back to clam him down. The two had sat in the same hugging position for a few minutes after Seungmin had calmed down from his sudden burst of emotion.

Minjae smiled softly as he pressed the side of his chin against Seungmin's head. The two really needed this more than anything, just to hold eachother after being apart for so long.

...

"Well you two look comfortable."

Minjae averted his head towards the door, and Seungmin pulled away quickly to wipe his eyes. Huijun giggled quietly, but cringed when Minjae flipped him off.

"Huijun, get out of there!- oh." SeongJun scratched the back of head when he saw the two on the bed together.

"You guys- continue what you were doing. Huijun has...homework he need to do. Isn't that right? Let's go now!" SeongJun grabbed Huijun's wrist, aggressively dragging him from the room. "Hey!-" Once the door closed again, Minjae rolled his eyes. Seungmin looked up at Minjae's hair, observing the blonde roots fading into light pink. Minjae looked back to Seungmin.

The pink-head grabbed one of Seungmin's hands, and slowly started rubbing circles on his palm. Seungmin eyes trailed down Minjae's head, down to his palm.

After a few moments, Minjae broke the silence.

"I'm back, Seungmin."

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