Love Me Please ✔️

Chapter 25

HeungSoo I Time machine byLexMimieux

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Namsoon's POV

I'm glad HeungSoo had to rush to another meeting after our lunch. I also have a meeting with an old friend who's meeting me at my loft. I bought some snacks and drinks and hurry back to make my loft presentable. I think I should look into hiring a housekeeper. Maybe someone like Ajumma.

I change my outfit, set up the snacks, and wait impatiently for his arrival. I hope he can help me, at the least point me in the right direction. Ten minutes later, the doorbell rings and I open the door to my old high school friend, Han Young-Woo.

"Han Young-Woo, how are you?" I fist-bump him.

"Fine. Good to see you."

"Likewise. Come in." I lead him to my living area and gestures for him to sit. I offer him some snacks and as we eat, we make small talk on the happenings in our lives.

"What's the urgency, Namsoon?" He asks when he's sated.

"Well, the thing is I need some advice and I think you are the one person who can help me," I move closer to him on the couch.

"Tell me, I'll do my best." He pushes his glasses off his nose and stares at me with that direct gaze of his.

"Hmm, mmm, well, the thing is, HeungSoo, and I have become more than friends and I think we will take things to the next level and-"

"-you mean become lovers;" he smiles.

"Yeah," I reply. I look at everything in my room except him. A few minutes and he doesn't say a word. I glance back at him and his face is bright and cheeks wide.

"Why are you grinning?" I ask.

"You want to know what to expect when you make love?" He asks.

"Yes, and what to do," I reply.

"Did you know that I had a huge crush on you in high school," he changes the subject.

"Nooo way. Really?"

"Yes. You and KangJoo were the only friends I had. You always protected me from the bullies. You even lied, and you almost got expelled because of me that one time. Remember?"

"Boy, do I remember. I didn't know about the crush. You knew then that you were gay?"

"Yes. It's not something one shares with their high school mates, the majority of who bullies you. I didn't tell even you guys, my best friends."

"How did you and Kim Min-Ki get together," I ask, curious.

"We ran into each other at a discreet gay bar. At first, we couldn't look each other in the face, it embarrassed us. Then a man I had been dating approached me and Kim Min-Ki lied and told him he's my 'new' boyfriend. He walked me home that night and asked if we could get together the next day. I turned him down."

"Why? Obviously, he was interested in you." I ask him, enjoying his story.

"Look at it from my point of view. They bullied me throughout high school until you came along and stopped it. Min-Ki was the class president, and even though he never bullied me, he did nothing to stop it either back then. I wasn't inclined to meet him and find that it was a setup. But he kept calling and wouldn't give up. The only job I could get then was at a convenience store. No one will hire someone with slightly below-average intelligence like me– "

"-don't say that. I told you never to say that about yourself, remember?" I rebuke him.

"It's okay, Namsoon. I accepted that fact a long time ago. Anyway, Min-Ki kept coming back. One day, about three months of showing up at my work, he showed up with a letter from a publication company wanting to print and pay for my poems. My poems were another reason I had a crush on you. You were the only one who supported my writings in high school."