Butterfly [j.jk]

삼십팔

설레임

"hey nari," a voice calls along with shuffling of leaves. she meets him with crescent eyes with small wave of the hand. back at their typical rendezvous the two meet, the garden.

"where's your friends?" she calmly asks.

the boy sighs, "tae and hoseok hyung went back to seoul." he utters with a short breath. the thought of them three parting ways bringing him to blues.

those few hours with them had already turned golden, and though brief, it was a time well spent. but the way they would chuckle at the tiniest things had brought him sunshine and now they were off to the other side of the county. it was a thought that could make the boy sigh all day.

then again, who was he to feel downcast when he would soon follow them there?

but he shrugs that thought off; for now at least.

"am i interrupting anything?" the boy asks, seeing the butterfly girl with eyes and hands glued to a paper and pencil as she usually does.

"not at all." she replies, a honey voice with a honey smile. she peers away her gaze from her sketch to they boy with a curve of the lips. "i was just waiting for you, actually."

she giggles, her eyes disappearing.

was that his heart thumping just now?

his hand finds his chest, seemingly trying to calm it down. "what for?" he asks, shakily.

"i was about to sketch a few butterflies, but couldn't see any. could you?"

just as she spoke, a pair of wings dawn upon the two.

"oh!" both exclaim, seeing wings of white fall from the sky and flutter around them like a spec of snow in the midst of spring.

they watch with gleaming eyes, mouth agape. "what butterfly is that?" the curious boy asks, gaze still fixed on the dancing snowflake.

"a pieris." she utters softly.

it was his first to see one in person, "pieris..." he repeats, words trailing off. "and another one!" the boy shouts pointing in the distance, making both of them jump.

"two?" the girl's brows knit together, seemingly in doubt of his words. yet lo and behold, there it was. as she faces behind her, her gaze meets wings of white, fluttering towards her. a second pieris, dancing in the air joining the other one.

she turns stiff. her heart pounds at the sight, her steady heartbeat staring to pick up its pace.

and the boy takes notice of this sudden shift of mood. were butterflies not interesting anymore?

"everything alright?" he asks.

he watches as she remains still, "yeah..." she replies with a lone tone, her gaze still eyeing the two pierises that, coincidentally, remained fluttering around them two.

"what does two white butterflies mean?" with unending curiosity, jeongguk turns to nari and asks.

there was a second of silence before she replied, hesitance striking her. she stared at them once more before she mustered a reply.

"--friendship."

19
two white butterflies
- symbolizes the beginning of a romantic liaison