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Abandoning the sullen mood that took over after Chenle and Jisung told their reasons to each other. They went around to find new books. Both of them found one according to their preferences and then sat down on the floor, side by side. Unknowingly, leaning on each other. With Chenle's head on the talker's shoulder and Jisung's head atop of Chenle's.
They sat in comfortable silence, focused on whatever they were reading, getting distracted in between when a butterfly sat on Jisung's nose and when Chenle laughed loudly at how dumbfounded Jisung looked. Then went back to the same silence and position.
Jisung kept looking up from his book to stare at Chenle. The boy looked ethereal. More than ethereal, his vocabulary, for the first time, proved to be short because Jisung couldn't find the word that could describe Chenle's beauty.
Not just the visuals, it's been just a day. God, only a day and Jisung is ready to faint from all the butterflies in his stomach. Chenle was an angel. He was beautiful, in and out.
And what broke Jisung out from his reverie was when the sound of pages being flipped stopped.
Chenle had fallen asleep.
And Jisung knows, that if he was awake, he wouldn't have the courage to do what he was doing right now.
He wouldn't have the courage to kiss him on the forehead as he did just now.
♡
Jisung had no clue he had fallen asleep as time passed. Right now, he was panicking because yes, they were late.
It was already evening and they have been here since early morning. He did not want to wake up Chenle from his calm slumber but yet again, they were late and if he didn't reach his palace before night, his parents were going to send a search party. So with much regret, he shook Chenle,
"Chenle! Chenle! Please wake up. Wake up, Lele! We're late!"
After much shaking, Chenle moved a little and looked around a little and the previous events came back. But he had heard Jisung and apparently, they have been here for a long time and were late.
Chenle got up immediately at the thought.
"Oh My God, I'm so sorry for sleeping like that!"
Jisung shook his head, "It's fine, I fell asleep too, but let's hurry because if I don't reach home soon, they are going to send a fucking search party."
Jisung had no idea that he had cursed and so he stared cluelessly at the other boy when he slapped his arm,
"Don't curse, oh my, let's go."
But before Chenle could take another step, Jisung grabbed his arm and spun him around which made the shorter's forehead hit the taller's chest,
"I'm coming again, tomorrow. Same place, right?"
Chenle was too flustered to say a proper sentence so he just nodded and stuttered out a meek 'yes'.
Jisung wouldn't have taken 'no' for an answer either way. If Chenle had disagreed, he would've resorted to kidnap him.
Satisfied with the answer, he grabbed the smaller hand, and again they were back to acting like thieves because compared to the morning, the village was bustling with people now.
Chenle stopped abruptly making Jisung jerk back a little.
"What is it, le?"
Chenle hesitated a bit and then said,
"Since you took me to a special place today, tomorrow, it's my turn. I'll bring you to a place special to me."
Chenle tip-toed a little and placed a very short, almost non-existent peck on Jisung's cheek.
"S-see you tomorrow, Bye!"
And then the shorter zoomed away, still very much away from the eyes of people.
And Jisung was left standing like a stone. He barely felt his soulmate's lips, but yes, his soulmate had done that and if it weren't for the nagging at the back of his head to go home then he would've been standing still in the very small alley till morning.
