One Afternoon in the Park

Back to the Studio

Jaebum's mind was racing on his way back to his studio. What on earth just happened? He'd never had such an interaction in his life, that made his heart pound and his face flush. Sure, people had openly been interested in him, he had received phone numbers and been asked out, but he rejected everything because they bored him. This was the first time he'd been at a loss for words simply because his breath was taken away.

As Jaebum finally reached his studio, he stood outside the door for a moment, feeling the presence of someone else. He looked up and his eyes rolled a bit as he saw Yugyeom standing on the balcony above, peering down.

Yugyeom was a dancer that rented a dance studio above Jaebum's music studio. The two met when Yugyeom decided to have a party in his studio one night that got a little too rambunctious, and Jaebum ended up pounding on his door to tell them to keep it down.
Jaebum wouldn't necessarily claim Yugyeom as a friend, but he couldn't seem to get the younger boy to leave him alone, so he just let him do whatever he wanted.

"Hiiiiii Hyung!" Yugyeom chirped, causing Jaebum's warm fuzzy feelings to disappear.

Jaebum just grumbled and entered the building. As he got to the door to his studio in the hall, he heard scrambling footsteps from the stairwell and Yugyeom came crashing through the door. Jaebum quickly unlocked the door and tried to get in and slam it shut, but the younger was too fast and wedged himself between the door and the doorway.

With a long sigh, Jaebum rolled his head back, and just stood there as Yugyeom pushed the door open and made himself comfy on a small bench against the wall.

"Hyung, you sure looked happy walking down the street." The boy laid back, hands behind his head and one leg crossed over the other.

"And you sure look comfortable in someone else's studio, get out." Jaebum kept the door open and strongly gestured his hand out the door.

"I'm just saying wherever you ran off to get inspiration must have been good this time. You usually look all distant and mopey, but this time, you had, dare I say," Yugyeom sprung up from his lying position to lean in close to Jaebum, "a smiiiillllee?"

Jaebum pushed the boy back, scoffing. The younger snickered. "Can you just leave me alone? I leave to clear my head so I can come straight back and start writing, and you're ruining that process."

"Ugh... writers." Yugyeom mocked. "Yeah yeah, I'll leave you alone to think about how you just got laid or whatever happened while you were gone." The boy started out the door, and turned back for a moment "But I'm gonna find out one way or another." Yugyeom's eyes narrowed before he turned around and started giggling, running down the hall.

Jaebum slammed the door shut and locked it. He let out a sigh.

"I've got to find another studio." He grumbled to himself.

Jaebum lied in bed that night staring at the ceiling. He couldn't bring himself to close his eyes because all he could see when he did were Jinyoung's beautiful features, which just made him flustered. He threw a pillow over his head and groaned, remembering how stupid he sounded when they met, and how Jinyoung could clearly see that he was lying when he tried to explain that he wasn't checking him out.

He was happy with the material he threw together when coming back to his studio earlier, but he realized that if he was going to continue with the song he was working on he needed to see Jinyoung again. Then he remembered the last thing he said to him before he left...
'I'm new around here, but I certainly will be coming back.'

"Shit." Jaebum breathed out in the silence of his room. He was going to be at that park all the time from the sounds of it... which meant...