After the song finished, he closed his window and went to sleep. This was how it went now, Geonhak sinking into depression and loneliness during the day but no matter how bad things got he always looked forward to hearing the singing that comes every night around 12:00. It had been about a month before he finally decided that he wanted to talk to the boy that sings every night while watching the stars. So, that night he listened to him sing Stay by ONEWE but instead of going to bed afterwards, he went outside. He had already gotten dressed beforehand so he could get out quicker. Geonhak was scared of what the boy would think of him. Would he be angry that he had listened to him sing without his knowledge? Would he think he's weird? He was nervous but he wanted to meet the boy so he took a deep breath, and opened his front door. He walked outside and over to the wall. The small boy didn't seem to have noticed him yet. Geonhak looked up at him for a few seconds before saying
"Hi."
The boy looked down clearly startled by the sudden presence of another person. He blinked a few times before responding.
"Hello."
Geonhak didn't know what to do next so he looked at the ground before saying
"You have a beautiful voice."
Geonhak hoped the boy wouldn't be mad that he had been listening to him sing. He continued to look at the ground and he closed his eyes tightly, scared of what his response would be. After a few moments he gathered the courage to look up again and saw that the boy's eyes were wide and he was blushing.
"Oh. You heard me?"
"Yeah." Geonhak responded, thankful he didn't sound mad.
"I'm sorry I bothered you. I know it's really late."
"No you didn't bother me at all." Geonhak Replied with a small smile. "I like listening to you sing."
The boy looked embarrassed.
"Oh thanks. I never thought I had a very good voice though."
Geonhak was shocked. How could he think his voice wasn't good? He thought it was a lot better than his, that's for sure.
"What's your name?" He asked, breaking the silence.
"Dongju. What's yours?"
"That's a very pretty name." He complimented. "I'm Geonhak."
"Thank you." The boy that Geonhak now knew as Dongju Replied to the compliment. "It's nice to meet you Geonhak." He Said with a small smile.
Geonhak smiled back. They stayed in silence for a few moments before Geonhak said
"I should go. It was very nice to meet you Dongju." Geonhak said kindly.
He didn't want to ask if Dongju wanted to meet again the next night because he wanted him to be comfortable with him first. Dongju nodded and smiled.
"Goodnight Geonhak. It was nice to meet you."
Geonhak smiled one last time and turned around to go back into his house. He was about to walk inside when he heard Dongju call out to him.
"Geonhak!"
He turned around to see what he wanted to say.
"Would you like to meet again out here tomorrow night at the same time?" Dongju said with the cutest smile Geonhak had ever seen.
"Sure!" He Replied with a smile.
Dongju nodded and hopped off of the wall, waving to Geonhak one last time. Geonhak opened his front door and walked inside and smiled to himself. Dongju was so cute and kind! It was late so he decided to go to sleep. He undressed and fell into his bed. As soon as his head hit the pillow he fell into a deep sleep his dreams filled with the boy who sings to the stars.
