Pha is tall, good-looking, smart, and popular. He's never had to work hard for anything, until he meets his new obsession. Yo is adorable, kind-hearted, and doesn't care about appearances. Yo also has a big secret. Will Pha be able to win Yo's heart...
Author's Note: This is a future glimpse of Park's life after being caught. It isn't much, but I wanted to leave with a general sense of his future. There is also a little bit about Phana and Wayo, because I love their relationship and wanted to give a little insight into what drives Yo's love for the world.
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Park's POV
It's been four years, two months, and three days since I tried to hurt Yo and my whole life changed. I still don't know if it's a good change or a bad one. I know that since the day he deceived me into unlocking his handcuffs, I'd both loved and hated him in equal measure. I hated him for so many reasons, but the love I felt had just as much weight behind it.
He'd broken my heart, deceived me, but since then, he's been here for me and made me feel loved as I'd never felt loved before. A kind of feeling of family love that I had never even understood. Not that I would ever get to hold Yo in my arms again, he'd made that clear. But he made special visits to see me and never forgot holidays or birthdays. He treated me with respect and courtesy, even though there were many times when I did not offer him the same. I don't know what made him come. At first, I thought he just wanted to assure himself that I was still locked up, unable to touch him. But later, I knew there was more.
He brought books and special snacks when he came to visit. He spoke to my parents and asked them to visit me, which they did after his intervention, but I still wasn't sure why. They'd never cared about me before. He'd spoken to my attorney and said there were special circumstances. But even with all of that, he'd been the one to take away my freedom. Five years in prison was commuted to five years in a lock-down hospital for patients with mental health issues. It was still a prison, of sorts, but from what little I'd seen while I was being transferred to and from different holding facilities during my trial, it was more comfortable, offered more privacy, and was certainly safer. Yo was both my jailer and my friend.
I'd never had a true friend before, so I wasn't sure what it really meant. But somewhere inside the part of my head that had accepted that what I'd done was wrong, I knew Yo was that person. A true friend. Someone to be trusted.
It's my birthday today, and my parents left hours ago, but I'm still in the visiting room waiting for Yo. He'd been here on my birthday every year, but this time he hasn't come. It's well after visiting hours, and I know I should give up, but I still sit here, waiting like a fool. I should have known this was coming, sooner or later he would forget about me and move on with his life, like everyone else I'd ever cared about. I was the guy who tried to rape him, not his friend. I stared out the window, wishing I could see him one last time.
"Park?" Yo's voice called me from my thoughts. I turned, surprised. Was he really here? "I'm sorry I'm late. It was a really busy day, but they gave me special permission to come after visiting hours since it's your birthday."
I ran up to him, careful to stop far enough away that Joss could see I wasn't going to touch him. Joss came every time with Yo, but while Yo and I usually smiled and talked, Joss stood behind Yo looking like he'd rather murder me than spend his afternoon in my presence. To be fair, that was probably exactly how he felt. I looked around to see that Pha was here too. That was new, Pha usually refused to come.
