Little Bird [Kaisoo]

Awkward

I lunge foreword, hands searching around for comfort. I feel dazed, and confused. It takes me a few blinks and deep breaths to calm my racing heart and to realize I am with Kyungsoo in his bed, in his house…safe. Secure.

His bedside alarm clock reads: two a.m. I lay back down, wiping off the sweat and I face the sleeping boy. He looks so at peace, his heart shaped lips are parted slightly, and I can hear his soft breathing, it’s like music to my ears. I close my eyes and drift away.

This time when I wake up, Kyungsoo is beating me with his pillow giggling like a little kid.

“Get up Jongin, time for school!”

I groan, and roll over. “No” I mumble.

He shakes me until I finally sit up, eyes still closed. There’s blinding light prying them open, and I wince as I slowly obey and open them up. Kyungsoo is already dressed in his school uniform, I see mine lying on his dresser, folded neatly.

“You’re pretty organized, aren’t you?” I say, ruffling up his hair. He whines and quickly tries to make his hair neat again, I just laugh.

“Come on, hurry up! My mom made us breakfast” I remembered the tasty dumplings from last night, and I was up immediately. I grabbed the clothes and rushed down to their bathroom and changed as fast as I could, my mouth salivated at the thought of eggs, and bacon, it has been forever since I’ve had any of those things.

When I exit the bathroom, Kyungsoo is leaning on the wall across from the bathroom and he’s smirking, “Seriously, you love my mother’s food that much?” He giggled as I looked down shyly.

“Come on, let’s eat.” He grabs my hand and he leads me into the kitchen and sits me down.

“Good Morning boys! How did you guys sleep?” Mrs. Do asks cheerfully, as she sets a plate of breakfast delights in front of me.

“We slept good Mom, you?”

Mrs. Do sits next to me, and we meet eyes as I’m shoveling my face with eggs and she winks at me…I freeze, a piece of bacon sticking out of my mouth. Oh God…No

“Awe, you know sweetie…I slept just fine…” She pauses and keeps eye contact with me, she leans in closely, and whispers to me; “Don’t worry, I didn’t hear anything.” she winks once more and my whole world explodes.

My face turns beat red, and I just awkwardly consume the rest of my food.

After we finish eating, and we say goodbye to his mom, I turn to Kyungsoo and pout.

“What?” he asks, eyebrows raised.

“Your mom heard us.”

His eyes widen, and then he bursts into fits of giggles, “Jongin…oh my god, we didn’t even do anything bad!”

“To me we did!” My voice rises up a few octaves. He continues to giggle at me, and I playfully shove him. We were almost to school and we were still messing around with each other playfully, and then he does the unthinkable, this short boy grabs me by my neck and leans my head down so he can kiss me. I felt like the whole world turned into a vast amount of nothing. Right when I pull away, I look over his head to see Rebecca…one of the girls whose main goal in life was to make mine a living hell. The happy feeling I just had sinks into the pit of my stomach.

Kyungsoo looks up and follows my gaze, to find Rebecca smiling at us.

“Hey…don’t worry about her, she’s basically nobody.”

Kyungsoo wraps his arms around my torso and pulls me close, we don’t break eye contact with her as she quickly snaps a photo with her cell, and then she saunters off into the double doors.

He grabs my hand and intertwines our fingers, so they’re locked tightly. I have to admit I feel queasy, people stare at us as we walk past them, and all I can think about how the day is going to play out. I used to be a target before and now, I’m a missing person, everyone is going to find me and absolutely murder me. “I won’t let anything happen to you.” He whispers into my ear as we duck into my Homeroom. My teacher, Mrs. Peterson glances up at us, and smiles.

“Jongin, Good Morning.” And she looks at Kyungsoo and her smile somehow stretches.

He had a way about people, where you could just like him, it didn’t matter what he was or how he was, he just pulls you in. That’s how it was with me, one glance at him, and he had everything. Mrs. Peterson just nods at him, and I retreat to my seat. Kyungsoo follows and sits on the edge of my desk and stares into my eyes, he’s trying to read me. Meanwhile I am trying my absolute best to just not show my fear.

“I’ll meet you after class immediately, I promise. Let me know who messes with you today and I’ll take care of it…” He leans down and kisses my forehead and whispers, “Text me” before walking away, leaving me breathless. I squeeze my eyes shut and I smell peppermints, I smile and all I can hear is laughter, beautiful, choked up laughter emitting from Kyungsoo. I open my eyes and I’m still in school, and this time I didn’t even tear my palms up. Nobody is paying attention to me, and I relax, the sound of his laughter still ringing in my ears. Today may consist of Hell, but as long as I have him, nobody will break me.