34 ~ Flower boy

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Special chapter.

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'There once was a bitter sweet man and they called him Lemon Boy
He was growing in my garden and I
Pulled him out by his hair like a weed
But like weeds do he only came and grew back again
So I figured this time I might as well let him be'

Soobin was on the swings, watching another boy play with the flowers. His father hated flowers for some reason, so he couldn't play with them. 

Soobin stopped swinging and watched as the boy made a flower chain. Daisies. They looked nice. The boy stopped and looked at Soobin, making the said male unwillingly blush.

"Do you want me to make you one?" He asked sweetly. Soobin glanced at his father who was pushing Sunoo on the baby swings. 

"Okay!" Soobin replied, jumping off the swings and approaching the boy. The boy reached out and was about to hand him a chain, but then paused.

"Wait, I want to know your name first!"

'Lemon Boy and me started to get along together
I helped him plant his seeds and we'd mow the lawn in bad weather
It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
So I got myself a citrus friend'

"Oh, my name is Soobin!"

"My name is-"

Soobin was stopped by a large hand stopping him. "Soobin. You can't play with her." 

'But soon his bitter sweet started to rub off on me
You'd think smelling like lemon zest would be pretty neat
I found out that my friends are more of the savoury type
And they weren't too keen on compromising with a nice lemon pie'

Soobin looked up at his father and frowned. "I'm a boy-" the boy started.

"Go with play someone else, Bin."

"No, I want to play with him!"

"Soobin, don't make me repeat myself." Soobin pouted and waved to the boy with flowers.

'But what if I run out of fertilizer
What if the clouds run out of rain
What if Lemon Boy won't grow no longer
What if beaches dry of sugar cane
Oh well
The whales start to beach themselves
Tortoise shells tear away from their spines
It happens all the time, it happens all the time'

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For a few more weeks, Soobin would bump into the flower boy, and finally, the flower boy transferred to his school.

"Hello, Soobin~" The boy chirped as he took a seat beside him. Soobin smiled and waved. 

"You still haven't told me your name."

"My name? It's-"

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Soobin woke from his dream and breathed heavily, his minds blurry. The dream felt so real and live, yet he couldn't remember any of it. At all.

Only one thing came to mind.

'Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever
Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever
It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
'Cause we're the bitterest boys in town
Yeah, we're the bitterest guys around
And now I got myself a citrus friend'

"Flower boy..."


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