One Wish

CHAPTER 35

  "Uhh, w-w-what are you d-doing?" "My back started to hurt when I hugged you before. It's a lot better like this." He chuckles and hugs me back. We stay like this for a while. "It really is better like this," he finally says, "your chest is small but very comfy." "Wait, WHAT?!" I think how it's for him. When I'm taller than him, then my chest is probably at the same level as his face. "Why didn't you tell me sooner???" "Because it's comfy." I groan, but don't let go of him. "You're still letting me hug you?" "You're having a bad day today, so I'll let it pass. Next time, I won't be so nice to you." "Heh, I would say next time we're like this I won't be nice to you." He says it with his flirty voice. "Yeah, right."

After a while I ask him, "Do you feel better now?" "Yeah, a little." "I'm sure you just needed to tell your story to someone." He hides his face to my chest. "Hey, Seven..." I say a bit quieter, "Is your real name Saeyoung?" He nods. "Can I call you that way?" He shakes his head. I sigh, "Well... Now that you've told me your story, would you mind telling me what you're really like?" "What do you mean?" he says while still holding his face to my chest.

"You said that you're wearing a mask around people. Would you tell me what you're like under the mask?" He moves his head to the side, so I can hear him more clearly. "Hmm... I'm really quiet and don't talk much, at home at least. I've spent most of my life working in my room, so I'm sort of anxious around people. Like strangers are fine, but I don't want to say anything wrong to my friends. I like it in my room, though I sometimes feel numb in there. It's lonely there. It's sort of nice when Saeran comes to my room and we talk, since it's impossible to talk to him around other people."

"Okay, you're a really wholesome and kind person then." He looks up at me, "I can't be wholesome. You said I was hot," and he smiles at me. "I meant your personality, dummy, not looks," and I giggle. "Oh, well then I might be. I'm not kind at all though. As you saw yesterday, I can easily explode like that, haha...." He looks down again and laughs awkwardly. Yeah I saw that first hand yesterday.

"A-anyway, I don't know if you understood what I said, but... that's sort of who I really am." There's a silence for a minute. Seven then asks, "When we first met, what catched your eye about me?" I think for a moment. What I like about him the most...? "I guess I like the way you talked. It was really playful which just grabs your attention," I look at his face, "I also really like your eyes. They look very unique." "They do?" I nod and he sighs.

"So you basically liked the fake version of me..." He closes his eyes and leans back to the wall. "Well that's true... but now that I'm closer to you, you can introduce me to your real self, right?" He opens his eyes and I give him a reassuring smile. He puts his hands on his face and chuckles. "Gosh, you always know what to say, really..." he pauses, "You're so similar to Rika. She's really good with words too." He reaches out his hand and puts it gently on my cheek. It's really cold.

"Hey, why are your fingers always so cold?" "I have a sickness, but is it really that bad?" I take his hand and put it between my hands. "Right now they're freezing at least." "Well, warm them up then~~," he tikkers. I take his other hand as well and cover them with mine. Then I blow warm air inside and rub them a little. "Do you want some tea or something? The cup will be really warm then." "O-oh no, you don't have to...," but I'm already climbing off from him. He seems sort of sad, but then follows me.

We get to the kitchen and I start making the tea. Seven sits down behind the table and looks at me. I can feel how he's looking at me preparing the tea. It feels weird, yet nice - it's good when somebody is looking after you. I finally turn around to bring the tea. He's staring at me and smiling. "Thank you~~." He pours some for himself and holds the cup. His fingers turn from pale white to light red. "It does feel a little better like this, haha." We both smile. We start talking about absolutely random stuff like we do in the chatroom.

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