The Only

iv

Just a few months after their first semester ended Joohyun was at school, she could hardly pay attention to every class she attended. She just wanted the day to end so she’d just be on her bed, lying down. When she had no more classes to attend to, she immediately head out of the building. When she went outside, she thought she was dreaming but didn’t want to believe she was. Junmyeon was outside standing, he looked up and finally spotted Joohyun looking at him, he smiled of comfort and she immediately ran towards him and Junmyeon prepared himself for her hug.

They hugged and stayed like this for a while. Joohyun never called Junmyeon after the day they went to the movies together, she didn’t want him to be involve that much with her. She was mad for why he was here with her now, but all she could think right now was how happy she is that he was.

“How did you know?” They were still hugging

“Mother called me” Junmyeon pulled away from Joohyun enough to look at her, he could see how stressed she was. He frowned at this; he could only imagine how much she’d been through for the last few days. 

They were at the rooftop of Joohyun’s little apartment building lying down, it was nearly sunset. She didn’t speak that much, Junmyeon was waiting for Joohyun to be ready to share everything. He’d talk about anything to Joohyun; his silly stories with his friends he made at his university, the series of failed blind dates he went or at least his friends did. He had to make an effort to make her feel better, he even had to make an effort to throw more of his lame jokes at her. Whenever he saw her smile, he wanted her to stay like that.

“You’ve change, you know that?” Junmyeon was surprised at the sudden remark

“I don’t know, did I?”

“Yes, you don’t throw your lame jokes anymore, I see you trying to make more efforts than you usually did” Joohyun laughed “Honestly you’re better to be around with without your lame jokes” she joked.

“Hey if I were to recall, out of all the people I’ve been with you were the one who laughed the most at my lame jokes” Junmyeon pretended to be offended.

“I was doing it out of courtesy, you helped me out a lot when we first moved in town”

Junmyeon was left speechless at this so they just laughed it all off.

They were silent for a while “That me wouldn’t have thought her parents would get divorced just a few months after she enters college”

Junmyeon looked at Joohyun, she didn’t say anything else
Joohyun looked back at him and tried to make the most genuine smile she could at that moment.
Junmyeon pulled her into his arms, she rested her head on his chest and not after a while she started crying. Her tears were making his sweater wet but he didn’t mind, he let her cry and share everything she wanted to, he was just there listening to all of it.

After a while Joohyun stopped crying but was still on Junmyeon’s arms. They stayed like that for a while until Joohyun fell deep asleep. Junmyeon didn’t want to wake her up so he carried her back to her apartment and laid her down in bed. He couldn’t leave her so he stayed and slept at her couch.

Junmyeon woke up earlier than Joohyun. He immediately got up and started preparing breakfast for Joohyun. While he was cooking Joohyun woke up and walked towards the kitchen where Junmyeon was. Junmyeon saw her walk in, he looked back at her. For a while they stared at each other, after a few seconds Joohyun smiled at him and continued walking towards him. They hugged

“Thank you Junmyeon” Joohyun mumbled on his chest

“I told you, you’ll always have me, even if you won’t call me, I’ll always be here when you need me”

Joohyun pulled away and looked at him, smiling. This was what she needed; she was more assured now that he’ll always be there for her.
Seeing her smile, Junmyeon didn’t want anything else.