hiraeth - park jisung

9

"yo hyunz"
"yo sungz" we look at each other and high five as the boys look at us like we're idiots.
"you guys are so weird"

it's been a couple months or so since we met chenji and we all have been going over to marks house every weekend for sleepovers and free food.

"alright who's sleeping on the couch tonight!" you see, we have air mattresses but not enough for all of us, so one of us take turns sleeping uncomfortably on the tiny couch.

"not me!" we all shout and start yelling over each other.
"oh gosh i'll take it guys" renjun amusingly rolls his eyes and we all cheer.
"okay gang now that we figured that out, its time to sleep!" mark claps his hands like a camp counselor and donghyuck lets out a laugh.
"gosh mark you sound like a 40 year old" he slaps the flustered elders back and ends up getting chased around the small apartment complex.

1:07am

"hyun?"
"jisung?" we call each others name in the silent living room, knowing we were both wide awake.
"wanna go get a snack from the 7/11 downstairs? i'm hungry" i can practically hear jisung's cheeky smile as i respond with a small hum.

we both stand up, me grabbing jeno's hoodie from the floor and throwing it on.

"let's go!" i whisper yell, getting excited for a late night 'adventure'

...

"jeez it's cold" i hug myself to create some warmth as jisung nods and opens the door for me.

we walk into the quiet convenience store and instantly split up to head to our designated snacks.

every weekend before we go into mark's place, we all come here and grab our designated snacks.

me with drinks, jisung with sweets, jaemin with chips, etc

we meet up at the register, me holding onto a bottle of peach juice and a carton of chocolate milk, and him with two candy bars. i smile at the thought of eating sweets behind the guys backs. we pay at the register, the part timer barely awake, and head to the seats indoors.

"look they changed the design!" jisung lights up looking at the new characters on the candy bars.
"you're so cute dude" i look at him, feeling a smile form on my face just from his energy when

*boom*

thunder

i look at jisung, him already looking back at me with the same fear in his eyes.

...

3:42am

"you know what i hate the most?" jisung starts off our next conversation topic as the rest of the boys soft snores could be heard.
"what?"
"rain. specifically thunderstorms" he shakes his head at the thought.
"shut the fuck up- me too!" i whisper shout and turn to face him.
"why do we have so much in common?!"

...

we finish off our snacks and throw our trash away and i gulp in fear of going outside. i can sense jisung's fear as well.

"what do we do?" i ask the boy, actually fearing for my life.
"ok ok ok we just need to calm down and walk like five long legged steps to marks building. we got this" he grabs my wrist and runs out the door.

"oh. no." he looks up to meet my eyes with the most genuine fear filled expression i've ever seen on him.
"what?! sung open the door!"
"w-we're locked out hyun" he jiggles the doorknob one more time before giving up.

"w-what the fuck do you mean we're locked out?! oh no"
"huh??" i see jisungs face contort into a face of confusion when he pulls out a keychain from his pocket.
"my house keys! i left them here! if we really want to- we can call a taxi and crash at my place! we're sAved hyun!"
"woohoo!! let's go!" i whisper yell for the nth time today while we call a taxi to come pick us up.

yeah yeah tedious and very dramatic i know- but our fear is very genuine!