“Here,”

Is it that his small hope were fulfilled?

Or it could have been that it was his routine,

Either way, he walked near to the man standing in the same place, looking at the river.

When Woohyun lent him the can coffee that he took as he left his house,

the usual eyes filled with question greeted him.

“Don’t you feel cold?

“Ah… yes, thank you,”

Shortly after staring at his smile- the smile where all fans die for- he received the coffee with a tank you. But he just started rolling the can in his hands, not wanting to drink it yet.

“Honestly, it has been days that I starting looking at you,”

“Really? I didn’t know that.”

“…What is your name?”

“Huh?”

“We should at least know our names, right?”

To be honest, it was quite forcedly said. It was just one of Woohyun’s curiosity problems, but the man seemed like he was quietly thinking of his words.

“I am Kim Sunggyu,”

Soon, the answer that Woohyun wanted was heard.

Kim Sunggyu…. Sunggyu…

Woohyun murmured his name. It was a pretty name.

“Ah… I am-“

“I know. You’re Nam Woohyun, right?”

“Uh?!! You know me?”

“Who doesn’t know Nam Woohyun in this country,”

the famous Nam Woohyun, right?

Sunggyu answered him calmly, even with noisy questions. Even Woohyun was used to people noticing him, it came to him differently as Sunggyu knew his name. He can’t stop himself from smiling from the being proud.

“But why didn’t you say that yesterday?”

“I didn’t know that an idol is someone that I can see everyday… also yesterday, I didn’t know that it was you.”

I also didn’t know that idols can’t speak that much.

Woohyun hmph-ed as he remembered how he spoke last morning. Looking at Sunggyu’s smile, it seemed like it was his kind of joke. Woohyun was happy at how Sunggyu’s face started smiling as he was talking to him. He wanted to protect this moment.

“Don’t you have other idols that you like?”

“No… I don’t have in particular, why?”

“Then be my fan, will you? You know how I love my fans, right? I never saw anyone that regretted being my fan.”

Sunggyu couldn’t help but laugh at Woohyun’s confident statement and his proud face.

Woohyun seemed like a person filled with every beautiful and wonderful things in life.

Sunggyu said yes, loving the warmth and brightness he has, that he doesn’t.

“Then, today at home, search about Nam Woohyun! Homework!”

“What? You give homeworks to fans?”

“You’re a special case. Don’t die, since you promised to be my fan, okay?”

Don’t die, and search about Nam Woohyun. I’m going to ask about it tomorrow.

Again, he made reason for him to not die. Even if that was a reason, with no sense, Sunggyu just smiled, and nodded. When Sunggyu smiled, Woohyun smiled as his face was filled with happines.

It was a smile that gave warmth to the cold morning air.

-!-

Since today, the weather is nice, don’t die, okay?

Since today I have a radio later, don’t die, okay?

Since today there is a TV program that I appear in so don’t die, okay?

It was a relay of reasons without sense. But even with those, Sunggyu smile, and nodded in affirmation, and he waited for Woohyun every morning.

It has already been 2 weeks that he has been giving those ridicules reasons. It already became a routine for them to meet each other every morning.

But Woohyun was afraid of the slight darkness that were sometimes shown in Sunggyu’s eyes. But still, he couldn’t ask why. He was scared and was afraid that he would disappear when he will ask the reason for his darkness, so he smiled, laughed and played around him. Since he hoped that he would smile, at least the times together.

“Ahh… my throat...”

While that happened, the comeback date was set. Even it wasn’t officially stated, it was quite ‘official’ within the company. It could have been that, that Woohyun practiced until very late yesterday night, that lead him to cough. Maybe he caught cold.

If the manager knew, he would say that he should rest in a instant. Since he knew that, he prepares to go out, pushing the call for later. He shouldn’t stop the morning routine, even to his death.

He wore a hoddie and a hat, and ran to the place where they always meet.

“Sunggyu-ssi!”

“Ah, you’re here!”

Sunggyu greeted him, who was running towards him like a puppy, with a smile. Woohyun also smiled at his smiling face. In the same place, they leaned onto the bridge and talked about how he was yesterday, did anything special happen… smile and laughter did not stop as they talked.

“Ah, by the way, my comeback date is set now!”

“Really? You are having a comeback with the song last time?”

“Yes, yes! It’s my first time telling this to someone. I don’t tell this for nothing, but specially for you, being my fan. You don’t regret being my fan, right?”

Sunggyu smiled sweetly at Woohyun who was proudly facing him. Yes, no regrets. Even with him saying it himself, saying that he shouldn’t regret being his fan, he coughed embarrassedly when Sunggyu agreed his words.

Ah, I almost forgot!

Woohyun faced Sunggyu as he slowly recovered from the embarrassment.

“Since you knew my comeback date, don’t die, okay?”

“…….”

Sunggyu stayed silence, unlike the usual him that should answer immediately. Woohyun felt suddenly felt afraid at his different reaction, and his blank eyes that showed that he was thinking. Whatever Sunggyu was supposed to be saying what scared him most is his silence.

“Woohyun-ssi”

“…”

“Woohyun-ssi….”

“…Yes?”

Can you do me a favor?

-Thank you for reading!