The next morning felt like an extraordinary morning. Sungmin woke up with pancakes and blueberry jam in front of him. Kyuhyun was
smiling all out proud that he was able to cook safely and alive. "Breakfast!" he said cheerfully. It looked so well-presented,
so mouth watering. Sungmin sat up and smiled.

"Wow..." his said with his morning voice making Kyuhyun looked at him meaningfully. He looked at the young man. "What?"

Kyuhyun leaned forward to kiss him shortly on the lips. "You have the most alluring morning voice." he said making Sungmin
blush so early in the morning.

Sungmin took the fork and knife and sliced one big part of the pancake and stuff it in his mouth. Seconds after, his face
turned red and eyes became watery, he looked flush and halfly puking. He started coughing. "What's wrong?" Kyuhyun asked but
Sungmin continuously cough waving his hand as if saying nothing is wrong.

When he finally swallow the pancake, he breathe out heavily and waved his hands again. "Nothing... nothing... I'm fine." he
said. Kyuhyun sensed that there must be something wrong with his pancakes. However when he looked at Sungmin happily munching
another bite, he really seemed fine already. What could be wrong this time? He knew he followed everything he read from the site
he googled it from. Nevertheless he still took one pancake to taste it and almost spit it out few chews after.

"Yah... yah..." he said starting to pack the pancake much to Sungmin's surprise.

"Aish~what?!" Sungmin complain as he tried taking back the plate, mouth is full and almost no space at all.

"I put chilli powder instead of cinnamon, stop eating this disgusting thing." Kyuhyun said embarrased.

"Yah...are you crazy?!" Sungmin said, mouth is full of the said disgusting stuff as if he doesn't mind. "I like spicy
pancakes...take your hands off of my food." he said snatching the plate away from Kyuhyun and turning his back as he continuously
eat the said thing...

Kyuhyun was touched with what he heard. He knows Sungmin never liked spicy food, much more 'spicy pancakes' he smiled. "Sungmin
ah..."

"Yah...get your own breakfast. I'm going to finish this." Sungmin said still filling up his mouth with the pancake, not looking
at Kyuhyun. The young man nodded with a gentle smile and walked out of the room to get his own food.
When he was gone, Sungmin stopped chewing as water filled his eyes. 'how can I just let you throw it? it was you who made it for me.'

Meanwhile, as soon as Kyuhyun stepped out of the room and closed the door, he held his chest and opened his mouth slightly to
free heavy sighs. He knows why Sungmin is acting like that. And cursed this day...why does it have to come? He sighed once
again and walked towards the kitchen.

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"Ready?" Kyuhyun said while looking at Sungmin. The older looked at him sharply.

"You may win a lot of times in computer games but not in this." he said. Kyuhyun looked at him and chuckled mockingly.

"What can your short legs do?" he asked.

"what your long legs cannot do."

"Enough talk."

Sungmin nodded and they both signal each other.

1

2

3

Go!

They started running completely undress in the field like what they talked about last night. The only thing they have is their
never ending smile. Kyuhyun, who mocked Sungmin's short legs, happen to be a not so good runner. He was quite surprised to see
his lover running unexpectedly fast leaving him behind.

Sungmin touched the tree which marks the end of their race. He won. He stood proudly while waiting for Kyuhyun who was still
struggling to run. He didn't mind being , afterall there's only him and Kyuhyun in that place. After a few moments of
waiting, Kyuhyun finally reach the tree, catching his breath and bending forward to slightly rest.

"So..." Sungmin walked forward with a proud grin. "What can your long legs do again?" Kyuhyun looked at him sharply while
Sungmin shrug his shoulder repeatedly teasing the younger. Kyuhyun could just smile while staring at the man in front of
him. He chuckled shortly as he saw his lover's skin, his eyes changed from simply looking to overly glaring. Sungmin
instantly changed his expression and covered his chest.

"Yah... Stop thinking what you're thinking!" he said as Kyuhyun walked closer to him with the same glare and obviously dirty smirk.

"You're thinking of the same thing, Min." he said when he noticed the older man looking at his exposed lower region.

"No I'm not..." Sungmin said, blushing. He started walking back to their place with a shy smile in his lips. He has seen 'it' a
million times and yet he still cannot stop himself from blushing everytime he lay his eyes on Kyuhyun's precious 'thing'. He
shook away his head to divert his mind. He startled when Kyuhyun was able to catch up with him quite fast this time. The young
man wrapped his arm around Sungmin's shoulder and they started walking together. The older looked at him with a wide smile.
"This is probably the craziest thing I've ever done." he told Kyuhyun. The young man smiled as well as Sungmin rested his head on
his lover's shoulder while wrapping both his arms on Kyuhyun's waist and continued walking.

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"Name?" Sungmin asked as they sat against a big window of the living room. This time, with clothes on them.

"Cho.Kyu.Hyun"

"Birthday?"

"3rd February 1988"

Sungmin nodded as he watches Kyuhyun answer the questions effortlessly.

"Favourite food?"

"Sungmin's milky white ski-"

"Yah!" Sungmin said blushing. Kyuhyun chuckled shortly.

"Kimchi rice with soup"

"Favourite drink?"

"Sungmin's juicy-" before he could even finish, Sungmin hit his shoulder lightly making him laugh a bit.

"Water."

Sungmin nodded and keep silent. "My turn." Kyuhyun said.

"Name?"

"Lee.Sung.Min"

"Birthday?"

"1st January 1986"

"Favourite hobby?"

"Playing guitar"

"Favourite colour?"

"Pink"

"Favourite time of the day?"

Sungmin smiled "8pm" Kyuhyun looked at him as he knows what the older does during that time. That is waiting for him in front of
his condominium. Kyuhyun smiled. Sungmin looked at him.

"Best experience of your life?" Sungmin asked.

"I won the math triathlon for 3 years in a row when I was in Secondary High"

Sungmin nodded and looked again. "Unforgettable day of your life?"

Kyuhyun looked away and smiled shortly. "Some random beautiful man walked pass me when I was about to register in our school."

"Some random guy huh?" Sungmin said sarcastically while nodding looking a bit jealous, biting his lips while looking down. Who
could that random guy be? Why does it have to be an unforgettable day for Kyuhyun?

"Yah...you really didn't know?" Kyuhyun looked at him when he sensed jealousy. "That was the first time I saw you." Sungmin was
surprise to hear it. Was it really? He cannot remember. The younger sighed. "Yeah... I'm not that attractive that's why you
didn't notice me back then."

Sungmin really cannot remember it so he just smile. "You're really unattractive that's why I didn't notice you." he said teasing.

Kyuhyun rolled his eyes and looked at Sungmin. "Unforgettable day of your life?"

Sungmin thought shortly. "a random unattractive man came to the bake shop I was working at and bought some strawberry cake."

Kyuhyun smiled without looking at him. They both recall that time when Sungmin awkwardly smile as the younger introduced
himself.

"Your favourite person?" Sungmin asked.

Kyuhyun smiled. "Lee.Sung.Min." he looked at the older man. "Your favourite person?"

"I have 2...first Lee Donghae second Cho Kyuhyun. Person you love the most?"

"Lee.Sung.Min." he looked at the older looking down and smiling. "Person you loved the most?"

"Lee Donghae."

Kyuhyun anticipated that answer and even if he was disappointed...he knew the answer himself.

"Person you hate the most?" the young man asked this time his voice softer than awhile ago.

Sugmin looked down shortly. "Lee Donghae." if he doesn't love his younger brother too much he could have just let himself and
Kyuhyun be together without thinking of anything or anyone. He hates Donghae because he cannot stop worrying about him, he hates
him for being so important in his own life. He hates Donghae for being unable to hate him at all.

He looked at Kyuhyun with a short smile. "The person you hate the most." Kyuhyun pouted and think a bit before nodding.

"I have two... Lee Donghae and Lee Sungmin."

"Why do you hate me?" Sungmin looked at him with a cute concern reaction.

"I hate you for loving Donghae more than me." Kyuhyun said pouting and looking so defensive. "Tsch."

"First person you think of when you wake up?" Kyuhyun ask...

"Cho.Kyu.Hyun." Kyuhyun nodded with the answer quite satisfied.

"Last person you think of before you sleep?" Sungmin asked.

"Lee.Sung.Min."

"Person you want to be with for the rest of your life?"

Silence.

A long silence.

Kyuhyun knows the name he will hear. It will never be him. Sungmin has been inseparable with Donghae and he knows that maybe
his lover of his is just thinking of a way no to hurt him with the answer he knows. He was about to repeat his question but...

"Cho.Kyu.Hyun."

Sungmin doesn't need to think twice because it is the truth. He wants to spend the rest of his life with Kyuhyun. If only he could,
if only there is no younger brother waiting for Kyuhyun to go back. If only there is him and Kyuhyun, he'd live for the rest of
his life with this person. He doesn't need to think twice, it is his most honest and sincere answer.

Kyuhyun looked at him for awhile. He expected to hear a Lee Donghae for an answer but when he heard his own name, he felt
like his eyes started filling up with water. Sungmin looked down knowing that he'll shed tears if he will meet the young man's
eyes.

"Sungmin ah..." he called. The older thought about it at first but he decided to look at him and was quite shock to see water
in his lover's eyes. Kyuhyun looked at him and suddenly bit his lips which he doesn't usually do. He swallowed a bit.
"Let's stay this way. Let's not go back anymore."

Sungmin smiled comfortably. "Yes, let's do that."

It's afterall a crazy day, they can say whatever they want. And pretend they can do whatever they want. They don't need to go back
if that's what they want.

"Let's forget about Donghae, we both hate him anyway." Kyuhyun said smiling and crying at the same time. Sungmin almost
chuckled. He nodded with a smile.

"Let's do that."

"Let's be together for the rest of our lives." Sungmin nodded as Kyuhyun wrapped his arms around the older man. He buried his
head on Sungmin's shoulder sniffing his every scent. Kyuhyun shed a bit more tears wetting the sleeve of the older. Sungmin just
patted him on the shoulder.

"Yah...we still have time to play outside before it gets dark. Let's go." Sungmin said. He cannot cry anymore.

If he does...

If he does...

If does...he knows it'll weaken his decision to let Kyuhyun go back.

For real that is...

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"Scissors, paper, stone!" they both said as they throw their hand. Sungmin paper. Kyuhyun scissors. Sungmin lose.

Sungmin looked up feeling a great lost while Kyuhyun showed a hehehehe expression. Sungmin squat down and Kyuhyun wrapped his
arms around the older's neck ready to be carried on the short man's back.

"Yah! Stop making yourself heavy!" Sungmin said.

"Aish~! quickly!" Kyuhyun said as Sungmin struggles in walking. 10 paces before the other goes down. Sungmin stretched his back
once again when the younger went down from being carried. He touched his shoulders and twisted his neck a bit ready for the
next battle.

"I'm so going to win this." Sungmin said.

"Tsch. Dream on, Min. You're going to carry me until we reach the small hill." Kyuhyun said.

"Scissors, paper, stone!" Sungmin rock. Kyuhyun scissors. Sungmin win.

"Aish~!" he said as Sungmin almost jump in happiness; he clapped his hands and show a childish silly face towards the young man.
Kyuhyun squat down and lifted Sungmin who is behind him. "Yah! You're so short but you're very heavy. What have you been eating?" he
complaint.

Sungmin hit him lightly while the other hand is wrapped around the young man's neck. "I'm not heavy, you just lack exercise!"

"I don't lack exercise, Min. You're seriously heavy." Kyuhyun said already panting when he did his 7th step.

"Just shut up and walk!"

"Scissors, paper, stone!" Sungmin scissors. Kyuhyun stone. Sungmin lose.

Sungmin struggled greatly when Kyuhyun lazily rest on his back with arms resting and extended in front of the older man. It was as
if his whole weight is being carried by Sungmin. He didn't complain at all but he is starting to pant heavily. "Still ok?"
Kyuhyun asked when he heard the panting.

"Yeah... I'll win double this time." Sungmin said looking at him sharply.

"Hehehe... you wish."

"Scissors, paper, stone!" Sungmin stone. Kyuhyun paper. Sungmin lose.

"Aish~!" he said as he squat down and waited for Kyuhyun. The young man by jumping on his back making Sungmin almost
tumble on the ground. After 10 steps, Sungmin was already tired but he wouldn't give up. He blow his fist wishing for a different
kind of luck as he looks at Kyuhyun sharply. "I'm going to win this." He closed his eyes and let his hand decide.

"Scissors, paper, stone!" Sungmin scissors. Kyuhyun stone. No, Kyuhyun cheated.

Sungmin's eyes are still closed giving Kyuhyun enough time to change. Sungmin scissors. Kyuhyun paper. Sungmin win.

The older looked at the result with one eye and started jumping like crazy when he saw that he won. Kyuhyun looked like he was
in agony even if he knows that he changed it for real. He acted. He refused to squat down and doesn't want his lover to be
carried by him.

"Yah, yah, yah! Accept your fate, squat down and carry me!" Sungmin said patting Kyuhyun gently and wanting him to squat down
immediately.

"You're so heavy, Min. I don't want to carry you!" he said jokingly. He still squat down and carried Sungmin. Alright here it goes.

The moment Lee Sungmin rested on his back, he started walking slowly. Sungmin's smile slowly disappear as he held Kyuhyun tightly,
carressing his own cheek at the side of Kyuhyun's hair. This is it. The end.

"Sungmin ah... I lied." Kyuhyun said. "I'm sorry... I thought we can forget the world."

Sungmin looked down and shook his head. It's not the world they cannot forget. It is Donghae.

Kyuhyun looked at the side and met Sungmin's eyes. They smiled at each other gently and let their lips be together for a while.
The young man still carrying him on his back. Deeper and deeper, even a kiss of forever has to end. Their lips separated. Sungmin
folded his lips together and held on to Kyuhyun even tighter. They've already made the 10th step. He has to go down. But somehow
both of the refused to make a move.

Kyuhyun sniffed and sighed with a smile. "10 more steps and then let's go back." Sungmin hid his face in between his left arm
and the young man's shoulder when he nodded.

Kyuhyun took one step at a time, looking in front with a force smile. He counted his steps.

1...

2...

Sungmin sniffed as he cried silently behind Kyuhyun's back. He felt Kyuhyun's steps getting slower as the number in his counting
increases. "Kyuhyun ah..."

Kyuhyun stopped at the 6th step. Sungmin lifted his head and looked at him with a smile. "In the next life, I promise to confess
to you before Donghae does." Kyuhyun chuckled and looked away.

"You won't do that." he looked at Sungmin ever so gently and with a calming smile. "Because I will confess to you right after I
find you." Sungmin freed a wide smile. It is a promise. In the next life, it will be their turn to be real and then they will
be together without thinking about anything or anyone... including Donghae.

Kyuhyun sniffed and cleared his throat as continued walking again.

7... he stopped for a while and thought whether to continue walking or just stand there for the rest of their lives so that
Sungmin won't need to go. It's not true that Sungmin is heavy, and even if it is true he'd be willing to carry him for the rest
of his life but- He closed his eyes and make another step.

8... Sungmin tighten his hold on Kyuhyun as he rest his head on the younger's shoulder. He doesn't want to be anymore inch apart
from him. They both close their eyes as his lover make another step.

9... They both sighed deeply. Sungmin lifted his head and looked at Kyuhyun. The young man met his eyes. "Kiss me." Sungmin said.
Kyuhyun looked at Sungmin's face and let their lips be together for probably the last time of this lifetime. The softest, most
enticing lips he will ever taste; Kyuhyun doesn't want to let go, even stretching his neck a bit to reach out for a little bit
more when Sungmin moved his lips away. He smiled at the older man.

This is it.

10... For a while they didn't speak or make any sound. They just stay like that. Kyuhyun standing leaning forward a bit. His hands
around Sungmin's thighs, his head bent a little downwards, eyes teary and looking down on the ground, lips folded together almost
biting it.
Sungmin's head resting behind the young man's head, his arms tight around his lover's neck and his heart pounding with so
much loneliness opposite Kyuhyun's back.

He went down and Kyuhyun straighten up. They looked at each other. It's already getting dark, the night has come. Their crazy
day has ended.

"Let's go back." Kyuhyun said offering his hand to Sungmin.

"Uhm." Sungmin said accepting the hand. They walked together back to the rest house. Hands interlaced... for the last time.

 
Let's go...  back to where we're supposed to be.

*Author's note: We're so close to the end. Please hang in there!
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