Double meaning ending(?)

"Hello?? Is anybody here???"

His voice rang out throughout the observatory, pushing the door more, causing a dull scratching sound to echo throughout the area too. From what Jeonghan could tell, the observatory was practically abandoned by the school. The long-haired boy couldn't help but scoff slightly at discovering that there was no "warning" to follow by that he kept hearing about.

"Never come here because dangerous reasons" my ! I may be a transfer student but I'm no idiot! he rolls his eyes as he closes the slightly dusty door behind him. The only reasons why he came was 1) he was curious from such a warning, 2) he likes astrology because- well- stars are pretty, and 3) astronomy was just nostalgic for him.

He was amazed by how large the observatory was though, what with the rows of chairs set up in an arch and a large telescope facing to the ceiling where a realistic imitation of stars in a night sky was painted onto the ceiling, the lights on the walls providing dim lighting for the observatory. The observatory was absolutely breath-taking though, making Jeonghan really wonder why no one wanted to come here.

Slowly, he begins to walk along the back of the chairs of the observatory as he gazed at the roof before realizing that he reached the end of the arch of the rows of chair and the other half had an old chalk board on the wall but on the ground there was a figure laying on a blanket on the floor with a small book over their face.

Jeonghan wondered if he even woke up the other boy as he slowly walked up to him before feeling himself be abruptly yanked down and all of a sudden he was on the blanket and was staring up at a boy messy black hair and dark brown eyes glaring down at him as he pinned him down.

"What do you want?" he practically spat with his deep voice.

"Um- I just wanted to see the observatory...?" Jeonghan had never felt as meek and pathetic as this before and yet even with that fear, there was something familiar reflected in his eyes.

With one last glare, he finally lets go of Jeonghan before sitting on what was left of the blanket, grabbing his book and ignoring Jeonghan's presence as he returns to reading his book.

Awkwardly, Jeonghan tries to start a conversation with the familiar looking stranger, "Er- I haven't seen you before... do you not attend class?" he only received a grunt from the boy, making Jeonghan realize that the latter didn't want to socialize and probably came here to do exactly that. Jeonghan couldn't help but huff indignantly as he pushed himself to sit up and tug his legs in with his arms before placing his chin on his knees and gazing at the star imitators.

'Pegasus... Orion... Ursa Major...' Jeonghan tried to find as many constellations as to try to ignore the other.

"That's Cetus."

Or not, as Jeonghan realized as he turned to the other in surprise, who was paying no attention to meeting gazes.

"Only the winter constellations are painted onto the roof and Ursa Major is a summer constellation, plus it doesn't even have the right stars to make the proper shape of the leg."

He was about to ask when he was interrupted.

"You were saying your thoughts out loud, dummy."

At that, Jeonghan's face heated up before he turned away from the latter and pouted, feeling annoyed by the other student. They sat in silence for the remainder of lunch before the bell rang. As Jeonghan got up, he noticed that the stranger didn't move or jolt or anything, giving Jeonghan his answer that he did indeed skip class. He didn't know why he hesitated as he headed for the exit, somewhere within him he was hoping that the boy would suddenly get up and run after him but when he looked back he was still in the same position as before.

"... My name is Jeonghan, by the way..." Jeonghan murmured quietly, not quite sure as to whether he hoped that the latter would hear him or not before quickly leaving as he realized how dumb he looked.

Jeonghan swears that he's not in denial as he comes into the observatory the next day- again- he liked stars and that student just reminds him of someone. The last part is more-so on the tip of his tongue but he forgot that as soon as he saw the student sitting there in the center of the blanket, reading a different book from yesterday, yet again not even moving with Jeonghan's presence.

He also swears that he's not pouting when he stomps over to the student before sitting on the floor that wasn't covered by the blanket that the boy was sitting on. Unconsciously, he lets out a huff as he stares at the latter from the corner of his eyes before he heard a meow. Obviously he was confused so when he looked down he realized that there was a kitten in the stranger's lap, stretching from having a nap.

"... Is there such thing as a cat constellation?" Jeonghan blurted out, watching the kitten perk up before curiously walking over to him. He reached out, watching the kitten look and sniff his hand before moving up against his hand, making the long-haired boy smile at the sight before petting the kitten.

"There's Felis but no one knows about that constellation that much," surprisingly, the boy answered.

"Really? Do you know where it is?"

"It's a spring constellation, so no."

"Then did you name the kitten Felis?" Jeonghan asked curiously but only received silence.

The long-haired boy pouts as it didn't seem like the boy wouldn't answer anytime soon so he looks down to the kitten instead, who decided to lay against his thigh.

"What made you so interested in constellations?"

Is he starting the conversation for once? Jeonghan was confused as to why he would ask such a thing after ignoring his first question but since that there seemed to be some sort of progress, he answered slowly, "Well, when I was little, I had a childhood friend... and we would always stay outside at night and just stare at the starry skies, sometimes we would connect our own stars and name our own constellations... it was nice while it lasted, but he had to move at one point but I was too young to really remember his name anymore, which is funny considering that he was my first love... I guess my interest for constellations are for the nostalgia factor."

The bell suddenly rung, making Jeonghan get up and head to the door with rusty hinges, passing one last glance at the stranger and the kitten before leaving.

The very next day, Jeonghan decided to visit again, walking to where he found the strange boy last time to see that he sat on one side of the blanket, leaving the other half of the blanket empty. He thought that maybe the stranger warmed up to him or something like that but he quickly dismissed such a thought, moving to sit on the cold floor by the empty half of the blanket before looking up at the sky, wondering if the stranger even remembered his name.

He heard shuffling beside him before he looks over to see that the boy had moved over to sit by Jeonghan.

Oh... realization struck Jeonghan that he was suppose too sit on the other half of the blanket, making him blush a little in embarrassment.

"Is Felis not here...?" Jeonghan asked awkwardly, looking away from the boy so that the latter wouldn't see him blushing.

"He was a stray, so he probably left the campus."

The sentence made a lot more sense to the long-haired boy, thinking about how the kitten's fur felt rather dirty.

"So his name was Felis?" he hesitated when looking back to the stranger, who didn't seem to have move his head at all from his books.

"No, but considering that you seem to be obsessed with the idea of a cat constellation, I took a 'wild guess' as to who you were referring to."

Jeonghan pouted, "I'm not obsessed with the idea of a cat constellation! It's just that the last constellation my childhood sweethear- friend and I made happened to be a constellation for a cat because we thought that a cat constellation didn't exist!"

He didn't answer again, making him slightly irritated with how the boy seemed to be playing with him. Jeonghan tried to glare at the boy, but the more that he did, the more his gaze softened as it suddenly felt like the stranger was rather nostalgic. The irritated feeling slowly disappeared as a yearning feeling replaced it, an old feeling he hadn't felt since his childhood sweetheart left.

'Ah... I still miss him...' he realized as he turned away to look at the floor, not really wanting to look at the imitation stars.

"What was he like?"

The long-haired boy looked up, asking for clarification before the stranger added, "Your childhood sweetheart," the words making Jeonghan feel flustered from such a slip-up.

"He... was a weirdo. He didn't like to talk to any of the kids and he would rather look at the stars all day than speak a single word. It was a miracle that I could even befriend him. Hearts really work in weird ways considering that my first instinct was to hate him when he ignored me," Jeonghan mumbled.

The boy only hummed in response to tell him that he was listening.

"Why do you skip class?" Jeonghan asked back, wanting to drag the topic away from such memories.

"I don't like people, plus I'm the principal's son so I can get away with plenty of things as long as I make up work some other time. Since the observatory is abandoned, I can always stay here too," he answered for once.

The abrupt bell had rung yet again, making Jeonghan sigh as their conversations always seemed too short due to the lack of responses he can get from the student. He get up and pats off dust from his trousers before heading towards the exit.

'Maybe he'll forever be a stranger...'

"You really are a dummy, always saying your thoughts out loud," he called back rather loudly, making Jeonghan turn to glare at the boy for still calling him a 'dummy'. Jeonghan lets out a huff before turning around before hearing one last thing from the stranger.

"Wonwoo."

By then, the door had already shut, so Jeonghan couldn't really ask the boy with ease unless he wanted to be late for his class what with the door being too old to function with ease. He was forced to walk down the hallways thinking about what he was referring to before smiling in realization.

"So that was his name..."