Pink Umbrella

Wooyoung is standing in the hallway of the school.
He looks through the window of the front door waiting for the rain to stop pouring outside because he doesn't want his backpack to get wet.
But he also doesn't want to arrive home too late.
"I should have brought my umbrella with me." he thinks. "I thought it was going to be sunny all day."
Suddenly Choi San, the most popular guy in school, walk past him.
Wooyoung's cheeks turn warmer as he stares at the guy's handsome face.
When San looks at him, Wooyoung looks away, pretending that he didn't stare at all.
His heart flutters like a butterfly.
San zips his backpack and takes out a cherry blossom pink umbrella.
He walks over to Wooyoung.
"Would you like to share my umbrella with me?" he asks.
Wooyoung nods shyly.
The popular guy smiles. "Alright, let's go outside."

They walk outside through the front door.
The sound of the rain dripping gets louder.
Rain drops fall on them, leaving wet dots on their clothes.
San clicks the bottom spring and opens the umbrella.
Wooyoung hears the rain dripping on it.
The popular guy carries it above himself.
Then he grabs Wooyoung's upper arm, pulling him closer to him under it, shielding him from the rain.
Wooyoung's cheeks turn as pink as the umbrella and hopes that he doesn't notice.

"Where do you live? I'll walk you home." San says.
"Uhm..." he responds. "Flower Stem Street 8"
"I'm not sure where that is, but I'll follow you there until it stops raining."
Wooyoung's heart, which has been crushing on him since the day he saw him for the first time, has started to fall more in love with him.

San follows his footsteps, as they walk, while the umbrella is keeping them dry.
"May I hold your hand?" the guy asks.
Butterflies tickle inside his stomach. "Yes." he replies.
Then San takes his hand.
The touch of it makes him blush again.
This feels like a sweet dream to him.

It starts to get warmer.
Wooyoung doesn't know if it is the sun or if it is San that has made him feel that way.
Then it gets lighter and he stops hearing the sound of the rain.
"Well..." San says. "I guess it has stopped raining." He rests the umbrella pole on his shoulder.
Wooyoung looks up at the sky. "You're right." he says. "So I guess I have to leave you now."
"Before you go," the popular guy says. "There is something I would like to tell you."
"Huh?"
"Jung Wooyoung, I have a crush on you."
"What?" his eyes widen of surprise.
"When I first saw you, I wanted to be your friend." he says. "But then I fell for you." He fidgets by spinning the umbrella, while it is still on his shoulder. "So... how do you feel about me?"
"I..." he responds. "I like you too."
"Would you like to be my boyfriend?"
He nods.
"Well... see you tomorrow." San says, smiling at him. He walks away while still holding his umbrella.
Wooyoung smirks as he walks on his way home.
The sun shines on his happy face.
He hopes that San will become his umbrella, who protects him.