Daehyun’s POV

‘’Do you want something to drink?’’ I asked the blonde stranger.

‘’Yes please, that would be nice.’’ He smiled at me. It was a nice and warm smile and I decided I liked it a lot. I wanted to see it more.

He sat himself on my couch and eyed my apartment as an awkward silence filled the room. The place where I lived wasn’t really spacious and neither was there much furniture. For one of the first time ever, I felt conscious about what someone thought of my place. I wanted the cute guy to like my apartment. For some unknown reason, I wanted him to feel comfortable here and to like the idea of coming to my place. What was I thinking? It’s not like he’s going to come here many times anyway, he just came to give me something I forgot, I shouldn’t make false hopes.

As I entered my little kitchen, I realised I didn’t even know what he liked. I opened my fridge anyway, to see that there weren’t many choices. Damn me for not having guests over. I wasn’t used to having someone here besides Yongguk, and the latter was used to my apartment so I didn’t have to worry about having something in the fridge.

I got back to the living room to see the boy holding his phone in front of him and making faces; he was taking selcas. He made a cute smiling face, then a weird face. I couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight; he was really adorable.

He jumped at the sound of me chuckling and he looked at me shyly, letting out an awkward laugh. ‘’Hmm… Hi. I was just… bored, so…’’ He seemed slightly embarrassed and he looked at the ground.

I just chuckled even more at how adorable he looked and said, ‘’Don’t be embarrassed, you’re cute.’’ His cheeks turned slightly pink and I couldn’t help but smile as I continued, ‘’I just had to ask you what you want to drink? I don’t have a wide variety; there’s water, milk, Coke and apple juice…’’

‘’Apple juice? That’s my favourite!’’ He smiled happily like a kid who’s having candies, just because I had his favorite juice. I liked it, his simplicity, how he didn’t need much to smile, to be happy. It made me smile, widely. His joy was charming, and contagious.

‘’Alright, I’ll be back with apple juice. You can take cute selcas in that time…’’ I said teasingly and he just looked at me and stick out his tongue, but still he took his phone, ready to take pictures as soon as I’d turn my back. I just chuckled as I made my way back to the kitchen.

I took a glass of apple juice and a glass of water for me and entered the living room again, welcomed by the same sight as before.

‘’Here, take your glass.’’ I said as I handed the juice to the still-unknown-named guy and I sat on a sofa in front of him.

‘’So, I didn’t even ask, what’s your name?’’ I asked him, eager to have a name to put on that handsome face in front of me.

‘’I’m Yoo Youngjae! You?’’ He exclaimed happily and I decided I liked that name. Yoo Youngjae. It fits him perfectly. It’s a beautiful name; even just the sound of it is great to hear.

‘’I’m Daehyun. Jung Daehyun.’’ Youngjae looked at me and started laughing; a singular, yet cute laugh. Despite its kinda weird sound, it sounded just like a melody to my ears, it was like an happy song, expressing joy beautifully.

I smiled awkwardly, what could he even be laughing for? Maybe I was supposed to be offended, maybe he was laughing at my name. And just as I thought that, I realised there wasn’t really any other reason for him to laugh; no doubt he was laughing at my name. Yet, I couldn’t be offended.

‘’What is it?’’ I asked, really curious.

‘’It’s just that, the way you said it… I don’t know. ‘Daehyun. Jung Daehyun.’ ‘’ He imitated my voice and just laughed even more. ‘’You can’t just say Jung Daehyun like a normal person and it just makes me think of ‘Bond. James Bond’ and I don’t know… It’s really funny to me!’’ And he just kept on laughing. I smiled at his explanation and then totally started laughing with him. I don’t really know why, but his laugh was just as contagious as his smile.

After we finished laughing, the room fell silent. Not an awkward silence though, just… silent. We could have stayed forever without talking and it would just feel comfortable.

‘’So, is it a long time since you’re living here? I’ve never seen you around before this morning.’’ I finally asked.

‘’No, I moved recently. Actually, I wasn’t living this far, maybe 30 minutes from here, but I just moved in here, at my friend’s house.’’ Youngjae answered.

‘’At your friend’s house? You’re not living with your parents or alone?’’

‘’Well… I’m still in school and I don’t have money to pay an apartment. And… I was living with my parents actually but… they kinda… get violent, often, so… I moved out.’’ His eyes lost that sparkle of joy and I didn’t like the sight of him being sad. I liked joy better in these beautiful eyes of him. The only thing I wondered was… With whom his parents were violent? Each other, or Youngjae? I hoped it was the first option. I know it isn’t nice to hope that, his parents don’t deserve this but… I just couldn’t imagine the blonde angel being beaten up, I couldn’t imagine some bruises and marks hiding under his sweatshirt.

As much as I wanted to know, I didn’t want to ask him, so I just asked something else, ‘’Oh.. I’m sorry. Is it the friend with whom you were at the café this morning?’’

He looked at me curiously, smirking. ‘’Because you noticed me?’’ I looked at him and smirked too, ‘’Of course, who wouldn’t have notice such a handsome guy? You’re worth noticing, you know.’’ He blushed at my words and I was proud of it. ‘’Well, thanks. To answer your question, yes it’s the one I was with this morning, his name is Himchan. And I have to say you’re good looking too.’’ I smiled at it. Me, good looking? Well, many people told me that so I guess I must be… But everytime somebody complimented me on my look I never really cared. So what if I’m handsome? It won’t change anything in those people’s life, will it? But for the first time, it made me feel amazingly great. Youngjae thought I was good looking, uh? Then I would make everything so he could see how really good looking I was.

‘’Thanks.’’ I casually said and he just replied with a smile.

‘’Oh! I just realised I haven’t even given you your iPod’’ Youngjae exclaimed suddenly.

‘’What do you mean? My iPod is right here in my back pocket.’’ I said as I put my hand in my pocket to… realise it wasn’t there. ‘’What? Where the hell did it go?!’’

Youngjae searched in his back pocket too and handed me my iPod. ‘’I just told you that I had it. That’s exactly why I came here, to give it to you.’’ Youngjae explained. Oh yeah, I had forgot he came here to give something to me.

‘’Ah right, thank you! I didn’t even realise I lost it!’’ And it was true. I usually always make sure that I have it and I listen to music most of the time so I realise if I don’t have it. Could I really have thought about Youngjae so much that I forgot my iPod? He better feel special, it doesn’t happen often!

Just then, my stomach grumbled; I was hungry.

‘’Ah… I should go home. You probably want me to go anyway, I don’t want to bother you anymore, I was just here to give you that so…’’ He said while lazily getting up.

I lost my joy and I immediately said, ‘’No! I mean, don’t worry, you’re not bothering. You can stay if you want.’’

‘’I’d like to but… Himchan is waiting for me and he’s probably worried already.’’ He unfortunately said and we both looked at each other with the same feeling in our face: we didn’t want him to leave.

‘’So… Thank you for the apple juice.’’ We both laughed lightly at that. ‘’And maybe – I hope - we’ll see each other soon..? I really liked to meet you Jung Daehyun.’’

‘’Yeah, I hope too. Do you go often at the little café? Because I do, so maybe I’ll meet you there. Thanks for bringing me my iPod, I don’t know what I’d do without it! But… Will you walk to get to your house?’’ I asked worried, I hope he won’t have too long to walk.

‘’Yes. But it isn’t so far and I like to walk. So I guess I’ll see you soon!’’ He said and went out of the apartment as we both waved at each other.

Just when the door closed, I went in the kitchen and started cooking some ramen. I was really happy, and I couldn’t even stop smiling; Youngjae’s joy was really contagious and just to think about him made a huge foolish smile appear on my face.

I suddenly heard a knock on the door. Who the hell could be knocking? I never have guests! Or maybe Youngjae forgot something and came back? To know, I got to the door and opened it. What did I see? Youngjae! My joy coming back along with him.

‘’You miss me already?’’ I , smirking.

‘’Oh yes, my eyes just couldn’t bear not to see your pretty face even only for a couple of minutes.’’ He answered just with the same tone in his voice as I.

‘’Oh really? So you came to take a picture of me to admire my beauty even when we’re not together?’’ I said, still smirking.

‘’If by that, there were some hidden meaning like me doing some ‘inappropriate things’ while looking at your picture, then you’re wrong. You shouldn’t think so highly of yourself, you’re good looking but not that much.’’ He said and winked. Damn!  Now I had some ‘inappropriate’ pictures of Youngjae in my mind!

‘’But I came back because… I wanted to stay a little more..?’’ He said while giving me a flirty look. He’s such a little flirt, he’s totally winning over me in this game!

‘’Okay, I have to admit you’re pretty great at this game. And you can stay as long as you want.’’ I said smiling and getting out of the door so he could enter the apartment.

We just laughed at our little conversation/game and smiled at each other.

‘’Okay, but seriously… I don’t like to ask that – and even less to someone I just met – but, could I borrow you some money? I wanted to walk but it’s raining a lot outside so I want to take a taxi…’’ He asked becoming a little embarrassed; he was clearly uncomfortable with borrowing money.

‘’Hum, yeah sure. Just a second.’’ I searched in my pocket for my wallet and put it out. I looked in it and saw… That there weren’t any money in it. I probably forgot my cash at the job; seeing how distracted I was today, it doesn’t even surprise me.

‘’Sorry… I kinda forgot my money at the job…’’ I said, sorry.

Suddenly, the greatest idea ever popped in my head. ‘’If you want, you can sleep here if it doesn’t stop raining!’’

‘’Really? That would be really nice! But… wouldn’t it bother you?’’

‘’Bother me? I never have guests so it would be great to not be alone.’’ I said smiling and I realised how I sounded; I seemed to be so lonely that I would do anything for having a little company. ‘’Well, actually it’s not so rare that I have guests, there are a lot of people who come here and I’m actually pretty popular.’’ I lied, trying to sound a little less pathetic and a little more cool. Seeing Youngjae’s reaction – he was obviously trying not to laugh – my lie was clearly not credible.

‘’Oh really?’’ He asked, not believing me even a little.

‘’Yeah, a lot of girls come here you know. Often in my bedroom, but well…’’ I kept on lying but this was even more exaggerated as I knew the blond guy didn’t believe anything I said. He just couldn’t retain himself anymore and he started laughing. I faked an insulted face. ‘’You don’t believe me?!’’ At that, he just laughed even more and I couldn’t help but to laugh too. Everything was just so funny, light, joyful when I was with him, I already loved his company.

‘’You don’t have to make up a lie about having guests – having girls – in your house. I don’t have many guests either’’ He said and his laughter was slowly decreasing. ‘’In fact, I’m pretty lonely at home.’’ It was said in a light tone, but I knew from the look in his eyes that it was more serious than he wanted it to sound.

Just the thought of him being lonely… I wanted to hug him, to tell him I would be there for him and he wouldn’t need to be alone anymore, never. I wanted to be his company whenever he needs it, I just wanted to hold him and to make sure he would no more be alone. But, of course, I couldn’t do that.

I just half-smiled, ‘’Yeah, well we’re two in that!’’ I said and he looked at me smiling, indicating me silently that it comforted him a bit.

‘’Well! Then I will stay for the night! But you should eat, you seem really hungry.’’ Youngjae told me and I realised he was right; I had ramen in the kitchen.

We went over to the kitchen and we started eating our ramen. We talked about this and that, nothing really serious; it was just really great to talk with him.

After we ate, we went to the living room and sat on the couch and we decided to watch a movie. It was a really boring movie and Youngjae fell asleep quickly. Actually, he fell asleep with his head resting on my shoulder and I couldn’t resist admiring his face. He was really handsome, beautiful. He had those really cute cheeks and his skin was flawless. Every feature of his face could only be described as perfect, as I really realised how beautiful he was. And now that he was asleep, the peaceful look on his face made him even more pretty. He really looked like an angel like that and all I could think of was that he was probably sent from Heaven. I would say he is prettier when he is sleeping, but he is more handsome when he’s awake because of his eyes. These eyes are really beautiful and full of life, they tell a story, they sparkle with joy; they are simply beautiful. But that he was awake or asleep, his beauty would mesmerize me just as much. I had sincerely never seen such perfection in someone before and I was falling in love with that perfection sleeping on my shoulder. Was it possible to fall in love with someone the first time you see them? Is it what they call love at first sight? Because I’m pretty sure that’s love that I’m feeling right now.

Finished with my thinking, I decided it was time for me to go to sleep too and it surely wasn’t the movie that was going to keep me awake.  I took Youngjae in my arms and brought him in my bedroom and I laid him in my bed before returning to the living room and bringing blankets with me; I was going to sleep on the sofa. It wasn’t the better place to sleep nor was it the most comfortable, but for the first time I had a guest, I wasn’t going to make him sleep on the couch, was I?

So I settled myself to sleep and only one thought had the time to cross my mind before I fell asleep:

One day, I want neither of us to be alone; I want us together.

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