Track 13: Chances Are - Johnny Mathis
I'll Never Leave You (But You're Hard to Love)On the night of his graduating prom, Jongin finds himself wandering into the golf course with Luhan’s cassette player in hand and a bottle of cheap wine in the other, humming to the music streaming into his ears.
He has the playlist fully memorized now, every lyric, every note. He knows it like the back of his hand, the sequence of songs forwards and backwards, the number of unoccupied seconds of silence it takes for each melody to transition into the next.
The cloudless sky is just as brilliant as that night all those years ago, stars shining promisingly overhead. He had almost forgotten what it was like to look up and see the sky like this, immeasurable and unobstructed, spanning into infinity. He feels so small and insignificant.
He finds the spot where they had spent the night, spreading out his jacket on the grass the way Luhan did. He lies down and closes his eyes, running one hand through his hair, wondering how many times the older boy had come here alone like this. Jongin can’t help but notice that the chorus of rustling trees and whistling breeze feel empty without Luhan’s voice singing in harmony.
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