LOVE STORY 1

Converse shoes, match with black t-shirt and blue denim jeans. An outfit chose by Xiumin for the day. It is Monday. He’s waiting for his little brother, Kai to come and fetch him. He picks a latte bun and put it in his galaxy bag. This can be a usual routine for him, waiting his brother since he has not taking driving lesson and driving license yet.  Sometime it gives trouble to Kai when Xiumin have morning class because he has to wake up early.

Tott...Tot.., Kai honing Xiumin from below.

Xiumin runs downstairs, closing the door and locked it.

‘Annyeong hyung....’ said kai, with his sleepy eyes.

‘Ne, annyeong....’ replied his cute elder brother, followed with a smile.

After xiumin closed the car’s door, kai releases the hand brake and drove away. It takes about 10 minutes driving from the xiumin’s rental house. Less traffic on that day because it’s still early which makes the road more comfortable to drive.

‘hyung, have u call omma?’ kai started the conversation.

Xiumin stares his brother’s eyes then turn his head, looking out of the window. Silence. Xiumin seems has no intention to reply kai’s question.

‘omma called me yesterday. She’s worry about you. It’s been a long time you didn’t come home hyung. Can u call her later?’ kai continue.

But the same, there is no respond from xiumin. He’s no longer looking outside the window. Now he’s just scrolling his Smartphone. Pretending like he doesn’t hear what kai has said. And all the way, the car remain silence, no more conversation, only fills with lily scents from the car perfume.

Kai stop their car in front of the college’s gate. The gate is entered one by one by the musical students of Tune Musical College. Xiumin takes his bag, open the car’s door and step out. Before he closes the door, kai asks.

“Hyung, what time wills you finished your class later?”

‘Why?’ asks xiumin back

‘Why? Because I have to fetch you up of course’ replied kai with a little question on his face.

‘Never mind, no need to fetch me later, I’ll go back myself’, xiumin close the door. No turning back to say goodbye.

‘again..’ sigh kai, looking his brother’s back walking entering the gate.

This has happen to him before. He knows his elder brother very well, a little cold hearted silent guy and stay put on his decision. xiumin’s back slowly disappear from his sight. He tune on the radio, listening to morning talk and songs that played by the dj. Kai then drove away and off from the college gate to the main road.

Solemn morning. A while ago he felt everything is going to be good, but not after kai asked the kind of questions. Heavy steps from the converse shoes bring him to a vending machine nearby. Xiumin took his wallet, taking out nickels and slowly enter it to the coins hole.

‘bang!’ a can of cappuccino falls down. It never fails him every morning. Xiumin take the can and place it at the side of his bag, where you can locate a water bottle there. He’s taking along his favorite coffee flavor to the lift. With some students he’s waiting to go up. The lift’s door opens, xiumin enter first since he’s standing at the front and because he’s going up to the fifth floor which is the second top floor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOVE STORY 2

There is still no single smile from his face; he goes to his place near the window. Then take out his bun and cappuccino can from his bag. Xiumin always take his breakfast in class rather than at home. There, he’s surrounded with students, people which can makes him feels better. The last bite of bun finished his meal. ‘kerchak’, a sound of the can. It’s now opened and ready to be drink by small little mouth of xiumin. He drinks the first sip, standing while looking out of the window. And the second sip, suddenly

“hyung!!!!” someone hug him from behind. The coffee spills some over his black dark t-shirt. The can fall from his clutch, the remaining coffee spills on the floor.

“YA!!!” scream xiumin loud.

Everybody in the class burst into laughter. Especially the one who hug him. He releases his soft hand from xiumin’s waist and ran to the back of the class while pick up the empty cappuccino can, afraid Xiumin will choke him.

“bianhae hyung..i’ll buy you a new one”, he’s felt sorry for his act, but still laughing hardly when he looks at xiumin’s expression.

His name is Tao. Kind of girly, and become one of the best pal for xiumin. Seeing tao’s laughing makes him feel better. He cannot get mad at Tao because that tall guy really knows how to apologize, using the puppy eyes skills.

Xiumin looks at the front door, a guy is approaching while giggling with a tissue on his hand. That guy wipe on the spilt coffee on xiumin’s shirt. Xiumin only stand and let him wipe carefully the wet. When it dry, he hug xiumin from front this time, unlike what Tao has did.

“I miss you hyung…” he said, still hugging xiumin, smiling that vividly shows a deep dimple on his face.

“I miss him more!” scream Tao from afar, throwing the empty can to the dimple guy, his name is Lay and right hit his head.

Xiumin release the hug.

“Are you ok?” asks xiumin, Lay’s head where he got hit. Both of them stare at Tao.

“What?” Tao asked, and then he slowly takes few steps backward.

Xiumin and Lay looking at each other. There is meaning behind the eyes. Without doubt, they started to chase that girly guy. Tao run outside the class, for sure he has done something wrong. But he runs laughing. He’s fast anyway, but before he disappears from Lay’s sight, he got hit from the same can thrown by Lay. Xiumin only laugh when he see Tao got hit, it does hurt a lot.

 Lay feels satisfied, he got a bull eyes there. The laugh from tao vanishes. He’s eyes slowly fills with clear crystal water. Before it falls down to his cheek, xiumin came, hold his hand while the right hand is wiping the tears. Xiumin smiles. He found his smile back.

Both lay and Tao have not see xiumin for about 1 week. They had missed their hyung a lot. Last week was middle semester break. Tao and Lay were gone to China, their hometown to see their families. Unlike the other semester break, they had spent their time only with xiumin in South Korea.

Their classes are going to commence soon. These trio pals are walking back to their respective classroom. The clash between girly tao and dimple lay is being settled by xiumin just now. Without xiumin, perhaps these cousins are still fighting with each other.