At Around 5 am the bus came to a halt, jerking Yeon awake from his sleep. Flickering his eyes for a moment Yeon realized where he is and Looked outside to see, it was still dawn. Yeon let out a small yawn and tried to move a bit but felt some weight on his shoulder. Confused Yeon turned a bit to his other side only to find Jun sleeping with his head leaning on his shoulder. Without him realizing Yeon was staring at that sleeping face.
He never thought he would get in such a position with a boy, He did look cute with those slightly messed up hairs sticking out of his hoodie and a thin trail of drool falling from his lips. Yeon found the boy cute but still, there was drool falling on his shirt. He smiled a bit but still, he needed to wake up Jun as they were almost near to their stop.
Hesitantly Yeon moved his hand to wake the boy up, He was worried that the boy might get scared again but how else are you supposed to wake up someone sleeping so deeply. He shakes His head at the thought of that scared face from last night and decided to try calling out his name first.
"Hey...Hey, wake up. Jun wake up"
Yeon tried to sound as low as he can so that he wouldn't disturb the other passengers still having their naps. Jun made some weird noise and nuzzled a bit more towards Yeon, Yeon got surprised and felt a drop of sweat trailing down his cheeks in such chilly weather. Not thinking anything else Yeon Poked the laters shoulder in an attempt to wake up the boy. Jun stirred up from his sleep and looked towards the person poking his shoulders, Jun jerked up in an instant realizing how he was nuzzling on Yeon and murmured a small sorry. Yeon gave a smile and shook his head indicating Jun not to worry about it. Jun Started rubbing his eyes to rub the sleep away. Seeing a small cute yawn leave from Jun, Yeon stopped the smile which made way on his face.
"Hey, let's go we are here."
Yeon said Pushing the stop button near his seat and stood up to move, waiting for the boy to move so Yeon can get out but Jun was still sitting. Still, in sleep, The boy nodded his head and walked out of the bus with his head hunged low, and stood obediently near the bus stop waiting for Yeon. Yeon was worried the boy might hit his head on a pole or something so he hurriedly picked up the forgotten bag and his luggage, balancing both the bags he made his way towards Jun.
Getting off the bus Yeon glanced towards Jun and saw the guy was still sleepy, taking out a bottle of water from his bag Yeon passed it to Jun. Jun looked at him with confusion, he wasn't thirsty.
"umm... we have to walk a bit to reach my place. I guess you might want to wash your face so you could wake up thoroughly, I wouldn't want to see you bumping on anything with those sleepy eyes."
Yeon said nudging the bottle into Jun's hands and saw the guy yawn a bit more. Jun lifted his hoodie and started washing his face and eyes to make the sleep go away, all this while Yeon just had a small smile plastered on his face. He could still see those scars on the boys face but he ignored them, it wasn't the right time yet.
"Thank you"
Jun replied as he passed the bottle back to Yeon, He saw the gaint holding his bag. Without saying anything Jun reached out his hand towards Yeon,
" Uhh..?"
Yeon was confused.
"My bag, sorry I made you carry it."
Jun said slowly with his hand still stretched out,
"ah no it's ok, not even that heavy. I can carry it don't worry"
Yeon replied with a smile. Not wanting to argue early in the morning Jun let the bag be and motioned Yeon to lead the way.
Yeon led the way with Jun following behind with thoughts running through his mind. Did he do the right thing by running away? What will his mother do after knowing he is not in the house? Just thinking about those deadly eyes a shiver ran through Jun's body.
He shook his head to forget it. At first, he thought to go over his grandma's place, but he knew they would find him there in no time. And then this guy showed up, Jun looked at the back of Yeon who was walking silently balancing both his bag and phone in one hand. Yeon is an idiot in Jun's eyes for letting a stranger tag along, but that's what made Jun think the guy is good as he didn't leave a person in need like others. Jun was worried about the path he chooses for himself, but this was the first time he decided something for himself so he wanted to go through it till the end.
Still, in his thoughts, Jun didn't realize Yeon stopping in front of him and bumped on Yeon's back
"Ouch...."
Jun mumbled rubbing his forehead and Yeon turned around with a worried look.
"oh I'm sorry to stop suddenly, are you ok?"
Jun shook his head,
" No it's ok, it was my fault for not being alert."
"We have reached, so you can complete your sleep at home. let's go"
Yeon said walking towards a tall building. Jun took a look at the building and felt it was quite a good one and made his way towards the elevator. The elevator stopped on the 4th floor and opened up, Yeon walked out and stood in front of a well-styled wooden door named
"WOO YEON" in bold letters.
Jun started shifting on his foot, he was sleepy but had to wait for Yeon to open the door. Yeon kept his bag down and rang the doorbell.
"So he isn't alone. It's good at least it won't be that awkward."
thought Jun. The door opened after a minute or so... a beautiful girl in her PJ's and her hair tied nicely in a bun stood there with a big smile.
"welcome back"
the girl cheered and walked a bit away making way for the boys to enter.
Jun stood beside the door not knowing where to go. He saw the girl walk towards Yeon, and hugging him tightly as soon as he kept the bags down. Yeon was shocked at first but then replied to her hug. Damn, Jun felt awkward already. Yeon noticed Jun standing shyly near the door and broke the hug.
"hey, would it be ok if Jun stays here for a while?"
Yeon asked the girl with a small smile.
"Yes obviously, why would you even ask me Yeon. This is your house anyways."
Yeon smiled at her reply,
"But at least introduce him to me "
the girl asked with a giggle. Yeon scratched the back of his head in embarrassment for forgetting such a common thing and motioned Jun to come a bit closer to them.
"Jun this is Bon Hwa, and Hwa this is Jun, my friend."
Jun looked at Yeon in a daze as he addressed him as his friend. Jun stretched his hand out for a handshake,
"Hello, I'm Yeon's friend. Nice to meet you."
she smiled and accepted the handshake.
"Hello, I'm Hwa, Yeon's girlfriend. Nice to meet you too."
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Hwa looked down at her hands and took a deep breath. "I did something bad, Jun. I cheated on Yeon," she confessed, her voice barely above a whisper.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun was taken aback, He felt his heart sink. Yeon was his friend, and he knew how much he cared for Hwa. He didn't know what to say, "What? Hwa, how could you do that? You love Yeon, don't you?" He asked her.Hwa cried harder and replied, "Yes, Jun, I love Yeon. But, it happened during the fashion show work when I met my ex-boyfriend there. We were not in touch for a long time, and we ran into each other by chance. One thing led to another, and we slept together."Jun was disheartened, He knew how much Hwa loved Yeon, and he knew that what she did was wrong and it pained him to even think about Yeon. But, he also knew that she was in pain and needed someone to talk to. So, he stayed there and listened to her."I feel guilt
They finally pulled away, Breathless and panting. Their breathing erratic and their hearts batter against their ribcage as if it's going to burst out. Yeon stared at the smaller in a daze, the latter unable to meet his eyes out of sheer nervousness.Yeon's right hand rested on Jun's nape, holding him, almost locking him in place. His instincts were dominating, body greedy. It was a hard task just to not dive back into the warmth and softness he felt moments ago. As soon as the thought of what happened mere seconds ago went through Jun's mind, his face went void of any color.Alcohol slowly slipped out of the system sobering his senses as more rational thoughts started ruling his actions. And so, the smaller hastily, almost clumsily got up, pushing Yeon in the process as if punishing him for shredding his sanity and locked himself in his room.The next morning, Jun felt terrible for kissing Yeon. He knew it was wrong and he shouldn't have done it. But he was so caught up in the moment
The sun was scorching in early summer, it was a perfect day for a beach trip. The group reached at the beach by the afternoon when the beach was mostly vacant. Jiho walked beside Jun and linked his other arm with Hajun. Jun felt too happy by having his friend's company. Hwa linked her arm with Yeon and walked in front of the group. "Let us find a place to settle down" Yeon suggested and they started to look for a place to set their tent. Jiho pointed to a vacant place under a big tree and they all proceeded to that area. Yeon smiled at Jun who walked with exciting sprints. Hwa took Sheild under the tree while the boys started to build a tent. Hajun and Yeon worked on building the tent while Jun and Jiho arranged their stuff. "All done" exclaimed Jun happily and turned to look at the waves reaching the shore."Then, what are we waiting for.. let us go have fun" Jiho shouted pulling Jun and Hajun with him towards the sea. Yeon slipped off his slippers and was about to follow the trio
"You are the one helping Jun with his nightmares right?" __________________________________________________________________________ Yeon flinched and froze as Jiho stood beside him. "Huh..sorry I didn't get you" Yeon said focusing his attention on Jiho. The doe-eyed boy chuckled at the nervousness and rested an assuring hand on Yeon's shoulder. "No need to get so nervous. From what I heard from Jun I understood that you are helping him with his nightmares. I really appreciate that, it's been so long and for the first time I've heard him talk about his nightmares without any fear. Thanks to you Yeon" Jiho was near to tears as he thanked Yeon, the gaint was happy. Hearing his efforts
"Jun.." The sandwich which was in the hold of Jun a second ago was now on the table with a Thud sound. Jun panicked, he knew this voice. Hell, he loves this person as that voice belongs to his best friend. Jun was scared because he thought his mom caught up to him. His hands started shaking and he bowed his head down in fear. "I- I'm S-sorry mom..I -". Yeon understood at once what's happening and in the next second, he was beside Jun placing his head near to himself. Rubbing circles on Jun's back, "Hey, Hey Jun. see it's not your mom, it's your friend. You do remember my promise right, I won't let anyone hurt you. Sshh, now take deep breaths. It's ok" Jun clutched hard on Yeon's hand as he took deep breaths with him. Jiho was watching all this silently and was in tears. What happened to Jun to make him react like this. Hajun saw his boyfriend muffling his sob's while placing his hands on his mouth, he moved
____________________________________________________________________________That night when Yeon entered Jun's room to check on him, He saw Jun sleeping with a smile. Yeon smiled and tucked away a stray of hair falling on Jun's eyes. "Sleep well Jun." ____________________________________________________________________________ When Yeon returned to his room that night, he couldn't help but remember holding Jun tight while the boy cried his heart out. It wasn't a big deal to cry on for some people but, Yeon knew why Jun behaved like that. He knew! Jun did tell him how his life was before. Yeon could only imagine the pain Jun went through all alone. Those thoughts alone made Yeon shiver. Yeon didn't want Jun to go through any pain anymore for some reason, he cared for Jun in a way that he never felt for Hwa. Yeon did care about Hwa, hell she was his best friend. But what Jun made him feel was so different and scary too for Yeon. Pushing away al