STRAWnBERRY [2/2]
Title : STRAWnBERRY [2/2]
Character : woogyu
Like usual, Sunggyu was at the school library, doing revision for his upcoming test. Usually, Sungjong will be kind enough to accompany him but today Myungsoo forced Sungjong to help him pick a birthday present for Sungyeol. It funny to see Sungjong always had to be a slave for Myungsoo when it comes to Sungyeol’s matter. It was a hot day indeed. Though the library was air-conditioner but still it couldn’t erase the hot feeling.
Before he could get off his seat to go to the cafeteria with intention of getting a cold drink, a student approached him. He handed Sunggyu a packet of something and said,
“Someone told me to give it to you.”
“Ahh...thanks.” Sunggyu smiled at the boy as he didn’t feel like it was necessary to ask who the sender was because Sunggyu could guess it.
He stared at the packet of strawberry with a small smile hanging on his face. Quickly, he skimmed the note that was attached with the packet.
Meet me at the usual place.
“Tsk. This is so like you Nam Woohyun.” Sunggyu mumbled. Sometimes, his heart flattered Woohyun being so sweet to him. But in the same time, his heart was pleading for Woohyun not to treat him so nicely because he was afraid that he would fall for Woohyun too deep until he couldn’t stop.
He made his way to the soccer field. Well that’s their usual place. It’s funny but it felt very comfortable sitting there. There was the place where Sunggyu and Woohyun will hang out together-lying on the grass, gazing onto the azure skies without having to think any single problems in their heads.
Sunggyu recalled back a memory of him and Woohyun occurred in the field. It was a week after Sunggyu was transferred here.
Just like he thought, he couldn’t take it. His heart was beating so fast thanks to the intense work up. He was never well in physical education. Like it or not, he excused himself from the couch to give him a few minutes break. His legs were very sore due to the running and damn he felt so exhausted.
Before he could closed his eyes to rest for a while, a familiar figure greeted him with a smile and took a seat beside the Sunggyu on the bench in front of the field.
“What’s up roommate?!” Woohyun kept on calling Sunggyu ‘roommate’ ever since he found out Sunggyu was his new roommate.
“I have a name you know.” Sunggyu answered with his condition still panting over lack of air.
“Why are you here? You should be in PE class.” Woohyun asked as he pointed at a few students who were doing some exercises.
“Taking a break. Have a weak heart.” Sunggyu simply answered as he tried to level his breathing.
“Ahh...”
“What about you? Shouldn’t you be practicing soccer now?” It was Sunggyu’s turn to ask as he pointed at the soccer team practicing.
“Err...I have a weak heart too?” Woohyun made a flimsy excuse. Truth was he came here when he spotted Sunggyu.
“Ha.Ha. The ace of the soccer team have a weak heart? Go tell the joke to the other I sure they laugh their asses off.” Sunggyu chuckled slightly.
“You brat.” Woohyun replied with his hand ruffled Sunggyu’s hair. He didn’t know why he did that but it felt so right to him. “Oh yeah, have some this.” Woohyun suddenly pulled out a packet of something.
“Strawberry?” Sunggyu frowned.
“Wait wait. There’s more.” He pulled out some more packets from his backpack.
“Whoa! Are you selling strawberry here?” Sunggyu asked as he was surprised to see a lot of strawberries with Woohyun.
“No silly. I love strawberries. I always remember to keep myself with strawberries or not I’ll die for sure!”
Sunggyu laughed at Woohyun’s weirdness.
“You’re weird.” Sunggyu complained.
“Yah, you’re weird too. You make stars out of straws.” Woohyun had to say out Sunggyu’s habit to defend his love for strawberries.
“Tsk, you don’t have to say it out loud. Straws are unique. They’re cute okay.” Sunggyu stated.
“Yeah yeah. Here. Eat this and your heart won’t feel weak anymore.” Woohyun handed Sunggyu a strawberry.
“Really?? My heart won’t be weak if I eat this?” Sunggyu asked just like an idiot.
“Of course.”
“How did you know??” Sunggyu never heard that strawberry can stop a heart from being so weak.
“Because I say so.” Woohyun gave Sunggyu a smile.
“Tsk.” Sunggyu pouted before eating the strawberries. They were in silence for a moment until Woohyun suddenly uttered,
“You won’t be weak around me. I won’t let you, Gyu.” Sunggyu blinked his eyes as he looked at Woohyun but Woohyun wasn’t looking at him. He set his eyes on the skies with a smile on his face.
“Skipping practice I see.” Sunggyu stated as he spotted Woohyun sitting on the bench, practically skipping practice on the field.
“Practice is boring today.” Woohyun smiled at Sunggyu as the elder took a seat beside him.
“Eh? I thought you guys did the same old thing every practice. Why must be boring today? I mean kick the ball, pass the ball and kick the ball some more.” Sunggyu’s words caused Woohyun to chuckle.
“You really have no interest in soccer huh?” Woohyun asked.
“It’s stupid.”
“Stupid?” Woohyun frowned.
“Yeah stupid. 22 people from both teams running around the field chasing over a fucking ball. It’s stupid.” Sunggyu stated. Woohyun shook his head slightly. He couldn’t blame Sunggyu. The elder was far too logical than everyone else. Sunggyu won’t waste his time over sports. He never liked it but still every single evening he would spot himself standing beside the field. Why? The person sitting beside of him was the reason. Nam Woohyun. The name meant too much to Sunggyu.
“Anyway, wants some strawberries?” Woohyun offered a packet of strawberry causing Sunggyu to frown.
“Can’t you see? My hands are already full of them.” Sunggyu said holding up a packet of strawberry that he received in the library earlier.
“My bad.” Woohyun smiled at him as he forgot he gave it to Sunggyu earlier. “Oh yeah, give me some of your straws.”
“What for?” Sunggyu frowned.
“Just give it.” Woohyun ordered.
“But I’m going to use them for the stars later on.” Sunggyu was still complaining because he couldn’t see why Woohyun wanted them.
“Tsk. You complain much.” Woohyun grabbed Sunggyu’s backpack and brought out some straws.
“You wanna know what makes a strawberry completed?” Woohyun suddenly asked.
“Huh?” Sunggyu frowned.
“This.” Woohyun held up the straws.
“The strawberry is completed when it is with a straw? That’s the dumbest statement of all.” Sunggyu had to say it even though it will hurt Woohyun.
“Nerd.” Woohyun said.
“Weirdo.”
“Strawberry freak.”
“Straw lovers.”
“Playboy.” Sunggyu replied.
“Nerd.”
“You repeated it!”
“Well you’re a double nerd, that’s why I need to repeat it.” Woohyun laughed causing Sunggyu to pout.
“Have you heard of hulling strawberry?” Woohyun asked, causing Sunggyu to frown.
“Nope.”
“Aish, do you know nothing about cooking like seriously??” Woohyun asked again and this time Sunggyu gave him a glare.
“Don’t mock me Nam Woohyun!” Sunggyu stated.
“All you do is like this.” Woohyun grabbed one of the straw and slowly pushed the straw into the strawberry, making a hole in it. “Here~”
“That’s an ugly strawberry.” Sunggyu commented.
“At least not uglier than you.” Woohyun teased him, causing Sunggyu to kick him slightly.
“So what’s the function of the hulling strawberry?” Sunggyu asked as he didn’t understand the reason of this.
“The function is.....hmm...I don’t know too...”
Sunggyu shook his head slightly, chuckling over Woohyun’s stupidity. Sometimes, Woohyun just had bunch of ideas roaming inside his head but unfortunately, those ideas were just too dump.
“It’s just that straw looks good with a strawberry don’t you think? Strawberry even have the word ‘straw’ in it.” Woohyun gave a long lecture and Sunggyu only nodded with a smile.
“I have an idea.” Sunggyu suddenly remembered that he brought soemthing in his backpack. Woohyun frowned when Sunggyu pulled out a packet of chocolate chips. “Why don’t we put chocolate chips in the strawberry? It will be tasty!” Sunggyu expressed his idea but when he tried to snatch the strawberry from Woohyun, the younger stopped him.
“Andwae! You can’t!”
“Why not?” Sunggyu pouted.
“Because..because...strawberry only looks good wih a straw!” Woohyun stated.
“Eh? They’re not. They look weird together. And why must strawberry be with a straw?” Sunggyu frowned.
“Because you like straws.” Woohyun’s words caused Sunggyu’s forwn deepened over this.
“Huh?” Sunggyu didn’t understand it and Woohyun wasn’t planning to explain it to Sunggyu. “Then if I like chocolates will you say that strawberry looks better with chocolates?” Sunggyu really wanted to ask that questions.
“Of course.” Woohyun simply answered while looking at somewhere else as if he was hiding his face. Yes, he was trying to hide his face because he was blushing. Even he didn’t undertsand why must he say such words to Sunggyu.
Sunggyu curved up a smile-flattered over this. He didn’t say a word and let the two of them drowned in silence, watching some of the students playing soccer in the field. Nam Woohyun is the berry and Kim Sunggyu is the straw? Are you trying to say that Woohyun?
“Let’s go back to dorm. It’s getting late.” Woohyun got up to his feet, slightly streching his hands up into the air.
“Okay.” Sunggyu couldn’t argue though he still feel like sitting here a bit longer but walking back with Woohyun to the dorm is more blissful than this. “Oh yeah!” Sunggyu just remembered something. “You were wrong!”
“I never did a sin so I’m never wrong.” Woohyun answered even though he didn’t understand what was Sunggyu trying to imply on this.
“I’m serious here Nam Woohyun. Your useless tip never work. My heart is still weak when you’re around.” Sunggyu stated.
“Eh?” Woohyun frowned.
Sunggyu just smiled at him and left Woohyun preplexed there.
“What was that? Hey wait up, Gyu!”
Sunggyu wasn’t planning to explain a thing at Woohyun about his statement. Yes, my heart will always be weak around you, Nam Woohyun because it won’t stop beating when I’m close to you. You make my heart beats like crazy and I can’t stop that.
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Sunggyu bit his lower lips so hard because he never knew he will be in this problem. The air was very tense now and Sunggyu acknowledged the fact that this will be ugly, very ugly. Though his mind was trying to find a suitable excuse in his hectic mind, his heart was still worried to the figure who was sitting beside of him. Again, Sunggyu glimpsed at Woohyun. The figure was very pale and it was clearly shown that Woohyun was panacking over this matter.
The elder couldn’t blame Woohyun on this. It was too bizzare in this condition. Sunggyu tried to calm himself, hoping things will be okay in the principal’s room. A few minutes ago, Sunggyu and Woohyun had been called to go the principal’s room. They didn’t remember doing anything wrong...well only one thing of course and now they’re sweating like there’s no tomorrow.
“I’ll ask once more again. Did the two of you did ‘it’ or not?” Again the principle asked with his voice stern, signalling how hard he was to control his voice.
“I...we..” Woohyun couldn’t answer at all. How could they explain such a thing? Yes, they did it. Not once but countless time. Sunggyu awared that it was wrong. They broke one of the school’s rule and they already fully aware of it.
That night it happened too quickly. It was Woohyun’s fault at start. He was stupid for taking Myungsoo’s challege to take alcohol though it was prohibited because he was under age and also because it broke the school rule. As the consequences, he was drunk, badly drunk for sipping that sinful alcohol for the first time.
Sunggyu freaked out when Woohyun came into the dorm, staggering that night. Woohyun was reeked with alcohol and Sunggyu admitted that he acknowleged the fact that Woohyun was drunk. The moment he helped Woohyun lay on his bed, Sunggyu sensed something bad will happen. And it did happened. Woohyun’s hand unshamely roamed Sunggyu’s body and Sunggyu wanted to push him off but he couldn’t. His heart really beg for this and soon both of them was drowned in that sinful night. The thought of maybe it was only for a one night stand vanished in thin air when Woohyun couldn’t stop himself from wanting more from Sunggyu. Now Woohyun understood the meaning of a sentence ; Once you have sex, there’s no stopping you to get some more.
“Answer me!” The principle raised his voice as he hit his table with palm. His face was red due to his anger.
“Yes...we did it.” Woohyun had to admit it but he already lost words how to explain it. What more excuse he could give? Maybe it will be considered if he said he got drunk that night but what about the other night that he was sober? Yes, he admitted that he fucked Sunggyu when he was sober and so did Sunggyu.
The principle sat back on his chair with his hands massaging his own temple. This was too much for his brain to process. At first he didn’t believe this thing. Some of the students came reporting to him that they had listened weird noises and moans from Sunggyu’s and Woohyun’s dorm. He wanted to ignore it but as a principle it was his job to investigate this and their shameful acts were very disgraceful to the school.
“Why? How can you two be reckless?!” The principle raised his voice flinching both of them.
Woohyun didn’t answer. He was too scared. Scared if he will get kick out of this school. If this matter known by his parents, it will be a hundrend percent gureentee that he will not be breathing anymore. He came into the school with a full scholorship for sports and there’s no way he could enter this elite school without the scholarhsip. This school is just too luxurious but here he was ruining his own future.
“It’s my fault.” Sunggyu finally said a word after being silence. “Woohyun is innocent.” Eyes were on him. “I was the one that seduce him. He didn’t want any of this but I force him in doing it with me.”
“What?!” The principle was shocked and so did Woohyun. Of course Woohyun knew what came out Sunggyu’s mouth was fully purposterous.
“Woohyun will never do that. He knew very well if he did something reckless like that he will lose the scholarship given to him, plus Woohyun likes girls so there’s not a chane he’s willing to do it without me forcing him. So it’s clearly my fault.” Sunggyu explained even more and all of them were pure lies. Woohyun couldn’t understand why must Sunggyu take all the blame? They did it together and it was Woohyun who always wanted Sunggyu not him! Woohyun was the one who urge Sunggyu to make love with him. He was the one who take the first step not Kim Sunggyu. It was all Nam Woohyun.
“Get out.” The principle stated, shocking Woohyun. Sunggyu knew this will happen. Sunggyu stood up with only intention to get out of this room. As he made his way to the door, his pace was halten when he heard a sentence. “Pack up your things. I don’t want to see your face anymore in this school.” That sentence was for Sunggyu.
Sunggyu felt his heart sank. But it was the best for both him and Woohyun. No, it was the best for Woohyun. Sunggyu couldn’t let Woohyun get kick out of the school. Yeah, there’s no way he could. He knew very well how Woohyun needed the scholarhsip to keep on going to school. Woohyun was not from a rich family so be it. Let him take all the blame. Sunggyu sighed before saying,
“Arasso appa.” He left the room with Woohyun perplexed hearing Sunggyu’s statement.
The principle is Sunggyu’s father? Yes, they are connected by blood but it was Sunggyu’s wish to hide this from the other because he will be uncomfortable being the principle’s son. Woohyun stared at the principle, who was keeping down his head. Dissapoinment was potryaed in his face for sure.
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“Stop this!” Woohyun grabbed Sunggyu’s hand, preventing from Sunggyu putting his clothes into the luggage.
Sunggyu didn’t reply. He didn’t. Instead, he slowly pushed Woohyun’s hand off his arm. He continued packing his things ignoring the fact that he was holding back his tears. He forgot a thing. The reason why he came back to Korean and studied here was because his father. His parents divorced when he was a kid and unwillingly he followed his mother to Japan. He came back only to stay with his father but he runied everything. He hurt his father once when the law forced him to stay with his mother and now one more time he hurt his father by doing something so disgraceful.
“You don’t have to go Gyu. I’ll talk to your dad. Please Gyu talk to me!” Woohyun couldn’t take it.
“What talk?! I’ve ruined okay! My dad already hate me so please...go away.” Sunggyu was hurt. Yes, he was hurt the most when Woohyun didn’t even try to defense him in the room. It was true he sacrificed himself for Woohyun but still...he was hoping that Woohyun would stand up for him. It was his fault to begin to wasn’t it?
“No Gyu. I won’t leave you until we settle this. You can’t go like this.”
“It’s over Woohyun. He kicked me out. Like I said it’s my fault.” Sunggyu said it again when both of them knew the truth.
“Damn it!” Woohyun suddenly pinned Sunggyu on the bed as he couldn’t take it anymore. “It was my fault okay. I’m sorry I was such a coward! Yes, I fucked you when I’m sober. I know that’s wrong. But I can’t just get myself off you.” For the first time Woohyun felt like crying. Maybe because he knew he was about to lose someone so precious to him. “You made me crazy of you, Gyu. So damn crazy that I can’t get you off my mind.”
Woohyun’s words caused Sunggyu to smile. It felt sweet for a reason. Woohyun cried. Yes, he cried as he nuzzled on Sunggyu’s crook. Slowly, Sunggyu hugged Woohyun, embracing the younger for the last time. He stroke Woohyun’s back, soothing him, consoling the younger to stop crying. Sunggyu didn’t regret this. No, he didn’t because it made Sunggyu feels Woohyun’s love for the first time. It was enough for him. Woohyun’s love was all he needed and though he only feels it for a short term but he was happy. Woohyun was soon drifted to sleep as the crying made him very tired. Sunggyu’s embrace was warm like usual. Before he went to sleep completely, he heard a sentence in his heard.
It was quiet low but he was sure it sounded like “I love you”.
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Woohyun lost his mind. Yes he did when the moment he woke up he couldn’t see Sunggyu around of him. He tried searching for the elder but he faied. His heart dropped when he noticed Sunggyu’s things were already gone in the room. Was he too late to stop this?
“It’s my fault.” Woohyun admitted to the principle.
The principle sighed when he heard Woohyun’s full story. First, he had to say Woohyun was brave to tell him the true story but still it was hard for him to forgive the two of them.
“If someone need to leave the school, it should be me not Sunggyu.” Woohyun didn’t care about the damn scholarship anymore. He wanted to be with Sunggyu now and no one could stop that. He was crazy. Yes, he was because he couldn’t imagine him living this world without Sunggyu beside of him. “Please don’t let him go...He’s your son after all.”
Mr. Kim sighed again. He was too in pain for sending his own son away like this but what more he could do? It was the school rule.
“It’s the school rule.” He gave a plain answer.
Woohyun clenched his fist. Seriously how could a father be so cold like this?! As far as Woohyun know that Sunggyu had no one here at Korea except for his father so how could his father treat him like that? Okay fine, it’s true he made the mistake with Sunggyu but of course he can be forgiven right?
“Sunggyu always tell me that his father is a great man. A great man who always thinks about his heart and who know the best for him. Sunggyu came here only for him. He came here ignoring his mother’s pleads because he didn’t want to leave his father alone. He’s everyone’s ideal son but here you are throwing him away for a silly mistake? If I were him, I would never came Korea just for a father like you!” Woohyun knew it was wrong to tell that but he needed too. Sunggyu always told him how much he worshiped his father. But the man in front of him doesn’t deserve to be call a father for throwing a son like that.
The younger wanted to make his way out of the room because his anger was building up.
“It was his desicion.” Mr. Kim’s words halted Woohyun’s pace. “He chose this.”
“W-what do you mean?” Woohyun asked.
When he looked at Sunggyu’s father, he was shocked to see that older man was crying. Tears were silently flowing on his cheeks.
“He left me Woohyun...He left both of us..”
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“I already manage the procedure, you’re going to a school near house got it, Gyu? I promise that I’ll make time to come home every single day.” Mr. Kim said to Sunggyu, who already packed his things in the principle’s room.
The fierce looking expression on his father face had vanished in thin air. Only careness and tenderness were on his face now. That what he liked about his father. Even though his father was mad at him, he will cold down just for Sunggyu. That’s why Sunggyu loves his father. He would try to understand him no matter how hard the situation was.
“No appa..I’m not going there.” Sunggyu’s words startled his father.
“Then do you still want to study here? I’ll clean up your mess and you can start getting back to class next week.” He knew he couldn’t stop Sunggyu. In fact, he will give everything that his only son wanted.
“I don’t want that too appa.” Sunggyu shook his head slighlty.
“Then?” Mr. Kim frowned.
“I want to go far from here.” Sunggyu said, shocking his own father. “I can’t take it appa...it hurts...” Sunggyu’s voice suddenly turned husky and soon he broke into tears. “It hurts so much here...” Sunggyu’s hand held the left chest where his heart was. Yes, his heart was tortured so much already.
“Gyu..” His father couldn’t say anything but pulling his only son into a hug and let him cried his tears out. He could see Sunggyu was in a problem but there’s nothing he could do to help.
“I-I..love him appa..I love him so much that it hurts..” All this time Sunggyu acted like he was strong. But he wasn’t. His heart hurt seeing Woohyun kissed other girls and went on dates. They never had a relantionship or go on dates but why were they fucking each other? Was he only a toy for Woohyun? He was at his limit already.
“Shh...it’s going to be okay. Appa will protect you.” Mr. Kim tried to coax Sunggyu from crying but Sunggyu was in pain. Yes, his heart was in an unbearable pain.
“Take me away, appa. Away from him...I can’t take it.” Sunggyu pleaded him.
“Okay my son.” Mr. Kim had to agree on sending his only son away from him and espicially from Woohyun.
Mr. Kim let out a sigh when the conversation of him and Sunggyu recalled in his mind. Now, Sunggyu was already gone from Korea. He sent Sunggyu to study abroad and of course he lied to Woohyun when he asked where did Sunggyu go. It hurt him to see his son was loving someone but his love was only a one-sided love. It was Sunggyu’s choice to dissapear himself from Woohyun’s life.
“Hey old man, shouldn’t you be teaching classes now?” Woohyun asked as he came sitting beside his principle, who was sitting on the bench in front of the field.
“I’m the principle. I don’t teach classes brat.” Woohyun just laughed hearing that. Ever since Sunggyu left the school, the two of them became extremely close to each other.
“Ahh! Practice sucks!” Woohyun complained. He was totally soaked with sweat thanks to the practice that just over just now.
“Who told you to pick soccer in the first place? Soccer is stupid.” Mr. Kim commented as he handed Woohyun a bottle of mineral.
“Yeah yeah I know, 22 people from both teams running around the field chasing over a fucking ball. It’s stupid.” Woohyun said as he downed the water.
“You’re not so dense as I thougth Nam Woohyun.” Mr. Kim complimented him and he only curved up a small smile.
“Sunggyu..” The name came climbing his lips and Mr. Kim looked at him surprisingly. “Sunggyu told me that once. That brat never had very interest in sports.”
Mr. Kim chuckled slightly because it was the truth. “Yeah...and not to forget he sucks at sports.”
“You know that too old man??” Woohyun asked because it was rare to see Sunggyu played sports before.
“Of course. You should see how he kicked the ball. He even ripped his pants once kicking a ball.” Sunggyu’s father’s words caused both of them to laugh their heart out. Some of the students frowned to see a laughing principle and a student but they didn’t say anything.
“I miss him..” Woohyun uttered as his laughter decreased.
“Yeah...” Mr. Kim always missed his son of course.
“I miss him...so damn much.” Woohyun said as he bit his lower lips hard.
Mr. Kim watched Woohyun in symphaty. He could see how stupid both of them were. But now he understood why Sunggyu wanted to go. He wanted Woohyun to realize that he loves Sunggyu. Sunggyu made a good choice in leaving Woohyun so that brat could open his eyes and now he did realize his feelings for Sunggyu. The only problem now was Sunggyu. Sunggyu didn’t want to come back to Korea even when his father pleaded him saying that Woohyun already admitted the fact that he loves him.
“He’ll be back, Woohyun.” Sunggyu’s father patted his shoulder and gave a squeeze on his shoulder to make the younger believe him. “He will come back for you one day.”
“I hope that too old man.” Woohyun bitterly smiled. Sunggyu ah, where are you? I love you. Don’t you hear me? I love you, so please come back.
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