chapter 1

When two people are in love, they go through different perspectives to tell others as to why they love one another dearly and why they happen to argue as well.  When two people are in love, they stare at each other longingly under the dim moonlight with their eyes shining brighter than the stars in the sky. When to people love each other, regardless of any circumstances, they would fight for themselves together. They would experience domesticity, share random moments, and create memories. But sometimes, when two people are in love, they don’t even know it.

Jeongguk was seven when he thought he knew what the meaning of love what was. He thought it was a simple word said by two people at random times. Sometimes he thinks that by doing actions like giving and sharing lunch with a fellow classmate is an act of showing love. What he didn’t know was all the complexity and importance behind that word.

Then he turns eight. It happens on a fine day at a park, when he met Taehyung for the first time. Taehyung was small, has a beautiful skin complexion and a smile that would melt people’s heart. And in that moment, on a swing set, they made eye contact; Jeongguk couldn’t believe that he felt like his little heart was thumping loudly.

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“Oh my flipping. You totally cheated!” Taehyung shouted at Jeongguk as they were having their daily Mario Kart video game session. Jeongguk would just laugh at the misery that Taehyung was showing him and he thinks that even if he tries to “act” angry, he would form his lips into a pout and frown and only Jeongguk would find it adorable saying he looks like an angry puppy.

“Why can’t you accept that you can’t win?” he pauses, “you know, for someone who’s going into college, you act like a middle schooler.” He then cackles and as a response, Taehyung throws a pillow to his face then saying, “As if you’re any better, gukkie! You literally whine when you run out of banana milk.”

Jeongguk only smiles before moving to the bed to be beside Taehyung. He sighs as he puts his head into his shoulder, “are you ready for college?” he feels Taehyung nod, “I mean, I’m not sure to be honest. I know a lot is going to change and we have to adjust. But knowing that I have you as a roommate, it means that I’m going to see you every day through all my college life and it would immediately make me feel better.

“Won’t you get tired of me?” he looks up, expecting for a dumb answer, but instead all he got was “I can never grow tired of you. Never. Even if you push me away and annoy me, I’ll never get tired of you. I’ll never get tired of going back home to you.”

Home, with Taehyung, he thinks has a nice ring to it

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