Haneul

I did some cleaning up in my room since it was a weekend. I invited Bora with me to help up since she was free.

"I heard what Taehyung did to you." She said while cleaning.

"Yeah... now you understand why I dont like Inseong for you?" I tried to switch the topic attention to her.

"It's not about me and Inseong, Haneul-ah." Bora nagged.

"Arasseo! Just keep cleaning, I don't want to deal with those boys even during weekends." I said.

I opened the drawer and found my oldest memories.

"Omo!" I exclaimed.

I took them all out and sat on the floor seeing letters, pictures, and a ring.

"What's that?" Bora came beside me to see.

"Hmm... let's see." I read them one by one.

They were all collection of poems given to me. And they were all written with the pen name "Hyung". In the pictures I saw the little me and a good looking little boy too. Bora took the ring and saw the engraved letters "H&H".

"Aha! It's him!" Bora exclaimed.

I started to understand where these little memories and collection of mine came from. They were all from one special person.

"Ah.. so it's all from him." I nodded.

"Chae Hyungwon." I said.

"Ahhh! That little boy you used to be close with? You told me lots of stories about him when you first moved here in our neighborhood. You were actually that sad before. Good thing you have me as your friend now." Bora recalled.

Right... I used to have a close friend named Hyungwon. He was the one who would try to save me from bullies, but in the end, I'd have to save him instead for he was too weak and skinny. He stood up for me and provided me comfort. He was like home.

Since we were 4 until 12 years old, we maintained our friendship. He grew up to be a pretty boy yet with a manly vibe. Despite lots of school girls liking him, he would choose to be with me over them. In fact I admired him...

I liked Hyungwon.

He wrote me poems, sang me songs, and danced to cheer me up. He even gave me a ring as a symbol of how special I was to him.

Yet everything changed when he had a sort of "girlfriend" when we were 15. He spent less time with me and I didn't like the girl but he wouldn't listen. He liked the girl so much but the girl didn't like him back and he couldn't see that.

"How did you and that little boy become not good terms anymore, again?" Bora asked, interrupting my thoughts.

"He liked the school queenka and I didn't like it. He saw me as someone trying to oppose him alot so he got mad at me and grew distant. Maybe it was also my fault because I longed too much for his attention. Maybe I was such a spoiled princess he grew tired of showering attention to." I explained.

"Ohhh... where is he now?" She asked.

"I don't know. They moved away and I got more upset at him because he moved away without even trying to resolve our friendship issue." I rolled my eyes, holding a grudge at Hyungwon.

"Maybe you're not really a spoiled girl at all. It's just that maybe because you liked him, it caused you to act that way. He misunderstood you so he must be dense." Bora shrugged.

"Yeah. Nevermind about him. I don't like Hyungwon anymore. He's just good for a friend. I should be totally cool about it by now." I said, arranging Hyungwon's gifts to me and putting them back in, instead of throwing them away.

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Wonho

23 years old. Shin Hoseok. A lingering dead soul.

I have been living like this for years now until I got used to this lifestyle. I try to live like any other person out there except for the fact that no one can actually see me.

Everyday in my life, I have watched days pass as well as enjoy the seasons bloom, as I await for something special to arrive. I help out others, yet never try to interfere with their actual lives.

I live my life with happiness yet a happiness accompanied by emptiness.

I sat down by the bench on the abandoned sidewalk where she has found me. My angel.

"The autumn leaves are everywhere again." I enjoy as the cold breeze wrapped my face and gave me peace. I closed my eyes, held my head up and felt every moment being alone.

At a sudden instance, beautifully,
An autumn leaf fell down on me.

I opened my eyes and stood up, til then I saw her.

Haneul

Bora and I decided to go biking after cleaning up.

"Yah, do you still know how to ride this?" Bora challenged.

"Bring it on." I winked.

We both got ready.

"And start!" Bora shouted.

We suddenly started racing against each other as a friendly competition. We gotta have some fun!

We both rode meters away now and so we're passing at my favorite abandoned shortcut. It was autumn already too so Bora and I wouldn't mind enjoying some beautiful sight as we race.

I was laughing while we both were head to head until I glanced at the sidewalk where I saw him stand.

Shin Wonho is here...

"He's here.." I uttered.

"Who?!" Bora answered while trying to keep pedalling.

"B-Bora l-look that blue haired guy sitting down." I signalled to her discreetly.

"Huh? Where?" She said which got me confused.

"Thereee! At the side! There's a guy!" I repeated.

"I'm looking at it okay?! There's no one there Cheon Haneul!" She said which I didn't understand.

I looked at him as I felt everything kinda slow down. I saw him look around and eventually our eyes met at some point.

"Yah! You're too slow! Tired already? Catch up or I'll gladly take this win!" Bora advanced.

I broke our eyecontact and pretended not to see him as I go back to pedalling fast since Bora was out of sight.

I felt his gaze go stronger as I was about to pass by him but I tried to ignore.

"Cheonsa!" He called out.

I literally almost froze down upon hearing him call.

Keep pedalling Haneul-ah dont let him get to you..

I took a deep breath and kept pretending as I bravely passed him by.

"Cheon Haneul! Why are you ignoring me? Stop acting like you can't see or hear anything!" He shouted and I got kinda ticked off.

Suddenly, I went outbalanced from my bicycle and fell down.

"Aghhhhh!!!!!" I screamed as I fell on my butt.

Good thing I didn't hurt myself but I was pissed.

I suddenly heard Wonho's chuckle as he took the chance to come closer to me.

"Ya, stand up." He ordered trying to stop laughing.

I stood up and rolled my eyes.

"What do you want?! Urgh!" I said as annoyed as ever.

"I just wanted to talk to you." He flashed me a confident smile.

"Leave me alone." I said as I tried to start walking away from him.

"Where you going? Yah!" He chased.

Suddenly, I tripped on Wonho's leg.

"Ahhhhhh!!"

I closed my eyes but found out that he also caught me. He smiled and winked at me again.

"Yah! Why did you do that to me? That was on purpose right?!" I fought him.

"Hahaha, sorry." He smiled like a child as he did a peace sign.

"Stop that! There's nothing to talk about." I said.

"Sure there is, how are you? How about your arm? Oh you're here again too? We see each other again, I see? So you know how to ride a bike? Why are you riding the bike so quickly? Who's that friend? And why did you ignore me?" He enumerated topics.

I clapped sarcastically.

"Im fine thank you. See you never again goodbye!" I sassed.

"Wait, Cheonsa!" He called out again.

"Whaaat? It's Haneul, okay?" I got annoyed.

"Haha, but I like Cheonsa on you better." He gave me a playful smirk.

"Are you hitting on me?" I asked.

"No, I have no intentions like that. I just wanted to greet you since I'm glad I saw you again." He sincerely said.

"....Okay."

Silence came before us as we just stared into each other.

"Awkward silence.. an angel just passed by I guess." I shrugged.

"No, I think she's already here-- right infront of me." Wonho said.

I was suddenly put into silence. This guy drives me crazy with his sweet words.

"Yep you are hitting on me." I nodded.

"I'm not! Well if you really don't wanna talk to me then you can go now. It's nice seeing you again." He sincerely smiled.

"... yeah sure. Nice to see you again Wonho." I returned.

He waved me goodbye as I got back to my bike and rode it again, proceeding far away from him.

I held my heart as I thought of him. My mind and my heart were going crazy with emotions just then.

Wonho

I looked at her go. Despite this fall season, she bloomed beautifully. She brought a certain happiness just by her having to interact with me.

Could she possibly be capable of filling the emptiness in the happiness I held?

I suddenly wished to see her again and again.

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Hi guys this is my second update! Hyungwon actually did state in an interview that another special name for him would be "hyung" because he uses that pen name for his written poems XD

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