No words will ever be able to describe the pure beauty of what I am seeing. This is the Garden of Eden for sure. The air escapes from my lungs to dance with the calm breeze as I stand unworthy of being in such a place. Water as clear as glass, the sand at the bottom is white and the rocks are anything but dirty, sleeps with the trees surrounding it like guards. Flowers bloom in every part of soil, unpicked and alive. Not a creature is here, not even a bug; just Hoseok and I. 

"Come on," Hoseok takes my hand, his hand being much warmer than mine. "No one is here, we can do anything we want."

"Are we in heaven?" I half joke. "Did we get into a train crash?"

"No," Hoseok laughs, jumping over a clear puddle full of lilies. "This is the place I found when I was a child, where I escaped from my parents and into Neverland."

"How did you find such a place?" I begin to speak quieter, not wanting to interrupt the peace of the wind. "And how is it so untouched and pure?"

"I remember one morning with a mindset of going on an adventure," Hoseok carefully sits on the sand leading into the lake. "I found this place by luck or chance, I'm not sure which, the reason of it being so pure is unknown to me. I actually haven't been here in ten years so I was expecting for someone to have found it and corrupted it by now."

"I wish with all my might that no one ruins such beauty," I sit down too and watch the trees sway above us. "Is this why you don't want to leave? Now I understand why you want to stay so dearly."

"It's one of the reasons," Hoseok smiles. "There is another reason, but I don't want to tell you just yet, but I will at some point."

"I won't pressure you," I smile back, he really knows how to let the best of me appear. "How long do you have left? Until you leave?"

"A couple..days," Hoseok looks away to watch the lake. "Don't freak out."

"I'm not freaking out," I mumble sadly. "I'm just, I don't know. For some reason I thought you were going to stay for at least a couple years, not days."

"My manager won't let me have any more time off," Hoseok sighs angrily. "I don't know if I even want to keep working but I'm not allowed to quit until my contract runs out. The thing is, I'm not sure if I can carry on being an idol, before I came back the fame got to my head and I started being different. It's scary. This is the only place I feel home, I never want to leave."

"The fame?" I question, folding my knees. "What is your job? Are you a famous pornstar?"

"Do you really think I am?" Hoseok throws me a questionable look. "I don't know whether to take that as an insult or a compliment, thanks anyways. I am an idol."

"A Korean idol?" I nod my head in agreement with myself. "You're pretty famous then? Don't start thinking I'm going to treat you any different."

"I'm glad," he smiles brightly. "I don't want you to treat me anymore than a friend."

I don't know why those words hurt.

"Worry no more because you'll always be just a friend to me," I lie, lightly nudging his shoulder. "I might start an anti fan account just for you."

"Play with me!" I watch Hoseok stand up and throw himself into the water. "Come on!"

I mean, you're already playing with me.

"But the lake looked so beautiful," I whine, standing up and edging towards the water. "I am afraid I'm disrespecting it-"

He picks me up, throws me onto his shoulder and carries me into the water. 

"Hoseok!" I shout after he's dropped me in the water, head first. "I can't believe you just did that! We'll get thrown out of the train if we're wet!"

"Don't worry," he looks even better in the sunlight wet. "Everything will be alright if you trust me, your hope!"

"But my hope is going to leave me." I nearly reply.