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Tiring ringing ...
Ji-hoon wakes to the sound of his phone ringing in the morning. It's Jin-hyeok. Jin-hyeok had called, using the excuse of a wake-up call, because he wanted to see Ji-hoon. Ji-hoon's voice, though just awake, was cute and charming.
"hello……."
"Are you still sleeping?"
“Ugh… I’m going to get up now….”
"ㅋㅋㅋ Your voice is cute when you're locked out"
“What’s going on in the morning…lol”
Jinhyuk hears Jihoon's quiet voice over the phone, and he is so excited and cute that he hugs his pillow to calm his heart.
Ji-hoon's heart also started pounding when he heard Jin-hyeok's low-pitched tone and calm voice from the morning.
Ji-hoon got up and headed to the living room to get a drink of water. Jin-hyeok, still on the phone, heard everything Ji-hoon said.
“You drink water well too~”
“ㅋㅋㅋ What the... that’s perverted”
“Wow, you’re the pervert who told me this.”
“It’s like this lol”
“Hey Jihoon, do you have a schedule today?”
“Um… Sundays are usually nothing.”
“Then do you want to meet?”
"Hahaha, that's good, I had something to tell you."
"Are you going to tell me?"
"Yeah, yeah. I'll tell you when we meet up later lol"
“What, is this something I can look forward to?”
“Expectations… I don’t think it’s that much…??”
“Haha, I guess I should look forward to it.”
“Hahaha okay okay”
"Then I'll go to your playground. Let's meet there."
“Huh? You don’t have to make it so hard for yourself. Let’s meet in the middle.”
Jinhyuk says he just wants to see Jihoon, but he keeps asking questions like this because he's worried that Jihoon might feel burdened.
"It's just... I like working out."
“Oh..so that’s why you’re big?”
"It's not wrong, but you're just so small..."
"what..?"
"No, I just thought you were cute."
"Oh... I always say I'm cute. I'll get ready, see you later."
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-1:13 pm In front of Ha Ji-hoon's house.
Jinhyuk has already arrived and is waiting for Jihoon on the swings at the playground in front of his house. Jinhyuk, excited by the anticipation of seeing Jihoon, simply stares at his phone.
As time passed, Ji-hoon appeared. As soon as he saw Jin-hyeok, he hurried to where he was. Then, breathing heavily, he spoke.
“Haa..ha..mi..sorry..I’m late…”
Jinhyuk found Jihoon running towards him cute.
"No, I haven't been here for that long either lol"
Ji-hoon came out wearing glasses again today. Jin-hyuk, who was so annoyed by the glasses that they ruined Ji-hoon's pretty eyes, stared intently into Ji-hoon's eyes. Feeling uncomfortable about Jin-hyuk's behavior, Ji-hoon slowly averted his gaze and fumbled.
“Uh..why…?”
“Well, I don’t like these glasses.”
Ji-hoon bows his head deeply at Jin-hyeok's words, wiggles his fingers, and speaks in a small voice.
“Uh..but..well..I can’t see it well...”
Jinhyuk briefly looked at Jihoon, then lifted his head, which was lowered, and carefully removed his glasses. Jihoon was taken aback by Jinhyuk's actions, at a loss, but remained silent. Jinhyuk looked at Jihoon's face, his glasses removed, and smiled as he spoke.
“As expected, my eyes were right.
“Uh..yeah…?”
Ji-hoon slowly met Jin-hyeok's eyes with his large, deer-like eyes. Jin-hyeok found Ji-hoon's appearance so adorable and beautiful.
And Jinhyuk put Jihoon's glasses back on, lowered his gaze to Jihoon's level, and patted his head.
"I guess I should be satisfied with this. You can tolerate this much, right? Haha."
At Jinhyuk's words, Jihoon blushed and avoided Jinhyuk's gaze, then nodded. Jinhyuk chuckled and took Jihoon to sit on the swing next to him.
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“Oh, right. What did you want to tell me earlier?”
“Uh..ah, that..is that the school you went to instead?”
“Yeah, yeah, why is that?”
Ji-hoon continues speaking shyly.
“Hehehe.. I actually transferred to that school.”
"what..??"
Jinhyuk paused in surprise. He was so happy at the thought of Jihoon wearing the same uniform and attending the same school as him that he was completely lost in thought. Jihoon, seeing this, felt a bit disappointed at Jinhyuk's unresponsive behavior, even though he didn't know the truth. Jihoon cautiously spoke, watching Jinhyuk's expression.
"Ah..is that..not that great...?? If you don't like it, I'll go somewhere else..."
Jinhyuk instantly hugged Jihoon. Then he whispered in Jihoon's ear.
“I like it so much… Really… I like it so much…”
Ji-hoon is surprised by Jin-hyeok's actions, but soon smiles and pats him on the back.
"Phew, I'm so glad you like it."
The two held each other for a long time. Jinhyuk continued to hold Jihoon, immersed in the baby's scent.
“J..Jinhyuk..??“
She is flustered by Jinhyuk's behavior of continuing to bury his face in her shoulder and tries to push him away.
"Hey, Ha Ji-hoon."
"huh..?"
"Do you know you smell like a baby?"
"Baby smell..?"
“Yeah, it’s the first time I’ve smelled like a baby from an 18-year-old high school boy.”
Ji-hoon listened to Jin-hyeok's words and smelled his own clothes.
“Huh… I don’t smell anything..?”
"Really? It definitely smells like a baby..."
“No way.. How can a guy like me smell like a baby? LOL”
Jinhyuk mutters to himself.
“I think you can do it….”
“Huh? What did you say?”
“It’s nothing.”
“Oh right, you said you wanted to ask me something too, lol”
"Oh, right. Where did you go to school before? I thought it would be close to school if you lived around here."
Ji-hoon was flustered by Jin-hyeok's question. He had been bullied and was planning to transfer to Jin-hyeok's school, but he was afraid that if Jin-hyeok found out about his previous school, he would hear about his bullying. In the end, Ji-hoon lied. In fact, it was a ten-minute walk from Jin-hyeok's high school, but he thought Jin-hyeok absolutely could not find out. Ji-hoon trembled, averted his eyes, and tried to cover it up. Jin-hyeok, seeing this, thought that he had touched Ji-hoon where he shouldn't have, so he tried to just let it go quietly.
"Uh..no..I just...went a bit far"
"Oh really? It must have been a bit uncomfortable commuting to school."
"Yeah..yeah..it was okay because I was driving around..haha"
Silence flowed between them. Jinhyuk, taking note of Jihoon's reaction, spoke first.
"Would you like to go get your favorite chocolate ice cream?"
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