[104. Is that my punishment?]
Aroon cleared his throat looking at his Dad. " Mom had a friend named Fern, who was with her in the university. ",he started. " She got a job in a company in Daegu, Korea. There she happened to see Dae's Dad in a grocery shop. She took his pic and send Mom."
" What !? Ying didn't tell me. I didn't know.", Kobsook said in shock, more to himself." Mom was shocked to know he was alive.", Aroon said. " She thought you purposefully lied to her that her husband is dead, in order to marry her."" What ?", Kobsook's mouth hung open. Dae was also listening in shock.Aroon continued " She wanted to inquire about it and see her husband again. She wanted to ask him why he didn't come back for her and Dae. Also she didn't want you to know. She thought you would do something, if you know she realized her husband is alive. She got scared of you at that time."" Oh my God !", Kobsook gasped[105. This is my home.]Dae seemed to be calm and happy during the lunch. Aroon and Kobsook wondered how he can be happy after hearing all the shocking things. Aroon was feeling that Dae was happy because he realized his real Dad is alive and he has decided to go with him. Aroon was feeling a lot of pain in his chest.No one spoke during the lunch. Dae walked upstairs humming a tune. Aroon also walked upstairs to his room. He shut the door and broke out into tears. But soon the door opened revealing Dae."Oh Aru.., why are you crying ?""Uhmm..no..nothing.", Aroon wiped his tears."Aru, let's do something. I am bored. Let's play video game ?”, Dae asked. “ Don't tell me you don't have mood. ""Hmm...okay.", Aroon nodded.Soon they were sitting on the bed with controllers in their hands. Dae was concentrating hard into the game since it's really difficult to win over Aroon.
[106. Damn his thighs !]It was Wednesday night, one week after Mr Kim went back to Korea. Dae stood up from his chair after closing his chemistry text book and walked to the older’s room to sleep. It was already 11 Pm and it was his time to sleep. He usually sleeps in the older’s room since that Party night and he can't literally sleep alone now. " Aru..what are you doing ?", Dae asked opening Aroon's room door and walking inside. The older was sitting on his desk chair, writing something. Aroon looked up from the A4 sheets on the table and smiled at Dae. " I was writing an assignment.", he replied and looked back at the sheets of paper, returning to his writing." You guys get a lot of assignments.", Dae said and went to look at the thing Aroon was writing. " What assignment?", he asked." It's an important project, Bun.", Aroon replied. " We have actually an exhibition and fest coming on next Friday. This assignment i
[Note: chapters from 107- 119 mostly describes a blossoming romance between Oak and Phet. However chapters 112, 115 and 117 are mostly AruDae.][107. Growing Attraction]Phet now has grown the habit of going to dorm mess for dinner. It’s a week since he started this new routine. Earlier he would only have breakfast from the mess. Then he would have lunch from college canteen and at evening he have coffee and snacks either from the college canteen or a restaurant nearby. And he used to skip dinner. But last day while Phet was sitting in his balcony reading his main subject along with Art, Oak was in the opposite dorm's balcony, silently reading something. Phet would be lying if he said he didn't look at Oak even for once. Of course he looked, not once but multiple times. He was occasionally stealing glances at Oak without Art noticing it. His concentration was not on his text book but on the person sitting on the balcon
[108. Combine study ?]As Dae walked out of his class at evening, his phone vibrated inside his pocket. He fished it out to see it was a text from Aroon asking him to come to the canteen near the Engineering campus.Dae reached the canteen, to see a group of Engineering students having shake and burger sitting together on two adjacent tables. There were about fifteen people. T5 along with three girls occupied one big table. Phet and his friends were on the adjacent table. Both Aroon and Phet waved on seeing Dae and the latter walked towards Aroon's table after smiling at Phet.Aroon dragged a chair near to him for Dae. The younger flashed a smiled at the others before sitting down near Aroon. He looked at the older's face and found him so much tired than usual. Aroon then moved a glass of chocolate shake to Dae and handed him a burger without actually looking at his face. Dae couldn't understand what was wrong with the older today. For the past three weeks, Aroo
[109. Hormones are acting weirdly.]Phet was staring at his own fingers the whole time they had dinner. And Oak was secretly watching him and suppressing his smile." Chubby ", Oak had murmured looking at Phet's hands as the latter was washing his hands before dinner. Oak was waiting behind him to wash his own hands." What ?", Phet slightly turned his head and asked, whilst washing his hands thoroughly."I mean Chubby fingers. I've never seen this small hands in an adult. Baby hands. ", Oak said and Phet looked back at his hands humming an ' Oh..'. He didn't really like that comment and it felt to him like Oak dislikes his small hands. He was clearly upset and Oak could see his involuntary pout through the mirror. Oak laughed inwardly. For certain reasons Oak found it really fun to tease Phet.Even though the older enjoyed seeing Phet sulking all through the dinner, he started feeling guilty after sometime. It seemed like Phet took his comment to
[110 Book worm weirdo Prodigy]Phet woke up to the sound of Oak's alarm. He sat up on the bed rubbing his eyes and found the older groaning and whining softly whilst squirming on the bed in annoyance. Phet couldn't help but laugh at the sight. Oak was now cursing something under his breathe and was trying to find the alarm to stop it, with his eyes still closed. Phet giggled calling the older's name. Oak fluttered opened his eyes hearing the younger's giggles. And only then he realized the younger was in his room and he was sleeping beside him on his bed, the whole night." What are you laughing at ?", Oak asked sitting up sheepishly. He then messily crawled out of the bed." Nothing.", Phet giggled." I am going for practice. Change those clothes and go to your room.", Oak said walking to the bathroom. Phet nodded lazily. He lied back once Oak closed the bathroom door. He slightly raised the collar of the t-shirt he was wearing and smiled smelling
[111 The bus ride.]Oak lets the younger enter the bus first. Phet looks around the bus. It's clean enough, only occasional sweet rappers litter the linoleum floor and the bus looks comfy to him with light blue coloured neat stain free seats.Phet’s lucky enough to find a two seats by almost the middle of the bus. He quickly walks to there before anyone could occupy the seat and slumps down happily, waving to Oak. Oak shrugs off his back pack and sits down beside the younger, without arguing for the window seat ( even if he highly prefer window seat and he most often experience motion sickness while traveling on bus if he doesn't get a window seat.) and places his bag under his legs. Phet keeps his small bag on his lap itself and smiles looking out of the window feeling satisfied being able to sit with Oak, their shoulders and bodies touching, erupting goosebumps on Phet's arms. Also he feels his heart jumping in joy.Soon enough the bus starts to
[112. The huge Spider]" Damn ! ", Aroon murmured hitting his fist on the desk while Miss Tasanee was teaching Statistics."Aroon..what's wrong ?", Miss Tasanee inquired feeling irritated."No..nothing. I'm Sorry.", Aroon lisped coming out of his train of thoughts. He tried to concentrate in the class but he couldn't. A certain specific scene from the morning was playing in his mind. He happened to see a certain person with just a towel wrapped around his waist. Morning, Aroon was searching for his Manufacturing and design text book in his whole room when he heard a loud scream from the next room. He instantly ran to the younger's room holding his breathe in his chest. He pushed open Dae's room door and went inside. "Go...Go...don't come to me..Go away, Nooooo...", he heard screams from the bathroom. Aroon rushed to the bathroom door and right then it clicked open along with a loud high pitched scream and Dae jumped out of the bathroom hitt
[167. I will be with you.]The drive to Sky Park is only 20 minutes. The boys sits in the back seat of a cab, peering out of the windows at the bright lit malls and shops on either sides of the highway. It's almost 7 Pm and all the shops has been brightly lit with colourful lights.'Fake Love, BTS' is playing on the radio in the background and Dae tries humming along with the song whilst carefully observing the Seoul city. The driver, who is probably a guy in his late twenties also sings along with the song in a low voice whilst vigorously shaking his head. Aroon just sits and enjoys the cool wind whipping through his cheeks from the taxi's open window." Are you two a couple ?", the driver suddenly asks stopping his singing and glancing at them through the mirror. Both Aroon and Dae is surprised. Not because the driver asked them that question but because he asked in English." Yeah..", Aroon replies. The driver just smiles in response and starts
[166. Ice rink]Dae sits in one of the side seats of a bus to Seoul with the older's phone in his hands, his eyes glued on the phone screen, his lips curved upward and his dimples visible as he reads the rest of the comments under their post. There had been a lot of new comments, the morning and new comments are appearing every minute. Most of them are supportive and Dae can’t help but feel extremely happy. Whenever he comes across a negative comment, he quickly skips it. He doesn’t let his mind get affected by the negative remarks.Aroon sits beside the younger, carefully watching his expression, smiling slightly whenever the younger’s smile widens a bit more. The boys had left Min's apartment only half an hour ago, after having the breakfast Granny min prepared for them. “ Enough Bun.”, Aroon says after sometime. “ You will get a head ache if you read while traveling.”“ Oh..really?”, Dae tilts his head and asks. “ Yeah I think I am s
[ 165. Overcame Fear]It had past midnight. Dae lied awake looking at the dark ceiling above him, his eyebrows scrunched together as he tried to make some important decision regarding his relationship with Aroon. The older was sound asleep beside him, still one of his strong arms caging him protectively from one side." Aru..", he suddenly called shaking the older. He needs to tell the older something urgently. Out of nowhere, he has suddenly got some strange yet strong courage, a courage to do something, something daring. He needs to do it right now or what if he loses the courage tomorrow morning?Aroon groaned in discomfort as Dae called him again. Dae reached his hands to the nearby switch board and soon the lights were turned on. Aroon's eyelashes fluttered in irritation at the sudden lightening that filled the room along with the younger calling his name whilst shaking him. " What bun ?", he asked slowly opening his eyes." Aru, I have took one impo
[164. Baby..patience ]Aroon sat on the bed, staring at the younger, sitting huddled up on the couch watching some cartoon on TV after having the ramen noodles cooked by granny min, his plump lips curved upward at the end and his dimples visible as he peered at the television screen. The younger looked so cute and hot in his new light blue shirt and cream short shorts.Aroon looked at his watch. It was almost 9 Pm. Dae isn't getting bored watching the damn cartoon. At last Aroon sat up from the bed, ruffling his hair and walked to the younger, the sweet smell of strawberries encasing him as he reaches near him.He slumps down beside the younger inhaling his sweet smell deep into his nostrils. But the younger is so immersed in the cartoon he is watching that he doesn't give him the attention he needed.Losing patience, Aroon grabs the younger's chin and turns his face to him, making him look at his eyes. Dae's heart rate suddenly speeds up at the way the o
[ 163. The old couple. ]Dae walks holding Aroon's hands, a smile sits on his face as he amusedly watches the infinite number of shops and stalls on either side of the road. A heavy plastic bag hangs on Aroon's free hand and it swings back and forth as they walks quickly through the street market of Cheonan. Inside it are the little stuff they bought from that market." Aru, walk slow.", Dae whines." Dae, it's going to rain soon. I think we need to walk 15 more minutes to reach the bus stop."" It's going to rain? How do you know ?", Dae asks confused." Look up at the sky."Dae looks up and sees the greying clouds above him rumbling with warning. Out of nowhere an ice cool wind blows and whips through their hair. A drop of water falls on Dae's nose tip." Aru..yeah..it's raining."Soon fat droplets of rain hits both of their forehead and Aroon runs holding Dae's hands to a nearby tiny restaurant. Standing there under the leak
[162. Baby goats]After almost an hour, Dae wakes up feeling hungry. He blinks his eyes thrice before slowly lifting his heavy eyelids, adjusting his dreary eyes to the morning sun rays rushing in through the open window. He slowly sits up straight, lifting his head from the older's shoulders." Why you woke up quickly ?", Aroon asks, his gaze on his phone, his fingers dancing rapidly over the screen. "There's one more hour to reach there. Sleep a little more.", he says slightly turning his head. Dae just hums in replay but looks out of the window deciding to watch the sights outside for sometime. The bus is now going through a city and tall buildings array on both sides of the road. Soon Dae notices the board of a restaurant and instantly his mouth waters seeing the variety food items on the banner. He feels extremely hungry after seeing the photo of the food items. He hadn't eaten dinner last night. But he feels reluctant to tell Aroon that
[ 161. Bus ride ]Dae squirmed on the bed, left and right trying to meet the familiar warmth. But he didn’t hit Aroon's body even after rolling about a lot. So he finally opened his eyes to figure out where the older actually was. He turned his face to his right and he was shocked. Abruptly he turned around to the left and there too was no one. Dae sat up on the bed in panic with a fast thudding heart. " Aru..", He called out frightened gazing around in the room. He looked over at the window and it's still dark outside. Dae started getting more nervous by the instant. "A..Aru..", He again called and this time it came out muffled because of fear. He was about to cry as no reply came.He only remember both of them running into a hotel, actually a motel at midnight after walking through the empty roads for almost an hour. He was really sleepy then and as soon he saw a bed, he fell on it and drifted into sleep, hugging the older. But now where is the olde
[ 160. Eloped ]It was really dark when Aroon landed at Seoul airport. He had changed the time in his phone from 5: 52 Pm to 7:52 Pm. And it had past 8:20 when he finally got out of the airport and got a taxi. Somehow he was able to tell the driver that we wanted to go to Daegu and fortunately the man understood him.Aroon took his phone and called Oak as soon as he hopped into the taxi.“ Aroon..be really careful. We will call you if there’s anything. And if your Dad calls you, pick the call. Or he will get suspicions. Bye then, take care.”, Oak said before ending the call.Aroon then placed the phone in his pocket and leaned back in his seat.The taxi driver, who was an young man, not looking anything more than 25 tried to converse with him in a English mixed Korean. And Aroon was able to comprehend something. His one week stay with Kim family had taught him a little bit Korean. He also tried to converse a little with the driver in an attempt to
[159. Let’s bring back Dae.]Aroon didn't have dinner. He sat on his desk chair thinking what to do next. An hour ago, he had texted Dae ' Are you okay ?' just to see whether he has his phone with him. The message was marked ‘seen’ after sometime but no reply came. So he understood the phone was either in Mr Kim’s custody or with his own Dad.' Dae isn't alright. Right now, he might be crying, lying in that room where we stayed. Or they might be questioning him. He is definitely not okay. He needs me.', Aroon suddenly took his phone in his hands and started searching for the next flight to Korea.There was a flight at 5 Am. The booking was about to close and he hastily went to book ticket. But soon he found that there was not enough money in his card. It was strange as the ticket doesn't coast that much. He checked the balance and found the whole money in his account has been withdrawn a few hours ago. Aroon felt totally helpless. He called O