"It was not the sunset, It was you."
Pairing: Lee Juyeon x Q (Ji Changmin)
— Quotes: "If it doesn't move my heart, if it doesn't make my heart flutter, I won't post it" — Lee Juyeon
— Quotes: U.S. tour..... they went to various cities, met so many people, and did so many things, but to juyeon, this was the highlight of it all (twt @cinnamojju)
It was the night after their performance in the city. The euphoria had not even left them, but they could feel how they needed their rest time quickly. And they were at the hotel at the moment.
The city of San Jose, where it was quite hot during the day, now they were wrapped in a cool embrace of the low temperature of the city. But it was not one that they couldn't handle. As winter in Seoul is much harsher than this.
That was the first U.S. tour they held with all the 11 members together. Starting from New York, Atlanta, Dallas, the city of angel L.A., and now, they had just finished their last stop. The Capital of Sillicon Valley, San Jose.
Each member went to their own designated room to get some rest. The order was decided much earlier, and him, Ji Changmin, got into the same room with his best friend yet again for God knows how many times ever since the first time they became roommates.
The first thing they did after reaching their room was do the silly game of rock, paper, and scissors to decide who got to use the shower room first. And between these two losers trapped in their hot boddies, luckily enough, Ji Changmin won and got to use the shower first before Chanhee.
During his shower time, that best friend of his in the room just couldn't keep quiet and asked him about their schedule tomorrow. Because Chanhee knows, Changmin would go straight to bed and cover himself with a blanket to send himself to the dreamland after he's done with all the care routine.
They promised to explore the city, or so to say, to walk around the city while sharing some meals together on their break time after their concert. As they thought it would be such a shame to just stay at the hotel and not explore the area when they had the chance to do so. So, better grab the opportunity and do it before they regret it.
After a long discussion, with some banter here and there, they decided to do their promise around noon to evening because they treasured their sleeping time the most and wanted to sleep till noon to catch some sleep.
And that was exactly what they did after finishing their own showers and skincare routin, just as what Chanhee predicted; going right to their bed and closing their eyes to sleep.
When the next day greeted them, it was Chanhee's alarm that woke them up. The sunlight had already been trying to peek into their room for a while now from the gap of their closed curtain.
Chanhee woke up first, as he was the one who's trying to turn off his alarm. It took him a few minutes to collect his soul before he got up and tried to call out for Changmin. In which Changmin answered with a muffled, still-sound-sleepy-and-too-lazy-to-wake-up voice.
"New-ssi. Please use the bathroom first, and let me collect my soul while you were there. Thank you," said Changmin after rubbing his eye and going back on hugging one of his pillows.
After a few minutes, Chanhee got out from the shower, and Changmin was already sitting at the edge of his bed, his feet on the floor, his head was looking down at his feet and he bet that his eyes must be closed too.
"Kyu-ssi. Please use the shower now and get ready quickly because I am already hungry, Kyu-ssi."
Chanhee nudged Changmin's shoulder to wake him up once again. Thanks to that nudge, Ji Changmin was dragged back to reality and was able to finish his own shower quickly before his best friend nag him about how much hungry he was.
After checking their outfit, their phone, and their wallet. The two best friends who were said to be bestest friend ever for 75 more years to come started their own journey to walk around the area. But their first priority was to get themselves some food first.
Luckily, they were able to save themselves two seats at a nearby restaurant that served some real good food approved by their stomach.
The sun shone so brightly you could feel the heat from the reflection of the glass from inside the restaurant. The two best friends took their time to enjoy their food while chatting about what they should do, what they should buy, where they should visit next, and many more.
They finished their brunch and were just about to leave the neighborhood when they met a fan of their group. Changmin was zoning off for a while, looking like he was having an eye staring competition with the fan before he snapped out of it and gave their autograph to the fan.
Meeting one of our fans the day after the concert, in public, felt nice actually, thought Changmin.
After that, they fully spent their day together exploring the city together and came back to the meeting spot to take their bus to their next destination. The airport.
It's already the last day of their US tour of them being in the U.S.A. together.
Finding their own comfort zone, their favorite spot, all of THE BOYZ's members were starting to get busy on their own things. Because it was really going to take a while until they reached the airport, each of them is trying to make themselves comfortable.
Changmin chose to sit near the window. It's so he could look at the scenery through the window while listening to his favorite song and getting his own "space". Coincidentally enough, the sit across from him was occupied by Juyeon.
The two people silently agreed to each other's seatmate. Changmin honestly thought he enjoys every time and every moment he has with Juyeon because being with that man comforts him so much that even he feels like his soul is being cleansed.
That without him realizing it, that man has a special spot inside him. A very comfortable and nice spot owned by him only.
While Juyeon thought he is very compatible with Changmin. He doesn't understand what exactly, but something about Changmin always draws him closer and closer it pulls a heart string inside of him.
Both of them sat silently on their sit as the bus started to drive through the highway road.
It was near the time for sunset when the inside of the bus started to get dark, and the orange hue started to paint the interior of the bus through the light reflected from the window.
Juyeon was closing his eyes at first, but then he heard the camera sound from his right side. It came from Changmin.
Juyeon opened his eyes slowly, and what came into his sight was a scene so beautiful that his heart skipped a beat and his breath was taken away from him.
The reflection on his eyes at that time was Changmin leaning his head on the window while staring at the outside scenery, the dark sunset light as his background, some part of him couldn't be seen due to the darkness, but his silhouette itself just added more aesthetic into the scene captured through Juyeon's lense.
By the time he woke up from his 'daydream', there was already another camera sound coming from his palm where he held his phone.
And the beauty in front of him.
Juyeon checked the picture he took, and he stared at it while his thumb couldn't help but caress his phone screen.
He suddenly remembered that day when he talked about his Instagram feed meaning.
"If it doesn't move my heart, if it doesn't make my heart flutter, I won't post it."
At this time, he could feel his heart moved at the sight of this picture. It still is. Right now. While looking at how the man's silhouette was embraced by the dark shadow and the sunset hue as if those two exist just for the man only.
And on this journey, on their US tour, the boys went to various cities, met so many people, and did so many things, but to Lee Juyeon, that moment was the highlight of it all.
It's not the sunset. It's him.
Ji Changmin is the highlight of it all.
With that, the picture of Changmin with the sunset is now successfully framed on Juyeon's feed.
And will forever be there.
