âreal eloquent, kim daehyun.â
but itâs a part of daehyun that makes him daehyunâ the way he drops all pretenses around her, raw and rough-edged and unapologetically so. Â heâs a breath of fresh air when the world around her gets too suffocating, a source of comfort and a reminder of home when she canât seem to remember how to get there again. Â
so she doesnât hold back from making an exaggeratedly disgusted face when a familiar item emerges, nose scrunched and mouth flattened into a grimace. Â âdonât even think about it-â
too late. Â heâs already charging full speed ahead, but sheâd expected nothing less. Â while he immerses himself in his antics she reaches for a napkin to swipe at the mess heâs made, purposefully pressing harder than necessary when she reaches his face. Â âhow old are you, five? i know weâre alone, but youâre gonna stay single forever if you donât start shaping up. Â just saying.â she ends with a condescending pat to his head- smiles innocently as if itâd only been an act of generosity. Â
the echoing sound of her chair drawing closer to the desk reminds her that they donât have an audience. Â even then, she figures heâd act the same as he is now. Â daehyun being daehyun.
âitâs always kim jisoo time, i donât know what youâre talking about. Â iâm the sun in your orbit, yâknow? Â you can deny it all you want, but you canât cross physics.â so even when she lobs the balled up, now-dirty napkin at his head, sheâs grinning. Â glad youâre here, idiot. Â
âlearned from the best kim jisoo.â he says it with turn of his lip and a poke of his tongue.
this is something that isnât going to change. itâs that shit that they show in old Disney movies and should really be on the discovery channel. discovering the twenties, living the inâs and outâs of friendship in the twenty-first century. add the word millennial to the end and everyoneâs going to read it. everyone concerned about how communication goes between people like them. but they donât even know. heâs pretty sure theyâre just figuring it out, juggling comfort in a way thatâs both scary and safe.
he knows heâs not being appropriate but heâs not being inappropriate. he knows heâs not being as sophisticated as heâs been taught but letâs be real, when has he ever been and when will he ever be? be all that is asked of him and all that is expected. thatâs....going a little too deep so letâs go back. the cafeteria is empty, heâs hungry as hell and with the one person who doesnât give a fuck how he is. thatâs how it goes. thatâs why it is the way it is, nothing else.
âyouâre just mad that my ponytail looks better than yours and I can do a ponytail in the first place. which by the way because I did it I win.â most people would zero in on the fact that he doesnât say anything about the single comment, that daehyun who picks up on every word and delivers ten more, quiets himself and ignores it. but really heâs still got a mouthful of food (another mouthful actually) and he doesn't care enough to respond.Â
âyouâre gonna stay bitter and grow frown lines if you keep worrying about me.â but worrying in the friendly way. worrying in the shoulder to shoulder, shoving each other down the street way. the way he looks up the moment the napkin hits, the comeback silenced into a frown and a rather large, obnoxious gulp.
âwhat are you? five?â
these things wonât change, and heâs glad.
