ѕοοиγουиg ѕατ ∂οωи οи нιѕ ϐє∂, a towel wrapped around his head as he had just finished taking a quick shower for the night. He loudly yawned, a hand covering his mouth while stretching and groaning in relief as he finally settled down on his bed and pulled the comforts of his comforter to his chest, humming.
Nearing his most awaited slumber of the day, lying on the bed that he oh-so dearly missed, his phone decided to ruin his moment and rang loud, ripping into his eardrums and he immediately sat up, taking it.
He did not remember ever setting his phone's alarm, so why was it ringing?
When he turned to look at his phone screen, the sleep he felt earlier dissipated and he answered the call in a heartbeat.
"Hey, babe. What's up?"
"Sorry, were you sleeping?"
Soonyoung scrunched his nose while furrowing his eyebrows, reminding himself of his previous actions.
"Hm? No, not at all."
Jihoon chuckled on the other line. "You were sleeping, weren't you?"
Soonyoung sulked. "Yeah, I was. But I don't mind it being interrupted as long as it's you." Soonyoung smiled to himself at his cheesy words.
A loud squeal was heard from the other line and came after was intense hushing which confounded Soonyoung.
"Who are you with, Ji?" he asked suspiciously, frowning in doubt of his thought of Jihoon being unfaithful.
Jihoon huffed. "Don't assume so quickly, idiot." Jihoon chuckled but it only made Soonyoung's frown deeper.
"Will you be kind enough to open us up, Youngie? It's cold outside." the squeals intensified but Soonyoung could not hear them as he was too busy trying to decipher what Jihoon had just said.
Open them up. Outside.
Outside... they're outside, for god's sake!
Bolting out of his bed faster than when he was running late to school, he sprinted out of his room and across the hallway, where he almost bumped into his mother who was just finishing up her little movie marathon.
"Youngie-ah? What's with the rush? Is something the matter?" his mother asked in apprehension, holding his arm to prevent him from running away any further.
"Everything's fine, Eomma! Just that..." he glanced over the front door, antsy to what lies behind that door. Mrs. Kwon seems to understand immediately to what he unable to voice out and chuckled.
"Okay, okay, Young. Have fun now, okay? Are you going to have a sl—" but Soonyoung was gone before she could even finish her question as soon as she loosened her grip on his arm.
Soonyoung swung the door open and met up with a smiling Jihoon behind it.
"Ji!" he exclaimed, his grin spreading across his face.
"Soon." Jihoon chuckled as Soonyoung cupped his face into his hands.
"Seok." They whipped their heads towards Seokmin who was behind Jihoon. He arched his eyebrows.
"What? You guys said your names. I just wanted to join in." Jeonghan rolled his eyes at Seokmin's tendency of being oblivious to certain moments. Jisoo only giggled and pecked his soulmate on the cheek.
Soonyoung furrowed his eyebrows as not only Jihoon, but the rest of his friends were standing in his doorstep.
"What are you guys doing here? What's the occasion?"
"Wow! Why does it feel like we're not welcomed here?" Mingyu gasped dramatically, shaking his head in disbelief while Junhui and Chan nodded in agreement, backing him up.
Hansol spoke, "well, remember New Year?" Soonyoung stared at him in confusion.
"Right, you weren't there, so you don't know. You and Ji—"
"You and Jihoon-hyung were not with us in New Year's Eve because you guys were too busy sucking faces!" Seungkwan interrupted, puffing out his cheeks and glaring in vexation. Jihoon blushed at his statement and tried to look away.
"So we decided to make another New Year's Eve, but this time around, you guys will be joining us." Seungcheol gave them an easy smile, raising up cellophane full of sparkles and a lighter in the other.
Soonyoung nodded in understatement.
"Where are we going to celebrate it then?"
Minghao raised up his keys with a lopsided smile. "You'll see."
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ωнєи τнєγ αяяινє∂, the three friends (Soonyoung, Seokmin and Seungkwan) ran out of the car in excitement, demanding for a blanket to be brought over already. Wonwoo rolled his eyes as he went to get the icebox and blanket and walked over to where the boys were waiting, his sleeves rolled up to expose his veiny forearms. Mingyu gulped.
The rest of the group brought over items they'd need for their repeated celebration.
"Han river looks so beautiful tonight." Jihoon whispered, sitting down on the blanket laid over the plain grass. Seungcheol chuckled beside him.
"It's a good thing only a few people are here tonight. The kids will be so loud." Jihoon nodded in agreement as he watched Junhui handing Seokmin the tangerines they brought and Seokmin went into work of peeling them all already.
Seungcheol glanced over the midget, speaking with a look on his face. "So," Jihoon looked at him. Seungcheol smirked. "You've met your soulmate."
Jihoon flushed and turned away, Seuncheol cackling beside him.
"I was seriously stunned when I discovered you had a soulmate already. And it's Soonyoung we're talking about. He's fucking loud!" Seungcheol continued to cackle beside him whilst Jihoon pouted.
"He's not bad. Yes to the loud part, but he's actually okay." Seungcheol ceased his laughter and looked at Jihoon again before smiling.
"To think you hated the idea of having a soulmate back then, you're actually not so bad about it now." Jihoon looked back at him. Seungcheol chuckled. "You've gone soft for him."
Jihoon snorted. "Who? Me? To who?"
Seungcheol rolled his eyes. "Soonyoung, duh." Jihoon huffed.
"That's ridiculous. He's an idiot."
"Your idiot." Seungcheol wiggled his eyebrows, but Jihoon set him aside and watched as Soonyoung ran towards the icebox where Wonwoo was sitting.
"My idiot."
When Soonyoung opened the icebox, the smile on his face dropped and he looked at what's inside in horror.
"Are these... alcohol? Who prepared for the drinks?!"
Jisoo eyed Jeonghan, raising an eyebrow before sighing in disappointment.
"There's no other drinks in there? We still have minors in here." Wonwoo asked as he dipped his hand into the box filled with ice and canned alcohol.
After a few minutes of rummaging, Wonwoo sighed. "Nothing. We're gonna have to need someone to buy us some other drinks." He looked at Soonyoung.
"Why don't you buy us one? There's a convenient store just a walking distance from here."
"Okay!" Wonwoo took out his wallet and handed Soonyoung an amount of cash that he'll need and Soonyoung quickly ran to Jihoon, grabbing his hand and pulling him with him.
"Wait—where are we going?"
"Jeonghannie-hyung packed alcohol instead of sodas and we still have minors in the group."
"Can't they buy their drinks themselves?" Soonyoung stopped.
"You don't want to spend time with me?" Jihoon spluttered. "I didn't say anything!"
"Then you're coming with me." Soonyoung grinned in triumph and continued to pull Jihoon with him. Jihoon heard someone whistle behind him. He turned to see Seungcheol smirking at him before he mouthed him one word while holding up his thumb.
Whipped.
Jihoon flipped him the finger.
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ωнєи נιнοοи αи∂ ѕοοиγουиg went inside the convenient store, they were met up with what was supposed to be an life-changing moment for the two boys in front of them.
One was holding the bar of KitKat which appears to have been dropped and the other was holding up his hand, trying to reach for the chocolate.
"Oh..." the guy reaching for the KitKat blinked. The other gaped, quite surprised himself. "Is it just me or did the world just change colors?"
The other shrugged. "Beats me, man. Mine changed, too."
"Does that mean we're soulmates?"
"Oh? We're soulmates?" the other face-palmed before handing him the KitKat. "Yes, we are, stupid. Didn't your parents tell you a thing about soulmates?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot about it for a moment with how distracted I am because you're just so pretty." The other deadpanned him before sighing in exasperation.
"I'm Cha Junho."
"Lee Eunsang. Pleased to meet you, cutie." Eunsang winked but Junho just rolled his eyes and went over to looking back at the aisle of chocolates, Eunsang standing beside him and taking another bar of KitKat.
"Well, that was anticlimatic." Soonyoung chuckled. "Yeah, tell me about it."
They proceeded to buy themselves lots and lots of Coca Cola.
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ѕєυиgϲнєοℓ ϲℓιϲκє∂ τнє ℓιgнτєя in his hand a few times before it lit and lit the sparkle in his hand to life, putting out the fire in the lighter and lit the other's sparkles as well with his own.
When all of them finally had their sparkles illumed, everyone dispersed, running around in excitement as they raised up their sparkles to give the dark night a gentle light.
Seungkwan wrote his name using the light and giggling. Minghao took a quick photo of the sparkle in his hand, positioning it to the sky and reasoning it's for aesthetic purposes. Mingyu drew circles in front of Wonwoo's face who swatted in his hand away in annoyance.
Chan and Seokmin had a sword fight using their sparkles while the three oldest hyungs were sitting down on the grass, waiting for their sparkles to die down. Hansol and Junhui just made fun of themselves, acting as if their sparkles were their unicorn horns while Soonyoung and Jihoon watched them with their own sparkles in hand.
"Tonight was fun." Soonyoung mumbled, wiggling his sparkle around. Jihoon hummed, nodding in agreement.
"It is."
"Hey," Jihoon turned to him. "I love you."
Jihoon blushed but smiled. "I love you, too."
The huge grin that Soonyoung flaunted was beautiful that Jihoon mirrored his expression, Soonyoung's emotions too contagious.
When Soonyoung surged in for a kiss on his lips, a click of a camera erupted and they quickly pulled away and turned to look at a smirking Minghao who smugly handed over the picture that his polaroid had produced.
"You're welcome, lovebirds."
Jihoon blushed when Soonyoung took the photo into his hands and refused to look at him but still had a quick peek to the picture itself.
The photo was pretty. It was taken at the exact moment their lips were touching. Their surroundings were dark but their sparkles lit up enough light to show their small public display. It was really pretty.
Soonyoung took out a pencil from his pocket (don't ask why he was keeping one in his pocket) and flipped the photo over, writing down something. When he showed Jihoon what he had written, all Jihoon could do was smile and nod, agreeing to the words written down.
A memory never forgotten.
– K.S.Y + L.J.H, a new beginning
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so um,,,, guys,,,,,,, i'm very sad to say this but,,,,,
we're nearing the end of the story.
next chapter will be the last chapter and it shatters me to think that to every story, it always has an ending. this book is no exception.
but i'm really glad that i got to enjoy this ride with you, guys. it was amazing. :)
anyways, pls read blood of royalty, guys!! it will be the next book i'll be focusing on :'(