They did nothing wrong, Bang Gihyeok and Sim Jake were just in love.
Dating an idol was never easy. To see through their hardships, to look after their images, and to turn a blind eye on their idol facades, one is bound to break as they meet the tru...
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I was waiting for you as you went to the tteokbokki stall not too far away. You're taking a little too long, but I am also too lazy to run up to you. So instead, I tried calling you.
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Unfortunately, your phone just rang and vibrated beside me. I didn't even notice you left your phone with me. It could've been stolen or left forgotten!
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I sighed as I ended the call, but your phone stays lit. Yet just when I was about to close your phone—
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You missed a call from Gihyeok 143
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Your screen showed something that gave me thousands of emotions in a matter of seconds. I knew the meaning of those three numbers. I can't possibly be wrong... It meant 'I love you', so why would it be there, beside my name?
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You soon came back, while I remained silent. My mind pondered over what I saw. Why am I saved in your contacts with a set of numbers that mean 'I love you'?
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I am confused, but not dumb. And I'm certainly not ignorant over things like this. Jake, do you perhaps... like me back?
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I was in too deep with my thoughts that I didn't even notice that you already sat beside me.
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"The moon looks lovely tonight, right?" You said as you sat beside me, with two cups on your hands. That sentence... Right then and there, I knew what was about to happen.
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"Jake..." I trailed off. All of the signs, all of the clues, it's all too obvious. And as you looked at me with doe eyes, I can't help but frown. Please don't tell me that it's true..
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"I like you Gihyeok— Wait, no. I don't just like you."
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"I think I love you."
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And there it was, the words I feared most. It was our first dilemma. I need to be truthful to you, but also realistic. These feelings...
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"Jake... I love you too." I admitted to myself, for the first time, that I've fallen for someone so deeply.
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I closed my eyes and breathed out, stuck between choosing what I want, and choosing what's right. You said it's not selfish to put myself first from time to time, but wouldn't that be the case when everything's against this love of ours?
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Never have I ever expected that the boy I admire would look at me the same way I look at him. However, I was unhappy. Perhaps— Is it really unhappiness or fear?
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"But this is wrong, we shouldn't have these feelings for each other." I looked at your teary eyes, crestfallen as you looked at me in horror. I'm sorry Jake, but we're just not meant to be.
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"Because we're boys, and boys don't love each other."
