Airplanes; 937 words.
Kim Jonghyun - Jung Yongjoo (Nicole).
Rating: PG - Genre: Angst - B.O.B & Hayley Williams’s Airplanes.
Airplanes.
can we pretend that airplanes
in the night sky are like shooting stars?
i could really use a wish right now,
wish right now, wish right now.
jonghyun was eight while his favorite dongsaeng, nicole, was seven. they attended at the same school - even the same class. jonghyun wore a blue shirt and white pants as his uniform while nicole wore a pink shirt and pink patterned skirt. they went along anywhere together - even nicole declared that he was her soulmate, that she couldn’t get far away from him even for a day only. all of her friends knew that, and jonghyun didn’t really mind about that. little jonghyun just grinned sheepishly and patted his dongsaeng’s head. they really had the best childhood moment, at least for them.
but one day...
“nicole-ah.”
“yes?”
“i have to move to japan.”
“woah, really!?”
“for several years - appa has a lot of job there.”
“yaaaah...”
“i’ll leave you tonight. night flight.”
“ungg, i’d be asleep when you’re on the plane...”
“yah! i’m about to call you from the plane later!”
“he? do you think you can see me from up there?”
“why not?”
so, at the night when jonghyun left korea for japan, nicole sat on the terrace of her house, with her head looking upward - searching for his plane. there was one airplane up there, she believed that that was his plane. nicole waved her hands eagerly, and shouted jonghyun’s name. while on the plane, jonghyun was luckily got a seat near the window so he could see what lies beyond the window. he could only see the buildings that look small. but jonghyun could feel that nicole was down there, looking for his plane - so he innocently waved his hand, as if he looked at nicole too.
‘jonghyun-oppa, please come back here soon...’
‘nicole-ah, i promise i’ll be back there soon...’
***
jonghyun was nineteen while nicole was eighteen. he was back to korea four years ago, and finally he could bond with her again. they didn’t attend the same school anymore, since jonghyun had already attended college, but they were always at the same way so jonghyun could act like nicole’s personal driver sometimes. jonghyun was always be the one who fetch her from school, and drove her to anywhere she wanted. they both didn’t really mind with that, since they were really used to be like that. ‘luckily he isn’t dating anyone yet’ - nicole thought.
but one day, when jonghyun’s car passed through the airport...
“mm, talking about airport...”
“...?”
“i’m going to take a night flight again tonight.”
“yah! you better be kidding me.”
“i’m serious, little bird.”
“hmph. where else are you going tonight?”
“london. appa said that i should attend a better college there.”
“... oppa.”
“yes?”
“i’m going to miss you.”
“me too.”
at the night when jonghyun left korea for england, without him asking first, nicole was already sitting on the terrace again - looking for his plane again. her head was looking upward, and once she found a plane, she didn’t wave her hands eagerly. nicole wasn’t a child anymore, so she started to believe that the possibility that he would see out the window was just a little. but the higher the plane was flying, the higher also her hope to be able to see him back as soon as possible. while jonghyun, like usual, was enjoying his seat that probably wasn’t near the window. he muttered that he’d miss nicole, without everyone knowing.
‘jonghyun-oppa, do you know how much my hope to see you back here?’
***
jonghyun was twenty-three while nicole was twenty-two. their life weren’t as same as before. jonghyun was a music prodigy that turned into national musician while nicole would be graduating from college soon. they didn’t have any little time to hang out together - since jonghyun also already had jessica, his girlfriend since he was in london, and nicole always sticked around with kibum - an amateur fashion designer who was also her bestfriend. there was a time when both jonghyun and nicole were attending gyuri and jungmin’s wedding party and they accidentally bumped into each other.
“eeeh! i’m sorry!”
“oh, that’s fine - nicole?”
“... jonghyun-oppa!”
when nicole wanted to hug him, suddenly jessica appeared in front of her and pulled jonghyun’s arm eagerly - with a straight face. nicole just starred her eyes at them, confusedly - it was like something she didn’t even understand. she kept like that, until kibum appeared next to her, tapped her shoulder with a smile imprinted on his pale face.
“where are you looking at, baby?”
“uh... nothing.”
***
“nicole-ah.”
“hey oppa!”
“i’m sorry for the last night.”
“ooh - i don’t really mind about that.”
“glad your number doesn’t change.”
“ahahaha! of course not.”
“anyway, nicole-ah.”
“... yes?”
“i’m at the airport...”
“where are you going tonight?”
“i don’t know. maybe traveling around the world.”
“...”
“... nicole-ah, are you there?”
“let me follow you, may i?”
“...”
“i’m tired - of waiting for you, oppa. i’m always the one who wait for you to come back here. you may probably forget about me a lot when you go overseas. but how about me?”
“nicole-ah... i’m sorry.”
***
jonghyun kept going, but nicole didn’t go to the terrace at least to wave her hands at him. she was just looking from her room, with a piece of a broken heart and tears on her cheeks. while on the plane, jonghyun sighed several times. his hand was holding his cellphone, a picture of him and nicole was on the phone screen - he kept staring at it, even when the stewardess asked him to turn off his phone. he might be back again to her... or not.
***
“i have to go now.”
“oppa! i love you.”
“sorry, bye.”
(beeeeeep)
A/N: I was going to end this with a happy ending, but... ;; and, jsyk,
Appa is such a creep person, I was writing this when she IM'ed me! Yeah, I think it looks like new writing style, I don't know if I'll stick with this or not :\ who knows anyway? Oh, and I do really like this song sfm, though Hayley's voice is just like... "that's not her voice!" but whatever. And I just realized, back then Noe wanted me to write her a KeyCole... err... =)) Comments and criticisms are welcome! ♥