Akai Ito: Daydreams (chapter three)
I yawn for the thousandth time now since I got inside our class room.
My vision’s still blurry and my body’s screaming for me to sleep. Unfortunately I can’t do that now our homeroom teacher is currently blabbing about some trip out to jeju or something. She and the rest of the class, meaning herself and a couple of her pets a.k.a. class officers, have been talking nonstop about plans for the trip etc for an hour now. How I wish I could just slump on my chairs arm and drift off but with all the noise they’re making I just can’t. Not to mention that he’s standing right in front of me. Yunnie, as I fondly call him (only when I talk to myself or daydream about him though), as the class’s top student is also the class president. Despite my groggy-zombie state his features are still very clear from where I’m sitting.
His bow shaped lips are shut tight as he listens to the others’ suggestions.
His brown hair moves smoothly even with just the slightest twitch from him, falling over his glasses when he nods. Those perfectly formed, candle-like fingers clumsily tucking back his stray locks, those same digits that adjusts his glasses every 15 seconds out of habit, repositioning them on top of the perfectly angled nose.
I sighed as I continue watching him talk. Loving the sound of his voice, the way his lips move. I wonder how it feels if those luscious pads were against mine. They look sweet and I know they would taste sweeter.
Ah, park-ssi do you have any suggestions?
Can I kiss you? Waah? What the heck did I just say? Omo….
Ahm, I ah..sorry I didn’t me-
Sure! I looked at him stunned. What did he just say?
Ahm?
Sure you can kiss me..or do you want it the other way around Laramel.. did his voice just sound raspy? And why is he..oh no! I practically froze in my seat as he slowly lowers his head and aims for my lips. I went cross eyed as inch by inch he crosses the distance between us, his lips parted sensually. I closed my eyes and eagerly waited for the kiss to happen. Who cares why he’s doing this or whatever, just give me the kiss now.
Ahem, park-ssi? Park Lara-ssi?
Yah, park wake up!
I instantly opened my eyes, ready to attack my seatmate who was now violently shaking me. Who does she think she is interrupting my first kiss like that?
Aish what do you- I instantly stopped talking when I saw the bewildered faces of our teacher and the rest of the class. My eyes fixed on Yunho who was now looking at me weirdly. Oh great! From the looks of it I was just daydreaming, again. Damn! I turned beet red as I slowly lowered my head, wishing the floor would just open up and eat me.
Kenchanna-yo park-ssi?
Ahm..ye-yes songsaenim, I’m sorry I was just..ahmm.. but our “beautiful” teacher (excuse me while I puke) turned her back on me even before I could finish talking.
Okay class that would be all for today.
***
Great! First I didn’t get enough sleep, got caught daydreaming and then this, skipping lunch because of that stupid physics teacher who was sent to give me hell. I’m in the library now searching for that darned book that she assigned me to bring. I kept cursing myself for being so careless.
Aish..where in the world is that damned book..tch.
I’ve been pacing and scanning the endless aisles of the science section for almost 10 years now (25 minutes really but it seemed that long so yeah), my stomach has been grumbling nonstop add that to my sleepiness and I’m near fainting.
Oh God why me? I look up to the ceiling in my helplessness. I was in the middle of a staring contest between the ceiling and me when I suddenly heard a thud from the next aisle. The loud sound made me go look at what happened. My eyes went round as saucers when I saw what made the sound. There in front of me lying like some innocent book (which is true it is just an innocent book) was the damned reading material I was looking for. Finally God has heard me! Lunch! I thought as I pick it up and happily made my way to the librarian’s corner. My knees were still a bit shaky so I had to stop at one of the bookcases by the window to steady myself. I decided to look out of the window just to rid my eyes of the books.
*gasp* Omo…
All thoughts of hunger and anger (wow that rhymed huh?) flew away when I saw that beautiful creature right outside where I was standing. He was under that ancient tree at the front of the library, sitting in one of those old benches that have been there forever. His hair swaying with the wind, his expression pure bliss as he devours what was inside his bento box. My Yunnie’s eating lunch, he’s eating lunch just in front of me and he looks so refreshing.
Sigh…I wish I could eat with you yunnie or just eat you..ke ke ke I thought to myself. Hey I can’t help it if he looks good enough to eat. I decided to hurry up and check out the book hoping to see him when I go out, plus I’m still really hungry. I was out of the library in record time. I slowed my pace as I pass by where he is, he’s still concentrating on what he’s eating. His head was still bowed, all eyes on the food in front of him so I had the luxury of just staring at him openly as I walk in super slow motion. I don’t care if I miss lunch this is a rare moment I have to cherish. Just being able to look at him like this freely made my hunger fade. I sigh again. When will he give me that kind of attention he’s giving his food? You don’t know how lucky you are I said to his bento box. I stole one last look as I finally passed him, craning my neck in the process. I was about to turn around when he looked my way. I stood still for a second then the miracle happened; he waved at me bidding me to come to him. I didn’t know what to do so I looked around making sure that he was really calling me.
Laramel! Come here… he yelled now. When did he start calling me by that name? I brushed the question off when I saw him smile. I faltered with my steps, he’s really gorgeous, in a dorky way. Dorky but still hot if you ask me just look at those muscles underneath that hideous outfit, yummy. What am I thinking? Aish get a grip! I stopped just in front of him.
y-yes Jung-ssi? What is it? I was asking him that when the next moment I felt two strong hands pull me towards him, my face comfortably resting on his chest (wow I was right his chest feels firm, kyaaaa) and his arms now enveloping me. What in the heck just happened? Who cares what happened I am so enjoying this, this is better than eating a whole basket of fresh strawberries, this is HEAVEN.
Yu-yunho s-ssi?
Shhh…let’s just stay like this for a while… I couldn’t help but just nod brushing my cheeks on his defined chest.
I’m a dreaming again yunnie? Coz if I am please don’t wake me? I heard that hearty laugh of his. His embrace tightened as he laughed, his voice getting louder and louder. He pulled away from our embrace and I pouted.
What the? I went dizzy when he started to shake me so hard I felt like my shoulders would give from his grip.
Hajima Yun-
Yah! Park Laramel wake up already aish! I haven’t got all day! That didn’t sound like my Yunnie. That voice, it sound just like-
Shake her more Micky-oppa I think unnie’s still in a trance. My dongsaeng’s voice woke me up. I blinked my eyes and saw the pair of them, my older brother and my little sister both have their hands on their hips laughing. I grabbed oppa’s hand so that I could stand properly. Geez what have I been doing?
We really have to get you to a doctor Lara-ssi.
Oppa’s right unnie, you’re daydreaming issues are really getting out of hand. I disregard their mock concern for me and started to walk away.
Why are you both here?
Is that the way you treat your brother who drove all the way from university just to pick you up?
Can you at least be grateful that micky-oppa still finds the time to pick us up for lunch unnie?
Can the two of you just stop attacking me? yeah right oppa as if you had a hard time driving here our schools are a block away from each other babo!
They just laughed and proceeded to make me suffer with their weight on me. My idiot brother puts one of his heavy hands on my shoulder while my little evil sister wound her arms around my waist, making it hard for me to walk properly. Don’t get me wrong, we’re close it just that I don’t like it when we’re THIS close. I wiggled away from their death grips and ran towards the parking lot, sticking my tongue out to them. Within seconds we were in a Park family marathon.
***
My afternoon classes went great and I was in a good mood. I was so full, I had a proper lunch without worrying about being late thanks to my gorgeous oppa’s gorgeousness, just a wink from him and my physics teacher from hell turned into a very tame monsterilla in his hands. He didn’t have to explain why I was late, he just smiled and I was let in without interrogations or anything. I was walking back home happily, oppa’s classes end at night and Nova-ssi goes home earlier than me, thinking about how Yunnie kept looking at me the whole afternoon. The mere thought sending the butterflies in my stomach to start fluttering again. I kept catching him looking my way, once I caught him and looked him in the eyes directly he turned away embarrassed. It was so cute. Sigh. My mind was flying to Yunnie-land again when I suddenly lost balance. My clumsy feet caught on something and it was too late for me to try and regain my footing. I just helplessly closed my eyes, let out a yelp and prepared to kiss the street.
Ahhhh…
Oh! Careful…I heard a man’s voice before landing on the warm, soft pavement. Huh warm? soft? Pavement? I slowly opened my eyes to see if indeed the street I was walking on was secretly a warm cushion with a concrete appearance. What filled my vision however was entirely different from what I was expecting. A mop of brown hair and something black and overly huge greet me and that voice I only know to well.
Park-ssi kenchanna? I didn’t even get to answer him when I saw something big and brown with wings flapping on top of that mass of gorgeous hair.
b-butter…butterfly!!! Aaahhhh… then I saw black.