Three (1/1)

Yongguk said exactly what he said we’d do. We went to go see all the museums and monuments and statues and honestly it was a blast. I thought it’d be a boring history lesson but I was wrong as Yongguk would make jokes or we’d take funny pictures of each other doing less then appropriate things with statues or paintings. At one point we tried tagging along to a tour group but then realized we didn’t care about the history of our founding fathers or whatever the fuck they were discussing. At one point, he suggested that we act as though we are tourists from Korea. We went up to someone and with broken English and the thickest accents we could manage and tried to ask where the Lincoln Memorial was. The look on our faces as this person started speaking almost perfect Korean to us must have been priceless. Our little prank failed but we probably laughed for about five full minutes afterward. We decided to end our day at the Vietnam Memorial Wall. The park was almost empty on the brisk day and the lights that lined the wall on the ground reflected beautifully off the black marble engraved wall. The wall stretched from the Lincoln Memorial to the World War II Memorial on the other side of the Reflecting Pool. It gave me chills reading all the names that lined every inch of the wall and I could tell it touched Yongguk as well. The guy loved war movies but he always ends crying at the end even if the story isn’t a sad one. He’s a real big softy at heart behind his mean looking face. He sat down on the ground closest to the grass as he possibly could, legs crossed as he leaned back at his hands. I paced back and forth the same five feet of wall, reading a new name every chance my eyes would land on one. We sat in silence except for the traffic nearby and a fountain gushing somewhere. “You know,” I started, breaking our comfortable peace, “my dad was in ‘Nam.” I looked to Yongguk and he had an eyebrow raised. “Yea, back in the seventies my dad was all hippie dippy and shit. You know, long hair, peace and love? That crap. My grandpa asked if he wanted a job for the summer so of course my dad would say yes. Any chance for money is a chance anyone would take.” I chuckled. It’s stupid but it makes me laugh every time I think about it. “He was shipped off on a oil ship three days after school ended.” I looked toward Yongguk who had a small smile on his face but obviously did not think it was as funny as I thought it was. My father who was against the war was sent to go support and work for it. “He worked on that ship for three months and then had to go back to school once summer was over. Now he insists that he’s a veteran and that I should “respect and honor” him on Veterans Day. He gets discounts and shit but he’s just milking it.” Yongguk snorted. Well, at least it’s some sort of reaction. I sat down next to him, our thigh touching and leaned my head on his shoulder, not caring about my pink cheeks. I could pass it off as the biting cold if he comments anyway. I could feel my chest start to cave in and it was hard to breathe but I bore with it. I didn’t want Yongguk to worry; I didn’t want to be rushed to a hospital. I wanted to slowly wither and be with my best friend and spend that last few months of my life as best as I possibly could. He wrapped a firm hand around my waist and pulled me closer, nuzzling his cheek into my hair. I could die peacefully at this moment and I would have only a handful of regrets. . We had dinner at Five Guys, their burgers caked with grease but it filled our stomachs and it was fucking delicious so fuck dieting and calorie counting. Not wanting to spend our money too quick, in case something we wanted to do cost a lot of money we decided to head back to the motel then start out again tomorrow morning off to who knows where. Yongguk let me shower first and I immediately jumped into the scalding water, letting it burn my frozen body for a few minutes before I actually started to wash myself. An itchiness bubbled in my throat so I cleared my throat then started to cough. After one cough I couldn’t stop and eventually I was almost hacking onto the shower floor and Yongguk even knocked asking if I was all right. I swallowed the need to cough more and said I was fine; that I just choked on some water is all. I spit, mucus filling my mouth only to find a slightly pinkish concoction come out of me. I was slightly alarmed but not at all frightened. I knew I was ending. This was just the beginning. I finished showering and then Yongguk went in after me. I was going through facebook on my phone when he came out in only his boxer briefs. This man was trying to kill me. He hopped into bed next to me and before he turned off the only bedside light he turned to me and asked, “You going to bed yet?” I sighed and nodded, my wet hair getting into my eyes. I turned off my phone and shoved it under my pillow and he turned off the light. Last night Yongguk had embraced me and I wanted to return the favor. Not to mention that I really needed it and the spooning could have definitely been just how Yongguk moved while he slept. Yongguk was in no way asleep now; he’d been an insomniac for most of his life. Putting my feeling aside I rolled over to find him facing my way rather than facing the wall on the other side. I scooted closer and closer until my face was buried in his chest and my arm around his waist. He immediately draped his own arm around my waist and situated his other arm so that I was using it as a pillow (a fucking rock hard pillow at that). I mumbled a thank you into his tan skin, hoping that he’d hear it but not brave enough to speak louder. He hummed, “And why is that?” I bit my lip, “You know… everything.” He chuckled and his chest rumbled and I think I felt a small kiss on the top of my head, “Go to sleep, Channie.” That’s what I did. _______________________________________fucking shit, how long has it been??? damn i hate myself. I haven't really been feeling up to writing but i finally sat my ass down and wrote something. This is what I planned for this chapter so yay. but i have no idea what the fuck else im doing between this and the next big event so i need to think of something ;;;;sorry for making you wait so long for this update. its not even that long tooplease leave me pretty comments~~Kim<3