Absence. (1/1)

November 5/HyunMi’s mind When will he ever bother to call me? I took my phone that sat beside my head. To my disappointment, I saw nothing but a dismal screensaver.I was on the couch, my head on the seat and my legs hanging on the air. The couch. The part of the room where we mostly had our conversations, whether it was with sense or it ended up with the two of us firing pillows at each other. The first day of his absence.He’s in Singapore now. I could still remember how he told me that he’d leave.It went like this:I was peacefully reading a book on the roof and he was doing something in the room. Then all of a sudden his head popped beside me, with matching poke on my sides. HyunMi:OW! YOU BASTARD THAT HURT! *slams book on Kibum*Kibum:Ah! Ya, move. I’ll sit.HM: *moves silently. Continues reading*KB:*silent*HM:*looks up and sees that he’s reading too* you know it’s rude to sneak in other people’s affairs.KB:What? I’m just sitting here, for goodness’ sake.HM:*you’re hopeless* *sighs* *continues reading*KB:Hey there’s something I need to tell you.HM:*not listening* hmm. What?KB:We’re going to Singapore.HM:*silent*KB:HEY ARE YOU LISTENING?HM: oh. Aish! WHAT?KB:I said we’re going to Singapore!HM: Oh. I…yeah. How long will you be gone?KB:four days.HM:*looks up with eyes wide* four days? Oh. I’m jealous. I’ve always wanted to go there. When are you leaving?KB:Tomorrow.HM:*for some certain reason, is offended* Why didn’t you tell me sooner?KB:Because I like it that way. Problem?HM: *gets off roof*KB:YA WHO TOLD YOU YOU CAN WALK OUT? *grips HyunMi’s wrist*HM:That’s your problem!

KB: What problem?HM:UGH. If you want to go just go! I don’t care! *gets down roof and goes to bed and covers self with blanket*KB:FINE! *storms out of room* Well, guess what happened after that. KEY’S MINDBut I left the door half-open after that. I have made up my mind that I was going to leave, but as I took the last step of the flight of stairs, I thought I couldn’t leave without making peace with her.I took off my shoes so as to silence my steps. When I peeked in, she was still on the bed, being covered completely. I had this feeling of déja vu as I approached it.“You. You’re going to let me leave without saying goodbye?” I said pompously, standing beside the bed.No answer. She shifted her position, and I saw that her back was on me.“Say something!” I demanded. “Aiiiiiiish. HyunMi are we going to do this again?”She moved to the farthest edge of the bed.This was starting to get on my nerves. I climbed the bed and lied beside her.“Hey I’m on your bed.” I taunted. HyunMi doesn’t want me lying on it. I once tried just for the fun of it, and she ousted me by pushing, that I fell on the floor face-flat.She just moved herself even closer to the wall, until she was sticking on it.I got up and pulled the covers. “WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! If you’re mad at me at least say something!” but of course she was pulling the covers, too. Needless to say, she was strong.“THAT’S IT!” I growled and rolled up my sleeves. I pounced on the bed and hugged her back tightly. I swung my right leg on top of her. “You want to stay on bed so bad? Fine! I’ll even pin you to it!”She wasn’t moving. She sulks that bad? Well, of course, what I did was vulgarly malicious, but, duh. I was too cool to care about it. The truth is, why I did that was mainly because I was asking, if not for forgiveness, at least just a hint of approval.I leaned in to where her ear should be. “Moon HyunMi~” I seduced.I went on like that for five minutes, and I’ve had enough. Soon I thought of something superbly ingenious.I crawled under the blanket and put my mouth on her ear. “Moon HyunMiiiiiii. are you still mad at Kibum?” I said in my deepest , most turning-on voice. Who said only Minho had charisma by the way?For me, HyunMi smells like…chocolate. I’m serious. But somewhat scented. Yeah. Scented chocolate. I don’t know. She eats chocolate too much she smells like it. If I said I wasn’t being attracted to that smell I’d be lying. Come on, everybody loves chocolate. It smelled so good I almost bit her ear. But SHUT UP. I AM NOT A PERVERT.Well anyway, while I was busy coaxing her into making peace with me, my phone suddenly rang.“Oh, Taemin-ah!” I purposely called out, trying to get something from her, but she didn’t even stir.“Hyung, I know you’re with noona right now—““—Yeah and we’re actually on bed right now, under the covers. How dare you interrupt us?” I said teasingly. It was an ill-mannered joke, but come on. I was desperate to get a reaction from HyunMi.“OHMYGOSH HYUNG YOU DID NOT—“HyunMi finally kicked me. “TAEMIN, YOUR STUPID HYUNG WAS JUST FOOLING AROUND. DON’T LISTEN TO HIM!” She yelled.I laughed. I felt a mixture of relief and fear at that moment. Relief, because she finally talked, and fear, because I knew she was going to kill me after this.“Eh, noona? Is that—““—Sooooo as you were saying, Taemin? Why’d you call?”I heard Taemin swallow. Aww, my son is so gullible at times. “Uhh, hyung. Manager-hyung said that you should come over here and say your good-bye to Noona because… you won’t be seeing her for a while,” in the silence of under the covers, I knew she heard what Taemin said.I looked at HyunMi’s ruined hair. “Okay. I’ll be there right away. Bye,” I hurried out of bed, but before I could go out of the covers something tugged my shirt. It pulled me back to the bed.“I knew it. You’re going to miss me.” I said smugly.“Pfff,” She wiped the hair off her face. She was sweating. “Bring me something when you get back, alright,”“Sure. You want me to bring the Merlion here?”She chuckled. “Go, now. You’ll be late.” She removed the covers and sat up. I did, too.“No goodbye?” I teased.“Goodbye,” she snorted.“I’ll be back soon,” I pinched her cheek, unleashing my gorgeous smile in half-aegyo, half-seduction. As I closed the door, I saw her holding the cheek I just touched, her face a little pink.