March 28th (1/1)
“Happy birthday!” Continuous greeting from the members woke me up from an early morning. And yes, today is March 28… Today is my day and yet I haven’t talked to Hyunmi. Today she will leave to see her grandpa… That moment when she was with Dongwoo hyung and the night when she called him, it still lives in my memory as clear as it can be… And here I am, still waiting for something good to happen… I stood from lying and went out. We went out early due to various activities aligned for today. And I don’t talk too much to the members especially to Dongwoo hyung. “Finally, everything is finished!” I casually sat inside the car as I held up a purple pillow, it was a gift from a fan. Sunggyu hyung sat beside me. He usually sits beside our manager but now, he didn’t. I remained silent from that fact and hugged my pillow. “Is there something wrong?” Sunggyu asked me in a low voice as we were on our way to the dorm. “Huh?” “Aren’t you going to meet her now? I thought you have plans, like a date on this day.” “She’s in the province right now, but she called me earlier.” I lied on the last part. She hasn’t sent me a text message nor even gave me a call. She’s too busy to spare a minute for me… but for Dongwoo hyung… She has time. “Ah~ that’s good.” He replied… A few moments later, they became busy from texting. Sunggyu hyung is even smiling crazily. And when I glanced at the mirror, from its reflection I saw L talking to Sungyeol and beside him is Dongwoo hyung who just hung up his phone. I hope it’s not Hyunmi… And finally, we reached the dorm… We went out one by one. We took out the gifts from the car. I was holding the heaviest box. They say that it’s because all of those are mine and not theirs. I just sighed with that. As our feet comes near the front door, I can hear them giggle and murmur. I stopped because I know Sunggyu hyung wants to come in first. “Yah! Lee Hoya, why did you stop?” It was Sunggyu hyung. “You want to come in first right?” “Just go in first.” Then Sungyeol pushed me.I opened the door. And it was too dark to see anything. I put the box down on the floor. As my finger reach for the switch, my heart starts to beat irregularly. I’m feeling nervous all of a sudden for unknown reasons. And finally I turned the switch on and the lights…“Still off?” My brows furrowed. I pushed the button on and off but the light doesn’t turn on. I intended to call our manager when I hear a singing voice…“Happy birthday to you~ Happy birthday to you~ Happy birthday~ Happy birthday~ Happy birthday Hoyaaa~” That voice which I missed and longed for, I heard it again after a long time. And then the light opened…“HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOBABY!” the members greeted with party poppers placed near my ears. I laughed at them but there’s more than that… The voice that I heard… I can’t be wrong.Slowly, I turned my head, my eyes had seen a lot of purple decorations around the wall, and purple balloons were hanging on the air… I even saw a banner with my name written on it and a heart sign at the end. I smiled from that because even the writing is a paint of purple. And the last figure that I saw… a cake with a purple candle on it but the cake didn’t really caught my attention… The person holding the cake caught my attention.“Happy birthday Hoya.” She smiled at me.It was my Hyunmi. She was wearing the dress that I gave her, she said she doesn’t like wearing dresses that’s why she never wore it but just now she’s wearing and she’s too beautiful… Perfect… My heart, it’s melting from happiness. I placed my hand on my heart… I can feel its heartbeat, it’s getting rapid. I once again took a glimpse of the place, she did this all? Just for me? She said she’ll visit her grandpa but she is now in front of me… Did she lie for this day to surprise me?“Hoya. You know she prepared for this for three weeks, she even asked us to keep this as a secret and cooperate with her.” Sunggyu hyung said. ‘So that’s what they’ve been discussing from that night’“She calls us every night, asking what she should cook for tonight and what she should do.” Sungyeol said. ‘She’s calling Dongwoo hyung that night to prepare for this’“I met her at a coffee shop and helped her plan this out. Actually, your girlfriend is somewhat a pain. She stressed us for this day.” Dongwoo hyung said. ‘That time, she turned our date down to meet him, not for a date but to plot this out’“We even got tired about discussing the same things in our room…” Woohyun hyung spoke. ‘They were all chit chatting in a late hour not because they don’t want me with them but because they were hiding this surprise from me.’“We don’t even know if we should laugh at you or pity you when you pretended with your lies. The date last time and also this day, she haven’t called you nor texted you… You lied to us.” L uttered as if teasing me. ‘All those days, they knew about my pretentions and still acted normally.“You know, whenever she calls, the first thing that she’ll ask us… ‘Is Hoya doing okay? Has he eaten already?’… She really cares about you, she just kept her worries for the past weeks to make this surprise more effective.” Sungjong spoke. ‘I thought she doesn’t care about me anymore but it was the other way around… She’s been always thinking of me while I was busy judging her love’I shifted my stare back to her. “Hyunmi.” I was thinking bad about her just to find out her plans for my birthday. Why am I so judgmental? I let my own jealousy and hard feelings devour my thoughts…“I’m sorry if I didn’t answer all your calls, I’m sorry if I don’t reply to your texts and e-mails more often, I’m sorry for ignoring you for the past weeks, I’m sorry for lying the last time and the other and…” I can see her tears flowing. She is now crying. Her weeping turned everyone to silence. Her tears keep on flowing down to her face and every tear drops on the cake… “I’m sorry if I can’t stop my tears, I know that you got mad at me for the past few weeks, I know because you suddenly changed and they even told me that you are acting weird and…” She sobs in between her tears… Slowly I step a foot after another… Finally, I would be able to touch her and embrace her. “I’m really sorry, I just wanted to make this day special and memorable to you. I just… I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings… and~” More tears covered her pretty face. She can’t stop it, her weeping won’t stop and the more words her lips spoke, double the tears she will shed. Every tear she weeps, it’s all because she felt bad for making me mad and lonely at the same time. Maybe, she didn’t think that I would be like the person I was from those days… I stopped in front of her, a few inches away from her I was… I took the cake from her hands and put it away. She then started wiping the tears in her eyes and cheeks. I held her hand, stopping her from wiping the tears.“Let me do it.” I gently brushed away the tears in her eyes with my hands. “Stop crying now.”She nodded as a reply.“Good.” I lift her chin to make her eyes look at me. “Do you know that in the past few weeks, I really missed you so much? You made me insane. I even thought that you don’t love me anymore… That you’re in love with someone else. And I even thought that everything between us will soon reach its tragic ending.”“Sorry… Now I know how stupid I am, I shouldn’t have made you feel that way… I…” She started to shed tears all over again. “Please, don’t cry… The more you let those tears fall, the further I feel that I’m not worth of your perfect birthday surprise.”“I’m not going to cry again” But she sobbed. She’s really the type of woman whom you will fall for even for the nth time. I experienced falling for her repeatedly and what she just did tonight made me fall for her again. My heart is at ease now, after knowing her plans. My worries are all gone. The fears that I have, it subsided as the whole thing becomes clear and transparent…“Why do you have to be so cute and so sweet? You had stolen my heart again…” I tried to make her smile and I succeeded. It was a light smile which I want to melt on. That smile which I haven’t seen for a while. It’s too beautiful to stare at.“Hyunmi. Do you know how much I love you?” I beamed at her.She set her eyes on me. “I’m sorry.”“Pabo~ how can you say sorry when I’m asking you how much I love you?” I teased her… But I know what she means. She’s apologizing again because of what happened.I held her in my arms, my arms were wrapped tightly round her body as if protecting her from all the harm and I felt that she embraced me back. A smile was tilted on my lips. “My love for you is deeper than the ocean… My heart is only yours. My eyes will only look at you. Forever, I will be by your side… You must remember these things.” I pulled out from the hug. “Hyunmi… I love you.” I smiled and touched her soft red lips with mine. I missed this feeling… Her sweet kisses, finally, I got a taste of it again. “I love you too… My Hoya… Happy birthday~” She spoke after our lips parted. It was the reply that I am longing to hear. And then the members cleared their throats after the cheesy scene we just made. “Can we eat now?” Woohyun hyung asked. We both nodded and soon all of us started to eat the dishes she made. I was surprised form the taste. It was delicious, I bet she did a million failure before she got the best and right taste since she is a frustrated cook. We enjoyed the night and I admit that this is the best birthday that I had and it became extra special because of her. “Thanks a lot. I’ll be going now.” She bid goodbye to the members and our manager. Of course, I drove her home. We were both silent for the entire ride… I wonder what pushes me to be this quiet… Am I being the shy me again? “Ah~ we’re already here.” She said as we arrived at her place. I opened the door’s car for her. We are at her apartment. She lives here because it is nearer in her work, she needs a walking distance place to live at because she usually oversleeps especially when she gets too exhausted. “So… Bye~” She said and turned around. “Wait. I’ll accompany you until you reach your place.” I then slid my hand onto hers. “Let’s go now.” My eyes saw her nod creating a smile on my face. We slowly walked to her apartment. It was located on the 2nd floor of the building… And though we were in a slow pace, we immediately reached the place without our knowledge… Why so fast? I don’t want to part from her yet, I want to stay with her longer. She opened the door of her apartment. “This is it. So~” She paused for a moment. “Bye. Sleep tight and keep safe as you go home.” “Bye” I said. “And… Uh~ Thanks.” We stared at each other for a minute until she gradually close the door but before she was able to completely close it, I placed my arm in between to stop her from shutting it. “Hoya…” She was taken aback from that move. “Uhmm…” I can’t say anything… I’m speechless… “Aish~” I’m going crazy. When did I become like this? “What’s wrong?” I rubbed the back of my neck… “I’m so tired and sleepy… I can’t drive anymore…” I immediately went inside and invaded her room. I slumped down on her bed like a dead body, my front body facing the bed. “Yah! Hoya…” She tapped my back. But I pretended to be sleeping already. “You can’t be asleep that fast.” She said. I felt that she moved closer to me, leaning her body on me. “Hoya?” Suddenly, I grabbed her by the waist making her lie on the bed beside me. “Yah!” She exclaimed. She’s funny. I moved my body and turned to her. “Thank you for this day. I am so happy that I have you as my girlfriend… I love you Hyunmi.” I slightly get up and reached for her lips. I planted a sweet kiss on her lips. “I” I kissed her forehead. “Love” I kissed her nose. “You” I kissed her lips. “I love you too… I love you so much…” She smiled at me. I lied beside her as my arms were wrapped around her… I can never forget this day... She gave me a wonderful gift. Though I felt pain before this day, I still find it worth of everything… I was hurt because I love her so much but it wasn’t only me who experienced the pain… She also felt it… “Hyunmi… Next time, it will be my turn to make you happy.” I brushed away the hair covering her pretty sleeping face, my eyes were fixed from the pretty view. “I love you.” With that, slowly I drift off and slept as I dearly embrace the woman of my life. -----And there it ends March 28th... Hoya and Hyunmi's fic. So how is it? I'll be waiting for your comments... And also if you want... you can subscribe to it. keke. 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