Quarter of a Century

Later that afternoon Namjoon took her back to the park to ride bikes.  They spent a leisurely hour enjoying the scenery of the lake and its surrounding forest.  Namjoon was planning something…

Silent, they walked home, holding hands.  Her heart was still quaking. So was his.He clutched the silver package in his other hand.“Do I have to wait until tomorrow to open this?”She…

Breeze stood rooted to the spot by the current of electricity flowing through her body.  Namjoon grinned at her as he returned to his full height.  He took her hand again and…

Breeze sighed.  It was Wednesday morning.  Her last class finished in an hour, then she could take a train to see Joonie.  It was still unbelievable.  Yet she continued to feel unworthy of this…

Namjoon waited until everyone went to bed before he pulled the two sheets of paper from his pocket.  Even then he hesitated before glancing down at them.  Was he breaking her confidence?  But…

Breeze pulled her notebook out of her backpack while she waited for the train.  She had convinced Joonie to stay with his family tonight as she headed to the train station.  And…

He led her to the Naksugyo Bridge.  They walked over to the railing, and he leaned against it, staring out at the beautiful waters displayed before them.  A bit of a wind…

She swallowed hard, trying to find enough air.  But it was no use.  She couldn’t breathe right now.   Namjoon had clearly used up all the oxygen in the park.  He released her and reached…

Breeze handed him the book.  Namjoon took it, but for some reason, he was now scared to look at it.  There was something very disturbing floating around in Breeze’s eyes now.  He thought…

Really!?  Was that his phone going off in his pocket?He broke their eye contact to glance back at his pocket as he fingered his phone.  It was probably a telemarketer!  He didn’t recognize…