HIS SMILE

Chapter 28

"You must be wondering why I took you to see the performance show." Jin filled his cup with boiling water while pouring a fruit for Jungkook. "You are too stuffy. I want to take you to a place with a lot of fun. There is a saying that if a person wants to see all the prosperity of the world, take him to a carousel. I think that makes sense."

"Are you bored staying with me?" The fruit drink wasn't freshly squeezed and a large bottle could be bought for a few cost. It had an obvious stock scent.

"How can I be bored? You don't know how cute you are and how interesting it is to be with you." Seeing that Jungkook seemed to misunderstand his meaning, Jin hastened to explain. "I am the one taking you out of the house. I'm afraid that I'm the bad uncle abducting the handsome man."

"You are younger than me."

"It doesn't really matter." Jin waved his hand and drank half a cup of the fruit drink in one breath. "The meaning is the same. Maybe it is because I helped you at that time. Seeing you obediently go with me, I somehow have a sense of responsibility for you."

Responsibility?

Strange, the two people weren't related. Why assume responsibility of another person?

"It is fate. You don't have parents and I don't have any parents either. God made us friends." Jin held up his cup. "Come, toast to our beautiful friendship."

Jungkook quietly looked at the cup in Jin's hand and touched it with his cup.

"Ah." Jin looked at Jungkook with a smile. "Why are you so cute?"

Jungkook continued to be silent. In his memories, no one had ever called him 'cute.'

After lunch, Jin took Jungkook to a flower and bird market. He almost got kicked out by the boss because he teased a parrot to talk. In the evening, they went to see a light show. The light show hadn't yet begun but the scene was already filled with spectators. There were many people in the back platform area and it was bustling.

"Kookie hyung, put this on." Jin placed glowing rabbit ears on top of Jungkook and wore one on himself. "Tonight, we are the most beautiful ones here."

The moment the light show began, the entire scene was full of excited screams. The lights changed and the scene was as lively as the New Year. Once the lights changed into a meteor, many people started making loud confessions or vows.

"Lee Jihoon, I love you!"

"Mom and Dad, I wish you a long life."

"I wish for the prosperity and strength of the motherland!"

Jin mixed in with the screaming and clapping crowd, finally simply shouting, "I wish for Kookie to have good health and a long life!"

In this noisy world, Jungkook clearly heard this sentence.

"I wish Kookie a happy heart and a wonderful body."

The meteor lights flashed on the wall like a meteor shadow, bringing infinite dreams and beauty to people. Jin grabbed Jungkook's arms and whispered in his ears, "Kookie hyung, you should also make a wish. Don't waste this good opportunity. " 

Then he let go of Jungkook's arms and twisted to the rhythm of the music, dancing a dance that no one could understand. 

Jungkook looked at the bouncing Jin before looking up at the lights, eyes as deep as the night. He had never made a wish or prayed to fate.