ALWAYS [제이크]

32 : the park

The most dreaded day was coming. Students were busily take a last glance on their notes and remember every things. 

The noisy hallway became silence as the principal announce that the test would begin in thirty minutes. Some were preparing for their mental throughout the test.

"Are you ready, Heeseo?" Jake was holding her hands the whole time as she kept trembling.

Heeseo shedded tears as she was thinking a lot of consequence. She knew she should not think about it but to focus what in front of her right now.

"It's fine. You can do it. You surely do the best. You already give every the best thing of yours. Believe on yourself. No matter what, we can go through this together,'' he hugged her to give a comfort to her.

"STUDENTS, FIVE MINUTES LEFT AND YOU CAN ENTER THE HALL."

Jake gave the last tight hug and a kiss on her forehead. "You can do this! We can do this, okay?"

She pulled out from the hug and nodded.

"Wait!" he took out something from his pocket and put a flower hairclip to her head.

"Hope this will cheer you and give you a strengh," he grinned before interwine her hands.

"Let's go."


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After let their brain working for almost eight hours, the test finally coming to the end as everyone let out a relieved sigh. 

Jake spotted Heeseo sitting on the bench and aprroached her before hugging from behind.

"Oh, Jake,''

"It's finish now right. Yeay!" Jake grabbed both of her hands and made her swirling and jumping together.

They jumped merrily as a huge smile on their face plastered. Some students were looking at them weirdly but some enjoying it as they look like a very cute couple.

He then hugged tightly, " I told you, we can through this. See, you made it right. I'm beyond proud of you, Heeseo,''

"Jake,'' she looked at him who is 10cm taller than her.

"yes?"

"I can't breathe," her breathe hitched as his hug way too tight.

"Oh sorry, sorry. I'm just so happy right now," he released her from the hug and she could breathe properly again.

Deep in her heart, she was overwhelmed by him. Nobody would say something warm before, nobody would hug her tight after a test, nobody would say they was proud on her before get the actual result. People only praised her after see the result but it only happen when she got the perfect score.

She nearly cried with his countless compliment, and proudness on her. Showered with love and compliment towards her, he understanded her really well more than she understand herself.

She pulled him again, to another hug, and whispered, "I love you, Jake," 

Jake who heard it, blinked his eyes multiple times as he could not belive the word that coming out from her. "Did I hear it correctly?"

"Yes, Jake. I love you. A LOT,"

For a couple of seconds, Heeseo heard some low sobs coming from him, yet he still put his chin on her shoulder. He was having mixed emotion, elated, compassionate, blessed that his love recripocate. For the first time falling in love, for the first time had a truly companion, he tickled pink.

''Are you crying? Hey, a man should not crying.''

"Do you think only woman be allowed?" said him while sobbing and wiped his tears like a kid.