.goldfish. kmg x jww

VIII

after school had ended, wonwoo left class, hoping to be able to explore the streets of gangnam to hopefully find any fish stores, but then only remembered that he had to go help mingyu with his studies. not seeing the other anywhere, he decided to text him instead

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hey mingyu, whr r u?

right outside of school, why?

we're not studying today?

o yeah, the library? 

we could go to my house

 ive cleaned it up already  

 im sorry about that okay? 

ill even prove it to you that i can be forgiven :)

come out, ill bring u home

read

even if mingyu was determined to prove himself to wonwoo, he still felt bad. wonwoo probably took those words to heart. poor boy

"hey mingyu, going to taunt the old man again today?" jun asked as he leaned against his motorcycle. mingyu shook his head

"i'm stealing hearts today" mingyu chuckled. jun knew what he meant, flirting with other girls and leading them on, only to crush their hopes and dreams. jun shook his head, never understanding why would mingyu even do that

"oh, have fun then" 

"yeah, whatever" mingyu rolled his eyes, he wanted to see wonwoo 

"mingyu, how long are you going to act like this? don't you think it's too much?" jun asked, crossing his arms

"what?" 

"having this bad boy act, sure i understand that you want wonwoo's attention, but this isn't the way to do it" jun explained

"doesn't everyone like bad boys?" mingyu asked, which only lead to jun being disappointed

"if that's what they liked, more than half the world's population would be single, if there were limited bad boys in this world" jun explained, what was so hard for mingyu to understand that not everyone has the same taste?

"whatever jun, you gotta fuck off, wonwoo's coming" mingyu shooed jun away as he saw wonwoo approaching

in this case, only jun knew that mingyu had a huge liking towards the smaller male. but wonwoo wouldn't even spare a glance at mingyu, so mingyu thought he had to act this way in order to get his attention

seeing wonwoo carrying multiple books, mingyu walked towards him and took it from him. wonwoo was confused as to why would mingyu suddenly act so nice towards him

"there's no need, plus my house isn't too far from here" wonwoo pointed in the direction of his house, mingyu only smiled back at him and told him to get on his motorcycle. at first, wonwoo refused, but mingyu was strong enough to drag wonwoo onto it

wonwoo held onto mingyu tightly as he was afraid of falling off, plus he had never rode any other vehicles except for this parents car. the faster mingyu went, the tighter he held on, hiding his face  behind mingyu's back to avoid the strong wind hitting against this face

when they had arrived in front of wonwoo's house, wonwoo was confused. how did mingyu know where he lived?

"how did you know where do i live?" wonwoo asked as mingyu got off his motorcycle. mingyu scratched his head and shrugged

when they entered wonwoo's house, mingyu felt deja vu. it was as if he's been here before. the place seemed familiar

when mingyu snapped out of his daze, he found wonwoo sitting by the edge of the ledge, looking into a pond?

"hello biu, how are you today? sorry i couldn't get some friends for you today, maybe next time" mingyu heard wonwoo talk to his fish?

mingyu didn't question anything until he walked up and saw the pond, it was filled with tons of goldfish, but wonwoo was talking to one specific one? was he out of his mind?

"mingyu, this is biu, he kinda isn't the social type in this pond" wonwoo introduced, what's wrong with this guy? mingyu didn't know why he liked wonwoo either

"oh, hello biu" mingyu waved at the fish, playing along, before setting wonwoo's books on a table nearby

"let's go to the study room" wonwoo said as he picked up the books mingyu had just placed and lead mingyu to the room

after they've sat down, wonwoo asked mingyu to ask him anything if there is anything he didn't understand. mingyu nodded, as he flipped through his biology book

"wonwoo, are you seeing anyone right now?" mingyu started after a long pause of silence as he rested his head on his hand, curious as to what the smaller male's answer was gonna be

wonwoo blushed, he didn't expect mingyu to ask this, let alone a question. wonwoo's heart was beating faster, how should he answer this? wonwoo cleared his throat, adjusted his glasses and clicked his pen

"not a person in mind, why?" obvious that wonwoo wasn't ready for this question, mingyu smiled sheepishly 

"then does that mean i have a chance?" mingyu asked eagerly, making wonwoo blush harder than he already was

"no, not at all" wonwoo coughed, excusing himself to get some water 

wonwoo came back after a while, looking a lot more composed that he was before. mingyu decided to take the time to know wonwoo.

"wonwoo, would you like if we'd take this time to know each other better? since we'll be spending time more often" mingyu suggested. wonwoo nodded.

"any siblings?" mingyu asked

"nope"

"hobby?"

"reading, taking care of my goldfish and slight bit of gaming" wonwoo answered

"why do you like fish so much?" mingyu asked, not getting why would wonwoo have so much love for them

"they're relaxing to watch, plus i had a dark phase of my life two years ago, no one was there for me, so it talked all my problems away with siu and i guess that was when i grew a huge liking towards them" wonwoo laughed softly at the memory

"siu?"

"siu was my favorite goldfish then, she always rather play with me than to eat her meals, i would spoil her when i had the chance to" wonwoo giggled, which made mingyu's heart flutter

"what happened to her? you must've taken really good care of her" 

"i did, she used to be in a small tank, unsuitable for her, then i demanded my parents that we get a bigger tank for her, so she wouldn't fall into depression"

"but, things weren't going so well, someone broke into our house one night, and messed up the chemical levels in the tank, and broke the filter that was running for her, so even if she could've lived with the filter, she didn't, and she died the next morning i saw her" wonwoo shared, sniffling a bit before realising that mingyu was there

"oh, i'm sorry about that" mingyu hugged wonwoo, wanting to comfort him, but only to be pushed away

"why are you acting so nice all of a sudden?" wonwoo asked, rubbing his eyes