A Thousand Times by E Janetulip

Chapter 19

"눈을 감으면 어둠 속에서 [When I close my eyes in the darkness there's] your light."

⭐

I'll love you over and over again.

-Aurora (오로라)

2017. 04. 03.

I was really happy before I went to bed last night. Seonghwa called me when the time strike at midnight and my best friend, San and Seungmin unnie had texted me their greetings, wishing me a happy birthday.

For some reason, classes got canceled on our birthday. I was really happy about it. I don't want to spend my birthday at school. It was the worst thing that could happen.

"생일 축하합니다 생일 축하합니다 (Saengil chukhahamnida saengil chukhahamnida)," that was the first thing that I heard after picking up the phone, him singing happy birthday.

Looking at the clock on my bedside table, checking the time to see it was already midnight, it's already our birthday. Seeing the time, I joined him singing happy birthday to ourselves.

"지구에서 우주에서 제일 사랑합니다. 꽃보다 더 곱게 별보다 더 밝게 [In the earth and whole universe, I love you most. More beautiful than a flower, brighter than the stars]," we continued singing until the song came to an end.

"생일 축하해 (Saengil chukhahae)."

I smiled greeting him back, "생일 축하해 성화씨 (Saengil chukhahae Seonghwa-ssi)."

"생일 선물로 뭘 원하지? [What do you want for your birthday?]"

"내 생일에 뭘 원해? 흐음... 모르겠어... 정말 모르겠다 [What do I want for my birthday? Hm... I don't know... I really have no idea.]," I let out a sigh. "여러분들과 함께 축하하기 위해서. 내가 사랑하는 사람들은 [Maybe, to celebrate it with all of you. The people who I love]."

I love presents of course but I really couldn't think of anything I wanted to have for my birthday. I already have everything. For me, presents don't really matter. The heart is what really matters.

"너 성화씨? 뭘 원하는데? [You Seonghwa-ssi? What do you want?]"

"너의 마음 [Your heart]," without any hesitation, he replied that he wanted my heart, flirting with me. I rolled my eyes, I couldn't help but smile at his words.

"하지만 난 이미 너에게 줬어 [But I already gave you]," I heard him chuckled. "야 성화씨 진짜 원하는 게 뭐야? (Ya Seonghwa-ssi jinjja wonhaneun ge mwoya?)" asking what he wanted for real.

"딸기 케이크 [A strawberry cake]," he said and I remember shaking my head at him when I heard his reply. Of course, a strawberry cake. After all, it is Seonghwa who I was asking.

I love my birth month, April. I was born in a beautiful season when strawberries are tasty and cherry blossom bloom. Maybe that is also one of the reasons why he likes strawberries.

"이제 자야지, 거의 1개야. 우리는 여전히 우리의 생일을 축하할 필요가 있다 [You should sleep now, it's almost 1. We still need to celebrate our birthday]."

"그래, 잘 자 (Geurae, jal ja)," I said wishing him a good night.

I still find it amazing how we share the same birthday. The only difference is, it's one year apart.