H. Hyunjin⁸

The night was warm and the sky was clear, filled with stars that shone brighter than usual. They were lying on the roof of the car, on the outskirts of the city, escaping the noise and the questions neither of them dared to ask. —Look at that one— said Hyunjin, pointing to a constellation he didn't know the name of. "It doesn't exist," Felix (you) replied, laughing. "You just made it up." —Then I'll name it after you. Felix remained silent. It always happened that way with Hyunjin; he'd say things that sounded like jokes, but felt all too real. They had been friends for years. Too close not to raise suspicions, too distant to tell the truth. That night, perhaps because of the sky, perhaps because he was tired of keeping silent, Hyunjin spoke: —If neither of them has fallen in love in five years… "What?" Felix interrupted. —We'll meet here. Same place, same time. Let's see what happens. Felix laughed, but his laughter trembled slightly. —What if one of them does fall in love? —So we pretended we never said this. They sealed the promise by bumping pinkies together, as if that could lessen the pain. Neither confessed anything. The years passed. Life took them down different paths. Both tried to love other people. Both failed. And one night, exactly five years later, Felix returned to the same place. He wasn't sure why he'd gone. Maybe nostalgia. Maybe to fulfill an old joke. Maybe because, deep down, he'd never stopped hoping. When he saw the car parked a few meters away, his heart skipped a beat. Hyunjin was there. —I thought you weren't coming— Felix said. —I thought you would have loved someone else by now— Hyunjin replied. They sat on the hood, just like before. The silence wasn't awkward; it was heavy. —I've never been in love— Hyunjin confessed The wind passed gently, moving the leaves. —And now? — Felix asked. Hyunjin looked at him bravely. —Now we stop pretending. She spoke and sealed her words with a kiss.

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