Balloons

Title: Balloons

Pairing: Changmin- OC

Genre: fluff, slight angst

Rating: G

Length: One-shot, 1,299 words

Balloons

"What's your favorite color?"

"Noran… Yellow…. How many times do you have to ask that question?"

"I'll buy you a yellow balloon then."

"Ani, oppa! You have to buy me one each color. Arasseo?"

"What? One every color? What are you gonna do with so many balloons? Are you planning on using them to fly all the way to moon? I'm telling you it's not gonna happen. With all those baby fats of yours, even if I buy you a hundred yellow balloons they all would have burst before they can lift you an inch."

"Buy me a rocket ship then!"

----dead silence

"Aishh! Chongmal! I should have stayed home…. Whose stupid idea was this anyway? Going to a theme park… do you think we are children? Next time remind me to just chop my head off instead of going out with you. That would be more relaxing! I mean it. I’m having a heart attack because of you! Are you not even worried about my state of health?? Shim Changmin you are really hateful….. Aishh!! "

He turns away and walks ahead, oblivious of all the blabbering sound that he hears. It is plain music. It is plain music to him now.

"Yah! You dare turn away from me? Shim Changmin you are dead if I see you again!"

He shows up with three dozens of balloons in his right hand, all of them seemingly trying to take him away. But he already was ….by her smile.

The wind was gently caressing her face in this cool cloudy day but even the birds in the sky feel the warmth of her face flushed with all the blood in her body.

He takes her right hand and ties the bunch of strings on her wrist, just like how her father used to do so on a Sunday at the park when she was small. He takes her left hand, interlaces her fingers with his own, and then leads her through the sea of people.

"Let's go get something to eat."

"I want ice cream, oppa. Buy me ice cream."

"You know that is bad for your colds….. But let's have it anyway"

He tightens his grip on her hand and walks slower as people seem to fade away one by one from their sight.

Even if these balloons will take you up to heaven, I will hold on to you. I'll never let go.

Her

Lets just accept it as it is.

I really don’t get this Shim Changmin. He is the biggest weirdo freak that Mother Nature has ever created. One moment he is the sweetest guy on earth the next he is the snottiest brat in the surface of the planet. I was really touched that he bought me all those balloons. It made me forget about how tired I was… I don’t know why but lately I’ve been always easily tired. It must be because of him! Yes because of him… Definitely.

I can’t do this anymore. I’m already really tired.

He offered to buy me ice cream. Yes. He was to buy me ice cream. But once we were at the ice cream place, he starts ticking me off again like the jerk he truly is. He orders a big cake, pizza, spaghetti, chicken, hotdogs, burgers, even rice cakes, everything…

EVERYTHING BUT ICE CREAM!! And all the food is just so tasteless but he doesn’t care. He just wolfs down on everything. See? He’s such a pain in the ass! One of these days I’m really gonna chop his head off! I mean it.

I’m leaving can’t you hear me? Don’t try to stop it no more.

He initiates on demolishing the pizza while I begin twirling my chopsticks on the tasteless spaghetti. He then snatches off my chopsticks and starts lecturing me that Italian pasta should be eaten with fork and not traditional chopsticks. Manners… where art thou?? You can disturb me anytime of the day. Anytime I tell yah. But bothering me while eating is a felony to my stomach. I haven't eaten anything heavy for a few days now. My appetite hasn’t been good and now that I actually want to eat he does this.

Pissed. Very much pissed, I turn my gaze at the pizza only to see that he is reaching for the last slice of it.

Oh hell no! Not so fast you food-munching-pizza-grabbing monster…. I make a remorseless dive for it.

Wham!

I’m sorry.

Table turned over, food flying to every corner of the place, dishes broken, everyone’s eyes burning through us in this mighty mess, while my body is being crushed by this six-foot jackass with the last piece of pizza sandwiched between our faces. I am never going to go out with you again Shim Changmin. Never again. I mean it. Someone please chop my head off now. I’m dying.

Him

She is fun. Quite fun yes. I just love how she would hate me for a moment then forget all about it the next.

Argue with me more. Its ok. I don’t mind. Just to make me feel that you are still there.

I surely wouldn’t want to miss the way she threatens me that she will chop my head off every time she’s mad. How she swears not to see me again for something I did that annoys her ,then her smile after I made up to her. But yes, for a moment I will always be afraid that she really meant it. Afraid that I will never see her again.

Please don’t go.

But what exactly should I be fearing now? Any moment I might lose her. Without a warning. It is like that. What difference would it make if she wont see me again?

Please be more patient. I know its hard for you. I’m doing my best. We can pull through this. I know we can.

She was really upset about the incident in the ice cream place. On the contrary, I’m specially happy today though we had to walk our way back home because of breaking all the dishes. It was the first time ever we actually had fun since she got sick early last summer.

You will get well soon. I just know it.

I would have bought her ice cream, really. If only I didn’t know that it would be bad for her. Oily foods too. I had to make all that mess just to prevent her from eating unhealthy food. Now I don’t know if she is the one who is funny or I am. Aigoo…

I’ll just cook your seaweed soup at home. Your birthday cake has splattered on the floor. I’m sorry. I promise to buy you a bigger cake next year. Promise me you’ll be there to blow the candle. Promise me.

She is always full of energy. Whether be it in her words or through her actions. But she is really weak now. She couldn’t even walk that mile on our way home. I had to carry her on my back, just like how her father used to give her a piggyback ride when we were young. He couldn’t do that for her now. No more. I should be the one to. Please let me take care of her more. Don’t take her back yet. She will fight it. We will fight it together.

Hold on tight. Don’t let go. We’re on our way home. Hold on a little longer. Don’t worry that you are heavy. You are a load I'm willing to bear. I will never get tired. We will never get tired.

Balloons by firemoth_007 or Mayi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.