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„HMM..." A confused sigh left Noh Mira's lips, as she was looking at herself in the mirror. She wore a knee-length, flowy dress with three layers of tulle. The summer-y dress was decorated with stitched sunflowers and had a very cottage core vibe to it.

Mira was twirling in front of her mirror—her brown hair tied to a messy bun, with a few loose curls framing her face. She had to admit that she liked her outfit.

She was glad she bought the sunflower dress—especially for a special occasion like this one. Lee Donghyuck, her boyfriend, has asked her out on a date. A real date this time. (He also told his friend Huang Renjun to not have an emergency this time, since this date was very important to him.)

Mira didn't knew, where Donghyuck was taking her today; but the pretty boy told her to dress fancy. And that's why Mira was standing in front of the mirror, checking her reflection.

She subconsciously touched the scar on her throat and sighed. Not even a pretty sunflower dress could make this scar disappear. She always had to see it. Mira quickly shook her head and took a deep breath, checking if her eye makeup was smudged.

„There goes nothing" she said and took her purse and slipped into her shoes, before leaving her apartment. Donghyuck told her to meet him in front of the flower shop, so Mira made her way to her workplace. A lot of people were looking at her in the subway and a group of middle school girls went up to her and asked her, where she got the dress.

She was already exhausted, when she reached S&C Flowers. She didn't like strangers attention on her. She carefully checked on her makeup and fixed a few things that got messed up from her anxious sweating in the subway.

Once she finished checking her reflection, she looked around but Donghyuck wasn't here yet. She checked her phone, smiling once she saw the lockscreen—it was still a picture of Donghyuck and her.

Donghyuck had texted her a few minutes back. He seemed to be in traffic and Mira wondered if he was coming by bus this time. What she didn't expect was the red Volkswagen Golf that was stopping next to the shop rolling down it's window.

Lee Donghyuck was sitting at the drivers seat, brightly grinning at his girlfriend. His eyes scanned her up and down and his cheeks turned pink. When he told her to get dressed up, he didn't expect her to turn into a freaking princess!

„You have a car?" Mira asked, before greeting him. „Well, it's not technically mine... It's my drama class teachers car" Donghyuck chuckled and climbed out of the car to open the passenger seat door for Mira.

„The one that punished you back then?" Mira grinned and Donghyuck laughed. „You still remember that?" He winced and the girl nodded. „Of course! It was the first time we met! I would never forget something important like this!" She gave Donghyuck the warmest smile she could offer and he laughed.

„Donghyuck... why are you dressed all in yellow?" Mira asked, while climbing into the car. Donghyuck looked at his outfit. He wore light yellow dress pants, a white button down and a yellow denim jacket over it. Embarrassed Donghyuck scratched his neck. „You like sunflowers so I decided to come as one", he whispered and Mira's cheeks turned red.

Her heart made a looping and she nodded and quickly turned away from Donghyuck—fumbling around with the safety belt. Donghyuck watched her and leaned into the car, grabbing the belt for her. „Let me help you" he spoke and closed the belt.

Mira almost freaked out. He was way too close to her! His upper body almost touched her and she could smell his perfume. It made her dizzy. Even though they were already boyfriend and girlfriend they were still at the beginning of their relationship and had to take a lot of more steps to become comfortable with each other.

Mira had to learn that stuff like this was considered normal in a relationship, so she held her breath while Donghyuck finished buckling her in. He closed the passenger door and walked back to the drivers seat.

„I only got my license recently, so I'm not the best driver yet", he warned and Mira smiled. „Don't worry about it. You still look super cool driving!" Mira's words send heat into Donghyuck's cheeks, while he followed the street.

„You're not planning on telling me where we're going, right?", the girl asked and Donghyuck nodded. „I want it to be a surprise. It's our first official date so it had to be something special; yet something where you don't get too overwhelmed and still can be comfortable."

Mira looked at him. She was surprised with how considerate Dongyhuck was with her feelings. A smile stretched on her lips and she grinned. „I'm so excited!" A sigh left her lips and Donghyuck quickly eyed her before concentrating on the traffic.

Mira was impressed by how well her boyfriend was able to drive. She didn't plan on making her drivers license anytime soon, since she could reach everything she needed by bus or subway. But knowing that she had a boyfriend that could drive made her heart jump in her chest.

„You look extra handsome driving, Donghyuck!" Mira said and Donghyuck chuckled. „I'm sweating my ass off", the male started, „my Drama teacher said that I'll get an ass whooping if there's one single scratch on this car." Donghyuck shook his head and Mira laughed.

„I still think it's pretty impressive that he lend the car to you!" Mira announced and looked out of the window. Seoul was slowly passing by. „He's still guilty because I fainted the last time, so I kind of blackmailed him", Donghyuck laughed and Mira shook her head. „You're unbelievable, Lee Donghyuck!"

The couple soon arrived by the beach. Mira jumped out of the Volkswagen as soon as Donghyuck had parked it and ran towards the water. Donghyuck watched her and smiled at the way the wind blew around the tulle of her dress, while she screamed in joy.

He chuckled and opened the trunk of the car, taking out the picnic basket he borrowed from Renjun and the picnic blanket he got from his drama teacher, Moon Taeil.

He followed Mira to the beach. The sunflower-girl was standing in the water and grinned like a maniac. „Donghyuck!", she screeched and stretched her hands out to him. The boy laughed and kicked off his shoes before walking over to her and softly grabbing her hands.

The two of them stood like that for a while, before Mira started to become playful again and kick water in his direction. „Yah! Noh Mira!", he warned and Mira giggled loudly and started running away from him.

Donghyuck's heart tumbled over. He fell in love all over again. „Mira! Come here!" He yelled and ran after her. The two of them played tag for a while, until they got hungry and started unpacking the picnic basket.

„Don't expect too much, okay?" Donghyuck warned and opened up the boxes he packed. He cooked fried rice, made Gimbap, Omurice and a lot of other different and tasty dishes.

Dongyhuck watched Mira with eagle eyes as she tasted the first spoonful of his fried rice. Her eyebrows furrowed and she pursed her lips, while swallowing. She looked over the picnic blanket frantically until she laid her on the water bottle. With a swift motion she opened it and took a big gulp.

Donghyuck pressed his lips together. „Is it that bad?" - „No!" Mira coughed and shook her arms in front of Donghyuck's face. „Then why are you dying right now?"

Mira sighed. „Believe me... It's not bad. It's just a bit too salty for my liking." Mira laughed and leaned forward gently petting Donghyuck's cheek. „It's okay, don't make that face!"

The couple ate the overly-salted food in quiet. Sometimes they would chat to each other but end up in peaceful quiet again. Donghyuck didn't mind the silence. He loved listening to Mira humm, while she ate her food.

Once the couple was finished they packed their stuff in the car and started walking over the warm sand of the beach. Donghyuck was holding Mira's hand and it was as if he was holding the sun.

„How are you feeling lately? How's therapy?" Donghyuck asked, while Mira knelt down to pick up an empty clam. „Dr. Na reduced my medicine and I only need to come in once a week and not every three days", Mira explained and smiled. „As you said, I'm slowly healing." Mira held Donghyuck's hand even tighter.

She never knew that she would find someone who was willing to love her. Deep inside Noh Mira always thought that she had to suffer under her older sister's constant harassment for her entire life.

Never in her life did she imagine a sun kissed boy that seemed as happy as a sunflower to pull her out of her sad, exhausted and tired life. But Mira was more than happy to have Donghyuck on her side. With him she was able to conquer the whole world.

Donghyuck was kneeling on the ground, playing with a little crab, that was trying to hide itself under the sand. „Lee Donghyuck!" Mira called and her boyfriend looked up and gave her the most beautiful smile she had ever seen. Mira gulped and watched Donghyuck stand up and grab her hands.

Her heart did a little jump, when Donghyuck bend down and rubbed his forehead against hers. „What is it, Mira?", he asked and the florist closed her eyes and pressed a shot and soft kiss on his lips.

Donghyuck wrapped his arms around Mira's thin frame, while the young woman deepened the kiss even more. „I love you", Mira whispered and pressed another kiss on Donghyuck's lips. His heart tumbled and he hugged Mira. „I love you too, Mira-yah. So much."

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A/N: Hi, hello, annyeong and welcome to the last update of "Love Clock"! It took me one and a half years to finish this and I can't believe how slow I was. Sometimes I got sick of this story but I am myself so, of course, I had to finish it, haha.

I hope everyone of you had as much fun with this story, as I did. I love writing for Hyuck so much... he's literally the main reason I keep writing.

Since this story had a few serious topics I want to add a few crisis numbers for when you, or a person you know, is in trouble and needs them.

And always remember, theres always a spark of hope waiting for every single one of you.

— Inês, 2021.08.26

Algeria: Emergency: 34342 and 43 Suicide Hotline: 0021 3983 2000 58

Argentina: Emergency: 911 Suicide Hotline: (54-11) 4758-2554

Armenia: Emergency: 911 and 112 Suicide Hotline: (2) 538194

Australia: Emergency: 000 Suicide Hotline: 131114

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Bangladesh: Emergency: 999

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Brazil: Emergency:188

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China: Emergency: 110 Suicide Hotline: 800-810-1117

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Croatia: Emergency: 112

Cyprus: Emergency: 112 Suicide Hotline: 8000 7773

Czech Republic: Emergency: 112

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Egypt: Emergency:122

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Malta: Suicide Hotline: 179

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Sudan: Suicide Hotline: (249) 11-555-253

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Thailand: Suicide Hotline: (02) 713-6793

Tonga: Suicide Hotline: 23000

Trinidad and Tobago: Suicide Hotline: (868) 645 2800

Turkey: Emergency: 112

United Arab Emirates: Suicide Hotline: 800 46342

United Kingdom: Emergency: 112 Suicide Hotline: 0800 689 5652

United States: Emergency: 911 Suicide Hotline: (800) 273-8255