Those cherry blossoms were blooming through the spring as I found myself staring at how beautiful those were up in my head. My face formed a smile as I sat down in a greenfield and my hand was knitting several red strings.

Hey, where are you?

I've been searching for the thread at my fingertips

Always blowing in the wind

I was looking for a place to connect with the daily spiral

But then I heard a singing voice and the guitar was played creating such a beautiful melody. So beautiful that I couldn't resist dragging out my feet to where it sounded. And there, I found such a beautiful guy wearing a brown knit sweater singing and playing the guitar by the water.

Every time I lose sight of it

I think you're out there somewhere

I've been thinking about

The you that I still haven't seen

I found myself so amazed with his tiny little performance. So, I didn't realize that this guy had already stood right in front of me, calling me out.

"Hello, did I mesmerize you so you could daydream about me?"

"Oh? Sorry.. I never meant to react like this.."

"Tch, nonsense. Did you not even know me? Do you want my signature? Or my photo? Or take a picture together?"

He was babbling something that I didn't understand at all. So, my brows furrowed as I wanted to speak up. "I'm sorry? Who are you that I need to ask for your signature.. and more?"

I saw him shocked, his mouth agape. "Seriously? You don't know Choi Beomgyu?"

"Huh? Who is that? Is he a Korean?"

I saw him facepalming and I didn't know why he had to react that way. "Right, I forgot for a moment that I was in Japan.."

"Oh, wait.. You're not a native, are you? I just realized that your Japanese wasn't really that good."

"Yes, I'm a Korean and my name is Choi Beomgyu."

"Oh? Um.." I found myself losing words. I didn't know whether I should let him know my name or not. But one thing for sure from the look on his eyes was that he wanted to know me. And I think why not to have a new friend that seemed chill like him.

"Alright, my name is Kaori Arata. You can call me anything in the future when we already get close."

He chuckled as I found him smiling later so sweet that I could swallow the sugar rush. "Nice to meet you Kaori. Hope to see you again... more often."

I'm sure that we'll meet each other

We'll be tied together, so that we won't separate

You and I meet so that we can't be unraveled

Our love, wе will weave it togethеr

At this present, I sat down next to Beomgyu who was singing to me our first meeting song. He wore a red knit sweater I gave him right when we officially dated.

The greenfield was shown, accompanied by the cherry blossoms all around us. They looked like a couple like us. So green and pink like our love that bloomed everlasting. For this moment, I was so drawn by him so I let myself daydream our past again.

"Hey, do you think that I need to visit Korea sometime?"

"Oh, you really wanna be there? I could take you then."

"Yes, I need to meet your parents, I think.."

"Woah, calm down. What's on your mind though?"

Suddenly I shut my mouth and I thought about why I was being so bold like that, as if I was going to confess something to him. Even though, deep down, I already caught some feelings for him. But no, I shouldn't let him know that easily.

"I.. I'm your friend.. So, I think your parents want to know me..."

He giggled, "You sus, huh. Such a worst liar ever."

"Gyu!" I hit him lightly in the arm. I saw him faking his pain wincing.

"Okay, okay, I'll stop." He stopped teasing me so I quit hitting him. "By the way, I found something in my pocket and I think it's yours."

"Oh? What's that?"

"I found your red wool and I think it's weird how it stuck in my pocket out of the blue for months?"

"O-oh?" I saw him cutting that red string by hand. And that wool seemed to be the one that I knit when we first met. "But never mind, Gyu.. I had a lot of those at home. So, don't bother giving me that one." I made an excuse as I found him struggling to cut it off.

He sighed, "Alright, I'm gonna cut it later with the scissor, but damn it, why didn't I have this idea before?"

I didn't know why I just wanted to laugh over his foolishness. "Dumbo, Beomgyu is dumb."

"So what. You still have me in your heart and mind though."

Suddenly I felt the need to choke on air. I was embarrassed to get caught having feelings for him. I knew that he was joking but my feelings for him were no joke at all.

"Oh, I see." He grinned at me, starting to tease me more. "You have a feeling for me, don't you? I know I'm handsome but you don't need to like me that much."

"So.. so what.. As if you're gonna love me the same.." I was stuttering to let my words out.

"Oh, were you trying to confess?"

"Gyu!"

He chuckled, making me more nervous. "What if I have the same feelings for you?"

"Wh.. what?" My eyes widened, like, really? Or was that one of his jokes only?

"Tch, girl, I'm serious." I saw the cherry blossoms fall down as if they wanted to shower our love that was about to bloom. "Wanna be mine or nah?" He caught a tiny cherry blossom petal that I thought he's going to give me if I said yes.

"Damn, am I dreaming?" My eyes started to fill with tears of joy but his face was full of smiles.

"Let me put this on you." He tucked that tiny petal into my ear, and I could feel a bit of his touch. So it might be a sign that this is real. "Or maybe you want me to kiss you?" He cupped my cheek but I found myself hilarious as I let my mouth agape.

"I.. I.." I was swallowing a real sugar rush right now when he suddenly kissed me on the lips. "Beomgyu, I love you. Yes, I wanna be yours."

I'm surely half of the thread

You're my half of the thread

Overlapping to form a bond

I'm surely half of the thread

You're my half of the thread

(I love you)

Let me sew you tightly

I sang my last song as I found her flattered in joy and made me smile happily. I could sense that she might think the same way as I did. I meant that I recalled the moment when we first met and ended up being together. This place exactly was the reason why we remembered our sweet past moment.

"Gyu.."

"Yes?"

"Did you think that my Korean improved?" Suddenly I found a glimpse of worry in her eyes.

"Yes, you did a great job. And how about my Japanese? Did you think I'm worth it to meet your parents soon?"

I could feel the same way as she did now when we realized several things we faced about our love was language matters, nationality, and more. We're not the same, we're different in many things. Like, for real, we went through a lot in our love. But I'm happy that we could make it through this far.

"O-oh? You wanna meet my parents.. Does it mean–"

"Yes, can I? I mean, did you think your parents were gonna let me marry you?"

"Wh.. what?"

I rolled my eyes when I saw her always being shocked like that. I mean, come on, girl. "Can you just give me a yes or no?"

"You really wanna marry me?"

"Of course, I stayed a long this far, why would I want to say no."

She covered her mouth as a single tear fell down her eyes. "Me too, Beomgyu I wanna get married to you."

I grinned as I wiped out her tears. "Let's meet your parents first then be happy ever after."

This noon, he bound her ring finger with a ring, then he took out such a red thread to link their pinkies as if they're creating their thread of love for their new chapter of love.

-THE END-