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Mingyu stood at his bedroom window looking down into his neighbour’s backyard. He could see a familiar boy crouching comfortably over a row of plants, his mouth moving as though he was talking, even though no one was there.
He never fully understood why he despised Wonwoo so much, every afternoon as they made their ways into their homes they would hurl insults at each other and prayed that the fence that kept them from killing each other would magically grow and block them out from each other’s lives. On really bad days, they would find each other dangerously close from physically hurting each other, though none of them either risked the consequences of that.
Today Mingyu's curiosity was getting the better of him, and he wanted to know what more there was to this emo looking dark haired boy. Zoning out, he did not see the raven haired boy disappear. His interest almost disappeared just as fast, but a deep shriek brought his attention back.
He knew that had come from Wonwoo, as that boy’s voice was so deep no one else could produce such sound. Hurrying down the stairs and he sprinted over to the fragile little gate that kept their forces apart.
Mingyu called out to Wonwoo, not noticing that the boy was directly under him on the other side.
"I stepped on him…"
A small but deep voice whispered from under, and soon Mingyu's attention was on the missing boy who was sitting cross legged, grieving over a crushed snail.
It was so strange, Mingyu never expected to see a side like this to him.
"You're joking right, you screamed like that over a snail"
Wonwoo's normal composure returned and the boy stood.
"And you actually cared what happened?" Sarcasm dripped from his voice so thickly that it was almost a snarl.
Realisation occurred to Mingyu that this would have been a good chance to satisfy his curiosity and get to know the snarling boy.
"Yes actually" The other boy looked strangely at Mingyu, staring at him, confusion covering his face.
"Are you in love with your garden or something? Is that why you're sad over a snail?"
Mingyu could see a string of insults ready to come his way.
"Wait I'm being serious, I don't want to fight… I just want to talk"
Wonwoo’s surprise grew at the sudden declaration. He cautiously walked back over to Mingyu and sat down in front of his plants and started mumbling something about his garden being a whole little world.
Excitement grew within Mingyu as Wonwoo’s indirectly agreed to his proposal. The crouching boy’s voice started to grow louder with every word. Mingyu felt as though a whole new world was opening up to him, and an urge to explore it started to take over.
It was as though with every word everything seemed to glisten brighter. His voice resonated with passion, and everything that his words touched left a mark of beauty.
He was a garden fairy, a very particular garden fairy.
“It’s about co-existing, big things looking out for the little things”
There was so much dedication and contentment behind Wonwoo’s words he hadn’t realised that Mingyu had made it over their crappy little fence and now sat like a small child next to him, thriving in his words.
Wonwoo had been crouched down over a little tomato plant, its stems just budding with new creation. His fingers followed a small little caterpillar that seemed to be creating little webbed bridges helping ants cross from leaf to leaf.
He laughed to himself, this image he had of Wonwoo had submerged into a distant feeling. It was as though that emotionless boy who stalked his way past Mingyu every afternoon was someone completely different. He was meeting this plant loving boy for the first time.
That long finger that was following the caterpillar quickly changed direction and was pointing off at a sea of green just nearby, his deep voice rose just after. It was not fueled with angst and anger like he was usually used to, but rather sounded like a fascinated child who just happened to have the voice of a grown man.
“You have to see my cabbage; it’s like an ocean of green. There’s so much too, you can have - “
Mingyu’s phone buzzed, and he noticed that just over an hour had passed since they had started talking.
“Okay Snow White, I’m going to have to leave you and your little obsession”.
Usually as Mingyu left Wonwoo’s presence, the thought of leaving him with a smile and actually wanting to see him again would have never crossed his mind, a warm feeling filling him.
As he stood, Wonwoo reflected upon this tall, tree like man and felt himself frowning at his sudden announcement. Was this too weird? This was the first time he had spoken to him without any demise towards him. Yet here he was venting his fanatic passion about plants and bugs.
That frown must have crept its way onto his face as Mingyu’s sunlight bright grin faded into something softer.
Mingyu extended his long branch like arm towards Wonwoo; it was an odd sight considering the only time they had made physical contact was when they would be trying to intimidate each other.
“I’m about to make food, come over, I always make way too much anyway”
Wonwoo felt a wave of shock spread through him, he felt hesitant at first though assurance made its way through as Mingyu’s toothy smile reappeared once again.
Both the boys were finding it strange at this sudden found friendship, but there was a mutual sense of security that they were holding some sort of truce.
Wonwoo took his arm, creating a clap as he firmly grabbed on. He could feel Mingyu’s muscles tensing as he pulled him up. As Wonwoo stood, the space between Wonwoo and
Mingyu closed rapidly. Standing way too close to the other boy, Mingyu looked down on Wonwoo. He really didn’t look so intimidating; all those threats seemed empty as just moments before he was taking joy seeing to bugs interact with each other.
The taller boy felt a laugh awaken in sight of this cliché moment, and as much as he tried to contain himself, a heartfelt laugh bubbled out of him.
The instant Mingyu started laughing he regretted it, as seconds later Wonwoo was showered in his saliva.
They both stared at each other with blank faces as realisation occurred. It was as though a light bulb exploded, as Mingyu started to frantically apologise about his sudden sneeze just centimetres away from his face, Wonwoo was jumping backwards and soon found his foot firmly coming into Mingyu’s thigh with harsh contact.
Grass made its way into Mingyu’s mouth as he plummeted to the ground laughing all the way. He lifted his head to see saliva covered boy letting out a deep growling scream. Amusement played around Mingyu as he crawled his way back up to the panicking boy.
“Are you still going to come over?”
Wonwoo looked as though he had been plagued with a disease, frantically he kept stepping away.
“You’re going to poison me, aren’t you?”
Wonwoo’s voice remained serious, though as he finished his sentence, a playful smile appeared. Rushing over to Wonwoo, Mingyu grabbed him in a headlock and giggled dramatically.
Leaning down so he could be face to face next to the head locked trapped Wonwoo, he gave a cheeky wink.
“I just might”