You Are My Safe Place
A Vague Day
It was a vague day burdened by the bustle of city life, the crowd rushed inside the train which squealed towards the destination.
On a passenger seat near the window, Namjoon sat peeking at the sky. Dark hued with a pinch of glitter. But he felt indifferent about the beauty of the ambience.. He was too tired to experience such trivial bliss. The only thought he had was to plop deep onto the cozy bed and lay peacefully for the rest of the week, but damn it was Monday, just the beginning of the week.
He was solely yearning to relax when abruptly a chilly glass of coke landed on his shirt spoiling it with brown stains.
Namjoon
* Aish, What more do I expect from such a day, but whatever let's just call it a bad day and forgive that man *
Stranger
(Glanced at Namjoon and said)
It's ok you don't have to pay for it
And stranger walked away without apologizing
Namjoon
Really?!?? Why would I even pay for your mistake, you little ungrateful brat!??
Namjoon
*I yelled without even realizing and ended up embarrassing myself even more*
Namjoon
*Aah this world is already so cruel and with jerks like that living has become such a pain in a$s*
Namjoon
*I somehow collected myself and waited for the arrival of my stop and as soon as the train reached there I bolted out *
Namjoon
*Aah it's even more frustrating that I have to change now before sleeping, it's one of the chore I hate the most. I thought of falling directly on the bed when I was back*
Namjoon
* I stripped my shirt and tossed on my bed*
Namjoon
*Thank God the snaks layed on the side drawer and I didn't have to get up for them*
Namjoon
*I stuffed the snacks and dropped myself into cozy sleep after this hectic day*
Slowly Namjoon slid into the slumber land..
Namjoon found himself sitting at the edge of a pond with his legs half emerged in the brink and his feet being tickled by the drifts or ripples.
He sank in the tranquility of the pond surrounded by the greenery and varnished by the soft lotus buds emerging out of the large leaves. The lake was outlined by white pebbles simply laying aside.
The sacred ambience was dimly lit by the glow of stars adding to the serenity.
Namjoon was enjoying the scenery when he heard rustling sound. On averting his gaze towards its origin he saw a silhouette reaching him.
Sweet Night
Slowly with crackling sound of leaves twisted under the stranger's feet the silhouette reached closer to Namjoon and the blur dark figure now looked clear enough to see the face..
It was a girl, or probably one should say she was a young lady. Wearing loose oversized sweatshirt, with unmatched funky shoes and her hairs messed up to form a bun held by a pencil.
She came closer to the pond with a slight pout glancing at the place as if she had come there for the first time, one could say she was internally admiring the beauty and simplicity of the place.
Then she came and sat near the pond, few feets away from Namjoon.
Hanseol
I never knew places like this existed *chuckle*
Then she glanced at Namjoon and asked,
Namjoon
Umm.. yeah! like.. I've been here when I was young so I did know that such scenery do exist *chuckled awkwardly while scratching his neck*
Namjoon was a bit of an introvert and so, quite reluctant to answer a stranger.
Hanseol
Hmm.. I see, lucky you *Looked at Namjoon with a smile*
Hanseol
It might seem exaggeration but for me, being so exhausted by the routine and many more problems a place like this is no less than paradise
Hanseol
These low drifts of the ripples tickling the feet..
Hanseol
The sweet breeze whispering mellowly in my ears..
Hanseol
The greenery vividly surrounding the pond..
Hanseol
The soft lotus emerging out of these large leaves and these pebbles relaxing at the brink surely is no less than heaven *smiled solely enjoying the beauty
Namjoon chuckled at the point how same perception both of them had for the place remembering his description of the place that he did before her arrival
--- a few moments before ---
Namjoon
*sitting at the edge of the pond with his legs half emerged in the brink and feet being tickled by the drift of ripples*
Namjoon
*sinking in the tranquility of the pond surrounded by the greenery, varnished by the lotus buds emerging out of the large leaves, and the lake outlined by the white pebbles simply laying aside*
Namjoon
When I was young this was our favorite hide out *chortled with nostalgia reminiscing the old memories*
Namjoon
Uncle used to warn us to not go out during nights and the seven of us never missed a chance to not come here, hiding and not getting caught was a wonder-game for us back then
Hanseol
*she listened silently the husky voice of the man between the mellow breeze*
Namjoon
The young gang, used to never come out of the pond and then later sneezed for the rest of the vacations and the four of us enjoyed climbing trees, catching fireflies and all.. (he paused silently Remembering it all after a long while)
Hanseol
(After few moments she broke the silence with her question)
... Where are they, now?
Namjoon
Don't really know, after high schools everyone had their own lives and responsibilities to take care of.. and gradually we lost touch *smirked*
For a moment no one spoke, as if latter had apprehended each other's mind and knew this was a moment to cherish, a moment to live in, away from the fears of life slowly reminiscing the beautiful moments under this sweet night..
Hanseol
It's getting late, I should leave now *said with a genuine smile*
Again it was only her silhouette visible in the reflection of the pond which slowly faded away with the ripples fading away.
Anticipation
The Sun rose gleefully showering the rays of joy which slipped through the slits of window and fell on the sleeping beauty's face
Slowly Namjoon drifted off his sleep and woke up, yawing to find out it was already 9 and he had to rush too much now
Namjoon
*Aahh! shit I'm soo late ( ˃̣⌓˂̣)*
Namjoon
*What took me so long today*
(he thought to himself and suddenly realized his dream and a slight smile formed at the edges of his lips)
Namjoon
*uh! how am I smiling like a fool at such time*
Namjoon
*He realized and hurried towards bathroom to get ready*
Namjoon
* He came out with fully soaked body, water dripping off his hair on his bare chest through the way of his lean neck, sliding off his broad shoulder and his sleek chest glistened with fine dews on it
Mystical.. One can call his heavenly body..
Namjoon
*He rose his slender fingers to wipe the dews off. He walked towards the mirror and brushed his hairs to make them dry*
Namjoon
*When his eyes landed on his image on the mirror to see his smiling lips and deep dimple he thought to himself*
Namjoon
*Aigoo!! Why am I still smiling like a fool!! Wake up Namjoon wake up!!*
Namjoon
*He slapped himself lightly to collect himself and said to himself* "Calm down man!!"
He then got ready and rushed to his office with the fear of being scolded
Namjoon
*He peeped in the office and tip toed to slide into his cabin as an effort to not be detected by anyone*
Namjoon
Huff *he exhaled a deep sigh of relief and bent down to take out the stuff from his drawer and as he got up..*
An masculine guy in his early forties stood in front of his cabin wearing a deadly look on his miffed face
Namjoon
..uh * his voice got stuck in his throat getting startled by the sudden appearance of boss*
Boss
So you're finally here, Mr. Kim Namjoon *said in stern tone*
But before he could complete the Boss began with his scolding
Boss
Do you even care about your work, look at you how shamelessly standing without even apologizing!
Boss
What is the use of sorry?? can you bring back the time that you've wasted being late .......
Namjoon
*Aishh , i guess boss had a fight with his wife today, he's just blurting out nonsense and venting on me -_- I'm literally just 10 min late, and it's not like I'm late too often -_-" *
Namjoon
*Aah how long is he going to continue with this, isn't he wasting my time in these scolds I'd rather complete my work and sleep peacefully*
Boss
If you keep getting late--...
Namjoon
*By the way if I sleep will I have the same girl in my dream? Umm what was her name? I didn't even ask her name? Never mind I'll ask today, -_- as if I'll have the same dream today, man what has happened to your 147 IQ*
Boss
ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME !!!
Namjoon
*Abruptly he got snapped out of his thoughts with the yell*
Namjoon
Yes boss, I've heard everything and I promise I won't ever get late, please accept my apology for the last time
Boss
FINE, NOW GET BACK TO WORK!
Namjoon
*He got back to his work totally annoyed by the boss mimicking him in his head but soo this annoyance got replaced by the thoughts of his dream*
Namjoon
*"Will I have the same dream today"* * he wished*
Namjoon
*"Ok so lets finish work early and have a sound sleep "*
Namjoon
*He thought to himself anticipating his wish to be true*
With that Namjoon dedicated himself completely into his work, but the thoughts of the dream never left his head, he was so absorbed in his thoughts that didn't realize that he had already completed his today's' task so early.
Namjoon
Huff *with a sigh of peace he grinned and prepared himself to leave*
Namjoon
*He submitted the task to the respective department and informed the faculty and left early*
On reaching home he freshened up and prepared his dinner and ate peacefully watching some random shows on TV
He was glad to be free early and went early to bed anticipating his wish to have same peaceful dream to be true.
And drifted to a sound sleep.
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