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You may forget but remember me

2.IV; Kyungsoo

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Summary: Side story to "You may forget but remember me".

Genre/Category: Drabble, Fairytale!AU (The Snow Queen)

Characters/Ship: D.O, Suho

Word count: 294

AN: I finished the main story some time ago (I'll upload it on here soon, feel free to read it here in the meantime!) and I've been meaning to do these drabbles+moodboards ever since... so why not use the members' birthdays as an opportunity to finally make it happen? ⸜( *ˊᵕˋ* )⸝♡

Kyungsoo had, for as long as he could remember, only needed to touch a seed to make it sprout. Green fingers, many said whilst laughing uncertainly, but he always knew there was more to it than that, so when his parents had died and been buried in the soil he loved it had been easy to leave the village behind. 

He tried to tell himself that he didn't feel lonely, but he was. Despite the flowers defying the winter cold for his sake and despite the trees whispering their secrets to him, he was all alone, and it pained him.

And so the ground continued to bloom under his hands, but his heart remained empty.

One day a boy arrived, a boy who called for help from a small boat carried by the nearby river, and Kyungsoo was quick to run down and take his hand. On land, the sight of the boy's grateful smile had Kyungsoo pulling him into his garden without a second thought.

The boy - Junmyeon - adored it, and Kyungsoo adored him. He adored him to the point that he couldn't stand the thought of him leaving, and it was with apologetic movements he asked the white flowers to rest beneath the topsoil.

Just until Junmyeon forgot, he told them.

Just until Junmyeon stayed.

He hadn’t been prepared for someone else being able to manipulate nature, and seeing Junmyeon’s tears made both his heart and the earth ache, the white flowers coming back along with the memories he’d tried to suppress.

Now Kyungsoo was alone again, but his new friend had left him with the promise of returning, so he clutched his chest as a smile on his lips and a seed inside his heart slowly started to grow.