I've hit a writing rut. I hate it so much. Guys, inspiration, c'mon pleeassee? I need it dearly. I mean, my head is blank and all that shit, and it took me going to one of the most unused websites to look for one-word prompts.

je t'aime
the one fatal mistake in my plan
I hadn't expected to fall for you this way

"Ah! They're so pretty!"

Mi Nyu let out a girlish giggle as she twirled in the onslaught of light pink petals, falling from the heavily blooming trees above and placing themselves on her shoulders, face, and hair. She also loved the feeling of twirling around and having the loose, silky white cotton pool at her knees. She felt, for a moment, like a real girl.

A few feet behind her was Tae Kyung, just having hung up his phone from a conversation with the Japanese branch of President Ahn's company. He rolled his eyes and let out an unimpressed eyebrow at Mi Nyu's dancing, even though something soft settled in his eyes at the same time. He shoved his hands in his pockets and eyed a few of the sakura petals that fell of his own hair, shoving them off with a slightly scrunched mouth.

"Hyung-nim, isn't it so pretty?" Mi Nyu said, sighing happily. "Ooh, I wish that we could take a picture! Tae Kyung, can you take one?"

He wasn't about to admit to her that he already had when she first started dancing through the sakura trees (like hell he'd tell her that) so instead, he snorted and looked away. "No space on my phone, and I didn't bring the camera."

It didn't matter, because Mi Nyu still smiled anyway. "Okay, then! I'll keep this moment in my memory forever!"

She hummed happily, and Tae Kyung couldn't remember a time when he had seen her so happy. As she let out a soft "Oh!" and bent down to get a whole flower cluster that had fallen to the ground, Tae Kyung hastened his pace to reach up to hers. Mi Nyu smiled and reached up, and in a moment, Tae Kyung found himself having something slightly heavy placed in his hair. He blinked in stunned realization, frozen at first because of his girlfriend's close proximity, then at the no doubt humiliating appendage in his hair.

"Aw!" Mi Nyu bit her lip and let out a giggle. "I-it looks cute on you, hyung-nim!" She let out a laugh then, and Tae Kyung felt his cheeks burn. Why, oh why did he allow things like this to happen to him?

"Now, you listen here, Go Mi Nyu," he started by raising his voice, but then stopped when she gave him such a brilliant smile that it caused his breath to hitch in his throat. Oh yeah, he thought dimly, that's why.

She reached up and touched the corner of his head, having to tip-toe to do it. Carefully, she placed the pink flowers better between the threads of black locks. "I promise that I won't take a picture," she said sincerely. "So just keep it a little longer. Please, hyung-nim?"

Tae Kyung narrowed his eyes, his lips pouting together in a way that they usually did to express his emotions. Then, something seemed to light up in his eyes, and before Mi Nyu could understand what was happening, he hand bent down and picked up a handful of sakura petals, sprinkling it all over her hand and dress with ease.

She blinked, looking at the pink velvety additions, and simply laughed again.

Tae Kyung didn't do any more than raise an annoyed eyebrow; he could never win with this girl.

It probably wasn't a good idea anyway, by the way his eyes were suddenly attracted to the fallen petals of added pink in her dark hair, or the way the colour matched the shade of pink on her lips. Some fell on her shoulders, looking as soft as her skin, and he had to look up and ruffle her hair to keep himself from kissing her right there and then.

"We'll come to Japan next spring too, okay?" he murmured under his breath when she turned to look at him questioningly. When she heard those words, Mi Nyu's eyes brightened in a way that no one could deny; she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and breathed a, "Thank you, Tae Kyung!" in his ear before he had the chance to blush.

Sakura petals, after all, were the most rarest thing that you could see in spring. They didn't fall often and didn't last long, but as Tae Kyung allowed himself to be monopolized with his time by Mi Nyu and her infectious smiles, he decided that they were definitely worth the journey.

.:.

fin.
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