You and I

A song brings back a young woman's memories. Inspired by Park Bom's 'You and I.'

I managed to look up at the stars one night. It really made me stop and think about all the things that I cherish. I could never once stop to think about life like this...

“Mmm... The stars are beautiful tonight,” I said to myself.

Looking into the night sky made me think of a certain song that always reminded me of my husband. Though he is Japanese, I'm African and the song is in Korean, we still love it nonetheless, because it, in a way, represents the bond that we share now. At our wedding, we had Korean friends come to it, so we actually played the song there. You could tell they were ecstatic to hear it. I had actually picked out the song, since I had known it since our high school days. Oh, haha. What am I doing...? I'm on the roof of my house, reminiscing about my past at 24 years old. Honestly, I must still be a child inside. However... Thinking about that song makes me want to sing it a little...

“I might as well.”

I took a deep breath, and started to sing.

No matter what happens.

Even when the sky's falling down.

I promise you...

That I'll never let you go.

I paused.

“Hm... I can't exactly sing in Korean. I might as well sing the English parts at least, and hum the rest.

You and I together,

It just feels so right...

~hums~

You and I together,

It feels so good (hums)

~continues humming~

I promise you that I'll be right here, baby~

~hums~

Tonight,

~hums~

You and I together,

It just feels so right...

~hums~

You and I together,

It feels so good (hums)

~resumes humming~

Oh oh oh...

Oh oh oh...

You're the only one,

And I'll be there for you baby!

You and I together,

It just feels so right...

~hums~

You and I together,

It feels so good (hums)

~resumes humming~

Just You and I...

Forever...

And Ever...

“Now if only I could speak fluent Korean...” I said to myself.

“Well, in my opinion, that still sounded good, even if you were just humming,” a voice I had grown all too familiar with said.

I turned around and saw the love of my life climbing up the ladder to join me on the roof. He stared at the sky.

“Yoh...” I whispered.

“Hey,” he said back.

He gently sat down next to me and grabbed my hand, holding it tightly.

“You were singing 'You and I,' weren't you?”

“By Park Bom? Of course.”

“One of our many wedding songs played that day.”

I giggled. He looked at me. I turned around and looked at him. After about 15 seconds of a staring contest, I looked away, blushing. He laughed.

“Even though we've been lovers since high school, you still blush and look away when I stare at you like this.”

“I-it's not my fault! The look in your eyes... It makes my heart pound...”

He stopped laughing. Then, he had this devilish grin on his face. Of course, I was still turned away, so I didn't see it. However, I could feel it, and it sent unwanted chills down my spine.

“Y-Yoh...” I said quietly. “What are you thinking...?

“Well... I was just thinking about what you said. Apparently, I have a “look” in my eyes? Pray tell, what does that mean? What does this “look” actually look like?”

I blushed even more.

“W-well... It's like... You have this... Burning desire in your eyes. Like you want to do something with... or to... me.”

I swear, I could FEEL Yoh's grin getting bigger and more dangerous. I was in quite the tough predicament. Well, after being with him for so long, I got used to when he would “attack” me at random. But at this moment, I had seriously let my guard down, so I didn't know what to expect.

“Burning desire...” he repeated. He slowly moved his hand towards mine again, since when I moved, I let go of them.

“What burning desires, hm...?”

Oh, my face HAD to have been on fire by now. He was killing me!

“U-um... Like... You wanting to, um... Do things...”

“Hm...”

He crawled over to me, and wrapped his arms around my waist.

“What things, exactly?”

“...”

“You know... I won't be able to understand what you're talking about if you don't explain to me what you're saying...”

“......”

“Myst... Honey, just tell me what you want...”

I couldn't take it. Screw my sanity!! I gently took his hands off my waist, turned towards him and kissed him with so much passion. He was surprised, but instantly kissed back, stroking my hair and holding my chin. I pulled away after 5 minutes of no break.

“You must have a chin fetish or something, hm?” I asked, breathing heavily.

“W-why do you say that?” he asked back, breathing slightly less harder than me.

“You always touch my chin... Ever since we were teenagers, you would hold my chin first, then kiss me...”

“Did you not like that...?”

“What...? No, no! I did, oh, well... I do! I still do! I was just curious...”

Yoh smiled, and reached out to touch my chin.

“I just like touching it.”

“...So you do have some sort of chin fetish.”

“HAH! Uh huh, right. Okay, so I have a chin fetish. You have a fetish too.”

I looked at him, confused. Surely I didn't have a fetish... Did I?

“What do you mean? I don't have a fetish...”

Yoh smirked. “Oh, but you do.”

I continued to stare at him.

“Oh really now? What is it?”

Yoh didn't say anything. He simply grabbed my hand and slowly slid it down toward his...

…

“WHAAAAAT?!” I yelled.

Yoh laughed so hard, he started to tear up. I pouted at him and decided that I had enough of his teasing. With one last look at the stars, I got up and headed towards the ladder. He noticed and, while still laughing, wiped his tears away.

“Wait... Myst, wait a sec!”

I didn't pay him any mind and continued to walk. I could still hear him calling me. I turned to see him beginning to stand up. When he looked at me, I stuck my tongue out and kept walking. When I was about to climb down the ladder, I heard him say something that I normally just hear in the bedroom.

“Aishiteru.”

I stopped in place. I looked back at him to see him smiling with a cute smile on his face. It was the same cute smile he had all throughout high school. I guess it never left him. That's good though... Since that was one of the many things about him that I fell in love with. I rolled my eyes and walked back towards him. When I was standing right in front of him, I smiled at him and took his hand.

“C'mon, Mr. I-Love-You. Since you started speaking in Japanese all of a sudden, it must mean that the bed is calling us.”

“Hai.”

I laughed, dragging him towards the ladder. When we got to the bedroom, he jumped on me. Needless to say, sex seems to feel better when your lover is speaking his natural language. Or maybe THAT'S my actual fetish. Eh, who knows. Who cares. Tonight, and every other night, better be just like this one and more!

Author's Note

Yes, I know. ''Humming...?" That was the point. I'm not going to type out a whole translation of a song. You wanna hear it? Listen to it and look up translations yourself. Having Myst hum certain parts was a key part in the story.