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Yoosung and Seven were watching a movie while munching on a shared bag of Honey Buddha Chips. They were cuddled on the couch, sharing a large, red blanket. Yoosung was completely engrossed in the movie. Seven, however, had lost interest pretty quickly; figuring out the ending within the first ten minutes. Instead, Seven was found his attention focused on Yoosung. Yoosung was so cute. From his carefully style, blonde hair, to the hair clips he always wore, and his purple eyes that always seemed to be shinning. Seven loved it all.
Seven gently placed a kiss on top of the younger's head. Yoosung looked up at him, smiling radiantly, his attention begin drawn from the movie. Seven couldn't resist returning his smile. This had to be heaven. Seven couldn't recall feeling this happy in perhaps his whole life. It was so simple, but it made his heart flutter, looking down at his beautiful boyfriend. This was perfection. "I love you." Seven whispered as if they were in a movie theater rather than the bunker.
"I-"
"Defender of justice has a new message!" a robotic voice dragged Luciel back to reality. He groaned in frustration. Groggily, he reached for his phone, unlocked it, and looked at his messages. It was from Yoosung, saying that he was outside. Seven gulped nervously, suddenly feeling very awake, and forced himself out of bed. This probably meant... Yoosung had received his letter.
Seven recently left the agency, taken on a new identity, but refused to leave the bunker. It was still one of the safest places on Earth and God knows if there is still anyone after him. Better safe than sorry. However, the stupid dreams had started long beforehand. At first, Seven just assumed the romantic dream with his best friend had been nothing more, just a meaningless dream. He rarely had dreams, back then at least, and he had just spent the day gaming with Yoosung. So it made sense why he was in the red head's dream. However, that didn't explain the feeling that remained in his chest for the rest of the day. The dreams continued, almost every night, like Seven's subconscious was trying to tell him something. He started seeing Yoosung a little differently.
Although the reasonable side of Luciel told him it was a terrible idea to get in any kind of romantic relationship, that didn't kill his feelings, like he had hoped. He tried so hard to keep his emotions in the feelings box. Usually, the lock on said box was able to handle everything, these new feelings kept breaking through. He finally did something about it after MC and Jaehee had gotten together. Seeing a real life gay couple be so happy, found the courage to confess to Yoosung. He tried several times to do it in person, but he always changed the topic or something interrupted them. Finally, he decided to leave the agency for good and write a letter.
Currently, Seven was approaching his front door where Yoosung was waiting on the other side. With each step, the red head became more and more nervous. He thought he had imagined every scenario that could possibly happen. Maybe Yoosung would be upset and never want to see him again. Maybe he would be apologetic and explain that he only had platonic feeling for Seven. There were plenty of other things that could happen, but that would take a very long time to write. Of course, there was the tiny chance that Yoosung felt the same and everything would end happily ever after. Seven just hoped that he wouldn't lose his best friend over this. He would rather continue being friends rather than Yoosung disappearing from his life,
Taking a deep breath, Seven opened the door. An angry looking Yoosung was the last thing he expected. Actually, he hadn't expected anger at all. Yoosung just glared at his friend as he pushed his way inside. Luciel's heart was beating so loudly that he was afraid the blonde would be able to hear it.
"You're really an asshole, ya know?" Yoosung snapped as soon as Seven had closed the door. "This is the worst prank you have ever pulled on me." Even though his voice sounded calm, there were fist clenched and slightly shaking at his sides. Prank? He thought this was a prank? "I had so much hope the first time I read it. I thought to myself 'Finally, someone actually cares about me.'" he stated.
"Yoosung-" Seven said quickly, about to explain that it wasn't a prank. He wanted to say that the letter was the only way he felt he could express his feelings for the younger boy. He wanted to tell him how it had taken Seven almost a week to write it because he wanted to make it just right. He wanted to explain that everything Seven was doing to try and turn his life around, to be normal, was all for Yoosung. He wanted to say that every sentence, every word he had written was completely true.
"No, shut up!" Yoosung yelled, making Seven flinch a little. "I read the whole thing twice before I saw the signature. It crushed me to realize that I had fallen for another one of your pranks. This prank was... Was just too cruel, Seven!" he exclaimed. The blonde was too angry to notice the tears beginning to form in Seven's eyes.
"I-" Seven tried again.
"I said shut up!" Yoosung yelled twice as loud. He turned his back to the red head, still shaking with anger. "What did I ever do to deserve this? What did I ever do to you?! I told you I was bi because you're my best friend and I thought you of all people would understand. You were the first one I told. Not my family, not any friends at school, not my guild, not anyone in the RFA, but you." Yoosung started to calm down.
Seven quickly wiped away the tears that had managed to escape and were rolling down his cheeks before Yoosung turned back around. Seven felt heart broke. He did have a few dreams where Yoosung broke up with him, completely rejected him and never wanted to see him again, or they just had some kind of stupid fight, but this was real. This was not a dream, this was actually happening. That didn't stop Seven from praying for himself to wake up. Then it hit him. Maybe God was finally punishing him for having feelings for another male. Luciel knew it was sinful for a man to lie with another man, but he thought maybe God would have changed his mind by now. Now, he knew he was wrong. He was going to hell.
"One day, we'll look back at this and laugh, right?" Yoosung sighed deeply, facing his friend again.
"Yeah, of course." Seven did his best to put on his trade mark goofy smile. He had hid his feelings behind that same smile for a long time, but this time was definitely the hardest. He did his best to blink back his tears and look like the classic 707 Yoosung knew.
"I'll see you later." Yoosung offered a small smile before leaving. After the door had closed and automatically locked itself, Seven felt himself sinking to the floor. He curled his body up into the smallest ball he could make and cried for a very, very long time.