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They've been friends since he came to Korea, Asahi and Jaehyuk hit it off quickly even though their personalities are polar opposites. People around them are amazed as well, but knowing Jaehyuk, a social butterfly, its understandable.
Asahi teaches Jae japanese and Jaehyuk teaches him hangul, even the trendy terms. Asahi is extremely grateful the help Jae has been giving him. He's not really the most sociable person and yet here's one Yoon Jaehyuk who's breaking every single wall he built.
For monthly assessments, they help each other out, with the songs, choreographies and everything else outside the training. They hangout sometimes with the whole gang or sometimes just the two of them. Asahi enjoys those times when its just the two of the them.
"You think we'll debut?" Jae asks out of the blue one fine evening while eating ice cream outside the convenience store near their dorm.
"Maybe? But I heard from the staff they're already in talks about the debut group" looking particularly at nothing.
"I wish the both of us can make it" He says now looking at Asahi with a smile.
"I wish too"
The night ended with them putting their wishes unto the stars above.
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And they did.
It was a dream come true and it happened so fast that he can't even tell if he's dreaming or not. But Asahi was so happy to finally debut with Jae. Although they can't hangout together as much as they did back when they were still trainees. He misses him.
They were divided into two dorms first, Jae and Asahi were separated, it took a lot of adjustment but thankfully his new dormmates were really understanding on him. He also adjusted for them, he could initiate conversations now but he still locks himself inside his room most of his free time making music.
Two months after debut, the company decided to split the dorms into three giving the kids the free will to choose their roommates and Jae was so happy that they could be dorm mates again.
Jae is an extrovert thus he's always talking and socializing but he doesn't hover Asahi that much. Asahi likes that about him the most. He gives him the space he needs specially when he's so immersed in making music.
They were four in the dorm and each of one has a room of their own, Asahi, Jae, Yedam and Junghwan. Yedam and Jae are the talkative ones inside their dorm, its a happy place until Asahi felt something different about his heart.
It was a slow realization for him. Since trainee days he really really likes Jae being around him, he gives off a positive aura, like an angel. Jae always asks if he already had a meal, or he'd be the one asking the other for a stroll outside. Sometimes Jae would hold his hands, hugs him out of nowhere or put his hands over his shoulder and above anything else, he doesn't protest to all of it. But now that he noticed Yedam and Jae had a bit of closeness. He felt a bit of pain in his chest at the thought but he ignore it.
It was a weird feeling, really, and its disturbing him.
One early morning, he knocked at Jae's room because he need to get one his favourite hoodies from him, since Jae likes it too and borrows it a lot.
Two knocks, no answer.
Two knocks again, no answer.
"Jae? are you there? I just need to get that white jacket with a Hikun print"
"Hmm, come in" Jae responds in a sleepy tone
And much to his surprise, he sees a Jaehyuk cuddling a small Yedam. He froze for a moment but suddenly snapped out his unnecessary thoughts and proceeded to the cabinet, got the jacket and exited the room without looking at the people in the bed.
But before Asahi reached the door, Jae called him.
"Sahiya, are you going out? Can you buy me a banana milk on the convenience store below?"
"Okay"
Then he stormed out the apartment with teary eyes, he can't even explain why.
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Asahi is now sitting at the nearby playground gathering his thoughts about what he saw earlier. Why does he feel pain in his chest? So what if they’re cuddling to sleep? Jaehyuk does that to Woo back when they were dormmates too but it wasn’t an issue.
And yet here he is, confused in his own feelings. Now that Jaehyuk is giving the attention he used to give Asahi to other people he felt a bit of jealousy
'Hmmmmm, jealousy?' He thought quietly.
Yes, he is jealous alright.
He likes Jae, that's very certain now. He must’ve liked him for a long while now, its just that he isn’t addressing the feelings earlier.
The things Jae does that make him feel special, he loves every bit of it. How Jae babies him, or talk to him on a sweet voice compared to others. Or how Jae holds his hands, the warmth, he wanted to hold on to that.
He felt a blush coming from his cheeks and a smile from his mouth just by remembering those things. He must've like Jae so much. He's realizing it now.
But they're bestfriends, to Jae they're just bestfriends, and its difficult to cross the line. Judging from the scenario earlier, Yedam is now in the picture.
He doesn't want to conclude but that's what his intuition tells him, that Yedam likes Jae too.
Now he's torn to either confess or just stay quite about it.