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one last video and that video managed to pull the last straw out of jisung. he was too excited to even finish it as he went into his room and got dressed, ready to go out after many other videos that he had watched before got him thinking and thinking. he hadn’t even realized that he had been binge watching all these videos; videos like nail technicians painting their customers nails, nail art designs, then there was tutorials that he especially paid close attention to. then that last video he watched before he finally made up his mind to go out and get some materials. oh he was going to paint his nails. ‘min, i’m going out!’ jisung let his boyfriend know, to which minho hummed in response even though there was a slight confused expression on his face at how enthusiastic he sounded, then how in just a snap he was already going out the door. he swore he just saw him walk into his room a few seconds ago, but now the front door was opening, before it closed.
the blacked haired boy was fascinated by how many colors of nail polish were all perfectly lined up on this section; a variety of reds, blues, purples, pinks, then gels, acrylics, you name it. now he was questioning why he’s just now choosing to come buy nail polish at this cosmetic store when all this was waiting for him. his excitement was only building up more and he couldn’t wait to start using the colors he was going to take home for himself. he hummed as his eyes scanned one shelf at a time. ‘oh god, this is impossible.’ huffing, he continued to look at the variety of colors over and over. the boy then started looking back at the videos from earlier that he had watched, and it gave him an immediate answer. he reached for a glass vial that held some black liquid, followed by his free hand reaching for a red color. for the last color, well he went for no color. instead he got a top coat since he’s noticed that many nail artists would finish off with that same clear polish. then for fun he decided to get some mini flowers to decorate his nails a bit. there was a mask covering his mouth and nose, but if you could see his eyes they were practically shaped like moon crescents even by just having these glass vials in his hands. jisung was just that excited that it hit him when he realized that he forgot the acetone and some cotton pads, already standing in a spot at one of the lines to self-checkout. in a swift move, he grabbed the two items, scanned the barcodes of each one and paid, then headed back home.
‘god fucking damn it!’ then he fell back on his bed for what, like the hundredth time already? along with just curses coming from him here and there after every minute that passed by. jisung sighed in the palms of his hands, then his fingers pulled his face down out of frustration, only for that to force another pile of curses out of the boy. he was too frustrated of the fact that he kept making messing up every second to even remember the fact that his fingernails were still wet from the black nail polish that were painted over them, resulting in his cheeks being smeared with some of the paint. to be honest, they weren’t even on just his fingernails anymore. ‘god damn this brush. it looked so easy in the videos and suddenly it’s hard to even paint just one nail without painting over the rest!’ he went on as he put the brush back into the small vial of nail polish and there the whole thing went, bouncing off of his bed from jisung’s throw before a huge pout was forming on his lips whilst he hugged his knees close up to his chest. as he stared at the other colors he had gotten the boy’s eyes became glossy, and then a little sniffle came from him. poor jisung, he just wanted to be pretty, feel pretty, yet things weren’t going the way he thought they would.
‘you dropped this.’ that voice started. this is just what he needed right now; minho. maybe he could ask minho to help him with this stuff, if only he had the courage to. ‘wait- you dropped this?’ minho rose a brow as he looked at the what he was holding. even if he was side eyeing the other he could still see that he had a confused expression on his face and it only made jisung want to shrink and disappear even more. the boy then sighed through his nose before sliding off of the bed and going to get the nail polish back. ‘not something that’s mine anymore. it’s useless now.’ jisung reached for the other two colors and started his way to the bathroom… or so he thought he was going into the bathroom to throw these nail polishes away. that was until minho put his arm in front of the other which made him stop walking and take a few steps back once he heard minho’s words. the purple haired boy grabbed jisung’s wrist and held his hand up to wear he could get a closer look at his nails. ‘give me those and sit back down.’ jisung stared at minho for a second. ‘but-’ ‘sit down.’ and with that jisung was back on his bed.
now minho wasn’t exactly an expert at this either, but it was boyfriend and he could never say no to him so of course he was going to try. but apparently that wasn’t the same case for jisung in his eyes, as to him he looked like an expert when he reached for jisung’s hand with one hand, and his free hand grabbing the acetone and a cotton pad, then removing the black mess on his fingers. it took about three cotton pads to revert his fingers back to their normal color, but they were all clean and jisung already had a soft smile on his face as he watched his boyfriend. minho’s eyes flickered up at jisung for a moment, ‘what’re you smiling at? i’m barely getting this mess off of your fingers.’ but still, he couldn’t help the soft chuckle that left him. ‘because you’re helping me. i didn’t even remember buying acetone anymore even though that’s the one thing i had to use for messes like this.’ another chuckle came from minho. ‘i guess this is harder than it looked on youtube. just wanted to feel pretty.’ jisung mumbled that last part with a pout, saying it more to himself. he didn’t realize that minho had also heard what he said when his chin was lifted up, eyes meeting his. ‘baby, you’ll always be pretty. pretty to me at least. you don’t even need to do extra stuff to look pretty, but since you’re wanting to paint your nails then that’s what i’m gonna do for you.’ minho then shook the black nail polish up a bit as he spoke. ‘now i’m not a nail tech, but i’ll be your /personal/ one. you won’t even spend a penny.’ jisung giggled, and minho was at work.
after many jokes cracking head and there, then a mix of giggles and laughs coming from the two… ‘and… done. now we wait for them to dry.’ while minho was busy putting away everything, jisung couldn’t help the big, heart-shaped smile his lips held as he stared down as his nails. on his rigwatchht hand, minho had drawn on a small smiley face with the black nail polish, while the other four digits had the small flowers he got which minho made them stick on using the top coat. on the other hand, his index fingernail was painted black. then there the middle finger which jisung’s boyfriend did the same thing he did for the other fingers on his right hand, sticking the mini flowers on it. right next to that finger the ring fingernail was painted red, and there was a small design on it that minho drew using some black nail polish. to sum it all up, the pinky, painted black while his thumb had some flowers on it as well. he couldn’t wait until the last ones were dried up, as he was fanning and blowing at them hard out of excitement, probably too hard because he ended up getting tired after a few seconds.
‘do you like them? oh- i guess you do then, but out! those two are still drying up.’ as much as he wanted to make sure his pinky and thumb wouldn’t mess up and were completely dry he couldn’t help but wrap his arms around jisung’s small waist after he hugged him so suddenly. ‘whatever, they’re dried good enough to me.’ jisung replied. ‘you know what, you’re right.’ and there jisung was, his body under minho after he was pushed down so abruptly. and before he could even ask what he was doing he forgot about what words were meaning to come out of his mouth when minho connected their lips. it was soft, with a hint of passion in the kiss the two shared. his lips may have shut him up, but you could still hear jisung’s small little giggles in the kiss and it made minho smile at how adorable his boyfriend was. the older’s hands intertwined fingers with the other’s, his eyes looking at his nails. ‘you know what, i think i did pretty good job. pay up.’ jisung immediately turned to look at minho with a confused look. ‘what?’ jisung questioned, and minho laughed. ‘just messing with you. but they really do look pretty. bet they’d look even prettier if there was an engagement ring on this one.’ he pointed at the ring finger and yoinger whined at minho’s unbearable teasing. ‘fine, without the teasing, i’ll compliment your nails again. because they really do look pretty, but what makes them even prettier is them being yours.’ jisung cuddled up more into minho, pecking his lips before burying his face into his chest. ‘thank you for today, min. i love you.’ he spoke softly. ‘i love you too baby.’ a kiss to the sung’s forehead, and suddenly the two slowly drift away to a deep sleep in this position. being cuddled up with one another.