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Beomgyu loves attention. He loves it especially when it's coming from the person that he likes. But the way he tried to seek attention is very… different. ( not that different, but it just something that kids would do. )
Everyone knows, they know every time they hear a very loud scream through the house, the living room, the kitchen, even the bathroom, the culprit will always be Beomgyu. They’ll see Beomgyu running from where he was while laughing his ass off right after his name got yelled out. Three years living together as five, the others already got used to it.
“Choi Beomgyu!!”
There he goes again, running out from the kitchen, laughing so loud to the point his eyes closed, no one knows what's so funny to him until Soobin decides to ask.
“God, what now?” Soobin threw his head back on the couch while exhaling deeply, feeling like he got interrupted from peacefully watching his favorite movie on the tv. Taehyun and Hueningkai beside him just stayed unbothered, still scrolling through their phone screen.
“Yeonjun hyung, I accidentally.. I accidentally put the wrong seasoning on the bowl—” he laughs again, leaning himself on the wall as he tired from laughing. Honestly, Soobin didn't get it. Okay, he did put the wrong seasoning on the bowl, so where's the funny part? He rolled his eyes before opening his mouth again, “I swear if we all didn't end up having dinner, I'm blaming this on you.” Soobin said, eyes back to focus on the screen.
“Well, we can buy foo—ouch!” He didn't even get to finish his words once he felt someone knock his head with a ladle. Clearly, It was Yeonjun. Immediately rubbing his head, “That hurts!” he pouts. As if he wasn't the one who starts it, trying to guilt Yeonjun by showing his upset-puppy-face.
“Don't make a face like that, if you didn't ruin the food I wouldn't have knocked you on the head,” Yeonjun said, crossing his arms.
“Now, come back here,” Not letting Beomgyu say anything, Yeonjun immediately dragging Beomgyu to the kitchen again. And that's what they witness on a daily basis. Beomgyu disturbing Yeonjun while he's sleeping, Beomgyu playfully mocking Yeonjun, Beomgyu turning off the switch when Yeonjun is showering in the bathroom, It's all the same and it just keeps repeating every single day. — So, is Yeonjun tired of it? Surprisingly, he's not. Not even a little.
But surely, the one who's tired is the others.
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“Beomgyu! Come back!”
Hueningkai looks at Soobin, Soobin looks at him back. Giving a sign Here we go again. Less than seconds, Beomgyu comes out from Yeonjun's room, giggling to the point he's about to tear up.
“You're not gonna believe this,” Beomgyu said as he plopped himself, sitting on the couch. “Actually we’d believe you. Don't even say it, we can guess it already,” Hueningkai says, chugging his grape juice. “Whatever, Yeonjun hyung is so funny,” he was still giggling, at the same time waiting for Yeonjun to come out from his room.
“Until when will you act like this, Beomgyu?”
He stopped laughing, looking at Soobin who's sitting beside him. “What do you mean? Being playful?” he asks. Even he actually knows what Soobin is trying to point out.
Soobin shakes his head, He's done. He had enough.
“Listen, I know you like hi—hmhp” Beomgyu immediately cupped Soobin’s mouth with both of his hands, looking around as he worried if Yeonjun was already out of his room. If Yeonjun ever heard it, he's sure that tonight, at this ass o’clock, not only he’ll die from Yeonjun whooping his ass but he will also die from the embarrassment that Soobin just put him though
Soobin struggled a bit before he pushed Beomgyu’s hands away. He groans. “Don't you dare say that out loud, I will kill you.” Beomyu says as he gives him a serious death stare.
Whereas, It's true. What Soobin said is true. Beomgyu likes Yeonjun. He likes him so much ever since the first time they've been living together. Ever since Yeonjun always called him cute or maybe when Yeonjun always looked at him fondly every time he did the bare minimum. He really likes it when Yeonjun's eyes are all on him. He wondered if those are just platonically. ( He wishes it's not. )
“Just confess to him,” Soobin continues. Beomgyu leaned himself on the couch, letting out an annoying sigh as he covered his eyes with his left arm. If he could, he would've done it years ago. He would've said I Like you! when Yeonjun asked him why he kept joking around with him. He would've confessed when Yeonjun looked deep into his eyes after fixing Beomgyu's hair. Or maybe, he would've confessed when Yeonjun said he's the most romantic person if he had to pick one amongst them.
Therefore, there are so many ways Beomgyu could've blurted out his feelings towards Yeonjun. So many chances yet he just let it pass.
“I don't want to,” he answers. Staying like this and not crossing the white line is better, he thinks.
“Beomgyu!” There he is, Yeonjun standing in front of both of them, pointing his index finger to Beomgyu. Beomgyu looked at him with a very bright smile, and he started to chuckle again. “You called for me?” he replied.
“You can't flick my forehead back when you're the one who is losing?!”
“You guys.. fight over that?” Soobin interrupted, unbelieving what he just heard. Choi Yeonjun's voice echoing just over a game. Very childish, he thought.
“Yeonjun hyung did it so hard that I had to flick his forehead back!” Beomgyu tries to explain. As he’s about to continue explaining, a soft pillow safely lands on his face. Yeonjun rolled his eyes before he went back to his room. “Okay, That's so personal,” Beomgyu mumbled. Picked up the pillow as he stood up.
“Now where are you going?” Soobin asks.
“To the Yeonjun's room!”
“Oh my god,”
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The next morning was so peaceful. No Yeonjun's voice yelling over Beomgyu's name, no Beomgyu screaming and asking for help. The morning is just filled with birds chirping, and some song that's playing from Beomgyu's spotify playlist. He’s sitting on the table alone, pouring the milk into the bowl while humming to the song that's currently playing.
Taehyun was the second one who came out from his room, rubbing his eyes as he saw a figure at the dining table. “Oh, you woke up early today,” Taehyun says. Beomgyu just nodded, “Yeah. Kinda,” he answers. Well, That's totally a lie, he couldn't even sleep last night. It's been more than a month he's like this, unable to sleep properly, with a totally fucked up sleeping schedule. He doesn't know why either. Probably because he was just tired, he guessed.
Taehyun then grabbed a juice from the fridge and went back to his room again.
After minutes, he saw Yeonjun finally come out of his room. Holding himself not to smile alone, Yeonjun looks cute. He really does. Even though he just woke up from his sleep, Yeonjun’s face never fails to make him fall, especially his lips. It looks so plump and soft. Wondering how it would feel like when Yeonjun's pretty lips touch his. Yeonjun's hair looks a bit messy yet it still manages to make Beomgyu find it cute. Feels like he got the whole serotonin boost. Don't get enough sleep? It's fine. He's insane, Choi Beomgyu is insane.
“Hi,” Beomgyu greets as Yeonjun pulls out the chair, sitting next to him. “Hmh good morning, cutie,” Yeonjun replied effortlessly. His heart skipped a beat, it felt like it's screaming. His blood cells, his mind, or we could just say every cell inside him is currently screaming and running fast inside his body. Although this is not the first time Yeonjun called him cutie, it still makes him want to bang his head on the wall. If Beomgyu is an ice, he would eventually melt and die.
Yeonjun takes the cereal bowl from Beomgyu. feed a spoonful of the cereal into his mouth, lazily chewing it.
“Hey, That's mine” He slapped Yeonjun's hand softly. Yeonjun just grinned. God, that face .
“Why not? You ate half of my ramen yesterday.” He then mindlessly continued eating his ( Beomgyu's ) cereals.
“And I will do it again,” Beomgyu replied. He meant it, he will do it every day, every single day, every moment, to annoy Yeonjun ( endearingly ). He likes seeing the older one yell his name, talk about him, focus on him, everything is just about him, him, and just him . Couldn't deny, he loves the attention so much. And he needs more than that .
“When will you stop trying to start a foolish fight between us hm?” And again, the same questions Yeonjun would ask. Then, there's Beomgyu with the same answers that will always make Yeonjun laugh. “I told you before! I already put a spell on you, where you're now stuck by my side for the whole day and you need to deal with it. I can't change the spell anymore” — That's the one. It does make Yeonjun chuckle a little.
“How can I heal from the spell then?” he asked again, Beomgyu shrugged. Even if they're in another universe that is full of magic, and there's a magic potion where if Yeonjun drinks, it will help him heal from the spell.. Beomgyu would throw the potion very far away. Hides it in the cave or maybe put another spell that nothing can help him escape from Beomgyu.
“You can't heal from the spell. You’ll deal with it until one of us dies.” He continues. Yeonjun just nodded, letting Beomgyu win over it. “Interesting,” He said.
“Exactly,”
I like you stupid!
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“Where's Yeonjun hyung?” Beomgyu asks as he's done going around the whole house finding him. It took him almost 10 minutes to go from Yeonjun's room to the kitchen. “Oh you didn't hear about it?” Taehyun asks him back, eating chips while his eyes still focus on the screen tv. Beomgyu shrugged.
“No? Don't tell me he went out shopping without me again.” He guessed. Usually Yeonjun would bring him to go out together especially shopping for clothes. They sometimes buy couple things too, ( maybe platonically, that's another one that Beomgyu guessed about him. ) Just like last time, they bought a pair of couple cardigans. Yeonjun's one is grey while Beomgyu's is soft green.
However, Yeonjun sometimes would go out at night too. He would bring Beomgyu but someday he didn't. Not because he doesn't want to, sometimes he is just the same as Beomgyu, he would tease Beomgyu by leaving him and going out by himself. But then he will come back with some snacks for Beomgyu. So after all, it's fair and Beomgyu wouldn't mind.
“He went out for a date.” Taehyun says again, this time he looking right to Beomgyu's face who’s still standing in front of them. Eyes immediately widened as he heard those words that slipped from Taehyun's mouth. “You know I'll act up when you're joking like that right,” Beomgyu replies, not even a smile shown on his face. Soobin immediately softly slapped Taehyun's thighs. “Ouch,”
No more words came out from Beomgyu, he immediately went back to his room, they could hear he locked his door.
“What's wrong with you!” Soobin half whispered.
“I thought he's gonna laugh!” Taehyun replied back. Soobin ruffled his hair, “you're so silly, have you forgotten how he will act when we joke about Yeonjun hyung going out for a date?” Taehyun just pouted. Unfortunately, Soobin’s right.
There's one time where Soobin, frustrated over Yeonjun and Beomgyu, keeps bickering around, here and there. So at the same night, he went to Beomgyu's room. With a very serious face, ( jokingly ) he told Beomgyu that Yeonjun's no longer bitchless.
Of course, Beomgyu kicked him out and decided not to leave his room for the next whole day.
But then he finally went out again when Soobin finally apologized and said it's a joke. Terrible joke to be honest. — Do not try at home.
“But hyung.. I'm being serious this time.”
Soobin’s eyes blinking. Taehyun nodded, signing it's true it's true! . Soobin just gasped dramatically, hands over his mouth, shook his head wishing Taehyun was joking. It feels like he's the one who acts like he got a crush on Yeonjun. “No way, stop making things up Kang Taehyun,” he says.
If Yeonjun really went out on a date then, wouldn't that be horrible for Beomgyu? Wouldn't that's a bit unfair for him? Maybe before Beomgyu screams out of frustration, Soobin would be the first one who screams.
“I.. heard him talking on the phone about it, he's going out for dinner!” he added up. “Okay, What if it's actually his old friend?” Soobin guessed.
“What if you guys just let it be, Yeonjun hyung knows what to do with Beomgyu hyung” Hueningkai out of nowhere interrupted them, sipping his grape juice ( as always.)
“you're scaring us, Kai”
Hueningkai just chuckled, letting out hehe as he plopped himself next to them. “We all know Yeonjun hyung likes Beomgyu hyung too. There's no way he would going out on a date or something… except if it's with beomgyu hyung.” The others just agreed. Hueningkai's right. Both Yeonjun and Beomgyu literally being obvious and oblivious at the same time. It's kinda frustrating, but surely it’ll end soon. — Like, please. very soon. They begged.
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The next day, as Soobin expected, Beomgyu didn't come out from his room again. It's already 12 PM, yet Beomgyu's door is tightly closed. Not even a sign that it will be open soon.
“Is Beomgyu sick?” Yeonjun asked, a bit worried. “I don't think so, but how about you just knock on his door?” Soobin replied. Without hesitation, Yeonjun did what Soobin said. He knocked on the door.
“Beomgyu ah, are you still slee—”
Door open. Beomgyu lazily looked at his face. His eyes looked a bit swollen, not even a single smile or a good morning ( afternoon ), he just walked past Yeonjun with his towel and clothes on his shoulder, heading to the bathroom.
“ouch, that hurts,” Yeonjun says slowly.
Beomgyu finally came back from the bathroom. Brushing his hair while heading to his room. Right after he's done putting on his clothes and all, Yeonjun knocks on his room again. “What is it?” Beomgyu asks, half yelling as the door still close.
“Can I come in?”
“No,” he replied. Plopped himself again on his bed, cupped his face on the pillow. Maybe he can uncurse the spell on Yeonjun now. Yeonjun doesn't need him anymore for sure.
Yet his mind couldn't stop rambling about Yeonjun. What if what Taehyun said last night is true? What if he's late and all the chances that he used to have before are totally wasted. What if all Yeonjun did to him was really just in a platonic way? What if Yeonjun doesn’t like him the way he likes Yeonjun?
“Hey,” Yeonjun still entered his room. Decided to sit on his bed.
“I told you that you can’t come in,” He says, head still pressed hard on the pillow. Yeonjun barely catches what he said but he still can guess what he’s trying to say.
“I want to talk to you” Yeonjun replied, biting his lips. He does feel a bit scared. Couldn't stop imagine what if Beomgyu smash his head with a pillow because he just entered his room without his permission.
“And I don’t want to talk to you” he replied back. For now, he truly doesn't want to talk with him. It's embarrassing. Even if Yeonjun is begging him to have a talk, he doesn't think he can do it. Yeonjun let out a deep sigh. He’s upset, but he knows the younger one is more upset.
Yeonjun wants to pat Beomgyu's head, but he ends up didn't. “Are you crying?”.
Beomgyu didn’t reply, but Yeonjun could hear Beomgyu softly sobbing. He has no idea what he is supposed to do, usually Yeonjun would comfort him by taking him out shopping together, sometimes he would just let Beomgyu vent out everything to him. Doing all that is easy, but for now, he already knows what's upset Beomgyu the most.
It's dead silence for the next few minutes, Beomgyu still hides his face on the pillow, Yeonjun just froze himself, sitting on the bed next to him. It's so awkward to the point Yeonjun feels like he should throw himself out of the window.
Beomgyu finally turned himself to the side. Yeonjun just looks at him, giving a smile. As he’s about to talk, Beomgyu then hides his face again on the pillow, mumbling but Yeonjun couldn't hear it clearly.
He shouldn't believe whatever Taehyun said last night but the other side of him keeps telling him it's true, it's probably true. There's no way other people would not fall in love with him like Beomgyu did. He's perfect, he can cook, he knows how to take care of the people that he likes, he's kind, he's got the face that people would eventually die by seeing it, his smile is reassuring, looking at his face is healing, Beomgyu saved Yeonjun's contact name as healing. Yeonjun is pretty, his monolid eyes, his mole under his eyes, not to mention his lips.
If what Taehyun said was true, it's so unfair to him. He wants to kiss Yeonjun's lips too. crazy.
“Hey, you're really not going to talk with me?”
Beomgyu shook his head, “No,”
Yeonjun just nodded, even though Beomgyu couldn't see it. He finally stands up, maybe he’ll talk about it later.
Beomgyu immediately gets up from his bed, he sits right after Yeonjun about to close the door. “Do you just give it up like that?” Yeonjun stopped as the younger one suddenly talked to him again, hand still holding the doorknob.
He tilted his head, “But you told me to leave,”
Beomgyu takes a deep breath, his shoulder goes up and down a bit, trying his best not to sob harder. Now or never, he might change the trajectory of their friendship forever. At least, Yeonjun will know his exact feelings towards him and that's all that matters now.
“I like you!”
half yelling as he closes his eyes, not even daring enough to see Yeonjun's face right now.
“Don't say anything yet! It's not that I like you platonically, I like you more than that. However, I didn't hope for you to like me back or something, because I know you can't force yourself to like me the way I do. Or in the other way, Taehyun said that last night you went out for a date and of course I'm happy for yo—”
“So Taehyun really said I went out on a date?” he cut off, let out a chuckle, Beomgyu really believed whatever Taehyun would say. Yeonjun closed the door, sit back again on the bed as he facing Beomgyu.
Beomgyu's eyes looked so pretty even after he just cried. His tears make his eyelashes look longer than usual. His soft cheeks are getting rosy. He's pretty, and Yeonjun loves pretty things.
“You didn't go out on a date last night?”
Yeonjun shook his head, “No silly, I went out to meet my old friends, that's all.” he explained. He really went out and met his friends last night, “You know, Taehyun sometimes fools around too, he probably misheardit. I thought you're the type to not easily believe things unless you have proof?” he added up.
If Beomgyu could hide himself under the bed, he would.
“Are you really gonna ignore my whole confession?” He replied, realizing Yeonjun didn't even talk about it. He expects Yeonjun would at least say ‘Oh, Now I get it.’ or ‘You got a crush on me?’ or maybe, just maybe, ‘I like you too.’ The chances might be small, but never zero. Even he said he didn't hope for it, that's totally a whole big lie.
Yeonjun just smiled, cupping both of his cheeks, staring right into his eyes for seconds. He was mesmerized. Beomgyu's eyes will always be pretty, it looks prettier when he looks at it closer. He could see Beomgyu’s eye color was soft hazelnut. Yeonjun pulled him closer.
Cup!
He pecked a kiss on Beomgyu's forehead. Looking at him again, hands still cupping his cheeks. Beomgyu blinking his eyes, processing himself.. he kissed me?
Cup!
Another kiss lands on his forehead again, Yeonjun just smiles as he sees the younger’s cheeks getting puffy red than before. He loves seeing Beomgyu gets all shy every time he does something like this to him. Although Beomgyu thought Yeonjun wouldn't notice it, he actually did.
He noticed when he kissed his own thumb and then placed it on Beomgyu's cheek. Can say he just indirectly kissed him. Of course, the younger one got shy, then he nudged Yeonjun. — Or maybe when Yeonjun unexpectedly praising him, calling him with all the different nicknames ( that Beomgyu didn't even know how Yeonjun's mind can came out with those nicknames ideas. ) Yeonjun would call him cute , darling , my love , beoms , little moon , and even more than that. Yeonjun always does it on purpose, giving as many hints as he can and yes, he notices that Beomgyu does like it.
Yet, Beomgyu always doubted about it, — Is it all just platonically? Does Yeonjun always do this to others too?
Beomgyu holding both of Yeonjun's hands that's still cupping his cheeks. Trying to push his hands away. He feels like he is about to explode if Yeonjun stays still like this. Yeonjun again moved himself closer, Beomgyu closed his eyes as he can expect Yeonjun will kiss his forehead again, for the third time.
Until he felt something soft touch his lips, it was really quick. He startled a bit as he immediately opened his eyes, seeing Yeonjun smiling.
Yeonjun hyung just kissed me?
Yeonjun just kissed him. On the lips too.
“Was that enough to answer your confession?” he asks, Beomgyu feels like his mouth got locked, nothing can come out from him right now. No, he refuses to believe. His eyes still staring deeply into Yeonjun's. It feels like his mind is so full of clouds, his heart full of mixed feelings that he couldn't explain what it is, He can feel his blood cells currently flowing fast through his whole body. — Only if he knows Yeonjun also feel the same way too.
Only if Beomgyu knows he also has been craving to taste his pretty lips. That he also has a crush on him like crazy. That he also sometimes spends his night crying, if he could never be Beomgyu's forever. Most importantly, only if Beomgyu never doubted that Yeonjun also likes him the same way as he does.
Without haste, Yeonjun kissed him again, this time it was longer. Beomgyu’s hands were now placed on his nape as he kissed him back. He waited for this moment for so long, for years. Mind always rambling, thinking about what it feels like when he kisses Yeonjun. Every time he sees Yeonjun talking or pouting, he wonders what it tastes like.
The kiss was moving slowly, as he could feel Yeonjun's warm and soft lips tracing his lips. Yeonjun gave a sign, asking the younger to sit on his lap. The younger one just obeyed. Their eyes closed, Yeonjun then tilted his head, wanting to kiss him deeper as Beomgyu parted his lips slightly, allowing Yeonjun's tongue to slip inside.
Yeonjun’s tasted like mint, finally an answer that Beomgyu has been wondering about for awhile. Poppin’ rock candy. — That’s enough to explain how their stomach feels. Yeonjun's hand moved to his waist, pulling him closer. Their bodies pressed together heatedly against each other, breathing heavily as their lips pressed together.
However, Beomgyu is the first one who's pulling it back as he’s out of breath. Yeonjun caresses his hair softly, giving a last peck of kiss on his nose. “I like you too,” he finally says.
“I like you so much, I like you more than friends, more than platonic ways or whatever you expected me to feel. I like to be with you, I like when you said you put me on a spell where I am now stuck with you by my side forever. I love it a lot.”
Beomgyu just smiles shyly, leaning himself on Yeonjun's chest, trying to hide his face. Embarrassing, he thought. He cried and sobbed like insane people only to find out Yeonjun likes him too. Three years holding himself not to act up in front of him only to find out the Choi Yeonjun has feelings towards him too. Yeonjun laughs as he sees Beomgyu get all shy, he's cute. Hence, he just opened his arms, hugging the younger one, head on his shoulder while rubbing his back slowly.
“Why didn't you tell me earlier?” Beomgyu asks. Unfortunately, Yeonjun has no idea. He thinks it's probably because he's not ready yet? But the only thing that Yeonjun is sure about is loving Beomgyu feels like being lost in the right direction. It just feels right. Loving him feels like the winter thaw. When he feels his insides freeze up, Beomgyu will come to him, make him melt and everything comes alive.
“I don't have the right time to tell you,” he explained. Beomgyu stops hiding himself, going back to facing Yeonjun as he is still sitting on his lap. The small voices in Yeonjun couldn't stop screaming of how cute he is, ignoring the fact that his lap was starting to feel numb.
“I love you,”
“I'm supposed to tell you that first!” Beomgyu pouted, though he feels happy. Yeonjun loves him, he loves Beomgyu. It's insane, didn't expect they would blurt out their feelings this way, right after Beomgyu just cried his eyes out.
“You need to reply back though…” he said, brushing his fingers through Beomgyu’s hair. “What if I don't want to?” he teases. The older one gasped dramatically, hand over his mouth as he shook his head.
“How could you… Okay, if you reply back, I won't ask for you to stop the spell on me,”
Beomgyu giggles, wrapping his arms on Yeonjun's shoulder. He pecked a kiss on Yeonjun's lips. “I love you too,” he says. — Therefore, what a relief. He spent three years bottling up his feelings, holding the urge to confess to Yeonjun as he was afraid it would go the other way. All he can do is make sure the older one has all eyes on him. Sometimes he gives up, even if Yeonjun just likes him as a friend, as a younger brother, at least he still gives him the attention he wants.
But then, when they finally confessed the real feelings towards each other, Beomgyu realised being in love with Yeonjun feels like he found an extension of himself that he never knew he had. He really needs him so much.
“Actually, you don't need to put a spell on me. Putting a spell sounds like I got forced to stuck with you, whereas I do want to be with you forever. I’m the one who wants it, myself, my own feelings,” he adds up. Both of them just end up laughing.
It's true, Beomgyu doesn't need to put a spell or anything on him. Yeonjun will always be there for him, he will always try his best to give all the attention that Beomgyu needs. He’ll yell ( endearingly) Beomgyu's name every time the younger one tries to annoy him. — When he actually doesn't feel annoyed even a little.
Thus, Yeonjun loves him as well and will always be.
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