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"Hey hueningie, come with me," Huening Kai hears a familiar voice on the other side of the door.
"Come with you? Is there no option?" Kai responds while he's laying on his bed, with the phone in his hands.
"No! I'm your hyung!"
"Where will we go?"
"I don't know, just walk around and take pictures."
"What about Soobin hyung? Why don't you take him along?"
"Can you stop asking questions? I just want to go on a walk with you."
"Okay hyung," Kai sighs, smiling a little, then heads to wear his sneakers, not knowing that a secret smile bloomed on the elder's face on the other side of the door.
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The two boys walk through the streets of Japan together aimlessly. They both hold their phones, ready to take photos of whatever they think would look nice in their gallery.
They've been in Japan for a week now, but they both haven't taken strolls the whole week, unlike Taehyun and Yeonjun.
"Hey, how about we take photos and send them to each other later? I mean my photos would look really nice, I'm saving you from begging me to send them to you, hueningie."
"Hyung, you're so full of yourself."
"Duh, I mean why wouldn't I?" Beomgyu says, taking a photo of the crossing in front of them.
"On a serious note, I know you have low self esteem, hyung," he looks at Beomgyu, who completes taking photos.
Kai sighs, patting his hyung's head, then starts taking photos as well.
"I'm not a kid, don't treat me like that, I'm older than you," he says, putting down the phone and glancing at the younger.
"How can I help it when you're this cute, hyung," Kai responds, avoiding eye contact by taking more photos.
*Click*
He looks at Beomgyu, only to see the camera on his face.
"What? I thought we were taking photos of the pretty sceneries."
"We are. How can I help it when you look this good."
Kai widens his eyes, and looks the other way; trying to hide his face that was starting to heat up.
Beomgyu smiles behind the phone he's holding, then tries to cover up for what he had just said.
"HAHA what's with your reaction? You're an idol, of course you're good looking."
"Yeah, an idol..." Kai starts walking, and puts his phone up to take photos once again.
Beomgyu, however, doesn't move, and looks at the photo he had just taken instead.
Kai stops in his track, and looks back at Beomgyu.
He smiles to himself. So pretty.
He silently takes photos of his hyung as well, hoping he wouldn't notice.
"Hyung? Are you coming?"
"Huh? Ah yeah," Beomgyu looks up from his phone, and walks to catch up with the younger, and they start walking together.
They complete taking photos of the streets and sceneries, and both of them try to be slick with taking a few photos of each other as well.
"Hey, Hueningie."
"Hmm?"
"Did you ever like someone?"
Kai who was facing the other direction while taking photos, closes his phone, and didn't want to face the guy behind him.
"Why the sudden question?"
"I don't know just curious."
"Yeah, I think so. But only once, what about you, hyung?
"Would you date me if I was a girl?"
Kai looks back at the elder in surprise.
Why am I so surprised, he's probably just doubting himself. What was I expecting?
He sighs then smiles at Beomgyu.
"Hyung you're so loveable, anyone would die to be with someone like you. You have everything anyone could dream of."
"So you would date me if I was a girl?"
"Hyung, what kind of question is this?"
"So you wouldn't."
"I didn't even answer! And why a girl, hyung? You're lovely the way you are! You hold the stars in your eyes, you're the sweetest person ever. You're smile could make anyone feel butterflies in their stomach!"
Beomgyu looks at the taller guy with parted lips, his ears all red. Kai realises what he had just said, and puts his hand over his red face, looking the other way.
"I just mean... you don't have to be self conscious, you're a great person," he says, still not looking at the other.
"Hey, I heard you were going to release a song cover soon, what song did you sing?" Kai says, trying to change the topic.
"Uhh... I guess you'll find out soon!"
"How come Soobin knows and I don't?"
"You seem jealous," Beomgyu smiles teasingly.
"Whatever you need to tell yourself."
"Hey, let's head back to the hotel."
"Yeah, we've had plenty of photos already."
"Do send all the photos, including the photos you took of me. You weren't so slick," Beomgyu smirks, and starts walking.
"You weren't that slick either," he rolls his eyes, smiling sheepishly for getting caught.
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Two days later after the two guys' stroll, it was the day they were wrapping up their tour.
Finishing up their last concert, they bow to their fans, drenched in their sweat.
They were proud they gave their all in the last concert as well, and hoped everyone enjoyed their time in the concert.
Beomgyu looks over at a certain guy that wasn't crying like the rest of the members. He smiled to himself at how tough the youngest had always acted, even after doing all his funny aegyo, and cringy actions.
Not a single concert over the 4 years that I've seen you shedding a single tear, Hueningie.
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The same night after returning from the concert, they start packing their bags to get ready for the flight back to Korea the next day.
Kai scrolling through his phone while packing his bag, a message from Beomgyu popped up on the screen after he accidentally clicked on the sudden notification.
[Hey, did you watch my cover?]
Oh it's already out?
He opens their official YouTube channel. "Beomgyu's You [original song by Lany]".
Oh I don't know this song.
Before clicking on the video he looks at the cover of the video, and it was a photo Beomgyu took on the day they walked together.
He didn't think alot before opening the video.
The video plays, and many photos and short videos that Beomgyu took the other day when they were together were shown, with music in the background.
How did he find time to edit this video?
Oh he used my photos and videos too? Guess what he took wasn't enough.
<Like water in the desert, impossible to find>🎶
Kai's heart starts beating faster in hearing his hyung's singing voice.
<You found me when I was broken, put me back together, gave me life>🎶
He wishes that was how the elder felt towards him, so he purses his lips together, trying to ignore the thoughts crossing his mind.
Kai tries to enjoy the soothing singing voice, watching the sceneries from two days ago running in front of him.
He tries, but he can't help thinking those words might be about him.
<Like an angel in a nightmare,
You opened up my eyes
Looking in all the wrong places,
You're the one I needed this whole time>🎶
Tears well up in Kai's eyes.
His hyung always said he was his fallen angel, but he thought he was just playing around.
But even now, he doesn't want to fill his head with thoughts like this. Thoughts like, hyung loves me back.
Beomgyu's warm voice doesn't help him at all, so he breaks in tears.
Shut up, he doesn't love you back. Stop thinking of these silly thoughts.
<Yeah, you, I'm nothing without you>🎶
<You, I'm nothing without you,
I'm nothing without you>🎶
The sentence keeps getting repeated over and over. He wants to stop the video but can't get enough of Beomgyu's voice.
<I'm nothing without you>🎶
After the last sentence of the song, something different than a scenery or a photo of the streets was shown.
It was a video Kai had taken, but didn't know he sent it to the elder.
It was a 2 second video of Beomgyu smiling brightly while descending the stairs. It was a video he kept watching over and over after taking it, so happy that it turned out to look this angelic.
The video ends, and Kai puts the phone above the bag infront of him. He rubs his eyes using his sleeves. There's no way, right?
Not long after, he hears a voice from the other side of the door.
"I hope you're not dense"
What?
He stands up and rushes to the door to open it. When he looks outside, he doesn't find Beomgyu standing in front of the door.
He exits the door looking right then left, only to find Beomgyu cowering behind the door while covering his face.
"Hyung..." He says, half-closing the door.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have... confessed."
Kai stays silent for a second, trying to absorb what the other had just said. He covers his mouth in disbelief, then starts speaking again.
"Hyung, can you at least look at me?"
Beomgyu removes his hands, and slowly stands up.
"Hyung look at me, please."
Beomgyu faces the taller guy, keeping an eye contact for a brief second, only to look the other way.
Kai takes his hyung's hand, opening the door once more, and leads him to the room.
He closes the door behind them, then looks at Beomgyu.
He gulps, then slowly cups his hyung's face; so that he would look him in the eyes.
"Do you like me?"
He feels the cheeks above his hands heatening up.
"Um, let me rephrase that, do you like me back?"
On hearing that, Beomgyu covers his face and tries to look in the other direction, but the tall guy keeps a hold of his face, half opening his eyes.
"Hueningie stop, you look so hot up close looking at me like that."
Kai widens his eyes, and faces the wall behind him, leaning on it. Beomgyu smiles at his hueningie getting flustered, but couldn't comment about it as he was just as flustered.
They're both blushing messes right now.
"So... you like me back, right, hyung?" He looks back at Beomgyu, whose face was still burning red.
Beomgyu nods shyly.
"What do we do now?" Kai asks, with obvious happiness in his tone.
"Kiss kiss fall in lov- OWW"
They hear someone chanting from the other side of the door, so they look at the direction of the door.
"Soobin hyung, we were NOT supposed to interfere," another voice says whispering.
"Guys, I think we got caugh-"
Beomgyu opens the door.
"Hyung, I told you not to follow me, what the hell? And you brought the others too?"
"We're sorry, please continue what you were doing," Yeonjun says, trying to close the door again.
However, Beomgyu didn't let him close the door. "You guys ruined it!"
Kai stands there dumbfounded, then all eyes look at him.
"You all knew about this?"
The three nod immediately.
"Since when?"
"Since forever. I swear, you two are so dense," Taehyun says, smiling so widely like he was the one that got the confession.
"If this goes to the public, it's your fault, Soobin hyung!"
"Me?! All our fans are suspecting your pining asses!"
"Shhh, now leave me with my boyfie."
"Um guys, we need to leave for our flight, so..." Kai states.
"Does it have to be this early?" Beomgyu pouts.
Beomgyu opens the door wider, and was about to exit the room, when he found a pair of lips on his cheeks.
"AAAAA."
The three friends laugh at the flustered Beomgyu, and Kai smiles so hard, feeling his happiest.
"Now leave!" He pushes Beomgyu outside, then closes the door quickly. He leans against the door, putting his hand over his mouth.
He's finally mine.
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