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...you said you didn't want anything but think about it one more time...
It's now 6pm, and Changkyun read the same sentence over and over again in the last two hours. His favorite hyung, Kihyun, had constantly asked one ultimate question all week: what did he want for his birthday? A question that was easy yet difficult at the same time. And the question still continues, being a birthday letter that Kihyun posted on twitter. For real, his letter was sincere and sweet just like the previous years, and Monbebe loves that. He loves that.
Changkyun didn't want anything in particular, really. So he always said he didn't want gifts. All his hyungs already spoiled him too much, so a birthday gift is not much a different. The other hyungs stopped asking when he told them that, but Kihyun is one of a kind. He's the type of person who insists. But, today Kihyun hadn't bothered him because a full pack schedule from early in the morning. Changkyun read the sentence again for the next 15 minutes until he heard the door opened.
"Welcome home, hyung,"
"Oh, you're here? I thought you will be in your studio." Kihyun stepped away from the door and arranged the shoes. "I have dinner earlier, sorry I didn't tell you. Have you eaten?" Kihyun plopped on the sofa beside him.
"It's okay, I'm not hungry yet. I ate my lunch late so I'm still full,"
"Still, you have to eat. What do you want? Think of this as a birthday treat," Kihyun said. And here we go again. Kihyun really, really wanted to do or gift something for his birthday, Changkyun thought.
"Don't bother hyung, I haven't decided what I want for dinner anyway,"
"Okay. But have you decided of what you want for your birthday? Or is it still the television from last year? How big do you-" Changkyun stopped Kihyun from talking by putting his hand in his mouth. Kihyun didn't stop but all he can hear is a muffled noise. At this moment, Changkyun was contemplating should he just answer his hyung or not, because when he really thinks about what he wanted, he honestly had one thing.
"You really won't stop until I answer, right?" Kihyun nodded and looked at him expectantly. Changkyun removed his hand. "Okay, I'll answer in a bit, but, let me collect myself first."
The younger hesitated a lot, fidgeting hands and constantly playing with his hair, and he can feel the tip of the ears getting red. If he said what he wanted to Kihyun, it has two possible ends:
1. Changkyun gets what he wanted and be happy, or
2. Kihyun will feel so weird and possibly distancing himself from Changkyun, and he didn't want that. So he didn't say anything yet and just busying himself with everything but talk. Kihyun just looked at him with expectant eyes, like always, never pressuring him to talk and let him open up to the older in his own pace.
"I want you, hyung."
Silence.
Changkyun's world started to crash down until he heard giggles. He was offended. He took a long time to confess just to receive giggles?
"Here I am, Kyunnie. Now, what do you really want?"
Changkyun sulked. Kihyun didn't take his confession seriously. He thought his not-so-platonic crush to Kihyun is so obvious, but no, apparently. So he just retreated back to his shell and talk no more.
"Nothing, hyung. Just, forget it."
***
The next morning, Changkyun woke up with a heavy eyes. He was crying, and when he remembered what happened yesterday, his chest hurt. He stretched and sat on his bed right after someone opened the bedroom door.
"Good morning, sleeping beauty." Of course it has to be Kihyun, with his morning routine to wake Changkyun and Minhyuk up. When the older looked at Changkyun, he could sense something was off, and thought Kihyun was being more careful towards him.
"Morning, hyung."
"How are you feeling? You look like shit," Kihyun tried to joke.
"Yeah, I'm a shit apparently."
Kihyun is shocked hearing what the younger said.
"No, Kyunnie, you know I'm just joking," the older moved closer, "it's just because you didn't look well after our conversation yesterday. Mind to tell me what happened?"
When Changkyun was fully awake, he will just brushed it off and said it's nothing, but, in a slight sleepy state, he had the courage.
"Hyung, you constantly asked me the whole week what did I want for my birthday, and when I finally told you, you didn't take it seriously. How can I be in a good mood after that?"
"But I said here I am!" he defensed.
"I, want you, hyung. I want you, Kihyun, to be my boyfriend."
That's it. The word is out and it's surprising both of them.
"I'm gonna take a shower." Changkyun said, with a heavy heart, already thinking of a thousand ways to move on from your best friend. But, Kihyun prevented him from getting up.
"Is it really what you want?" Kihyun asked.
"Yeah. But, just because you always give me what I want, don't feel obligated to reciprocate if you didn't feel the same."
Kihyun took a deep breath.
"Kyunnie, listen." The younger braced his heart. What a sad after-birthday he had, he ended up crying the whole night, then he got rejected. "I want you too."
He couldn't believe what he heard. "What?"
"Don't you hear me? I want you too!" Kihyun started to feel frustrated. "I just, ah it's stupid!"
"What? What's stupid? Your feelings for me is stupid?" Changkyun pressed.
"No! I mean, I never knew you would want me as I want you,"
Changkyun was speechless. So, they're both been hiding feelings from each other all this time? To be honest, without the "couple" title, they already act like it, so it just felt natural.
"Why, hyung?"
"Because!!! Don't you remember four years ago you told me you have a crush on Hyungwon? So I thought you still have!" Changkyun laughs. "Hey! Don't make fun of me!" Kihyun hit Changkyun's upper arm.
"Sorry, sorry! I never thought you'll keep it in mind because I honestly forget about that," Changkyun smiled and took Kihyun hands, "but at least now you can give me what I want, right?" the younger said while wiggling his eyebrows, and made Kihyun blushed. He hit the younger once more.
"Ow! Let me sleep in peace! You're violent."
"What do you mean sleep? Haven't you awake already?" the older asked.
"You said it yourself, right? I'm a sleeping beauty. So kiss me awake, hyung."