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ricky felt confused.
he wasn’t sure what to call it, but lately, he’s been feeling all.. weird.
by weird he means butterflies swarming the pit of his stomach, his hands becoming sweaty, his heart beginning to race faster than it ever has, his cheeks being flushed a pink red.
and all of this only happens when he’s around lee jeonghyeon.
weird, right? or at least that’s what the blonde boy thinks.
every time jeonghyeon would subtly touch him or just speak to him, ricky is lost for words. he starts stuttering and makes a fool out of himself, but lucky for him, jeonghyeon finds it cute.
the fact that jeonghyeon calls ricky ‘lovelicky’ doesn’t make things any better.
so here ricky is now, sitting on his bed in his dorm alone, trying to sort his feelings out.
well, not until a familiar raven haired boy peeks his head into the room. of course it was lee jeonghyeon.
“ricky? are you sleeping?” ricky could feel his heart stop the moment he heard the boy’s soft voice.
“no, i’m awake.” ricky replied back quietly, allowing jeonghyeon to enter his room and sit next to him on his bed.
ricky could already feel his face beginning to heat up the moment jeonghyeon sat so close to him to the point where their arms are touching each other, and the warmth of the older’s body made him feel all tingly inside.
“w-what’s up?” ricky tried his best not to stutter, but obviously, he miserably failed.
“nothing.. i just wanted to be with you.” jeonghyeon replied back softly, grabbing ricky’s hand gently and placing it onto his lap, playing with it.
ricky’s heart dropped to the pit of his stomach, joining the swarming butterflies that were already there. the older was always so soft when it came to ricky, and it just made the blonde fall even harder for him. he didn’t know what to do at that point.
“oh, i see..” ricky mumbled, looking away from jeonghyeon. the room was now filled with silence, but not awkward silence. it was more of a comfortable silence, but all ricky could hear was his heart pounding loudly against his chest.
ricky knew that the deep blush on his face was definitely visible despite the lights being off in the room, which was making everything harder.
“..well, actually, i wanted to talk to you about something.” jeonghyeon spoke after a few moments of silence, looking up at the younger.
“o-oh, okay.” ricky slowly looked over at the other, trying to remain calm. “what is it?”
“do you like me?” jeonghyeon asked quietly, now intertwining his fingers with ricky’s.
ricky felt his breath hitch at both jeonghyeon’s action and question, not knowing what to say. he could feel his heart pounding even louder, feeling like it was about to just jump out of his chest.
“well, yeah, of course i do.” ricky softly said, mentally cursing himself out for saying that.
“i mean, like, not as friends or whatever. do you like-like me?” jeonghyeon looked down at their intertwined hands, unable to meet the younger’s gaze any longer.
ricky froze for a moment, looking at the older with an unreadable expression on his face. his face heated up even more, his cheeks now sporting a deep red color.
“tell me honestly, please.” jeonghyeon mumbled, biting down on his lower lip as he himself began to blush.
“..yeah. yeah, i do.” ricky replied after a few seconds of silence.
jeonghyeon looked up at the younger. “really? you really like me?”
“what, do you think i’m lying?” ricky chuckled nervously, but he didn’t find anything funny at all. “i-i do like you—okay, well, i wasn’t planning to tell you like this but you asked me and i just answered your question honestly ‘cause you told me to, and if you don’t like me back then it’s fine, y’know? like i-“
ricky was cut off when he suddenly felt a pair of lips press against his firmly, shutting him up.
he froze for a moment to process what was going on, but he could feel himself melting into the kiss and slowly closed his eyes, kissing back. he felt jeonghyeon’s other hand cup the side of his face, deepening the kiss a bit further.
the two stayed like that for a while—tangled up together with their lips locked together passionately until they eventually became breathless.
“i like you too, ricky. i really do.” jeonghyeon said after pulling away from the kiss, keeping his hand on the side of the younger’s face.
“oh, just shut up and keep kissing me. i know that now.” ricky smiled before grabbing jeonghyeon’s shirt collar, kissing him once more.
and that’s how the two ended the night—kissing passionately with the lights off, giggling softly in the middle of their make out session, mumbling a few words in between the kisses.