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"Hey, kiddo," Yeonjun came behind the couch where Huening Kai was sitting and tussled the maknae's hair teasingly.
"Hey," Huening Kai helplessly broke into a bright smile as he felt the hyung's hand on his hand.
"What're you up to?" Yeonjun asked, more or less hopping over the couch to land next to Kai smoothly.
"I finished my homework and I was gonna put on a cheesy chick flick while everyone was out of the dorm." Kai admitted with cheeks speckling pink. It was sort of embarrassing to admit he watched these types of movies when he was alone.
"Sweet. Can I join? It's been a while since I watched something so hopelessly romantic." Yeonjun smirked teasingly at the young member, but he knew Kai would take it as lightheartedly as he meant it.
"You're always welcome to join, Hyung." Kai agreed, smile never dropping from his face as he scooted in closer to Yeonjun.
Somehow Huening Kai had ended up almost completely curled into Yeonjun's lap as the movie wound on. It wasn't like this was a new phenomenon. The TXT maknae frequently cuddled with the other members. It was a natural progression. Yeonjun wouldn't see it as anything suspicious, right?
"How could the guy be so clueless that the chick is totally into him?" Yeonjun blurted out halfway through the movie as the two main characters had barely made any progress.
"Huh?" Huening Kai's head turned to look more directly at Yeonjun. He found it hard to focus on the movie because he kept relating the girl and her struggles to get the guy, to his hopeless situation with Yeonjun.
"It's so obvious she wants him. What kind of loser can't see that? If you ask me, she deserves a lot better. He hardly acknowledges her! And she's head over heels for him!" Yeonjun continued on his tangent dramatically, almost too clueless about the young male cuddled into him that exhibited the same behaviors toward him as the girl in the movie did toward her love interest.
"Oh, right," Huening Kai meekly responded, all too aware that Yeonjun was clueless as to how he felt about the eldest TXT member.
"I mean, c'mon, it's ridiculous for her to be so in love with someone who can't give her the time of day." Yeonjun scoffed, arms crossing over his chest as if to seal in his statements.
"Super ridiculous." Huening Kai practically mumbled in a sigh of agreement.
"Hyung, I have a question for you." Huening Kai sat up as the movie's end credits rolled.
"Is it about the movie?" Yeonjun inquired first, flicking the tv off with the remote.
"Then I suppose I can have an answer for you," Yeonjun decided as he sported a teasing grin.
"Do you know what it's like to be in love with someone and feel like they'll never see you the same way?" Huening Kai asked in a rushed sentence, scared that if he didn't say everything at once then he wouldn't say it at all.
"I dunno. I don't think I've experienced anything like that before." Yeonjun responded with a casual shoulder shrug.
"Never?" Kai squeaked back, feeling a rush of embarrassment take over his body while he burned red.
"Every person I've liked has liked me back. I don't make moves on people until I'm absolutely certain I'll score. Saves time and energy on both ends, if you really think about it." Yeonjun continued to explain just as cooly. As if he didn't have a care in the world.
"I see." Huening Kai was practically pouting as his reality sunk in. Yeonjun never acknowledged the younger's pretty obvious attraction because Yeonjun didn't like him back. It made sense now.
"Is there someone you like that you think doesn't like you back?" Yeonjun prodded, giving Kai a gentle push to sit up straight.
"Kinda." Kai mumbled in response, feeling shy as the gravity of the situation he got himself into came crashing down on him.
"Who?" Yeonjun's eyes lit up as he got the response he hoped for.
"I can't say. It's embarrassing." Huening Kai determined alongside a firm head shake.
"C'mon, Huening~ Tell your big Hyung who you have a crush on." Yeonjun pouted heavily at the young male before his hands flew out to attack the maknae with a tickle fight.
"No! I can't!" Huening Kai's dolphin-like shrieks pierced through the dorm living room as he tried escaping the eldest's attack to no avail.
"I'm not gonna stop 'til you tell me~" Yeonjun teased, hands working fast to find Kai's most sensitive tickle spots.
"Ah! Ah!" Kai squawked and wriggled with all his might, trying to escape- But it was a battle he couldn't win. "I'll speak! Just stop!" He decided in a final wailng pitch, breath heavy from the struggle.
"Good. Spill the beans." Yeonjun chuckled lightheartedly, pulling his hands away from Kai as he anticipated the truth untold.
"I like. . . You, Hyung." Huening Kai let out a heavy sigh as the words escaped his lips in defeat. "But I get it now. If you liked me, you'd make a move. No moves have been made, so I just need to let it go. Can we just forget I ever said anything? We can pretend everything is the same and I'll get over it-"
Yeonjun's lips landed on Kai's before the young males rambling could continue. This wasn't a pity kiss at all, this was everything Yeonjun wanted just as badly as Huening Kai.
"Oh." Huening Kai's eyes batted a couple of times in shock as the eldest and youngest pulled apart.
"I was waiting for you to tell me. I knew all along." Yeonjun admitted with a soft headshake.
"Why didn't you say anything? Why didn't you. . . Make a move?" Huening Kai sputtered, head spinning over the events of the past few minutes.
"Because watching you pine for me for months on end was so satisfying. Plus, I wanted to see how long you'd last until you broke." Yeonjun chuckled breathily before breaking into a soft sigh. "But after that kiss? Man, I wish I had made a move sooner."
"There's more where that comes from, Hyung," Huening Kai suggested, feeling bolder now as he sported a soft smirk.
"You got that right." Yeonjun grinned excitedly at the younger before they collided a second time that evening.