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Namgil has seen it all, in pictures or with his own eyes. He’s seen Sungjin with little to no hair and Sungjin with hair long enough for a strand or two to get stuck somewhere on his clothes.
"Do you.. Not like it?"
Namgil has seen it all and has loved it all. So, when he senses worry in Sungjin's tone, he's quick to assure.
“I like it.”
But maybe it's not enough as Sungjin remains still, waiting.
“Just surprised.” Namgil tries explaining and it's true.
Who wouldn't be a little surprised when the man he saw was taking extra good care of his hair just this morning, brushing them in front of their bedside mirror before sneaking back on the bed in search of a hair tie that might have slipped somewhere between their blanket.
Namgil stretches his hand in search of Sungjin's, a habit he's forgotten when it began, and Sungjin's hand always feels warm and so is his whole body when he feels Sungjin pulls him into a hug.
“Should I have talked to you first?”
“Mm? About?”
“My haircut.”
They do talk about most things.
They may not update each other so much on the daily, especially not with how packed their schedules have been, but they do let just enough conversation flow, proving time and time again that they want to keep sharing a life together as they experience their own side by side.
Huh. But hair… They don't actually talk about changing looks. Most of their looks are driven by whatever the job requires them to have. Namgil thinks of the one time he came home with not a single beard left but can't quite remember Sungjin's reaction. He was fine, he recalls.
Is he feeling fine right now with the loss of his boyfriend's long hair? He doesn't quite know. Namgil remembers Sungjin mentioning wanting to cut his hair short sooner or later. But this soon?
He thinks about the one time he was just playing with Sungjin’s hair as he always does and starts blabbering about how he looks good with or without hair. It's still true, but…
“I should have.. Right?” Sungjin fills in the minute-long pause.
“No!” That was a beat too quick. So Namgil feels the need to explain. “I don't mind.”
Namgil might have been too late to notice but Sungjin does look insane with this hair. His cute cheeks are now for the whole world to see and wow his neck..
And there his fingers were caught unconsciously brushing the side of Sungjin's neck. He feels Sungjin's palm holding his and dragging it to his mouth to steal a peck.
“You don't hate it, I assume?” Namgil catches the smug tone. And he might as well catch himself head over heels all over again for this smug boyfriend of his on a random night.
“Of course, I don't.”
Namgil stares at him some more. Pretty. He brushes all the hair away and squishes his cheeks, pinches them, molds them like some dough. He lets a laugh out and Sungjin does, too. Nothing's funny, really. Maybe it's just the joy in him needing to escape. Namgil watches Sungjin's eyes crinkle and sparkle like he's a young boy who's never been hurt.
“I just think... I'll miss your long hair.”
Sungjin hums. “It can grow…”
Namgil lets out a giggle. Of course, it can grow.
Namgil just hopes it grows slowly so he'll get to enjoy this look for a long while until all of a sudden his Sungjin is back with pretty long hair again.
He puts some now-shorter hair behind his ears and hopes Sungjin will stick around til his hair grows and grows and til he cuts it back or style it anyway he wants. Maybe even until his own hair turns grey first before Sungjin's follows. He hopes, at least.
“You're staring, Hyung.. You're staring like you like me very much.”
There he goes. The smug boyfriend he likes very much.
“Yeah, yeah. So, what?” Namgil pushes him away playfully before ruffling his perfectly-styled hair. Of course Sungjin just grins and pulls him back in. They're clingy like that, it's embarrassing actually at his big age.
“Maybe it's my turn to let my hair grow," his own voice muffled, "it might help with my next filming.”
“I'm excited to see it grow.” Sungjin pulls away to looks up at him, at his hair.
“Yeah?”
Sungjin nods.
“We stick with each other til then and til as long as we can?”
“Mhm..” Sungjin nods again. “You can take all my hair ties.”
“And hair pins?”
Namgil watches Sungjin laugh and can't wait to find out how those MyDays would react to the insane haircut stunt he pulled. Namgil certainly is no better, just a tiny bit luckier to be by his side. Or a lot luckier, maybe. He, too, is a smug guy, you know?
Later that night, Sungjin excuses himself with a little peck on his forehead when Namgil thought they were both too sleepy to do anything else. Perhaps a random inspiration strikes his boyfriend again.
With half-lidded eyes, he watches Sungjin's shirtless back sitting on the edge of their bed, humming tunes in whispers to his phone. He might've heard something about hair turning grey or so. It's hard to pay attention when he's sleepy and it really doesn't help that Sungjin's hair is short enough to expose his broad back. So, so pretty.