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the sun is setting and time feels syrupy and sweet. a honey-like glow fills the room. it’s from a lamp seokmin insisted on buying. they haven’t found the right shade to cover it, but the lighting is beautiful. not as bright as the room light, but it’s enough that they can clearly see each other’s faces.
which is perfect for nights like these.
seokmin and chan have both showered and are now in their pajamas. chan laid on their back, slightly elevated by the pillows at the head of the bed while seokmin is positioned between their legs, arms gently sitting on their stomach.
seokmin looks more like the sun than ever as they tilt their face up. with the glow of the lamp, it almost creates a halo effect around their face. they are the center of chan’s everything, chan forever in orbit around them.
“you’re so pretty, hyung.”
chan repeatedly running their fingers through seokmin’s hair, brushing it towards the sides of their face.
“hm?” seokmin hums, eyes closed in gentle enjoyment.
“so pretty, hyung.”
seokmin peeks a sleepy eye open.
seokmin finds love in chan’s bare face. one of seokmin’s favorite activity is seeing chan’s face transform when they put on makeup, but there is something so open and vulnerable seeing their bare face. from this angle, they look like a warmly toasted marshmallow.
seokmin adjusts their posture to make sure chan isn’t uncomfortable, “you’re cute too.”
chan hums in acknowledgment before they start brushing seokmin’s eyebrows with their thumbs. seokmin preens at the relaxing sensation.
“how was your day?”
“mine?…it was fine, had a good lunch.” seokmin yawns, making chan quietly chuckle.
“don’t laugh at me,” seokimin pouts, “i was already sleepy before i got home and now you’re doing this…it’s not helping.”
“that’s why i’m doing it.”
“that’s terrible, i can’t believe you’re doing this to me. you’re awful, lee chan.”
“yeah, yeah.”
chan’s thumbs moves to seokmin’s cheeks, rubbing from the apples to the sideburns.
“what…what about you, hm?”
“what about me?”
seokmin’s eyes continues to periodically droop, “tell me how your day was.”
chan looks at the ceiling as he thinks, “oh! i had lunch with seungkwan and vernonie today. vernonie ate some of my food and thought i didn’t notice, but i just let him have it. we also went shopping and seungkwan bullied me into buying this jacket. she said ‘lee chan, i swear you better buy this jacket because we’re not giving you ours when you get cold and we’ll just let you freeze.’ she’s heartless, hyung.”
“…hyung?”
chan finally looks down after finishing their recap to see seokmin breathing softly as their face unconsciously pressed against chan’s hand. it looks like their head would flop down if chan weren’t holding it.
“aww hyung, you were supposed to be listening.” they giggle to themself as they move their comforter up to drape over their bodies.
chan leans down with a groan to kiss seokmin’s cheeks, chan thinks they need to stretch more.
chan doesn’t bother leaning over to turn the light off. they politely and slowly lays seokmin’s head on their chest.
the sun has set, but the time is still sweet