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Sigh. Yeonjun looked up at the clear blue sky, waiting on his best friend to finally arrive. “He’s always late.” Yeonjun murmured to himself. Yeonjun secretly liked how Soobin was never on time, it gave more time for Yeonjun to anticipate Soobin’s arrival (and to gather his bottled up emotions.)
Suddenly, Yeonjun could hear bicycle tires moving along the sidewalk, he perks up, and sees the guy he’s been waiting for.
“YeonjuUUUUuuuUnnIeeeeeE!!” Soobin yelled as his bicycle went over a bump in the sidewalk. Yeonjun blushes out of embarrassment. Whrn Soobin finally gets to a stop, he hops off of his bicycle and trots over to Yeonjun, squeezing his arm. The two smile, heading over to the market.
“How was work?” Yeonjun said while kicking a pebble on their walk. Soobin sighs, “well about that..” he paused, “i got fired.” He chuckles. Yeonjun stops what he’s doing, “what?? Also- why don’t you seem bothered?” Soobin shrugged, “well, it means I can work with you now!” Yeonjun rolled his eyes, “did you do something on purpose just so you can spend more time with me? Well, not like that.” Yeonjun sounded unsure.
Soobin huffed dramatically, “well, not like what? I like spending time with you.” He paused, but not long enough for Yeonjun to respond, “I didn’t do anything on purpose, but I’m not sad about it.” Soobin hummed, the two continue walking, they had reached the market now.
“Okay, well, I don’t know if the thrift store is hiring, but I guess I’ll ask, for you.” Yeonjun immediately regretted the end of his sentence, he DID secretly like Soobin, he has for years now, but Soobin was oblivious, or he hoped he was. Yeonjun nervously tugged at the end of his skirt. “Well, let’s go pick up some strawberries, I’ve been craving a smoothie and this is what we came for.” They walked over to where the strawberries were, and Yeonjun inspected every pack, trying to find the perfect ones. Soobin just hummed and looked around, he tried not to look at Yeonjun, scared Yeonjun was so beautiful. But Soobin felt bad to stare. He thought he’d come across as rude. But oh, he couldn’t not admire his hyung. Yeonjun’s pink hair with stray blonde and colored pieces was hanging over his eyes, Yeonjun had to move his hair out of the way every time he picked up different batch of strawberries. Yeonjun was wearing a pretty pink skirt and white crop top, his shoes were just basic white flip flops, but he looked so good in this outfi-
Soobin’s thoughts were interrupted, Yeonjun had walked back over to him, holding strawberries that were perfect, in his opinion atleast.
“Okay, well can go now, I’ve been craving a smoothie, I told you!” Yeonjun walked slightly ahead of Soobin. When they finally arrived at their room, before entering, Soobin and Yeonjun stopped at their door, just staring at what they saw. Taehyun was pushed up against the wall being aggressively kissed by kai, they did this all the time. “Can you guys, like, go and do that in a room?” Soobin gagged. Yeonjun looked at the floor, trying his best not to laugh. Kai pulled away from Taehyun, who’s lips were visibly wet. “God? How long have they been kissing in this hallway?” Yeonjun murmurs, only loud enough for Soobin to hear. Kai sighs, “Okay, since you guys clearlyyyyyyyy can’t handle seeing two guys in love.” Soobin cringed, “No, I just don’t want to see you guys impregnating each other in the hallway.” Yeonjun bursts out laughing before finally walking his and Soobin’s dorm room, Soobin followed. The door shut and locked, Soobin stretched dramatically, “EYGHASGAA-“ he screeched, he stretched like he had slept for 2 months straight.
Yeonjun was moving around in the kitchen, getting the smoothie ingredients out, Soobin sits on the couch scrolling Netflix looking for something decent. The smoothie machine starts up, screaming throughout the room, Soobin covers his ears, “IS A SMOOTHIE EVER THAT GOOD, YEONJUN?-“ he gets cut off by Yeonjun yelling back, “YES IT IS”. The machine finally stops, and Yeonjun pours his smoothie into a cup. When he finally meets Soobin in the living room, Soobin is still scrolling Netflix. “Is there anything good?” Soobin mutters. Yeonjun places his smoothie on the side table, “hand me the controller, I’ll find something.” Yeonjun scrolls until he finally settles on a show.
Yeonjun is gulping down his smoothie and Soobin is watching the show, paying attention but uninterested. He glances over at Yeonjun, who gets up and puts his empty cup in the sink. Soobin is brought back to his earlier thoughts, he had been hiding these feelings for Yeonjun for a few months now, and he had a gut feeling that Yeonjun might feel the same way. “But Yeonjun flirts with everyone..” Soobin whispers. Yeonjun had returned without Soobin realizing, “what was that?” He raised a brow, Soobin tries his hardest not to blush, but fails, “oh, nothing, nothing.” He chuckles nervously. “This show is boring, should we just go to bed now?” He anxiously rubs his hands on his thighs, he just knew Yeonjun heard him, but Yeonjun of course didn’t want to make Soobin more nervous, Soobin just knew it. The two get up, and change into their pajamas.
There’s one lamp left on in the bedroom, the one between Soobin and Yeonjun’s bed. Soobin reaches and turns off the lamp, but before he can settle in his blankets, Yeonjun turns on his phone flashlight and shines in directly in Soobin’s face.
“Gah- ugh- what?-“ Soobin squints his eyes, Yeonjun gets out of his bed and sits at the end of Soobin’s. “I heard what you said on the couch earlier. That I flirt with everyone.” Soobin panics, “uh yeah, you do.”
“Even with you?” Yeonjun sounds certain and uncertain at the same time somehow.
“Uh, what?” Soobin chuckles. “Hyung, what are you getting at?” He nervously moves, sitting up to face Yeonjun, who was sitting quite close to him. Maybe too close.
“You said “but Yeonjun flirts with everyone”..what is the need for but in that?” Yeonjun knew what Soobin meant, he wanted Soobin to be embarrassed.
“Okay I’ll stop, I like you, Soobin.” Yeonjun randomly says. Soobin nearly chokes on air.
“What-“
“I’m not repeating myself. If you want to makeout, we can.” Yeonjun scoots closer.
Soobin is confused, did Yeonjun know how Soobin felt? If he was okay with making out right now, that means he feels the same, right? Or maybe when Soobin goes in to kiss him Yeonjun will pull away and laugh.
“Hyung, where is this coming from?” Soobin attempts to move away from Yeonjun, but yeonjun grabs Soobin’s shoulder and pulls him in, now Soobin could feel Yeonjun’s breath on his face.
“I don’t know, I’ve liked you for a while…but I figured you didn’t feel the same. Until today, I heard what you said on the couch, and well..I kind of took that as you feeling the same. Do you? If you don’t, just say so and I’ll go back to my bed and let’s forget about this.” Yeonjun looked down, obviously embarrassed and overthinking what he had said now.
“Wait- no- I mean- yeah. I uh, do like you. But i was scared you didn’t feel the same.” Soobin is blushing now, his hands start to shake.
“Oh.” Yeonjun murmurs.
“Oh what?-“ Soobin says nervously.
“We both feel the same, but thought the other didn’t feel the same, isn’t that funny?” Yeonjun half smiles.
“Yeah..I-“ before Soobin can finish his sentence, Yeonjun places his lips on his, trying his best to force his tongue into Soobin’s mouth, Soobin does the same, and before they know it, Soobin is laying on top of Yeonjun, kissing him in a way he had only dreamed of. Yeonjun makes small noises, Soobin smiles mid-kiss, and Yeonjun licks Soobin’s lips repeatedly. Soobin puts his hand inside of Yeonjun’s shirt, feeling every inch of his stomach. Yeonjun flinches at Soobin’s cold touch.
Soobin pulls away, “Okay, okay…you do have work tomorrow, and I need to work on trying to find a job at the thrift..want to snuggle tonight though?”
Yeonjun smiles softly, “yeah..I can try and find a job for you at the thrift store so we can do this and more during breaks.” He moves to the side so Soobin can lay next to him comfortably. Yeonjun reaches for his phone and turns off his flashlight, which they had forgotten about this whole time.
“And more?-“ Soobin blinks repeatedly.
“You know what I mean, shut up and go to sleep.” He laughs while burying his face in Soobin’s chest, before Soobin knows it, Yeonjun is sleeping and Soobin also drifts off to sleep, comforted by Yeonjun’s touch.