n i n e

chapter 9: lips.

another week passed.

jisung finally got to return to his dorm after two weeks of staying with his family. however the group was having their holiday vacant schedule so the company hadn't announced the end of his hiatus yet. they wanted to let him rest for a few days.

he arrived at the dorm around six in the evening and found minho was making dinner with seungmin. jisung cooed at the sight. he found out they were dating long before hyunjin did.

"daddyyyy mommyyy is the dinner readyyy???"

seungmin almost drop the spatula with a loud gasp while minho had his eyes widened. he literally ditched the pot and threw himself on jisung. the guy laughed.

"jisungie's here!" minho jumped, almost suffocating jisung.

"hyung!"

"i miss you so much ji." he pouted before kissing his cheek and let go. jisung's eyes widened at the action. "nah seungmin's fine with it."

"you're sleeping on the couch tonight." said guy pushed minho off and hugged jisung. the squirrel resembled guy laughed as he hugged him back. "are you doing better now?"

"much more better. hyunjin told me to log out my twitter account and block the numbers so i did." he grinned and seungmin sighed in relief. he was the most worried member after hyunjin about jisung's condition. after hyunjin's sleep over the other day he didn't stop attacking the older with questions.

how's he doing, is he eating well, what did they do throughout the night, does his abs still maintain their shapes along with his cheeks and all.

really, he feels appreciated by the fellow virgo.

moments later he met up with a hyper felix and a crying jeongin. changbin and chan were staying at the studio for awhile.

meanwhile for hyunjin... jisung knows well he sleeps twenty five hours during their holidays so it's no surprise.

after unpacking his backpack and getting a warm shower, the dinner was ready. he drooled over the couple's cooking and immediately took a seat in front of seungmin.

"did anyone wake hyunjin?" minho asked.

"i'll go." felix volunteered.

jisung gulped silently. after that night things went a bit awkward with hyunjin. he didn't know if the guy meant it platonically or romantically. until this day he was dying to know but couldn't bring himself to ask directly.

his eyes averted to seungmin who was pouring the soup into the small bowls before passing them to jeongin. and then there's minho staring at his boyfriend with an unsatisfied look.

"so i'm not forgiven yet?"

"there's no proper apology."

the older rolled his eyes.

jisung smiled at the sight. those two always bicker before they got together and there's no difference when they are already dating. but all of them know deep down they still love and care for each other.

he wished he could be like them, honest with their feelings.

"you're so heavy oh my god!"

"ahh lixxxxx!"

"wake up you sleeping walrus. dinner is ready and jisung is here."

at the mention of the name hyunjin immediately stood up straight and wide awake while jisung looked down to his plate, embarrassed. he was lucky that the couple in front of him were in their own world while jeongin snickered at the two.

"h-hi jisung."

gosh, why is this suddenly becoming awkward?

jisung scrunched his nose, "go wash up first, sleepyhead."

hyunjin pouted, "meanie."

there's nothing much happened during the chaotic dinner except for changbin and chan just returned from the company and hyunjin sat two seats away from jisung. right after that they went into their rooms and some of them loafed around the living room.

jisung entered his room, wanting to rest. he turned on his phone and a message came in.

jinnie🐛: can i come?

jisung: when did you

learn how to ask?

with that the door opened and hyunjin threw himself on jisung. the boy squealed.

"hyunjin! you're just like minho hyung—"

"you didn't text me the whole week. i miss you so much." he muttered on his skin.

jisung giggled when his breath tickled him. "you told me to stay away from my phone so i watched movies on the tv instead."

"you could have texted me one day to tell how you're doing."

the younger pat his head while moving to the bed. "now that i'm here?"

"i still miss you."

"who's the big baby now?"

hyunjin hummed, not wanting to let go of him like a koala sticking on a tree. jisung's scent just put him at ease and he wanted to be close to him forever.

"you're cute when you're clingy like this, you know?"

"only with you, be grateful."

jisung giggled, "i wonder why."

"you're so plain oblivious dumb squirrel."

that made jisung laughed more. he detached hyunjin from his body to face him properly. "i miss you too jinnie. i miss seeing your face," he lightly pouted while his fingers trailed on his cheek. "your eyes,"

"your nose,"

"your cheeks and forehead."

each of the said parts, jisung touched there.

"i miss hearing your voice."

his eyes glued on the lips before a smirk appeared on his face. hyunjin blushed. he touched his lips. "and your lips."

"jisung–"

"ah, would you look at this plump, gorgeous lips?" he giggled when hyunjin backed away with his usual disgusted face but deep down the older could feel his heart beat fast. jisung's smirks have always been his weakness and he's grateful that no one knows about it as for now. there's just some teasing in those smirks he always show during their performances.

and now he's seeing it live, on this bed in the room where there's only the two of them. he was nervous.

"you've gained too much confidence." he commented to cover up his blush.

"thanks to you jinnieee" there, jisung turned into being the fluff goofball back. "and i think it's better if those lips meet—"

"no." he pushed jisung's face away.

"damn you told me you love me yet you're still rejecting my kisses." the younger muttered but was loud enough for hyunjin to hear. hyunjin didn't know what was wrong with him that day but his cheeks heat up.

"y-you heard that?"

"and what? you thought i was not sleeping yet?" jisung asked back with a long pout.

"i thought you were already asleep!"

"i didn't! now explain what did you mean by that." he huffed. "you literally put me into seven days of thinking just because of that three words."

hyunjin sighed. he didn't think it'd go this way. "why would i explain when you already know it?"

"come again?"

"minho hyung already told you, right?" he braved himself to look at jisung in the eyes. "then why bother asking?"

jisung whined loudly as he pulled hyunjin down. "you're so stupid, idiot! of course because i want to hear it from you not through minho hyung! i don't even know if it's true because you know how minho hyung always being sarcastic."

right after he said that he felt two arms snaking his waist and he was put on hyunjin's lap. the boy froze with his hands placed on the older's shoulders.

"you're so annoyingly loud, you know that?"

jisung remained silent as he gulped at the voice tone. before he know it hyunjin brought his face down and connected their lips together. instantly, his hands gripped on the shoulders tighter.

the sparks in both stomachs exploded while the heart made loud noise. it was just a few seconds kiss and jisung hoped the time could freeze so he could cherish their first kiss moment forever. he almost couldn't look hyunjin in the eyes after they pulled away.

it was silence for awhile in the room. the noise from the living room was ignored, only focusing in their own world.

then hyunjin broke it with a small smile, "i love you so much, ji. be my boyfriend?"

the younger tried to process the sentences he had been wanting to hear ever since he liked hyunjin. when was it again? oh, yeah maybe two years ago.

two years of crushing this dramatic prince look alike.

jisung broke into a huge smile while nodding his head eagerly. "yes yes yess!!!" he bounced on the older's lap excitedly. "jinnie is my boyfriend! jinnie is now my—"

he was cut off with a peck on the lips, immediately shutting him off with pink tint spreading on his cheeks.

"you're so loud, i swear."

he giggled for the umpteenth time that day. his heart leaped in joy. his hands moved to cup hyunjin's cheeks. "does this mean i get unlimited kisses from you every day?"

hyunjin playfully groaned. "yes, you do."

"healing kisses!" he exclaimed before kissing the plump lips. hyunjin laughed at his boyfriend's cute action. "i love you too hyunjin, longer than you thought i do."

his eyebrows raised at that, "hm? how long?"

"is that important?"

"nope. i'm just curious."

"then let that be a mystery for you. what's important now is i can finally get the love and kisses i needed from this guy named hwang hyunjin." he snuggled into his chest.

hyunjin's heart soften at that. he gently stroke jisung's back and pouted, "i need kisses too."

"admit it, hyun. we both need each others' since the past few months."

well, he's not lying.

—fin.