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Min
Min:
Soft shark 🦈:
Why are you sending me that?
He looks cute…
Min:
Nothing I just thought you’d like the picture
Since you like sleeping with Changkyun so much ;)
Soft shark 🦈:
Fuck off
You didn’t tease me this much last time it happened what’s going on
Who is he sleeping on there
Min:
It’s just Joo don’t worry about it you know how they are
I made them wait for me so we could get coffee together do you wanna come too? Kyunnie is sleepy it’s cute
Soft shark 🦈:
Sorry I still have a lot to study
See you at home later
A fast knock on Kihyun’s door and when Kihyun turned around in his office chair to face the door, Changkyun was bursting into his room.
“Hi,” he grinned at Kihyun like he hadn’t seen him in ages even though they had studied together just yesterday. “Hoseok let me in.”
“Um, hi? You were fast. Where’s Minhyuk?” Kihyun leaned back into his chair.
“What? I just said that Hoseok let me in, I came alone,” Changkyun told him and let himself fall onto Kihyun’s bed. Changkyun was on his bed!!!
“Oh.” Did that mean Changkyun came here… for him? To see Kihyun? Kihyun really liked the thought of that. “Minhyuk just asked me like 15 minutes ago if I wanted to join you three for coffee.”
“Ah, yeah, I just waited with Joo for emotional support,” he explained. “I didn’t go with them, needed to come up with a dumb excuse so they could be alone together. He wants to confess.” Changkyun grinned excitedly.
“Oh my god, what? Today?”
Kihyun really wished he had the guts to confess to Changkyun, but he had never really confessed to someone before, his previous relationships had mostly just… happened. Somehow. Kihyun didn’t know either. And he didn’t really know what was going on between Changkyun and him. Kihyun was so sure he was flirting him, but the next day he would run into him at campus, flirting with someone else. And if Changkyun was just naturally flirty, then it didn’t really mean anything, did it? He wasn’t like this with anyone else from their friend group, though, right? Not that Kihyun knew of.
“Yes, he has a whole plan where he’ll ask the barista to make cute heart latte art into his coffee, it’s so cheesy, I love it,” Changkyun told him enthusiastically.
“You like stuff like that?” Kihyun wondered, needed to know so he could make up scenarios in his head with all the cheesy things he’d do for Changkyun if he was his boyfriend.
Changkyun smiled small. “Yeah. I guess. It’s sweet. You?”
“Me too.”
“Do you think Minhyuk will say yes to a date?” Changkyun asked.
“They’re friends. Wouldn’t you agree to try and date someone you’re friends with?” Not that Kihyun was considering to actually confess, he was just curious.
“Depends on who. You just know that you couldn’t ever feel in that way for some people. No need to give them false hope.”
Kihyun felt a little ashamed then because he wasn’t doing anything about his feelings like Jooheon, but he also wasn’t trying to get over Changkyun. Actually, he enjoyed being in love with him way too much to even try to get over him, even if he didn’t like him back. Kihyun didn’t really care as long as he could spend time with him and Changkyun didn’t have a partner, because that would fucking hurt. Kihyun would probably die if Changkyun loved someone else.
Fuck, maybe Kihyun really needed to get his shit together and tell him already. Because if he didn’t... Changkyun would eventually find someone else. And wouldn’t that hurt even worse?
“Yeah, but they don’t know each other that closely yet,” Kihyun said. “Maybe he’ll start seeing him differently.”
“I just want them to be happy,” Changkyun said.
“Me too.”
“And I’m sorry for coming over without asking first. Are you busy?”
Changkyun was very, very free to come over whenever he wanted to, especially when he wanted to come over to see Kihyun. Any time. Don’t ever leave!!!
“Kind of, but, like, I can take a break.” A very long one maybe.
Changkyun smiled at him. “Okay.”
Kihyun bit the inside of his lip as Changkyun quietly looked around Kihyun’s room and got nervous when his eyes landed right on him then and somewhere behind him.
“Nail polish,” Changkyun said and pointed at his desk. “Gimme.” He made grabby hands towards it. It was a light blue one, Kihyun took it and rolled over to Changkyun with his chair to give it to him. “It’s yours? I’ve never seen you wear some.”
It wasn’t like Kihyun didn’t like how it looked on him, but he was a perfectionist and couldn’t deal with it crumbling away after a few days. Changkyun liked wearing nail polish though, and Kihyun thought it was really, really pretty on him. Right now, he wasn’t wearing any, but he was wearing a black one pretty often and sometimes tried different colours too.
“It’s Minhyuk’s.”
Minhyuk got bored when he needed to let his nail polish dry, so he came over and did his nails in Kihyun’s room a lot. Kihyun needed to keep him entertained and distracted so he wouldn’t run around the apartment touching stuff and ruining it before it was dry. And then he never took his stuff back to his room. Ugh.
Changkyun stared at the nail polish, then at Kihyun’s hands. “Can I paint your nails?”
Kihyun froze for a second. Because Changkyun painting his nails would involve Changkyun touching his hand. Right?
“Um, yeah, yeah. Sure.”
“Hm, do you want another colour?” Changkyun asked, probably considered sneaking into Minhyuk’s room and borrowing some different colours.
Kihyun slightly shook his head though. “No, no, blue’s fine. I like it.”
“Okay, then.”
They sat down on the floor with the laptop table that Kihyun had gotten for his bed in between them, and Kihyun placed his hand on an old magazine, protecting the table from any nail polish stains.
Changkyun was touching his hands more than he would have needed to while painting his nails probably, but Kihyun wasn’t complaining. He was so nervous though, a good type of nervous, but still nervous.
“You have nice hands,” Changkyun complimented him with a concentrated look.
Kihyun blushed. What was that supposed to mean?
“Thanks?”
Changkyun smirked at him and Kihyun’s heart skipped a beat.
When Changkyun had finished, he asked where he could find nail polish remover and Q-tips because ‘Don’t you dare move and ruin my work!’ and left the room to get some. He was good at this; he had barely gotten any nail polish onto his skin and was about to clean up where he had. Kihyun loved it. The colour was pretty and the fact that Changkyun had painted them for him made it even prettier.
After he had finished cleaning up, Changkyun painted his own nails too and Kihyun just watched him quietly, stared at his hands a bit. Changkyun had nice hands. And for once it wasn’t weird to stare at them because technically, he was just watching him paint his nails, but he also imagined them on his body, both in an innocent and not so innocent way. Kihyun’s head was a fucking mess out of dirty thoughts, him reminding himself to act normal and also just wanting to hold Changkyun’s hand really tight and never letting him let go again. Why wasn’t Changkyun touching his hands again? That had been so nice.
Changkyun finished and they chatted as they waited for the nail polish to dry. And when they were pretty certain that it was, Changkyun grabbed Kihyun’s hands and pressed their palms together as if to compare the sizes of their hands. Changkyun’s was slightly bigger. Kihyun wanted to scream. He didn’t, obviously. But he wanted to. And he certainly did scream into his pillow after Changkyun had left.
***
Minhyuk had agreed to go on a date with Jooheon. Kihyun was happy for him, he really was, but he couldn’t help but feel jealous that he had been brave enough to ask.
Changkyun had left by the time Minhyuk had come back from the café the day before, but Hyungwon and Wonho had been surprised but very excited about the news, and Kihyun was sure that Minhyuk had texted Changkyun the whole night, but Minhyuk was really fucking excited to talk to him in person anyway and stole all of Changkyun’s attention for himself. Kihyun wasn’t mad, he was used to this. To Minhyuk being loud and talkative and everyone hanging at his lips. Kihyun didn’t mind, Kihyun usually didn’t even mind when it was Changkyun, but yesterday they had been alone. Alone for real, with no one running in and out of the room and disturbing them, for probably the first time, and that had felt nice.
“Hey, Changkyunnie. You haven’t sent anything into the Changki group chat for a while now?”
“Yeah, I, um, I stopped. I really overdid it and made Kihyun uncomfortable, so I stopped,” he explained and shyly looked over at Kihyun. Kihyun wasn’t sure what he was supposed to do. Smile, nod, say something? What, exactly? Kihyun hadn’t even known that he had decided to stop lying to people at college. He hadn’t thought about it that much in the last few days actually, he had just guessed that the gossip about them was dying down and that no one cared anymore, and therefore hadn’t asked Changkyun about them for the past few days.
But he had stopped. Because Kihyun didn’t like it.
“Hey, why are you two wearing my nail polish?” Minhyuk asked him after Changkyun left that evening. He took Kihyun’s hand and teasingly clicked his tongue as he stared at his nails. “Matching nail polish; that’s cute. Looks good on you.”
***
Kyun
Kyun:
As you know Min and Joo will go on their first real date tonight
And he still hasn’t told me where he’s taking him 😠
But are you free?
Kihyun 🍫:
Yes. Why? You wanna go stalk them? 😂
Kyun:
Good idea but actually no
We should do something
Kihyun 🍫:
Yeah sure come over
I’ll ask Hyunwoo if he wants to hang out too
Kyun:
I was thinking we could maybe do something alone
Kihyun 🍫:
Oh okay
Kyun:
Yeah?
Kihyun 🍫:
Sure
Kyun:
Do you wanna go out and get street food?
Kihyun 🍫:
Okay
Minhyuk burst into Kihyun’s room without knocking. “Help me. I don’t know what to wear.”
“Go ask Hyungwon, you know I’m not good at stuff like that.”
“He’s at his dorm!” Minhyuk whined.
Kihyun frowned. “Why?”
“I don’t know! He’s here all the fucking time, unless when we need him,” Minhyuk groaned.
Kihyun chuckled. Yeah, he felt that.
“So are you going to help me or what?”
“Fine,” he said and followed Minhyuk to his room. “Where are you two going anyway?”
“He said it’s a surprise. And to dress comfy.”
Minhyuk sat down on his bed and told Kihyun to look through his closet while he kept staring at the clothes he had picked out and thrown on the bed, but wasn’t sure about. “I know it’s just Jooheon, but I’m actually pretty nervous,” he admitted.
“That’s okay. Who doesn’t get nervous before dates? But you know, I kind of expected to just have to tell you yes or no about outfits, I can’t make up a whole new one for you.”
“I’m probably just overreacting. Maybe that isn’t even so bad,” Minhyuk reconsidered one of he outfits he had picked out before.
Kihyun turned around and looked at it. Big pants, one of his patterned shirts and a jean jacket. “I think it looks good.”
“Would you fall in love with me if I wore it to our first date?”
“No, because you’re... you.”
“How nice of you.”
Kihyun chuckled. “You know what I mean.”
“I don’t think I’m the problem here, it’s just that your type is Changkyun,” Minhyuk shrugged.
“But I think you forgot that Jooheon asked you on a date because he’s already in love with you,” he reminded him and it seemed to cheer Minhyuk up.
“I heard you and Changkyun bonded over shipping us.”
“Yeah, kind of. We’re going out tonight.”
“You have a date and none of you told me about it???”
“No. No, not like that. I don’t think it’s a date.”
Minhyuk raised his eyebrows. “Are you really sure about that?”
***
Changkyun turned up in front of their apartment 30 minutes after Jooheon had picked Minhyuk up for a date. Kihyun realised that it felt like he was being picked up for a date too. What if it was a date? What if Changkyun talked about him to Minhyuk like he did about him, and Minhyuk knew that this was date?
Changkyun walked close next to him, he wrapped his arm around his back and pulled him out of the way as soon as he heard a bike bell ring, it made Kihyun feel weirdly protected and cared for. He was smiling and making Kihyun laugh, it made him less nervous. He paid for Kihyun’s food and his drink, and Kihyun just thanked him, knew that he did it for everyone in the group once in a while.
He tried to tell himself that this, obviously, wasn’t a date. But Changkyun was paying so much attention to him, he listened to him so attentively, kept throwing him these looks that Kihyun didn't know what to do with. He teased him and complimented him and Kihyun fell a little bit harder in love with him than he had been a few hours ago. Still, Kihyun tried not to have any expectations, just in case.
They had sat down on a bench together to eat, shared their food and just talked. To Kihyun’s surprise, it never got awkward.
Changkyun made him feel like they were the only two people in the whole world, as if nothing else mattered. He felt comfortable in his presence, Changkyun could break his heart and Kihyun would still want to see him all the time.
They watched the people walking by and how it eventually became dark outside. Changkyun told him about his favourite place in the whole world, a small park in his hometown, that he made sure to visit every time he was in the area, mostly whenever he was visiting his dad, who still lived there. He said that he had been to a lot of really beautiful places before, probably more beautiful than that park, but that still nothing else compared because of the memories he had made there. He used to visit it with his grandma all the time.
With his parents divorce, Changkyun hadn’t had such an easy childhood. He hadn’t had a lot of friends, kept to himself a lot, but he had liked being alone, and he still did. He loved his friends a lot, was happy to get closure but needed time for himself once in a while.
He asked what Kihyun’s favourite place was, and Kihyun realised that he probably didn’t have one.
Or was it the apartment that he shared with his friends? If he moved out one day, he would definitely miss it, miss them, no matter how annoying his roommates were.
***
Hoseok and Hyungwon looked at them curiously when he returned to the apartment with Changkyun, but no one dared to ask if they had just had a date. And honestly, Kihyun would also love to know. It had felt like one somehow. But also not? Changkyun was confusing him.
The four of them patiently waited for Minhyuk to return from his date with Jooheon, they wanted to hear how it went. Kihyun was curious if Changkyun would sleep here tonight, probably though, since it was already pretty late and who knew when Minhyuk would come home.
When he eventually did though, they had lost track of time. Everyone jumped up from where they had been sitting in the living room when they heard someone unlock the front door and ran into the hallway.
Hoseok noticed Minhyuk was smiling and asked with a smirk, “How did it go with Jooheon?”
A huge smile spread on Minhyuk’s face and he raised his eyebrows. “We kissed?”
“Oh my god! That’s great!” Changkyun cheered. “Does that mean you’re together?”
Did that mean these idiots really managed to have their first kiss before him and Changkyun even though they knew each other for a shorter time? To be honest though, it was Kihyun’s own fault for being such a coward.
“It was just a really small peck! We’re not officially together yet!” Minhyuk laughed.
“What did you do, what was the surprise?” Changkyun asked, curious.
“We went to a trampoline park,” he grinned. Sounded like a cute first date to Kihyun.
They hung out for the rest of the night, celebrating Minhyuk’s successful date with Jooheon and made him tell them every little detail because they were so curious, and Minhyuk loved the attention and that he could share his excitement with them.
He went to the bathroom at one point and texted Kihyun from there, curious about what had happened between him and Changkyun.
Min
Min:
So...
I’m assuming nothing happened between you two? Cause you would have told me otherwise, right?
Soft shark 🦈:
Yes
Nothing happened
I know I said it wasn’t a date but I kind of hoped that it would be
Min:
Ki I’m so sorry
***
A few days later Changkyun knocked on the door to Kihyun’s room. It was late evening already, was he coming to say bye? Kihyun had thought he was going to sleep here tonight...?
They hadn’t seen each other a lot since they hung out just the two of them, Kihyun was still disappointed
Changkyun came in and closed the door after him. “Hey.”
“Um, hey?”
Changkyun swallowed and looked down at his hands as he played with his fingers, Kihyun wasn’t used to him looking this shy. “Minhyuk’s pissing me off, can I sleep here?”
“Sure.” Kihyun got up without a second thought and got an extra blanket from his closet that he threw on his bed. “What did he do? Did he kick you out or what?”
“No.” Kihyun looked at him, wanted to figure out what was going on, but it didn’t seem like Changkyun wanted to tell him more than that. “I… I have another question. But I’m kind of scared to ask. I don’t know why either.”
“Okay?” Kihyun stared at him, not really knowing what to expect.
“Can I kiss you?” Changkyun asked, even softer and quieter than his usual tone, as if he wasn’t sure if he wanted Kihyun to hear it, but Kihyun was the only person there, and he wasn’t standing far enough away, so of course he did.
Kihyun was sure he must be asleep and having the most wonderful dream he had had in a while. Because... Changkyun wanting to kiss him?
But maybe Changkyun’s “If he would want me to” meant the exact same thing as Kihyun thinking “Only if he means it” after all...
He didn’t feel as nervous as he thought he would be in a situation like this, but his whole body was tingling at the thought of getting to kiss him.
“I don’t know, can you?” Kihyun teased, but it came out sounding shy.
Changkyun huffed a small laugh. “Yes. Theoretically.”
“And are you going to do it?”
Changkyun smiled at him shyly. So cute. “Dunno yet.”
Kihyun crossed the distance between them, held his face in his palms, and moved in to kiss him. Changkyun kissed back immediately, seemed to melt into the warmth of Kihyun’s lips. One of his hands came up to briefly brush Kihyun’s cheek before he let it slide to the back of his head and buried it into his hair. Changkyun pressed their lips together just right, was eager and passionate; Kihyun hadn’t been kissed like this before, so fervently. His kisses made it obvious just how much he liked him despite Kihyun never having been sure, him always having tried to keep his feelings safe in case he didn’t like him back. But now Kihyun knew. His wish to be kissed and touched by Changkyun, his wish for him to actually mean it, he was pretty sure it had become true.
Changkyun brushed their noses together, and Kihyun was just amazed at what had just happened, how he could feel his breath against his face, so he kissed him a little harder. Changkyun smiled into it.
“Should’ve done this way sooner,” he mumbled in between their kisses.
“For how long has there been something going on between us?”
“Always?” Changkyun considered. “I’ve always liked you a lot.”
“Then we really should’ve done this way sooner,” Kihyun agreed and moved in to kiss him again and again because he didn’t think he would get enough of it. His lips were so soft and the way he was holding Kihyun was so gentle.
“I wanted to tell you a few days ago, when we were alone, but I chickened out,” he admitted.
So... it had been a date? Kind of. Almost.
Kihyun felt so relieved, like the weight on his chest that had been his longing for Changkyun, was finally gone. He kissed him another time because he didn't know how else to express how happy he was.
Changkyun ran his thumbs over Kihyun’s cheeks. It made him feel so precious when he was holding his face like that. “Your skin is so soft, how the fuck do you do that?” he whispered against his lips, giving Kihyun goosebumps.
“I steal Hyungwon’s expensive as fuck cream, but shhh,” he giggled and gave him a peck.
“I’ve seen that shit lying around in the bathroom. How come he can afford stuff like that but he’s not paying any rent here?”
Kihyun giggled. “He doesn’t have that much money; his parents just like buying really fancy gifts for him.”
Kihyun wrapped his arms around Changkyun’s neck and smiled at him. The butterflies in his stomach were going fucking crazy and Kihyun was sure his lips would be bruised, and his face would hurt from all the smiling by the time they would go to bed.
“Kihyun.” He had always loved it when Changkyun said his name, but now he was saying it so differently, like it held a meaning, like it was something private, a tone that he wouldn’t use with everyone.
“Hm.”
“Can I be your boyfriend?”
Kihyun stared at him in adoration.
“You’re not saying anything; why are you not saying anything? Is it too soon?” Changkyun spoke, quickly, and ran his hand through his hair nervously when Kihyun didn’t immediately answer.
How could he not have realised just how nervous he must have made Changkyun (and apparently still did) in return?
Kihyun smiled at him and shook his head lightly before he kissed him again. “No, it isn’t. I’d love to be your boyfriend.”
***
Changkyun was holding his hand when they left his room the next morning, it felt like he wanted to show Kihyun off to their friends, and he probably kind of actually was. Kihyun loved it.
It was a Saturday morning, so Hyungwon and Hoseok were probably still sleeping, but Minhyuk was standing in the kitchen, preparing breakfast for himself.
“Hey, Minnie,” Changkyun greeted him as soon as he saw him from the hallway. There was a huge smile on his face, and he held their interlaced fingers up in the air when Minhyuk looked over at them.
Whatever they had been fighting about yesterday must not matter anymore, because Minhyuk gasped and ran towards them, almost knocking them over with how enthusiastically he hugged both of them. Kihyun was glad. Kind of.
“Oh my god, my babies! Finally!” It almost hurt how tightly Minhyuk was squeezing them, but it meant a lot that he was so excited for them. Kihyun friendly tapped Minhyuk’s back and just hoped he would let go of them sometime soon. But they didn’t hug very often and Minhyuk only seemed to see this as an opportunity to be affectionate with him for once and started placing wet kisses on his cheeks. Kihyun grimaced and pushed him away.
Changkyun giggled and protectively wrapped his arms around Kihyun’s waist. “Stop smooching my boyfriend!”
***
Changkyun had spent the whole weekend at Kihyun’s apartment, which wasn’t that unusual, apart from him sleeping in Kihyun’s instead of Minhyuk’s bed now. Kihyun felt a bit bad for stealing Minhyuk’s cuddle buddy, but if things between him and Jooheon would continue to work out so well, that problem would be solved too. Those two were taking things slower than Kihyun had anticipated, but that only made sense when Minhyuk’s feelings for him were still just growing.
On Monday, Kihyun came to campus earlier than usual. He had insisted on getting up and coming with Changkyun because he hadn’t wanted to fall asleep again without him, so he proudly held Changkyun’s hand, walked him to his class, and listened to music while he waited for his own class to start in about an hour.
When he came home later that day, Kihyun tossed his keys onto the counter in the hallway and thought about texting Changkyun. He hadn’t seen him for just a few hours, but he missed him already.
“Hey,” Hoseok’s voice greeted him from the kitchen. “Changkyun’s here.”
Kihyun’s whole face lit up. “Really?” They hadn’t talked about him coming back to the apartment today, but Kihyun was so fucking happy that he was here.
“He’s in your room.”
Kihyun took off his shoes and speed-walked to his room.
“Hey,” Changkyun greeted him shyly when he opened the door. He was lying in his bed, wrapped in his blanket, his laptop in his lap, wearing Kihyun’s sweater that had given to him yesterday. Kihyun could hear the quiet roar of a lion, so he guessed he was watching one of his documentaries.
“I do this sometimes when I study. 5-minute breaks every 20 minutes, nature documentary,” he explained, pointed at his laptop. “Sorry that I broke into your room.”
“I don’t care. Actually, please do.” He sat down next to Changkyun, caressed his cheek, and leaned down to press a kiss onto his lips. He was so handsome from up close. “I missed you.”
“Missed you too,” Changkyun whispered and put his hand in Kihyun’s neck to pull him into another kiss.
Kihyun lied down next to him and they kept kissing lazily for a while until an alarm on Changkyun’s phone went off, indicating that he needed to go back to studying, but Changkyun didn’t let him pull away. He kissed Kihyun harder and reached for his phone laying somewhere on the right side of the bed, turned it off without disconnecting their lips. Kihyun sighed into the kiss and gently stroked Changkyun’s cheek with his thumb.
The woman in the documentary was speaking really softly, it was kind of relaxing to listen to even though Kihyun wasn’t paying the smallest bit of attention to it, it was just nice background noise. At least until some animal started making a really weird noise that Kihyun didn't know how to describe if someone held a gun to his head. He pulled away and frowned at the screen, the animal was gone, there was just a shot of a desert landscape.
“Are you just looking at the animals or do you actually pay attention to that? Doesn’t that distract you too much?” Kihyun asked.
Changkyun tapped the space bar, making the documentary stop, and looked at Kihyun. “You distract me.”
“Oh, should I leave?” he teased.
Changkyun kissed him and sensually licked Kihyun’s bottom lip. “No.”
***
Kyun 💜
Kyun 💜:
Someone I barely know just told me they’re so happy for us that we’re back together lmao
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
I’m happy we’re back together too 💜
***
Kyun 💜
Kyun 💜:
[Link]
Let’s find out if we’re actually sexually incompatible ;)
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
I’m not sure if you’re joking or if you actually want us to take a couples sex quiz 😳
Kyun 💜:
Both
I mean let’s take it? Why not? We might get to know each other better
Do you not want to?
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
No it’s okay
Let’s do it
But you’re not bringing this up because you’re not satisfied with the sex we’ve been having so far?
Kyun 💜:
No
NO
Ki I'm totally happy with our sex life so far 👉👈 but we’re still just getting to know each other in that sense and I thought it might make us figure stuff about each other out
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
Yeah you're right
Let’s take it then!
***
They all hung out together in the living room, and there was still more than enough room on the couch because four if them were sitting on the floor, but Changkyun decided he’d rather sit in Kihyun’s lap anyway. It caught Kihyun off guard, he was still a little surprised and overwhelmed with every loving touch Changkyun gave to him so freely.
He slid between Kihyun’s thighs and got comfy there, leaned back against Kihyun’s chest like it was the most normal thing ever. A comfortable warmth spread in Kihyun’s chest as he slid his arms around Changkyun’s waist, making sure he wouldn’t slide off the couch, since it wasn’t that broad.
Changkyun’s hand found his arm that was wrapped around him, caressed the skin there. Kihyun rested his chin on Changkyun’s shoulder and smiled to himself. When he looked up and into the faces of their friends, everyone was quietly smiling at them, all of their eyes looking soft and fond.
That was when Kihyun realised how much they actually loved him. Maybe he was an idiot for not realising sooner, he’d known he kind of belonged with them after all, that they liked to have him around, but this… they all looked so, so happy for him and Changkyun. Even Hyungwon looked really, genuinely endeared at how soft they were acting with each other, his facial expression left Kihyun no doubt of that. Kihyun was sure it must sound stupid, but he felt like he had really found his place in that moment.
“What?” Changkyun asked dryly as he stared forward at them.
“Nothing,” Minhyuk said with a smile and went back to eating. Jooheon was sitting right next to him, their knees were brushing together. They occasionally shared smiles and innocent touches, it was nice to see them act so sweet with each other.
“You were pining for each other so hard, it’s just nice to finally see you be happy together,” Hyunwoo explained.
“Hey, let’s play truth or dare,” Minhyuk suggested in a suddenly way too serious tone. “Changkyun. Did you ever even come over because you loved me or was it just because you wanted to see your crush?”
They all knew he was just playing around, that he wasn’t actually mad at Changkyun. But maybe he missed him more than everyone had thought, he wouldn’t be saying any of this if he didn’t.
“Minnie...” Changkyun said softly.
“It’s okay, I’m not mad,” Minhyuk assured him. “I just want you to admit it.”
“I came over because you’re my friend. All of you are my friends. Getting to see Kihyun was just a bonus.” Kihyun blushed. “We should spend more time together again,” Changkyun proposed.
Minhyuk smiled at him and nodded happily.
***
Kyun 💜
Kyun 💜:
I miss you
How are you doing? Are you still nervous? Bc again, you really don’t have to be
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
You look so cute in that hoodie 🥺
I’m a little nervous but thanks for talking to me yesterday, I’m a lot calmer now
I’m excited to meet your mom I really am
Kyun 💜:
💜💜💜💜
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
I’m coming over right after we finish lunch and I miss you too 💜
Kyun 💜:
You’re so cute 🥺
Must give kisses 😙😙😙
I have the most beautiful boyfriend 💜
Wait why are you not coming over for lunch again?
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
What? You never told me that I should!
Kyun 💜:
Yeah I see how this is my fault
You should have come over to eat, isn’t that how it normally goes?
Already fucked up lmao
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
You didn’t fuck up
Don’t say that!!
And idk???? No one ever properly introduced me to their parents before
Kyun 💜:
Anyways we have coffee and tea and my mom made the pie you never got to eat!
She’s so excited to meet you. Almost too excited
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
That sounds great ❤
Too excited?
Kyun 💜:
I think she’s nervous because you’re a guy, like she’s super supportive of me being pan but she has only met my ex girlfriend before
And my brother’s straight, so let’s say she has no experience with meeting her kids’ boyfriends
Wait am I making you more nervous again? I’m sorry 🥺
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
No it’s fine! At least I’m not the only one being nervous :)
Kyun 💜:
I’m nervous too you know
Like I know she’ll like you, I know it’ll go great but I just am
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
That only makes sense. It’s a huge next step right?
Kyun 💜:
Yeah
But I’m happy to make all these next steps with you
Hot scorpio boyfriend 💞:
I know, me too 💜
Kihyun was smiling down at his phone.
“You’re blushing,” Hyungwon informed him. He had just come out of Hoseok’s room to join his boyfriend and Kihyun in the living room after he had checked on how far Minhyuk had managed to cook lunch so far, or rather breakfast, for Hyungwon at least, since he had probably been asleep until a few minutes ago.
Kihyun frowned at him for reminding him about his surroundings and taking his mind away from Changkyun texting him about his mom and saying he was excited about how serious they were getting.
“Is Changkyun sexting you again?” Hyungwon teased.
“No??! And for the last time, we did not sext, you’re making that up,” Kihyun huffed.
“Stop teasing him,” Hoseok said with a grin and softly elbowed Hyungwon into the side.
“I wouldn’t sext anyone with you in the same room as me,” he said, which he couldn’t tell if it was a lousy insult or not, but it made Hoseok laugh, and it was true, so...
***
Kihyun was lying naked in Changkyun’s arm, comfortably cuddled up to his side. He felt sated and secure with his head resting on his shoulder while Changkyun scrolled through a google doc on his laptop, proofread the last pages he had been writing before his boyfriend had decided to distract him. If he closed his eyes and concentrated on those feelings enough, then he wouldn’t need to feel bad for not also going back to studying.
Changkyun’s laptop made that noise that it always made when a message popped up on the screen, but Kihyun ignored it, kept his eyes closed, and focussed on how warm Changkyun’s body felt against his own.
“Hoseok… he just added me to the apartment group chat…” Changkyun informed him shyly. When Kihyun opened his eyes to look at him, he was blushing. “Is that okay?”
“Of course that’s okay.”
“Well, I don’t live here...”
“Hyungwon is in it too,” Kihyun argued.
“Hyungwon basically lives here though.”
“You really don’t realise just how often you’re over at our place, do you? You basically lived here already before we started dating.” Minhyuk had texted him grocery lists and told him to pick things up from the store before he came over already, so might as well put him into the group chat. Kihyun thought it was long overdue, actually.
“Oh.”
“He’s going to quit his dorm room next semester; did he tell you about that? Less rent for me, yay.” Kihyun snuggled against Changkyun’s chest and closed his eyes again.
“No, I didn’t know that,” Changkyun said. “You’re nicer to each other lately... I noticed a whole while ago already.”
“Yeah.”
“Are you going to tell me what happened?” Changkyun asked, curious.
“Hm, I guess we bonded over me being heartbroken about you.”
“What? Why? Why would you need to be heartbroken over me?”
Changkyun sounded guilty, Kihyun didn't like that. He groaned softly and hid his face in between Changkyun’s chest and arm.
“I feel like you don’t want to tell me...”
“No, that’s not it. I’m just sleepy and it’s dumb.”
“It’s not dumb,” Changkyun assured and started playing with Kihyun’s hair. “Tell me.”
“I thought you liked someone else because I saw you kiss this guy, and then I’m not sure what happened either. I just suddenly realised that Hyungwon kind of cares about me despite everything, and yeah.”
“Oh, fuck. I’m sorry. I didn't know that you saw. I didn't want to hurt you,” he apologised.
“It’s okay, Hyungwon texted you and confirmed that you don’t like him, so I felt better.” Kihyun wasn’t worrying about that anymore.
“I feel like I need to explain that.”
“You don’t have to, it’s okay, you can kiss whoever you want. Because we weren't together yet. I don’t think I’d feel comfortable with you kissing someone else while we’re–”
“Kihyun. I don’t want to kiss anyone else,” he assured him. “I’ve liked you since I met you. It started as a small crush, so I wasn't sure if I should do something about it. I didn’t want to make things awkward in the group if we broke up again, and you became so important to everyone so soon, especially to Minnie... So I ignored how much I liked you. Because of that, and because I was scared to confess even though I thought you liked me too...
“Then I kissed this guy I slept with once, but I kept thinking about you. I realised I needed to do something, I just didn't know what, or how... But whatever I did, it worked. Because you’re my boyfriend now, and I’m so happy about that.”
Changkyun was often kind of reserved about his feelings, he was mysterious, you were never too sure what was going on in his head, because even though some things he did seemed to be totally impulsive, Changkyun was a thoughtful person. Most of the time, everything he did had a reason. And Kihyun couldn’t say that he hadn’t been curious about hearing his side of how they had gotten together. He was happy that Changkyun was opening up to him, that he cared so much about him, that had wanted him to meet his mom so soon because she was a really important person in his life.
“Me too. Fuck, me too.”
“And there’s something I lied to you about. The night of our first kiss, Minhyuk didn’t throw me out and we also didn’t fight. I just wanted an excuse to sleep in your room,” Changkyun admitted.
Kihyun chuckled and gave him a quick kiss. “Yeah, I figured.”
He was at his pretty much favourite place, in the arm of his favourite person, Kihyun didn’t think he could be more happy.