Desire (ATEEZ Boy x Boy Oneshots Book II)

F | VC | Jongho x Yeosang

Requested by DanyV20
Some short fluff :)

"The document to be submitted by Saturday at the very least from one partner. Clear?"

Silence came from the virtual class over call.

"Questions?"

Yeosang groaned and felt like repeatedly smacking his head over and over when someone unmuted at the last second. All he wanted to do was leave.

From Jongho to me: 'boring, huh?'

Yeosang sighed. 'Very.'

'hey, why did you turn off your camera? i want to see your beautiful face'

The man stopped. Heat rushed to his face, and he had to look away to catch his breath.

But Jongho didn't know that. His hands very quickly made their way to the keyboard.

'jk XD'

Yeosang didn't know what to say, so he said nothing. He couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart from Jongho's retraction.

"If that's all, I hope to see you all check in next class. Bye."

Yeosang watched as little windows of students disappeared from the call. Off went Jongho, and he had to go too.

Suddenly, his phone buzzed. 'what time are we starting the project?' Jongho texted.

'How about tonight?'

'cool! i'll call you later!!'

Yeosang didn't realize he was smiling like a big idiot at his phone.

Class after that was never the same for Yeosang again. His mood was so excited. He answered any questions in class and greeted all of his teachers. Some didn't even remember what his voice sounded like until now.

In the last month or so, Yeosang developed a crush on his best friend, Jongho. He wasn't sure how it came to be, but once he acknowledged it, it was a pleasant feeling that filled his heart — his love for the younger boy.

It has to be love. Yeosang knew. They were so close he couldn't classify it as a temporary crush or weird phase. No. Yeosang loved Jongho. A lot.

Maybe Jongho did too. He flirted a lot, Yeosang thought. But when he believed it would go somewhere, Jongho directed it to only being a joke or friendly comment.

Is he low-key being friend-zoned?

Yeosang didn't want that to be the case.

Even though they couldn't be physically together, he wanted Jongho to talk to him, smile at him like the world depended on it. Yeosang wished to receive his flirty words and return them with love.

'you look weird'

'staring into space like that'

'still thinking about me?? ;)'

Yeosang went pale. He forgot Jongho was in this class. He was so deeply thinking about Jongho... he forgot about Jongho.

'i'm irresistible'

Yeosang shook his head. He was so whipped for this man. But he's made up his mind.

He's going to confess tonight.
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"Hello~!" Jongho greeted once they were connected later in the evening.

"Hey."

"You look tired. Are you sure you want to do the project?"

Yeosang nodded. If only you knew...

If only Jongho knew he spent the last few hours stressing over how he would ask him out. That's where Yeosang lost his energy. Also homework.

"Cool. I promise it won't take so long."

Well, it did mainly because Yeosang and Jongho strayed away from their work and talked about anything other than school. Except for gossip, of course.

By the time the pair started writing something down, it was near midnight, and Yeosang's eyes could barely stay open.

"...Am I right?" Jongho asked.

"Oh... huh?"

"You weren't listening?"

Yeosang shook his head. "No... Sorry."

"Go to bed. We can continue tomorrow."

"No! No," Yeosang said while shaking his hand. He yawned. "We should work."

Jongho softly smiled. His best friend was cute. Everything from the way he looked to the way he spoke. He's pretty sure Yeosang doesn't know he was slurring the whole time.

"Cute."

"Huh?" Yeosang looked up automatically, wondering if he heard the right thing.

"You. You're cute when you're sleepy."

"O-Oh..." Yeosang turned away to distract himself from blushing.

"You won't say thanks?" Jongho laughed.

"No! Oh! I mean, no, I don't— Actually, I have no fucking clue what I'm talking about," Yeosang replied.

Immediately, Jongho laughed harder. He's never seen this side of his friend before.

"Aww," he cooed. "Let's just type this in so we can go to bed."

....

....

Jongho worked for a bit in silence, softly humming or singing some of the recent songs he's listened to. He got a bit into the project when he realized it was oddly silent. Yeosang wasn't making any edits anymore either.

"Yeosang?" Jongho turned to his phone.

Yeosang had his head on the table, face down on a messy pile of research papers. His body rose up and down from breathing as Jongho heard light snores transmit through the speaker.

Jongho held in his laugh. Adorable. He didn't want to wake up the boy, so he kept working on the document alone.

"I love you, Yeosang. I hope to tell you soon when you're up..."

Jongho blushed a little bit.

"Sweet dreams. Good night."