ameliorate

chapter 5

"can i sleep with you tonight?"

junkyu was extremely serious about it, so mashiho took it in earnest. he gulped as if detonating a bomb, and eventually uttered :

"y-yes."

his mind changed to chaos, his thoughts were running to and fro from the name of his boyfriend, right back to the current state, junkyu sitting sheer inches in front of him, their hands touching each other tenderly, their breaths combined, only a light move forward could...

"oh, such a relief! jihoon hyung would kill me if you were about to sleep alone!"

it was like a slap straight to his face. he immediately stood up, trying to keep the distance between them. he felt so... stupid and ashamed.

"so it was jihoon who told you to sleep with me?" he asked very feebly, trying to calm all the thoughts loaded in his head.

"he undoubtedly cares about you and your comfort, just a minute ago he sent me a bunch of messages asking about you. i can't believe he can be so protective!" exclaimed junkyu.

mashiho didn't add anything else. the other felt comfortable rather quickly, reclining on the bed. younger at instant pointed out that he left some space next to him. only a glance at that sufficed to cause the unnatural pounding of his heart.

"calm down. it is just junkyu, your friend whom you know, respect, like, admire... as an artist of course. sleeping with him is completely different from sleeping with jihoon. with your jihoon. so act as if nothing happened and just join him." after assuring himself several times, he finally turned off the light and approached the other.

he tried his best not to look awkward, but his limbs must have declined to listen to their owner, and instead of laying next to kyu, he somehow landed... on the top of him.

"oh my i-i am sorry, i tripped, i mean the floor is slippery, sorry but the carpet and, i mean..." no matter how hard he tried to save the situation, it became even worse.

he was stuttering continuously until junkyu interfered with a simple "are you alright? did you bump onto something?"

mashi finally reclined decently on the right side of the bed, uttering "i am fine." he found one good thing in this whole pitiful situation. the older couldn't see his pink cheeks.

"you should be more careful. you are too precious to get hurt."

japanese turned his head to the other, bewildered.

"really?"

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