𝐅𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 ~sunki~

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 9 ˢᵒ ⁱᵗ ʷᵃˢⁿ'ᵗ ᵃ ᵈʳᵉᵃᵐ﹖﹗

(A/N: this is kind of like a part two to the other chapter? except it's where sunki's at the animal cafe because i feel like that part seemed a bit rushed. it was sunoo's first time seeing ni-ki smile, something he really wanted to see but the way i wrote it, i just felt like there was no emotion in it 💀 so here is this prequel to make up for it and MORE SUNKI 😋)

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sunoo was taken aback. seeing ni-ki smile wasn't what he was used to. was he complaining though? no. absolutely not. he would pay a good amount of money to just see ni-ki smile on repeat.

he was lost in paradise until ni-ki slightly nudged him on the arm. "what are you doing staring at me like a damn weirdo." ouch, that statement would stay to haunt sunoo for at least a week.

"ouch" sunoo clutched his chest dramatically. "stop being so dramatic, i was only saying the truth" ni-ki rolled his eyes and went back to playing with the puppy on his lap.

however, sunoo couldn't find himself to move on from the fact that ni-ki had just SMILED. so had he won the bet? but it was the dogs that had make ni-ki smile so, technically, sunoo still had a long way to go.

he didn't even know why the first thing he was worrying about was whether he had won the bet or not. sunoo would think about that later. that is after he stopped having a mid-life crisis over a damn smile.

it was so bright too. ugh, now sunoo was frustrated that he wasn't the one to make ni-ki smile but some stupid dog. ..sunoo mentally apologized to the dog for calling it stupid and moved on.-

-is what he'd like to do but nope. he just couldn't move on. in fact, he never did plan on moving on. why would he ever move on from such art? such beauty? he did admit he was exaggerating a bit but ni-ki's smile caught him off guard so all he could do was exaggerate his sheer happiness from seeing the smile.

"you've been smiling to yourself like an idiot for 2 minutes now- are you sure you're not sick??" ni-ki was a bit terrified at the fact that sunoo was staring into space and just smiling at nothing. "huh- oh. no, i'm not sick. at least i don't think i am..?" sunoo cupped his own cheeks to check for any heat and freaked out.

his cheeks were very hot right now to the point sunoo thought he had a fever. "you're supposed to touch your forehead idiot." ni-ki sighed and carefully placed the dog down, leaning in to reach for sunoo's forehead, and gently placed a hand on it.

"wh- no- what- i'm fine- why are you- WHAt" sunoo stumbled on his own words at the feeling of ni-ki's cold hand on his forehead. he was definitely panicking to say the least. "shut up and let me check for a fev- why are you so hot.?" ni-ki stopped mid sentence to interrupt himself.

"HUH?" sunoo panicked, thinking ni-ki was asking why he was so hot, physically and not- temperature wise? the barkeeper(?) watched the whole commotion from the back of the counter. a dog crawled onto her lap who also seemed to be enjoying the drama in front of them.

"i think you really are sick." ni-ki began to rummage through his bag in hopes of finding some sort of medicine for a fever. "no i'm fine- i'm just.. hot because of the weather." sunoo cleared his throat and dodged a huge bullet. if he had not stopped panicking, he would definitely embarrass himself in front of ni-ki.

ni-ki stopped looking through his bag and looked at sunoo. "you sure? i don't want you to go home sick." sunoo was grateful that ni-ki cared for him until ni-ki finished his sentence. "i also don't want to catch a cold from you."

sunoo blinked a couple of times and stared at ni-ki. "what. i'm somebody who looks out for my own health." the boy simply shrugged and sunoo began crying on the inside. he probably looked like that emoji with a single tear rolling down its face as of now. (🥲)

"ooh-" the bartender behind the counter whispered to herself as she saw sunoo get rejected..? or some sort of rejection going on with the two boys. she could definitely see the pain in sunoo's eyes.

sunoo sighed and looked as he saw ni-ki playing with a bunch of dogs with the brightest smile he'd ever seen on his face. "hey ni-ki, do you have any pets?" sunoo asked out of nowhere since he noticed he didn't know much about his own crush.

"hm, i do have one dog." ni-ki looked up at the ceiling while ruffling a dog's fur up, as if thinking. "oh really!? what's its name?" sunoo leaped up from his side of the table and looked at ni-ki, smiling. "oh uhm- its name is bisco." ni-ki backed away, flustered from the sudden closed gap between them.

"it's?" sunoo said with a tilt to the head. "yeah i don't know bisco's gender. or more like i don't remember.." ni-ki squinted his eyes, trying to remember his own dog's gender. "you're hilarious ni-ki" sunoo started giggling as he heard the other.

"i do try." ni-ki flipped his hair and finished up his plate of taiyaki.

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(A/N: a bit short of a chapter but oh well, my creativity juice was running low)