anodyne

chapter 15

the next few days were more than doyoung could have ever asked for.

jihoon was his.

but not only that, he managed to be his at the same time not neglecting his other roles - leader jihoon was there whenever another member needed his knowledge and experience, vocalist jihoon was there once joining vocal lessons, the main dancer jihoon was there when the eleven remained members had a practice. doyoung was off for some days to recover fully, and not strain his already deteriorated health.

doyoung felt like he actually had a boyfriend, a busy one, with lots of things on his plate but still, there was a time during the day that they managed to lead a conversation, hold hands, or just pass by each other in the hall. the last-mentioned used to happen before however, it didn't have a good impact upon doyoung since whenever he saw his boyfriend, younger was never seen by the other. jihoon was either dashing so that he didn't even have a second to look to the side, or his whole attention was given to his phone, most probably chatting with treasure makers on weverse or posting on twitter. it has changed - now doyoung got noticed by the other, what's more, once he was the one inadvertently ignoring jihoon, which caused his later sulking.

"I waved at you." he stared at the other with his big boba eyes. "and you just went away."

doyoung has been explaining that he really hadn't seen him, he had his thoughts somewhere else and just didn't bother to look around him in search of the other, and yet jihoon seemed to be deaf. eventually, when his boyfriend turned on a" pouty mode" he didn't know what else to do so he just put both of his hands on his cheeks, pinching and stroking it softly.

"next time shout as loud as you can so that I turn and see you, alright?"

jihoon's face lit up, his eyes prettily shrunk, and his smile very sweet even if a little deformed due to doyoung's hands being still on his face. the younger put a brief peck on the other's lips, letting go afterward to be able to see the smile he loved the most in a full presence.

on saturday night, as they both drowned themselves in the quilts after a long day, jihoon whispered in doyoung's ear.

"tomorrow I will take you somewhere."

the only source of light in their room was the nightstand lamp, giving the whole place a little pinky shade, and as doyoung lifted his gaze full of stars twinkling curiously, jihoon was under the impression that the real cherry blossom was before him.

"where?" the question was a little timid, the younger didn't want to be accused of nosiness.

jihoon pecked the tip of his nose gently.

"remind me when was the last time we were on a date?"

doyoung looked up, mouthing something as if counting figures in his head. after not more than five seconds he turned his sight to jihoon, with a slightly dumbfounded expression.

"n-never. we have never been on a date."

his hyung remained silent, raising his hand to move some of doyoung's strands of hair from his forehead to the side.

"tomorrow after inkigayo, wait for me in the dorm. we will go on our first date."

the younger beamed, giggling softly.

"first date after a whole year of being together?"

"exactly."

jihoon didn't lose his composure the whole time, so doyoung also calmed himself down and being drawn in a loving hug, he reciprocated it.

they fell asleep embracing each other as they always do, couldn't wait for tomorrow to come. they will go out on a date, as actual boyfriends.

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