𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐀 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 ♡ MinSung

Ch. 96

Jisung and Minho talked for a long while, until it was early in the morning and way past when the both of them should have gone to bed. Did they care though? Not in the slightest.

Minho enjoyed being with Jisung even if it was risky and probably a bad idea for the both of them, and Jisung was just happy to still have the elder.

They talked about nearly everything you could imagine ranging from kids cartoons all the way to American politics.

"I'm tired.." Jisung whispered, placing his head on the pillow and snuggling into the bed.

"I am kind of as well. I think I should probably head home soon."

"But not yet."

Minho kinked his eyebrows together, "Oh? Why not?"

"I don't want to fall asleep alone." The younger boy admitted, "Just wait until I'm sleeping to leave?"

Minho internally melted. How could anyone deny such a request? It's not like the elder had anywhere else to be at 2am in the morning, "Sure."

Jisung smiled sleepily, "Thank you. I don't like sleeping alone."

"Why not? You've been doing for over a week now I assume."

The seventeen year old shook his head, "That doesn't mean I like it. I have nightmares."

"Aww.." Minho gave pity, "Why are you having nightmares?"

The silence in the room and the way that Jisung stared at the elder was enough to answer the questions. He was clearly still terrified of Jeong-Hoon.

Minho nodded, "I'm sorry. That's insensitive of me, I probably should have known that."

"No," the ravenette shook his head into the pillow, "I'm mostly scared of Jeong-Hoon. I'm sure it's pretty self explanatory."

The older sighed, "Right. This is just such a mess, I cant wait until all of this is over, but there's still so much left to do. I wish I could hit a fast forward button."

Jisung nodded, "I agree. How do you know it will ever end though?"

"Well it has to. Jeong-Hoon is moving to America after he graduates so I imagine he'd leave you alone then."

"Oh? I didn't know that. Graduation is still so far away though, isn't it in July? That's five months away..."

"We've already been through half of the school year." Minho noted.

"Thats crazy.." he sighed, "I hope the ending half will be better than the start."

"Maybe we'll be free soon." Minho said. He hoped that his plan would work, and someday soon he could surprise Jisung with a courtcase where they would both testify against Jeong-Hoon...

"I hope you don't mean you'll drop out." Jisung warned, "I'd be very disappointed in you."

Minho shook his head, "No, not after I've been putting so much effort into my grades. My average went from a 73% to a 85%. If I keep this up I'll actually be able to get into the school my father wants me to go to."

"Oh? You never really talk about you're parents. You should tell me about them." Jisung said, "I'd like to get to know your personal life better."

"Well... I guess I can tell you." The elder said slowly, "My father is quite strict and my mother isn't Channie's mother... I also came out to my Appa recently."

"Ah?" Jisung perked up, "Like, 'coming out of the closet' coming out?"

Minho nodded, "I thought he would he like, really mad at me... but he wasn't. At all. I'm still kind of confused about it, I don't know how to feel. I'm scared he was just lying..."

Jisung nodded as if he were a therapist.

"You probably understand, it's just all really complicated and I don't like to talk about it. I don't have such an amazing relationship with either of my parents. I barely ever even see my mom." Minho sighed, "My biological mother was our father second wife and when she moved away to London that was the last thing I ever saw of her. Now I have another 'mom', and she's even worse. I swear she hates me – I don't even know why her and my father haven't gotten a divorce yet. They don't love eachother and they can't convince me otherwise."

"I'm sorry.." Jisung said cautiously, "You don't have to talk about this if you don't want to. Maybe some other time we can have a conversation dedicated to the topic. When you're ready."

Minho nodded, "Maybe someday."

They continued on with numerous other conversations about more light hearted things, and Minho thoroughly enjoyed listening to Jisung's soft voice.

He seemed so carefree and calm, also like he might fall asleep at any moment, as he probably didn't normally stay up this late with visitors.

Jisung went on a long rant about why they never should have changed the Teletubies or made a modern version, and how the old ones had been so much better. Apparently he had seen it come up on the TV in the lobby, and when he realized that it wasn't the original version he had started crying.

Because of the medication he was on at the time, he had gotten weirdly emotional over the fact that they changed the show and broken out in tears. Some poor nurse had to convince him that it was going to be fine.

Anyway, after about half an hour of listening to this, Minho noticed the boy start to drift off to sleep, his eyes fluttering shut.

He smiled to himself, finding the sleeping boy cute. He moved a few strands of hair away from his face and hesitated for a moment.

He wanted to give him a kiss on the temple but felt that that might be awkward or weird. He decided against it and instead just watched his breath rise and fall evenly.

Eventually Minho decided he should start going home so he stood up as quietly as possible, "I love you, Sungie." He said before going to close the door behind himself.