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After waiting a few minutes for the school to clear out, Chanhee interlocked his and Younghoon's hands and skipped through the parking lot towards the elder's car. Younghoon had picked him up that morning since they had plans to go get Chanhee's nose pierced after school.

A fond smile rested on Younghoon's lips as he looked at the utter exuberance all over the younger's face. He thought it was a bit ironic just how excited the boy seemed to be just to get a needle stuck through his face.

"You asked your parents, right?" Younghoon asked as they climbed into his car, "I don't want to bring you home and your parents blame me for the hole in your face."

Chanhee nodded before looking away for a moment while he pulled the seatbelt over himself. "They're both fine with it," he reassured, "I think you're the only one who doesn't want me to do it."

"I don't not want you to do it..." Younghoon mumbled, taking a few quiet seconds to back out of the parking space, "I'm sure you'll look pretty...I just don't love piercings—they freak me out."

"Are you afraid of needles?"

"No—next question."

A laugh slipped out of Chanhee, at the elder's serious tone. "Younghoon..."

"Nobody likes needles—it's completely normal for me to not want to be jabbed with a pointy metal thing."

"Maybe you're that one that needs me to hold your hand when I get my nose pierced..." Chanhee muttered.

"I'll just look away while they stab my boyfriend, it's okay."

Chanhee reached out and grabbed Younghoon's ear between his thumb and pointer finger, swiping his thumb across the boy's earlobe. "Did you ever think about getting your ears pierced?" He asked.

Trying to move away from the ticklish feeling, Younghoon shrugged, "I feel like that's a big jump from you wanting to get something pierced—this isn't about me."

"You won't even think about it?"

"Would I look good with my ears pierced?"

"Yes—next question," Chanhee mocked, earning a dramatic eye roll from his boyfriend, "you'd be the most handsome boy in the world."

A small pout formed on Younghoon's lips but his eyes remained focused on the road. "You don't think I am already?" He sulked.

Chanhee smiled at him. "You're so close—you just need your ears pierced and then you'll for sure be the most handsome boy ever."

"Ok...I'll think about it."

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Younghoon gripped onto Chanhee's hand as if his life depended on it as the younger laid down in the chair in front of the piercer. Chanhee let out a small giggle and wiggled his fingers in the elder's iron grip, trying to get him to loosen up just a bit.

He watched with curious eyes as the lady drew a small dot onto Chanhee's nose then put a metal clamp over the area. Squeezing his eyes shut when he saw her grab the needle, he held his breath waiting for the soft, "all done."

Finally opening his eyes, Younghoon saw Chanhee already sitting up, admiring his new piercing in a hand held mirror the last held up in front of him. The younger quickly thanked the lady before turning to Younghoon and pointing to the small stud on the side of his nose, "Do you like it?"

Placing a gentle hand on the side of Chanhee's face, the elder pushed his head to the side and looked at the sparkly gem on his nose. "It's pretty..." he whispered in awe.

"Are you getting your ears pierced too..?" The woman asked Chanhee who shook his head and pushed Younghoon towards the chair he was just laying on.  She let out a small laugh at his panicked expression, "just take deep breath, honey, it'll just be a little pinch, that's all." Laughing as her words did virtually nothing, she gestured for Chanhee to come sit down next to him.

Doing just that, Chanhee sat down on the black chair and held Younghoon's hand in his own. "You'll be okay," he whispered, feeling the boy's hand trembling in his.

Younghoon winced as the lady pierced one of his ears, quickly moving to the next before he decided to back out. "And we're done—not too bad, right?" Slowly blinking his eyes open, Younghoon quickly nodded, wasting no time on thanking their piercer and hurrying out of the shop.

"You're so cute, Younghoon~" Chanhee cooed as the two walked through the parking lot, the younger latched to Younghoon's side.

A hardly noticeable smile flickered across Younghoon's lips when the two climbed into the car, still trying to overcome the shock of cosplaying a pincushion for a few minutes. "Handsome?" He asked and turned to look at his boyfriend.

Chanhee placed a hand on the side of his face and captured his lips in a deep kiss. "Always," he whispered against the elder's parted lips, "you're always my handsome boy."

Younghoon beamed at the younger's words, the dormant butterflies in his stomach waking up as Chanhee called him his boy. His heart burned with every word the boy spoke, rattling in his chest with each passing moment.  Choi Chanhee was so alluring in every way—he was just like the sun to Younghoon. He was a big bright light shining in in his formerly dim life, bringing him to life. "I think I'm falling in love with you, Choi Chanhee," Younghoon whispered in a daze.

A smile formed on Chanhee's lips before he let out a string of soft giggles. He leaned back onto the headrest behind him, closing his eyes for a moment. "I never thought there was something like this for me, y'know?" Chanhee spoke at last, his eyes glazed over, "especially with somebody like you."

"Me either," Younghoon laughed as he grabbed one of Chanhee hand, pressing a soft kiss to the back of it before holding it under his chin, "but I'm glad things did happen they way they did. If somebody told me a year ago I would be head over heels in a relationship with another guy I would've knocked them out—but things are perfect with you, Chanhee."

"I know I'm falling in love with you, Younghoon."

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