the way i love you ➵ beomkai

Chapter Six

"See," Yeonjun grins, putting the car in park. "Perfection."

"Had a driver's license for this long and you finally parked in-between the lines! So proud of you," Soobin smiles, patting the top of Yeonjun's head; he coos when he gets a look that's a mixture between a scowl and a pout. "Aw, so cute."

Kai tries not to cringe at Soobin's tone as he glances over at Beomgyu and Taehyun, who are sharing a disgusted look.

"Can you guys, I dunno, date already?" Beomgyu asks and Taehyun hums in agreement.

"Yeah, you guys are gross."

Yeonjun suddenly exhales loudly, throwing his head back against the seat as he grabs one of Soobin's hands; Soobin just stares at him as Yeonjun sighs again. "We didn't want to tell you guys this way."

Soobin blinks before he hums, interlacing their fingers together as he sends the three in the back a sheepish look. "Do you want me to tell them?"

"No, no—I'll do it. Guys," Yeonjun turns around in his seat, a serious look on his face, "we're dating. And we've been dating for what, about a week now? Oh my God, happy one week, baby!"

Kai's mouth falls open in shock, though a small part of him isn't all that surprised. He watches Soobin's face redden, a smile complimenting the blush on his cheeks as he reaches a hand up to tuck a lock of Yeonjun's hair behind his ear. It's kind of cute with how they're both blushing now, even though they're always touching each other — maybe it's because these touches feel a little more vulnerable to them, or maybe it's because they have an audience of three who are definitely not gawking at them right now.

"Are you serious?" Taehyun asks, but they don't look back. Kai scrunches up his face when Soobin pecks the corner of Yeonjun's mouth, who ends up leaning his head on Soobin's shoulder in response. "Hello?"

"I love you, my strawberry cheesecake," Yeonjun coos, voice slightly muffled. Soobin giggles while Beomgyu makes a gagging noise.

"I love you more, my blueberry muffin," Soobin coos back and this is when Taehyun snaps; Kai watches as he picks up an empty bottle from the floorboard and wacks them both in the head. They both yelp and pull away from each other, sending matching glares to Taehyun who sends them one back.

"I appreciate you guys telling us. I genuinely, really do because I totally didn't see this coming," Taehyun starts, bonking Soobin again on the head and earning another yelp from him. "But can you not act like we aren't here?"

"It's disgusting to watch," Beomgyu chimes in. "Kinda like I'm forced to watch a gross rom-com."

Taehyun bonks Yeonjun now, who attempts to snatch the bottle from him but Taehyun drops the bottle back onto the floor. "I'm proud of you guys. Sincerely."

"Why does he sound the opposite," Soobin mutters.

"I feel like he isn't proud since he almost gave me a concussion," Yeonjun mutters back. Soobin corrects him with a "we" and Yeonjun shakes his head, telling him that "we" doesn't grammatically make sense and it would be "us".

Soobin doesn't look amused.

"Kai? Any comments?" Taehyun asks, pointedly ignoring the two as he glances at Kai. Kai blinks.

"Um, yeah actually, I have a few—"

"That's very nice and all, but this was all a social experiment," Soobin suddenly announces and they all look at him. Yeonjun in particular looks more confused than they probably are. Probably. "Assignment for my sociology class. You know how it is."