Started with "I Do"

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Jisung didn't know for how long but silence followed after that for a while. Just as he was about to knock on the door once again just to let the other know that he was still there. There was a click sound and the door was pushed open just a little. Jisung was startled to see that there was no light inside the room. It was totally dark. 

The light from the hallways fell on Minho who was standing in between the little gap of the door he had created giving him a sickly vibe. His whole face was pale with a dark circle around his eyes and his lips were dried. He was squinting his eyes due to the sudden contact with light. After Minho adjusted with the lights he asked while looking at Jisung's face "Why are you here?" 

Jisung worried after looking at his state asked "Are you okay?" at the same time as Minho asked the question. After a bit of pause he said "I was kind of worried since you had your phone switched off. So, I just came to check on you." Minho stared at Jisung for a while then opened the door a little wider and said "Come inside" while disappearing inside his room. 

Jisung entered the room and closed the door behind him and while doing so he felt like he was being swallowed by the dark too . This was his first time inside Minho's room. They might have grown closer to each other over time but they had never crossed that line of entering each other's room. So Jisung was feeling a bit nervous. After his eyes adjusted to the dark state of the room he looked around  to find out that actually the room wasn't in total darkness. There was a huge window through which the moonlight serenaded inside the room.

 Beside the window there was a bed in which Minho had flopped down with his arms covering his eyes. The room was quiet spacey with his own personal tv, a decorating shelf and a studying table. Jisung dragged the chair in front of the study table beside the bed and sat down while looking outside the window. They sat in a silence for a while then as Jisung brought both of his feet up to sit in a crouching position he said "Your mom made me try some of the food she made. It tastes quiet delicious." 

Jisung continued to speak while putting his head on top of the knees while his hands wrapped around his legs. "You know one time during my parents anniversary my mother persisted on cooking something for my dad. Naturally what followed was disaster. Our whole house was filled with smoke. Our neighbours were so scared thinking that the house was on fire that they nearly alerted the fire brigade. They only calmed down after dad assured them several times."

He continued on while giggling "It was such a ruckus, all created just because of her stubbornness and she also didn't want to admit that she couldn't cook even if she tried. In the end we still had to eat the food that she made after a whole day of mess. I am not joking but more than the taste of the food, there was the taste of the smoke. But neither dad nor I could say anything incase we would hurt her feelings."

Minho still in the same position asked in a groggy voice "Is aunty really that bad of a cook?" Jisung nodded his head aggressively and said enthusiastically "Much worse than it sounds. I'll take you home someday when we are free to give you a chance to experience it by yourself." Minho gave out a small smile and said "It sounds like I am signing myself in for a risky experiment." 

Jisung looked at Minho who was lying down looking very tired but still indulging him and listening to him talk. It made him feel bitter sweet. He thought to himself 'Don't be nice to me if you're not going to take responsibility'. Jisung sat there in silence while staring at Minho for a long time neither of them talking. After a long time of silence Jisung broke the silence by saying "You broke one of our rules." 

Minho became visibly stiff but he didn't say anything neither did he move. Jisung continued "You were the one that added the clause that said 'no avoiding each other' then why are you the one to disappear on me plus you had your phone switched off. If I did something to offend you, you can just tell me."