Patience, hyung || Minsung

~18~

The sleeping situation is definitely interesting, especially with a Minho passed out on the floor in the same exact spot he was watching a movie just a bit ago. Hyunjin attempted to wake Minho up so he could sleep comfortably in his bed, but that resulted in a shove into the couch and hearing slight snores yet again a few moments later. Hyunjin decided it was not worth his energy to move Minho, which ended up with Hyunjin and Jisung lying in Minho's bed. Hyunjin knew Minho would have a fit over this considering how much of a neat freak he seemed to be, but the immediate relief he felt once he was under the covers wiped away any concern he had for morning time.

"Hey" Jisung whispers as he turns his head in the direction of where he knew Hyunjin was lying. Though considering how dark it was, he could barely properly see the other boy.

"What's up?" Hyunjin whispers back, barely audible. His mind was racing now and he didn't want Jisung to know, he had only properly met the boy tonight.

"Are you really okay? I didn't mean to overhear your conversation with Minho on the phone earlier, but it worried me a bit." Jisung turns his head to face the ceiling again, feeling a bit awkward. Jisung already came out to Hyunjin before he was even able to come out to Minho, which brought a sense of connection to the two boys. Hyunjin knew how hard it can be to come out, especially when you don't know what the other person's reaction will be. No matter how much you reassure yourself that they will accept you, there will always be people there to degrade you and make you feel like your sexuality changes your worth as a person.

"I am, or no, I will be." Hyunjin lets out a light sigh, feeling a bit of comfort that though he may have lost his possible love interest, he has somehow gained two new friends in the past few hours.

"Hyunjin, would you like to talk about what happened? It may help you to let it out." Jisung tried again to get Hyunjin to open up without forcing him. He felt really bad for the boy. Jisung didn't think of Hyunjin as a really emotional guy from what he knew (which was barely anything), so seeing his tear-stained face just a few hours prior made him want to comfort the taller boy to the best of his ability.

"I-I do, I'm really scared, though."

Feeling the covers shift, Hyunjin looked up to see Jisung now sitting up leaning his back against the headboard. Slowly, Hyunjin moved himself to be in the same sitting position as the boy.

"Why are you scared?"

"I don't want to admit what happened, because then it becomes real. I don't want it to be real." Hyunjin sighed to himself, looking down at his slender fingers and lightly toying with his silver rings on his middle and ring finger.

"Hyunjin, you may not want to hear this but I think you need to, okay? Whatever happened tonight, already happened. You are going to wake up tomorrow and you're going to realize that it wasn't a dream. Let me help by hearing you about what's going on, okay? If you let it out now, you'll sleep better." Jisung tried his best to reassure the boy. He wanted Hyunjin to feel heard because Jisung could tell that he needs someone to hear him right now, not just listen.

"Okay, but one condition. Don't tell Minho." Jisung immediately brought his thumb and pointer finger to his lips and did a sign of zipping up his lips and throwing away the key.

"I don't really know how to even start talking about this, but.. I.. I don't even know, okay, I like someone, right? I really like someone. I got to know them specifically through the past week but then they completely ghosted me, but not just ghosted me. They didn't show up to their dance practice either which is mandatory by the way. I didn't see them for days and I let it get to me. Now, this is my fault, but I went to the club by myself. I wanted to feel good cause I've felt like shit recently. I ended up drinking way too much but I met this guy at the club.. are you following along?" Hyunjin took a deep inhale and exhaled for a few seconds. Jisung nodded.