the dare - c.yj & c.sb

chapter 5

"what's your like.. ideal date?"

the question lingers into the air- smoother, softer, prettier than a whisper.

yeonjun turns to face soobin exactly, leaning in so close that space was no longer a thing; greatly awaiting his answer. needing to know deep inside how he would respond; killing him to death if he didn't find out.

soobin furrows his eyebrows together, "what?"

yeonjun sighs and recoils backwards, "you know like.. if you're going out on a date what would be like your ideal thing to do?"

soobin shakes his head, "that's such a random question."

"just answer it." yeonjun pleads.

"no."

"pleaseeee.."

"why?" soobin asks.

"because i want to know."

"but why do you care?"

"why wouldn't i care?"

soobin pauses, keeping still- seeming to take in yeonjun and his begging; going back and forth on how to respond to such a puppy asking for a treat.

soobin sighs, looking away from yeonjun's captivating gaze, "i don't know."

"yes, you do." yeonjun pushes.

"how about we stop asking questions so i can finally focus on studying?"

yeonjun glances around the room- forgetting they were in the library together; barely any people surrounding them that it was so easy to become absorbed in their conversation.

well, if yeonjun bugging soobin with thousands of questions that he only gave one or two word responses back was a conversation then yes. it was lovely to him.

"okay.. how about this. if you could do anything for one day with someone, what would you do?"

soobin rolls his eyes, "that's the same question."

"no, it's not." yeonjun says with a playful smirk across his lips.

soobin bites his lips and looks down at all the books and notes sprawled out; beaming up into his brain- reminding him of the things he needed to complete, and yet he allowed yeonjun to annoy him.

being endlessly tortured by the man who was clearly bored out of his mind next to him. who had said he was going to study too but had only gotten as far as taking a pencil out of his backpack; stuck to nag soobin for the fun of it.

"how about.." soobin begins to suggest, "i ask you a question first and then i'll answer yours."

yeonjun's eyes light up; instantly liking that idea, "yes. that's perfect."

soobin nods, "okay.. uhm, let's see."

he thinks it over in his mind- going through each and every possible question that would ever surface up.

he rolls in all that he could think- pulling his lips into a tight concentrated line, his eyes squinted and focused on something far, his eyebrows pressed together. using every part of his brain, straining and concentrating so hard, before he comes up with one.

soobin opens his mouth and turns back to yeonjun, "why me?"

yeonjun stares directly back at him, "why you?"

the younger nods, "why me? why did you now all the sudden start wasting your time to pay attention to me?"

yeonjun bites the inside of his cheek, an answer already curved up his vocal chords; crawling up his throat within mere seconds, "first of all, i never waste my time when i'm with you. and second of all.."