" i'm here and you're here. "
sim jaeyun / park sunghoon ♡
𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝,
an unexpected friendship blossoms between two boys, and they begin to realise that they are more similar than they anticipated.
@JJAEYUN - 2022/2023
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for the remainder of the day, jake's mood improved - he was back to his usual bubbly self, all thanks to sunghoon. he rested his head on one arm, tilting his head towards the board in which the teacher scribbled almost illegible words, the scratching sound of the chalk was rough to his ears. trying hard to not lose focus, but of course he did, jake scanned the room - he paused as his eyes landed on a certain individual.
jay park. he felt he hadn't talked to him in a long while - jake was in between multiple problems and lost track of his surroundings. in the corner of his eye he noticed something, that caught his attention. the table beside jay had been moved to be directly next to him, jungwon sat there. the same jungwon that jay had previously called 'cute'. beneath their joined tables, jake saw a glimpse or something. but that glimpse was enough.
their pinky fingers were intertwined, twirling around each other as if they were to make a pink promise. jake leaned a little more forward in his seat - trying to get a better look. and to his surprise, their hands were now fully connected, wrapped around eachother and they both had slight hidden smiles plastered on their gentle faces, from what Jake could see in the back of the room.
he felt excitement, obviously for jay, who had been pretty busy too while he was gone. jake contemplated for a second, they clearly look like they are together. together in the sense of dating. secretly or not, jake felt happy for them. and he pondered - if jay and jungwon can do it, sunghoon and i should be able to do it...
perhaps, there really more are people like him out there. people who will understand what it's like to feel differently when it comes to relationships, more specifically, who you are with in the relationship. people who know, it doesn't have to just be a girl. it can be anyone that you love and loves you the same way. even a boy !
the thought of it, made jake feel all fluttery inside, like there was some sort of group he could finally belong to. he turned his head to the person behind him, and he smiled, brightly. thinking in his head, 'it is you i want to be with, you, park sunghoon'. the dark haired male just melted when he saw the warm expression on the others face, he couldn't help but mimic his smile, the corners of his lips turning up, showing a bit of his front teeth.
jake silently let out a giggle, making eye contact with sunghoon and smiled even more when he saw the twinkle in his eye. he couldn't wait to go back to sunghoon's place - he now knew. yes, jake knew exactly what he and sunghoon are and he suddenly became unable to wait.. the day needed to end faster.
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as soon as the bell rang, jake jumped out of his seat scrambling to put his belongings away into his bag, normally he would take his time - place each item in its position to maximum the space in his book bag, but right now, his head was somewhere else and the organisation of his bag was at the very end of the list of important things. sunghoon watched intently as jake hurriedly packed his things away, he titled his head at the boy.
"why the rush?"
"cause.. I just realised something. you! hurry up too!" he laughed as he zipped up his bag, the corner of books sticking out making a funny shape. sunghoon was still puzzled but did as he was told, speeding up his movement. and just as the dark haired male began zipping up his now-packed bag, a hand gripped onto his arm and dragged him towards the door.
"j- jaakee sloww down!!" sunghoon said as he somehow just managed to dodge hitting his head on the door frame. even though jake had almost caused him to crack his head open, he still found him cute as he hastily dragged him around like a pet owner taking it's slow pet for a walk, although sunghoon thought jake resembled a dog more than himself.
jake had dragged the taller male all the way back to his house as planned - he even remembered the directions.
"quick can we go inside.."
"yeah, I think my parents are out," sunghoon replied. what could jake have realised that made him want to rush back to his house so bad? sunghoon had a feeling it definitely had something to do with that cheeky smile he gave him in class.
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the pair's bags and school blazers were thrown on the ground and they sat on the ground with their legs spread out, leaning on the side of the bed. jake huffed like he had just ran a marathon, and sunghoon patted his back, chuckling at the same time.
"stairs are really not your thing haha,"
"hey! I bet you didn't know I was in the highest group at my school for soccer back in Australia!" jake said poking his tongue out to mock sunghoon.
"yeah yeah right.." he said rolling his eyes.
"it's true!!"
"oh yeah, what did you want to tell me?"
"oh."
jake went silent. he turned his head away from sunghoon and looked at the wall straight ahead. he didn't know why, he just suddenly became embarrassed despite how confident and sure he was an hour ago. he quickly thought of something to cover himself for the time being.
"well, I actually saw jay and jungwon holding hands, under the table.. in class! do you think they're together?"
"seriously, you rushed me just to gossip..haha," he joked and jake's face went red thinking about the real reason.
"I suspected something was going on between them anyways, i'm glad they finally got together - they suit each other don't you think?"
jake nodded silently, not making eye contact with sunghoon, who's gaze fell upon the side on the brown haired male's face. he had really unique features, and they matched him so well. sunghoon could point out everything he liked about jakes appearance and the list would be infinite, because he really did think he was the prettiest person to exist.
sunghoon carefully reached a hand to rest under jake's jaw and turned his head to face him - their facings slowly moving closer together.
"come on, i think we both know why we're here.." he whispered in a low tone and jake just stared into the other boy's eyes, not thinking of anything except for the fact that he was literally half an inch away from placing his lips onto his. and what if he did? how would he react? would he kiss him back?
'just take the risk' jake thought, not breaking eye contact with the other as he moved his hand to his shoulder and letting it crawl to the back of sunghoon's neck. he could hear his own breathing, speeding up, his heart pounding so hard against his chest and the unfamiliar feeling of fluttering in his stomach and electric feeling all throughout his body, from his fingertips to the hairs on his neck.
the feeling of the other boy's hot breath against his skin made him tingle, he couldn't explain the feeling - it was euphoric and thrilling but even with all this tension in the room. it just was not enough, and they both craved for something more than tingles and heavy beating hearts.
