ASTRONOMY | SEUNGJIN

20 - Let's stop this

"Can you help me?" Beomgyu mutters to Hyunjin as he struggles to mold the clay. "Why is he so close to him?" Seungmin sees Beomgyu whispering something to Hyunjin.

"Here, I'll help," Hyunjin says, placing his hands on Beomgyu's hands as he guides him in molding the clay.

This was Seungmin's last straw. Why would they do such thing in front of him? Seungmin didn't want to let his jealousy get to him, but this was too much. hands together while molding clay? Who even was this guy, and why can't he mold a fucking mug on his own?!

Seungmin separated their hands, causing both of them to quiver. "That's cheating," he said. What on earth was he thinking? He soon regretted his actions. Why did he let his emotions get to him?

"Excuse me?" Beomgyu asked, perplexed. "I-it's an individual task; it's unfair to do it together," Seungmin hesitantly reasoned. "I'm just assisting him," Hyunjin explained, the sudden talk made the two joint there attention on him.

Oh, now he was going to talk? For what? to defend a random dude? Wow, Seungmin was fuming, but of course he wouldn't show it, he couldn't, he shouldn't. "Okay, then," he bluntly replied. Yes, what he did was awkward, but did he regret it? Yes maybe, but that doesn't matter anymore.

"Seung, can we talk later?" Hyunjin spoke again, his voice was flat and which was unusual. Shit, was he mad? Did Seungmin do too much?

Why was his heart pounding so much? It's just a simple talk... right?

He was waiting for Hyunjin in the library because that's where they agreed to have the conversation since it was quiet and students don't usually go there. Seungmin would be lying if he said he wasn't nervous; they haven't talked in days, so what could he possibly say?

They were in front of each other; the last time they were this close was the night they kissed. "If you won't say anything, then I'll just leav-"

"Seung, can I hug you?" Hyunjin said out of nowhere. "Hug? What- yes...?" Seungmin didn't know what to reply. Conflicted with what to reply, he just agreed.

Hyunjin then brought him into a close hug, his arms around Seungmin. Seungmin knew it would be unpleasant if he stood still, so he hugged back, gently patting Hyunjin's back as he puts his chin on Hyunjin's shoulders.

He must admit, he missed the taller. He missed the comfort he felt when they were together. The comfort like what he was feeling right now. With Hyunjin he felt safe.

"I missed you," Hyunjin muttered, still clutching into Seungmin. They remained that way for a while before Seungmin slowly backed away. "I'm sorry," Seungmin apologized, head down while he was fidgeting with his fingers. It takes so much to say two simple words.

"For what? It's not your fault if you didn't enjoy the kiss- I should apologize. You must've felt pressured that night." Didn't like the kiss? What was Hyunjin saying? "Wait, what?" Seungmin was confused. Now both of them were puzzled. "It seemed that you didn't like it, so I supposed that was why you weren't talking to me." Hyunjin explained, admitted what he thought.

Where did Hyunjin even get that? It was completely false. "What? No? I wasn't talking to you because you weren't talking to me." If they had just talked to each other, then it wouldn't have led to this miscommunication. Now both of them felt stupid. All that because of a misunderstanding?

"Here, let me prove to you that I, in fact, liked it."

Seungmin pulled Hyunjin closer to place a small peck on his cheek, but Hyunjin shifted his head, making Seungmin kiss him on the lips instead leaving the younger with crimson cheeks.

"Cute," Hyunjin thought, looking at the younger who was clearly embarrassed. "I know we said to take it slow, but-" Hyunjin was cut off when...

"Let's stop this."

"Let's stop pretending like taking it slow would make difference. Be my boyfriend, please. I want to be yours." Fuck taking it slow, Seungmin knew exactly what he wanted, and that was to be with Hyunjin.

"From now on, we're each others." Hyunjin replied. Happiness filled both of them. Finally, after denying feelings, to admitting, then taking it slow. They finally decided that they should officially be together.

"You look way too happy for someone who just received math homework." like Minho wouldn't notice Hyunjin's sudden boost of serotonin. "Hyung, guess what?" Minho could already tell what Hyunjin was going to say just by looking into his eyes.

"I knew it! Jisung, Felix, and Changbin owe me coffee!" Minho exclaimed, happy that he won the bet he made with the others.

"Stop, Mother might see us." That didn't stop Hyunjin from placing kisses on the youngers face. They have been extra affectionate and clingy with each other ever since they made it official.

"So are we all just going to ignore them?" Changbin spoke. The new made friend group was at Seungmin's house to hang out, but it seems like they had other plans.

"Enough with that, now tell us how exactly this happened," Jisung uttered while looking at the now couple. "Well, basically..." Seungmin looked at Hyunjin as they began to talk. "I totally knew something was up with both of you from the start!" Felix said, recalling the events from when they first met.

"Yeah! Funny how you said Seungmin won't like you in that way but here you are right now." Changbin laughed. Who would've thought that the nonchalant student beside Hyunjin during homeroom would turn out to be his boyfriend? He originally just wanted a friend but the universe gave him more than that.

Everything was going great with both of them and with the friend group. Hyunjin's parents were going through a divorce, but it's for the better.

Seungmin's father still can't be contacted; he basically gave up on trying since it's been months, but other than that, everything was good.