↱SACCHARINE↲ ⇾woojoong⇽

busan

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It was odd packing with Wooyoung by his side.

The last time they had done this they were strangers, complete fools who had pulled at one another without the slightest inkling whether the other would actually follow along.

They had met up after lunchtime with stained cheeks and appeasing eyes, lips possessed with the kind of love sick smiles that often left an ache they couldn't complain about.

Hongjoong supposed not much had changed since then.

Now they were leaving Wooyoung's apartment mid afternoon, shoulders brushing with every step as they walked in pace to catch their train to Busan.

They were carrying one bag this time instead of two, and it made Hongjoong feel warm inside to know that their mixed belongings didn't matter all that much, especially when he was sure Wooyoung would be asking permission to borrow his clothes before too long.

"I managed to get us two seats in the back." Wooyoung grinned, looking over at Hongjoong briefly before grabbing his arm and pulling him along.

"Don't get distracted, Hongjoongie. It's only a train station."

"I've never been to a train station." Hongjoong defended around a soft breath, unsure whether to laugh or grimace.

He didn't bother looking at Wooyoung until they found their seats, but when Wooyoung's hand left his arm his head turned instantly, eyes wide and curious even as he watched the other man tickle the underside of his chin.

"Nothing too exciting, yeah?" He asked, voice unbelievably gentle and adoring when paired with his warming expression.

He rubbed lightly at Hongjoong's knee, trying to brush away anything troublesome without even knowing what was wrong.

"You haven't been missing much. I usually don't even like to travel this way. San comes with me most of the time. I don't like going alone."

Wooyoung talked for most of the way there, letting Hongjoong's mind listen in on the waves of his voice rather than the crevices of his own skull.

He talked about Seonghwa and the employment changes that had happened at the cafe since Hongjoong had quit.

Woo insisted that he stayed out of the older man's way and let him take on his new job as the owner with ease, but sometimes Hongjoong would meet him after work and notice Seonghwa watching Wooyoung with an almost amusing amount of focus, ensuring himself that the sun kissed boy was real.

A strange mix between a man and a child that laughed with melody rather than chaos, and knew how to make people smile.

He told Hongjoong about his morning with San, and how San had woken him up with the flash of a camera that had caught Wooyoung open mouthed and drooling all over his pillow, shirt bunched against his chest with his eyes covered in tuffles of sandy hair.

Wooyoung had proceeded to chase San around the apartment in his underwear, but the older roommate had made the mistake of not getting dressed before playing out his devilish skeem, and Wooyoung had pantsed him right there in the middle of their living room.