-All Too Well-

17. 열일곱

Being the scholar student all his life, ditching classes is fairly new to Hanbin, but never once did he feel guilty for missing a day of boring classes to be with his lover in an exotic beach trip. Because when he left the car and felt the humid, cold air fluttering his Hawaiian shirt, he looked by his side and met an even sexier man, Zhang Hao in similar clothings. He felt the sudden satisfaction that the man belonged to him.

"Bin ah, where to?" Zhang Hao asked, handling the small backpack carrying his essentials. Hanbin walked ahead, took Hao's hand and lead the way. The hotel room was a solid ten minutes walk from the beach. He saw pretty good reviews of the place so he booked a spacious room with a double bed.

Both Hanbin and Zhang Hao were of the same height, maybe Hao's a centimetre taller but it looked the same. They wore identical but different colored shirts, Hanbin's a light blue one while Zhang Hao's a red one. They both wore ashy brown shorts and their shades resting on the chest pocket of the shirts. As a coincidence, both had the first two buttons undone, Hanbin's tattoo thus became visible. When they asked the receptionist to give them the key card, the lady giggled. Two hot men sharing a double bed.

Rule of thumb- if you don't get the hot man, set the hot man with another hot man. (A/N- Motto of my life :P)

They took their stuff to the room on the 3rd floor. It was a good choice because from the balcony, a portion of the ocean was visible. Leaving his backpack, Zhang Hao stood on the balcony to fill his lungs with the fresh air. Hanbin saw that, so after a few seconds, he joined his man, by taking him in a bear hug by the waist. Hao immediately held Hanbin's hands on his stomach, turning his head to get a glimpse of the younger's skin.

"This place is nice."

"Mm-hm." Hanbin sniffed Hao's neck, "With you it's nicer." Hao giggled. He ruffled Hanbin's hair with one hand and then turned his body to face the latter. Hanbin looked so freaking gorgeous with his tattoo showing! Although Hao never thought of getting one for his own, he really wanted to get the same tattoo as his boyfriend. Maybe someday, he would.

"Wanna go take a dip?" Hanbin asked, indicating the ocean. Hao agreed. He left a small peck on Hanbin's lips and then walked inside the room again. A grinning Hanbin followed him. They put on a fair amount of sunscreen, changed into normal t shirts and shorts and then left the room.

The walk on the beach was no less than heavenly. They held each other's hand, heard the sound of waves crashing on the sand and although the sun was strong, the breeze made up for it. They got lost in random conversation, watched tiny crabs hiding under tha sand as they stepped closer. Hao even picked up some shells. A while later, they stepped inside the ocean water. The sun sparkled on the waves as they went deeper.

Hanbin was the first one to splash salt water on Hao playfully. It immediately started a war of pushing and chasing each other. Under the hot sun, the water droplets on their skin glittered but the brightest were their smiles. They spent hours in the water, until their skin itched and they retracted back to the sand. They took seats side by side. So close that their thighs were touching. Hanbin intertwined his fingers with Hao's. They were both hungry, but none wanted to leave for lunch. Just being next to each other was good enough for them. They spent a few minutes in silence, just staring at the sky. Zhang Hao then looked at Hanbin, who looked back with a dimpled smile.

"Thanks for coming with me." Hao said. Hanbin's smile widened. He slowly leaned to kiss his boyfriend. Hao met him midway. Their lips pulled each other for a brief period until they broke into shy giggles.

They could have gone rogue and make out on the beach, but they had the entire night and both of them loaded important stuff in their bags so there was no rush at all! They focused on the other aspect of romance therefore, to feel the company of each other in such a beautiful place.