Painful Secrets

Chapter 23

"Seungmin, I swear I heard him say 'I love you'. Seungmin, Jeongin said he loves me. Jeongin loves me."

"Woah, woah, calm down." Seungmin said, placing his hands on the shorter's shoulders. "You're even worse than a teenage girl who just got accepted by her crush."

"I'm so...... I mean, not even words can describe how I'm feeling right now. But, what do I do now?"

"You dumb bitch, go tell him you love him too!"

"For real?"

"Hell, yeah. What do you think will happen? Jeongin will magically come out of nowhere and say that he loves you hoping you'll ask him to be his boyfriend like those silly teenage girls in kdramas who think their crush will fall in love with them when they just say 'I love you'?"

Minho frowned.

"They are always hopeless. Trust me. And they always get rejected."

"So I should tell Jeongin how I feel?"

"YES!"

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Minho dried his wet hair as he stepped out of his bathroom. He took the towel around his waist off as he dressed himself in his usual black night suit.

It was night, yes, and as Seungmin told him, Jeongin was downstairs in the kitchen washing dishes, alone.

"Well, here goes everything."

Minho walked out of his room making his way downstairs to the kitchen.

And as Seungmin said, Jeongin was there washing dishes by himself.

Jeongin was wearing the usual white sweats and shirts that were way too big for him since they were Seungmin's.

Usually, Seungmin would help him so it would've been confusing for the younger that Seungmin just left him by himself.

Minho waited patiently for Jeongin as he put the last of the dishes before drying his hands.

Jeongin turned and looked shook when he saw Minho standing there, just looking at him but he brushed it off with a smile. "Hello, hyung."

Minho snapped out of thoughts before clearing his throat. "Hey"

"Do you need anything?"

"I just need to ask you something."

"Really? What is it?"

"Do you love me?" Smooth, Minho. Real smooth.

Jeongin's smile faded quickly and he looked at Minho as though the elder had just slapped him. "Huh?"

Minho took a deep breath. "Do you love me, Jeongin?"

Jeongin stared at Minho before lowering his eyes, staring at the floor. "I gotta go."

Jeongin attempted to walk away from the awkward situation but Minho stopped him by grabbing onto his arm, gently. He softly pinned Jeongin to the wall.

He placed his hands on either side of the wall, caging Jeongin in his arms.

"Don't run away from me. I'm just trying to clear the air."

Minho moved his hands towards Jeongin's cheek to stroke it but felt his heart break into small pieces when the younger flinched.

This was probably the reason why Seungmin never forced Jeongin to do anything. Jeongin gets scared easily.

"Jeongin-ah." Minho said, his voice gentle and calm. "I'm not going to hurt you. I would never hurt you."

Minho lowered his hand. "I just wanted to know about something that happened last night when you were drunk."

Now, Jeongin looked worried. "Why? Did I do something wrong?"

Minho shook his head. "No, It's just that... You said that you love me. Is that .... true?"

"I said that?"

Minho nodded.

"I'm sorry, hyung. I don't remember." Jeongin said, looking at Minho who's eyes were full of sadness and despair. "But even if I did, if I had to be honest, I meant it.'

Immediately, a ray of hope shone through Minho's mind.

"What?"

"I meant it, hyung. I do love you."

The moments felt so unreal. It was as if Minho's wildest dreams were coming true in just one second.

"It's okay if you don't feel the same-"

"Are you kidding me?" Minho cut off Jeongin. "Jeongin, I do feel the same way. I do like- No, I do love you."

"Hyung-"

Minho cut him off again with a soft gentle kiss, feeling the younger melt under him.

Minho finally gets to have his hands on Jeongin's petite waist. It was so soft and fit perfectly in his hands.

This felt even better than a dream.

He deepened the kiss as he felt Jeongin wrap his arms around the older's neck.

They pulled away after a few minutes, staring at each other, Minho's hands on Jeongin's waist and Jeongin's hands on Minho's shoulders.

"Jeongin-ah, I loved you the second I laid my eyes on you. That's why I couldn't have the courage to kill you back in the alley. I love everything about you. I love you more than anything."

"I love you too, hyung. I love you as much as you love me."

Minho smiled as he kissed Jeongin's cheek.

And, finally, after months of waiting, Jeongin was his.

Jeongin was Minho's.

The end

I was just kidding, we are not done yet. We still got a long way to go. I don't want to leave Hyunlix hanging. And btw, the next chapters gonna have smut. So, be prepared.

I hope you like the chapter. Bye.

~Author~