Skeptical

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"Is it really that weird?" Matthew thought to himself as he scrolled through Twitter. They had a fansign earlier that day, and one of the posts that caught his attention was how he answered one of his fans' questions. How Matthew described Gunwook's tease, which he found endearing, but the responses on the tweet made him question it a little.

@chryku - I just opened the app ??
@zerosearmy - Fellas is it gay to "touch and hug him then they will stare at each other's lips and start laughing when their eyes met" with your homie?
@gyuvinswife - ?? THE TMI IS INSANE.

The replies continued in the same vein, and Matthew even read one aloud in english. "what in the homosexual activites... oh!" That's when he realized his filtered mouth hadn't saved him this time. Matthew moaned and collapsed into his bed until someone entered. "Hyung, what's going on?" Gunwook walked in - just the person he expected! (not) Matthew was about to explain when he realized what he was about to say. He blushed unknowingly and covered his face with his pillow. "Nothing, really... why?" He mumbled, and that was his first mistake, continuing the conversation.

"No, it just sounded like you noticed something, what were you looking at?" Gunwook was either very curious or teasing Matthew, and Matthew was having none of it today. "No, seriously, it's nothing," Matthew said as he sat up, gazing straight at Gunwook and trying to remain calm. If he could believe in his own words then why can't the younger? Gyuvin walked in just as Gunwook was about to drop it, adding fuel to the fire. "Mashu syak, even I heard it - come on, tell us what you saw," curse you Gyuvin, Matthew muttered to himself as the taller one approached and sat close to the shorter, his arm resting on the latter's shoulder. Gunwook joined them in the bed and wrapped his arms around Matthew's waist, giving him the same puppy eye look as Gyuvin, so the best solution Matthew could think of was to remain silent and close his eyes. If he can't see them, then they're not there - yet another mistake made by the older.

Gyuvin and Gunwook exchanged a silent agreement as they grinned over Matthew's head. Before Matthew could catch up to what was going on, Gyuvin began counting to three before dragging Matthew down onto the bed, Gunwook holding both of Matthew's arms over his head and Gyuvin tickling him on the sides. Matthew was laughing so hard that the other two couldn't help but smile at their adorable hyung., "Baby~ we will let you go if you tell us what you saw." "Yeah, you heard Gunwook, tell us what happened aegi~" Matthew would've scoffed at them for calling him baby, but he was laughing so hard he thought he was going to die, and honestly, he'd rather do that than tell them what was on his mind. What was he supposed to say, that their fans believe their teasing is more than just friends having fun, and that he was beginning to doubt his own feelings? Yeah right, over his dead body. But, as if the Gods felt sorry for him and heard his prayers, Hanbin came to his aid. "You better stop now, or Matthew will die." Hanbin laughed as he watched at what was going on. Gyuvin came to a stop allowing Matthew to take a breather, but Gunwook clung to the older man's arms tightly. "Gunwook, can you-" Matthew came to a halt when he noticed Gunwook's gaze on him. Matthew couldn't help but notice the younger's features as he stared back, unknowingly to him, he couldn't stop smiling because of how cute Gunwook is but also handsome at the same time, but then the tweet from earlier came back to him, causing him to lose his smile, which Gunwook noticed. "Hyung, you don't have to tell us what's bothering you, but I hope you know you can rely on us, that you can tell me anything, alright?" Gunwook whispered back which Matthew grinned at. He proceeded to look at Hanbin, who was busy with Gyuvin, so Matthew returned his gaze to the younger and gave him his signature smile as he whispered back. "I love you, thanks... now please let go of me" which Gunwook laughed at but obeyed, assisting the shorter into a sitting position. Before they headed to lunch with the other members, Matthew made sure to thank Hanbin for earlier, which Hanbin laughed at, taking the younger's hand in his as they exited the bedroom. Matthew was just going to ignore it for the time being and enjoy his time with his members.