in dreams

chapter six - kisses

the bathroom door swung open and shut as people came in and out, allowing a moment of the bass heavy music to come in and distract jisung every time.

"ji!" jisung snapped his head back to look at hyunjin.

"sorry!" he went back to applying copious amounts of glitter onto hyunjin's eyes.

"i can just do it, ji. you're taking so long."

"noo," jisung swatted hyunjin's hand away when he reached up for the palette in his hand. "there's a vision in my head, and you will not execute it as well as me."

"we are wasting the whole night in here! actually on second thought, take your time, so i don't have to go out there." the second they got into the club, the two boys beelined it for the bathroom. just from the brief time he spent walking from the entrance to the bathroom, he was ready to be done. to be honest, hyunjin didn't want to admit it, but he was still itching to go dance like he used to.

"we've only been in here for like ten minutes. calm down, pretty boy," jisung grabbed hyunjin's face, squishing his cheeks together. "open your eyes~" hyunjin batted his eyes dramatically before leaving them open for jisung to tightline them. once he was done, jisung made him close his eyes before positioning him in front of the bathroom mirror.

"careful covering my eyes, jisung. imagine you mess up your hard work and we have to start all over again." hyunjin teased jisung when he felt jisung's hand go over his eyes.

"ready to see?" hyunjin nodded gently, and jisung started counting.. "okay, one, two.. three!" jisung pulled back his hands, uncovering hyunjin's face that he'd been drawing on.

"woah." hyunjin knew jisung was good at makeup, but he didn't expect to see himself look the way he did. his complexion looked so much more alive. his already nice lips were painted in a reddish pink like he just kissed someone. but most of all his eyes changed his entire aura. his eyes were darkened with black shadow, but the white and silver glitter made them shine. he looked powerful. he looked hot.

"patience is a virtue." jisung said simply, trying to hold back his smile in the mirror.

"i look.. unreal."

"eyes don't lie," jisung squeezed his arm before reaching further down to grab his hand. "let's go. tonight's gonna be the night of your life. up until this point at least.." jisung grinned wildly at him before they stepped out of the bathroom together.

the music immediately took over hyunjin's head. all he heard was the melodic voices of the music being blasted everywhere around him. the bass overtook his heartbeat, detaching him from any worries he had earlier.

"hyung!" jeongin appeared in front of hyunjin holding a glass in one hand and bringing the other to embrace the elder. "i was wondering where you and jisung hyung were when i saw minho hyung get here!" hyunjin hugged him back and ruffled his hair without even thinking.

"hey, baby." hyunjin smiled down to his little baby who had evidently grown up without him realizing.

"HYUNJIN!" hyunjin's face broke out into a huge smile when he saw who called him.

"YOHH, CHANGBIN AH!" hyunjin squeezed his arms in awe after hugging him. "damn, you get bigger every time i see you."

"i like it when you compliment me." changbin flirted back and handed him a drink.

"what's this?" hyunjin took the glass, examining its contents.

"alcohol." minho butted in plainly. hyunjin looked up and saw him smiling crookedly.

"min." jisung nudged him gently, and hyunjin laughed. they were cute.

hyunjin knocked back whatever was in the glass quickly and easily, feeling it burn smoothly on the way down. the group hooted around him, and he felt like he was on top of the world.