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23 - I Don't Understand But I Love You

•Serenity HQ•

Seungkwan and Vernon were busy with their work, as always. But the dynamics between them had worsened after their last confrontation.

Seungkwan wasn't talking to Vernon, of course. They were avoiding each other at all costs. The only difference was that Seungkwan was literally avoiding Vernon while Vernon was finding ways to apologise to him.

"I'm ordering coffee, do you want some?" Vernon asked, as politely as he could.

"One iced americano." Seungkwan replied without looking at him.

This. This was what Vernon was hating with all his might. Seungkwan was neither talking to him like he was talking to everybody else nor he was treating him with ignorance. Short, to the point replies and he would be done for the day.

Vernon would have not cared about it, probably but he knew that this bitterness was the outcome of his very own fault so of course he had to make it right.

"You haven't fixed the border lines accurately." Vernon intentionally pointed out a wrong mistake, "On the large scale, the two lines are not overlapping. You need to fix the code."

Seungkwan looked at Vernon's laptop. Without saying a word, he fixed the fault which wasn't even a fault at the first place.

Vernon was expecting Seungkwan to at least give him a pathetic glare but all he received was the former's silence. No sarcastic comments, no boring holes into his soul, all Seungkwan offered was cold treatment.

And what frustrated him more was the fact that he had already kissed Seungkwan and he didn't even know. Great.

Seungkwan stood up to get some files from the shelf. He returned as he placed them on the table but his leg stumbled against the chair. Fortunately, Vernon was quick to catch him as his hands wrapped around Seungkwan's waist.

Even if you don't understand, you can understand
The language barrier is just a bubble
You know me too, don't believe me

And it was when Seungkwan's wide eyes met Vernon's guilty ones.

Seungkwan quickly cleared his throat as he backed away, "I'm sorry."

"Seungkwan why are you behaving like this?" Vernon stood up, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry for whatever I've done and said previously. Can't we just get back to normal?"

"Normal?" Seungkwan scrunched his brows, "What do you mean by that?"

"Just talk to me like you talk to everybody else." Vernon's voice softened.

"You hate that." Seungkwan chuckled bitterly, "I don't want to make you uncomfortable with my nonsense."

"That's what I'm saying, I'm sorry for all of it. I didn't realise that my words were coming out to be that harsh." Vernon stated, "This is the first and last time Seungkwan, just forgive me once."

"It's fine Vernon, you don't need to pretend." Seungkwan scoffed, "I'm not upset. I'm doing what suits you better. If you don't like talking to me, it's not your problem. I should stay quiet and speak less around you."

"There's nothing-"

"Stop, please. I don't want to discuss it anymore, it's of no use." Seungkwan sat down.

Vernon took his seat as well. His first attempt to apologise had clearly failed. Now he was back to where he had started from, zero progress.

With the growing waveform of emotions
You know there are more important things between us than words