jumil/jujae : drink it.

twenty four : one of many hearts.

juyeon woke up in the middle of the night, drenched in sweat. he had a weird dream. something about his parents, one he isn't able to remember all that much. he looks over to his side only to find the place hyunjae should've been in, empty. he shots up from his bed, confused. he looks around the room, wondering if he's just hallucinating in his half-awakened state, but quickly realizes that isn't the case. he stretches over to the nightstand to grab his phone, about to call his boyfriend and find out where the hell he had gone off too at 3 am in the morning. he was about to dial the contact when he saw he had a notification from hyunjae himself. his eyebrows furrowed as he read the message.

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hyunjae <3
hi, juyeon. first off, don't freak out. i am safe. i am sorry i left you alone in my room, my parents have been picking on me the entire time i was in that house for no apparent reason, and i am sure you felt it too. they're like high school bullies, aren't they? haha. i felt suffocated in that house, so i came for a walk. i am near the lake, sitting on a patch of grass. i won't do anything stupid, don't worry. i am not cold, i have a jacket with me. i don't know if you'll wake up in the middle of the night and see this, but i suppose it'll be better if you don't. i don't like making you worry about me, lol. also I JUST SAW A FISH DJOREHFIURE

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juyeon felt slightly relieved after he read the message, but not to the full extent. he was already fully awake and decided to go join hyunjae. he assumed hyunjae wouldn't mind him joining if he wrote the address to where he was in the text. he grabbed a jacket and a small water bottle, incase one of them get thirsty. he gets out of the house and walks through the roads, trying to recall where the lake was, he remembers hyunjae showing it to him today and juyeon exclaiming how pretty it was. after around 3 minutes of walking, he found it. he also found hyunjae, sitting on a patch of grass just above the end of the body of water.

"hyunjae."

he turned around and greeted juyeon.

"you saw my text, didn't you? i didn't expect you to come. why are you awake, anyways?"

"i had a bad dream, my mom was holding me down as my father was trying to light me up on fire." juyeon says, casually. taking  a seat next to his boyfriend. "juyeon, that is not a thing you should be speaking this casually about." hyunjae frowns. juyeon shrugs in response.

"do you remember? it feels like our first date." hyunjae smiles.

"remember you were scared of the water?" juyeon teases. he recalls the moment they sat at the lake near juyeon's workplace, hyunjae feeling too scared to dip his feet into the ice cold water. hyunjae laughs.

"what did you see in me? at the bar, i mean." juyeon asks, he wanted to know. he would've never thought someone could see him as something more other than a measly bartender. he himself was kinda surprised as to how he managed to pull a man as good looking as hyunjae. juyeon was really not aware of how strikingly attractive he actually is, he often got stared at, but he assumed it was just for other reasons. no one ever came up to him to comment on his face anyways, so he thought he was probably just average looking.

"i fell for the face, i'll be honest." hyunjae says. hyunjae has always been an honest man to everyone but his parents. he couldn't lie even if he wanted too. juyeon laughs, hearing this. he did not expect the answer to be what it was. "what about you, mister? you were the one who gave me your number in the first place!"

"i fell for the face too. i mean come on hyunjae, look at yourself. you're gorgeous. i know you will never admit it yourself because of how insecure you are, but almost every one of my co-workers, including the guys, all stopped their work for a moment just to stare at you."

"wait, really?"

"yeah, i am not one who gets impressed by looks. frankly speaking, i don't care. i don't think there are people who are ugly or people who are good looking, it's just about how we view them based on the stupid beauty standards set by the society. you just had a face that i liked, that's it."

"i gotta say though, for someone who has had almost zero social interaction for your entire life, you flirt pretty well, juyeon."

"wait, are you for real? i thought i didn't have game."

"you do, if that's what your worried about." hyunjae smiles. juyeon reciprocates the gesture.

the breeze passes by them as both men take a deep breath, worrying about their own concerns. there is something in the air that makes them feel a bit lightheaded, almost a bit unreal, it's like when your vision is blurred and you can't see anything besides your own arms and legs. they were both mentally exhausted by that point and wanted nothing more than to just rest. the males wished they would forget about school, work and their families and just enjoy each other's presence in a garden full of beautiful flowers with a warm and comforting smell, but alas, that is not possible.

"hyunjae, you know i was really jealous of that classmates of yours, kyungjun. i remember you telling me about him and how you guys had a project together and i was fuming with jealousy. it was so obvious he had a crush on you and you didn't even notice."

"kyungjun? when was this?"

"when we first started dating, a month in maybe."

"yeah, he is barely a friend. i don't even have his number. i knew he liked me and used that to my advantages and made him do most of the work. poor guy, didn't even question it." hyunjae confesses. that was not a very nice thing for him to do and he acknowledges it.

"should we head back? it's almost sunrise."

"you're right, we probably should."

they start walking back towards the house, holding hands and chit chatting. "man, i miss younghoon and chanhee. it's never a boring day when they are around." juyeon whines. "hey, they're my friends! and are you trying to indirectly tell me i am boring?" hyunjae shouts, dramatically putting a hand to his chest, as if to mimic the action of his heart breaking. juyeon rolls his eyes.

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hyunjae
yo younghoon
not to sound weird or anything
but i kinda miss u lmao

younghoon
who are you
what have you done to hyunjae???

hyunjae
ykw i take that back