Rumours | DoShin

(VIII)

Tuesday, January 30th 2024
4:50 PM

"What you gonna do after school hyung?" Kyungmin asked his best friend, he handed him his math book back and looked at the board, waiting for his answer. Shinyu looked around the classroom for a couple of seconds, thinking of an answer that wouldn't bore the younger boy. His eyes laid on Dohoon who was talking to the boy next to him, Han Zhen.

A blush started covering his face when they looked at each other in the eyes. Embarrassed, he quickly looked away and turned back to face the board.

"I'm gonna try to ask Dohoon to hang out" He said after getting over his emotions. Kyungmin quietly laughed for a couple of seconds. He didn't want to be too loud to attract the attention of the other students or their classmates.

Kyungmin couldn't believe what he just heard. Shinyu, finally trying to talk or make a move on someone he clearly was falling in love with. Maybe, the older boy still hadn't realised his feelings, or maybe he was denying them. But whatever it was, he very clearly liked Dohoon. It didn't take an Einstein to notice that.

"Not on a date?" Kyungmin let his intrusive thoughts out, he apologized for forcing him with such a question. Shinyu simply laughed it off and shook his head.

He paused for a couple of seconds, as he was writing down the correction of the exercise they did just a couple of minutes ago.

"It's not like that" Kyungmin furrowed his brows. He thought for a couple of seconds, he was pretty sure that it meant that Shinyu was in denial. But he didn't understand why, he was out- at least to his friends. He could easily admit it to himself, there was no reason for him to pretend like his feelings didn't exist. He wasn't the worst at dealing with his emotions either.

After a couple of minutes of thinking, Kyungmin realised that it could be the fact that he didn't know Dohoon's sexuality. He could be heterosexual, meaning that things would get awkward between them.

"Well, have fun then!" Kyungmin said, already packing up his things since the bell was about to ring. But he wasn't secretive enough. The teacher saw him and forced him to get everything out. He'd have to wait for everyone in the class to leave before he could.

Shinyu playfully laughed at him, making fun of him. Kyungmin rolled his eyes and took all the items out of his bag. He eyed the clock over the board, excitedly waiting for the bell to ring.

Once it eventually rang, Shinyu took a deep breath before walking up to Dohoon who was still talking to his seatmate. The younger boy noticed him walking next to him quite close. Their hands sometimes brushed next to each other. So eventually, he bid goodbye to Hanjin and greeted the elder.

"Uh, Dohoon.." He looked around the hallway, trying his hardest not to get pushed. He rubbed the back of his neck for a second, trying to calm himself down.

"Do you want to hang out?" He asked shyly, Dohoon but his lip and thought for a couple of seconds. He tried to think if he had anything to do — after all, he didn't want to give him any false hope.

"Sure!" He said, with a smile resting on his lips. Shinyu mentally celebrated by punching the air in his mind. But he didn't do anything on the outside, he didn't want to seem like some kind of weirdo or whatever. He just simply smiled softly.

"Cool" He said, ever so slightly nodding. Dohoon and him locked eyes for a couple of seconds.

"Yeah, cool" He replied, nodding as well, not knowing why he was doing the repetitive movement. He was probably just copying what he was seeing.

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-Jude out!

02.07.24