Not Just Fan Service

stage 34: explanation

So this is a gigantic chapter, I hope you enjoy
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★·.·'𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎'·.·★

It was a simple start, really. Although Minho hadn't actually seen Jisung on the day that the younger one had seen him. That day, on the fifth floor, Jisung said that he'd seen the older and  asked Jeongin and Seungmin who he was. It was when Chan was introducing him to the rest of the team. And even though Jisung was glaring at him, Minho still managed to find the younger one so incredibly and undeniably enchanting. And when he learned why it was that Jisung had been staring at him, he only managed to find the younger one to be even more endearing.

During the survival show, minho found himself admiring almost every small thing that jisung dod. The way he performed for JYP. For the camera. The way he interacted with everyone. Minho remembered the way his heart had jumped when Jisung had rested against him after only knowing him for a few months. And remembered how his heart jumped again when he held Jisung's hand since he was nervous and how Jisung held his hand becauce he was too.

Minho still remembered his elimination quite vividly. Not necissarily the moment itself because the second the words left JYP's mouth, everything became a blur, but afterwards as Minho was on his way out of the dorm to go home, Jisung stopped him, almost in tears himself, "Chan talked to you, right? Said you can always call him if you need to?"

Minho nodded and kept his head down, he couldn't look at the younger in such a state. It almost crushed him. Jisung continued to speak, "you can call me, too, okay?"

"Yeah," Minho whispered.

Jisung hugged the older who immediately dropped things from his hands to hug the younger back. And then Jisung said, "I love you, okay?"

The older male was really fighting tears then, "you should head back to the team, you guys have an early schedule tomorrow."

Jisung nodded and let the older go, watching Minho pick up his things once more and leave the dorm, not knowing that the second he was out of the youngers sight, tears started falling down his face. He was upset about a lot, but at the time he was crying because he was worried that'd had been the last time he'd be able to see Jisung in person. Maybe the last time he'd be able to speak to him.

So when he and Felix were brought back for a talk with JYP, and were given a second chance, Minho was elated. He was happy he was able to be with the team again. To make Chan proud. To stay with Jisung.

He also had, of course, known how close Felix and Jisung were, so he was also excited to see them unite. And when he saw he saw the way everyone lit up upon seeing them return, and saw the way Jisung lit up upon seeing them, his heart, once again, soared.

Minho remembered the day JYP said they'd be debuting as a full team with himself and Felix included. How good it felt to hug Jisung afterwards. Because he'd done it. He hadn't failed like he once thought. He'd get to stay with the people he loved to be around. He'd get to stay with the person he was so sure was his soulmate.

Minho remembered the time between the survival show and their official debut. When the group had some fansigns and Minho would play around with Jisung. When the younger would act all cute and Minho would do something for him and then his reaction would be even cuter. Like when they were walking around in the city and Jisung's hands were cold.

Simple moments that made Minho's heart jump. His first live, when Jisung fixed his hair and he was worried Jisung would be able to see through him and see the way he was feeling a little flustered so he played it off in the only way he knew how; he leaned closer, pretending to go in for a kiss. And then they laughed about it like Minho wouldn't have actually kissed him had Jisung let him. Had they not been on camera.