𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇

#.. THIRTEEN

"your dad?" seungmin asked with a sigh when he saw the purple bruise on gunil's cheekbone.

the elder just nodded, silently throwing his skateboard on the floor before jumping on it. together they skated to their usual favorite place.

gunil called seungmin before, saying that he wants to meet up without any further context. apparently it was because of his father, hence the bruise.

seungmin stole a few glances towards his friend, he looked like he was on the verge of crying. it was clear what kind of talk they'd have.

the moon was shining up in the sky, the stars not visible due to the light pollution. their night meetings often contained them ranting to each other, one of them ending up in the arms of the other, crying.

but before that, they drove by a gas station. "you don't have money with you, right?" seungmin asked, brushing through his hair as gunil shook his head.

and they silently agreed on their little "game". gunil was the first one to walk inside while seungmin waited in front of the gas station, pretending to be in the call with someone.

"um, excuse me?" gunil addressed the middle aged employee, who was just sitting behind the counter, barely even looking up as the teen approached him.

"could you please help? the toilet it clogged." mumbling something incoherent, the man stood up and followed gunil to the bathroom, which was at the back of the gas station.

seungmin used that time to walk inside, hiding two cans of coke, a pack of cigarettes, a lighter and a bag of gummy bears in his bag.

this trick always worked. especially because that exact gas station did not have an alarm. so they always successfully stole their stock.

except for this time. as seungmin walked out,  a loud alarm suddenly started ringing, he shrugged in shock. and immediately panicked.

gunil, who was watching the man trying to unclog the toilet (which was always clogged, gunil didn't even have to check whether it was), froze at the sudden alarm.

the employee stood up, suddenly alerted as he stormed out the bathroom. gunil saw seungmin running away, his feet itching to run, too.

before the man could notice seungmin, gunil pointed towards the other direction. "there!" right when the man turned around, gunil started running, too.

the deep voice of the man was echoing through the night, yet neither gunil nor seungmin heard him, the adrenaline ringing in their ears being the only things they heard.

though they both split ways, they found each other at the entrance of the abandoned building, panting and gasping for air while laughing.

"we gotta find a new gas station.."

[...]

the light of their two lit cigarettes was the only bright spark in the dark night.

sitting on the rooftop, they let their legs swing freely above the abyss, looking up to the sky as they analysed the moon.

holding the cigarette between his fingers, gunil puffed out the smoke before he started talking about he reason why he even called seungmin.

"i outed myself" he just admitted without context, looking at seungmin through narrowed eyes.

the boy needed some moments to realise what just happened, his jaw dropping. "wait, really? you really have some balls man!"

gunil nodded, his injured cheek twitching as he tried to grin. "yeah. i was in a i don't give a fuck mood so i- i don't know- i just did it... well, i'd be dead if i didn't manage to lock myself in my room but- yeah, now i'm out."

seungmin took a last drag from his cigarette before smudging it on the concrete of the building, looking back at gunil. "but congrats, man, your father won't be that mad now the moment you bring jiseok home"

that statement made gunil chuckle. "oh, i'm trying to forget jiseok... you know, i feel like that's the best way to cope with what happened.."

seungmin just sighed, not knowing what to say. he knew that jiseok loved the elder, jungus literally told him that, but gunil would not believe him.

so he stayed quiet, looking back at the moon again. then gunil had an idea.

"that'll sound hella gay but.. don't know, can we- like- kiss? maybe i'll get over him that way.."

seungmin laughed. "if you kiss me, you'll fall for me." yet as he spoke, he sat up, shimmying closer to gunil.

they've often kissed before, just for fun and just because they can. if seungmin remembered correctly, gunil even was his first kiss.

gunil just laughed back, cupping seungmin's cheeks before pulling him closer, clashing their lips together in a searing kiss.

the younger didn't even hesitate, putting his hand on gunil's cheek as the kiss deepened in a matter of seconds.

gunil's mouth tasted like the cigarette he smoked and the coke he drunk before, their tongues rubbing on one another and enjoying the other like it was the person they loved.

though unfortunately, gunil and seungmin each loved someone else.

parting each other again threw gunil back to reality. his eyes needed some seconds to gain focus as he opened them again, the smirk on seungmin's lips sending shivers down his spine.

seungmin laughed at the reaction. "dude, you're kissing like you're starving, that's hot."

and they both started laughing, completely forgetting about the time.