SNOWMAN || Yeonbin

XXV

That night after returning from the bar  Yeonjun impatiently waited for Minho. When Minho returned Yeonjun never stopped interrogating him with all  those unsolved  questions which he's the complete right to know the answers of.
And strangely Minho didn't lie. He admitted everything. He gave runner to Yeonjun's suspicions.
He also admitted by himself that two months ago during Yeonjun's birthday he went to a club with his work friends and there he met hyunjin.
They had a progressive amount of conversation and he spilled everything about Yeonjun to him. And hyunjin only suggested Minho to get over him and count Yeonjun as a totally different person without somehow associating him with hyunjin. And that's the only reason for him to once again start treating Yeonjun right.

That day- before starting the basketball match hyunjin confessed before everyone that he and Minho were dating which resulted to create a havoc among groups. Minho used to be David's biggest competitor so coming to know that Minho was homosexual he used it as his strength and Minho's weakness. The all boys school they went  to considered homosexuality as a punishable crime .  And Minho couldn't let down his reputation so he infront of everyone he  called hyunjin a liar and insulted him as a result the principal called hyunjin's parents and hyunjin himself decided to leave the school because there was  no way he could've survived there getting all those homophobic slurs . Since then he hated Minho and never contacted him ever again.
Minho cleared everything to Yeonjun. After almost two years of their relationship Yeonjun finally came to know the bitter relationship between Minho and David.
The   small world they created around them was now captured through a haze of melancholy, colors muted and distance.

"Oh so that's why after we started to date you never allowed me to go to David for acids ? Because he could've removed the curtain off your lies ?" Yeonjun looks at him with his downcast eyes and  slumped shoulders.

"No that's not the case Yeonjun. I just didn't want you to associate with that rascal anymore. " Minho's  voice reflects his  inner turmoil and those words sounded like an unresolved conflict .

"You're a compulsive liar Minho."

And Minho couldn't protest anymore. He was completely defeated. He himself knows that the feelings he has for Yeonjun is just the feelings he had for his first love which he projected on Yeonjun forcefully to cope. It wasn't the feeling he's for the person Yeonjun. Yeonjun has no separate entity...he was just a subsidiary of his fist love.

So that night Yeonjun packs his bags and heads out of the house without thinking of any place to doss at. His destination was unknown yet he leaves. He couldn't be in a  relationship where he has no entity. And Minho who was undoubtedly guilty didn't have the courage to
intercept him . Their paths were now dispersed.

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Snowflakes  were gently falling from the sky, creating a soft blanket of white that muffles all sounds.  The pictures was  serene and tranquil . The landscape was transformed into a winter wonderland, with trees adorned in frost and the ground shimmering under the moonlight. The air was crisp and cold, with each breath forming a mist in the stillness. The night sky was clear, allowing the moon and stars to twinkle like diamonds against the snowy backdrop. It's a scene of quiet beauty and peaceful solitude.
Yet Yeonjun could only feel numbness. For him It was cold, only  cold without all those cinematic descriptions.Minho left his  hand in that chilly night . Yet he searched for the other's hand far and wide in a hope that his boyfriend will comeback for him, but he  inflicted him, abandoned him .

In  deep inside yeonjun knows there was nothing left to start, flurries of snowflakes was resembling a broken heart . Yeonjun continues walking looking at that vast sky and when he was about to trip he  sees a approaching hand and he quickly grabs it without looking at the owner's face . After standing up with the support of the stranger he finally looks at his saviour.

"Soobin ?"
the air suddenly feels more icy and biting, chilling everything it touches.

"Why're you outside? It's so cold and you're turning red. " Soobin completely ignores the greetings session .

Yeonjun doesn't answers, what even he has to answer? So he questions him back "what about you ? Why are you outside?"

"This." Soobin shows him the plastic bag of groceries he's holding.

"I've no specific reason for being outside. I just don't have anywhere to go . Taehyun's in the States enjoying his vacation and -"

"You can stay at my place." Soobin already understood something is off by seeing the large bag Yeonjun's carrying on his shoulder , and he also knows he cannot violate his authorities by asking the reason. Yeonjun's already hesitating and he cannot make him feel embarrassed. That's where he draws the line.

"Really? Thanks. I could've gone to my home my but my mom now has a boyfriend and he probably won't like me . For him she also sent my grandma to old home. " Yeonjun says  with a forlorn look on his face. He was so ashamed of himself for agreeing to stay over his ex's house but his fragile ego or boundaries wouldn't coordinate with the unadjustable cold.

"No worries. You can stay at my place till you find a better place. "
Nobody dares to speak a single word after.  Just Yeonjun following Soobin's lead when the wind howls like a mournful symphony, causing shivers to run down his spine. The darkness seems to deepen as the temperature drops, making every breath visible in the frosty air. The world is hushed, just like Yeonjun's inner self_ wrapped in a cloak of frigidity that seeps into both of their bones  leaving them  longing for warmth or maybe an urge to be each other's comfort. But can they cross the boundaries? The cold seems to have a life of its own, enveloping everything in its frozen embrace.

                             ๑⁠˙⁠❥⁠˙⁠๑

A/N: could you tell that I wanted to complete this story with in twenty chapters ? But here we're...