No time to waste (on another pretty face) | SUNSUN 𐙚

~Ch:19~

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How long could a human being go without blinking? Sunoo felt like he was about to find out.

“-not gonna lie, I was kinda confused at first when I saw this in my mailbox because who even mails letters anymore? I thought a family of rats had taken over the thing because I barely used it and was scared of opening it because I can’t get rabies again- !”

Sunghoon was going on and on, but Sunoo barely registered a word coming out of the alpha’s shapely lips. Instead, his gaze was hyper focused on the letter waving around in Sunghoon’s grip as he spoke, the shiny stickers catching the light

“-and I finally got the courage to open it after I put on some gloves but there weren’t any rats there, which was a shame because I had put some cheese strings in my pocket to distract them. So, now I was just the weirdo wearing gloves inside and smelling like cheese for no reason- .”

If Sunoo moved fast, he could smack Sunghoon on the head to stun him and then grab the letter and run.

“-So, after I ate the cheese myself and got the letter out of the box and brought it back to my room. I had to, since the guys who live here are so nosey! They steal your coupons and read your shit over your shoulder and- .”

Sunoo’s eyes were so dry, he kind of wished he was a lizard so he could lick them for lubrication. But he couldn’t blink, not wanting to take his eyes off the letter for even one second. If Sunghoon could keep blabbering on then maybe Sunoo would have enough time to- .

“-then I took the letter home and read it.” Sunghoon finished abruptly. He was still smiling obliviously in the face of danger, like Jake hitting on an omega who had a taser in his pocket.

A fitting metaphor, since Sunoo was so on edge his entire body felt like a live wire.

It also kind of made him want a taser, to stun Sunghoon into forgetting their entire friendship had ever happened so Sunoo could start over and do things right this time.

“You…read…the…letter…?” Sunoo forced himself to blink between every word because he didn’t want to scare Sunghoon any further. Surely, violent blinking on command made someone look normal right?

It felt like a trap door had opened in Sunoo’s stomach and his heart had fallen out. If he looked down, there was probably a crater in the floor with how hard his heart had dropped.

“I did.” At least Sunghoon had the decency to look apologetic.

To his horror, Sunoo felt tears well up in his eyes.

Fuck!

In terms of body fluids that could have exited Sunoo at the moment, tears were near the bottom. The only way it could have been worse was if Sunoo had pissed his pants. Or thrown up on Sunghoon. Or if he had- .

Okay, maybe tears weren’t so bad. Hey, maybe Sunghoon had a fetish for that!

“I’m s-sorry!” Sunoo blurted out, trying to cover his face and frantically wipe his eyes at the same time. He was just jamming his thumbs into his sockets and praying his palms were big enough to hide his blotchy cheeks from view.

“Woah, hey! Sunoo, don’t cry!”

“Y-you weren’t supposed to read that letter!” Sunoo blubbered, shoulders trembling as he backed himself into a corner against the wall.

Sunoo felt like he was trying to suffocate himself with his own hands, sniffling into his palms and trying to shove his tears and snot back into body. He couldn’t see Sunghoon but he hoped the alpha had turned around to give him some privacy…