sweet cherry

fourteen

"and then you have to-"

jisungs phone started ringing.
he took it and looked who was calling, a little surprised to see that it was minho.

"wait, let me answer this."
jisung said and jeongin nodded.

"hello?"

"jisung? hi. I need to tell you something."

"mhm."

"I will be stuck at work for longer today. there is a problem that we have to solve. it could be just a hour, or I could be returning at midnight, I don't know. I won't be able to pick you up today, I'm sorry."

"oh, that's okay, don't worry."

"I looked up a bus that you can take home. there are more options, but I circled the best ones. the bus station you will be getting off is like five, eight minutes at most from our house, and you will be passing it on your way there, so you shouldn't get lost. I will send you all of the buses, and you can check which one you will take. I'm really sorry that I can't pick you up."

Jisung chuckled.
"don't worry, it's not that big of a deal. thank you for looking up the buses for me."

"of course. it will be only one time thing. also if I wasn't home by dinner, there should be some leftover pasta from yesterday in the fridge, but if it won't be enough, I have a card in my nightstand drawer. order some delicious food for yourself, so you can go to sleep with a full stomach."

"I...thank you so much. really. I appreciate that."

"mhm. I have to go so we have it solved out as soon as possible. I don't know if you will be able to reach out to me for the rest of the day, so don't wait for me. also please give food to the cats if I won't be back until eight."

"okay. good luck hyung! bye."

"bye."
Minho said, and jisung hanged up.

"what was that about?"
jeongin asked.

"Minho will be stuck at work today, so he won't be able to pick me up. he was letting me know."
jisung said, and then his phone started dinging.
"and now he's sending me buses to take home."
he chuckled, before standing up.

"where are you going? we need to finish the lesson hyung!"
jeongin whined.

"jeongin we are at work."
jisung chuckled, before making his way to the register.

•~•

closing time rolled around, and after saying his goodbyes to jeongin, jisung made his way to the bus stop. it was a while since he did, and he felt a little nostalgic.

it's been only around two weeks, calm down jisung.
Jisung thought, shaking his head.

he sat on the little bench with a small sigh, enjoying the breeze hitting his face. it was September, but today was a sunny day with light breeze.
it was just right.

a bus stopped at the bus stop, and jisung almost got in out of habit.
until he realized that this was the bus to his and hyunjins old apartment.

jisung sighed, looking down.
just the name hyunjin made him sick.

eventually, the right bus came, and jisung made his way inside of it, his head full of thoughts.

•~•

minho came home super exhausted.
it was around eleven, he was super tired and also very hungry.
his eyes were burning, and all he wanted to do was to eat something and just fall on his bed and sleep.

he definitely didn't want to cook tho, so if there won't be anything he can eat without having to do something, he will just go to sleep, forget about his hunger and then eat some delicious huge breakfast tomorrow.

god, just the images of a good high calorie breakfast was making his stomach growl.

with a sigh, he opened the door, surprised when it was unlocked.

"is jisung still up?"
minho whispered to himself, before walking inside the apartment.

"jisung!"
minho yelled, but he got no answer.
he heard some sounds in the living room.
the TV was probably on.

minho took off his shoes and made his way there, a little surprised to see jisung peacefully sleeping on the couch, the cats laying either on top of him or next to his legs, while the TV was still on, now currently playing some random old movie.

minho smiled at the sight, before turning off the TV and gently caressing the cats fur, before he gently put the cats away from jisung. they didn't like that Minho was putting them away when they laid so comfortably, but they just made their way to their cat tree, or stayed laying on the floor.

minho gently put his arm under jisungs head, supporting it, before putting his other arm under jisungs thighs, and he gently picked him up.

jisung whined, but he didn't wake up.

with a relieved sigh, minho made his way to jisungs room and gently placed the sleeping boy on the bed, making sure he wouldn't wake him up.

when jisung was safely laying down without any signs that he woke him up, Minho placed the blanket over jisungs body, tugging him in, so he wouldn't be cold.

"good night jisung, sleep well."
minho said with a small smile, gently caressing jisungs hair, before he made his way into the kitchen.
maybe there would be something he could eat.

when he got there tho, he was surprised to see a food container on the kitchen counter with a note.

minho made his way to it and looked at the little paper.

I didn't know if you would eat your dinner at work or not, and we don't really have anything here that you could eat, so I ordered you some take out just in case you were hungry and needed to eat something.
enjoy~

-jisung :D

minho couldn't hide the huge smile that made his way to his face, together with the light blush covering his cheeks.

he almost felt...shy?

he took the container and sat by the table, eating his food, the blush never leaving his beautiful face.