It Started In The Hallway - Minsung

Eighty-Four

Jisung was sitting in the living room on the couch criss cross, the lights all off. It was uncomfortable and he didn't like it. The darkness was making it worse.

He grabs a pillow off the couch, and hugs it. He misses Minho, but maybe it was good.

His eyes start watering again. He's not sure why, but it felt so good to cry.

A few moments pass of sniffling before the hall light turns on.

Jisung quickly wipes his tears and attempts to make himself look normal again before someone walks into the room.

Minho.

He was holding a blanket.

"Minho?" Jisung asks, his voice shaky.

"Jisung? Are you okay?" Minho asks, walking over to him.

Jisung sniffles, not replying for a few moments before he starts crying again and says, "I'm sorry..."

Minho immediately walks closer to Jisung and sits the blanket down to the side.

Jisung wraps his arms around Minho's waist since he was standing right in front of him and cries into his stomach as his face is buried in Minho's shirt.

"Minho, I'm sorry..." Jisung cries, clenching Minho's shirt in his hands.

"What's wrong?" Minho asks, holding Jisung's head close with one hand and rubbing his back with the other.

"I don't want to be upset with you! You didn't do anything wrong... Please don't be mad at me..." Jisung says, hugging him tighter.

"Jisung, Jisung. Hey, I'm not mad. Let's calm down and talk." Minho says, noticing the changing in his breathing.

He sits down next to Jisung, keeping him close.

Jisung's head is buried in Minho's shoulders now as he leans on him with his arms wrapped around.

"Look at me." Minho says since Jisung wasn't calming down.

Jisung lifts his head up, slowly.

The only light in the room was the light from the hallway, but Minho could see the glistening of Jisung's tears rolling down his face.

Minho places one hand on the back of Jisung's head and pulled him closer again, their lips connecting.

They held the kiss for a few moments, and it worked to help Jisung calm down.

Once he pulled away, Minho says, "now slowly, tell me what's wrong, okay?"

Jisung nods, but he didn't know what to start with.

"When was it? Was it today?" Minho asks.

"It was when we were ice skating..." Jisung sniffles.

And Jisung wasn't even done, but Minho felt bad. He knew something was wrong.

"and... Felix fell. You just left me to go help Felix instead! I can't skate! I ended up falling too... but you were too busy to notice." Jisung says, rubbing his eyes before he continues.

Minho was listening carefully.

"I love Felix, and I really don't want anything to happen to him, but I think there were enough people over there to help him... Or you could at least try to help me over there instead of leaving me alone." Jisung finishes.

Minho now clearly knew what he did hurt Jisung both ways.

"I'm sorry, I didn't realize that happened. I will make sure to pay more attention to you." Minho says, pulling Jisung into a hug.

"But- But I don't need your attention all the time! It's just that I didn't feel comfortable being alone without help." Jisung says.

"It's okay. I promise I will take care of you better from now on. I didn't mean to make you feel like that, and I am sorry." Minho says. "I need your honest answer, did I make you feel unimportant?" He asks.

Jisung knew the answer, but he acts like he was thinking for a few seconds. He nods only slightly.

Minho leaned in and pressed another kiss onto Jisung's lips. He was holding Jisung's hands in his own.

"I'm sorry. You will never be unimportant to me, please know that."

Jisung nods. He was relieved they talked about this.

"Is there anything else you want to talk about? Please tell me if there is." Minho says.

Jisung shakes his head.

"Okay, if you think of anything else, tell me right away. Don't keep it to yourself."

Earlier, Minho would have asked something, but he knows the answer now. He was wondering what was happening between Jisung and Seungmin. It's clear now that Seungmin was only looking after him and that Jisung felt the same way about him and Felix.

They sit there on the couch wrapped up in each other's arms for a while until Jisung's sniffling stops.

"Jisung?" Minho asks quietly.

He doesn't reply, he was sleeping.

Minho gently gets up and picks Jisung up bridal style. He carries him to their room and lays him down on the bed carefully, tucking him into the blanket.

He then leans down and places another kiss on Jisung's cheek before he exits the room towards the living room. He is going to respect Jisung's feelings although he wasn't sure if he still felt that way.

Minho fell asleep on the couch soon after.

Jisung wakes up, noticing that he is in the bed and Minho isn't there. He gets up out of the bed after a few moments and walks towards the living room.

He immediately sees Minho lying on the couch with his head on a pillow but no blanket and walks over to him.

"Minho?" He whispers.

Minho's eyes open slowly. "Yea?"

"Why are you out here?" Jisung asks.

"I just wanted to make sure you felt comfortable." Minho says in his sleepy voice.

"I want you..." Jisung says after a few moments.

Minho pats the couch beside him.

There wasn't enough space for the both of them, so Jisung was lying on top of Minho slightly with his face in the pillow by Minho's head.

Minho really wanted to tell Jisung how much he actually cared for him, but he ended up not doing it. It made him nervous.

A few minutes later, an "Awww, look at them!" was heard from the hallway.