Hug Me Melt Me | HoonSuk [✓]

15

"I'm home," Jihoon said as he noticed that Hyunsuk was already home when he entered the house. The lights are also turned on indicating someone is home already. It's almost midnight now. Did Hyunsuk sleep already? He didn't get any reply.

Jihoon walked inside. He saw Hyunsuk is currently in the living room, focusing on his laptop with the soccer game live on the television. Hyunsuk probably only noticed that Jihoon is home when he feels a movement from his left side. Hyunsuk turned to Jihoon.

"Oh! You're home. I didn't hear you. Sorry," Hyunsuk said.

"It's okay. You're not sleeping yet?" Jihoon asked.

"Ah.. I have things to do with work. I will go to bed later," Hyunsuk said. "I have made dinner. Do you want me to reheat it?"

"Is it okay? You're busy, right? I'll reheat it myself after I take a shower," Jihoon said.

"I can do that much, Jihoon," Hyunsuk said. "Go take a shower. I'll reheat the dinner for you,"

"Thanks, hyung," Jihoon said. Hyunsuk just smiled. He walked inside his bedroom and got ready to take a shower. But then, he remembered something. Jihoon took out his phone. The message he sent to Hyunsuk this morning has not been replied to by Hyunsuk.

Jihoon knows that Hyunsuk has been acting weird lately. But sometimes, he acted just like always. It makes Jihoon wonder, if something actually happened. Has something bothering Hyunsuk? Hyunsuk's attitude around him is sometimes cold, sometimes just like he usually acted.

Hyunsuk never said anything. That's why Jihoon couldn't even ask. Because whenever he wanted to ask, Hyunsuk started to act like usual even though he has been almost like avoiding him. Jihoon shook his head.

Hyunsuk might be busy and has a lot to think about. Usually, it's Jihoon who has always been busy. What Jihoon is looking at now is probably what Hyunsuk has been seeing everyday, Jihoon being busy. Jihoon tried not to think about it that much and went to shower. After he got dressed, Jihoon walked toward the dining room.

As always, his dinner is served where he usually eats. But Hyunsuk is not there. Usually, if Jihoon gets home late and hasn't eaten dinner, Hyunsuk will always accompany him to the dining table if he's still awake.

More things to worry about. Jihoon decided to ask Hyunsuk after he finished his dinner.

"Hyung," Jihoon called Hyunsuk.

"Hm? You've finished your dinner?" Hyunsuk asked without even looking at him. He's still typing things that Jihoon couldn't understand on the laptop. Probably some codes or things related to his work.

"Yeah," Jihoon sits on the couch. "I covered exclusive news today,"

"You did? Congratulations," Hyunsuk said.

Another thing that's not like how Hyunsuk will act. Usually, even before Jihoon tells him, Hyunsuk will congratulate him first whenever he appears on the news. Hyunsuk never failed to do so ever since he got transferred to the crime department. Even when Hyunsuk attended the business trip in Japan, he still took his time to congratulate Jihoon on that.

"Yeah. It was about the body that they found in the forest behind the school in the other city," Jihoon said. "I need to go to the location after I texted you that I will be home late today,"

"You did? You've worked hard," Hyunsuk said.

But he's still looking at his laptop. Not looking at Jihoon's face. Usually, Hyunsuk will show interest in what Jihoon is going to say. But it seems like he wasn't interested today.

"You didn't reply to my message earlier," Jihoon said. Hyunsuk stopped typing and looked at Jihoon. He looked for his phone. Hyunsuk looks like he's searching for something on his phone.

"AH! I forgot to press send," Hyunsuk said. "I was about to send you a noted sticker. I'm sorry about that, hm?"

"It's okay, hyung. You looked like you're really busy today," Jihoon said.

"I did?" Hyunsuk asked. "Ah. This is actually my usual work. I might look like I'm busy because I'm doing it here instead of in my room. I wanted to watch this soccer game while finishing this. That's why,"

So... You're not so busy, huh?

Jihoon was about to ask that. Hyunsuk is not that busy that he couldn't even check if he had sent the sticker that he wanted to send to him, replying to his message. Hyunsuk is not that busy that he could not check the news today and congratulate him for covering the news today like he always did. Hyunsuk is not that busy for him not to accompany him having his dinner like he always did.

But who is him to complain about that? It's not even a big deal.

However, looking at Hyunsuk acting like this, makes Jihoon wonder. Should he ask for his hug? He is indeed tired today. And for the murder case that he's getting the exclusive cover, he will need to follow the police's investigation on the case. For the case without suspects yet like this, he might need to be able to always presence whenever new evidence was found. And it will take days to even months of covering the case. 

And if the case takes more than a month, he will need to cover other cases while still keeping his eyes on the currently on-going investigation. Jihoon has told Hyunsuk about it many times and usually Hyunsuk will asked him about it before he even tell him. But not today.

He's not that busy for him not to ask him about it. But it just happened.

"Hyunsuk hyung," Jihoon called him.

"Hm?"

"Do you have something bothering you these days?" Jihoon asked. Hyunsuk looked at Jihoon.

"Why did you ask?" Hyunsuk asked him back.

"You look like you have a lot in your mind," Jihoon said. He actually wanted to complain about how Hyunsuk acted a little weird these days. But he didn't do it. What if Hyunsuk did have something that he worried about? "If you have something that's bothering you, you can always share it with me. You always listen to my rants and complaints too. You can do that to me as well, I might not be able to give any solution too. But, you know. Whenever I tell you about things that are bothering me, my head feels lighter,"

"Really? Glad that I can help you that much," Hyunsuk said. "But don't worry. I'm fine. It's just work things. Nothing much,"

"Are you sure?" Jihoon asked. Hyunsuk nodded and smiled. Looking at that smile makes Jihoon just want to forget his urge to complain earlier. Well. At least Hyunsuk still smiles warmly at him. That's probably enough for today.