Around The Corner

8. yOU don't KNoW The RUleS?

The party had quiet down a bit. Seungkwan and Chan were on the swing talking about something and laughing, Kwan looked quiet drunk, while Chan was sober, which Soonyoung felt was a bit out of charcater.

When did they become friends? He thought to himself. He felt a presence beside him.

Jihoon sat beside him and started.
"Aren't you tired?"

"Umm. Aren't you?"

"Yes. Let's head to our room then." They both stood up.

Soonyoung, while walking, slipped his hands onto Jihoon's and leaned on his body for support. Half of his body was leaning on him. Jihoon tried to push him off but then heard him complain that he felt dizzy from all the drinking, so he let him stay like that.

Soonyoung's nose was so close to Jihoon's neck that he could feel his hot breath, mixture of mint with alcohol brushing on his neck. It had him shiver and feel tingly. He tried to distract himself.

"Are you okay???" Jihoona inquired

"I'm okay, just feeling dizzy." Soonyoung was a bit dizzy, but he wasn't sure why. Was it because of the booze, or was it his close proximity with Jihoon that left him buzzing.

"I never thought you were so righteous, though." Soonyoung looked at Jihoon dumbfounded as he didn't get what he was talking about. Both stopped walking for a bit.

"Why did you do that?" Jihoon further asked.

"Do what?" Soonyoung asked curiously, not having an idea of what he had done.

"I know you tossed the cup carelessly to let Cheol win. But why?" Soonyoung smiled at curious Jihoon, who seemed to say he didn't care but somehow was the first to notice something odd in any pickle.

"Maybe because I want him to like me. As your boyfriend. " Jihoon looked confused.l and mixture of something else.

"And you have told me time and again that Cheol doesn't like to lose, so I saw the chance and took it. Now I do feel like he likes me. Maybe a little bit, but progress is there." Soonyoung states, looking at now awed Jihoon.

"But you know you don't have to try this hard." He continued looking at Soonyoung, who almost looked sober and now was looking at him, correction daring him to say the words he knew Jihoon's gonna say next.
"You know this is not real. We are not real, right? So, if he doesn't like"

" But what if I want to?" Soonyoung just clenches his jaw, looked Jihoon straight in the eye. Jihoon was taken back by the intensity of the look. He didn't say anything.

"I feel like all this that we have and what we felt was real. The dates to the restaurant and the aquarium, us choosing names and gifts for each other, talking in the phone for no apparent reasons, me mi-" Then he heard Jihoon sniffing. Was he crying? Oh no, he's  crying because of me.

"I'm so sorry. Baby, I'm really sorry. You don't like what I said. Okay, I'll take it back. Princess, I'm really sorry. Please don't cry."
He wiped Jihoon's tears and apologised profusely.

"No. It's not your fault. Actually, it's me<Hiccup> who needs to apologise."

"I feel like I'm a coward who can not face his life problem by himself, and <hiccup> is using you for my own selfish purposes. I hate myself for that, and you should <hiccup> too." Jihoon was trying to stop crying, but hiccups followed. Soonyoung might just be out of his mind or something, but he found Jihoon cute. His nose red from crying, cheeks flushed, lips plump- Soonyoung get your shit together. His internal screamed.