sweet cherry

nineteen

"here are your books, have a nice day."
jisung said with a smile, pushing the bag to the customer.

suddenly, his phone rang.
he took it out, a little surprised to see Minho calling.

"hi?"
jisung answered the phone.

"hi, I will go buy groceries after work before I pick you up. what snacks do you want for tomorrow?"

"for tomorrow?"
jisung was confused, until it hit him.
it was Friday today.
he was watching a movie with minho tomorrow.
"oh, right! uhm, I'm not sure, maybe some chips? also a cheesecake!"

"oh I already have cheesecake written down, I noticed there was a last piece in the freezer. do you want anything special? like some soda, ice cream, or anything?"

jisung felt heat rise up to his cheeks.
"uhm...no, I'm okay, the cheesecake and some chips will do."

"okay then, ill buy that. or you can come with me and pick whatever else you might want."

"no, it's okay, but thank you."

"alright, bye for now."

"bye."
jisung said and hanged up the phone.

"what was that about?"
jeongin asked.

"minho was calling. we will have a movie night tomorrow, and he was going to get groceries, so he asked me if I wanted anything."

"oh my god! you're having a movie date?!"
jeongin said, excitedly.

"it's not exactly a movie date."
jisung said, a little shy.

"but it's an amazing opportunity to make a move on him! you can try to hold his hand, or cuddle with him!"
jeongin said, shaking jisung.

"calm down! we will just watch a movie."
jisung whined.
"and I'm too shy."

"what is your revenge plan hyung?"
jeongin said, holding jisung's shoulders.

"to...seduce minho and make hyunjin jealous."
jisung said.

"exactly. then stick to it."
jeongin said.

jisung sighed.
"you're right. I should start trying more. I don't know how much time I have before it will actually do something to hyunjin."

"yeah, you gotta make that cheating bitch cry."
jeongin said, excitedly jumping away.

jisung looked down.
"jeongin?"

jeongin looked back, his smile fading away when he saw jisung looking so...sad?

"is something wrong hyung?"

jisung took jeongins hand and lead him into the staff room, sitting him down.

"hey, what's going on?"
jeongin asked, confused.

"jeongin."
jisung sighed.
"hyunjin..."
he looked down, taking a deep breath before continuing to speak.
"hyunjin didn't just cheat on me."

jeongin furrowed his eyebrows.
"what do you mean by that?"

"he..."
jisung closed his eyes.
"he...manipulated me a lot. he thought he owned me. he made me do things I didn't want to, just to be a good boyfriend. he used me, didn't really treat me right, and...hurt me...physically."

jeongins eyes widened.
"hyung..."

"he didn't hit me or anything!"
jisung shook his hands.
"but...when I wanted to leave, he held my wrists really tightly and...left a bruise there."

jeongin just stared at him, eyes wide.

jisung stared to get worried.
he probably shouldn't have said all of this to him.
"jeongin, I'm so-"

his words were cut off when jeongin quickly got up and pulled him in for a hug.
"you didn't deserve that hyung. I am so sorry you had to go through something like that."

now it was jisungs turn to be surprised.
he wrapped his arms around jeongin and then, his eyes filled with tears.
he ended up crying in jeongins arms.

•~•

minho parked his car in front of the bookstore.
he was just buying the groceries, and he was pretty excited to go home.
he was tired, and he could use some cuddles from his cats.

he got out of the car and leaned against it.
he was a bit early, and the light breeze was nice.

few minutes later jisung walked out of the bookstore, locking the door, and making his way to minho.
but just as he reached him, he threw himself at him.

minho caught him, a little confused.
"hey, what's wrong? are you okay?"

jisung nodded.
"mhm. just a long day, I'm tired."
he said.
"and I could also use a hug."

minho smiled sadly, before hugging jisung properly.
"I don't know what happened, but everything is going to be alright, hm? you're strong, and you're gonna handle it well, and if not, I can always give you a hug."

jisung burried his head in Minhos chest.
"shut up or I will start crying, I'm really on the edge, and you're being too nice."

minho chuckled.
"let's go, maybe the cats will make you feel better."

"oh my gosh, yes please, I need to see your sons."

minho chuckled.
"well that makes two of us."

•~•

just as minho unlocked the door, jisung ran inside and picked up the first cat he saw.

"soonie~"
he sobbed, as he stared to cry.
"you're so soft and fluffy~"

minho chuckled, taking off his shoes and walking inside.
but he was surprised.
soonie wasn't the biggest fan of cuddling, especially not in the way jisung was cuddling him right now.
yet, he just stayed calm and let jisung let out his emotions.

"I'm gonna prepare us dinner. any special requests, or you don't car what i make?"
minho asked, taking the groceries into the kitchen.

"I-I don't care~"
jisung sobbed out.

"okay then."
minho said, smiling when Dori brushed against his leg.
"hi Dori, I will feed you right after I put away these groceries okay?"

•~•

jisung was really emotional the rest of the night.

they were currently eating dinner.
minho looked up, seeing that there were tears forming in jisungs eyes.

"what's wrong?"
minho asked sweetly.

jisung pouted, before he started sobbing again.
"you put time and effort into this meal even tho you were working really hard, I'm grateful~"

"aish, this kid."
minho chuckled, before standing up.
"come here."
he said, pulling jisung in for a hug.

he didn't know what happened to jisung, and why was he being so emotional, but it was evident he could use a hug and some comfort.

and minho was more then happy to offer it to him if it calmed him down.