Rumours | DoShin

(XII)

Friday, February 2nd 2024
3:00 PM

"Hey Shinyu-hyung!" Kyungmin exclaimed as he saw his friend talking to Dohoon during break time. The boy's cheeks were slightly red, Dohoon noticed it, but didn't think anything of it. It was a cold day after all; rosy cheeks were the norm. "Oh! Kyungmin-ah!" He smiled at him, so did Dohoon.

"You know what? on Monday, Jihoon's planning to ask out Hanjin, for Valentine's Day, and to be his boyfriend!" He explained what he had just heard a few moments ago. Shinyu's eyes widened, he had completely forgotten Valentine's day was in less than two weeks.

He obviously had someone in mind; but he knew that it was impossible. So he'd either have to settle with being alone, or with some girl he couldn't care less about.

Immediately after hearing that, he quickly checked Dohoon out before following Kyungmin to see Jihoon. So that he could fact check what he heard. Dohoon followed them as well, so as to not be alone.

He wanted to go out with Shinyu on Valentine's Day, of course. That was no surprise. He didn't have the guts to ask him, and besides, he was sure that he was already going with something. He found Shinyu would be the type of person to be rather secretive of things like his love life.

They found the boy at the exact same spot where Kyungmin had last left him. "Is it true?" Shinyu asked, putting his hands on his shoulders. At first, he furrowed his brows, not getting exactly what he was talking about. It only took a short moment for him to realize, it was once he noticed Kyungmin's mischievous smile that it came back to his head.

He nodded, Shinyu high fived him. "Ay! That's great, good luck! Although, you don't really need it." He admitted, the two's chemistry was obvious. You didn't have to know either very well to realize that they liked each other. Nevertheless, he still wished the best for him, because sometimes, life has a way of fucking things up.

Dohoon wasn't taking part in the conversation, he was staring at Shinyu's face. Admiring his beauty. He wondered to himself how it was possible to be that good looking. No matter what. He felt his heart beat quicken as he turned. He realized that Shinyu probably felt like he was being stared at, and quickly felt embarrassed because of it. "Do you have a Valentine Dohoon?" He asked him plainly, the boy frowned, the only connections he had been able to make during his quick stay here were him and his friends. How could he go out with anyone, apart from them.

Once he had been taken out of his thoughts, he shook his head. "Who would ask me?" He asked, sounding partly rhetorical. It was now the older boy's turn to frown. "Who wouldn't?" He put emphasis on the negation. Dohoon shrugged, he had never had anyone for Valentine's Day, and he wasn't expecting anyone this year. He never went out partly due to the fact that he knew he wasn't like other kids since he was young. Obviously, he now knew it was cause he was attracted to boys. Once he did know what was holding him back; he was far too deep in the closet to ever ask anyone. And the final major reason was just 'cause he was too shy to ever ask.

Even if his attraction would ever be accepted by most people, he still feared he wouldn't be able to ask.

He had ignored Shinyu's statement for a couple of seconds, only realizing after that in a way, he had complimented him. His heart fluttered when thinking of that. The fact that in Shinyu's head he was considered even moderately attractive — based on what he had just said — was insane to think in his mind.

"So you think I'm attractive?" He let out without thinking at all. Shinyu stared at him for a couple of seconds, struggling to come up with anything that wouldn't come across as too much. He had a quick thought in his mind. "Is he flirting with me?" But just as quickly as that thought came, he denied it even faster. "There's no way." He stared at him a little long, his mouth was open, but no sound was coming out.

Kyungmin, who despite talking to Jihoon, had been eavesdropping on the conversation between them. "Well, obviously, I mean, like, you're pretty. Really pretty." He stammered, admitting it. Dohoon was unable to manage that information; Shinyu just called him really pretty to his face. Not when he wasn't around, that was too much for him.

"Oh." Was the only thing he was able to say, along with a quick: "I'll see you later." As he headed to the bathroom. Shinyu watched him leave and looked around confused. He walked away, deciding to look for one of his many close friends.

Kyungmin sighed and rolled his eyes. "They're so goddamn oblivious, it blows my mind." He said, Jihoon nodded. "You're pretty, really pretty, c'mon! Be for real!" He mocked them in the first part, the older boy simply shrugged. "Eh, they'll figure it out eventually."

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A/n

Might just be my sleep deprived brain, but I want to say this is pretty good chapter :). Although, might be a little sloppy; wrote it on a plane ahaha

-Jude out!

19.10.24