Rumours | DoShin

(XVI)

Wednesday, February 14th 2024
1:38 PM

Shinyu laid in his bed, he was supposed to be out with Dohoon. He wished he was out right now, but he had gotten just the worst fever. He was so disappointed, not only because he was missing out with the younger boy. But also because he wouldn't be able to confess today. He sighed as he stared at the ceiling in silence. He had been so sick, that he couldn't even get out of bed.

Doing even the simplest things, like eating, felt impossible. His mother was worried for him, he usually would wake up before noon. He was only up at one o'clock.

He decided to finally grab his phone and noticed multiple messages from Dohoon. He had even called him, and left multiple voice messages. He first skimmed through the messages, but he couldn't wait to hear his voice through the vocal message he had left.

He played the first one, a huge blush covered his face. "Hey, um Shinyu-hyung, I'm at the mall, and I can't see you and you haven't said a thing, and I'm worried." Was what he said in the first one. He loved the way the younger boy said his name. It gave him butterflies in his stomach. He listened to the other three he had left him before answering. He hadn't talked today yet, so he had no idea how sick he sounded.

"So, Dohoon, actually, I have a really terrible fever, and I barely woke up a while ago, and I'm so sorry, I wasted your time." He apologized, if he had woken up earlier he could've spared him the way to and from the mall.

It only took a couple of seconds for him to reply. He sent a quick message telling him to wait for a moment. Shinyu didn't know why he said that so he replied with a simple ok before shutting off his phone. He stared at the ceiling again, waiting for Dohoon to message him once again. 

There were no messages anymore. He sighed and tried closing his eyes to ignore his headache. He had already taken some medication, and was only hoping for it to work as soon as possible.

He noticed the door of his room open, but hadn't even looked to see who it was. He was sure it was his mother coming in to check on him. But when he noticed that a boy was getting his desk chair, his eyes went wide. He made sure he wasn't dreaming.

The boy smiled at him, before sitting on the chair he had brought over to the bedside. "H-hey Dohoon." He stuttered, he wasn't expecting to see him. He was quite embarrassed at the fact that he had stuttered.  He realized that he probably looked like an absolute mess. "Hi Shinyu-hyung, how are you feeling?" He asked him, the boy shrugged. "Sick." Dohoon let out a light chuckle. "Did you take some medicine?" Shinyu nodded, he had done everything necessary and possible.

Dohoon suddenly gasped out of nowhere. He seemed to have just remembered something. Shinyu looked at him confused. He frowned and waited for him to explain himself. "I got you a flower!" He exclaimed handing the rose by the plastic covered the stem. The boy looked at him and smiled. He couldn't believe that he had just gotten a flower. "Thank you Dohoon!" He wanted to hug him, but didn't want to get him sick, so he just awkwardly bowed. The younger boy looked panicked for a couple of seconds. "It's so that you get better soon, I got it from the flower shop in the neighbouring street." He explained himself for no reason. The eldest furrowed his eyebrows.

"Sure. Thank you." He replied quite confused. The two felt quiet for a moment. They looked at each other, unknown to the other, they admired each other's facial features.

Dohoon's head was turned over to the side, showing off his side profile. Shinyu was staring at him, only turning to the side when he noticed the boy starting to face him once again. This time it was Dohoon staring.

Shinyu was lost in thought, and had been debating whether or not he should confess. It wasn't the ideal situation he wanted. But part of him had enough of waiting around. He decided to finally break the silence. "Uh Dohoon." He started getting the boy's attention. The two held short eye contact without saying anything. "Actually, uh, today I was g-" he was interrupted by the door opening, he had lost all courage.

"Shinyu, please drink some water." His mother placed a glass on the bedside table. He thanked her and watched her leave the room. The two fell silent again, so the elder decided to drink the water he had been given.

Dohoon was now curious about what he was about to say earlier. "What were you going to do?" He repeated the words he last heard. Shinyu froze up, he was trying to make up a lie on the spot. He noticed the rose laying on the side of his bed. "I was also gonna get you a rose." He laughed, to make the so-called coincidence more believable. "We're you?" He asked, surprised, Shinyu nodded. "Woah, that's so cool." He continued, Shinyu smiled once he noticed the bright smile on the younger.

Silence filled the room once again, but this time, it wasn't as awkward. In fact, it was almost even comfortable. "Thank you for coming." The elder broke the quiet once again. Their time today together wasn't over. He simply wanted to thank him for taking time out of his day. "Not a problem, besides, I would've been third wheeling Kyungmin and Youngjae." He laughed, Dohoon had been asked a few days earlier to come with the two, he was inclined to decline, but didn't want the boys to take it badly. So when Shinyu asked him to go out, he was more than happy. Even if he took it as just platonic, which wasn't what he hoped for, it was already a step into getting closer with him.

"And I like spending time with you!" He ended, Shinyu smiled, he was more than happy when hearing that.

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A/n

I'm thinking confession chap on the 20th, I'll see

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-Jude out!

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