sweet cherry

twenty seven

minho pulled up in front of the bookstore right as jisung made his way out.
he locked the door, said goodbye to jeongin, and happily skipped over to the familiar car.

"hello~"
jisung sang out, sitting in the passenger seat.

minho couldn't help but smile.
"hi."
he said, placing a quick peck on jisung's cheek.
"so, we're gonna go get groceries, and then go home?"

jisung nodded.
"and we should also stop and buy treats for the kids."

"you have been spoiling them too much lately."
minho said, as he started to drive away.

"I am just being a very good mom."
jisung shrugged.
"and besides, they deserve it."

minho shook his head, a small smile on his face, as he drove to a store the two of them always went to.
it was big, and it had literally everything.
not just food.

parking their car, the two of them took a shopping cart and made their way inside, holding hands.

"oh my god, we need to take this!"
jisung yelled right after his eyes laid on a random small pumpkin lights.
he ran to the aisle and took the box, expecting it.

minho walked behind him, pushing the cart.
"why?"
he asked, taking the box from jisung and looking at it as well.

"it's October 1st! spooky season!"
jisung said.
"we need to get into the spirit!"

minho just put the the box into the cart.
"where you wanna put them tho?"

"a lot of options! we can put them into the living room, hallway, or in my room!"
jisung smiled, as he slowly made his way down the aisle full of Halloween decorations, minho right behind him.

"I'm giving it two days and the cats will destroy them."
minho said to himself.

"minho look! this is so adorable!"
jisung said, showing minho two cups.
the cups were shaped like ghosts.
"imagine drinking hot chocolate from this!"

"it's pretty cute."
minho agreed.
"you like them?"

jisung nodded.

"let's buy them then."
minho said, taking the cups from jisung and putting them into the cart.

jisung was a little confused.
"we...don't have to buy them, you know?"

"you think they're cute, i think they're cute, and you're cute, so we're getting them."
minho simply said.
"besides, we should really get into the spirit."

jisung felt his heart growing warmer, a huge smile making a way on his face.

jisung honestly loved celebrating things. it didn't quite matter if it was Halloween, Christmas, birthdays, namedays, festivals...jisung just loved always being in the spirit.

he loved making his friends the best presents or parties for their birthday, always making sure they felt special on their special day.

hyunjin wasn't the biggest fan of these events.
he found them...well...just stupid, useless.
so jisung stopped going all the way for these holidays.

it pained him a little, seeing that his partner wasn't exactly enthusiastic about something that he himself found important.

over the years he spent with hyunjin, his enthusiasm for holidays and events slowly died down.
he still enjoyed little things, and decorations in stores during the holidays always made him smile.
but truly, he just got used to not being in the spirit anymore.

but now, there was this feeling in his chest.
feeling in his chest that he couldn't quite describe.
he didn't know what it was, but it felt good.
too good.

"so, do you want anything else from this aisle? anything that's catching your eye?"
minho tilted his head, giving jisung his sweetest smile.

jisungs eyes sparkled as he slowly made his way trough the aisle, looking at the cheap decorations.
it felt so good.

minho was just walking behind him slowly, letting jisung take whatever he wanted.
the decorations were truly cheap, so spending some more money on them wasn't an issue for Minho, if that meant jisung would be smiling like this the entire time.

•~•

"well...I think I know what we're gonna do tonight."
minho said, looking into the trunk of his car.

there were four bags in total.
two of them being the decorations.

"sorry. I got a little carried away."
jisung said, suddenly feeling bad.

"hey, why are you apologizing?"
minho chuckled, cupping jisungs cheeks.
"I'm not mad. I'm excited. you picked really pretty decorations, and we're gonna set them up when we're gonna get home, okay?"
he said, kissing jisung's nose.
"it's getting colder. you should wear a scarf so you won't get sick."

jisung pouted, before burying his head in Minhos neck.
"you're being too sweet."

minho wrapped his arms around jisung.
"I'm not. but you know what IS sweet?"
he said, before pulling away.
"hot chocolate. we're gonna make it tonight and drink it from the cute ghost cups."

jisungs heart felt like it was going to explode.
with cheeks redder then tomato, he placed a quick peck on Minhos lips.
"are you sure you're not mad?"

minho shook his head.
"I'm not. and I still don't understand why I should be."

jisung kept staring at him.

"what?"
minho chuckled.

"we should get matching pajamas..."
jisung whispered.

"I was just thinking the same thing."
minho smiled, placing a loving kiss on jisungs lips.

A/N:
I know I'm late with the spooky season okay, but it goes well with this story's storyline...😔