Silk and Diamonds [ JRen ]

Chapter 1

Tonight seemed far away.

"We're going out tonight, sweetie." Jonghyun whispered into Minki's long, long hair, all tied back from the night before, when he'd pulled it up to sleep. Jonghyun often complimented Minki for how his hair looked when it was tied up. He couldn't touch it, but he could look, and he appreciated the sight. Jonghyun's hand came up to tug the little ponytail out of Minki's hair. Minki blinked a few times, having just woken from his boyfriend shifting, sitting them both up. Minki rubbed his eyes, straightened up from where he'd been curled against Jonghyun's chest.

"Hmm?" he hummed. Jonghyun smiled softly, ran his fingers through Minki's hair. There were a few beats of silence as Jonghyun admired Minki's tired face, played with the long strands of his blonde hair. The silence ended when Jonghyun spoke again, "I'm going to take you out tonight. Would you like to go on a date with me tonight?"

Minki nodded. He was a little tired to speak, still trying to keep his eyes open. Jonghyun chuckled softly. He tugged Minki back down into his chest and stroked his hair, and Minki wanted to let out a whine to tell Jonghyun that he would only fall asleep laying on him like this, but Jonghyun didn't give him the chance. "I'll take you out as soon as I get back from work, okay? Sleep some more in the meantime-- it's early."

Jonghyun slipped out of bed after he'd tucked Minki in, after he'd rest his boyfriend back down against the pillows. He leaned down and kissed Minki's lips softly, left a breath of a whisper against his mouth, "Get your beauty rest baby-- want you to look nice and pretty for our date tonight."

Minki nodded, eyes closing, and he found himself unable to properly open them after that. He heard a chuckle from Jonghyun, felt his pillow shift and Jonghyun seemingly tucked something under his head, felt his hand being taken and his ponytail being slipped onto his wrist. He heard Jonghyun shuffling out of the room after a brush against his cheek let him know his boyfriend had given him a soft kiss, and then everything faded, one last close of a door sounding out before Minki had fallen into sleep again.

How long he slept, Minki had no idea. He wasn't sure when Jonghyun had woken him, couldn't tell if it was dark or light out by the way their curtains were drawn and the lights in their room were still off. He wasn't sure what time it was when he woke up after Jonghyun had left. All he knew was he was tangled in his hair and his phone was ringing beneath his head; that must have been what Jonghyun slipped under his pillow as Minki was drifting back to sleep. Minki sat up and rubbed his eyes again, glanced around the room. Had Jonghyun moved their clock again? Jonghyun did that sometimes. He liked to move things around, loved change. It was for that reason Minki often bought himself new clothes-- finding a new sexy outfit to surprise Jonghyun with, the reason he tried new hairstyles. But he always went back to keeping it down. Jonghyun liked it that way.

Minki reached under his pillow and grabbed for his phone, his blurry vision showing Minhyun on his screen. Minki blinked at it. It rang once, twice, and then it was going to voicemail. Minki could only imagine Minhyun had the same stupid things to say-- "Please pick up your phone," "I need to talk to you," "You must be doing your hair right now," and calling him by a name he didn't like to be referred to as anymore.

"You can't imagine how much I miss you, Minki. It's been so long since I've last seen you or even heard your voice. Jonghyun said even he hasn't heard your voice in a long time, but he's used to you being so silent. You're not like that, Minki. Please talk to me, okay? Please call me. I love you." Minhyun said. Minki blinked at his phone screen as it went dark, Minhyun having hung up. He hadn't heard Minhyun said I love you in a long time. Then, he hadn't heard Minhyun say much other than call me-- please call me in forever, either.

Minki unlocked his phone and went onto the internet, slipped himself out of bed and headed to the bathroom. He looked up some cute hairstyles as he was reaching in to turn on the shower, as he went back out into the hall and grabbed a towel from the closet right next to the bathroom. He set his phone down on the counter once the page had loaded, hopped under the water. He had to adjust the water, finding he'd turned it too warm. Usually, he wouldn't mind taking a hot shower, but he didn't want any red blotches of skin today. He wanted to look good for Jonghyun. He wanted to look perfect.