aishitaeru
Summary: Jonghyun is addicted to his new video game, and Taemin's feeling a bit neglected.
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Jonghyun had been glued to the PlayStation for the past three days. When they weren't working on the new album Jonghyun would be playing the newest game that had caught his attention one-hundred-and-fifty percent. Taemin would almost go so far as to say that even when they were recording Jonghyun was thinking about the video game.
Mass Effect 3 released three days ago, and since then Jonghyun has played during every free moment they had, only pausing to get something to eat, drink, or when he had to pee really bad. It was almost scary, especially when Minho had asked Jonghyun if he could play too, and when they'd set up multi-player Jonghyun had yelled and cursed and bragged about his superior ME3 skills. Rather than trying to at least finish the experience of having more than one player, Jonghyun insisted Minho GTFO and Minho had actually given up for once in his life, backing off, letting Jonghyun get through the game by himself. Jinki and Kibum weren't the type to play video games and even if they were, playing with Jonghyun would probably result in a slap upside the head from Key and a sad, depressed leader.
Taemin wasn't too fond of video games, he'd rather watch than play. If he played, most of the time it was against Minho because—even though he would lose ninety-nine out of one-hundred rounds—his hyung was nice about beating Taemin. He'd encourage him and tell him how to get better, sharing his secrets and unknown button sequences that lead to a new fighting move. Depending on the game, Jonghyun was just like Minho, but in others... Let's just say the older boy liked to win the game more than take the time to teach Taemin how to as well. But Taemin didn't take it personally; Jonghyun was just being Jonghyun.
Stepping into the living room, Taemin found Jonghyun in the same position he'd been in for the past four hours. The older boy had rushed back into the den right after dinner, ignoring Kibum's shrill complaints about how much time Jonghyun wasted on the "stupid game".
"Hey, hyung," Taemin greeted, sliding onto the floor by Jonghyun, both of them leaning against the couch instead of actually sitting on it.
Jonghyun's eyes flashed to the left, smiling brightly at Taemin before flitting back to the screen. "Hey, Tae."
The younger boy sat watching for about five minutes before he became restless. His gaze was locked more on his hyung rather than the game, and Jonghyun didn't seem to sense his stare at all, so enraptured in the game's plot. Said video game had done more than just take up all of Jonghyun's free time, but also took away from their quality time. Though it had only been three days since the game came out, Taemin felt like it had been a month. Normally Jonghyun stuck to the maknae's side like glue, showering him with affection and was constantly groping the younger boy—much to the rest of the member's amusement and disgust. The two were always together, continually pushing their skinship past the boundaries, to a point where it was more sensual than friendly.
To say that Taemin missed those erotic touches was an understatement.
The older boy had warned Taemin before the game had released, telling him that he'd be pretty out of it for as long as it took for him to complete the game. He pleaded for the younger boy to understand, explaining that it wasn't because he wanted to be away from him, it was simply because he had waited a whole year for this game to come out and he really wanted to put his all into it.
And Taemin did understand, somewhat, knowing that doing something you loved tended to take up all your attention, but he couldn't really fathom how a video game could be that mind-blowing. Obviously it was enough for the couple to have taken a short break in their relationship.
