Hotel Ceiling

September 26, 2010

"Kyungsoo, just meet him. I'm telling you, he's exactly your style." Baekhyun pleaded. Chanyeol smirked and leaned back in his chair, before adding in his two cents. "Seriously, he's a really nice guy and you deserve a nice guy. He's new, around here. He doesn't have many friends yet and I'm pretty sure that he's on our team." He laughed.

Kyungsoo groaned. "You don't even know if he's gay and you're trying to set us up? Does he even know that I'll be here?" His words were soon forgotten, when his eyes locked with the most beautiful man he'd ever set his eyes on. He was tall and tan. His hair was dyed blonde and it actually looked great on him.

"Jongin! You made it." Chanyeol greeted the other man and pointed at the seat beside Kyungsoo. "Y-yeah. Sorry, I'm a bit late. I got a little lost, trying to find the cafe." His eyes never really left Kyungsoo, as he sat next to him. "Hi, you must be Baekhyun's best friend? I'm Jongin." He held out his hand and Kyungsoo took his hand, bowing. "Kyungsoo. It's nice to meet you."

Baekhyun and Chanyeol exchanged knowing looks and immersed themselves in their own conversation.

"So, Jongin, how do you know those two?" Kyungsoo inquired, suddenly wanting to ask him a million questions. Jongin shrugged a bit. "I go to school with Chanyeol. He invited me to eat lunch with him and then went on and on about his boyfriend and how he goes to a different school, now. I met Baekhyun last week when I came here with Chanyeol. It was much harder to find, walking on my own." He blushed, looked down.

Jongin was mesmerized by the curve of Kyungsoo's lips. He had to fight the urge to lean in and capture them with his own. "Well, how are you liking it, so far? It's not that different from Seoul, right?" Jongin nodded, at Kyungsoo's words. "Nope and the people are great." He smiled.

"Guys, we're thinking about going to see a movie. You want to come along?" Chanyeol asked. Kyungsoo knew what he and Baekhyun were doing. Before he could turn the offer down, Jongin accepted it. "I'd like that. Are you going too?" His eyes were trained on Kyungsoo. Without speaking a word, Kyungsoo nodded his head and smiled.

"It's a heart," Jongin noted. Kyungsoo frowned, unsure of what he was talking about. "Your smile. When you smile, your mouth looks like a heart." Kyungsoo had noticed that but he'd never had anyone point it out. "It's cute."

Kyungsoo could feel his cheeks heating up and he smiled again. "So are you." He blurted out. "I mean so is your smile. Your smile is cute. Not that you aren't cute. I just, you...I think we should see a horror movie. I like horror movies. Do you like horror movies?" Kyungsoo rambled.

"I do," Jongin smirked. Kyungsoo probably should have seen it then. The smirk was a telling sign. It wasn't just a smirk. There was mischief behind it and if Kyungsoo had seen it, from the beginning, he could have saved himself from a world of pain, in the future.

They all paid for their own tickets and then all chipped in on popcorn and drinks and candy. Once inside their theater, Baekhyun and Chanyeol decided to sit by themselves, in the back row, with the candy and sodas. Kyungsoo blushed and slid into the seat next to Jongin, in the middle of the theater. Jongin offered him the large bucket of popcorn.

"I'm guessing that those two are trying to set us up," Jongin whispered, leaning towards the smaller boy. "You'd think that they'd give us more credit. I mean, I'm sixteen and you're seventeen, right? You'd think that they'd let us do this on our own if we wanted to get to know each other better." Kyungsoo smiled and nodded.

"And do you want to get to know me?" He asked, looking back at the tanned boy. "That depends, Kyungsoo," Jongin whispered back, that same smirk appearing again. "Depends on what?" Kyungsoo asked, almost afraid to know the answer.