a work of art [meanie]

Chapter 15

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"How did your math exam go?"

"Wonwoo, you look tired. Did you even sleep last night?"

"Are you okay?"

Mingyu's worrying makes Wonwoo smile a bit. The guys are eating their school lunch.

"Yeah, I'm okay. Just tired," Wonwoo answers, as he takes a bite of his bread. He doesn't want to talk about the math exam. He's sure he failed it.

Mingyu says nothing for a while and just looks at Wonwoo, observing him, and then finally says: "You know what... You definitely need to hang out with me today after school."

After school Wonwoo goes to Mingyu's where Mingyu is already waiting for him, as his school day ended earlier. He greets Mingyu's mother and Nari, and walks to Mingyu's room, like he has done many times. Mingyu is laying on his bed, listening to music and playing a game.

"Hello Won," Mingyu says, not even glancing at Wonwoo.

"Hello Ming."

Wonwoo sits down on the bed, and looks at what Mingyu is so intently looking at on his phone.

"You've got to be kidding me. That's like the most unnecessary game ever," Wonwoo laughs as he notices what Mingyu is so focused on.

"Shut up, this is the best."

Wonwoo lays down on the bed as well, and looks at Mingyu playing the game. Mingyu's eyebrows are knitted together, and his lips pressed together. He looks so cute when he's focused.

"Ah shit," Mingyu whines, "I died because of you," He complains, turning to Wonwoo.

"What? What did I do?"

"You distracted me."

"O... okay?" Wonwoo chuckles, and Mingyu sits up, putting his phone aside.

"Oh yeah! I have a surprise for you!" Mingyu's face brightens as he remembers something, "Sit up and turn your back to me."

Wonwoo looks at Mingyu confused, and Mingyu just retorts him to do it, "Oh c'mon, just turn around."

Wonwoo does as he's told, and when he's sitting his back turned to Mingyu, Mingyu places his hands on Wonwoo's shoulders and starts massaging his shoulders softly.

"You look really tired and your shoulders look really tense," Mingyu retorts, "So I'll massage your shoulders."

"Oh my god, Mingyu," Wonwoo laughs, but feels really thankful. Mingyu seems to notice Wonwoo's anxiousness, and knows exactly what to do to make him feel better. He's amazing.
  
 
After ten minutes of Mingyu massaging Wonwoo, Wonwoo feels a lot better. He feels himself more relaxed. He lays down on Mingyu's bed.

"Thank you," he mutters, eyes closed, feeling calm but also tired. He couldn't sleep last night because of his math exam.

"Anytime," Mingyu says quietly, smiling heartily as he notices that his massage helped. He lays down on the bed as well, pulling a blanket over them.

Few hours later Wonwoo wakes up. He looks at Mingyu laying next to him, still sleeping. Apparently they both fell asleep after Mingyu massaged Wonwoo's shoulders.

Wonwoo smiles, looking at the sleeping boy. He looks so good even when sleeping. The breaths he takes are reassuring, and he seems to be so calm, he is so ethereal.

Just few hours ago Wonwoo was feeling like his whole life's pure hell, and all he needed was only few hours with Mingyu to cheer him up. Wonwoo feels a sudden rush of warmth towards Mingyu. He feels so strongly thankful towards Mingyu that he feels like he could cry.

He shifts closer to Mingyu, looking at Mingyu's flawless face. Without thinking it through, he presses his lips on Mingyu's forehead, pecking it lightly.

Then he realizes how stupidly he has just done, retreating quickly. Mingyu starts shuffling and Wonwoo turns his back to Mingyu, panicking. Wonwoo pretends to be sleeping as he holds his breath, listening to Mingyu's shuffling.

Few sleepy moans and a while of shuffling later, Mingyu pokes on Wonwoo's back.

"Wonwoo, are you awake?"

No answer.

"Wonwonwonwon."

No answer. Wonwoo's still too scared to move or say anything.

Mingyu yawns, scooting closer to Wonwoo under the blanket they're sharing. Wonwoo feels Mingyu's body touch his slightly, and he tries to stay still. Mingyu starts mindlessly moving his fingers on Wonwoo's back, drawing circles with his fingerstips.

Wonwoo shuffles slightly. Mingyu's fingers keep moving on Wonwoo's back.

"You're awake! We fell asleep," Mingyu says, stating the obvious, making Wonwoo chuckle in response. Wonwoo lets out a small, relieved sigh, maybe Mingyu didn't notice Wonwoo kissing him.

"Guess what this is," Mingyu says, and draws a circle and stripes that appear to be coming out of the circle.

"Easy," Wonwoo answers, "The sun."

Mingyu hums. "Okay, well... Try to guess this one."

And for a while they stay like that, Mingyu drawing with his fingertips on Wonwoo's back, and Wonwoo guessing what Mingyu is drawing. It's actually hard to get it right. Especially when Wonwoo is a lot more concentrated on the feeling of Mingyu's fingertips roaming on his back than on what Mingyu is actually drawing.

"Ah, my hand is tired," Mingyu says, resting his hand on Wonwoo's side.

Wonwoo shifts, turning to face Mingyu. "Thank you."

"For what?" Mingyu asks, smiling and still resting his hand on Wonwoo's side.

This moment would be perfect to kiss Mingyu; They're laying down on Mingyu's bed, eyes locked, Mingyu's arm is almost wrapped around Wonwoo and there's calm, soothing athmosphere. With Mingyu there are no worries.

Mingyu's lips look soft and tempting, and Wonwoo would love to know what they feel like pressed against his. He would love to feel Mingyu's breath on his face, tickling, before tasting Mingyu's lips. He would kiss Mingyu softly, showing all of his feelings for Mingyu. But he doesn't. He can't.

"For everything," Wonwoo whispers. He breaks the eye contact, because if he looked at Mingyu longer, he would do something he would definitely regret later.

// ooops, three updates in one weekend, well...