"Pretending"

"Fine"

"Please?" Dark brown eyes were glistening with fake tears and red lips formed a pout, the bottom one jutting out. Hands were gripping his shirt and the proximity of their faces made him cross his eyes. When he felt the other's breath on his neck he couldn't handle it anymore.

"Fine." He rolled his eyes knowing the scene before him like the back of his hand, a pout would turn into a grin, showing small teeth all aligned for display. Cheek bones would make the brown eyes less visible and cause the fake tears to spill over a bit. The hands would let go of his shirt before they wrapped around him and brought him closer. He should be rolling his eyes, he knows he should but it never comes. He just returns the hug and lets the smile appear on his face, enjoying the moment as much as he can before it's over.

-

"How'd it go?" The same brown eyes from before stared up at him with hope, lip jutted out in the same way and the only difference was the intention behind the act.

"Calm down, you're always like this." He shoved his hands in his pockets and began to walk out of the sliding glass doors, his manager running behind him.

"Hyungwon! This time, it's a really big company," the shorter exaggerated the 'really' by stretching out the vowels. Hyungwon scoffed and continued to walk towards the car door.

"You said that about all the other companies. They don't seem all that different. The casual 'Good job, we'll contact you later this week to tell you how you did,' goodbye didn't sound hopeful or hopeless and that's what they all do. Just calm down and wait, if I don't get the part then I don't get the part and we'll go somewhere else." Hyungwon opened the door and waited so his manager could get in first.

"But this one could really get us to the top! They've sold so much merchandise with their advertising and they've made stars Hyungwon, don't you want to be a star?" He could almost see the sparkle in his manager's eyes and mentally sighed to himself with a smile on his face.

"Kihyun, calm down," he repeated for the third time, "you don't even know if I got the part or not."

"That's exactly why I can't calm down. If you get this part, even if it's a short role, there'll be people all over the world asking me to manage them and there'll be so many openings for you." Hyungwon got into the car to sit next to the rambling male and rest his head against the tinted window as words continued to spew out of his manager's mouth.

"Can't you just imagine? This is what we've been waiting for!" Eyes met and smiles matched but the small moment was interrupted by Kihyun's ringtone. "Hello?" The answer he got made him smile even wider and his eyes light, "Hyunwoo! Yeah, we just finished and we're heading back right now." There was static mumbling coming from Kihyun's phone which allowed Hyungwon to finally zone out of the conversation.

"Earth to Hyungwon?" Kihyun's voice rang through his ears and his hand demanded Hyungwon's attention.

"Hm?" He mumbled once he was fully brought back to reality. Kihyun was looking at him worriedly and Hyungwon focused on the blurred trees behind his head so talking would be easier.

"Are you worried about something? I know I'm excited but it's really okay if we don't get it, we can always try again." Hyungwon's lips formed a thin line as he took a breath through is nose. His eyes shifted to Kihyun's and allowed himself to breathe out.

"It's just that..." When Kihyun's head tilted down to look at his phone screen, Hyungwon bit back the upcoming words and frantically searched for another set he could use.

"It's just that I want the role too - I'm worrying about myself so it's not just you. Don't blame yourself for my troubles." He waved his hand lazily and returned is gaze to the window at his shoulder once Kihyun got his phone unlocked. He caught a glimpse of the pattern and wondered what inspired Kihyun to make it like that. He looked at the black screen of his own phone, there wasn't really anything to hide so he never had a use for any kind of security.