friend #hyungwonho

#17

"This place is so much more nice without the kids", Hoseok said as they arrived to a playground. Hyungwon sat on the bench next to the table. Hoseok was sitting on top of it, taking out things from the McDonalds' bag, giving the burger to Hyungwon.

"Do you come here often then?" Hyungwon tried to joke but it wasn't all that funny because he sounded so serious.

"I was here once when a woman asked me to babysit her kid", a disgusted look came to Hoseok's face as he thought of that memory. "I worked overtime and she didn't even pay me."

"Rude", Hyungwon said simply and started eating his food. Hoseok stole some fries from him every now and then and Hyungwon didn't really mind about it. He knew Hoseok hadn't eaten anything else but the food he had packed during the whole day.

Hyungwon took his coke from Hoseok who had taken a sip - or a bit more than that because it was already half-empty. He gave Hoseok a glare after he noticed it and Hoseok laughed.

It was amazing how they could have fun without really even using words. Hoseok threw a fry to air and tried to catch it with his mouth but failed miserably. Hyungwon laughed and took it from Hoseok's lap where it had fallen. Hoseok opened his mouth so Hyungwon could feed it to him.

"Uhm... You have..." Hoseok pointed at the corner of his own mouth.

Hyungwon luckily realized what Hoseok was implying and wiped away some mayonnaise that was left on his mouth. Hoseok noticed that he was blushing. Hyungwon started gathering trash to the paper bag to distract himself.

"Do you want to play?" Hoseok suddenly said excitedly. He stood up on the table and jumped to the ground.

"W-what?" Hyungwon stuttered but Hoseok had already took his hand and was dragging him along to the swings.

He made Hyungwon sit to the another swing and went to another by himself. He kicked speed from the ground and the swing started going back and forth. "Come on", he encouraged Hyungwon who just sat there with a dumbfounded look on his face. "Have you never been on a swing before?"

"I have", Hyungwon said simply and did what Hoseok had just done to get his swing to move.

"The one who gets higher is a winner!" Hoseok shouted as his speed kept increasing and he got higher with every swing. They both felt like kids.

"I'm winning!" Hyungwon yelled when he got so high that the chains loosened a bit before he went back the other way.

"Aish, you are too good", Hoseok complained and Hyungwon let out a laugh. Hoseok had never seen Hyungwon laugh that much as he did at that moment.

Hyungwon let his speed start to go down and then he saw Hoseok jumping out of the swing. It made his heart stop for a second but then he saw Hoseok landing to the ground beautifully on his two feet.

"You are crazy!" Hyungwon said and Hoseok smiled widely as he turned to Hyungwon who was waiting for the swing to stop so he could get off.

Hoseok grabbed his arm and pulled him off before the swing could stop completely. Hyungwon fell forward to Hoseok's arms, having to take support from his shoulders. Hoseok laughed and Hyungwon looked away, shyly biting his lower lip.

"Let's go!" Hoseok started dragging him along again and they climbed the stairs to a big slide next to the swings.

Hyungwon tried to keep up with him because he didn't want to let go of Hoseok's hand. Hoseok made him sit on the beginning of the slide and then sat behind him.

"Are you scared?" Hoseok asked with his head coming over Hyungwon's shoulder.

"We aren't even that high", Hyungwon said swallowing but then looked down and saw that they were actually pretty high, maybe even higher than that tree on the day before.

"My little Hyungwon is scared", Hoseok said to his ear with a cute voice. Hyungwon let out a shy giggle which made Hoseok smile because it sounded so cute. He was happy of how Hyungwon had changed. The first times they had met Hyungwon wouldn't ever even look at him in the eyes as they spoke and now the guy turned his head to look at Hoseok without even saying anything.

Hoseok pushed them to move and put his hands around Hyungwon's waist as they slide down. They went so fast that they didn't even stop at the end and flew to the ground.

"Ow", Hyungwon complained as his bum hit the ground.

"I'm sorry", Hoseok said but he couldn't help laughing.

"It's not funny", Hyungwon himself laughed too as he got up, patting his poor, hurt butt. "Let's go again?" he suggested and started running to the stairs.

Hoseok looked at him go for a while before following. When he had met Hyungwon, his goal had been to make the guy happy and smile. Now he felt like he had succeeded on his mission. "Wait for me!" he yelled and tried to catch Hyungwon who just laughed and slid down again before Hoseok could reach him.

"Should we go back now?" Hoseok asked when he had gotten down the slide to where Hyungwon waited for him.

"Sure", Hyungwon said as he had calmed down from laughing so much. Hoseok wrapped an arm around his shoulders and they started walking the other way.

They got to the other side of the park when Hyungwon suddenly stopped. They turned to look at each other. Hyungwon seemed like something was troubling him more than usual.

"What is it-?" Hoseok asked but Hyungwon kissed him before he got any further with his sentence.

"Um..." Hyungwon started after he had pulled away, keeping his hands on Hoseok's shoulders. "I have been thinking and I did some research..."

Hoseok got nervous of what Hyungwon could possibly be about to say and his heart started going faster.

"Do you have a crush on me?"

That wasn't anything close to what Hoseok had expected but he was glad about it. "Well... Maybe I do. But don't worry, it's completely fine if we just stay as friends."

"What if I have a crush on you too?" giggly, excitedly smiling Hyungwon had changed back to his usual, awkward self.

Hoseok was quiet for a while and then wrapped his hand around Hyungwon's shoulder again. He didn't say anything and just made them continue their way home. Hyungwon was confused.

"I don't want you to get hurt", Hoseok said after they had walked for a couple minutes already so it took Hyungwon a while to catch on what he was talking about. "And I feel like you will get hurt if our relationship gets serious."

"Okay", Hyungwon didn't understand what Hoseok was saying but he quietly agreed anyways.

"But don't worry. We can do anything you want. As friends", Hoseok tried to cheer up and Hyungwon showed him a small, somewhat fake smile.

They arrived to Hyungwon's house and went straight upstairs to the bedroom. Only Hoseok glanced quickly at the parents sitting in the living room. They both were giving him a look that made him shiver. He hurried after Hyungwon.