KAISOO ONESHOTS

COUNTING HEARTBEATS

Author: timefortea
Description: Jongin isn't less perfect because he's deaf, and Kyungsoo's determined to show him that. 

Tags: deafJongin, fluff, romance

Word Count: 3.3k
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Kyungsoo smiles in the doorway of his and Jongin’s bedroom.

He leans his hip against the doorframe and observes the boy still sleeping soundly in bed, tanned limbs contrasting effortlessly to the crisp white bed sheets.

He wonders how anyone can think Jongin is less than perfect, just because he’s deaf.

Kyungsoo permits himself one last look at the boy before he’s swivelling in his socks and heading back into the kitchen, dumping some pancake mix into the pan on the stove and letting it sizzle lightly.

It’s a relatively warm day, bright, relaxed and breezy with the windows on the Juliet balcony open and Kyungsoo has no qualms about swishing around in his boxers and one of Jongin’s discarded shirts. Today is a decidedly good day, and Kyungsoo can tell already.

It’s as Kyungsoo is bobbing his head to the latest Girls’ Generation tune crackling out from the radio that Jongin emerges from his cocoon.

His hair is messy and adorable and he’s dragged the blankets with him, bare feet tapping over the laminate flooring. When Jongin looks up with puffy eyes, Kyungsoo smiles effortlessly at him.

“Good morning, sleeping beauty,” He signs and Jongin blushes, pouting as he sits down at the breakfast bar.

Kyungsoo giggles and shakes his head fondly, dipping down to press a kiss to his boyfriend’s lips. “Pancake?”

Jongin grins and nods, albeit a little sleepily and he manages to sign out a sloppy, just interpretable “Yes please, lemon and sugar.”

Kyungsoo sets to work on flipping the pancake over, signing one-handed to Jongin that he should wear more clothes to bed lest he catch a chill.

Jongin frowns childishly and signs that at least he’s wearing pyjama bottoms, and he brought the blankets with him to keep his top warm.

Kyungsoo can only laugh adoringly before he’s handing Jongin his pancake and leaning over to cup the boy’s jaw and give him another kiss.

They’ve been together for around about a year, and living together for just under 3 months. Nineteen year old Jongin is a tad younger than 22 year old Kyungsoo, but Kyungsoo enjoys taking care of his baby and coddling the younger.

Jongin’s been deaf since birth, and as his parents were killed in a car crash when he was just 4 his elder sisters have cared for him since. He hasn’t had a smooth upbringing and childhood, a far cry from Kyungsoo’s rather idyllic family, and the boy can be painfully shy and embarrassed about his disability.

Kyungsoo and Jongin met for the first time in the middle of a crowded supermarket a few weeks after Jongin’s eighteenth birthday. Jongin’s friend Sehun had become mixed up in the crowd and dragged out of view, leaving a poor, terrified Jongin in the middle of the hustle and bustle with no idea what was going on.

When the boy had started to break down n terror, Kyungsoo was the only person in the crowd caring enough to step forward and try to comfort him. When it became apparent that Jongin was deaf, Kyungsoo had pulled out some very impressive sign language skills and managed to reunite the two boys fairly quickly.

“How do you know sign language?” Jongin had asked curiously, blushing madly because he hated crying, and he especially hated crying in front of good looking people.