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they walked out of the apartment together, hand in hand. jaebum looked over at the other, seeing a bright smile plastered on youngjae's face. he had never seen it before and he couldn't get over how much he liked it.
they take an uber down to the mall together, first stopping in a store that youngjae remembered very well. he used to love shopping here before everything happened.
"pick out whatever you want," jaebum says, "and i'll get it. price doesn't matter."
"oh, jaebum..." youngjae says, "you really don't have to, we can shop in the clearance–"
"how about this?" jaebum says, ignoring what youngjae just said and picking up an expensive light pink sweater.
youngjae laughs softly, "jaebuuuuum~" he whines, leaning against him. "i don't want you to spend a fortune on me."
"but i want to," jaebum says, putting the sweater in the basket he had grabbed on the way in. "i don't want my baby wearing trash."
"y-your baby?" youngjae says, blushing deeply and smiling. "we've only gone out once, jaebum."
"yeah, and i like you a lot." jaebum says, avoiding eye contact as his cheeks were bright red. "it's usually really hard for me to even like people enough to be friends–but you, you're something else. you're special."
youngjae smiles softly, linking their arms together. "i like you too."
"good," jaebum says, "now come on. i see some light washed jeans over there with your name on them.
youngjae laughs cutely, following jaebum over to the jeans. they put a few different pairs of jeans into the basket, along with some t-shirts, jackets, and shoes.
"try these on before we buy them," jaebum says, "i wanna see what they look like on you anyways."
youngjae nods, and the two of them walk over to the changing rooms. youngjae goes in with the basket, trying on the light blue washed jeans with the pink sweater and white shoes. he opens the door a few minutes later, looking at jaebum who was sat in front of it.
"how's it look?" youngjae says, smiling and spinning around. it felt so good to be wearing clothes like this again. he felt like his heart could just jump out of his chest.
jaebum smiles, standing up. "you look great," he says, "so cute." he walks up to him, wiping a little bit of makeup that was smudged off of his cheek. "do you like it?"
"i love it," youngjae says, suddenly hugging jaebum tightly. "thank you so much."
"i haven't even bought them yet," jaebum laughs softly, and hugs him back.
"no, for everything. for not being mad at me when i told you." youngjae says, nuzzling into jaebum's chest.
"oh," jaebum smiles. "of course. there's no way i could've been mad at that face." he laughs softly, cupping his cheek in his hand.
youngjae goes and changes back, and they walk up to the cash register. the cashier rings everything up, the total being in the hundreds of dollars.
"oh gosh," youngjae says, biting his lip. "i-i can put some stuff back if you–"
jaebum pulls his credit card out of his wallet, and slides it. he grabs the bag and the receipt, smiling softly. "it's fine, youngjae. don't stress about money. i've got it covered."
youngjae holds his hand, walking out of the store with him. "how do you have all this money?" he asks, peering up at the other.
"i have a job?" jaebum says, laughing softly. "just so happened to have today and yesterday off, lucky you."
"what do you do?" youngjae says, looking at him with curiosity in his eyes.
"i own a business," jaebum says, "it's a modeling agency."
"wow," youngjae says, "that's really cool."
"mhm," jaebum hums in response, walking into the food court.
"so you come to the bar after work? like when you met me?"
"yeah," jaebum says, "some days are more stressful than others. just need a drink sometimes." he laughs softly. "i swear i'm not an alcoholic. i only drink when i'm super stressed."
youngjae laughs softly and sits across from him, lacing their hands together.
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a/n: cuties (:
i hope you enjoyed! please vote / comment, i really appreciate it! thanks, ilysm~ -author em
