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"Xero, I need help." B-Joo whispered. He had stayed in his room cuddling Hansol until the older one fell asleep. He then slowly climbed out of bed and went to Xero and Jenissi's room.
"With what?" Xero asked. He turned down the tv's volume and sat up from his bed, running his fingers through his untamed white hair.
"It's me and Hannie's anniversary tomorrow and I don't know what to do." He admitted, smacking himself lightly on the forehead.
"Oh, and now you've come to the wise hyung Xero for advice, huh?" Xero scoffed, smirking at B-Joo.
"Are you going to help or not?" B-Joo asked, a serious look in his eyes.
"I'm not sure," Xero said sarcastically. When B-Joo got up and began to walk back to his room, Xero spoke up. "No, wait, I'll help you."
B-Joo raised an eyebrow and sat back down on the soft carpet. "I'm listening."
Xero placed his head in his hands. "Does Hansol like picnics?"
B-Joo shrugged. "We had that picnic at the beach once, and that was pretty cool. He seemed like he was having fun."
Xero nodded as he scratched his forehead, trying to think of an idea.
"I think you should do something relaxing, Joo, like maybe-"
"Only Hansol calls me that." B-Joo said sternly, pointing a finger at his Hyung.
"Whatever." Xero replied. "Like I was saying, you should do something quiet and relaxing, by yourselves."
B-Joo nodded. "I think I know what to do."
The next morning, B-Joo woke up bright and early to set everything up. He laid down the picnic blanket, spread out the snacks, and walked back inside. When Hansol was in the bathroom, B-Joo quickly changed into a suit and took the roses out from his drawer. He waited calmly outside their bedroom door until Hansol walked back in.
Hansol's hair was messy, his eyes had bags under them, and he looked overall stressed out. He had been studying. B-Joo frowned, but was excited that his anniversary present would cheer him up.
He slowly opened the door as Hansol sat back down at his desk chair. He earned a somewhat forced, sad smile from the old one.
"Hey, Hansollie." B-Joo smiled, going over and kissing Hansol's forehead. Hansol smiled, but kind of pulled away. He went back to looking at his textbook.
"Hey." Hansol said, dodging another one of B-Joo's kisses and flipping a page.
"What's wrong?" B-Joo asked, a worried tone being added to his voice.
"I need to study, Byungjoo. We can hang out later." Hansol said, pushing the young one aside and returning to his studies.
"But, Hansol, I-"
"B-Joo, please let me focus on this." B-Joo stayed silent for a moment, frowning at his boyfriend's hostility.
"Are you sure you can't take a break?" B-Joo asked, making one final attempt.
"For god's sake, Joo, can you please just leave me alone? All you do is bother me, I'm trying to get work done!" Hansol snapped, clicking his pen and resting his head in his hands.
B-Joo sighed, tears welling up in his eyes. He nodded, plastered on a fake smile, and walked out of the room, softly shutting the door behind him.
"Where are you going?" Nakta asked as B-Joo hurried past him. B-Joo slid on his jacket and grabbed his car keys.
"I'm going for a ride." Before Nakta could ask anything else, for example why he was leaving on his boyfriend and his anniversary, B-Joo rushed out the door, not wanting to cry in front of them.
Hansol sat at his desk, regretting what he said. Why did he snap at B-Joo like that? He sighed and set down his textbook, ready to apologize.
Just as he was about to reach for the doorknob, Nakta rushed in. Hansol gasped and put his hand over his heart at the sudden scare.
"Hey, Nakta." Hansol said calmly.
"Hyung, what did you do to B-Joo?" Nakta asked, an angry expression on his face.
"I just told him to leave me alone, can I talk to him for a second?" Hansol asked.
"He left."
"He did?"
"Yeah. It looked like he was about to cry." Nakta said plainly. Hansol pushed past him and began pacing around the hallway.
"Why would he cry?" Hansol questioned.
"Go in the backyard." Nakta said.
"What do you mean?"
"Just go." Hansol nodded and walked into the backyard. B-Joo had set up a picnic blanket big enough for the two of them. He had a basket full of Hansol's favorite foods, including chocolate, yogurt drinks, and cookies in the shapes of butterflies. He also had a playlist of Hansol's favorite music and a framed picture of them.
"Oh no! I was so busy studying I forgot it was our anniversary!" Hansol exclaimed.
Hansol bit his lip to hold back tears and rushed inside to Nakta's room.
"What do I do, hyung?" Hansol asked, a slight crack added to the end of his sentence.
"I don't know, to be honest. If I were you I would say make it up to him. Make your own anniversary gift."
Hansol nodded. "You're right. I better get to work."
B-Joo slammed the front door and placed his coat on the rack, sighing and running his fingers through his rain soaked hair. He began to climb the staircase, when he felt a cold hand grab his wrist.
"B-Joo-" B-Joo shook Hansol's arm off of his wrist and continued pacing up the stairs.
"I don't want to talk right now."
"Please," Hansol begged. "Just come to the backyard with me."
"I wouldn't want to get in the way of your studying." He said, rolling his eyes.
Hansol nodded, chased B-Joo up the stairs, and then carried him on his back down the stairs. B-Joo put up a struggle, sure. Punching, kicking, etc. but he would never actually try to hurt Hansol.
After a while, he gave up, and Hansol led him into the backyard. Hansol had ordered B-Joo's favorite takeout, and set up the picnic blanket to look like a makeshift bed.
When Hansol let him down, B-Joo looked around, expressionless. When he didn't say anything for a while, Hansol spoke up.
"Look," he said, beginning to tear up. "I'm so sorry for earlier. You did all this for me and all I could do was order you takeout. If I were you, I wouldn't even be with me anymore. I've been such an ass lately, I just don't know-"
Before he could finish, B-Joo turned around and pulled him into a passionate kiss.
"Happy anniversary." He mumbled, before pulling Hansol into another kiss. Hansol smiled.
