Steal Your Heart (and Make It Mine)

03.

Chewing on waffles, Jihoon reads through his notes for his exam (he's still a student, after all) while Seungcheol is quietly eating his share of their breakfast-- of course, briefly glancing at his seemingly busy husband. The older smiles at the thought.

"So, I look funny now?"

Seungcheol suddenly stops and promptly looks at the boy across him (he's still not sure whether to call him a man or a boy but he just decides to settle with the latter).

"No! I didn't say say that!"

"But you laughed..."

"I just thought you looked cute..." Seungcheol trails off before he shoves in the last of his waffles into his mouth. Jihoon at him with a questioning look and he freezes. "I said... thank you for eating breakfast with me."

"You know I can't say no to waffles."

"Yeah I do." 'That's exactly why I made them' what was Seungcheol wanted to say but the words die in his throat.

All of a sudden, Jihoon gathers his notes and drank his juice quickly. He shoves his notes into his satchel and grabbed his coat in a hurry. "I'm gonna be late for the bus!" He struggles through wearing his shoes and gets pissed with the laces. The older hurries to his side and helped him tie his right while Jihoon does the left.

"I can take you to the hospital, Ji."

"No thanks, ahjussi. I don't want to you to be late and get an earful from my dad again."

Jihoon straightens up his coat and rushes out, forgetting to bid goodbye to his 'husband'.

"He always forgets to say goodbye."

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"Wow! He even fails to say goodbye? He's that... cold?" It's time for their morning meeting and Jisoo chats with Seungcheol for a bit while waiting for their colleagues to arrive.

He can't help but worry about his friend sometimes. He knows how much his friend loves Jihoon so kinda lets the older do whatever he wants to do to steal the Lee son's heart but Choi Seungcheol is stupid and stubborn. Even when he's hurting, he doesn't know how to stop.

Jisoo sips on his coffee while watching Seungcheol smiles sadly while looking at his phone. "Ahhh... you're a hopeless case, Seungcheol."

"Am I really?" Seungcheol's eyes look glassy. Quite like tears are threatening to fall down on his cheeks. Jisoo is frantically waves his hands 'NO' and puts a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"No, Cheol. If anything else, you've got a great advantage! You are married to him remember!"

"Yeah."

"Then make a move! He won't know how much you love him and you can't steal his heart if you keep beating around the bush!"

"What do you mean?"

"Stop sending him just hints! Face him head on!"

"I'm scared! What if he gets annoyed? What if he gets so mad he'd decide to leave home?"