rainbow dust ↠ hyunghyuk

영 ➳ stardust

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INTRO

   MINHYUK hums along to the song playing on his phone, tapping the end of his pencil against his lip in tune as his dark-brown eyes focused on the cherry blossom tree planted a mere ten feet away. he couldn't help but to admire the curve in the trunk, how large the number of branches and how little of leaves, instead filled with pink flowers that were coloured closer to white than anything else. moving the pencil away from his mouth, he brought it to the blank page and immediately began to draw, curving the lead into a shape that hopefully resembled the tree that would take his attention for the next hour. the rest of his pencils, paints and brushes lay around the artist in a scattered heap, long blades of grasses curled around each with the intent to steal.

   deciding not to look up when he hears another's footsteps approaching, minhyuk keeps his head tilted now, bottom lip between his teeth as his eyes flicker over his first good artwork in months. noticing an irregularity in the trunk and the shape of a clump of branches, he easily slides the pencil behind his ear and erases his mistake, glancing up to refer to the tree that had become his model. instead he looses his breath, and it isn't because of the tree.

   rather now its due to the new figure laying beneath the trees outspread branches, completely dressed in black except for the fake fur that lined his hood, mimicing the pelt of a canadian wolf. shades covering the beautiful stranger's eyes, his head rested against bent arms, one of his long legs stretched out whilst the other was propped up. unknowingly to the artist, the boy he was blatantly staring at was a model who had just finished up from a six-hour shoot, deciding to relax under his favourite tree before heading home for the day. it was definitely a bonus to have such an attractive boy sketching his tree when he arrived.

   minhyuk sighed again when the trunk still turned out deformed-looking, despite the tree not holding that aspect in the slightest, going from sturdy at the base to only slender before the branches broke away. "why is this turning out so wrong?" he muttered to himself, going to pick up the eraser for the second time if it wasn't for the new presence he felt looming over him from the right side.

   peering up through his lashes, he saw it was the attractive boy from before. minhyuk almost held his breath when the other male got closer, being even more beautiful up close like they were. he had a oval face, puffy pink lips, a slim nose with a jawline that wouldn't be expected for such a soft face since it was quite sharp. "it's your perspective that's off" his voice even sounded perfect to the artist's ears, soft and gentle. he cocked his head to the side, furrowing his eyebrows beneath his fringe that had fallen across his forehead.

   "okay think of it this way, a tear looks different to everyone. to one person it could look like a ordinary droplet of water, to another person it might be the base of a beautiful rainbow. it all depends of perspective" he continues as he gestures to the artist, moving a few steps to the right and telling minhyuk to follow which he does. minhyuk notices their difference in height the moment he's on his feet, and he can't think of another time he had felt so overwhelmed and protected at the same time.

   pushing the artist down gently into a sitting position, he goes back to retrieve all the brushes and whatnot tangled into the grass that are willingly given back to the attractive stranger. minhyuk's jaw almost drops when he refocuses on the tree, now being able to the slight deformation in the tree that had been invisible head-on and yet had easily drawn even though his eyes couldn't see it.

   "sorry for barging in on your sketching, i'm chae hyungwon by the way" the stranger greets and the artist brushes the sketchpad off his legs, standing up to greet him properly.

   hyungwon has his sunglasses off when the artist is on his feet for the second time, his eyes blue and a trace of glitter present on the curve of his cheek and the line of his jaw. minhyuk's fingers twitch by his sides, and for once he can't tell if it's the urge to bring the boy closer or to draw. "sorry about my eyes if they creep you out, i just returned from a photoshoot and was too lazy to take them out" he apologises, rubbing the back of his neck as his head turns to the side.

   "it's fine, your eyes don't freak me out. it's nice, they look nice. so do you but i guess that's the reason why you are a model. sorry, i'm rambling. i'm lee minhyuk" minhyuk says back, rambling slightly and smiling shyly at the end before bowing.

   it's when the other bows back, smiling warmly back at minhyuk that he remembers the feeling that his friend hoseok had explained to him when he had found his muse and boyfriend kihyun. the twinge in his fingers, the pounding heart and the almost over-attractiveness of the other male.

   minhyuk had just found his muse in the model chae hyungwon

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