꒰ ETERNAL ꒱ - JOOKYUN ˎˊ˗

💫 || eleven.

EDITED - 12 JUL 2020

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jooheon was sitting by the window of the café in which he had arranged to meet with hoseok. he was peacefully drinking bubble tea as he was waiting for the other male to appear. if he was going to show up at all, of course.

almost a month had passed since he had gone out of his house for more than ten minutes and for something different than going to the convenience store.

the nervousness he thought he would feel didn't even happen. he adapted to being around so many people again quite quickly as he had never isolated himself from the rest of the world while he was grieving the loss of changkyun.

after waiting for a bit more, a boy rushed into the café, looking as if he was in a hurry. he looked around until his gaze fell on jooheon. he made his way to the table.

"you are jooheon, right?" he asked a bit hesitantly. a big smile formed on his lips as jooheon nodded. he sat down opposite of the blond. "i'm sorry i'm late, i got lost."

"it's fine," the edges of jooheon's lips curved into a smile. "do you want tea or coffee or anything else?" jooheon asked, ready to go and order whatever the other wanted.

even though hoseok was going to tell him to stop and that he was fine as he was now, he had a feeling that jooheon was the type of person who didn't take "no" as an answer when they were offering food or drinks. also, he was quite thirsty because he was running to find the café. "tea is fine."

jooheon got up and went over to the counter, leaving hoseok to look around, studying his surroundings​. he was so focused on the small details of everything that was happening around him that he didn't realize when jooheon got back on the table with his tea and he got a bit startled.

"you're quite weird, you know," jooheon remarked mostly as a joke as he was sitting down, not really hesitant to state his first impression for hoseok. he had been talking to him for long enough to know that.

"i get that a lot," the black haired boy giggled quietly before taking a sip from his tea. "so..." he made himself more comfortable on the chair, looking up at jooheon. "how did it happen?"

"well..." jooheon fumbled with his fingers, aware of what was hoseok asking him. he wasn't really sure what to say. but then he remembered that he had to speak nothing but the truth. wasn't really comfortable that he had to do it in a public place like that but at least there wasn't anyone close enough to hear anything. "it's actually my fault."

hoseok raised his eyebrows. "what do you mean your fault?"

"well, he never really told me what were the things that hurt him. every time he had new bruises or wounds he'd just say that it's normal but didn't tell me they're caused by the things i've done... and, apparently, i've done way too much..." the younger pressed his lips in a thin line.

"i don't understand," hoseok was still sitting with his eyebrows raised and mouth slightly agape. "he's always told me that you're the nicest human he's ever had, he can't have lied to me..." jooheon just shook his head guiltily. "i can't believe this," hoseok groaned.

"how do you know changkyun, though?"

"i-it's a long story." all of a sudden hoseok looked uneasy and even lost of words.

"i obviously have time."