train (showki) [✔]

2

"let me help you"

kihyun looked up at shownu. his mouth fell open a bit from the shock and his eyes were wide open. he opened his mouth a few times trying to say something - anything but nothing came out. 

after a few moments of silence, shownu swooped down so that he could take the bags from kihyun's hands, their hands brushing against each other in the process.

kihyun was still frozen in the spot. he would never have guessed that shownu, the school's most popular boy would voluntarily help him. 

shownu straightened up again before he said in his bellowing voice, "lets go".

with that shownu walked off leaving kihyun behind as he finally woke up from his trance and ran after the boy carrying all his bags.

"shownu! wait!", kihyun said running up to shownu and stopping the taller by grabbing his shoulder.

"y-you don't need to help me"

shownu watched as the shorter boy spoke, kihyun would look up at shownu then back to the ground again from the shyness and shownu watched as kihyun's hair bounced up and down every time he looked back up to him. kihyun was stuttering and shownu found it so cute. if he could, he would have cupped the shorter boy's face and placed a sweet kiss on his lips already.

"no. it's too heavy", shownu said. he didn't intend for his voice to come out so rough and strict yet it did. "come on", he said in a softer tone as he slowly walked, kihyun following him.

kihyun followed as he took two bags from shownu's right arm so that shownu wouldn't have to carry everything. giving shownu a shy smile they just continued walking.

"i-it's this way", kihyun said as his cheeks turned a light shade of pink.

shownu just nodded as he followed the other boy. shownu knew where the boy lived though. no, he wasn't a creepy stalker. it was just that his friend minhyuk would chatter to kihyun and jooheon in class about what they would do at kihyun's house after school, revealing kihyun's address.

it would take another 10 minutes to get to kihyun's house and shownu wanted to savour each moment. he still wasn't sure if kihyun even thought of him in a good light. he wasn't dumb, he had seen the blush on kihyun's cheeks on the train and on the platform but he wasn't sure if it was his effect or if kihyun was just that shy.

it was slowly getting dark and people were rushing for taxis, trains and buses after a long day of work. it was sunday and so there wasn't as much people but the main street that they would have to pass was pretty packed. 

kihyun who has in front, leading shownu to his house was trying to walk through the crowd. shownu watched from behind finding kihyun's height contrast to the surrounding people extremely cute. 

"ahh!"

shownu watched as he saw a taller male bump into kihyun. kihyun staggered and fell back into shownu's embrace as shownu brought his hands up to catch him just in time. 

"i'm so sorry!", the person said before rushing to catch their bus. the sea of people dispersed a bit as people boarded the bus that had just arrived.

"are you okay?", shownu asked, his voice deep with worry.

kihyun quickly found his balance again and stood up properly so he wasn't leaning against shownu anymore.

"yeah, i'm fine", kihyun replied as he looked up at shownu. the two were still in close proximity and kihyun stepped backwards so that their chests weren't touching.

clearing his throat he continued, "it's this way, its only a few more minutes" before he walked off.

shownu followed and before he knew it they had arrived at the steps of kihyun's house.

putting down the bags on the top step, they both stood there awkwardly.

"thanks for that s-shownu", kihyun said as he tried his best to look into the taller's eyes. since kihyun was standing on a step, he was now similar height to shownu.

"it's no problem", shownu said rubbing his neck. his eyes wandered across the exterior of the house and the blue car next to it. 

kihyun didn't know what to do. of course it would be good manners to invite shownu into his house for a cup of tea or whatever, for helping him but he couldn't bring himself to say those words. his parents were home too, he didn't know what they would think either. 

kihyun was so nervous. he played with his fingernails waiting for shownu to say something like "i'll leave now", and he stared intently at the said boy whose eyes were not on his.

when they finally made eye contact, they both froze for a bit. 

the only thought going through both their heads were 'so beautiful'. 

suddenly the door opened revealing a women in her early 50's in an apron. her hair was tied in a neat low bun, she was wearing comfortable, casual clothes and in one hand she was holding wooden chopsticks.

"kihyun what are you doing here and not coming in!?", she said.

"oh! who is this here?", she questioned with joy as she saw shownu behind her son.

"h-"

"oh!! come in please", she said interrupting kihyun, "it's getting chilly out there, please come in!".

kihyun's mother then pulled both boys inside, closing the door before any of them could object.

-

the two boys were now in kihyun's room.

after simple introductions were made between shownu and kihyun's parents, they had both insisted that the boy stay for dinner. shownu of course being the respectful child he was could not turn them down and so he agreed.

kihyun's parents were thrilled to see that their son had finally brought home another friend. it was no doubt that they loved minhyuk and jooheon as well, but it just made them happy that kihyun finally had another friend he was comfortable enough with to bring home.

and so kihyun and shownu were now in the kihyun's room as they waited for dinner to be ready. knowing his mum, it would take another hour for dinner to be ready as she would want to make the best for their new guest.

"so uh what should we do?", shownu asked staring at the boy who was sitting as his desk.

"umm i don't know... what d-do you want to do?", kihyun replied. 'he's going to hate me, he's going to think i'm super lame' kihyun thought to himself. he fiddled with his fingers as he looked down, not bearing to look shownu in the eyes.

at that moment he heard footsteps approaching him and kihyun looked up to see shownu bend down. shownu put his left hand on kihyun's left shoulder as his face went closer and closer to kihyun's face.

kihyun's breath hitched as their face were only about 10cm apart. he could feel his face heat up as he stared at shownu's dark brown pupils that looked straight down at him.

kiyhun felt as if the world froze and his senses could only register shownu's hand on his shoulder and shownu's breath on his face. he was about to speak but was interrupted by shownu.

"you-"