MY MISTAKE ; seoksoo

chapter fifteen

finally, it was the school holidays. no need to worry about school work, homework or assessments for two weeks. seokmin never had any plans during the holidays besides staying home or hanging out with a friend once a week, playing video games and eating junk. he claimed that he wanted to rest up and use up all the time he had to relax so that school wouldn't smack him upside the head. but now, seokmin found himself wanted to do everything with his boyfriend. they ventured to the city constantly to wander through festivals, visit aquariums and walk around to admire the architecture of it all. seoul always looked so beautiful, especially under the moonlight when the lights made the abundance of buildings glow. seokmin knew that first hand.

now, he and jisoo were at the local shopping centre, wearing hoodies, track pants and baggy shirts. seokmin didn't mind a chill day as of right now. he had run out of "city acceptable" clothes anyway.

they walked around the familiar infrastructure of the building, holding large coffees to keep both their hands and the rest of their bodies warm. the heater in the mall was on but it wasn't enough for jisoo who huddled up to seokmin like a penguin. seokmin found it funny that he was shivering so much that seokmin himself could feel it through the thick hoodie jisoo was wearing. the older then grabbed seokmin's free hand and tightly intertwined their fingers together.

"your hands are so warm" jisoo sighed, feeling the warm invading his body. seokmin was like his personal heat supplier that he was able to hug.

"yours are so cold. is your body okay?" seokmin asked humorously.

"i don't think so. i might freeze to death soon"

"that doesn't sound ideal"

"it really doesn't"

the pair walked towards a few shopping outlets, window shopping and looking around, usually complaining that they were too broke to buy anything. the two were now in h&m as seokmin wanted more socks. seokmin went off to go find socks and jisoo stayed near the front, going through a few shirts that he found cool looking. he checked the prices for a few of them and almost laughed out loud before slipping them back on the rack. finally, after having enough of t-shirt prices mocking him, jisoo went off to find seokmin. it wasn't that hard as the younger was tall enough to be seen through the crowds of people.

as jisoo walked up to seokmin, he couldn't help but notice a few girls slowly walking past the one trying to find a good pair of socks and whispering to each other. jisoo couldn't help but scowl. by the way they giggled and blushed made jisoo know they were checking him out. but the american decided to rid his mind of those thoughts. there was no need to get jealous of people who seokmin had never met; jisoo was his boyfriend now.

jisoo had to push through a few people to get to seokmin before standing close to the other. seokmin acknowledged his presence and shoved a few socks in jisoo's face, asking which on he liked better. one was plain black with red and orange flames imprinted on the sides and the other was a creme colour with a small peach at the top. jisoo told seokmin to get the peaches because he liked the softer look (jisoo would also be stealing those socks in secret). seokmin nodded and thanked jisoo for his opinion and went off to pay.

jisoo stood near the shoes which were next to the counter where he waited for seokmin to finish. after this, they would be going home and jisoo was a bit too excited in the idea of kicking his converse off and resting on the couch. as he waited though, jisoo caught more young looking girls shooting heart eyes at seokmin from afar. a disgusting feeling bubbled at the pit of his stomach that jisoo had known too well. jealously raged through his bloodstream and made his face hard with a clenched jaw. jisoo knew seokmin's visuals skyrocketed and it was a bonus of dating him, but sometimes it annoyed jisoo when girls stared at him like they were about to steal him. the urge to yell at the whole store to fuck off was high.

jisoo was too busy glaring at the ground, deep in thought that he didn't notice seokmin had finished paying and was already standing in front of him. one of the things seokmin found cute about jisoo was that he was the biggest space case he had ever met. whether it be during class or at home, jisoo always had something on his mind that torn him away from reality.

"hyung" seokmin chuckled, placing a hand on the older's shoulder who glanced up after jolting from contact.

"oh, yeah, let's go" jisoo grumbled, peaking behind seokmin's shoulder to see the same giggling girls looking as if they would kidnap the younger in one second. jisoo rolled his eyes and instinctively grabbed the collar of seokmin's hood and crashed their lips together. seokmin didn't really complain or ask why jisoo had suddenly kissed him and had just melted into the feeling.

a smirk formed on jisoo's lips in triumph before pulling away and setting an angelic expression on his face as if that kiss was just spontaneous. he looked back at the girls who's shocked faces and blushing cheeks almost made him stick his tongue out childishly.

jisoo smiled and hummed contently, dragging a dazed seokmin out of the store.

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jisoo was laying in bed, typing on his laptop and trying to finish up his essay. he had the cover pulled over his legs with his back pressed against the headboard and a pillow to rest his device on. this week was a strange one where he and seokmin didn't visit each other's houses. sometimes time by yourself is refreshing and jisoo was definitely taking advantage of that.

a hundred more words later, jisoo had finished his assignment and groaned out in frustration. why was he even given homework durning the holidays?

now with nothing to do, the american went on his instagram feed and scrolled through his feed, finding out what a few of his old friends were up too and commenting on a post made by his cousin. and just as he pressed the send button, his phone from the other side of the end rang, disturbing the peaceful atmosphere and startling jisoo.

he lunged over to see who the caller was and smiled brightly before answering.

"hey, hansol" jisoo greeted happily in english before switching back to korean. "speak of the devil, i just saw your post with seungkwan. you guys are back from america already?"

jisoo's younger cousin, chwe hansol laughed from the other side of the line. "yeah, we're super jet lagged. he practically fell asleep the moment i opened the front door"

jisoo chuckled at the thought of hansol's boyfriend before asking, "so, why the sudden call?"

"well, i haven't seen you in so long, hyung. kwan and i miss you" jisoo could see the pout forming on hansol's lips. "i was wondering if you were free sometime this week so we could all catch up. sejong hyung offered to host a dinner at his place. he hasn't seen you in a while too"

jisoo's eyes sparkled at this idea. he hasn't seen hansol in person since he moved out of his parent's house last year. they took him in when jisoo first moved so that he could go to school, get a job and sustain himself during university. he finally got all his shit together and bid his cousin goodbye though they didn't live that far away from each other, only an hour train ride to reach the little suburban area jisoo had lived in for a little over ten months. jisoo suddenly got really excited and fixed his posture.

"that sounds like a great idea. i'm free on thursday, how does that sound?"

"that'll be good"

"okay-oh!" jisoo interrupted himself as a sudden thought popped into his head. "can i bring someone? i really want you guys to meet him"

hansol quickly agreed. "sure thing, bring whoever you want" there was a short pause. "seungkwan's waking up, i'll see you soon, hyung"

jisoo nodded at that, happiness and excitement surging through his body. "later, hansol"

the call the dropped.

[to: seokminnie 4:23 pm]

wanna meet my friends on thursday??