Hybrid

Discovery

2nd April 2017

Junhwe stretched his arms above his head before fishing his phone out of his pocket, looking for any new messages from Jinhwan. He hadn't been waiting for long, no more than five minutes and yet he felt like he couldn't wait any longer.

Thankfully, only a few seconds later, Junhwe caught sight of the main door opening and by rote looked in the direction of the movement, feeling his heart beat pick up when he recognized Jinhwan.

Much like Junhwe himself, Jinhwan was wearing simple clothes, a plain black shirt that struck strongly with the milky whiteness of his showing collarbones and slim blue jeans that emphasized his more than slim legs. He was holding his jacket with one arm as he ran a hand through the short orange locks that were still pulled in that same strangely manly way.

Junhwe' eyes then rose to the elder's face, feeling a small smile settle on his lips as he took in the familiar cat-like lips and dark eyes as Jinhwan roamed his gaze around the room.

Junhwe did a small wave with his arm, feeling just as stupid as he had felt only a day ago at the café. Thankfully, Jinhwan's eyes swiftly shot towards the table Junhwe was sitting at, his face lighting up in recognition.

It took him only a few seconds to reach the table Junhwe was sitting at before flopping down, a huge grin on his face.

"I'm really happy you came." Jinhwan said as he smoothed down his hair a bit ruffled from the wind outside.

Junhwe nodded at that, not really sure what he could answer. He had been more than delighted to be invited and for nothing in the world would he have not come but Junhwe reckoned saying that out loud would make him sound way too desperate.

Soon enough, silence settled upon them and it felt awkward. Junhwe had never really been a social butterfly and it was always in situations like these that he hoped he wasn't so hopeless.

Thankfully, Jinhwan always managed to find things to say.

"So, what did you do today?" he asked, a small smile gracing his features.

"I worked on an assignment with my partner, Donghyuk." Junhwe answered, noticing the way Jinhwan's brows furrowed at the mention of the name.

Junhwe could understand where the confusion was from. After all, Jinhwan had never met him before and had most definitely never heard of him either.

"Is he a friend of yours?" The elder asked in what sounded to be a wary voice to Junhwe's ears.

Junhwe swiftly nodded, paying close attention to Jinhwan's behaviour. It wasn't like Junhwe was trying to fool himself into believing that Jinhwan was jealous, but the way the elder had glanced away, his ears slightly red made Junhwe want to push it a bit more.

"He's the closest friend I have right now." He said as he looked around the room, avoiding eye contact.

If Junhwe missed the small twitch of Jinhwan's lips, he definitely heard the bitterness in his voice when he spoke up shortly after.

"Yeah, I surely can smell that."

Junhwe's eyes rushed back up to Jinhwan face, feeling his heart beat immediately increase when he took in the elder's scrunched up face and clouded dark eyes. He was glancing away, his cheeks puffed out and lips curled down in a small pout that made Junhwe think more than ever that Jinhwan was just too adorable for words.

He wanted to believe that Jinhwan low-key meant that he didn't like smelling anyone on Junhwe and the younger was very much aware of how possessive that was for a Lycos. The thought of Jinhwan being jealous brought a small smile to Junhwe's lips as he thought back on the many occurrences on which Jinhwan had mentioned his smell.