small words || jeongcheol

27: head-over-heels.

"Jeonghan. You okay?"

The long-haired boy glanced up as Nurse Seungcheol passed him and paused in the corridor.

"Yeah, I'm okay," Jeonghan answered, frowning slightly. He leaned on the bathroom doorframe. "Why?"

Seungcheol smiled at him. "Can't I ask?"

Jeonghan opened and closed his mouth, making the older man laugh.

"I do care, you know," Seungcheol chuckled. "Are you going to stay in your pyjamas all day?"

Jeonghan scoffed. "No," he said petulantly before shutting the bathroom door.

He heard Seungcheol chuckling to himself, his heavy footfalls receeding as he went down the corridor and down the stairs.

The long-haired boy ran his hands through his hair several times as he paced around the tiny bathroom. His cheeks were hot. He locked the door and stared at his reflection in the mirror.

It had been three days since he confessed his interest in the dark-haired nurse to Wonwoo and June.

"Why are you doing this to me?" he whispered.

Seungcheol was everywhere, especially in Jeonghan's mind. He was the reason Jeonghan was starting to get better, but Jeonghan couldn't face the notion of even being separated from the older man. Was this becoming a problem?

The door handle rattled and nearly gave Jeonghan a heart attack.

"You trying to kill me or what?" he demanded.

"Oh," came Wonwoo's deep voice. "Jeonghan?"

"Hey, Wonwoo," Jeonghan sighed. "I'll be out in a minute."

"'kay."

Jeonghan splashed water on his face again, patting his skin dry with his towel and tryinf to get his cheeks to stop being so pink.

Wonwoo gave the blandest smile as Jeonghan opened the door and exited. He  awkwardly went into the bathroom and shut the door behind him.

"Oh, hey," said Jeonghan, turning and almost bumping into Yuju. How was the house still so full when Soonyoung wasn't there anymore?

Yuju smiled sweetly, looking like she might burst with excitement.

"Let me guess," Jeonghan said, cracking a smile. "It's Seokmin day."

"Yes!" she squealed. She hesitated. "Can you do my hair?" she asked in a small voice.

Jeonghan was taken aback, but tried not to show it. "Sure, Yuju," he said.

"I'll get the stuff!" she declared, running off to her room. "Meet me in the living room."

"Okay," Jeonghan answered, still smiling a little.

"Stop," said Nurse Minghao, appearing at the end of the corridor by the stairs.

"What?" Jeonghan asked irritably as the young trainee nurse dabbed on each side, probably just to annoy him.

"Seungcheol wants you dressed first," Minghao informed him. "Have you seem Junhui anywhere?"

"Seungcheol can suck a dick."

"Oh, yours?" Minghao asked innocently.

"Why are you asking after Junhui?" Jeonghan demanded, shaking his head at the trainee nurse's comment.

"Why are you being so agressive about Seungcheol?" Minghao countered, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh, for fuck's sake," he snapped, turning on heel and heading for his room.