Paint Me A Rainbow (JJ Project)

Indigo

"Have you finished?" Jaebum asked.

"Not yet," Jinyoung answered without taking his eyes off of his laptop screen, the fingers dancing on the keyboard never missed a beat.

Jaebum whined. "Why are you taking so long? I'm bored to death."

"I still need to revise a whole chapter, Jaebum. Just wait, okay?"

"But you promised to continue reading for me before I go to the hospital!"

He had promised, indeed. Since it became hard for Jaebum to read without having a headache and his eyes could get worse if he strained them too much, they had fallen into the routine of Jinyoung reading books for him, one chapter a day. They were always collection of stories, since Jaebum was worried it would burden his eyes and throat too much, yet would die out of curiosity if it had been a continuous story. He was the type to finish a book in one sitting, after all. At the moment, they were about to get into the last story of a book from his favorite author. However, he really wanted to get this assignment finished before his part time job started so he could just fall asleep after that.

"Just wait a little bit, alright?"

For some moment there was no response from Jaebum, so Jinyoung thought he had given up. How wrong he was. Suddenly, a black head slipped through the gap between his arm and the laptop on his lap, and a sulky face blocking his view from the screen.

"Hey!" Jinyoung yelled, but the other just wouldn't budge. He kept staring at him with his sparkly cat eyes and pouty lips until Jinyoung surrendered and moved his laptop to the table because who is he to deny them, really. Jaebum grinned contentedly and wrapped his arm around his waist, snuggling onto his torso. Jinyoung knew it wasn't really the book that made him kept disturbing him. Jaebum just had this cat-like personality sometimes that craved for attention. He also read somewhere that cats loved to rub its head against its human, marking them with its scent and enjoying human's warmth. Maybe he picked it from Nora, he wouldn't know. Even when he slept he often sprawled with arms lifted up and his legs open, just like some photos of the cat he once showed Jinyoung. And Jinyoung couldn't stop himself from petting his head fondly, complying to his every whim. After all, people was slave to their pet, right?

"You're gonna get your cast opened today, right? Are you happy?"

"Of course, I'm so excited. Finally we can eat decent food that's not salty or burned. I think my tongue is getting weird day by day."

Jaebum yelped when Jinyoung flicked his forehead. "Be grateful you can eat! I don't even cook for my family, yet I cook for you. If anything, you should feel honored."

"I do feel grateful," Jaebum said, taking his hand and planted his lips on its palm. "Thanks for being here for me, Jinyoung."

Jinyoung brought their hands up to his lips which curled up into a smile against the back of Jaebum's hand. "Who wouldn't when they're being loved as much as you love me? They must be crazy."

"And you love me too much," Jaebum smirked teasingly, earning a pinch on his straight nose.

"Enough, okay? Now where's the book? The sooner we finished it the faster I can continue doing my assignment."

Jaebum grumbled, yet still giving him the book. He smiled at the childish act. He opened the book, straight to the page where he put the bookmark yesterday, and started reading.

"She sometimes had trouble remembering her own name. Usually this happened when someone unexpectedly asked what it was. She'd be at a boutique, getting the sleeves of a dress altered, and the saleswoman would say, 'Your name, Ma'am?,' and her mind would go blank. The only way she could remember it was..."