Can't we just be friends?

Chapter 8: Another confession

---Back at the dorm---

"Hey hyung, can we speak?" Jinyoung knocked on Jaebum's door. He heard some shuffling before Jaebum opened the door. "Yea we need to speak. Come on in..." Jinyoung walked in and took his usual spot on Jaebum's bed. "Look Jaebum, I am sorry for lying to you and saying mean things to you." Jinyoung trailed off waiting for Jaebum's reply. "I am sorry for saying such mean things about Jackson and yelling at you, I didn't mean any of those...I...I apologized to Jackson." Jinyoung smiled "That is good to hear hyung." "Can we stop ignoring each other?" "Of course hyung! I miss our friendship and it is tiring pretending that I was happy (without you)." "Same here Jinyoungie" Jaebum sat next to Jinyoung and Jinyoung placed his head on Jaebum's shoulder. "Yea, you were always a terrible actor Jaebummie hyung" Jaebum flicked Jinyoung's forehead in retaliation. "Ouch! Okay, I take that back" "Are we good now?" Jaebum asked Jinyoung. Jinyoung reached for Jaebum's hand and made him promise two things. Jaebum agreed as he knows that he will never deny him of anything. "Promise me that we will not fight with each other again" Jaebum nodded his head. "Promise me that we will always be best friends." Jaebum nodded his head again and told Jinyoung "We will be best friends forever even if you grow tired of me; I will always be there for you."

Jinyoung pulled Jaebum into a hug. "You know hyung, I hate it when we fight. We have been fighting our whole lives, I am sick of it...I think we should be honest with each other. You must not hide anything from me and in turn, I will tell you everything." Jinyoung peered at Jaebum and when Jaebum nodded, he smiled again. He jumped up from the bed and went back to his room. Finally, their fight was over. Now onto the next issue. 

In the other room, Jaebum was staring at the spot where Jinyoung sat. He thought to himself: That's all they will ever be. The best of friends. Even that position was shaky. Jackson seemed close to him recently. Since when did they become so close? 

-The next day-

Jinyoung went to meet Jackson at his gym where he had booked out the whole place (Jackson is a very rich guy). Jackson had taken off his shirt to work out and Jinyoung paled at the sight. "Oh my god, Jackson stop flashing yourself!" Jackson grinned and then reached to his shirt to put it back on. Jinyoung heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Jackson with his shirt on again. "So what do you think?" Jackson had asked him. "Um, you look good...hot" Jinyoung felt his face heating up as he continued. "Actually, can I...can you help me get those too? The abs..." Jackson had laughed at his response and said that he was glad to help him. "Sure, anything for you park gae, trust me in no time you will have the abs too!" With that, Jackson quickly showed Jinyoung his formula to success and what reps, the kind of weight lifting and pushups to do. Jinyoung never knew that working out could be so fun, Jackson was a really good and entertaining instructor. He would make Jinyoung laugh so much he almost dropped the weights. 

"Ok I had enough, lets call it a night!" Jinyoung finally gave up after hours of workout. Jackson said that they will continue again another time. To which Jinyoung groaned. "Well, you need hard work to get the hot body Jinyoung! What do you think? I only ate rice to become this hot?" Jackson had said. 

After a few weeks of workouts, and Jinyoung drinking the disgusting protein shakes that Jackson had prepared daily, Jinyoung was finally seeing his hard work pay off. He was starting to fill out in the right places and he had abs. They had stood in front of the mirror in the gym and admired their bodies. "I was right Jinyoung, you are hot! Jackson had run his hands over his abs as he said that. "Damn, yours is even more defined than mine. You are gifted Jinyoung, you have no flaws. Pretty face and a hot body! I am jealous.."Jackson had declared. Jinyoung had blushed then swatted his hands away but allowed Jackson to take a photo of them. Shirtless. "You cannot post this Jackson" Jackson had wrapped his arm around Jinyoung's waist and snapped the photo. Jackson had snapped several photos. Each with a different pose.