Mediterranean Kiss ~ Taeten

Pink Lips and Cold Drinks

Hot mediterranean sun shone from above while Taeyong, Johnny and Mark stood in the long line to buy tickets to visit the Acropolis.

As Johnny had assumed, it had been easy to get a taxi to Athens. They had even managed to get a ride in what was called a 360 tour taxi, so now they had Sora, a chatty Greek man, driving them around all the main tourist spots of Athens. He also spoke very good English. Taeyong still struggled to understand him, though luckily he had Johnny and Mark with him.

Sora had dropped them off at the carpark and told them to meet him back there at 12:30pm. That gave them an hour and a half to visit the Acropolis - the famous ancient Greek monument on the hill in the heart of the city. The three of them had climbed the hill and soon discovered a long sprawling ticket line was waiting for them. Fortunately, it looked to be a relatively fast moving line and it would also give Taeyong the chance to talk to Mark.

"Here, watermelon for Taeyong, and strawberry for Mark." Johnny announced as he came back with three ice cold slushies in his hands. He slurped his own down eagerly, which appeared to be orange flavoured. Johnny then shot a glance at Taeyong and nudged his head in Mark's direction, as if to imply he had the same idea.

Taeyong took another sip of his slushie before speaking. "So, um, Mark."

Mark looked up from his cold drink and eyed Taeyong suspiciously. "What?" He asked cautiously.

Taeyong took a breath and let the words spill out of his mouth. "I'm sorry you walked in on Ten and I uh, doing what we were doing last night. I wanted to tell you guys about us but I wasn't sure how you'd take it and it was all sort of sudden as well, I mean how was I supposed to tell you all this and have it not be weird between us? Also considering how I was feeling about everything - I was happy but was also doubting myself, and then I was worried."

Johnny laughed at Taeyong word vomiting his feelings to Mark, who was staring wide-eyed back at Taeyong and his cheeks were going the same shade of pink as his drink. Johnny grabbed Taeyong's shoulder and interjected. "What he's trying to say Mark, is that he's sorry you found out like that, but he wants your blessing."

Mark glanced from Johnny to Taeyong for a moment. "Well, yeah of course." He replied, fidgeting with his bracelet, "I don't have a problem with you two being together."

Johnny and Taeyong breathed a sigh of relief. Johnny reached over and ruffled Mark's hair and Mark tried unsuccessfully to shove him away, instead getting captured in a bear hug in Johnny's tight grip.

"Look at your lips!" Johnny exclaimed as he looked down at Mark, "They've gone bright pink. It looks like you've got lipstick on now." He laughed.

"Hey!" Mark yelled, sounding offended. "What about you, your tongue is bright orange. You look like a gecko!"

Taeyong chuckled as his two friends bickered with one another, happy that Mark was now back to his loud, playful self. He noticed that Johnny had on a mint green bracelet, almost identical to the one Mark was wearing, and decided to ask about their own issue from last night.

"So I'm assuming you two also sorted your problem with that kiss last night?"

"Yeah, of course." The pair said in unison.

Taeyong quietly sipped his slushie, watching them carefully. "Okay, because you two were acting really weird when I left last night."

"Mark is always weird though." Johnny countered.

Mark glared at Johnny before snatching his drink out of his hand and swapping it with his own empty one. He poked his tongue out at him before taking a sip. "We were both drunk anyway, so it didn't count." He replied to Taeyong.

Johnny looked forlornly over at his drink in Mark's hands but nodded in agreement.

Taeyong shrugged, accepting their responses. They both seemed fine with it so he didn't push any further. He then noticed that they were only three people away from the front of the ticket line. Checking his phone, they still had a whole hour left. That should be plenty enough time for them to look around the Acropolis, Taeyong thought.