JISUNG WAS CLOSE to kicking chenle out of his house.
it wasn't that he was being annoying or anything, but he was being too cute! jisung didn't know if he could take it any longer.
chenle was currently lying on his stomach on jisung's bed, kicking his legs up in the air and scrolling through his instagram feed. he was sticking his tongue out, occasionally popping a pizza roll into his mouth.
jisung knew he probably should stop staring but the elder was just so, terribly cute and precious that he couldn't help it!
'maybe i really should just kick him out,' he thought.
no. he's your best friend, not your boyfriend! pushing the thought away and finally taking his eyes off of the boy, he leaned forward and plucked a pizza roll off of chenle's plate. "you little rat," chenle glared, reaching up to slap the snack out of jisung's hand, but sadly was too late. jisung smirked in triumph, cackling as chenle pouted dramatically.
"my poor, poor pizza roll..."
jisung rolled his eyes. "which, by the way, came from my kitchen."
"irrelevant," chenle argued, swallowing another. jisung chuckled. "whatever you say."
he watched as chenle continued to scroll through his instagram feed. his habit of staring at the elder was kicking in again but he couldn't stop. he moved a bit closer and flipped onto his stomach, their shoulders touching. jisung looked at chenle's instagram with him, the both of them occasionally talking about a post or laughing at a stupid video.
eventually chenle got bored and switched to twitter. jisung moved to let his head fall onto the bed, closing his eyes and resting his forehead on his arms. a few moments after chenle turned his phone off with a click and rolled on top of jisung, who made an 'oof' sound but didn't move.
they stayed like that for almost twenty seconds before chenle spoke.
"can i stay the night?"
suddenly all of jisung's thoughts of kicking him out had vanished.
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jisung walked into his room and plopped onto the bed, seeing chenle frowning at his phone.
he raised an eyebrow, sitting back against the headboard. "what's up?" chenle looked up from his screen and made eye contact with jisung before looking back down, showing the screen to jisung.
it was an instagram post mark had made. the picture was of mark and donghyuck; mark was staring at donghyuck, who was goofing around as always. jisung smiled at the caption ('the sun has never shined so bright- photo creds to @huanginjun') when he saw the picture until he realised why chenle was frowning over it.
(y'all it's this adorable thing)
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"lele, it's okay..."
chenle sighed a deep breath and and turned to let his head fall into jisung's lap. he retrieved his phone and held it above him, scanning the picture. "i'm just worried, ji. their relationship is so complicated and messed up, but hyuck loves him so much. i know mark loves him too. he has to."
"i know. i wish donghyuck would say something or do something to stop himself from hurting even more. i wish i could do something. mark doesn't mean to hurt him though, if only he'd realise it."
"but," chenle continued, turning his phone off. "when they're not fighting they're so goddamn cute and it makes me kinda jealous... sometimes i'll see them and forget the truth behind their relationship. i don't want exactly what they have, who would? but i wish i could hold someone's hands all the time and kiss their cheeks and play with their hair. i wish i had someone to call me their's and to take cute couple pictures and go on cheesy dates. gosh, it'd be amazing to be able to fall asleep in their arms every night, and waking up there, too."
jisung listened to all of this with a racing heart. he felt the exact same way. of course, he and chenle were very close and affectionate, but he wanted to be able to do all of that with chenle and not just as best friends. he wondered if chenle had anyone in mind as he said all of that.
jisung hummed and twisted some of the chinese boy's blonde hair around his fingers. almost silently, he replied, "we all do, lele."
when chenle didn't respond, eyes closed, he kept talking softly, as if it were a secret from the world. "i want all of that, too. it probably doesn't seem like it but we're all lonely. i may not be able to do all of that, but i can hold your hands," he moved his free hand to chenle's, which were resting on his chest, and gently picked them up. "i can play with your hair," his fingers somehow caressed chenle's hair even softer than before. "you can fall asleep in my arms and i promise i'll stay."
this time, he watched as chenle's lips curved into a light smile, and he opened his eyes to look up at the younger. jisung felt his heart soar.
chenle rose up and jisung immediately laid down and opened his arms, letting the elder fall into them. chenle tangled their legs together and nuzzled his nose into jisung's neck, his small hands holding his sweater tightly. jisung smiled and held him close, letting his own eyes shut.
as chenle began tapping jisung's back ever so slightly each time his heart beat, he knew he was counting jisung's heartbeats. it was a habit he had, and nobody really knew where it came from. however, they all knew it was seriously the cutest thing ever.
jisung felt his heart skip a beat.
he wondered if chenle could feel it too.
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a/n:
this ending stole aLL of my uwus!
tomorrow is my birthday (hell yeah) so i'm going to try to update then as well! i'm also working on the markhyuck backstory so please look forward to it ((:
