Rehearsals ended late and Youngjae is the first to shower while Jaebum lays on his bed scrolling through his phone. Jaebum receives a message from their manager reminding him of the unit song he'll do with Youngjae for their upcoming tour.
Jaebum sighs, he knows they'll have to do it sooner and not later. The concert is nearing and both of them still haven't talked about what kind of song they want to make. It's stressing Jaebum out but mostly it's his feelings for the younger that's making everything else even harder.
The things is, Jaebum has been harboring a very big crush on his bandmate for a long time now. Youngjae the cute little ball of sunshine in their group is able to capture the heart of their chic and sexy leader without even trying.
"What's with the frown?" Youngjae asks as soon as he's out of the shower and he sees the older frowning in front of his phone.
Jaebum doesn't even realize his frown, he looks at the younger and his face softens but he heaves a sigh. "What's wrong?" the younger asks as he dries his hair with a towel.
"The unit song Youngjae." The younger's eyes widen.
"Oh shit we totally forgot about that," he says with a bit of panic in his voice.
"I know and we should probably start working on it."
"Sure! How about now?"
Jaebum nods before he drags himself towards the bathroom "Let me just take a quick shower."
"Okay."
"So what will the song be about?" Youngjae asks.
Jaebum really couldn't get his shit together, especially with the close proximity he has with Youngjae (with the two of them sitting face to face on Jaebum's bed and with only a few inches between them).He steals a short moment to look at the younger, admiring him.
Every time he looks at Youngjae he feels a very strong emotion to protect the younger, to protect his smile and keep him safe from everything that's out there to hurt him. Damn he's whipped. For most of his days with the younger he wears his heart on his sleeve, however today his heart seems to be in control and he couldn't do anything about it. Thus blurting out whatever nonsense without even thinking twice.
"I want to protect you."
"Oh! That's a good one!" The other exclaimed excitedly as his face lights up with idea. "Something like protect you from
things that will hurt you so you be well always, right?" The younger says as he scribbles in his notebook, Jaebum watches him as he does. He's still too preoccupied with what he just blurted out.
"What do you think?" He shows Jaebum what he has written. Jaebum, who has finally come back to himself, takes the notebook from the younger to read what has been written on it.
"You're well right
It's been a while
Have you been eating well?
I've been eating well
Be careful of colds
And don't be sick"
"I like it," the older says although he means it his tone, not much. Youngjae notices this of course.
It's silent for a while with the two of them staring at nothing but more like Jaebum staring anywhere but Youngjae and Youngjae staring nowhere but Jaebum. Youngjae frowns upon noticing the older's daze.
"Hyung you seem a little bit out of it today? Are you okay?" Youngjae says as he moves closer to the older, placing a hand on his forehead.
"You don't seem sick, something wrong?" He says with full concern in his voice that Jaebum's heart aches.
Jaebum can't seem to speak mostly because he feels so intoxicated with the younger as if he's under a spell. He just want his feelings to leave him alone, to rid all these emotions in his chest.
