mute ; junhao

TEN

Minghao quickly freed himself from the arms of the larger one when it was a little too close for him and then looked at Junhui questioningly, for he had no idea why the older one wanted to see him so badly.

"What are you looking at me like that for? I just wanted to see you, nothing more. I missed you somehow"
Junhui laughed quietly, put on a charming smile and then took the hand of the smaller one before he went off and pulled Minghao along with him.

At first they just walked through the park, hand in hand they walked next to each other until Junhui sat down on a bench and Minghao next to him.

Without hesitation, the taller one put an arm around the boy next to him, pulled him closer and smiled contentedly.

Minghao let all this happen to him, even leaning his head against the shoulder of the other and closing his eyes. His seat neighbor radiated such peace and warmth that he relaxed completely and smiled barely noticeably.

From the corner of his eye Junhui watched the smaller one and slightly stroked his hair, but there was another reason why he wanted to see Minghao, but he didn't want to name it directly.  But now seemed to be the perfect time to address him.

"Minghao...?" he asked quietly to get his attention and then continued: "Are you going to tell me now what the picture is about?"

Directly he shook his head and sat down straight.

"Why don't you at least talk to me?"  Junhui didn't give up, he would keep trying until Minghao would answer with the right words. But he continued to refuse.

Suddenly Minghao realized what was going on there: Junhui didn't want anything from him, all this tenderness was just to get him to talk. None of it was real.

With a jerk the younger one stood up and gave the other one an indefinable look before he ran away without turning around again.

If only Minghao knew how wrong he was with these thoughts, because Junhui was really falling in love and wanted to win Minghao over.

And if he had only turned around again, he would have seen the sad look of the older one and reconsidered the whole thing.