“cmon, you oversized baby,” jisung puffed out his cheeks, voice going a few octaves higher as he directed his spoon filled with ice cream towards his taller friend. hyunjin whined and turned his head to the side, avoiding the spoon. “eat or perish.”
“I'll rather perish than eat right now.” hyunjin admitted, pushing jisung's hand away and shifting in the chair. “just finish up eating so we could take a quick tour around the place. we only have three days here and I want to take as many pictures as I can.”
“better off having a full stomach for the day, jinnie.” jisung frowned, but listened to the older anyway, shoving the spoonful of ice cream into his mouth and let out a satisfied groan at the taste. chocolate ice cream, his favorite. “remember the time we went to new york and you persisted in skipping breakfast? your stomach literally tried to eat you that day. don't make the same mistake.”
“well, it looks like I'm already committing it.” hyunjin grinned, glancing around the big, bright cafeteria where people started to crowd the place, placing orders and speaking in much louder voices. “I just really want to go now.”
“you child. I still can't believe I'm younger and taking care of you as if I was your mother.”
hyunjin scoffed, eyes locking with jisung's and crossing his arms against his chest. “you're only younger by what? six months? please, I'm more like the mom in this friendship.”
“yeah well, not in this very moment, no.” jisung remarked, giggling when the other fell silent and left his mouth open. the shorter leaned against the table, dragging his spoon around his plate still half full of ice cream. “close your mouth, jinnie. we don't want a fly to wander in, do we?.”
“c—could you just shut up and hurry? we're wasting precious daylight hours just for you to eat!.” hyunjin's whining got unnecessarily louder, catching the unwanted attention of a duo sitting across from them. one of the boys turned to look at hyunjin, gave him a strange look before turning to his companion and mouthing a few words. hyunjin's cheeks turned red and his fingers started to fiddle with his ring.
jisung laughed at how shy the boy turned so quickly, throwing his head back while covering his mouth full of ice cream, enjoying the up close view of his friend's red face. “You look so precious right now. wish I could take a picture— oh wait! I can! hold up. I got my phone right—.”
“nope.” hyunjin stood up, his chair being pushed back in the process and he gave jisung a very stern gaze. “text me when you're done eating. I am going to be in our room while you finish.”
“aw, hyunjin.” jisung pouted, “don't leave. I was just joking about taking a picture. I swear, I'm not going to do it.”
“I don't care about that, i just feel unsettled being here.” hyunjin spoke in a hushed voice, making sure not to get more unwanted attention. “plus, I think minho hyung wanted me to call him before we began our day, I should probably do the call before he gets mad.”
“oh alright.” jisung looked down at the plates he ordered, gulping down the food in his mouth and blinking up at the taller. “I'll finish as soon as I can but I'll probably need to use the bathroom after this.”
hyunjin sighed, regretting the moment he offered to buy his friend anything he wanted to eat. he knew it wasn't such a good idea to offer such a thing, especially when the offer was made specially for jisung, but he was so excited the moment they stepped foot outside of their hotel room he wasn't thinking at that time.
he forced a small smile before nodding and passing by the younger. “okay. see you in a bit.”
hyunjin left the cafe, entering the small waiting area and passing by the lobby. heading up the main stairs, head down as strangers passed by.
he still wanted to go out, but now his nerves were telling him to stay in unless he wanted to embarrass himself. he tends to get overly excited when visiting foreign places and he gets the most awkward and unpleasant stares from strangers, it makes him feel low of himself. the boy who stared weirdly at him was just the beginning and he knew it.
