Just Friends

Chapter 10: I need to know

"Are you seeing your girlfriend tonight?" Nam Soon asked while Heung Soo looked at himself in the living room's mirror, trying to fix his tie. He frowned at the younger and shook his head,

"No."

Nam Soon had been asking him those questions for some time now, and apparently, Heung Soo was starting to get annoyed by it.

"Why are you asking me this all the time?" he turned to the younger for a brief second before going back to deal with his neckwear.

Nam Soon shook his shoulders, and stared at the older struggling with it, "'cause I know you."

He heard Heung Soo sighing slightly, but wasn't sure if it was because of the conversation or because he couldn't find the right way to adjust the knot.

"We are fine. We just decided to take things slowly because we have been arguing a lot," he sighed again, "besides, it's a shitty dinner that I'm quite sure it's my couch trying to set me up for some advertising."

"ok then," Nam Soon said, getting up from the couch and heading to his direction, standing on his front and touching his tie.

Heung Soo looked back at him, and Nam Soon made sure to keep eye contact for some seconds before proceeding to fix the knot.

He could still feel his eyes upon him while he finished tying it - making sure to take longer than necessary. He wanted to look up, and he would have - if it was someone else other than Heung Soo.

But honestly... So what if it was Heung Soo? He looked up. Their eyes met for a brief second before Heung Soo looked somewhere else - with his cheeks clearly blushed. Nam Soon smirked, "I like your lotion," he commented, his tone of half joke, half a risky seduction that he wondered if Heung Soo would receive as such.

It was followed by a few seconds of silence until the older eyes faced him with blushed cheeks and there was a thin line between startled and bewildered on his expression.

He opened his mouth slightly as he thought about a reply, but closed it again, avoiding the younger. Something was definitely odd. He thought about Nam Hyuk saying he could be bi, but that couldn't be. During all these years, wouldn't Nam Soon have noticed something?

"I'm going to a party this night, if you want to go when you finish the dinner," He suddenly offered, breaking the ice and taking a short step backwards as soon as he was finished with the knot.

"Where at?" Heung Soo swallowed hard after a few seconds where he apparently got himself back together, blinking once before his eyes dropped to the other's. Nam Soon smirked again,

"Itaewon. Gay club, I'll text you the address just in case," he shrugged, but Heung Soo didn't reply - instead, he got his suit from over the sofa and quickly put it on, looking rather good - surely more than Nam Soon was expecting. He never saw anything special on suits, but Heung Soo definitely looked good on it.

Seeing Kyun Sang talking to his friends as soon as he arrived at the party was the sign that they apparently had a new member on the group.

He wasn't even aware of when he got his friends numbers so that he would just show up as he knew them for ages. Nam Soon slowly approached, wondering if he should kiss him, or just wave. Kissing could mean a compromise on being always together that he wasn't ready to, even though he was looking good as always. So, instead, he just waved at them as soon as their eyes met.

"Didn't know you were coming," Nam Soon risked commenting, staring at them with an inquiring expression directed to Hyun Woo.

Kyun Sang shook his shoulders, "nice to see you too," he teased.