i'm not myself || jaehyungparkian

18.0

it worked, for the most part. brian's tears eventually subsided and there was a peaceful silence until brian spoke up.

"it's okay for you to hate me now. everyone already does."
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hearing those words broke jae's heart.

"why should i hate you?" he genuinely asked.

brian looked up with jae with bloodshot eyes that were filled to the brim with tears ready to fall.

"because i'm a freak and-" brian started before jae interrupted him.

"you aren't a freak, bri. you're yourself and that's all that matters." jae sent a small, comforting smile. and just like a faucet, brian's tears began to fall. these were not tears of sadness, but of joy.

"jae.." he began, "that's my first time hearing that.."

jae smiled and chuckled, "you should hear that more often." (wink wink)

as much as jae wanted to continue hugging the boy, he checked his phone and noticed how late in the night it was.

"brian, you should go to bed and explain later." brain hesitantly nodded as he got up and lead jae to his bedroom.

jae watched as brian gently crawled into his bed. after making sure he was comfortable jae made his way to the door. that was, until a hand grabbed his wrist, pulling him away from the door.

"please.." brian, half asleep started, "don't leave me alone." there was a blush growing on his cheeks as he begged for jae to stay with him.

jae smiles and climbed into bed next to him, brushing his hand through his hair to soothe him to sleep.
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