Friends With Benefits

5: "Adjustments"

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Jinyoung cracked the egg and carefully poured it on the frying pan. The oil sizzled and he winced a bit, slightly frightened that he might be splattered with oil. But he tried to keep his cool. He has to. Especially when he has a specific blonde staring at him, watching as if he's the most entertaining show the guy has ever seen.

Throwing a not-so-obvious side glance, he sees Mark, with his face resting on his one hand, while the other is stirring his just made coffee. He didn't have enough time to classify what kind of look the older was currently giving him but, Jinyoung thinks it's the same as those stares he's been getting from the blonde for the past ten minutes now.

"Don't you have other meaningful things to do, aside from staring at me?" Jinyoung finally asked, while rolling his eyes heavenwards. He waited for Mark's answer without turning to face the guy. He focused on frying eggs.

"I'm just trying to make sense of what happened last night..." And there Mark goes, bringing up that damn topic.

What was he thinking really? Has Jinyoung really gone out of his mind?

To clear things, he wasn't drunk when he pounced on Mark like that. He definitely wasn't. He was just... lonely, he guess? He was desperate to get his mind off things which only stress him out. And Mark was right when he said that lately, Jaebum has been the frequent cause of his stress. Even more now, that Youngjae is in the picture. Why is his story like that of what is usually written in books? Unrequited love sucks on its own, but when the one you love starts to fall for your bestfriend, doesn't that make matters even worse? 

Him, and his unlucky ass.

"That really happened, right?" Mark asked, snapping him back from his thoughts. "Boy was I surprised, but I'm not here complaining, okay. You can jump on me any time you want."

And that's when Jinyoung could only give out an exasperated sigh. After transferring the eggs on the plate he prepared, he put the pan in the sink and wiped his hands clean. Only then did he turn to face the blonde, who as he expected is wearing a huge ass grin on his face.

Jinyoung didn't talk just yet and just handed Mark a plate with spoon and fork, so they could both start eating. Mark did manage to stay quiet until Jinyoung is on his fifth bite and decided to talk. He could clearly recall what happened last night, and his reason for doing things like that is also clear to him. But he figured he should talk this one out with the blonde since they didn't have enough time to talk last night.

Okay, Jinyoung might've been too aggressive.

Clearing his throat, Jinyoung started to talk. "What I did last night is not a spur of the moment, in fact, it's a calculated move, a first step if you would call it, because I just made a decision." He held his chin up as he talked. He sipped on his coffee first before fixing his eyes on Mark's brown ones. "You proposed something to me yesterday, didn't you?"

"Yes, I did." Mark answered, nodding.

"Out of all the nonsense you said, this is what I retained... you said there'll be no strings attached, and just sex." He tried real hard to keep his eyes on the older, ignoring how a smirk is slowly forming on those thin pink lips right now. "And I figured, you were right. I'll be needing a distraction... and a good one." Jinyoung sat up straight. "So since you were so sure that you could be my stress reliever, the best I'll ever have... I decided to take your offer."