Something New (OnHo)

Just The Way You Are

"Why do you look so scared? It's just me" Kibum tried to reassure him and Jinki snapped back to reality.

"Uh sorry, I didn't sleep well last night. Minho left for work already" Jinki answered simply, just wanting Kibum to leave.

"Ah okay, sorry if I bothered you" Kibum seemed kind of disappointed.

"It's no problem, shouldn't you be at work?" Jinki was surprised to see what seemed like a vulnerable version of Kibum.

"My shift starts later than Minho's, I was hoping I could catch him before he left, I'll get out of your hair now" Kibum smiled softly at Jinki before turning to leave.

"Ah excuse me" Jonghyun's familiar voice made Jinki look past Kibum.

"Sorry, I wasn't looking" Kibum admitted and Jinki stepped out of the apartment.

"Jonghyun!" Jinki waved and both men looked his way.

"Ah you're Jinki's friend!" Kibum smiled and held his hand out.

"Yeah, I'm Jonghyun, are you Minho?" Jonghyun asked confused.

"Oh no, I'm his coworker, Kibum" The longer they talked the more anxious Jinki got.

"Well it was nice to meet you" Jonghyun smiled and Kibum nodded.

"I hope we'll see more of each other soon" Kibum bowed slightly and continued on his way while Jonghyun looked to Jinki and nodded.

Once Jonghyun was in the apartment he turned to Jinki, "Wow he's cute, you never told me about him!"

"Well you never asked" Jinki shrugged and Jonghyun giggled.

"So why the sudden invitation?" Jonghyun hung up his coat and looked to Jinki.

"To be honest, I had a nightmare and I didn't want to be alone" Jinki told him and Jonghyun's look became sympathetic.

"I'm sorry, so you wanna talk about it or do you wanna talk about something else?" Jonghyun asked and Jinki sat on the couch.

"Let's talk about something else, like your store" Jinki suggested and Jonghyun sat down beside him.

"What about it?" Jonghyun was a little confused.

"Is it doing well? Are there any job openings?" Jinki asked and Jonghyun nodded in understanding.

"Well, we are a little understaffed, would you like a job?" Jonghyun smiled and Jinki.

"I'd love one, when do I start?" Jinki smiled and Jonghyun pretended to think.

"Tomorrow at ten in the morning sound good?" Jinki nodded quickly, "Great, consider yourself employed!"

"You're the best" Jinki watched as Jonghyun beamed.

"I know, I know" Jonghyun laughed and Jinki joined in, "Now, what's the story of you and your roommate?"

"There's no real story, I like him and he told me to have my feelings disappear for my safety" Jinki shrugged and Jonghyun looked at him confused.

"Did he ever say if he liked you back?" Jonghyun asked and Jinki shook his head.

"He calmed me down after the nightmare and we hugged for a long time but I don't know if that means anything" Jinki told him, "Oh! And Kibum, that's his ex"

"Well that proves he has good taste, and if he has good taste then I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up liking you back" Jonghyun suggested and Jinki scoffed.

"Even if he likes me back, he made it pretty clear he didn't want to date" Jinki tried not to look upset.

"He might just mean right now, maybe somewhere down the line..." Jonghyun trailed off, eyeing Jinki and wiggling his eyebrows, making the older laugh.

"What about you? Is there anyone special you haven't told me about?" Jinki asked, shifting in his seat.

"I mean, you just watched my future boyfriend walk down the hall" Jonghyun joked and Jinki wanted to laugh with him, but something didn't let him.

"I would be really surprised if you two ended up together" The humor in Jinki's statement was somehow lost.

"You seem upset, did I say something wrong?" Jonghyun asked, worry apparent in his voice.

"No, no, it's not that, Kibum was just in my nightmare and I'm still kinda shaken by it" Jinki half-lied and hoped Jonghyun wouldn't press on.

"I'm sorry, if I had known I wouldn't have brought him up, let's talk about something else" Jonghyun suggested and Jinki felt a small smile pull at his lips.

They talked for a while and Jinki almost forgot how tired he was, he guessed being with his best friend did that to him. He didn't mind though, but Jonghyun did when he noticed the yawns and the hard time Jinki was having keeping his eyes open.

"You seem tired, did you sleep well last night?" Jonghyun asked during one of Jinki's yawns.

"Ah, no I didn't sleep at all" Jinki admitted and Jonghyun looked half-shocked.

"You have your first day of work tomorrow, you need some good sleep!" Jonghyun got up and Jinki watched him curiously, "Come on, take me to your room and you're going to get nice and comfortable and I'm going to put on some relaxing music and you are going to sleep"

Jinki complied, showing Jonghyun to his room and letting the younger take care of him. All the blankets Jinki owned, his pillow nice and fluffed, and relaxing music playing beside him.

"And I'll leave when you've fallen asleep" Jonghyun told him and Jinki looked at him concerned.

"What about locking the door?" Jinki asked.

"I didn't think about that, do you know when Minho will be back?" Jonghyun asked and Jinki shrugged.

"He came home early the other day, but it's only just now noon" Jinki told him and Jonghyun sighed.

"I can't just take your key, you can put yourself back into this maximum comfort position right?" Jinki nodded at that and got out of bed.

"Thank you for the help, it means a lot" Jinki patted Jonghyun's back as they left the room.

"It's the least I could do, now you get some sleep, you've got a big day tomorrow" Jonghyun smiled at him as Jinki unlocked the door.

"I will, see you tomorrow" Jinki smiled back and opened the door.

They said their goodbyes and Jinki closed and locked the door, heading back to his room to hopefully get some amazing sleep.