Something New (OnHo)

A Deep Place In Your Heart

"I'm home" Jinki announced, disappointed that there was no response.

He hadn't seen Minho all day and he'd be lying if he said it didn't upset him. He was in love with him, of course he'd want to see him after a day of work. That's how he justified it to himself. It wasn't late enough for him to be asleep, but Jinki thought he'd check anyway.

A few knocks and there was no answer, so he slowly opened the door. He glanced into the room and was sad to find no Minho. He sighed, closing the door and pulling out his phone, debating giving him a call or texting him.

He called him, of course.

It rang the whole time, sending Jinki to voicemail, and also into panic mode. The dream was still having its effect on him. Instead of leaving a voicemail, he called again, afraid Minho was in danger.

About five rings and Minho answered.

"Hello?" He sounded tired and a little frustrated.

"Hey, I haven't seen you all day and you didn't answer the first time and I got scared" Jinki explained a little too quickly.

Minho chuckled, "It's okay, I'm just running late today, had to run an errand and it took a little longer than expected" an abrupt honk let Jinki know he was driving, or at least near a street.

"Sorry, I probably added more stress by calling you" Jinki felt bad for the many times he's made Minho worry in the past few days.

"No, no, it's fine, I'm actually happy to hear your voice. It's nice to hear someone familiar after so long" Minho's sincerity shine through his words and Jinki smiled.

"Are you headed home now?" Jinki asked, going to sit in his room.

"Sorta, back to the office first to clock out, then home from there" Jinki decided he loved Minho's voice.

"I'll wait up for you, I'll make us some ramen when you get home" Jinki suggested, imagining Minho's smile.

"That sounds great! Hopefully I'll be home soon" There was a little nervousness in his voice but Jinki pretended he didn't hear it.

"Okay, see you soon!" Jinki chimed into the phone.

"See you soon" Minho chuckled, and the two hung up.

Jinki couldn't wipe the smile from his face as he made his way to the living room, he guessed absence really did make the heart grow fonder. He pulled out two cup ramen, preparing them to go in the microwave, but instead he placed them beside the microwave.

He sat down on the couch and played a few games on his phone as he waited. It made the wait go faster, even if it still felt like hours.

Finally, the door was being unlocked and the door knob was turning and Jinki looked up from his phone.

Minho sighed as he walked in, "I'm finally home" Jinki smiled at him.

"Welcome home, I'm sure you're starving so I'll go ahead and cook the ramen" Jinki got up and quickly went to microwave the food.

"That's so nice of you Jinki" Minho smiled this time, setting his briefcase on the coffee table as he plopped down on the couch.

"You've has a long day, it's the least I can do" Jinki insisted, starting to notice just how tired Minho looked.

"Still, thank you so much, it means a lot to me. Usually I would just go straight to bed and then eat a big breakfast" Minho met Jinki's eyes.

Jinki couldn't think of a reply, seemingly frozen in Minho's eyes. And they stayed like that for a while, smiling at each other, just happy to see each other. Then the microwave beeped and Jinki jumped. Minho couldn't help giggling at him, and Jinki would've been more embarrassed but Minho's laugh made him calm.

It was close to silent as Jinki finished up with the ramen and brought them to Minho.

"Thank you" Minho said as he took one of the cups from Jinki.

"You're welcome" Jinki sat down beside Minho and the two of them started eating.

It was quiet as they ate, neither of them thinking to put something on to watch, and neither having much to say. But Jinki liked the silence, he just liked being with Minho, and it was times like these that he wished lasted forever.

"Mm, hey, how was your first day?" Minho asked after a mouthful of noodles.

"It was good, made a new friend, and then Kibum came and got Jonghyun's number" Jinki told him, and Minho looked surprised.

"Not what I expected to hear, but interesting. Who's this new friend?" Minho smiled at Jinki.

"Ah, his name is Taemin, he's kinda like the second in command there" Jinki answered and Minho nodded.

"Is he nice?" There was a different tone to his voice now, and Jinki couldn't recognize it at first.

"Yeah, he's super nice, he helped me calm down after Kibum's visit" Jinki looked to Minho, who had a sort of somber expression, "Is everything okay?"

"Uh, yeah, sorry I was just thinking about something" Minho tried to change his expression to a happier one.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Jinki suggested and Minho looked down for a second, as if he was thinking.

"I uh.. I'm a little jealous" Minho admitted.

"Jealous of what?" Jinki wasn't sure if he wanted the answer.

"Of you and Taemin" Minho met Jinki's gaze.

"Why of us?" Jinki thought he may have known, but he wanted to be sure.

"I don't know, I guess I just... don't want you to fall for him" Jinki found himself blushing.

"But you said-"

"I know what I said but I've been thinking a lot these past few days and I really like you" Minho confessed and Jinki was rather shocked.

"I- I don't know what to say, I thought you didn't want this" Jinki was confused to say the least.

"I'm scared of it, but that doesn't mean I don't want it. I don't wanna hurt you, but I wanna be with you" Minho was contradicting himself, but he didn't care.

"I don't know what or who made you think that you would hurt me, but I hope one day you stop thinking that way" Jinki smiled, and for a second he thought he saw a tear in Minho's eye.

"Would you believe me, if I said I love you, Lee Jinki?"