nepenthe | yuwin

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re·turn.
[rəˈtərn]
verb

come or go back to a place or person.

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yuta sighed as he stared at the ceiling, rolling to its left side and bit his lips, filled with thoughts as he stood up.

he felt unjust and he felt the need to do something, and so he heaved a breath and looked for his phone that laid on his bed, dialling sicheng's number.

"hello?" the other line spoke.

yuta sat in the edge of his bed, scratching his neck, "good morning, i guess?"

the other line giggled, "yeah, good morning"

"have you eaten yet?" yuta asked, he was nervous for some reason.

"uh, not yet i just woke up" sicheng replied and yuta later heard a yawn. the older smiled.

"do you want to go out for a...date? yeah, a date" the japanese muttered, gulping and fanning himself with his left hand.

"l-let me get ready for...uhm...30 minutes?" sicheng stuttered.

"do i take that as a yes?" yuta asked and sicheng nodded excitedly dismissing the fact that yuta can't see, and hung the call.

yuta sighed and smiled to himself and mumbled, "perfect"

-

yuta wore a cream colored crew neck sweat and cargo pants, his hair messily dangling in his forehead.

he was waiting outside sicheng's apartment building and he was mumbling inaudible things under his breath.

"hey..." a soft voice was heard making the japanese turn his head around.

a smile lifted in yuta's face, his eyes was fixated on sicheng who wore a denim jacket on top of a black tee with pair of jeans.

sicheng walked towards yuta holding his hand as his face turn light shade pink.

"where do you want to go?" yuta asked smiling at the latter.

"at the park?" sicheng replied, looking at yuta.

the older smiled, nodding his head in approval.

they walked and swayed their hands lightly, enjoying the nice weather and the moment.

"let's eat after?"

"whatever works for me"

they continued to slowly take their steps, yuta holding sicheng's hand tightly.

"do you really mean those?" yuta muttered.

"hmm?"

"that the sky was beautiful" he replied.

sicheng stopped his tracks, letting go of yuta's hands.

"yuta hyung" sicheng uttered.

yuta could only hum.

"yuta hyung" sicheng repeated, now loudly.

yuta trembled, looking at sicheng's eyes slowly.

the chinese smiled, "i love you"

yuta was taken aback, "i lo-"

sicheng coughed cutting him off, "there's the park!" he jeered, running away from yuta with his face in flush red.

the older giggled, "sicheng! repeat what you said!" he exclaimed, chasing the latter.

sicheng sat on the bench, gasping for air.

"i said nothing though" sicheng flashed a smile as he looked at yuta who was standing near him.

yuta pouted, he sat and clung into sicheng's arms.

"say it again" he begged, shaking the latter's arm.

"say what again?"

"i love you" yuta murmured, also taken aback by the fact that he fell for sicheng's mind play.

sicheng giggled, "i love you too"

yuta smiled, pinching sicheng's cheek.

"why do you always have to be cute" he chuckled.

-

they walked home after a few hours knowing its monday tomorrow and they had works ought to do.

"when would be the next time?" sicheng asked biting his lip.

"let's look for many free time, shall we?" yuta replied looking at the chinese.

sicheng nodded eagerly, giggling as he did.

"i could walk from here alone, you can go now" sicheng said looking at the shadow of his apartment's building.

"no, let me walk with you to there"

"no, really i can handle" he insisted making yuta pout.

"bye" sicheng mumbled, making yuta wave as he walked the opposite direction.

sicheng hummed as he walked home, seeing a figure in front of the building, looking up.

the chinese stopped his tracks and squinted his eye looking at the man.

he trembled in disbelief, his knees wobbled and he felt nervous and weak.

he tried to walk away, his vision blurred because of the tears forming in his eyes.

"it's not him, it's not him" he chanted under his breath.

a hand held his arm making him shock.

"are you okay?"

he wiped his eyes, seeing it was yuta who held him.

he smiled softly and gave him a hug.

though confused, yuta hugged back, caressing sicheng, "it's okay, everything's fine"

yuta knew sicheng needed him and so he sighed, setting curiosity aside.

a/n
AWDDWWDWWDDWWDH I've been super doubtful about the nature of my writing. And I'm improving my dialogue and action tags so woop woop. also this was a late update because I was busy being dramatic @ dream show con ;-; nvm I have classes now, byeee and sorry if its boring (who's the guy >.>)

to be continued...