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6

Dong Sicheng was not a fan of cuddles and neither was he a fan of kisses and when it came to Donghyuck, he hated them even more. He didn't have anything against Donghyuck, of course not, he loved the kid, but it was just the idea of someone kissing his cheeks, or hands, or neck (since Donghyuck had a weird habit of kissing people there).

And recently, Donghyuck had suddenly stopped doing any of those things. At least, from what he could see, Donghyuck had stopped doing it with him. Not that he wasn't pleased with the idea that his neck wouldn't have some coloured marks on them — which would be so difficult to hide from fans, and even harder to explain what they were to the stylists — Sicheng was still missing them, surprisingly. He would enter the dressing room, and instinctively reach for the bottom of his neck, only to realise Donghyuck hadn't even come close to him for the past month, acting as if he was some sort of plague.

Now that they were on tour, all of them were busy with their own things. Sicheng was spending his time checking up on the WayV members, asking them if he had missed anything out, and Donghyuck was busy searching for places to visit. And during all of that time — since the tour was announced to when Donghyuck came back — Donghyuck had not approached Sicheng without any obligation.

The two of them were not close friends, probably far from it. Maybe it was because Donghyuck was the only member who was brave enough to make a joke about Sicheng's lack of lines, or about how his Korean pronunciation wasn't the best. But then again, Donghyuck was one of the only members who would lie down next to Sicheng and wrap an arm around his waist, pulling him closer as he speaks in a hushed voice. Donghyuck would complement his vocals and talk about how he wanted to learn some dance moves from him.

The only members Sicheng was comfortable with were: Jaehyun, Yuta, Renjun and Taeyong. That was because they were the first people who Sicheng had met, and they hadn't judged him the second he began to speak or when his dancing was slightly off because of old habits. Instead, they were the ones who told Sicheng he did a great job, and were his motivation to do better in the future.

When Donghyuck first met Sicheng, he looked at the older as if he was intimidating. As Sicheng never liked to speak much, because of his fear to mispronounce the words, his stoic expression scared Donghyuck, and then the one time the younger caught him speaking to Renjun in Chinese made him even more scared.

However, as time went on, Donghyuck slowly got over Sicheng's deep voice and sharp tone of speaking, since he then finally started to understand what he was talking about. Sicheng told Donghyuck about how life was in China, before he moved to Korea to become an idol, and weirdly enough, Donghyuck would sit there for hours and listen.

But they weren't close.

There was always one thing that annoyed Sicheng. It was the way Mark looked over at them whenever Donghyuck used to throw his arm over his shoulder and lean for a kiss. Mark would have this stern expression on his face, glaring at the two and then he would go back to playing with his nails, pretending as if he hadn't even looked over at them. It was strange, and it annoyed Sicheng. 

Mark would casually cuddle with Sicheng, claiming the fact that he was too cute and that he couldn't help himself even though he was constantly saying that he "hates skinship with a passion". But as Mark would cuddle with Sicheng, the two would glance over at Donghyuck, who would lower his head and focus his glassy eyes on the locked phone screen. Sicheng felt bad about that, of course he did. He knew that Donghyuck used to get a little jealous over things like this, not because Donghyuck had feelings for any of the two (well he wasn't too sure about that), but because he was always rejected by Mark, and majority of the time by Sicheng.

"You're lucky," Donghyuck once said to Sicheng, as he watched Mark exit the room after pinching his cheek.

Sicheng remembers clearly how he tilted his head up to stare at Donghyuck, who had his eyes fixated toward the closed door. The two sat in silence as the sound of the clock echoed in the half-empty room. Sicheng didn't know what to say, since he wasn't used to Donghyuck being so silent, or sad. It was strange. It wasn't like Donghyuck.

"How so?" Sicheng had asked, narrowing his eyes as Donghyuck sighed and stood up from his seat, his lips tugging down even further and widening the frown.

"At least hyung loves you," Donghyuck mumbled, walking past Sicheng and fiddling with the door handle, almost as if he was waiting for the older to say something, perhaps words of comfort. He snuck one last glance at him before opening the door and rushing out of it, leaving Sicheng alone in the room.

If only Sicheng had stopped him and said something.

He regretted it.

And so he was going to fix it.

After nearly a whole year or so, but he was going to do it now.

The door to Donghyuck's shared hotel room opened and then closed within a few seconds. Johnny, who had his arms thrown over Donghyuck's waist (since Donghyuck insisted their beds joined together) raised his head and then dropped back onto his pillow — he knew what Sicheng was here to do — he then released Donghyuck from his grip.

Feeling the warmth drift away, Donghyuck hummed in annoyance, and then turned around in his bed not expecting to face Sicheng.

"Move up Haechanie," Sicheng whispered, poking Donghyuck's sides and then making his way onto the bed. Donghyuck groaned as he felt Sicheng's elbows dig into his stomach, but still loosely wrapped his arm around his waist and pulled him closer. Sicheng felt Donghyuck's warm breath hit his neck and strangely enough, he felt relaxed. It was strangely comforting. Normally, if it was to happen under other circumstances, he would begin to worry about stylists, fan cameras, other members; but at that moment, he felt so relieved, and he unconsciously moved his body backwards, allowing the younger to envelop him into the hug.

Donghyuck noticed the movement and smiled at it. It had been so long since he had been so close with Sicheng, literally. Before the tour took place, Sicheng had disappeared to China for promotions, which happened to be before Donghyuck had started his mission to not be affectionate towards the members. Once Sicheng came back, the two had sat far away from each other, mostly because Yuta was always beside him, caressing his cheek or doing something cute with him.

Donghyuck leaned forwards and placed a kiss on Sicheng's neck, causing him to shiver due to the contrast in their body temperatures. Although Donghyuck had been wrapped in blankets and Johnny, he was still freezing cold. And his lips were even worse. When they touched Sicheng's neck for the second time, they were warmer than before, making the older melt under his lips. Sicheng guessed it was because Donghyuck's face had heated up.

Which it had. It had been so long since Donghyuck had kissed anyone, excluding Renjun (and his same-age friend was always complaining about the marks he left), on the neck, he found it embarrassing. 

The mattress sunk as Johnny, in his sleeping form, turned on the bed and threw a leg over the two bodies beside him. A small chuckle escaped Donghyuck's mouth, and Sicheng felt at ease.

Even if he hadn't said anything, he knew he had fixed things with Donghyuck.