Untitled Drabble 2

chaos

"I'm not doing it."

"Yes, you are."

"No, I'm not."

"No, you're not."

"Yes, I am."

Pavel smirks victoriously at Nine and the latter audibly groans.

"I will not do it!" Nine repeats as he buries his face into a pillow.

They are both sat on the couch in his shared apartment with his best friend and long-term crush, Joong Archen Aydin.

"What are you scared of? You already fuck each other." Pavel tells him matter-of-factly.

A blush creeps up from Nine's neck to his ears.

"I regret telling you any of this," Nine mumbles against the pillow.

"Just tell him you like him, it's that simple!" Pavel says just as the door swings open and his flatmate enters in all of his sexy six-foot glory.

Nine lifts his head to see Joong toe off his shoes and walk into the living room.

"Who likes who?" Joong asks as he sets his bag on the table, and leans over to kiss the top of Nine's head.

"I'm home," he greets briefly and sits by Nine, snuggling into him from behind, arms around the shorter's waist.

"Who are we talking about?" Joong asks again, resting his chin by Nine's shoulder to peer over at Pavel.

Pavel raises a brow at Nine with a look that could vaguely be interpreted as you were saying? Nine just rolls his eyes and relaxes into Joong's embrace.

"Nothing. Pavel was just telling himself to confess to Dome already." Nine smugly looks back at Pavel who is unamused by the sudden shift in topic.

"I was going to do it anyway." Pavel growls at him and Nine just sticks his tongue out at him, whining when Pavel pinches his extended leg resting on a pillow.

Nine pulls his leg back and kicks Pavel by the thigh.

"That hurts, you ass. That's my injured leg." he pouts and Joong's hand is already on said leg, massaging it.

"You got injured today?" Joong asks, voice laced with worry, and Nine remembers why he fell in love with this boy in the first place.

"It was just a little sprain. Bad landing. Pavel offered to drive me home," Nine tells him reassuringly, but Joong already has that scowl on his face like it was him who got injured.

Pavel clears his throat, and both of them look up at him.

"Well, I guess I'm no longer needed here." Pavel gets up to leave and gives Nine a look.

Nine understands and just nods in order to appease him.

"Thanks for dropping him off, P" Joong tells Pavel and the older guy simply waves him off and walks to the front door where he left his shoes.

"Bye, Pavel !" Nine calls out to him and he hears a grunt in response.

Once Pavel is out, the apartment becomes quiet. Normally, they would share a comfortable silence together and cuddle.

Today seems a bit different.

"Did something happen at work?" Nine asks as he turns his head to properly look at the boy behind him.

Joong looks back at Nine and stares into his eyes. This never fails to make his heart skip a beat.

Joong doesn't respond, and simply watches him. The hand on his leg has stopped moving but remains there, holding him.