attenuated | moshi/soongyu

six

what happened over the next few hours felt like a blur. somehow, mingyu was sitting here, watching soonyoung dig through his closet in a futile attempt to find matching clothes. in mingyu's defense, who buys matching clothes for themselves?

"mingyu this one!" soonyoung held a striped shirt up proudly, smiling brightly.

"yea, , , one," he didn't mean to sound so aggressive, but the way soonyoung's shoulders dropped needed no words, "i-i don't mean in a bad way-"

"no i get it! it's weird to assume you have couple outfits. but i have an idea just put this on and meet me outside in 5."

"w-wait soonyoung-"

"too late! hurry up and change before i do it for you."

it sounded more risqué than he intended, but the way mingyu's stare darkened he knew it wasn't a bad thing. the tension in his chest grew and his imagination manifesting a shirtless mingyu was not helping the situation.

"soonyoung."

shit.

"ah! hurry up now! i-i'll be waiting," he threw the shirt at mingyu and ran out the apartment.

mingyu smiled and put the shirt on, a longsleeve striped turtleneck, a good choice. he imagined soonyoung had a similar one, based on how excited the smaller had seemed. it was cute in his mind, hand in hand, both in striped shirts and jeans, standing proudly and towering over jihoon.

it had passed his five minute cue by then, so mingyu decided to leave his room. he waited outside soonyoung's door as he was asked, listening for those footsteps off the wooden floor.

a car pulled up in the parking lot, two men walking out, one was jihoon, and the other was a tall man with black hair, who obviously drove them.

mingyu felt a tug on his shoulder, and turned to find soonyoung sporting a flirty smirk. he was surprised to find the smaller was in fact not wearing a striped shirt, just a long t-shirt and tight jeans.

"soonyoung what happened to the-"

"soonyoung."

mingyu felt eyes boring holes into the side of his head. soonyoung wrapped his arms around mingyu's right one.

"jihoon," he averted his eyes, "seungcheol."

jihoon looked mingyu up and down, "who's this?"

soonyoung tightened his grip on mingyu's arm, "my friend, " he exaggerated the word, "right mingyu?" he batted his lashes dramatically at the taller.

"uh, , , yes we-we're very good friends," he followed suit.

jihoon stared at where the two were holding each other, and sneakily interlocked his fingers with seungcheol's, "we just came for my stuff, we'll let you get back to whatever you two were apparently doing."

the two walked past mingyu and soonyoung, who were still smiling sweetly. they followed them in, soonyoung trailing his hand from mingyu's bicep to his hands.

"it's going well, i think jihoon's jealous," soonyoung whispered excitedly, swinging their arms back and forth. he dragged the taller on the floor to sit against the wall.

mingyu couldn't help but smile at soonyoung's cuteness, but he also couldn't help how riled up he was feeling at seeing the smaller so excited about his ex boyfriend.

it took only a few minutes until seungcheol emerged with large boxes towered on top of each other seemingly with ease. jihoon followed behind and laughed at something soonyoung and mingyu didn't hear.

"thank you cheollie," jihoon blushed, his rosy lips smiling shyly.

seungcheol laughed, "of course jihoonie, anything for you," he continued down the hall, "i'll pack these in the car. be right back."

jihoon smiled again, turning to soonyoung and mingyu who were still holding hands, "you guys are pretty cute you know that?" he laughed lightly, half serious and half trying to cut the awkward mood.

"we know," soonyoung said a bit too confidently, leaning his head on mingyu's shoulder.

jihoon smiled, "that's good. what do you think about seungcheol? he's pretty hot right?"

mingyu expected hesitation, maybe even an outburst of anger but instead, soonyoung only went:

"yea , but not as hot as my boyfriend. right mingyu?"

mingyu could barely breathe over the sound of the two laughing. he called him his boyfriend. he wasn't sure he could keep this act up without catching greater feelings for soonyoung.

luckily, seungcheol returned before anyone else could comment, "jihoonie, i packed up. are you ready to go?"

jihoon's face instantly brightened at his nickname. "yes cheollie! let's go!"

seungcheol approached slowly, draping his arm around jihoon, "hey soonyoung, that's a cool shirt."

soonyoung peered down and eyed the faded design he barely made out as the name of a band he had never heard of.

"where'd you get it?" seungcheol continued.

soonyoung's face scrunched into a smile, "i don't know, it's not mine. it's mingyu's."

  jihoon furrowed his brow, obviously taken aback. soonyoung cocked his head at him, still smiling, "it's kinda nice, wearing his clothes especially 'cause you never let me wear your clothes."

  mingyu practically died. his heart clenched, a heat pooling in his chest as soonyoung rubbed the top of his head against mingyu's shoulder. 

  jihoon scoffed, rolling his eyes, "seungcheol let's go."

  he pulled seungcheol by the arm and paced out the door, "jihoon? wait i-"

  "bye seungcheol bye jihoonie," soonyoung snickered at his own teasing.

   the smaller turned over to mingyu, " a-ha! did you see that?! he was so mad!" he continued laughing, his breath puffing over mingyu's cheeks.

  mingyu stood up, wavering slightly in his rush. he had to get out of there before he did something he might regret.

  "mingyu?"

  he froze, the guilt stabbing him as he heard the disappointment in soonyoung's voice. he turned back around to find soonyoung standing too, lips pouted and eyes doleful.

  "are you leaving already?" he asked, locking his eyes with mingyu's, hesitant to continue, "i-i wanted to get to know you more. . ." 

  the thick air was suffocating, both at a loss for words. mingyu thought hard about what that meant, and hovering in the back of his subconscious was wonwoo telling him to stop being a wuss and make a move.

  "soonyoung, d-do you wanna go to a movie tonight?"

     "like, , , a date?"

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