It was a stressful Monday night.
Nine bothered himself to stop at the favorite bubble tea place of the younger, and put on some additional baby cologne. He just finished his extra class and he had to pick Joong up from his school. Said his baby had an event with his classmates, so Nine wanted to look presentable.
But, nine was not aware with the presence of Aster, the girl that Joong talked about last week. She confessed to him, in which Joong rejected with some polite refusal reasons.
He just wanted to drag the younger to his car and drive him to his condominium, then scold him to eternity.
There he was, putting a fake smile until Joong wrapped his arm around his waist. However, it did not make Nine feel better, knowing the girl in front of him had an audacity to ask.
Nine hated her. Nine hated her for liking what belongs to him. He hated the fact that she was pretty enough to make Joong said so. He hated the reality that for some days of the week, Joong would see her more than him in school.
Nine had an absolute jealous, and he hated himself more because he was to shy to admit it.
"So, he is the brother that you are always talking about?"
He had enough. Nine pulled another smile before he walked away, or almost, because Joong was fast enough to pull Nine closer, kissed his forehead, and answered
"yes, he is."
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"What have you done?"
After some good fifteen minutes of burning silence in the car, Nine finally spoke. He sounded mad, Joong did not hear the high-pitched voice of his favorite person, and he was scared more than ever. But he did not understand why Nine went mad when he just wanted to show his boyfriend off in front of that bitchy short-skirted girl.
"Why are you-"
"do not ask me back!"
It was quick and bold. The headache that Joong had in the morning was coming back, and more to his surprise he felt another ache in his heart. It hurts him that Nine was not on the same page.
"I will not do it again"
Nine did not even glance when Joong offered his pinkie, so Joong just sighed and watched how fast Nine was driving, until he spotted the bubble tea on the dashboard with his favorite flavor.
"is it for me?"
There was no answer, so Joong decided to just hold it.
"You can drop me at the dorm, I guess you don't want to see me right now."
Joong released another sigh when there was another silence.
"P'Nine-"
"I don't want to, it will take up my time. I have morning pretest."
Joong hated this kind of situation. Nine did not want to talk, that meant he needed to figure out what the problem was by himself.
Does P'Nine hates my kiss? Is he tired? Aster?
Before Joong could figure it out, they had arrived. Nine was fast enough to reach his condominium, leaving the confused Joong with his slow pace.
The thick tension that seemed visible, Joong wanted to cut it. It frustated him, how he could smell that sweet chamomile of his boyfriend, yet he could not snuggle to him.
"I'm sorry"
He managed to say after some hours,
But Nine was to focused on his study that he did not realized the younger had fell asleep properly on the sofa.
