late nights || minjoong

- six -

"you are the king of surprises aren't you" mingi smiled as hongjoong placed a full plate of homemade food in front of, while pushing his laptop away with his other hand. "yeah, well get used to it. i'm full of em" the older sent him a wink and he sat down across from him with a cup of coffee for himself. "any bright idea's yet genius" "nothing yet captain" "well, to work we go" "aye aye cap!" 

"i regret telling you to work you've been staring at your screen for an hour now i'm sick of it, watching you is giving me a headache-" "THEN JUST GO HOME!" mingi shut his laptop, standing up to leave in the process finally feeling fed up. the older was one step ahead and grabbed the taller by the shoulder. "no, mingi i told you..." hongjoong forced the other to turn and face him. despite mingi's failed attempt to mask the fact that he really didn't want to leave. hongjoong saw through him. "i told you...i promised you i wouldn't let you struggle alone okay, i just don't like seeing you like this." there was a pause mingi gathered his thoughts only finding himself able to look at his sneakers. he didn't mean to yell, or to sound so upset. because the truth was he wasn't angry or upset with hongjoong, he was mad at himself. he was mad at the fact that he couldn't sleep, he was mad at himself that he was so stupid he couldn't write a simple report, he was mad at himself that his state had gotten so thrown out of wack that he had trouble living on his own anymore. 

"mingi i don't like that look" hongjoong cupped the other's face in his hands looking at him intently. mingi finally brought himself to look the older in the eye's but regretted it soon after. all he saw was care and concern from the other. he felt unworthy of it. he didn't deserve hongjoong. "mingi stop that, i can practically hear you beating yourself up" the younger hated that he was simply an open book written specially for hongjoong to read. "MINGI!" the older had never raised his voice, and he certainly never sounded aggressive like he just did. but it seemed to do the trick because mingi broke down, a well needed break down. his emotions became too much for him to bare on his own and hongjoong was gladly there to carry the weight. 

the older held him in his arms letting the other cry into his shoulder. hongjoong himself felt tears well up in his eyes seeing the other so hurt. he hated it. hated every bit of the fact that mingi was dealing with so much. it was all in his head, but the exhaustion was taking a toll on his body as well. the other slouched and when he started to feel tired his hands shook and he bit his lip hoping the small sting would keep him from fainting. it became painful to watch in him in those moments. and it became very much apparent that hongjoong felt much more than worry for the younger. 

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