Give & Take

Fleeting Emotions

Baekho groaned as he woke up, back surging with pain as he moved. He winced and stopped when he felt arms holding him tightly. He blinked and rubbed his eyes, turning to find Minhyun holding onto him as the hero slept. Naked. Oh wait, he was naked too. His cheeks flared up at the memories of their previous night as he held back a scream, uncertain if it was a regretful one or just an unexpected one. Minhyun opened his eyes and smiled.

"You are awake," He said gently and Baekho nodded.

"Oh... Yeah. Um... That was uh... Quite the night," He said while awkwardly playing with his fingers. Minhyun chuckled and nodded, closing his eyes again.

"It was," He mumbled a response. Baekho smiled and nudged his nose against Minhyun's, making him open his eyes again. "What's wrong?"

"Don't you have to go to the mayor's place today?" He asked.

"I do..." Minhyun rubbed his eyes and slowly got up. "What will you be up to today?"

"Mmm... I'll probably spend the day in the garden and see if Jonghyun is around."

Minhyun frowned a little at the mention of the male again. "Who is this... Jonghyun?"

"He's your garden keeper. Don't you know him?" Baekho asked while giggling. Minhyun did not like the bright look on Baekho's face brought about by someone else other than him.

"No. I'm not always in charge of hiring the staff in my home." Minhyun slid his hair away from his face. "And this Jonghyun, what do you think about him?"

"He's nice. Oh and he sent me to the hospital to meet you too. He was also really curious about our.... Relationship."

"Is that why you keep asking me about it? Because someone questioned it?" Minhyun asked while getting off the bed. Somehow Baekho felt like he had said something wrong as Minhyun scowled a little.

"N-no. I just... I wanted to know too."

"I've told you I like you. But what about you, Dongho?" Minhyun asked, sounding softer. Baekho raised his brows.

"Me?"

"Do you like me?"

Baekho was stunned by the question. He had been questioning whether Minhyun liked him or not all these while that he hadn't thought about it even though Jonghyun had asked him. His silent stare made Minhyun sigh.

"It's fine. I don't expect you to be able to fall for someone like me anyways," Minhyun whispered and entered the bathroom.

"No, wait. I'm sorry," Baekho said, hurriedly getting off the bed but the pain made his knees buckle as he squatted on the floor, rubbing his back. "Minhyun..."

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Even after Minhyun left the bathroom, he refused to hear what Baekho had to say and left the house directly after. Baekho wished he had said something earlier instead of just keeping quiet and now making things awkward between them.

"You seem down," Jonghyun said while clipping the weeds in the garden as Baekho stared at the flowers with a sulk.

"I'm fine," He replied with a sigh.

"You're not usually this down beat. Something happened to the young master again?"

"I think with is a better way to say it."

"Okay. Something happened with the young master?"

Baekho pouted and nodded, gently touching the flower with his gloved hands.

"Want to talk about it?"

"How do you know if you really like someone?" Baekho asked instead.

"Well, you'll just know sometimes. Can't tell if you like the young master or not?"