Tension | Hyunsung ✓

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Defeat. Hyunjin wished he had thanked Jisung the night before for making him gasp that feeling earlier.

He came to realization, he wasn't the best when he didn't make it to the team. He was merely, not good enough compared to many other competitors. His teammates had put too much believe on him but he was relieved Jisung didn't. At this kind of time, he should be disappointed at Jisung for not believing him but he was grateful because Jisung knew his ability.

Jisung ran down, his shoes clicking on the stairs until he halted in front of Hyunjin. Jisung had a kind and warm look on his face when he saw the defeat in Hyunjin's eyes. Hyunjin was about to cry, Hyunjin was about to lose it.

"You fool. Cry if you want to cry!", He pinched Hyunjin's arm, it helped Hyunjin to cry. "I'm only crying because you pinched me", Jisung rolled his eyes and patted his back. This big human was really bending down just to cry on his shoulder.

— "Why are you crying? There's always next time" Jisung quoted back what Hyunjin told him in the past when his team was defeated.

"Can you not? Let's go somewhere. I don't want to cry in front of people", Jisung laughed, but you already did, he wanted to say.

Jisung's thumb circled Hyunjin's knuckles before wrapping his hand with Hyunjin's, he said nothing yet his eyes was telling Hyunjin to go with him, to forget about the award ceremony.

It was a bit rebellious and rude to do but it wasn't the first time they did this. Who cares about the award ceremony when one is feeling down? The most important part was to replenish Hyunjin's mood.

"Let's go. Let's go.", Jisung said and dragged Hyunjin away. They didn't go far, in fact they didn't even try to go anywhere special. They just went to Hyunjin's workplace, Na-Eun's parents' shops.

"Why are you guys-!", Na-Eun hadn't go to the competition because she didn't want to. She weren't obliged to and she wasn't interested either. The question she wanted to ask pushed back down her throat when he saw Hyunjin's reddish eyes and runny nose, it wasn't a beautiful scenery, really.

"Don't mind us! We will be at the bakery!", Jisung immediately pulled Hyunjin up and climbed the stairs. The bakery wasn't crowded and it gave a sense of peacefulness to them. "Seriously, you guys are treating my place as a secret hideaway. I can't even say no to you guys", Na-Eun spat before she went back to work downstairs.

Mr. Lee just smiled at them before he continued reading at the bakery counter.
Jisung and Hyunjin bowed at him, "we will be very quite! We will be at the back!", There was a seat at the furthest part of the bakery, Mr.Lee wouldn't be able to see them there and there was a reason why Jisung brought Hyunjin there.

Hyunjin sniffled, "what are we-", Jisung really wanted to get straight to the point, so he just leaned closer and trapped Hyunjin who had his back pressed against the wall. He had been eyeing Hyunjin's lip for a long time, he could no longer hold himself from doing it.

Hyunjin smelled like the water, like sea and like the rain. Maybe because he was a swimmer and when Jisung finally closed the gap between them, he could only smell those scents. The fragrance of freshly cooked bread and tarts were blocked off.

He was afraid the scent would go away once he pull away, so, he didn't. Instead, he took advantage of the puzzled Hyunjin and pressed his lips even closer. As expected of an inexperienced kisser, it was terrible. His teeth and and Hyunjin's teeth made a terrible sound when they clashed. Jisung pulled away, cheeks burning. It was really clumsy.

Hyunjin blinked a few times, "did you kissed me?", Jisung only kissed because he wanted to know. Did he loved Hyunjin the same way as Hyunjin did to him. Just like Na-Eun said, he got his answer.

"Sorry, that was bad, wasn't it?", Jisung understood if Hyunjin didn't want to do that ever again. The kiss was clumsy, not romantic nor gentle, in short it was a terrible first kiss.

"Can you do that again?", Jisung tilted his head, 'huh?' his face said. Hyunjin shook his head, "nevermind", he cupped Jisung's cheeks and bent down, capturing Jisung's lips with his. This time it was much gentler. It would be embarrassing if he did the same thing as Jisung.

To be honest, this wasn't their first kiss. Hyunjin did something unforgivable in the past— "hrm... you're good at this. Maybe because you kissed me before", Hyunjin retreated, his back hitting the wall as his face turned red. What did Jisung just told him?

Despite his red face, Jisung still had the power to tease Hyunjin. "Did you think I don't know you kissed me in 8th grade?"

In the past, Hyunjin had kissed him when Jisung excused himself from P.E class because he felt unwell and Hyunjin followed him, Jisung fell asleep and you can guess what happened next. Jisung didn't really mind it back then because he thought Hyunjin was just experimenting and he had no one to try it with. He was a bit mad but he didn't want to fight Hyunjin about small matter.

"You're not mad I stole your first kiss?!", Jisung sneered. "So, you do know well it was my first kiss but you still did it"

"You're quite sly, aren't you?", Hyunjin opened and closed his mouth, not knowing what to say when Mr.Lee called him. "Hyunjin can you help me with something?" His face brightened up, Mr.Lee was his saviour.

He looked at Jisung and laughed, "I better go", Jisung raised both of his hands in defeat and let Hyunjin go.

He puffed his rested his cheek against his palm and bit his inner cheek. "It feels the same..." The tingling feeling he had when Hyunjin kissed him was the same as the one Hyunjin gave him in 8th grade.

Jisung groaned, burying his face in his hand. "I kissed him and it was terrible", he wanted to dig a grave and bury himself inside it.

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The update is quite short but bahhhh

😀 Dun worry it's not the last chapter jsjsisjs it was supposed to be but nahhh -hunny