Colors On Our Skin

~5~

Last lesson ended quickly.

Changkyun headed towards the exit, sighing happily as he was out of the classroom. Chanyeol laughed at the younger as he followed, Jihoon on his side.

"You're already tired? It's only the first day you know?" The older shook his head and laughed as Changkyun grimaced.

"He's always tired, hyung. This is college after all." Jihoon looked at his phone, frowning as he closed his book. "Didn't you say you were going to meet Baekhyun hyung?"

Chanyeol groaned. "Right! That's what I forgot." He mumbled something under his breath while Changkyun laughed. "Go then! Im sure he's already waiting."

The oldest of them three nodded and mumbled an excuse before turning back to the opposite way. "Should we tell him about the gigantic pink stain on his forehead?"

Jihoon giggled, shaking his head. He just laughed, knowing why Beakhyun had been so happy when he let Chanyeol finally leave for class.

As they walked and chatted with each other, Changkyun didn't pay attention. Suddenly, he accidentally crashed into a person, making him drop his books on the floor.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" He bent down and helped the other pick up the books. "Are you alright?"

The male in front of him smiled shyly. "Yeah, thank you. I'm sorry, I didn't look either."

"Ah, no worries." Both of them stood up and he grimaced as the other seemed taller than him.

Changkyun blinked as he recognized the person in front of him.

"Jongin hyung!" The brown haired male smiled.

"Changkyun-ah? Jihoon-ah? Hi! I didn't know you guys were in class?" They smiled as Changkyun helped Jongin with his books. "We just made it through last class."

He wondered why the older was carrying so many books. Or, they realized, the professors books.

"Are you helping the professor, hyung?" The older nodded as he thanked Changkyun for helping him. "I stayed a bit behind and the professor wanted help anyways, so.."

He laughed. So typically the older to help people, even when he might be tired. Changkyun looked at Jongin, noticing a small red pattern on his cheek. Jihoon seemed to see it too as he gasped. "Hyung?!?"

"What?" Jongin looked confused as Changkyun and Jihoon snickered.

"Who is it? Who's your soulmate?" The blush that immediately colored his cheeks made the two younger grin even wider.

"It's S-Sehun." Jihoon gasped.

"Wait, aren't you guys best friends? Why haven't you told us?!?"

Jongin laughed at their excitement. "Well, none of us discovered until three weeks ago. I've had full up."

The look on his dongsaeng's faces mad heim regret letting the last words slip. "W-well, I was going to meet his friends today. So I'm kind of in a hurry?"

They nodded as they said goodbye, teasing their hyung about the clearly visible mark before letting him go. For now they let him go, though that didn't mean he could escape from telling them.

Jihoon turned to Changkyun as Jongin disappeared around the corner. "What?"

"You know who next is~"

"Stop!" Jihoon laughed as Changkyun sighed and shook his head.

He had a feeling Jongin was forgetting to tell them something obviously important.

~~

Jihoon wanted to stop by at 7-Eleven to buy some milk.

( Pink milk if you asked Changkyun but hush, not even Jihoon's boyfriends knew and he had promised the younger to not tell anyone )

He laughed quietly for himself. Jihoon hated being called cute, yet the younger was buying pink milk and liked to steal oversized hoodies from his boyfriends. So much for claiming that he wasn't cute-

Jihoon was truly a tsundere.

As he waited, Changkyun looked over the streets. It was just the beginning of summer and it had already began to get warmer. Luckily for him, there was still a warm breeze and the day wasn't at least too hot.

He hummed softly, tapping with his fingers as he pulled up his phone.

A ringing sound from a bicycle sang in the air as a boy suddenly appeared. Time slowed down, making him hold his breath.

The boy was really pretty, he admitted that. Pale soft skin and plush lips. They held eye contact and everything in that moment felt like a movie.

Brown eyes met him as the boy stared back, both of them quiet. Changkyun let out his breath. The soft sounds of breezes and the trees was in the background.

Changkyun blinked. He saw soft, pink hair and the boy smiled slightly, making him feel something warm in his chest.

And then, just like that, the other went by, leaving him to look after the mysterious boy.

The distant sound of a clock didn't reach him as Jihoon closed the shop door after himself. He stopped. "Hyung?"

Changkyun blinked again. What just happened? "Hey, Jihoonie?"

"Yeah?" The younger sipped his pink milk as he listened.

"Haven't Sehun and Jongin been friends a pretty long time? How come they notice the soul marks now?" Jihoon hummed.

"I think that's actually possible. A hyung in another class, I think his name is Jiyong, his soulmate is also a childhood friend just like Jaebum hyung. Though, they didn't get the actual soul marks until they started middle school."

So it can take time? Even if you already met your soulmate?

Jihoon smiled. "In the end, they are still soulmates. They are still meant for each other."

Changkyun hummed.

What if his soulmate didn't want him?
If they didn't know they were soulmates, maybe it would be easier for them to break his heart.

He had the bad feeling again.

What if his soulmate didn't want him?