【Ａｓｐｈｙｘｉａ】 seongjoong

Sick

"Ugh, I hate the cold." Mingi said as he sniffed and rubbed his arms. The two had just left the cafe and were on their way to the movie theater after leaving Hongjoong to lock up the cafe.

"I don't know how you're cold right now, your jacket is as big as a blanket." Yunho jested. "I'm starting to think you're just a giant, overgrown baby."

"It's taken you this long to figure out?" Mingi pouted with mock disbelief. The blond smiled and pushed the other over playfully. The brunette pretended to be hurt and made exaggerated noises of pain. The young waiter rolled his eyes and ignored the dramatics as they reached their destination. The two made their way in and went to go buy their tickets. When Yunho reached into his pocket to get out his wallet, Mingi stopped him.

"No, let me." When the blonde made to protest, the other stopped him. "I've been meaning to thank you for those last two weeks while Hongjoong was still missing. You...you really helped me out. Paying for some movie tickets is the least I could do."

Mingi's eyes were extremely sincere and solemn, a true puppy expression. With a look like that, Yunho couldn't bring himself to protest any further. "Fine, but I'm going to pay for your snacks."

"Deal," the brunette flashed a big grin at his victory as he handed over his card to the cashier. Once finished, the two made their way over to the concession stand. Mingi was looking at each item with a sparkle in his eye as he mulled over the sweets and Yunho couldn't help but be endeared. In the end, the blonde dropped a significant amount of money buying the other whatever his heart desired.

Once the brunette had the bucket of popcorn in his hands he did a little happy dance before tossing popcorn up in the air and trying to catch it in his mouth. The two chuckled as the kernels just bounced off his face. "Stop, you're going to get your face all greasy and you're making a mess." Yunho chastised lightly with a laugh.

"Here," Mingi held a piece of popcorn between his fingers and offered it for the other to take. "Say 'ah'."

Yunho hesitated a moment before taking the offered morsel between his teeth. As soon as the brunette had turned however, the boy stealthily dropped the snack into his hand and threw it away in a trash can they walked past. This pattern continued for the rest of the movie. Mingi would continually offer the other food and seemed to be taking every opportunity to try and feed Yunho when he noticed that he wasn't taking any snacks of his own. He couldn't always get away with throwing it away and would have to force himself to swallow what probably tasted delicious to the normal human tongue.

The movie itself was rather subpar. Lots of cliches of a damsel in distress and car explosions, and though Mingi normally liked these things, he found himself shifting his eyes over to his companion more often. He enjoyed watching his friend's facial expressions he would make whenever something would happen on the screen, the light bouncing off his face and changing with the scene. Mingi felt his lip twitch as Yunho jumped at another loud explosion. If he was asked the plot of the movie, the brunette was sure that he wouldn't be able to give you a clear answer.

During one of the rare moments the student was actually watching the screen he saw something out of the corner of his eye. Mingi had shoved the bucket of popcorn at Yunho a moment ago and had seen the blonde take a fist full but now he was watching the other slowly drop the buttery pieces on the ground. Mingi followed the piece currently falling from the waiter's hand. At Yunho's feet was a whole pile of discarded popcorn. Mingi frowned.

Now that the brunette really thought about it, he never saw the other eating much. Mingi figured it was because they usually spent all their time together at the cafe while they were working or he was visiting. They would take their breaks at different times to keep the coffee shop running smoothly. The other resolved to change that.