hueningkai found himself standing at yuna's apartment door at three in the morning. don't ask why, it will all make sense later.
hesitantly, hueningkai knocked on the door softly. he didn't want to face yuna after their awkward kiss; he was afraid of rejecting the poor, sweet girl.
to his surprise, the door opened to reveal a drowsy-looking yuna with no makeup on and her hair up in a messy ponytail. if hueningkai wasn't gay for his hyung, his heart would be feeling things for this natural-looking yuna.
"h-hueningkai?" yuna rubs her eyes to make sure she isn't dreaming. "what are you doing here so early in the morning?"
"can we talk, yuna?" hueningkai fidgets with his fingers nervously.
"of course," she responds, moving out of the way of the door. "come in, i will make some tea."
"sorry but that's not necessary—" hueningkai was about to protest but yuna cut him off with a wave of her hand.
"it's no big deal." she smiled and went into the kitchen to make some jasmine tea.
hueningkai tentatively took a seat in one of yuna's chairs. the chair was pretty, hueningkai had to admit.
"you live here alone?" hueningkai pondered, seeing no signs of yuna's oemma and appa.
"yes and no," yuna forced a slight smile. "my aunt is supposed to live with me since my parents live in america for business but my aunt loves to go party and sleep at random men's houses so it's like i basically live alone."
"oh i'm sorry to hear that." hueningkai says sincerely as he takes a cup of tea.
"it's okay," yuna smiles softly. "now, what brings you here at three in the morning?"
"oh yeah," hueningkai laughs sheepishly, taking a small sip out of the tea. "i hope it isn't a bother to you."
"not at all," yuna laughs it off. "i was just really surprised."
"yuna..." hueningkai starts off. "before i start, i need to ask... do you like me?"
yuna visibly tenses and her eyes widen in shock. she bits her lips nervously and says, "yes, i like you... although i already know how you have a boyfriend."
"beomgyu is not my boyfriend," hueningkai starts off gently, not wanting to give yuna any false hope. "he was... well my fake boyfriend."
shocked, yuna chokes out, "w-what?! what do you mean by that?!"
"you deserve to know the truth so here i go," hueningkai inhales sharply before exhaling to start the story. "so you see, i liked you for years, from middle school to high school. and this year, i decided to give it a shot and try to win you over."
"you liked me?" yuna asks, bewildered. "and you wanted to try to win me over? how the hell would you win me over by dating beomgyu?"
"there was this rumor going around that you liked switching people's sexualities," hueningkai shrugged, almost laughing at himself because it sounded foolish now. "so i asked beomgyu to be my fake boyfriend and... he said yes, which surprised me at that moment."
"that was just a rumor, ningning," she facepalmed with a groan. "that would be weird if i prided myself in doing that. some dude named taehyung, taehyun, i don't remember, but he was the one who spread the rumors."
"i know him..." hueningkai gasped, making a mental note to slap the shit out of taehyun later on. "don't worry, i will go have a talk with him later, now let me continue."
"so we went to the party we met at and after you and i flirted... beomgyu almost kissed me which confused me because i thought i was straight at the time but mostly made me... crave kissing him," he blushed as he remembered how flustered beomgyu's touches made him feel. "fast forward to the carnival, on our way there... i asked him to kiss me."
"woah, getting bold there, huening," yuna chuckles, stopping as she saw hueningkai pointed glare. "sorry sorry, i'll stop interrupting, continue."
"he rejected me which caused the awkward tension up until you and i got on the ferris wheel and... you kissed me... which i didn't... like, i'm sorry," hueningkai bit his lips. "but on the car ride home, i kissed beomgyu and fuck... i loved it. it was so... captivating. and once i finally realized my feelings and told him... he rejected me again and told me i was just confused and here we are... i've lost the person i love the most and now i think i've lost you, a really good friend of mine."
yuna is silent for a moment then places her arms around hueningkai, saying softly, "you have not lost me, i will always consider you my guy best friend, even if you don't like me. and don't worry about beomgyu, i'm sure we can work something out."
"i was hoping that too," hueningkai responds as he and yuna let go of their embrace. "i have a plan to get beomgyu back, curtesy of bahiyyih, and i need you to help me out. will you do it?"
"count me in, ningning," yuna smirks as she clasps her hands together in excitement. "what do i need to do?"
"i will text you the details tomorrow, i know you need your rest," hueningkai smirks at her with an equal amount of excitement. "trust me, for my plan to work, you're going to need as much sleep as you possibly can get."
