√ mask on | lee haechan

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Haechan woke up to feel you were not next to him, he felt a little bit disappointed as to not get to spend some more time with you.

Getting up on his feet, he padded to the kitchen since he was thirsty and soon heard the passcode of his house being entered. Excitedly he walked to the door, and as he expected it was you.

His eyes softened upon seeing you with two boxes of pizza and some ingredients from the mart.

"Oh, you are awake," you said upon seeing him. "You don't even have anything in your fridge so I figured I should buy something,"

You walked to the kitchen, settling the ingredients you bought.

Haechan was quick to get his hands on the pizza but you were quicker to swat his hands away.

"Pizza is not for you, you'll eat porridge."

Haechan pouted, making you chuckle. You leaned your hands on the counter, "How about you take a bath and clean your wounds again while I cook some porridge for you,"

Haechan gulps, couldn't resist how beautiful you look in the morning and he immediately pecked you on the lips before running his way to the bathroom.

You giggled at his actions, he sure does act cute when he's feverish.

Haechan came out from his room after applying cream on his face and on his sides. When he stepped out, the pizza smell invaded his nose and his mouth watered.

He quickly walked to the dining table seeing you already on your second pizza while watching the television. He sat opposite you and stared at the bowl in front of him, a porridge.

He huffed, mouth forming a pout. "Do you really have to eat pizza right in front of me?"

You turned your gaze to him, chuckling at how cute he is. "If you didn't make me so startled last night, I would give you some," You shrugged, making the poor boy roll his eyes and started scooping the porridge and into his mouth.

His eyes were fixated on your pizza which you were already on your third piece without you noticing as you were too busy watching the news. He wished he could have some.

"So, what are we going to do?" Haechan asked, trying to avoid himself from thinking about the pizza. "We are going to rest, and wait until your fever is gone."

His eyes lit up into hopeful ones, "That means you are going to be here?"

"Hm, I guess?" You grinned which he had already taken the hint.

Haechan had finished his porridge quickly after that, giving you compliments on how good it is despite you being a terrible cook. Both of you lying down on the sofa with the curtains undone.

You switched from one to another channel until you finally found an interesting show, but Haechan didn't want to waste his time watching the show. He sneakily crawled behind you, placing his arms over your stomach, pulling you into a back hug.

Slowly he rested his head on your shoulder, sniffling your scent.

"Can we stay like this for a while," You heard him whispering and you just hummed, enjoying his warmth. You took the chance to lean on him lightly, not wanting to hurt him.

"Haechan?" You inhale, ready to bring up a topic to talk to him. "Why didn't you tell me that Taeyong was your step brother and most of all, your biggest enemy?"

It took him a while before you felt him shifting around, "I was afraid," You turned to look at him, and he pulled away, meeting your orbs. He saw you frowning before continuing. "Afraid if I have to lose you,"

His lips quivered as he tried to form a small smile. You felt a big lump in your throat, your right-hand raised to pat his soft hair.

"But you know I have the same fear right. I don't want to see you vanish out of sudden. I need to see you whatever it takes and that means, I want you to quit getting injured."

Without feeling anymore scared, you just want to be straight forward, you want him to understand what you want and what you feel. Haechan had his head down.

"But, it's too late already. I have to finish this off alone and by that, I want you to support me." He raised his head making eye contact with you "So whenever I fall, you are there to keep up on my feet."

You sighed, "Why don't you just tell me what's going on with you and Taeyong?"

The boy shrugged as he inhaled deeply, holding it for a second and exhaled. His arms snaked around your stomach, pulling you closer.

"Not today, I want to spend this time memorizing everything about you,"

You felt a tug at his words, feeling your heart flipped sadly. You slowly relaxed in his arms, letting him hold you.

Why did he have to make it sound like it will be the last time?

Little did you know, Haechan had been trying to hold his tears from slipping out of his eyes and make you worried.

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