universe factory ,, soonhoon

nebula

nebula /ˈnɛbjʊlə/
a cloud of gas and dust in outer space

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jihoon certainly wasn't expecting to see his phone blowing up first thing in the morning, and even less certain if whether the dozens of compliments and messages flooding his inbox were all just accidentally sent to him. the first message he saw was from seungcheol, who must've wrote it in a hurry.

cheolliebear: AAAAAHHH JIHOON JIHOON, BUMZU FINALLY ADMITTED THAT
THE MUSIC PIECE WAS ORIGINALLY BY YOU.
cheolliebear: CONGRATS, I HAVE A FAMOUS MUSIC PRODUCER AS MY BESTEST
FRIEND NOW IM SO PROUD HOONIE <33

favorite gremlin: it's literally the ass crack of dawn rn what the hell happened and
why is my phone blowing up.

cheolliebear: CHECK THE ARTICLE I SENT ABOVE!!!

jihoon rubbed his eyes, trying to stay awake while skimming through the article. by the end of it, he had a huge smile on his face, he was finally recognized. that would also mean? jihoon was thinking about the possibilities of whether soonyoung would see the article. i mean, he did say he was a fan, SURELY he must have.

jihoon decided the best way was to check his messages, which was bombarded with message from people he didn't even recognize or long-lost friends from middle school. as he kept scrolling past everyone, he kept his eyes peeled for a familiar contact.

hoshihorangae: 2 new messages.

jihoon paused, wondering if he was truly ready to open the chat. but then he thought, fuck it and clicked it.

hoshihorangae: i'm so sorry hoon. i really should've trusted you.
hoshihorangae: if you are still willing to forgive me.. can we meet
at the café? same time as last time. i missed you lots.

yes. yes jihoon was a hundred percent willing to forgive soonyoung. at this point, he told himself that his heart was to remain sewed up and not to ever be opened by any other human being but of course soonyoung had to unravel everything. the least jihoon could do at this point was to keep up his cold demeanour in hopes that he doesn't look pathetic. he could only hope for the best as he stood up right after responding with a short "sure". 

glancing over at his phone, which showed jihoon's phone wallpaper of the two's mirror selfie. jihoon sighed, he seriously needed to prepare himself for whatever was to come.

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jihoon stood in front of the cafe, the cafe where the two first had a heart to heart conversation. the moment he entered the cafe, a warm gush of air engulfed jihoon, who was now frantically looking around the cafe for a red-haired boy. 

"jihoon, over here!" jihoon looked over to see soonyoung giving the softest smile and wave. he immediately forgot about the speech he gave himself in the mirror about not looking pathetic and smiled back without even thinking twice.

before he could even scold himself for his own actions, soonyoung quickly pushed a cup of hot chocolate towards him. the same hot chocolate the two had during their first meeting of 20 questions. 

"um, i- you just- thank you but i ju- uh yeah." you hear that? it's jihoon's last trace of pride flying out the window as he stammers and utters out a string of incoherent words.

soonyoung was trying his best to not laugh, he was here to apologise and make up with jihoon but his inner child of course couldn't suppress a giggle. jihoon shot him a glare but soonyoung ignored it as always.

"ok, jihoon." soonyoung knew he shouldn't delay this any further. "i'm terribly sorry for not believing you when you tried to explain yourself, can we please restart this?" he then immediately looked down, not wanting to see what jihoon's reaction was to his lame apology. 

"soonyoung, you just disregarded my opinions, it hurt. it hurted so bad dammit and i just felt so frustrated for the past two weeks since my own work was being stolen from me yet you claimed it was the other way, and god, god i just wanted to jump off a cliff so badly."

"but yes, i do want to continue being with you. and i know i should have been more persistent in convincing you." soonyoung immediately raised his head up, only to meet the ever so soft orbs of jihoon. he was not just over the moon, but practically over the whole solar system at this point. 

jihoon stared back at soonyoung who seemed as if he was going to reply, yet jihoon held , "and also, i am just going to say this once kwon soonyoung, you came into my life so suddenly and made it much happier. i hate confessing because i have too much pride but you're such a wonderful human being and i.." jihoon paused, not for dramatic effect but to truly think over his words.

"i love you." 

jihoon's brain went spasming from his small confession while soonyoung's brain went absolutely blank. "then you know what? i have to confess it too then, i love you too. i love your little inner softie heart, the way you would talk about music and how you would turn up at my dance studio right after my classes end despite your love of sleep. i love you, i love you, i love you lee jihoon."

the two at that point just went quiet.

it wasn't uncomfortable, quite the opposite actually and the two just sort of sat there for awhile processing the information.

"so are we a thing? like boyfriends?" soonyoung questioned.

jihoon exhaled, "yes, only if you are willing to but i want us to be a thing."

soonyoung paused. "yes. of course i would." he laughed a bit, taking a sip of his drink, "god i never knew how much i truly know and love you." without looking, the elder could practically sense the younger blushing, and if it weren't for a table separating the two, jihoon would have smacked soonyoung on the head.

"love you too."

i sense the end of universe factory approaching