Accidental Rental

Single Bed

"I can't believe you asked my dad for my hand," Baekho groaned as they had settled in bed for the night. Minhyun shrugged as he snuggled beside Baekho in the small single sized bed.

"I messed up but I'm glad he didn't kick me out. Your parents are so chill," Minhyun sighed. "I can see why their son turned out so carefree too."

"Was that meant as an insult?" Baekho asked with a raised brow. Minhyun shook his head and placed his head on Baekho's shoulder.

"No. If anything, it's a compliment. If you were like me... I probably wouldn't have waited. I would have moved on in life, find someone else," Minhyun said softly and hugged his arm.

"Guess I'm just too lazy to do anything about it."

"That's why I'm so thankful that it's you. Oh. You haven't told me what actually happened with your job."

"Oh, right. Basically the job that your parents made me lose is my old job. I still had a couple of days left before my contract is up  so they kind of contacted that company and probably forced my boss to make me leave."

"What..? It wasn't the new job?"

"Nope."

"How did you know it was my parents? And why did you tell Jonghyun first and not me?" Minhyun whined a little at the end.

"Cause it was pretty obvious. My boss... Or well, old boss, was in fact a huge fan of your family. He had like a bunch of magazines and such of your sister and mother laying around his office. Not to mention, I even saw your dad's drama playing in his desktop and one of my colleagues also told me that your father knows my ex boss. So who else if not them. I got a letter of recommendation and now I'm being fired. Too weirdly coincidental, don't you think?"

"I see... I'm really sorry."

"It's okay. Also I told Jonghyun because he came over for lunch today when I was packing my stuff up. I didn't think it was too important to tell you immediately since I would be meeting you again tonight."

"Oh."

"Why? You jealous?" Baekho teased and Minhyun pouted. He pulled Baekho's shirt down and nibbled on his neck, making him squirm and laugh.

"Not," Minhyun huffed. He kissed the little mark and giggled to himself.

"What are you laughing at? Did you-"

"Nothing." Baekho placed a hand on his neck and felt the small bite mark. He frowned at Minhyun who just smiled and flicked his forehead. Minhyun pouted and rubbed it as he rolled onto Baekho. Baekho chuckled and pulled him in for a proper kiss to kiss his pout away. Minhyun wanted more but Baekho was sleepy and ended up rolling the taller male back onto his side.

"Hey, Minhyun. There's something that's been bugging me for a long time now," Baekho said softly while stretching his arms out. Minhyun caught one of his hands and held it, placing it against his chest.

"What is it?"

"Was it really difficult for you to actually quit your job back then? I thought I was the one with financial issues, not you."

"Huh?" Minhyun looked up at Baekho and chuckled nervously. "Well... Rather than financial, it was more like... I was stuck in a comfortable spot. I didn't want to overstep my boundaries by helping you either. I didn't want you to think I looked down on you. In a way, it was difficult. I mean, it was my only job too. Losing that and heading into the unknown... It was a little scary but I'm glad I did it. It allowed me to be here with you now."

"It did." Baekho sighed and closed his eyes. So he did push Minhyun out from his comfort zone.

"Why the long sigh?"

"Nothing. I just feel like I should apologise."

"What for?"

"For being so pushy. I let my feelings get the better of my judgement and I might have said some insensitive stuff to you too."

"Well, I remember that text message."

"W-what text message?"

"The one when I was in Milan," Minhyun said and Baekho squeaked, slapping his hand over Minhyun's lips.

"F-forget that! It was a mistake. I got drunk."

Minhyun giggled and kissed Baekho's palm. He moved it away and sulked. "Drunk texting? That's bad. You should stop getting drunk but you're also so cute when you do."

"Ugh. But you didn't respond to it either."

"Oh... Well, I was too nervous. I didn't know what to say. I almost confessed to you right there and then a few times while trying to think up of a reply."

"Why didn't you tell me that you were going all the way to Milan though? Was it something worth hiding?"

"I was just a bit scared that I might have asked you to come along if I mentioned it and I didn't want to be rejected there so I had to show you my conviction and do it. The rental company was really sad that I was leaving but they took it pretty well too so I got lucky there."

"At least everything turned out well," Baekho said and yawned. Minhyun smiled and nodded.

"Sleepy?"

"Yeah... Also... You should ask me for my hand first before my dad, don't you think?"

"Someday, I will," Minhyun replied and kissed him. Baekho smiled and leaned a little closer.

"I'll wait...."

"Baekho." A little snore left Baekho's lips and Minhyun sighed with a gentle smile. He tucked Baekho in properly before relaxing, staring at his boyfriend with starry eyes. "You're amazing."

Minhyun couldn't have imagined for something like this to ever happen to him. Being in the same room as Baekho and cuddling to sleep felt almost surreal. Even though he knew pursuing this line again was bound to meet some hiccups, he felt like he was ready. More certain than ever now that his end goal was to stay by Baekho's side. He could only hope that nothing else would get in his way. He placed a gentle kiss on Baekho's hand and closed his eyes, slowly drifting to sleep as well.