maze of memories. | lmh + hjs ✓

t w e n t y - f o u r

{the next day}

"thanks... for everything." seungmin handed her the briefcase, giving a slight nod in her direction. jihyo smiled back. "it was my pleasure. it was really nice meeting you all." she said, grabbing her shoes from the rack.

"do you have to go?" chan regretfully asked. "is your work really that important?"

jihyo chuckled. "i would most certainly like to keep my job. i already had a whole week off, so i should get back as soon as possible. besides, all you have to do if you need me is call." she winked. "with your situation, it looks like i'll be getting a lot more calls."

the whole group was gathered at the front door, saying their goodbyes to jihyo, who had to return to the city. after exchanging hugs and waving her off, they all watched as she drove off into the woods surrounding their house. 

"so... are you really a fully recovered?" felix questioned seungmin, who just laughed. "no, i'm still not totally recovered, but the nausea has gone down a lot."

"and mentally?" jisung worriedly stared at hyunjin's close proximity to the other. "we sorted it all out, don't worry." hyunjin reassured, glancing happily at seungmin, who shyly looked down and muttered something incomprehensible.

chan shot a meaningful glance towards hyunjin, who simply smiled back. the leader sighed in relief, finally at ease with hyunjin. "we actually k-" 

"i'm not feeling so good hyunjin, let's go back inside." seungmin said in a panic, aggressively clutching his stomach. "oh. i see how it is." hyunjin quietly murmured into the limping boy's ear. "shut up." he whispered back, following the others who had begun to trail back into the house. 

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new message (2) from: minho hyung <3
do you wanna netflix and chill in my room? you can pick the movie.
bring snacks! 💕

jisung was peacefully watching cute animal compilations half asleep when the notification interrupted his nap. reading the message, he smiled and excitedly slipped out of bed, clutching his phone to his chest.

careful not to disturb anyone else down the hall as it was quite a late hour, he walked down the stairs to find some snacks. discovering some popcorn in the cupboard, he grabbed it and cheerfully strolled back up to the second floor.

knocking on minho's door, he giddily waited for him to open the door. it did a second after, revealing minho in comfortable sweats and a hoodie. jisung held out the bag of popcorn, letting himself inside.

"why the sudden movie request though?" jisung invited himself into minho's bed, bringing the bag of popcorn with him. "oh i don't know... i was just bored." he smiled, opening his laptop. "pick something."

he placed the laptop in front of jisung, who was already munching on popcorn. sitting down next to the boy, he grabbed the blanket, draping it over both of them.

jisung was bent over, scrolling through netflix. seeing a random romcom, he clicked that and relaxed, leaning back into the pillows. minho smiled, watching his cute eyes focus on the screen. not even bothering to look at the movie, he reached up to pet the soft grey ears on jisung's head.

he hummed at the feeling, tilting his head back and closing his eyes for a second. "yea... keep doing that, please? it feels really good."

"of course." minho took this as permission to scoot closer. using his right hand to continue to stroke jisung's ears, he reached over with his left arm to pull him so that their bodies almost touched.

"oh-" jisung, who obviously wasn't expecting the action, lightly blushed before snuggling closer. minho giggled at the action, pressing a small kiss to the top of his head. deciding to finally look back in the direction of the movie, minho got comfortable and just basked in the pleasure of having jisung with him.

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the two started to passionately kiss, hands everywhere and all over. the first started panting as the other started to-

"i thought this was a romcom." jisung groaned. he hid his face in his pillow, angrily munching on his mouthful of popcorn. "you picked this movie." minho responded, holding in a laugh.

"yea, but i didn't think they would start making out at the end!" he retorted, trying to ignore the sounds coming from the laptop. "tell me when it's over." he grumpily muttered into the fabric of the pillow.

minho just burst into laughter, smiling at the embarrassed other. "yea, yea." he sputtered through his giggles, not even aware of what was happening on screen.

after the scene had finally ended, jisung finally peeled the pillow off of his face, taking in a deep breath. "gosh, i hate those kinds of scenes. can we not watch them..." he murmured, ignoring the next words he had been about to say.

next time? 

"you're blushing. awww, how cute-" minho cooed. "shut up!" blushing even more, jisung used the pillow that was still in his hand to hit him in the face. "i'm not blushing!"

"yes you are." minho smirked, grabbing the object from the other's hand, he threw it aside and leaned closer. he slowly shortened the gap between them and jisung gasped, all the air leaving his lungs from shock. "now you are." he whispered, both of them caught in the moment.

clenching his eyes shut, jisung waited for the feeling, movie long forgotten.

but as the seconds ticked by, he sat there in pointless expectancy, blinking his eyes open. as soon as they landed on minho, he burst into another fit of laughter. "were you perhaps expecting something?"

"ugh, you're so mean." jisung pouted. "i obviously wanted... never mind."

"wanted what?" minho teased, acting confused.

"i wanted you to k-"

minho leaned closer, pecking the other's lips in a swift motion. it wasn't very long, nor was it passionate, but jisung could feel his heart racing at the simple touch.

once the feeling was gone, both stared back at the movie with red cheeks and rapidly beating hearts, mindlessly watching the credits of the movie roll by.

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{one hour later}

jisung smiled contently, touching his bottom lip in giddy happiness. "did he really... kiss me?" he sighed and sat down on the swing, enjoying the cold breeze.

after his awkward escape from minho's room, jisung had decided to take a walk to outside the house, finding an abandoned park someways down the dirt path. it looked old and unused, but the happy boy took no notice of the rust or missing chunks, as he was too wrapped up in his own thoughts.

"he.... kissed me!" squealing, jisung clapped his hands together and leaped up from the swing.

he recalled those lips on his, that euphoric feeling. and minho's pretty blush, his smile? jisung's own smile would not fade away, the happiness rushing through his veins. "what does this mean?"

could... they... perhaps...hold hands? share kisses? maybe even... be boyfri-

he was probably getting ahead of himself. who knows if minho would want to be his boyfriend? but if he did...

laughing, he spun around and around, the wind blowing through his hood. it flew off, but jisung took no mind,

oblivious to the shutter clicking.

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gasp am i really updating 5 days in a row omfg i take back my words comeback season is motivating me lmao 

also... double update 👀

thanks for the read <3