touch (meanie)

32.

his week had been surprisingly calm, he started reading books and they helped him not to stress about his soulmate too much

concentrating in school also made it surprisingly better, he was feeling much more relaxed and his mind didn't feel all troubled at the thought of his soulmate

he had also started liking his mark, it looked pretty on him and he knew it, so he was feeling happy, no big problems in his life at the moment

finally some calm

he skipped a break with his friends to go see junhui, jihoon, minghao and wonwoo who now spent all their breaks together in the art cafeteria and seemed to be really good friends

of course, he never interacted with wonwoo because he was still really embarrassed, but he did like to talk to junhao and jihoon just to know how they were doing

but when he saw them sitting in their usual table, wonwoo wasn't there, it was weird but still, he walked over to them

minghao and junhui didn't see him because they were facing backwards from him so they just kept talking

"i really doubt it'll work but he went to beg seungkwan not to tell mingyu" minghao giggled

the other two laughed and then jihoon spotted mingyu and pressed his lips together while looking away

"not to tell me what?" mingyu asked as he stood in front of them

"fuck" minghao said and combed his hair with a troubled expression but then pulled himself together "oh hi mingyu" he smiled nervously

"not to tell me what?" mingyu asked again while raising an eyebrow

junhui reacted first "an ethics project, you three share that class together with seungkwan, right? well you guys are together but wonwoo doesn't want to work with you so he wants to change teams" he said quickly

the other two nodded, mingyu almost believed them but, he had been tricked so many times, he was getting better at identifying lies

"he doesn't want to work with you because he hates you" minghao blurted out

"what?" mingyu asked and the other two looked at him with an are you kidding me face

"i-" minghao was about to explain but mingyu caught him off

"don't worry i always knew he didn't like me" mingyu lied "oh, well, i just came to say hi, but i got to go talk with a teacher about an assignment, thank you guys" he said and smiled lightly

he saw as the other three sighed in relief thinking they had tricked them again so he just smiled again and left, but that time he was completely sure, his heart was beating aggressively as he looked for wonwoo

the whole world seemed frozen, his legs were working by themselves as they leaded him to his soulmate

when he finally spotted wonwoo who seemed to be looking for someone too and had a worried expression, his chest started rising up and down

the older saw him and started walking away quickly with a scared look, but he was fast enough to catch up with him

he grabbed his shoulder and turned him around so they could make eye contact

wonwoo just gulped and tried to escape but mingyu didn't let him "seungkwan didn't tell me" he said

"what?" the older asked softly

"i figured it out, i was dumb enough to believe you before, but not anymore, i- i know" he said "and i would appreciate if you and apparently most people around me would stop lying to me"

the bell rang but they both ignored it, for the first time, mingyu would skip a class, wonwoo didn't reply so he continued

"i know we're soulmates because of that time i hit you by accident, you hid it well with makeup but i figured it out, plus, when you touched me that night, your glasses went missing and i found them the next day" he explained "i'm not mad, i just want to know why you would lie to me all this time"

"i don't know what you're talking about" wonwoo said coldly

"do you hate me?" the taller asked "because it's okay if you do, i just want answers"

"i don't know what you're talking about" wonwoo said again

"please stop playing with me" mingyu's voice cracked "i- i'm so tired"

"i don't know what you're talking about" wonwoo said once again and turned around

mingyu nodded sadly and looked down "wonwoo" he said guiltily

"yes?" the other replied

"i'm sorry for this" the taller said, and before wonwoo could reply, he had already been pinned against the wall

the older gasped and looked at him in surprise without knowing what mingyu was trying to achieve

he gulped as mingyu's hands came closer to his face, he could've reacted and pushed him away but something was keeping him there completely unable to react

the taller grabbed his glasses and carefully put them away before slowly bringing his right hand to the other's mark

when his hand finally touched the other's face, it felt like a complete puzzle, it fit perfectly

mingyu took a deep ragged breath and looked straight into his eyes without taking his hand away

wonwoo lightly grabbed mingyu's right wrist with his eyes tearing up "i- i don't know what you're talking about" his voice cracked before he started to cry

the taller stared at him and took his hand away, he didn't know what to do at first so he just stood there

"i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry" wonwoo started apologizing "i lied- i fucked up, i'm sorry i- i was just so scared i-" he hiccuped

mingyu shushed him, he cupped his face in between his hands and smiled at him "don't be, it's okay" he said softly

but wonwoo kept crying so he hugged him tightly and it felt warm, so perfect, just right

the older hid his face in the crook of his neck and hugged him back trying to calm down, he was embarrassed and sorry

they stayed in that position for about two minutes with mingyu only playing with his hair and keeping on hugging him tightly

when wonwoo had calmed down they broke the hug and sat down on the floor in silence beside each other without making eye contact, but after a few seconds of the older sniffing, mingyu finally decided to speak

"so, i'm guessing you don't take improv classes" he joked

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