turning page ▶️ jongsang

◀twenty six▶

♬ star 1117 (buddy's melodic mix) - ateez ♬

「you are my star, i will always make you shine.」

winter break was upon them which meant jongho had a whole lot of time to spend with yeosang

except for christmas and the days onward until they go back to school.

as the halfling had convinced him to stay home that day to spend it with his own family, not wanting to be a obstruction

yeosang was listening to jongho play the piano, smiling to himself at how good he's gotten since they started

not only was he starting to play more smoothly but yeosang had taught him how to read actual sheet music

it was something he was very keen on since he had written a piece for jongho as a way to not only thank him for being so patient with him but at the same time showing him that not everybody who wants to be with him only wants to take advantage of what he is.

he can't help but stare at him while he wasn't looking

his sharp eyes going over every detail of his beautiful face, his pathokinesis reading his gentle emotions

everything about jongho was just so comforting, like a warm hug but in human form.

before he knows it, he was up on his feet, dropping the book that was once on his lap down to the ground which startles the student, halting his fingers and looking back at him, asking if he was okay but he doesn't expect what was to happen next.

with his blinding speed, he had gone to jongho, holding his face before pressing their lips together, jongho's eyes go wide

they've certainly kissed before but there was something more to this one but he just lets yeosang take the lead as he puts his hands on to the small of his back, pulling him flush against his own body.

when they pulled away, yeosang immediately laughs, blushing at what he'd done and he covers his face but jongho pries them away 

"what was that, hm?" he asks with a playful tone before he pushes him to sit down on one of the single seater couch, even as a vampire, yeosang felt intimidated yet attracted.

"i just- i don't know what came over me." yeosang replies shyly

"it's okay, i liked it, i like you." jongho admits, slowly sinking down to sit on yeosang's lap 

"should we do something about it?" he insinuates, yeosang chuckles before holding his hand

"you think so?" jongho nods, kissing his cheek "i think," he pauses, scanning jongho's face as he anticipated the answer.

"i think we should do something about it, i would like that very much." jongho sighs in relief, putting a hand on his chest as he felt his heart beat so quick

"our heartbeats match now." yeosang jokes as he wraps his hand on jongho's wrist and the human brings his other hand up to yeosang's chest, feeling his rapid heart beat inside

it scared jongho at times as in his mind, what if it would burst out of his ribcage?

they ended up kissing even more before yeosang tells him to go back to playing, letting him know he has something to get and he will be right back.

yeosang felt like he was being shaken, it wasn't because he was scared but rather because he was overjoyed, it felt like it was his second chance in finding love

a second chance to feel genuine love again and he was happy to share it with jongho.

upon coming back he was clutching a few pages of sheet music

"i haven't had time to wrap a present for you so," he hands it to jongho who uncurls the papers, seeing how meticulously yeosang had created a song for him

"i am grateful to have you enter my long and winding life as you've become the star in my heart." yeosang smiles at him before leading him over to the piano 

"play it for me," he whispers, leaning his head on to the human's shoulder

"i made it especially for you." he adds, guiding jongho's hand on to the ivory keys.

although a bit shaky as he was going to be playing a song right in front of the composer, he let's yeosang help him press the first few notes 

"eyes on the notes, yeah?" he smiles before sitting up straight, closing his eyes as he lets himself be entranced by the sonata he had made for jongho.

upon opening his eyes, he sees how jongho was fairly concentrated on playing correctly, he sees how tense he was and it showed through how he played 

"don't worry about getting it wrong, just play like you always do." yeosang mumbles, laying his head back down on to his shoulder as he hums, words he find out hard to explain came up in his mind.

"when i think of you, i open my happy eyes, it's the greatest joy for me, come to me as a star."

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seonghwa was surprised  a bit when yeosang came into his office, a little after he'd got home after driving jongho back to his aunt's home. 

he had a book in hand, rubbing his eyes before yawning.

seonghwa can't help but coo at him, ruffling his damp hair before patting his back and bringing him back to his room.

"hwa, how did you come to terms that you've fallen in love with hongjoong?" yeosang asks, feeling his eyes droop, seonghwa's voice lulling him asleep 

"i just knew i guess, he was a handful at first but what newborn isn't?" he chuckles, caressing yeosang's hair 

"he did say i was the perfect gentleman," seonghwa adds, smiling as he closes the book

"at one point he had come upon one of the people who had thrown him over the cliff, he caught their scent, and something in him snaps." yeosang lifts his head up, laying it down on seonghwa's chest, hugging him 

"did he ever get to them?" he asks curiously as hongjoong isn't really one who he thinks as violent, he was a mellow vampire, always busying himself with art works or reformations but he understands if hongjoong has some hatred deep inside 

"caught him just in time, some furniture got destroyed through his thrashing but i managed to calm him down." seonghwa recalls

he would never forget how hongjoong screamed at him to let him go, fangs bared and he almost even overpowered seonghwa 

"i had to tell him that he would not want one drop of blood from his killers, he slowly calms down and ended up bawling his eyes out as he apologized." yeosang hums at his answer, he can't help but close his eyes as it had been a long day.

"have you fallen in love with jongho?" seonghwa asks with a smile, brushing the lock of hair away from the halfling's face 

"yeah but he caught me," yeosang says playfully, letting out a tired chuckle

"i think we're boyfriends now." he's seen it coming but it was great to hear it from yeosang himself, especially since he was trying very hard to move on from his past relationship 

"he makes me feel at home again," seonghwa smiles fondly, patting his back 

"he does not take very much interest in what i am, he's only asked once about immortality and i asked him what he could possibly want with the gift." yeosang feels a squeeze, pulling him closer and as if holding him protectively 

"he said if he were to have a gift, all he wanted was to follow me."

"he's fallen in love, quite hard if i may add." seonghwa jumps when hongjoong comes inside yeosang's room, the halfling was fast asleep at that point but seonghwa was still holding him.

"i know, it's what he deserves after a tragic relationship." he answers, softly prying him off his body and tucking him under the covers before joining hongjoong to get out of the room 

"he's doing well, he's making friends, found himself a lover, he's gone back to his passion in creating sonatas and writing, he's accepted himself and i hope it carries on."