the married life [paused]

11

"What are you doing here?!" Jinyoung sits up from his bed, eyes wide when he heard Minhyuk's loud voice. He scrambled to get out of bed before running out of his room. In the living room, Hyungwon was watching Minhyuk hold an umbrella towards a sleepy and hungover Junseo.

Minhyuk sees Jinyoung and he points the umbrella. "I was gone for one night and you bring him home?" He asks and Jinyoung glared at Junseo who bowed his head. "Let's talk when we're alone. What time is it? Why is he here?" Jinyoung asked, rubbing the sleep off his eyes with one hand while pointing at Hyungwon with the other.

Hyungwon lets out a nervous laugh. "I was just going to drop him off, but.." He trails off, pointing at the scene and Jinyoung nods. "Good morning, Hyungwon-ssi." Jinyoung greets before facing a confused Minhyuk. "Let's let them leave first, so we can talk." He states, giving him a small smile.

Hyungwon and Junseo left after Minhyuk says goodbye to Hyungwon and when Junseo changed into his dry clothes. "What the hell happened? Did you two do anything?" Minhyuk asks, sitting on the sofa and Jinyoung sighs, sitting beside him.

"No, we didn't do anything. He went here under the strong rain yesterday, drunk and sobbing." He explains shortly and Minhyuk stared at him.

"You should've left him outside." He deadpans and Jinyoung chuckled. "No, seriously. After what he did to you, you should've left him under the cold rain." He adds and Jinyoung sighs. "I couldn't. He left, but I chased him down and told him to dry his clothes first." He answered and Minhyuk raised an eyebrow. "How do you explain him sleeping so soundly on our sofa?" He asked and Jinyoung straightened his lips.

"He asked if he could sleep here and I let him." Jinyoung answered and Minhyuk rolled his eyes. "And here I thought you would kill him when you get the chance." He mutters. "You're too kind sometimes. Even when you're angry, you still, somehow, control it." He adds and Jinyoung pats his shoulder. "It's a blessing and a curse. But.." He paused, raising his hand and showing him his ring.

"He's still in pain because of this. I could see it in his eyes last night." He states and Minhyuk flicked his forehead. "If you're using Mr. M.T. to get back at him, then that's just low and desperate of you." He says and it was meant to be a joke, but Jinyoung's heart stopped. Minhyuk sighs, spreading his legs. "I..I'm not." He states, frowning and leaning back on the sofa.

He looks at the clock and it shows that it was almost eight in the morning. "Anyways." He says after a few moments of silence. "How was your night with Hyungwon?" He asked and Minhyuk smiles, looking down.

"We went to this fancy restaurant, the owner, Mingyu, let us have a bottle of wine and it tasted so good." Minhyuk answered, getting excited.

"Then, after that, we went to watch a movie and we went to his house for a coffee. His house is so big, Jinyoung, I don't think we'll find each other if we played hide and seek there." Minhyuk states, his eyes shining and his smile getting bigger. "We just talked about our friends and well, our childhood." This was when Minhyuk's smile starts to falter. 

"What else did you guys talk about?" Jinyoung asked again and Minhyuk took a deep breath. "Work. Hobbies." He answered again, biting his lower lip. "Jinyoung. Hyungwon's a model, did you know that?" He asked the other, looking at him and Jinyoung looks back at him with curiosity. "A model?" He asked back and Minhyuk nods.

"He does fashion shows and photo-shoots, he earns hell of a lot of money by posing." Minhyuk says in a low, soft voice. Jinyoung gives him a smile. "So?" He asked and Minhyuk pouted at him. "I work at a bakery as a cashier and server." He states in a defeated voice. "How will we work out?" He asked and Jinyoung pulled him to a side hug. "Does he know your job?" He asked and Minhyuk nods, taking another deep breath. "He does."