Cloaked Heart | Yeonbin

Chapter Forty

"Is it okay if you guys leave me and Yeonjun hyung alone for a while?" Soobin timidly asked, staring down at his hands. There's so many things that he wanted to express to Yeonjun but he couldn't do it with the other members around, especially Huening Kai. He was aware that the younger boy still had feelings for him and was trying his best to put them aside for the greater good of the group. He was proud of Huening Kai for coming a long way from the person he was a few months ago. Now, he wanted to make things right with Yeonjun. Experiencing a near-death experience had opened his eyes and caused him to realize that he shouldn't take the people he love for granted because that person could be taken away from him at any given minute.

"Of course. Try not to make out or anything," Beomgyu teased, waving his hand.

Yeonjun flusteredly rubbed the back of his neck, averting Soobin's eyes. "Maybe when he's fully recovered, of course."

"Anddd..that's our cue to leave," Taehyun sighed, walking over to the door and opening it.

Huening Kai hesitated, staring at Soobin. "Hyung. I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for everything. The reason why you got stabbed is because Sunwoo was after me and I-"

"It's not your fault Huening Kai. It's no one's fault but his. So please don't blame yourself anymore, okay?" Soobin softly said, gently patting the younger's hand.

The dark-haired boy nodded, smiling before he turned around and left the hospital room before closing the door shut with a click. 

Soobin ran a hand through his hair and dropped his head into his hands in a stressed manner. "I don't even know where to start."

Yeonjun plopped onto the bed and placed a hand on Soobin's lap with a reassuring smile. "Take your time, Soobinie. I'm here to listen. Tell me what you ever need to say."

That's the problem. There were so many things that Soobin wanted to say but he didn't even know from what point to start at. His brain was muddled up and especially after the stabbing—his emotions were all over the place. He lifted his head up to gaze into Yeonjun's eyes. A warm feeling spreading through his body. Right now the only thing he could make sense of was his love for the older and how all he could think about was being with Yeonjun no matter what. He didn't want to keep arguing with Yeonjun over little things. 

"I really like you hyung and I can't stop these feelings no matter what I try to do. I know that there are so many consequences to come with being in a relationship whilst being idols, but if we have to hide behind closed doors just so we can be together then we'll just have to do that," Soobin confessed, his brown eyes glimmering with love. "I just want to be with you, to hold you, kiss you and hug you as much as I want."

Yeonjun blinked at him, his face heating up from Soobin's heart fluttering words. "Soobin.."

"The fact that you never gave up on me and your feelings for me makes me feel so..happy and loved," Soobin continued, gripping onto the white sheets. A tear dropping onto his lap. "I've taken you for granted so many times and treated you so badly yet you always stuck by my side and tried to make me happy even when I was the one in the wrong."

Yeonjun reached a hand over to grab Soobin's chin and gently lift his head up so that they were staring into each other's eyes. "Don't cry, Soobin. No matter what happened in the past doesn't matter now. As long as we're all able to admit our mistakes and move on together then everything will be okay. My feelings for you have never changed from day one even when we argued a lot so don't blame any of this on yourself just like you told Huening Kai."

"Yeonjun hyung," Soobin gasped, engulfing the older into a tight embrace and indulging in his warmth. 

Yeonjun placed a chaste kiss on the top of Soobin's head, his eyes fluttering shut. "I love you, Soobin."

"I love you too, hyung," Soobin mumbled into Yeonjun's shirt with a content smile.

"I'm glad that they're both sorting out their differences," Huening Kai happily sighed, walking next to Taehyun and Beomgyu. "Things are starting to feel normal again."

Taehyun glimpsed at Huening Kai with a sympathetic expression. "But what about you? Are you okay with..Soobin and Yeonjun now?"

Huening Kai solemnly smiled and slightly shrugged. "I mean it'll take a while for me to get over Soobin hyung but as long as he's happy then that's all that matters, right?" He turned to Taehyun and Beomgyu who were watching him with surprised expressions at his honesty. "The real question is what's going on with you guys?"

"Well," Beomgyu exchanged a glance with Taehyun, "we don't really know ourselves. We're still trying to figure things out slowly."

Taehyun firmly nodded. "Yeah, we're taking it step by step."

Huening Kai grinned, about to tease him when they came face to face with Jaehyuk who was walking towards Soobin's hospital room.

"Ah manager hyung! Where..are..you..going?" Huening Kai stammered, nervously smiling at their confused manager who stared at him as if he had suddenly growned two heads.

Right now was a bad time for Soobin and Yeonjun to be disturbed because their manager could walk into either them kissing or being in a questionable state so they had to stall time and make sure Jaehyuk didn't go back to the hospital room otherwise they'd all be doomed.

"I'm going back to Soobin's hospital room. Why are you kids even out here?" Jaehyuk said, getting ready to scold them once again but was interrupted by Taehyun.

"We were actually looking for you so we could go and buy some food for Soobin hyung! He was complaining about how hungry he was," Taehyun lied, hiding his hands behind his back.

Beomgyu nodded, playing along. "Yeah, and we thought we might as well just get food for everyone, even for our amazing and hard working manager."

Jaehyuk lifted an eyebrow, staring deeply at the three boys with narrowed suspicious eyes before breaking out into a defeated sigh and reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. "You kids just want me to pay for the food, right?"

The three boys simultaneously nodded, their eyes sparkling at the sight of their managers wallet.

"You brats. Let's go then," Jaehyuk said, leading them outside of the hospital and to the nearest convenience store.

AN:

I honestly can't even believe that I'm at chapter forty now! Usually I don't write stories that long but for some reason I can't stop writing this story because it's so fun to write and especially because I love yeonbin so much. I wanted this chapter to focus more on Yeonjun and Soobin and to sort everything out so hopefully you guys liked this chapter! <3