Desire (ATEEZ Boy x Boy Oneshots Book II)

F | Your Birthday Isn't Alone | Jongho x Yeosang

Happy birthday to Jongho :) I can never miss b-day oneshots, no matter how late they are.

Jongho groggily woke up at around seven because of someone else's alarm.

Things were difficult when you shared a room with five others at an orphanage.

He rubbed his eyes. Great. The start of the week. By Friday, he would no longer be the age of fifteen. He would turn sixteen.

Jongho liked that.

"Get up, Jongho."

The first day of the week tends to be harder than the rest. Jongho still had to go to class and sit through the boring lessons.

But he liked his school. It was his first year there, but he feels like, over the past month, he's met some friendly people.

Speaking about them, he spotted his group of six at one of the round lunch tables. One more, and it would be seven.

"Hey, guys."

"Hi, Jongho!" San greeted. "You wouldn't mind pulling up an extra chair, would you?"

"Oh? Why?"

"There's a new guy in my history class," Wooyoung said. "I invited him to our table."

"What's his name?"

"I... Oh..." Wooyoung looked down and sighed. "I'm terrible at remembering things."

"Should... I pull a seat?" A voice asked. Jongho looked up and swore his body stopped functioning. Everything shut off. His eyes stared at the new student.

Deep, piercing eyes. Blonde, full hair. Sharp looks that made him appear more than a simple high school student.

"Jongho?" Hongjoong smirked. "Can you get him a seat, please?"

"Yeah. Sorry." Jongho's hands shook as they reached for a chair at an empty table. He wasn't sure where to place it, so Mingi took it instead and put it across Jongho.

"Thank you... Jongho," The boy said while removing his school bag. Jongho quickly nodded before returning to his lunch.

"So... um..."

"Oh! I'm sorry. My name is Yeosang."

Yeosang. Such a beautiful name. Jongho thought over and over.

He wasn't even concentrating enough to hear about Yeosang's origin or talents. But one sentence caught his attention.

"My parents just moved, and I guess I have to make friends."

Jongho looked up. How nice it must be to have parents, he thought. Wow, let's not be too sad, the other side of his brain added.

Yeosang smiled. "But you guys are nice. I look forward to meeting you all better.

And he did, especially with Jongho.

Jongho wasn't sure how it happened. In the afternoon, he and Yeosang just... talked. They talked after school until his parents came to pick him up. Only then did Jongho walk to the bus stop and take the public bus back home.

But it was worth it. For the next three days, Jongho and Yeosang grew closer. There was just some connection they felt like following—something strong between each other.

And on those three evenings, after Jongho was granted permission to go to the park, the two had deep conversations while watching the sunset go down.

"Can I ask you something?" Yeosang brought up after silence came between them.

"What?" Jongho asked as he bit into the last cookie from a packet.