ANGEL ☾ winwin one shots.

pros and cons. [johnwin]

dating sicheng comes with its pros and cons. one of the pros is, obviously, sicheng himself. johnny thinks he must've saved the world in his past life when he had asked the chinese out and sicheng said yes with no hesitation.

while on the other hand, sicheng spends most of his time in the local library, so if johnny wants to spend time with him, he has to go there, too. the thing is – johnny doesn't like the library. don't get him wrong, it's nice... if it doesn't hog all of sicheng's attention and he has to sit in utter silence for four hours while waiting for his boyfriend to finish a book. this circle repeats for days. sometimes weeks if sicheng's exam is around the corner.

not today, though. today sicheng voluntarily pays all of his attention to johnny, with no single book on the table or in his hands. which, for the record, is very rare because johnny has never seen his boyfriend without a book. don't blame him. they've only been dating for three months and the only dates they have so far all took place in the library, so it makes sense.

sicheng looks calm when his eyes meet johnny's. it's just a façade, though, because his legs are bouncing nonstop and johnny knows he's getting anxious. now's an inappropriate time to swoon over the shorter, he knows, yet he can't help it. sicheng's glare shuts him up though.

" so ," he starts calmly, trying not to turn his boyfriend into a bigger anxious mess. " you're a shape-shifter ."

sicheng nods stiffly. in their society, shape-shifters are a common thing, so johnny isn't surprised. some of his cousins are, too. but he gets why sicheng's nervous. people can be a prick about it sometimes, like sexism and racism.

he tilts his head. " what kind ?" one of his friend can turn into other people, and some kid he knew in fifth grade shift into inanimate objects.

sicheng gulps. he looks even tinier in his big yellow hoodie, fiddling with the strings of it. johnny wants to scoop him up and shove him into his pocket.

" ... animals. only vertebrates, though ."

when he thought sicheng can't get any cuter, he's wrong. johnny jumps off his seat, eyes bright in enthusiasm, and sicheng tries to tug him back down yet the older is too excited to care.

" animals? what the fuck, sicheng, that's so goddamn adorable! why did you never tell me ?"

" first of all, sit down, and second of all, stop yelling ," sicheng tugs him down with more force and johnny plops back onto his seat, grinning. " and I've never told you because I was scared, okay? you know how certain people react to us... call us monsters and such ."

johnny's face softens as he reaches for sicheng's hand. " baby, I would never. I mean, the first time I saw you, you were crying in the janitor room, but I still fell in love with you. do you think I'll care ?"

" shut up ," sicheng's face reddens and he hits johnny, gently, on the chest. johnny laughs and brings him closer. " you're lucky I like you back !"

" yes, I'm the luckiest man alive, kitten ."

sicheng groans. " come on. I told you I'm an animal shape-shifter and you start calling me pet names. you're so gross ."

" hey, it's cute, okay? if you told me sooner I –"

" this is why I didn't tell you sooner. you're even worse than taeyong and doyoung hyung ."

" wait, they knew? all this time ?" sicheng nods. " damn. how come they know but your own boyfriend doesn't ?"

" to be fair... I didn't tell them ."

" who did ?"

" well ..." sicheng rubs his nape. " they saw me... as a dog... and tried to adopt me. luckily jaehyun snatched me back, and he's the one who told them ."