Help (Moonbae)

22: Kevin's Big Step Forward

"One bottle of stimulants, and one of SSRI's. Yeah, I have my prescription with me. Alright, I'll be there in an hour."

Kevin hung up the phone and went back to just lounging around. He had ordered some medication that would be ready in an hour.

He was really fucking nervous. This was a huge step that he was taking. He never thought that he'd be sitting in this position. It was all crazy to him.

He was falling for someone and about to start taking medication. If you told him three months ago that this was what his life was going to be like, he would have laughed and said you were crazy.

But yet, here he was.

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Jacob was back at the grocery store- like any other day. Except today had a bitter feeling to it.

He was beginning to really like Kevin, and it felt terrible knowing that their relationship was most likely going to go down hill. Right when he was beginning to acknowledge his feelings for the first time in years, it went terribly.

He was moping around and stocking the shelves when he heard someone walking up to the isle. He put the last few boxes on the shelf before looking over at the person who was in the isle with him.

Kevin was standing right there, a very visible apologetic smile on his face. In that moment, Jacob got ten times happier. Maybe everything wasn't ruined after all.

"Hey."

"Hi, Cobi."

"Cobi?"

"You don't like it?"

"I think its pretty cute, actually."

"Okay, good. Anyways, I wanted to come and apologize. I was being an absolute dick and I should have thought about how you were feeling before making you feel even worse."

"First of all, language. Second, it's fine. I was just going through something and you didn't know what was going on. I would have been upset too. Now come on, lets just put this all behind us. It's over now and theres nothing that can be done about it."

"Wow, you're a literal angel."

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Kevin spent the rest of Jacob's shift with him at the grocery store. Jacob had told him to go back and sleep multiple times, but he never listened. Instead, he just stayed and talked to Jacob the whole time.

Younghoon and Hyunjae had a clear view of the two boys. They could clearly see the heart eyes that the two boys were sending each other. Obviously, they tried listening in multiple times, but they didn't want to get caught.

When it was time for them to leave, they waited out in the parking lot while Jacob closed up and walked Kevin to his car. When he finally did come, they kept bombarding him with questions but none of them were answered. Jacob was far too busy in his own dreamland. Could you blame him, though? He was way too happy to think about anything else.

"Come on, Jacob! At least tell us something!"

"I think I'm falling in love."