Of Chocolate Cakes & Kim Jonghyun's Face: 8/10 - Just You And Me
''The..beach?'' Taemin questions, leaning over his milkshake to listen to Kibum better, Jinki didn't say anything because Taemin took the words right out of his mouth.
''Yeah, Minho is already down there- he's life guarding, and he rented a beach house, he said we can come if we want,'' Kibum explains, and Taemin excitedly sat down, and Jinki was hesitant on it, he had a deep secret, he couldn't swim!
''Oh.. I don't know..'' Jinki says awkwardly, poking at his sandwich, and Taemin and Kibum only rolled their eyes.
''Come on, we know you're not busy! And you don't even have to swim, you can watch us from afar~'' Kibum tried, and Jinki shrugged, he was right, he had no plans for the rest of the summer and he didn't even have to swim.
''Alright, I'll ask my mom about it...'' Jinki finally replied, and they cheered happily.
''Beach! Beach!'' they chanted happily, and Jinki laughed and joined in, they continued until a barista finally told them to quiet down.
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'' Jiji! You have your underwear right?'' Jinki's mom called out, when Jinki finally descended the stairs with his suitcase, they were staying for about two weeks.
''Mom!'' Jinki blushed and cringed at the old nickname, and Taemin and Kibum, who were also downstairs were snickering at the red Jinki.
''Alright, sorry!'' she apologized, half-heartedly and grinned, ''Be safe, and call me okay! I love you!" she said some other embarrassing things until Jinki dragged his friends out, leaving his mother and father in the house.
''God..'' Jinki shakes his head, he loved his mom, really, but she was so embarrassing sometimes!
''Come on, Jiji'' Taemin began, smirking and Kibum giggled again when Jinki only frowned, ''We have to get there before night time!''
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''Wow, Minho! This place is amazing!'' Jinki exclaims, as they looked around the beach house, it just had enough rooms for all of them, and it was a total bachelor pad!
Minho just shrugged, and the other three were running around the house happily, exploring every nook and cranny.
Jinki was running down one of the hallways, and learned his lesson when he tripped on a rug, landing hard on his side, and Kibum and Taemin laughed from the distance, and Minho holding back a snicker. Some friends he has!
Jinki got up after a moment, and rubbed his side, ''Okay, I'm done,'' he pouted and looked around him, ''I'm going to explore the beach..'' before anyone else could protest he ventured outside to take a long walk along the sand.
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''That can't be..Is it?'' Jonghyun mumbled, stepping outside from his beach house, and saw a familiar figure walking by the water, ''Jinki..?'' he sped up his pace, running and grinning when it was indeed him!
''Jinki!'' he waves, and said man turned around in shock, and beamed at him waving too.
''What are you doing here?'' Jinki finally asked, when Jonghyun finally jogged up to him.
''My sister reccomended we should go to the beach for the while, so here we are..'' Jonghyun explained, and Jinki nodded, grinning to himself, happy that Jonghyun was actually here. ''What about you?''
''Oh.. My friends thought we should come down here because Minho is a lifeguard, he's working for the rest of the summer here,'' he said, and Jonghyun nodded in understanding.
''Yeah..'' Jonghyun said awkwardly, turning to the sea and Jinki did the same, Jonghyun scratched the back of his neck. They haven't talked for a while, and Jonghyun was just getting over his new feelings, he didn't know exactly what they were yet, but he always felt good beside Jinki.
Jinki on the other hand, his heart was racing and he could feel the heat reaching his cheeks, it's been sort of awkward between him and Jonghyun because of the kiss, and their previous conversations, yet, everyday he saw the younger he was just falling in love with him a bit more.
''Jinki,'' Jonghyun began, and Jinki whipped his head to him curiously,
''Y-Yes?'' he said awkwardly, smooth..
''I uh, I know things between us have been awkward lately but,'' Jonghyun begins again, and Jinki is absorbing each and every word, storing them safely in his mind.
''I like you a lot, like more than a normal friend, so would do me the honor of..'' Jonghyun stopped a bit, looked at the sea and scratched the back of his neck awkwardly, Jinki right now was red and half-dead, could it be... Could it be..?
''Would you do me the honor of..'' He repeated, turning back to look at Jinki who was anticipating and nervous, his heart skipped a beat, what could it be?
''Being my..'' He continued slowly, and Jinki was ready to pull out his hair, ON WITH IT!
''-Best friend?''
''Yes, yes, yes! Wait..what?'' Jinki was disappointed, as soon as he heard the 'b' he already knew what he was going to say, yet.. that wasn't it.
''My best friend, through thick and thin, y'know?'' Jonghyun explained, and Jinki sighed, and only smiled to himself, of course.
''Okay,'' he agreed, after collecting himself, yet his blush wouldn't die down, Jonghyun, the seriously most popular person in his school, with millions of friends that probably grow day by day, chose him, insignificant little Jinki as his best friend, it was a no hesitation answer!
''Good,'' Jonghyun said, smiling, then they turned again to the ocean, kind of satisfied.
Jonghyun noticed Jinki's face, from his point of view the older boy looked kind of nervous, he wanted to say something else, but that just came out, but couldn't help but wonder why he looked disappointed when he said best friend.. Maybe because he already had one?
Jinki wasn't unhappy, he was elated actually. But he had a small place in his heart, just wishing for a little more.
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''I'll be fine.. I'll just like.. get a tan or something..'' Jinki lies to his friends, who were trying to get him in the water, but he didn't want to, he saw it in the movies, he couldn't swim he'll just drown, and DIE.
''Fine, stay here and be a boring old loser!'' Taemin exclaimed, and pouted as Kibum and him walked to the ocean, Jinki sighed in relief, they were gone!
''I'm not old!'' He protested, but they were already in the water happily splashing eachother, and Jinki casted a glance who was in the tall lifeguard chair, looking real heroic and cool up there, well everything except his face, you could see he was looking at Kibum most of the time, with visible hearts in his eyes.
''Hey-''
''I thought I told you guys I don't want to swim..O-oh!'' Jinki sat up, and shielded the sun from his eyes, and immediately jolted up in his chair, blushing when he saw Jonghyun was shirtless, and wet.
Jonghyun just took that as a hello, and sat down in the vacant chair next to his, Jinki laid back in his, trying to seem cool and super smooth, yet he came out as awkward and embarrassing, so he tried to look busy with tracing the patterns of the umbrella with his eyes.
''You're not going to enjoy the water? It's pretty hot outside,'' Jonghyun finally said, interrupting the awkward silence that fell between them.
Jinki hummed in response, blushing, ''Yeah.. I.. I can't..swim,'' he squeaked, embarrassed, Jonghyun was probably going to laugh at him or something.
''That's okay, I can't either,'' Jonghyun confessed, fighting back a smirk.
''R-Really?'' Jinki gasped, sitting up in his seat to turn to the younger boy.
''Nope, I can swim,'' he replied, grinning now.
''What?'' Jinki whined, he lied! Jonghyun just laughed, satisfied with his joke and Jinki just sat, being childish, and pouted crossing his arms over his chest.
Jonghyun noticed this, and stopped laughing, only smiling at the older boy's pouting, ''You know.. I can teach you if you want, it might take a while, but I can try,''
''Oh.. I don't know.. I'm, kind of, scared.'' Jinki answered, but already moved to get up, suddenly excited to go in the water with Jonghyun.
''Don't worry, plus your body doesn't seem to be protesting,'' Jonghyun says, pointing to a Jinki who was standing up excitedly, and the latter just blushed and muttered something.
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''It's cold!'' is what Jinki first exclaims when they were finally in the water, he was holding on to Jonghyun's arms with a death grip, flinching at anything that touches his feet in the ocean, shivers jolt up his spine, and he jumps around while Jonghyun is just snickering a bit.
The ocean was clear, nice and blue and if you look hard enough and go far enough, you can see fishes and different sea creatures, people were happily around the place, children splashing around with eachother with their little goggles and colorful swimwear, people riding on the waves, and others just lounging and floating around, and then there was Jinki.
Jinki ran back to the shore whenever he saw a wave approaching, and Jonghyun went running after the older boy, pulling back him, and trying to get him to stay in, if he didn't he would never learn!
''You'll get used to it,'' Jonghyun finally replies, ''Now let go of my arm before you bruise it!''
''Oh! Sorry!" Jinki blushes and lets go of his arm hesitantly, they weren't even far out, the water was a bit lower than their knees, yet this boy was acting like he was 50 feet in!
''You can hold my hands if you like,'' Jonghyun suggests,
''Okay, then I will do so,'' Jinki jumps at the question, and reaches out to hold his hands, and they stood across from eachother, and Jinki sighed happily, his hands were warm..
''Are you nervous? You don't have to do this if you don't want to,'' Jonghyun tries,
''You didn't even teach me anything yet, how hard can it be?'' Jinki protests, grinning, he felt safe with holding Jonghyun's hands, and now that he thought about it, how hard can swimming be?
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''I want to get out!'' Jinki splashed around, and kicked his feet when Jonghyun tried to help him float, but the older boy was scared and felt tears welling up in his eyes, it was scarier than he thought.
''Relax! I got you. I won't let you go unless you tell me to!'' Jonghyun reassures, and Jinki only nodded, whimpering as he laid, relaxing as he lowered in the cold water, and Jonghyun had his hands firmly behind his back, supporting him.
Jinki let out deep breathes when he was all the way in, and he could feel the back of his head getting wet, and he let out a little smile, he could get used to this floating thing.
''Now I have to let you go,'' or not.
''What?'' Jinki opened his eyes, and looked at Jonghyun who was smiling at him.
''If you're ready, but we won't get any farther if you don't do this much,'' Jonghyun replied, it wasn't like he was complaining, he was basically holding and supporting Jinki, like he had Jinki's life in his hands, he felt pretty responsible and good, he liked it.
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''O-Okay, I'm ready,'' Jinki finally panted out, relaxing against Jonghyun.
''You sure?'' Jonghyun replied, he's been waiting for a while, but, so the time came.
''Yes, just move!'' Jinki exclaimed, he couldn't wait anymore!
Jonghyun only shrugged and reluctantly removed his hands away from Jinki, and stepped back a little in the water, and immediately grinned, he was doing it! He was floating!
''You're doing good, Jinki!'' Jonghyun praised, watching the older boy's eyes widen when he realizes what he's doing.
''I'm floating!" Jinki cried out happily, and giggles escaped his lips, so he wasn't moving much, but he felt good and relaxed, he could totally do this!
''Not to ruin anything but.. You better get up!" Jonghyun shouted, looking behind him, a wave was approaching!
''What? Why! I want to stay here! Just go yourself!'' Jinki whined, shutting his eyes happily, and there was a few happy cries of childrens and adults who were aware, but he just ignored them, and Jonghyun was only shaking his head, and frowning worriedly, and just leaned down to pick Jinki up and scramble to get him to the shore, despite the older boy's protests and whining.
''Why'd you do that? Let me down!" Jinki exclaimed, and Jonghyun complied and didn't say anymore and Jinki immediately quieted when he saw the wave hitting some people roughly, ouch.
''Oh..'' he blushed, feeling embarrassed and dumb, ''Thank you..'' he mumbled, looking at his feet.
''It's okay, if it wasn't me, there is always Minho,'' Jonghyun said, gesturing up to the tall boy watching over people in the ocean with a serious gaze.
''I think that's enough for today, don't you think?'' Jonghyun continued, ''Let's get..'' Jonghyun was going to say icecream, but previous events with that sweet treat resulted in awkwardness, ''Snow cones, yeah, snow cones!''
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Jinki shivered a bit when he bit in the cold treat, but happily continued to nibble on it with careful bites, and Jonghyun watched him, grinning happily.
''I want to try~'' Jonghyun cooed, not expecting for Jinki to hand over his treat, but Jinki just blushed a bit and held it out, the ice covered in cherry flavoring, it looked perfect save for some bites that were tooken out of it, and Jonghyun's eyes widened, but he happily took a bite of the offered snow cone, and licked his lips in delight.
''I want to try yours too,'' Jinki said seriously, blushing a bit and Jonghyun held out his, copying what Jinki did earlier, and Jinki hesitantly bit in his, and let out a sound of delight, ''Grape..'' he mumbled, and shamelessly ate a bit more of Jonghyun's.
''Yah!'' Jonghyun pulled his arm back, and Jinki pouted, then blush and realized what he was doing.
''Sorry, heh..'' Jinki mumbled, and looked down at his, he should of got grape..
''You know, we can trade if you want,'' Jonghyun suggested, taking a bite out of his, and Jinki jolted up in his seat excitedly.
''If you don't mind,'' Jinki tried to protest, half-heartedly, and stared hungrily at the shaved ice covered in the grape syrup,
''Here,'' they exchanged and happily continued to eat, thinking that they should of got the flavor in the first place.
Little did they know, Kibum and Taemin were watching from a distance, snickering a bit.
''Hyung grew some backbone,'' Taemin whispered to Kibum, who was taking some pictures for future blackmail of getting what he wants with Jinki.
''I didn't know he would do it, that's basically like an indirect kiss, and he's not embarrassed about it at all,'' Kibum replied, smirking, feeling glad for his friend.
Taemin just hummed happily in response, and Kibum casted his eyes away from the two, ''I'm going to go.. talk to Minho, he looks bored up there,''
''Okay, okay, just give me some money for icecream!'' Taemin answered knowingly, it was so obvious Minho and Kibum were in love, they were both pretty blunt yet they didn't even confess their feelings to each other yet!
Kibum groaned but gave him a couple of dollars, gaining a happy cheer from Taemin and ran off to go see what Minho was up to.
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''I had so much fun today, thank you..'' Jinki said, feeling a sense of déjà vu.
''Me too, tomorrow we should work on kicking, it won't be a problem for you right? Your legs look pretty strong,'' Jonghyun replied, gesturing to his thighs, and Jinki blushed, nodding a bit.
''Yeah, so um..'' Jinki mumbled awkwardly, why did all good things have to end?
''I'll get going now..'' Jonghyun replied, yet not moving. Jinki looked so beautiful, he was glowing under the moonlight, smiling genuinely and his honey-brown eyes were twinkling with happiness, and they just stared at eachother eye's for what seemed like a lifetime.
''Okay..'' Jinki mumbled, him not moving either, could it be..
Their bodies moved on their own, not cooperating with their minds. They hesitantly began to step closer to each other until they were breathing the same air, Jinki went red and Jonghyun gulped. He has kissed people before, yet with Jinki it felt like it was his first again. ''Jonghyun..'' Jinki mumbled quietly, looking in to his eyes, and Jonghyun leaned in and Jinki did too, they were almost there, just a bit, just a bit!
''Hyung! How long are you going to sta- oh.. OH, OH!" Taemin interrupted the moment, stepping out of the door of the beach house, and immediately smirked when he saw them so close to kissing. Jinki and Jonghyun stepped away from eachother, both red at being seen, and realizing what they were doing.
''Bye!" Jinki pushed past Taemin and sprinted in the house, not stopping until he reached his room, and immediately ran to the window, curious on to what was happening. He could see Jonghyun running away to the distance, and Taemin returning to the house, and Jinki's legs failed him and he dropped to the floor, and hit his fists on the floor angrily, and kicked his legs having a tantrum, he was so close! Jonghyun even leaned in too! He punched the wall a little, then pulled his hand back, rubbing his hurt wrist, ''Ow..''
He whimpered, unhappily thinking about what just happend, and he was this close to jumping out of the window, his heart was still racing and whenever the scene replayed in his mind, Jonghyun's face so close to his own, he just wanted to scream on the top of his lungs, what would of happened after that?
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''They were totally this close, hyung! Like, an inch!'' Taemin explained, and Kibum was listening intently, smirking while Minho's eyes were comically wide, surprised by the information.
''Then.. I accidentally interrupted them!'' Taemin continued, and Kibum only pinched the bridge of his nose, and Minho just shook his head, of course..
''No wonder, he was like having a heart attack or whatever in his room!'' Minho exclaimed, finally getting it, and Kibum just rolled his eyes, giggling, he was as oblivious as them!
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''Hyung.. you have to get out sometime!'' No response.
''Alright, we're going to head down to the beach, make sure to eat lunch..okay?
Jinki just tossed and turned under his covers, his dreams were full of Jonghyun, Jonghyun, and more Jonghyun, and he didn't have the strength to get up from his bed, what was last night?
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After taking a shower and eating a bit, Jinki just returned to his room to watch T.V. and surprised to hear the door open earlier than he expected.
''Jinki?'' No, no, no! He knew that voice, it was Jonghyun.. but what was he doing here?
Jinki leaped from his bed, and ran around trying to look presentable, after removing his bunny pajamas, he pulled on a hoodie and shorts, and quickly combed his hair, and descended the steps quickly, to see a Jonghyun looking around the place, and Jinki immediately went red when he saw him.
''J..Jonghyun.. What are you doing here?'' Jonghyun asked, trying to lean against the stairs coolly, but only fell awkwardly.
''Kibum gave me the address, he said that I should come keep you company,'' Jonghyun explained, rubbing the back of his neck, blushing a bit too, he thought a lot last night, and he came up with the fact that he was yes, in love with Lee Jinki.
''Oh..I actually was fine alone..'' Jinki admitted, he seriously didn't want to see Jonghyun right now, how could he face him after last night?
''Actually, Jinki.. I want to tell you something, but if you want me to go, I can, seriously.'' Jonghyun replied, stepping a bit closer to the boy, who was fidgeting a bit.
''No! I mean.. you don't have to go, sorry..'' Jinki replied, stepping closer to him, clasping his hands and trying to stop his racing heart, because if he didn't, he was sure that he would probably die.
''That's good,'' Jonghyun winked, and Jinki felt as if he got stabbed, ''Take a walk with me.. we should.. talk, talking is good.'' Jonghyun said, and Jinki nodded, putting on his shoes and they stepped out.
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They walked for a little on the boardwalk, not saying anything, but when they reached a slightly empty part of the beach, Jonghyun finally decided to talk.
''Jinki, listen.. I.. I've been feeling things,'' Jonghyun began awkwardly, looking at the older boy who was blushing and looking at him curiously, and Jinki looked at him sincerely.
''I.. Me too,'' Jinki responded truthfully, he always did, and probably will continue to love Jonghyun.
''I.. now that I think about it, I realize that these feelings aren't recent. I have.. felt these for a while and, now I'll confirm them..'' Jonghyun continued, and Jinki nodded, paying close attention to each word, and looking at him with twinkling eyes.
''W-What is it..?'' Jinki finally asked, hesitantly and quiet, his heart skipped a beat when Jonghyun started talking about feelings, it couldn't be, could it? He felt his knees weakening, and his heart doing a little dance in his chest, he felt dizzy yet he felt like he could run five hundred miles, something about the way Jonghyun said it, gave him some sort of reassurance.
''I want to say...''
''Yeah, Minho is already down there- he's life guarding, and he rented a beach house, he said we can come if we want,'' Kibum explains, and Taemin excitedly sat down, and Jinki was hesitant on it, he had a deep secret, he couldn't swim!
''Oh.. I don't know..'' Jinki says awkwardly, poking at his sandwich, and Taemin and Kibum only rolled their eyes.
''Come on, we know you're not busy! And you don't even have to swim, you can watch us from afar~'' Kibum tried, and Jinki shrugged, he was right, he had no plans for the rest of the summer and he didn't even have to swim.
''Alright, I'll ask my mom about it...'' Jinki finally replied, and they cheered happily.
''Beach! Beach!'' they chanted happily, and Jinki laughed and joined in, they continued until a barista finally told them to quiet down.
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'' Jiji! You have your underwear right?'' Jinki's mom called out, when Jinki finally descended the stairs with his suitcase, they were staying for about two weeks.
''Mom!'' Jinki blushed and cringed at the old nickname, and Taemin and Kibum, who were also downstairs were snickering at the red Jinki.
''Alright, sorry!'' she apologized, half-heartedly and grinned, ''Be safe, and call me okay! I love you!" she said some other embarrassing things until Jinki dragged his friends out, leaving his mother and father in the house.
''God..'' Jinki shakes his head, he loved his mom, really, but she was so embarrassing sometimes!
''Come on, Jiji'' Taemin began, smirking and Kibum giggled again when Jinki only frowned, ''We have to get there before night time!''
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''Wow, Minho! This place is amazing!'' Jinki exclaims, as they looked around the beach house, it just had enough rooms for all of them, and it was a total bachelor pad!
Minho just shrugged, and the other three were running around the house happily, exploring every nook and cranny.
Jinki was running down one of the hallways, and learned his lesson when he tripped on a rug, landing hard on his side, and Kibum and Taemin laughed from the distance, and Minho holding back a snicker. Some friends he has!
Jinki got up after a moment, and rubbed his side, ''Okay, I'm done,'' he pouted and looked around him, ''I'm going to explore the beach..'' before anyone else could protest he ventured outside to take a long walk along the sand.
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''That can't be..Is it?'' Jonghyun mumbled, stepping outside from his beach house, and saw a familiar figure walking by the water, ''Jinki..?'' he sped up his pace, running and grinning when it was indeed him!
''Jinki!'' he waves, and said man turned around in shock, and beamed at him waving too.
''What are you doing here?'' Jinki finally asked, when Jonghyun finally jogged up to him.
''My sister reccomended we should go to the beach for the while, so here we are..'' Jonghyun explained, and Jinki nodded, grinning to himself, happy that Jonghyun was actually here. ''What about you?''
''Oh.. My friends thought we should come down here because Minho is a lifeguard, he's working for the rest of the summer here,'' he said, and Jonghyun nodded in understanding.
''Yeah..'' Jonghyun said awkwardly, turning to the sea and Jinki did the same, Jonghyun scratched the back of his neck. They haven't talked for a while, and Jonghyun was just getting over his new feelings, he didn't know exactly what they were yet, but he always felt good beside Jinki.
Jinki on the other hand, his heart was racing and he could feel the heat reaching his cheeks, it's been sort of awkward between him and Jonghyun because of the kiss, and their previous conversations, yet, everyday he saw the younger he was just falling in love with him a bit more.
''Jinki,'' Jonghyun began, and Jinki whipped his head to him curiously,
''Y-Yes?'' he said awkwardly, smooth..
''I uh, I know things between us have been awkward lately but,'' Jonghyun begins again, and Jinki is absorbing each and every word, storing them safely in his mind.
''I like you a lot, like more than a normal friend, so would do me the honor of..'' Jonghyun stopped a bit, looked at the sea and scratched the back of his neck awkwardly, Jinki right now was red and half-dead, could it be... Could it be..?
''Would you do me the honor of..'' He repeated, turning back to look at Jinki who was anticipating and nervous, his heart skipped a beat, what could it be?
''Being my..'' He continued slowly, and Jinki was ready to pull out his hair, ON WITH IT!
''-Best friend?''
''Yes, yes, yes! Wait..what?'' Jinki was disappointed, as soon as he heard the 'b' he already knew what he was going to say, yet.. that wasn't it.
''My best friend, through thick and thin, y'know?'' Jonghyun explained, and Jinki sighed, and only smiled to himself, of course.
''Okay,'' he agreed, after collecting himself, yet his blush wouldn't die down, Jonghyun, the seriously most popular person in his school, with millions of friends that probably grow day by day, chose him, insignificant little Jinki as his best friend, it was a no hesitation answer!
''Good,'' Jonghyun said, smiling, then they turned again to the ocean, kind of satisfied.
Jonghyun noticed Jinki's face, from his point of view the older boy looked kind of nervous, he wanted to say something else, but that just came out, but couldn't help but wonder why he looked disappointed when he said best friend.. Maybe because he already had one?
Jinki wasn't unhappy, he was elated actually. But he had a small place in his heart, just wishing for a little more.
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''I'll be fine.. I'll just like.. get a tan or something..'' Jinki lies to his friends, who were trying to get him in the water, but he didn't want to, he saw it in the movies, he couldn't swim he'll just drown, and DIE.
''Fine, stay here and be a boring old loser!'' Taemin exclaimed, and pouted as Kibum and him walked to the ocean, Jinki sighed in relief, they were gone!
''I'm not old!'' He protested, but they were already in the water happily splashing eachother, and Jinki casted a glance who was in the tall lifeguard chair, looking real heroic and cool up there, well everything except his face, you could see he was looking at Kibum most of the time, with visible hearts in his eyes.
''Hey-''
''I thought I told you guys I don't want to swim..O-oh!'' Jinki sat up, and shielded the sun from his eyes, and immediately jolted up in his chair, blushing when he saw Jonghyun was shirtless, and wet.
Jonghyun just took that as a hello, and sat down in the vacant chair next to his, Jinki laid back in his, trying to seem cool and super smooth, yet he came out as awkward and embarrassing, so he tried to look busy with tracing the patterns of the umbrella with his eyes.
''You're not going to enjoy the water? It's pretty hot outside,'' Jonghyun finally said, interrupting the awkward silence that fell between them.
Jinki hummed in response, blushing, ''Yeah.. I.. I can't..swim,'' he squeaked, embarrassed, Jonghyun was probably going to laugh at him or something.
''That's okay, I can't either,'' Jonghyun confessed, fighting back a smirk.
''R-Really?'' Jinki gasped, sitting up in his seat to turn to the younger boy.
''Nope, I can swim,'' he replied, grinning now.
''What?'' Jinki whined, he lied! Jonghyun just laughed, satisfied with his joke and Jinki just sat, being childish, and pouted crossing his arms over his chest.
Jonghyun noticed this, and stopped laughing, only smiling at the older boy's pouting, ''You know.. I can teach you if you want, it might take a while, but I can try,''
''Oh.. I don't know.. I'm, kind of, scared.'' Jinki answered, but already moved to get up, suddenly excited to go in the water with Jonghyun.
''Don't worry, plus your body doesn't seem to be protesting,'' Jonghyun says, pointing to a Jinki who was standing up excitedly, and the latter just blushed and muttered something.
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''It's cold!'' is what Jinki first exclaims when they were finally in the water, he was holding on to Jonghyun's arms with a death grip, flinching at anything that touches his feet in the ocean, shivers jolt up his spine, and he jumps around while Jonghyun is just snickering a bit.
The ocean was clear, nice and blue and if you look hard enough and go far enough, you can see fishes and different sea creatures, people were happily around the place, children splashing around with eachother with their little goggles and colorful swimwear, people riding on the waves, and others just lounging and floating around, and then there was Jinki.
Jinki ran back to the shore whenever he saw a wave approaching, and Jonghyun went running after the older boy, pulling back him, and trying to get him to stay in, if he didn't he would never learn!
''You'll get used to it,'' Jonghyun finally replies, ''Now let go of my arm before you bruise it!''
''Oh! Sorry!" Jinki blushes and lets go of his arm hesitantly, they weren't even far out, the water was a bit lower than their knees, yet this boy was acting like he was 50 feet in!
''You can hold my hands if you like,'' Jonghyun suggests,
''Okay, then I will do so,'' Jinki jumps at the question, and reaches out to hold his hands, and they stood across from eachother, and Jinki sighed happily, his hands were warm..
''Are you nervous? You don't have to do this if you don't want to,'' Jonghyun tries,
''You didn't even teach me anything yet, how hard can it be?'' Jinki protests, grinning, he felt safe with holding Jonghyun's hands, and now that he thought about it, how hard can swimming be?
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''I want to get out!'' Jinki splashed around, and kicked his feet when Jonghyun tried to help him float, but the older boy was scared and felt tears welling up in his eyes, it was scarier than he thought.
''Relax! I got you. I won't let you go unless you tell me to!'' Jonghyun reassures, and Jinki only nodded, whimpering as he laid, relaxing as he lowered in the cold water, and Jonghyun had his hands firmly behind his back, supporting him.
Jinki let out deep breathes when he was all the way in, and he could feel the back of his head getting wet, and he let out a little smile, he could get used to this floating thing.
''Now I have to let you go,'' or not.
''What?'' Jinki opened his eyes, and looked at Jonghyun who was smiling at him.
''If you're ready, but we won't get any farther if you don't do this much,'' Jonghyun replied, it wasn't like he was complaining, he was basically holding and supporting Jinki, like he had Jinki's life in his hands, he felt pretty responsible and good, he liked it.
--
''O-Okay, I'm ready,'' Jinki finally panted out, relaxing against Jonghyun.
''You sure?'' Jonghyun replied, he's been waiting for a while, but, so the time came.
''Yes, just move!'' Jinki exclaimed, he couldn't wait anymore!
Jonghyun only shrugged and reluctantly removed his hands away from Jinki, and stepped back a little in the water, and immediately grinned, he was doing it! He was floating!
''You're doing good, Jinki!'' Jonghyun praised, watching the older boy's eyes widen when he realizes what he's doing.
''I'm floating!" Jinki cried out happily, and giggles escaped his lips, so he wasn't moving much, but he felt good and relaxed, he could totally do this!
''Not to ruin anything but.. You better get up!" Jonghyun shouted, looking behind him, a wave was approaching!
''What? Why! I want to stay here! Just go yourself!'' Jinki whined, shutting his eyes happily, and there was a few happy cries of childrens and adults who were aware, but he just ignored them, and Jonghyun was only shaking his head, and frowning worriedly, and just leaned down to pick Jinki up and scramble to get him to the shore, despite the older boy's protests and whining.
''Why'd you do that? Let me down!" Jinki exclaimed, and Jonghyun complied and didn't say anymore and Jinki immediately quieted when he saw the wave hitting some people roughly, ouch.
''Oh..'' he blushed, feeling embarrassed and dumb, ''Thank you..'' he mumbled, looking at his feet.
''It's okay, if it wasn't me, there is always Minho,'' Jonghyun said, gesturing up to the tall boy watching over people in the ocean with a serious gaze.
''I think that's enough for today, don't you think?'' Jonghyun continued, ''Let's get..'' Jonghyun was going to say icecream, but previous events with that sweet treat resulted in awkwardness, ''Snow cones, yeah, snow cones!''
--
Jinki shivered a bit when he bit in the cold treat, but happily continued to nibble on it with careful bites, and Jonghyun watched him, grinning happily.
''I want to try~'' Jonghyun cooed, not expecting for Jinki to hand over his treat, but Jinki just blushed a bit and held it out, the ice covered in cherry flavoring, it looked perfect save for some bites that were tooken out of it, and Jonghyun's eyes widened, but he happily took a bite of the offered snow cone, and licked his lips in delight.
''I want to try yours too,'' Jinki said seriously, blushing a bit and Jonghyun held out his, copying what Jinki did earlier, and Jinki hesitantly bit in his, and let out a sound of delight, ''Grape..'' he mumbled, and shamelessly ate a bit more of Jonghyun's.
''Yah!'' Jonghyun pulled his arm back, and Jinki pouted, then blush and realized what he was doing.
''Sorry, heh..'' Jinki mumbled, and looked down at his, he should of got grape..
''You know, we can trade if you want,'' Jonghyun suggested, taking a bite out of his, and Jinki jolted up in his seat excitedly.
''If you don't mind,'' Jinki tried to protest, half-heartedly, and stared hungrily at the shaved ice covered in the grape syrup,
''Here,'' they exchanged and happily continued to eat, thinking that they should of got the flavor in the first place.
Little did they know, Kibum and Taemin were watching from a distance, snickering a bit.
''Hyung grew some backbone,'' Taemin whispered to Kibum, who was taking some pictures for future blackmail of getting what he wants with Jinki.
''I didn't know he would do it, that's basically like an indirect kiss, and he's not embarrassed about it at all,'' Kibum replied, smirking, feeling glad for his friend.
Taemin just hummed happily in response, and Kibum casted his eyes away from the two, ''I'm going to go.. talk to Minho, he looks bored up there,''
''Okay, okay, just give me some money for icecream!'' Taemin answered knowingly, it was so obvious Minho and Kibum were in love, they were both pretty blunt yet they didn't even confess their feelings to each other yet!
Kibum groaned but gave him a couple of dollars, gaining a happy cheer from Taemin and ran off to go see what Minho was up to.
--
''I had so much fun today, thank you..'' Jinki said, feeling a sense of déjà vu.
''Me too, tomorrow we should work on kicking, it won't be a problem for you right? Your legs look pretty strong,'' Jonghyun replied, gesturing to his thighs, and Jinki blushed, nodding a bit.
''Yeah, so um..'' Jinki mumbled awkwardly, why did all good things have to end?
''I'll get going now..'' Jonghyun replied, yet not moving. Jinki looked so beautiful, he was glowing under the moonlight, smiling genuinely and his honey-brown eyes were twinkling with happiness, and they just stared at eachother eye's for what seemed like a lifetime.
''Okay..'' Jinki mumbled, him not moving either, could it be..
Their bodies moved on their own, not cooperating with their minds. They hesitantly began to step closer to each other until they were breathing the same air, Jinki went red and Jonghyun gulped. He has kissed people before, yet with Jinki it felt like it was his first again. ''Jonghyun..'' Jinki mumbled quietly, looking in to his eyes, and Jonghyun leaned in and Jinki did too, they were almost there, just a bit, just a bit!
''Hyung! How long are you going to sta- oh.. OH, OH!" Taemin interrupted the moment, stepping out of the door of the beach house, and immediately smirked when he saw them so close to kissing. Jinki and Jonghyun stepped away from eachother, both red at being seen, and realizing what they were doing.
''Bye!" Jinki pushed past Taemin and sprinted in the house, not stopping until he reached his room, and immediately ran to the window, curious on to what was happening. He could see Jonghyun running away to the distance, and Taemin returning to the house, and Jinki's legs failed him and he dropped to the floor, and hit his fists on the floor angrily, and kicked his legs having a tantrum, he was so close! Jonghyun even leaned in too! He punched the wall a little, then pulled his hand back, rubbing his hurt wrist, ''Ow..''
He whimpered, unhappily thinking about what just happend, and he was this close to jumping out of the window, his heart was still racing and whenever the scene replayed in his mind, Jonghyun's face so close to his own, he just wanted to scream on the top of his lungs, what would of happened after that?
--
''They were totally this close, hyung! Like, an inch!'' Taemin explained, and Kibum was listening intently, smirking while Minho's eyes were comically wide, surprised by the information.
''Then.. I accidentally interrupted them!'' Taemin continued, and Kibum only pinched the bridge of his nose, and Minho just shook his head, of course..
''No wonder, he was like having a heart attack or whatever in his room!'' Minho exclaimed, finally getting it, and Kibum just rolled his eyes, giggling, he was as oblivious as them!
--
''Hyung.. you have to get out sometime!'' No response.
''Alright, we're going to head down to the beach, make sure to eat lunch..okay?
Jinki just tossed and turned under his covers, his dreams were full of Jonghyun, Jonghyun, and more Jonghyun, and he didn't have the strength to get up from his bed, what was last night?
--
After taking a shower and eating a bit, Jinki just returned to his room to watch T.V. and surprised to hear the door open earlier than he expected.
''Jinki?'' No, no, no! He knew that voice, it was Jonghyun.. but what was he doing here?
Jinki leaped from his bed, and ran around trying to look presentable, after removing his bunny pajamas, he pulled on a hoodie and shorts, and quickly combed his hair, and descended the steps quickly, to see a Jonghyun looking around the place, and Jinki immediately went red when he saw him.
''J..Jonghyun.. What are you doing here?'' Jonghyun asked, trying to lean against the stairs coolly, but only fell awkwardly.
''Kibum gave me the address, he said that I should come keep you company,'' Jonghyun explained, rubbing the back of his neck, blushing a bit too, he thought a lot last night, and he came up with the fact that he was yes, in love with Lee Jinki.
''Oh..I actually was fine alone..'' Jinki admitted, he seriously didn't want to see Jonghyun right now, how could he face him after last night?
''Actually, Jinki.. I want to tell you something, but if you want me to go, I can, seriously.'' Jonghyun replied, stepping a bit closer to the boy, who was fidgeting a bit.
''No! I mean.. you don't have to go, sorry..'' Jinki replied, stepping closer to him, clasping his hands and trying to stop his racing heart, because if he didn't, he was sure that he would probably die.
''That's good,'' Jonghyun winked, and Jinki felt as if he got stabbed, ''Take a walk with me.. we should.. talk, talking is good.'' Jonghyun said, and Jinki nodded, putting on his shoes and they stepped out.
--
They walked for a little on the boardwalk, not saying anything, but when they reached a slightly empty part of the beach, Jonghyun finally decided to talk.
''Jinki, listen.. I.. I've been feeling things,'' Jonghyun began awkwardly, looking at the older boy who was blushing and looking at him curiously, and Jinki looked at him sincerely.
''I.. Me too,'' Jinki responded truthfully, he always did, and probably will continue to love Jonghyun.
''I.. now that I think about it, I realize that these feelings aren't recent. I have.. felt these for a while and, now I'll confirm them..'' Jonghyun continued, and Jinki nodded, paying close attention to each word, and looking at him with twinkling eyes.
''W-What is it..?'' Jinki finally asked, hesitantly and quiet, his heart skipped a beat when Jonghyun started talking about feelings, it couldn't be, could it? He felt his knees weakening, and his heart doing a little dance in his chest, he felt dizzy yet he felt like he could run five hundred miles, something about the way Jonghyun said it, gave him some sort of reassurance.
''I want to say...''