Because Kibum is too cute and Minho can't help himself.
Author's Note: Written on request by a reader who originally wanted me to write based on
this and further inspired me by saying, and I quote, "How about Key just being his adorable self not knowing the effects he has on hoho, until Minho himself lets him know seeing as he can't keep away from his cuteness any longer?" and that just got my rusty brain working. title is as such (and may be irrelevant to the fic) because the
song was playing in my head while writing this fic. enjoy!
Have you ever loved something so much that you ended up hating it in the end? Hating it for all it has done to you? Hating it for affecting you in ways you didn't want to be affected? Hating it for making you feel things you didn't want to feel? Hating it right down to the point that sometimes you just hate yourself for loving it and wish you didn't love it that much? Well, if you have, you would then understand exactly how Minho felt towards Kibum's cute ways, or in other words, aegyo.
When Minho first met Kibum, he would have never imagined his same aged friend to have it in him to be adorable in ways that did things to his heart, things that Minho knew he shouldn't be feeling because Kibum was his band member, his same aged friend and at most, his family. That was no longer the case though since Minho had broken all rules the morning he kissed Kibum in the bathroom precisely because he couldn't deal with how cute the blonde was anymore.
If Minho couldn't deal with Kibum's aegyo before they acknowledged they were more than friends and certainly not just band members, it definitely became the biggest challenge for Minho to cope with his bandmate-turned-boyfriend's adorable ways which had suddenly advanced to a whole new level once they became lovers. Or maybe it was just Minho allowing himself to feel even more with every little thing Kibum did since the blonde now belonged to him. Whatever it was, the rapper found himself loving every moment Kibum showed his adorable side to him, a side which Minho realized, most, if not all, of the time, was only reserved especially for him. And as much as it annoyed Minho to no end (only because he felt the most helpless then), the rapper couldn't go a day without Kibum's aegyo. Because the truth was, Minho secretly enjoyed the times Kibum used aegyo on him. Those were the times Minho felt his life was the most perfect. And this was something he would never admit to Kibum because he didn't need his boyfriend to know yet another one of his weakness.
What Minho didn’t know was that he most definitely wasn’t doing an excellent job in hiding this secret of his from Kibum considering how he was now watching the blonde with eyes filled with affection and pure love, a smile so warm, bright and genuine, and a look of adoration that an average person would give anything in the world for someone to look at them the same way Minho was looking at Kibum because it simply showed that his love for his boyfriend was undeniable. Yet, although Minho’s weakness was on the verge of being discovered, said boyfriend was too occupied with unintentionally being all cute and adorable to notice how the rapper was looking at him.
“Ahhh, I want to eat that!” Using Minho’s lap as a pillow while lying on the couch, Kibum exclaimed in a high pitched baby voice as he pointed to the freshly baked cupcakes that the food channel was currently introducing on television, “Minho yah~ Bummie’s hungry~ what should we do? Oh baby, I know you don’t like desserts but can we please, please please please, go out for some sweet stuff?”
Kibum couldn’t even take his eyes off the television because he was busy drooling over the cupcakes that simply looked too mouth-wateringly delicious so instead, he squeezed Minho gently on his thigh repeatedly and rolled his head around on his boyfriend’s lap in an effort to convince him to say yes. It was in that exact moment in time that Minho didn’t need a mirror to realise how lovesick he most certainly was looking because in a split second, he found himself unable to resist holding all his emotions in. The next thing he knew, Minho had bent down the same time he lifted his knees to bring Kibum’s face up just enough for him to reach and surprise his boyfriend with a loud kiss on his cheek before he opened his mouth just a little wider to nip at the flesh of Kibum’s milky soft cheek.
Upon feeling the sudden bite of what was obviously Minho’s teeth on his skin, Kibum’s breath caught in his throat and he instantly turned to stare at his boyfriend, his action so fast and unexpected that if not for Minho’s fast reflexes, they would have been in pain this very moment rather than looking at each other with equally shocked faces - Kibum because he had just got bitten by his boyfriend, Minho because he had just bit his boyfriend, both not at all expecting that to happen.
“What was that for?!” Kibum gasped, not even blinking as he stared up at Minho and stayed frozen in his position, his heart beating erratically that the blonde almost couldn't speak.
Looking down at Kibum, Minho nervously ran his hand through his hair and swallowed a lump that had formed in his throat before he voiced out the first thing that came into his mind, “God, Kibum, you’re just so fucking cute, I can’t help myself alright.”
“You bit me because I’m cute?” Blinking in awe of Minho’s sudden declaration, Kibum pointed at himself, finger touching his nose, all of which didn’t help the situation at all because just that action alone was cute in Minho’s eyes.
And so, unsurprisingly, Minho groaned as if he was in pain. “Kibum, stop it.”
“Stop what?” Kibum moved his finger away and blinked innocently at his boyfriend.
“Stop using aegyo on me.” Minho seethed, obviously very much frustrated by this point in time.
Kibum pouted (because it was a natural reaction, definitely not because it was on purpose) and mumbled unhappily because he didn’t like it when he was wronged, “I’m not using aegyo right now.”
“You are!”
“I’m not even doing anything right now!”
“You’re pouting!”
“And how the hell is that aegyo?” Kibum shouted, completely disagreeing with Minho, “You know how my aegyo works! This is not aegyo. Just now, when I went all ‘bummie is hungry’ on you? Now that is aegyo.”
Throwing his hands up in the air defeatedly, Minho sighed out loud. “What are we arguing about again?”
“I don’t know, you started it!”
“This is absurd.”
“You are absurd!” Kibum huffed as he finally sat up and turned to face Minho properly, lightly slapping his boyfriend on the back of his head, “You’re the one who bit me!”
Minho held the back of his head in mock pain and childishly swung his fist towards Kibum’s face, pretending to punch his boyfriend back since he only wanted to do something for the sake of retaliating as he grumbled, “Not my fault you’re always so fucking cute around me.”
“Are we doing this again? Going another round not knowing what we’re even arguing about?” Kibum couldn’t help but laugh at how stupid they both were, “I mean all I wanted was to eat some cupcakes, but my boyfriend ended up literally eating me. Seriously Minho, what were you even thinking?”
“Hey, if I had known earlier you were this against me biting you, I would never have done it.”
“Who said I was against you biting me?”
“Then why on earth did you get so agitated?”
“I don't know... I just... You know... It was... Umm... I…” Kibum bit his bottom lip nervously, unable to find the right words to explain himself.
Upon noticing how his boyfriend had suddenly turned all jittery, a thought struck Minho.
“Kibum?”
“Y-yeah?”
“Do you, perhaps, maybe, like it when I bite you?”
Upon hearing Minho’s question, Kibum gulped, his body immediately tensed, eyes looking anywhere but Minho. And that was enough an answer for the rapper but Minho, being the annoying boyfriend he was, still decided to press on, more than happy he had chanced upon one of Kibum's secrets that the blonde himself didn't even know.
“Does biting... I don’t know, somehow turn you on?”
At that question, Kibum whipped his head towards Minho, absolutely shocked that his boyfriend had become this blunt; because really, although it was true that Kibum had indeed felt a kind of pleasure he had never experienced before course through his body when Minho bit him the first time, did he really have to make things this obvious?!
Kibum was about to glare at Minho and do something to change the topic so he could save himself from the embarrassment but his boyfriend was one step ahead of him. In an instant, Minho had reached out to hold him by the hand and pull him off the couch, leaving Kibum with no choice but to follow his lead.
Of course, the blonde wasn’t going to make it that easy for his boyfriend as he purposely dragged his feet and demanded to know, “Where do you think you're bringing me?!”
“Bedroom, now.” Minho simply said with a smirk, quickly glancing back to send his boyfriend a wink, “We have things to do.”
“What?! Not right now!” Recognising the look in Minho's eyes, Kibum quickly shook his head while looking rather scandalised, “Not when I'm craving for cupcakes, Minho!”
“Later, bummie, I promise.” Minho replied as he pulled Kibum into his room and locked the door behind him before he arrowed in on his target, “Right now, we're going to have to satisfy my craving first.”
The determination in Minho's voice made Kibum’s heart skip a beat and with that, the blonde was rendered speechless, somehow beginning to anticipate what Minho had in mind as the rapper trapped him on the bed. And as his boyfriend began nipping his way down his neck, Kibum could only think about how he was going to return the pleasure he was currently feeling in the quickest and most satisfying way to Minho, because the truth was, he still really wanted to have his cupcakes as soon as possible. Maybe aegyo might be the way to go? Or maybe… aegyo while calling Minho ‘Oppa~’ in bed would do the trick.