modern wage of love {4/4} ; jongho ; nc-17 [part 2/2]
he paced back and forth along the corridors, hesitating. just how was he going to solve all the trouble he had caused? it was energy draining to keep up with all these problems happening lately. this wasn't how things were supposed to be. he leaned against the pale wall, clothings wrinkling as he slid down a little to get into a comfortable position. even the lights didn't like the idea of him coming over; it kept flickering in an ominous manner, in a rhythmic beat that mimicked the way his heart throbbed as he heard the heavy footsteps that were approaching.
"jonghyun." he had his arms cradled against his chest.
"kibum? what are you doing in front of my room?"
"we honestly need to talk."
there had been no better way to solve the situation than to confront the problem -- to know just what everyone had been trying to get him to understand. jonghyun knew he was hot-tempered; too impatient to listen and too stubborn to digest the information given.
"come on in."
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jonghyun noticed the way kibum's smile had plummeted into a guilty plastic feature stitched onto his face; so very non-complementing his usual confidence. he unlocked the door, inviting the other in. he had only a chair in his room, and with him sitting on it, kibum opted to continue standing.
"take a seat on the bed or something. no need to make a dig on my height." jonghyun sardonically said, swivelling around on his chair to pull out his stationeries in his bag.
"jonghyun, i know you probably don't want to listen to me but -"
"if you knew, why did you still come?" jonghyun threw his pencil on the floor, effectively stunning kibum.
"i... i really just wanted to apologize, and i hope you'll listen to what i have to say."
kibum pinched his arms lightly, to remind himself that reality stung and he had to make sure this was solved. he'd heard of krystal's little outcry from jaesuk a couple of hours earlier... he knew that this was a turmoil for them and he'd rather be the one to solve the current problem rather than to put the whole group through another round of suffocating trial and errors. the plan itself wasn't exactly fucking a to start with, and they knew it. no one wanted to admit it despite it was so very obvious that the whole thing was falling apart; testing their patience and friendship. call him juvenile -- kibum wished for them to remain friends for the rest of their lives; hanging out after college, getting drinks after a day of stressful work and getting invitations to one another's wedding.
maybe after what he had gone through in life, losing friends as they came and went, he hoped for a little stability. for someone he could always trust and encourage him when he was down. a lifelong partner seemed like somebody that fitted the requirements, but there will be times when one is bound to be unable to share secrets with them. a best friend would always be there for the other. always. and jonghyun had been there for them when they needed him the most. when kibum needed him the most. when krystal got accused of cheating for having the same outline of a story as song qian, jonghyun stood up for her against the professor, he was pretty much the only one whom believed krystal. kibum knew krystal had never forgotten about that incident; how could someone ever forget the kindness a stranger would show when their closest friends didn't even bother to extend a helping hand? never.
"you and minho... really like each other. you need to see that, jonghyun." kibum paused, continuing only when jonghyun turned around to face him.
"i- no- we, are a group. we are friends, and all we've ever wanted was to see you smile again. you seemed so down after breaking up with minho and we knew that it was mistake. you like him, a lot, and so does he. we just wanted to make you understand that what happened between the both of you was just a test on how strong the relationship was. i bribed eli to pair the both of you together during the team-building games."
"not surprised." he snickered.
jonghyun wasn't one to listen, but for some very specific reason he wanted to continue hearing what kibum had to say. he felt that weird feeling bubbling inside of him and he knew it was never a good one; constantly getting into quarrels because of the confusion it always got him into. he pushed it down, inhaling deeply and swallowing that sourish taste in his mouth.
"there's nothing between me and minho, we're just friends. to be honest -- i don't even know him that well." kibum sighed, "we were hoping that after seeing us getting close, you'd get jealous or something -- i don't know what we were thinking. i guess we were being overzealous with the situation that we overlooked the feelings of both parties. I'm really sorry."
"i hope we'll still be friends, jonghyun. i hope that this would blow over and we'll remain as good friends because i don't know about you, but i feel so terrible over everything. it all seemed so much better before all these boyfriend troubles and i'm so scared." kibum whimpered and repeated the last few words, "so, so scared, jonghyun. i don't want to lose any more friends. i'm scared.".
jonghyun stood up, arms widening to take in the younger by a unexpected embrace.
"it had partly been my fault too, if only i was willing to listen from the start," the hug got tighter, "and of course we'll still be friends. you're not losing any one of us; i'll personally pull them back with a lasso if any of them leaves and makes you cry." he joked -- all previous anger gone.
"you have to promise," kibum mumbled into jonghyun's chest.
the other boy laughed, before uttering a soft, i promise.
"alright, let me go, you stink." kibum pushed jonghyun off him, choking on his saliva and coughing a little.
"i just came back from a barbeque alright, no judging!"
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"i can't wait for all of you to meet the person i've asked along for lunch today." krystal said excitedly, pushing past amber and jessica to sit in between.
"unless you're talking about orlando bloom i have absolutely no interest in the topic."
"well, jessica, you can leave now because she's not orlando bloom. but jonghyun, you'd be pleased to meet her."
"you told me you were gay!" jessica shouted across the table, slamming her manicured nails down on her tray.
kibum snickered, rolling his eyes and tugged on his blazer. "even if he wasn't, you wouldn't be in his choices." he sneered.
so jonghyun wondered who she was. why would he be pleased to meet her? didn't krystal know that he didn't like girls that much? to an explainable extent, yes, but it sure as hell also meant that any of the female species that came near to him had better be prepared to stay quiet for a prolonged period of time.
"uh, hey,"
that girl from the party.
"soyeon! take a seat!"
krystal had her grin permanently stuck to her face, eyes twinkling in delight and voice obviously in a higher tone thanks to her excitement in play.
"soyeon, this is jonghyun-oppa. jonghyun oppa, this is soyeon. nice to see the both of you interacting well!" krystal said, self-narrating the whole god damned story.
jonghyun didn't like her. not at all. soyeon with her stupid hair and her stupid mini skirt and her stupid tits and smelly fanny. he didn't need to see the definition of stupidity flaunting itself in his face.
he sniggered at every pause she took as she spoke, he knew he was getting a little green frosting on his lips but hey, who are you to judge when it was his boyfriend? in short, all krystal brought her over for was to clarify that nothing was done under consent. including the part where she shoved her hands down his you-know-where. jonghyun wasn't exactly convinced to the point where run right to minho and cry out saying he was wrong, but he did have these urges to apologize. afterall, they were drunk, and minho was pretty loyal.
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he shuffles along the pavement, words beating around the bush, refusing to tell the other what it was he'd wanted to say.
"i accept your apology." minho hums out.
"so i -- what?"
"well, i think that you trying hard to get to that topic seems to be taking forever, so i'm just going straight to the point and saying, yes, i accept your apology."
jonghyun tries to be mad. he should be, shouldn't he? minho just practically read his mind like an open book (or probably because he was just that obvious). no one likes to be read! he reaches over to jokingly punch minho on his arm, eyes twinkling in something near hope.
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"i love you so much, minho." jonghyun whispered.
"i love you-" jonghyun gurgled as minho shifted.
the movements weren't frantic, messy or rushed. chapped lips brushed against the other, pulling in. minho's hand found its way to jonghyun's hair, threading through the soft strands, leaving the other free hand to settle a vice grip on jonghyun's hipbone, fingers squeezing the tight flesh. pushing down on his hips, minho continued his slick movements, thrusting in and out of the boy whom seemed so harmless as per contradicting to his usual self.
"give it to me harder, minho. i want you to go harder on me. in me."
jonghyun grabbed onto the head of the bed frame, knuckles turning white and teeth clenched as minho pushed him up against the wooden plank. he grits his teeth as his legs were spread wider, and he feels as though his muscles were going to cramp any moment, but then again, he feels nothing. just the raw feeling of minho's nerves rubbing against his walls and it felt so fucking good.
minho just keeps pushing in and pulling out, fingers magically dancing across jonghyun's abdomen, lazily pulling on his dick.
he pulls out, hoisting jonghyun up by his waist and thrusted in again. they shared an embarrassed laugh for the first time of the night when minho misses and glides off track but gets back in again. jonghyun leaned back on his hands as minho settles his on jonghyun's thighs, hips slapping against the other obscenely and every action they did was too graphic to be shown, yet too lovely to be hidden.
it took just a simple action to throw minho off the edge; jonghyun withdrew a hand and dragged it along his thighs, a finger lightly scraping along the length of his penis and shooting straight up to digging right into his hair. minho immediately pulled out (again), tossing jonghyun onto the bed and throwing the condom away, stroking himself in quick and clumsy movements, eyes tightly shut and sweat dripping down his face.
"my turn." jonghyun pants out, reaching up and pulling minho down.
lips met once again, tongues fought and teeth gnashed against the other. minho fingered jonghyun as he ran the other hand down his dick, grabbing it roughly and gripping it at the mid-length. jonghyun digs his nails onto minho's arms, squeezing and subtly panting into his mouth.
"i'm coming--" jonghyun whispers, "fuck me harder."
"yes, yes, yes--" he shouts, "faster-- i'm coming, oh god--"
minho obliges, fingers going faster, harder, deeper and he knows he's doing it right when jonghyun arches his back and kisses him till he feels out of breath.
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"that was great."
"yeah, great."
and they were silent.
the first time they had sex in a couple of months and it was probably (as they say, not gonna lie,) the best sex they've ever had for the entire span of their dating period.
"do you really want to have a conversation now, or do you just want to sleep and we'll deal with whatever that happened tomorrow?"
"tomorrow sounds great,"
"yeah, tomorrow." minho replies, smiling fondly.
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Hi. I hope you still remember me, I finally got my muse back on track. I know this took forever, but I'm back! I'm really happy today because my aunt's dog came over to stay with us over the weekend because she had to attend a wedding in another country. I'm seeking for a beta to read through my secret santa, and I'm hoping to find someone decent since lots of people seem unavailable at this point :( Anyways, I'll start on A Beijing Soul soon, maybe tomorrow? Or hopefully tonight since I'm a little buzzed over Baileys and when I'm buzzed... I write well, on the contrary. On the other hand, I bust out crazy words and they usually ruin the atmosphere of my story, so nah.
Thank you for reading, a comment would be greatly appreciated!
trivia: btw did you guys know that jongho is officially named as hohyun? sounds really weird... whatever, I'm just sticking to jongho!