Day by day
Title: Day by Day
Pairing : Jongkey + some 2min
Rating : P-13
Genre : AU
Description :They've been together for almost 16 years and Key is thinking if he has ever held Jonghyun back from his dream of being a father with a family.
Author Notes: I've been wanting to write this for a while ;A;;;; it's so precious and shit klsasjdkasdjlkjaskldj
"Honey," Kibum cooed from the kitchen door, he knows Jonghyun can hear him from afar, he's probably still sleeping in bed.
"Mmnnnn" The elder man groans, still wrapped in the cotton sheets in their queen sized bed.
Kibum walks in, apron smelling like fresh vegetables, causing Jonghyun to open his eyes in a fluttery manner.
"Jjong, you have to get ready for work, I'm almost done with breakfast."
"But.... Yeobooooo..."
"Don't 'but' me, you're gonna be late and I'll be late too, so if you don't get your ass off this bed this instant, I'll clean up your plate and leave without you." The younger male left the door frame of their bedroom, swiftly so Jonghyun wouldn't reply.
Eventually - habitually - Jonghyun gets off his bed and fixes it for his partner. He takes his 2 minute shower and quickly comes to the dining table with his slacks and dress shirt on. "I'm done~"
"About time, I was about to eat without you," Kibum smiles and kisses Jonghyun on his cheek lovingly.
The domestic feel of the household was long kept, ever since Jonghyun's 31st birthday, Kibum couldn't help but adore his mature lover's physique everyday. They have lived together for almost 7 years, not counting those days the two would deviously go to each other's apartment and sleep together before work, and not counting the ones when they were teenagers either.
"How are the test papers?" Jonghyun asks Kibum, right before he shoves a lettuce wrap into his mouth.
"Oh my God, do you have any idea how low the amount of kids there are that know how to follow instructions?! When I say write 'true or false' they always end up writing a goddamn 'T' or 'F'!!"
"That is pretty annoying, but hey, didn't I do that in high school?"
"Yeah, that's why it's annoying."
"H-hey, why?"
"Because it reminds me of how pesky you were towards me back then," Kibum smites, drinking the soup right away, the bowl covering his face partially.
"Oh but if I wasn't so insisting, I wouldn't have gotten that date with you, remember?" Jonghyun pushes. He remembers that time, 16 years ago, a young 14 year old student who newly transferred and became Jonghyun's new seatmate. Kibum's hair, the old natural dark brunette (before all the hair dye) was the first thing Jonghyun noticed, then down to his eyes - those magnificent eyes- then to those pink lips...
"Hey- We were kids, I thought you were cute, you being pushy had little to do with it."
"I guess I'm just a natural charmer, babe."
"Oh please," Kibum rolls his eyes at his lover before telling him to finish up his food.
---
"You want me to drive you to work?" Jonghyun asks while try to tame Roo, their dog, and bring him back to the yard, along with Kkomde and Garcon.
"No it's fine, I'd rather be late today," Kibum follows him to the back door, smiling while commanding his poodles to stay.
"Why is that?"
"The morning air is really nice to breathe in if you walk slowly..." Jonghyun wanted to kiss the younger's lips while his eyes were closed, because the way he described the morning air was just mesmerizing to him. And so he did.
"W-what was that for?" A cherry pink color appeared on Kibum's cheeks, making Jonghyun lean closer to kiss him again.
"I don't need a reason to kiss the love of my life. I'll walk with you today, okay?"
"You're fine with that? But how about your wor-"
"Kibum. I'm their boss, they can't complain if I'm late." Jonghyun muses himself, kissing Kibum's neck this time.
"H-hey, don't kiss me there!"
"But I thought you love it when I kiss you here,"
"Exactly, which is why I don't want a boner when I get to class, understand?"
"Yes yes, Yeobo~"
"Jonghyun,"
"Yeah?"
"You mind if we stay behind?"
"What are you talking about? The teacher will scold us-"
"Kiss me."
"Wh-what?"
"Idiot, I said 'kiss me'. Hurry before I change my mind."
"N-no! Wait I will, I will... Just... close your eyes Kibum."
---
While strolling down the streets of town, greeting some shop keepers and neighbors, the two men held each other's hand tightly and giggled amongst themselves like they were some young teenage couple again.
Kibum, through the sight of his big hipster glasses, saw his two students: Lee Taemin and Choi Minho apparently making out by a street light post.
"You boys," Kibum began, earning the attention of the two students and his shorter lover. "shouldn't be doing that in public."
"M-mister Kim! We- We're--"
"I'm not gonna scold you or report you kids, I'm not like that, just keep a low profile while you're still young and in school, got it?"
"Y-yes sir... Thank you!" The young couple bowed and jogged away from them and Jonghyun could just chuckle.
"What's so funny?"
"N-nothing, you just sounded like Sir Jinki from way back." Jonghyun smiles, tightening his grip on Kibum's hands.
"I did? Wow, it was probably deja vu, huh?"
"Yeah, come on, let's get you to class before those kids do."
"J-jong..."
"Key...."
"Kiss me there, on my neck, oh-"
"I l-love--"
"You boys should continue you this elsewhere if you don't want to be caught by some other teacher."
"Sir Jinki! I-- We didn't mean-- This is--"
"It's fine, I know both of you as students and as friends, you're lucky you were caught by me. Now run along before third period starts."
"Yes Sir!"
"Jjong, this is all your fault!"
"How is it my fault?!"
"If you didn't pull me behind there, Sir Jinki wouldn't have caught us!"
"Relax, he's our music teacher right? He'll never tell on us."
"Ugh-- fine, I trust you but don't expect another kiss from me if this happens again."
"It's okay, Key, I'll still love you."
---
"I just want to elaborate, that since more than half of this class wrote 'T' or 'F' instead of what the instruction says, those who followed the directions will get plus points and for those who didn't - won't get a minus, is that fair?"
"But how come they get to--"
"Because they followed the directions, now, Mister Choi, if you would rather the ones who didn't follow to get minus, please say so because you're one of them."
"N-no! They're fine Mister Kim, Minho doesn't know what he's saying..."
"Thank you Taemin, now class, please open your text books to the last lesson."
---
"Hey, Kim,"
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late, I had to drop off Kibum at school."
"Oooh~ Being such a nice sugar daddy, aren't we, Jonghyun?"
"Oh quit it, guys, it's the least I can do before our anniversary."
"Oh my god did I just hear the 'A' word?!"
"Yes, Jessica, the 'A' word was spoken by me."
Jonghyun didn't want Kibum to be the first to remember their anniversary, he always was the one to forget. Now, this year, Jonghyun was able to recognize the date before his lover mentioned it. It was tomorrow.
"So, what's the plan, big guy?"
"Well... I haven't really thought about it since I just found out two days ago."
"Look, hyung, if you wanna get his attention, you have to bring him somewhere pretty!"
"No! Somewhere with yummy food!"
"No no, guys, you got it all wrong... Somewhere with a pool!"
Jonghyun could only chuckle at his co-workers while they argue about his anniversary.
"Baekhyun, Yesung-ssi, and Jessica, it's my special day with my lover, my high school sweetheart, not yours."
"S-sorry, hyung..." Baekhyun hung his head down over his slouched shoulders, whimpering a bit before Jonghyun comforts his side.
"But you have to do something! You can't beat last year's Bathroom Dinner." Another co-worker, Lee Jonghyun, popped in.
"I can't believe I actually tell you guys about me and my boyfriend's exploits." Jonghyun sank into his swivel chair blushing deeply.
"Because you know we would never judge you of your sexual orientation, and that you owe us for hiding it for three years before--"
"The whole 'honey' incident, yeah yeah."
---
"Mr.Kim?"
"Taemin, how are you?" Kibum lifted his head from the sight of papers on his desk to look up to the young student before him.
"I'm fine, Sir, I just wanted... To thank you..."
"And for what, Mr. Lee?"
"For not ratting us out... You know, me and Minho..."
Kibum let out an 'ooooh' expression and smiled at the flustered younger. "It's not a problem, kiddo. A teacher did that to us when my lover and I started to make out outside the West building."
"You met your boyfriend here, Sir?"
"Yep, and we studied here together. I was about your age when he finally confessed to me."
Taemin smiled, a warm beam that Kibum adored about his student. "So you've been together for that long?"
"Yeah, we were high school sweethearts. I hope you and Minho will invest in each other's love. Being in love at such a young age is exciting but also a junction at one point."
"What do you mean, Sir?" Taemin leaned in closer, certainly interested in the conversation, and Kibum could only chuckle.
"Are you sure you wanna hear an old man's story about love? You're gonna waste your whole lunch period."
"I can hardly call this a waste of my time, Sir, I always loved your stories in class,"
"Don't flatter me, boy,"
"But it's the honest truth! And besides, Minho is busy with his soccer meeting so I'm kinda alone for now." Taemin pouts and Kibum could do nothing but proceed.
"Alright, but only because you remind me of myself when I was young."
Kibum told him about his story, his love story about an idiot who swooned him on the first year he got into this school. They've kept up the best friend phase for two years before Jonghyun confessed to him during summer break. Their first date was mildly romantic because Jonghyun forgot his wallet so Kibum had to pay (luckily he had his savings) which eventually was the cause to why Jonghyun always insisted to pay after all these years. Kibum had a rough time thinking if his relationship with Jonghyun was worth it because he was his first love. Kibum had little experience and that fact that they were both young made him think that they could still fall out of love. A gay relationship was hard to hide from or explain to their parents but luckily, oh so luckily, it was only Jonghyun's dad that took a while to nod his head to their relationship. Things went swimmingly after that. Kibum went to college for a teaching degree while Jonghyun studied at a music college to be in the music industry. Though being in different colleges for four years, the two found ways to visit each others apartments during their free days - there was one school year wherein they share the same free day so they often sleep together in Jonghyun's apartment.
"Tell me if I'm boring you,"
"You haven't even said anything boring, Sir, I love this story, it's very romantic."
"Very well, kid, but I'm gonna censor some parts because you are too young for this."
"But I'm seventeen!"
"Not even legal yet." Kibum chuckles before continuing his story.
He explained that after one more year, Jonghyun asked him to move in with him into their bigger apartment in town. He added stuff about having dogs too and that they would have cooking shifts.
"Sorry, I'm rambling..."
"No you weren't - but I understand it now... It was either you stay with your boyfriend or you could have left him earlier... But I don't think you guys have been holding each other back at all."
"No, I guess we aren't..." Kibum smiles again, this time tears almost forming in his eyes.
"You guys must really love each other, huh?"
"More than words could say, Taemin, more than words."
---
"Hey Jonghyun, do you know why the stereo in making this weird buzz sound - it's messing with the amps too."
"Oh? Wha-- Oh god wait- that's mine, my phone, sorry!" Jonghyun grabbed his phone away from the mike and answers it quickly.
"Jagiya~!" he greets in a sing-song manner, getting the attention of his female (and some male) co-workers.
"Is that Kibum?" They murmur, some shrugging while others nod.
"When? -- guys what time does work end?" Jonghyun whispers while covering his phone's receiver.
"We dunno! You're the boss!"
"Oh we end, like in, ten minutes, why?" People rejoiced silently while Jonghyun listens to Kibum's voice.
"Sure I can fetch you - what time? Sure I can honey, just gimme a few minutes and then we can have dinner out. Yeah.... Yeah... Of course.... Love you too! Bye!"
He shuts his phone back into his pocket and smiles contently.
"'Love you too~!'" "Bye~" "Oh my God my boss is so cheesy!"
"Hey guys, do that again and I'll personally fire each of you." Jonghyun snarls, grabbing his coat and bag.
"S-sorry, boss, but seriously have fun with your anniversary surprise!!"
---
"Yeobo~" Jonghyun peeks over Kibum's shoulder and kisses his cheek.
"Oh my goodness, how did you get into the faculty room?"
"Sir Jinki let me in, we're still so close after so long."
"Hey, he's still thirty-eight, show some respect to the older guy who kept our relationship intact."
"Yeah I did! I greeted him and said 'thanks again for before' and he chuckled saying that I was still the same height from before......"
"Oh honey... You grew two inches though." Kibum giggles before fixing things.
"And to think we used to kiss at the same level...." He pouted while nuzzling Kibum's back.
"Oh hey, Kibum's boyfriend~" One co-worker of Kibum sprang from his desk chair, several others (female staff) gawking at Jonghyun's pout.
"Oh my God, so this is the boyfriend Kibum-ssi was always talking about?" One female teacher asks, she's obviously new because Jonghyun comes here every other day.
"Yes, Nicole, this is my babe." Kibum grins wrapping his arms around Jonghyun - whose's actions are getting shyer around the many spectators.
"Now now, we divided the male and the female sections for a reason, now get back to work ladies."
"Oh God, Jinki you're back~!" Jonghyun clings to the elder's side while the female teachers giggle along with Kibum.
"Anyway, Kibum tells me that you came here to fetch him, I didn't know you came here to show me that it was a good thing I saw you boys that one day before."
"It's fine, Jinki, it's fine~! We're just leaving, right, Kibum?" Jonghyun seemed embarrassed now that his former teacher and other teachers were looking at him like he was a character from a romance novel.
"Yes yes, yeobo~"
"By the way, we should catch up some time, Jinki~"
"Sure thing, Jonghyun, and don't forget - it's 'Onew' now, okay?"
"Yep, bye bye Onew~!"
---
"So... where are we eating, Jjong?"
With the time spent together, the two had so many nicknames to say but Kibum's favorite was the first one he ever gave him.
"Your favorite, babe, but this time, you pay."
"Oh thank God, Jjong, you have to save your own money,"
"Oh please, with my job, I can get us a new house with a pool."
"Stop with your money talk and let's eat some pasta already."
"Anything you say, honey."
---
"Hey Jjong... Do you ever get tired of me?"
Jonghyun almost spat out his garlic bread when Kibum asked his that impossible question.
"Is this a fake question?"
"I mean it, Jjong... We're getting older and I even remember you saying you wanted a wife a kids before and... Also I'm not as exciting as I was a few years ago..."
"Kibum, you are my fucking life! If I got tired of you it's like saying I'm tired of living a day, that I'm okay without seeing my happiness wake up beside me every morning or smelling his cooking from the kitchen. It's like saying that I don't want to breathe oxygen or see God's perfection splayed right before me. I don't need a woman to bare my children just to make me happy, that was my old assumption and dream, now, YOU are my dream, my bliss, my heaven on earth. Oh my God Kibum, words cannot explain how much I need and love you and now you're asking me if I am tired of you? Sorry, babe, I'm not letting you go, not now, not ever." Jonghyun slumps and takes another bite out of his bread, pouting at every bite.
Kibum wanted to cry, no, he wanted to crawl up into a ball and then cry. He can't believe what his lover had just said, and it was like a confession all over again, like hearing all their sweet nothings of the past years rolled into one answer. Kibum cries after a while.
"B-Bummie? You okay? Did I overwhelm you?" Jonghyun leaned from his seat and scooted closer to his beloved.
"Yeah... Yeah you did... And I'm happy you did because I feel the same. I love you so so much, Jonghyun."
"And I'll love you forever, too, Kibum." he pecks Kibum's tear-stained cheek before being greeted by a suspicious waiter with their pizza and Bolognese pasta.
---
After dinner Jonghyun and Kibum took a nice walk under the stary night, holding each others hand and their work bags... And a doggy bag because Jong didn't finish his spaghetti again. It was almost midnight again and Kibum felt himself getting sleepy already.
"Isn't it perfect tonight?" Jonghyun smiles into the moon's gaze, breathing in the fresh breeze.
"Only because I'm with you," Kibum replies and he placed his head by Jonghyun's shoulder.
They walk by a small 24-hour convenience store and Jonghyun tells him to stop and close his eyes.
"Jjong... If it's another dog, you're taking care of it."
"Don't worry, we have enough puppies, me included. Wait here okay?"
"Sure." Kibum stands still, waiting for his lover as he listens to the rustling of bushes and the scent of the cool night breeze.
He felt something cold near his face before he heard Jonghyun telling him to look again.
"Happy Anniversary, Kibummie~" he says, holding out a twin Popsicle packet.
"Oh my God.... You finally remembered first!"
"Hey, I was the first one to remember, it's only fair I get to remember it more often than you do." Jonghyun blushes as he opens the quaint package, the rustling both making them excited.
Their very first anniversary was way back, when they were in third year high school and Jonghyun couldn't afford any Vercase or Gucci products for his boyfriend yet, so the night they were walking home from school, Jonghyun surprised him with a trip to a local convenience store and they shared that one Popsicle. It was a small token but eventually it was a start of something bigger and purer, their love for each other was like that.
---
"Don't you ever miss it?"
"Miss what?" it was a Friday night, Kibum asked a question out of boredom and because his students are still too stupid to follow goddamn instructions.
"The sex." Jonghyun was taken aback by Kibum's inquiry, and all he could do was stare at him from his side of the bed.
"We still have sex, you know." Jonghyun counters, smiling at his younger lover.
"Yeah, but we were more wild back then, now it takes us months to feel horny again."
"Well, with age, sex becomes less of a priority but in turn love becomes way more pure, more than physical means."
"Yeah but we haven't had sex in two months and I'm still twenty-nine... I'm still too young to stop having sex."
"Are you implying anything, Kibum?"
"Let's have sex right now."
---
"Where did we hide the lube again?" Jonghyun says, panting heavily as Kibum panted under him, hair disheveled and his naked chest going up and down.
"I think it's in the last drawer," Kibum pants, pointing weakly to the bedside table.
Maybe they weren't as limber as 5 years ago, but the sex was always something special to them. Even if Kibum was only able to give Jonghyun a handjob and that Jonghyun could only stick with fingering him for more than a minute, they missed this raw contact, they missed every bit of it.
"I love you, Kibum, so fucking much."
"I-- ah- love you just as much, Jonghyun."
---
When Jonghyun wakes up, still under the sheets, his legs spooning under his lover's buttocks, he smiles before smelling Kibum's messy hair.
Kibum shuffles a bit, their legs under the warm sheets, before turning around to look at Jonghyun.
"Morning,"
"Morning, love."
"Now I know why we haven't had sex in a while..." Kibum starts before nuzzling closer to Jonghyun.
"It's pretty tiring for my age... But it was so fucking magical I didn't care."
"Likewise, babe. Now I have to get up and make breakfast," When Jonghyun says that, Kibum moans and wraps his limpy arms around his lover.
"Don't go yet, let's sleep more..."
"Man, you're getting older." the elder chuckles.
"At least I'm not thirty yet."
"Whatever you say, Kibum, I'll still love you."
---
"Jonghyun-hyung?"
"Yeah?"
"When can we have sex?"
"When we're both ready... I want us to wait things out."
"It's okay, Jjong, I can wait for you forever.... but I really wanna have sex with you."
'"We'll see, Kibum."
"You think we'll still be together? After many years?"
"I don't plan on ever leaving you."
"What if you get tired of me?"
"I doubt that, because I'll still love you."
"I love you too, Jjong."
---
AUTHOR NOTES:
>//////< as I've said, I've been wanting to write this in like FOREVER!!! Because old jongkey is so beautiful Because DAMN that's pure love!!!! I wanted them to get married and get a kid but that's another story XDDD
Anyway comment please, I'd really like it >w<
Pairing : Jongkey + some 2min
Rating : P-13
Genre : AU
Description :They've been together for almost 16 years and Key is thinking if he has ever held Jonghyun back from his dream of being a father with a family.
Author Notes: I've been wanting to write this for a while ;A;;;; it's so precious and shit klsasjdkasdjlkjaskldj
"Honey," Kibum cooed from the kitchen door, he knows Jonghyun can hear him from afar, he's probably still sleeping in bed.
"Mmnnnn" The elder man groans, still wrapped in the cotton sheets in their queen sized bed.
Kibum walks in, apron smelling like fresh vegetables, causing Jonghyun to open his eyes in a fluttery manner.
"Jjong, you have to get ready for work, I'm almost done with breakfast."
"But.... Yeobooooo..."
"Don't 'but' me, you're gonna be late and I'll be late too, so if you don't get your ass off this bed this instant, I'll clean up your plate and leave without you." The younger male left the door frame of their bedroom, swiftly so Jonghyun wouldn't reply.
Eventually - habitually - Jonghyun gets off his bed and fixes it for his partner. He takes his 2 minute shower and quickly comes to the dining table with his slacks and dress shirt on. "I'm done~"
"About time, I was about to eat without you," Kibum smiles and kisses Jonghyun on his cheek lovingly.
The domestic feel of the household was long kept, ever since Jonghyun's 31st birthday, Kibum couldn't help but adore his mature lover's physique everyday. They have lived together for almost 7 years, not counting those days the two would deviously go to each other's apartment and sleep together before work, and not counting the ones when they were teenagers either.
"How are the test papers?" Jonghyun asks Kibum, right before he shoves a lettuce wrap into his mouth.
"Oh my God, do you have any idea how low the amount of kids there are that know how to follow instructions?! When I say write 'true or false' they always end up writing a goddamn 'T' or 'F'!!"
"That is pretty annoying, but hey, didn't I do that in high school?"
"Yeah, that's why it's annoying."
"H-hey, why?"
"Because it reminds me of how pesky you were towards me back then," Kibum smites, drinking the soup right away, the bowl covering his face partially.
"Oh but if I wasn't so insisting, I wouldn't have gotten that date with you, remember?" Jonghyun pushes. He remembers that time, 16 years ago, a young 14 year old student who newly transferred and became Jonghyun's new seatmate. Kibum's hair, the old natural dark brunette (before all the hair dye) was the first thing Jonghyun noticed, then down to his eyes - those magnificent eyes- then to those pink lips...
"Hey- We were kids, I thought you were cute, you being pushy had little to do with it."
"I guess I'm just a natural charmer, babe."
"Oh please," Kibum rolls his eyes at his lover before telling him to finish up his food.
---
"You want me to drive you to work?" Jonghyun asks while try to tame Roo, their dog, and bring him back to the yard, along with Kkomde and Garcon.
"No it's fine, I'd rather be late today," Kibum follows him to the back door, smiling while commanding his poodles to stay.
"Why is that?"
"The morning air is really nice to breathe in if you walk slowly..." Jonghyun wanted to kiss the younger's lips while his eyes were closed, because the way he described the morning air was just mesmerizing to him. And so he did.
"W-what was that for?" A cherry pink color appeared on Kibum's cheeks, making Jonghyun lean closer to kiss him again.
"I don't need a reason to kiss the love of my life. I'll walk with you today, okay?"
"You're fine with that? But how about your wor-"
"Kibum. I'm their boss, they can't complain if I'm late." Jonghyun muses himself, kissing Kibum's neck this time.
"H-hey, don't kiss me there!"
"But I thought you love it when I kiss you here,"
"Exactly, which is why I don't want a boner when I get to class, understand?"
"Yes yes, Yeobo~"
"Jonghyun,"
"Yeah?"
"You mind if we stay behind?"
"What are you talking about? The teacher will scold us-"
"Kiss me."
"Wh-what?"
"Idiot, I said 'kiss me'. Hurry before I change my mind."
"N-no! Wait I will, I will... Just... close your eyes Kibum."
---
While strolling down the streets of town, greeting some shop keepers and neighbors, the two men held each other's hand tightly and giggled amongst themselves like they were some young teenage couple again.
Kibum, through the sight of his big hipster glasses, saw his two students: Lee Taemin and Choi Minho apparently making out by a street light post.
"You boys," Kibum began, earning the attention of the two students and his shorter lover. "shouldn't be doing that in public."
"M-mister Kim! We- We're--"
"I'm not gonna scold you or report you kids, I'm not like that, just keep a low profile while you're still young and in school, got it?"
"Y-yes sir... Thank you!" The young couple bowed and jogged away from them and Jonghyun could just chuckle.
"What's so funny?"
"N-nothing, you just sounded like Sir Jinki from way back." Jonghyun smiles, tightening his grip on Kibum's hands.
"I did? Wow, it was probably deja vu, huh?"
"Yeah, come on, let's get you to class before those kids do."
"J-jong..."
"Key...."
"Kiss me there, on my neck, oh-"
"I l-love--"
"You boys should continue you this elsewhere if you don't want to be caught by some other teacher."
"Sir Jinki! I-- We didn't mean-- This is--"
"It's fine, I know both of you as students and as friends, you're lucky you were caught by me. Now run along before third period starts."
"Yes Sir!"
"Jjong, this is all your fault!"
"How is it my fault?!"
"If you didn't pull me behind there, Sir Jinki wouldn't have caught us!"
"Relax, he's our music teacher right? He'll never tell on us."
"Ugh-- fine, I trust you but don't expect another kiss from me if this happens again."
"It's okay, Key, I'll still love you."
---
"I just want to elaborate, that since more than half of this class wrote 'T' or 'F' instead of what the instruction says, those who followed the directions will get plus points and for those who didn't - won't get a minus, is that fair?"
"But how come they get to--"
"Because they followed the directions, now, Mister Choi, if you would rather the ones who didn't follow to get minus, please say so because you're one of them."
"N-no! They're fine Mister Kim, Minho doesn't know what he's saying..."
"Thank you Taemin, now class, please open your text books to the last lesson."
---
"Hey, Kim,"
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late, I had to drop off Kibum at school."
"Oooh~ Being such a nice sugar daddy, aren't we, Jonghyun?"
"Oh quit it, guys, it's the least I can do before our anniversary."
"Oh my god did I just hear the 'A' word?!"
"Yes, Jessica, the 'A' word was spoken by me."
Jonghyun didn't want Kibum to be the first to remember their anniversary, he always was the one to forget. Now, this year, Jonghyun was able to recognize the date before his lover mentioned it. It was tomorrow.
"So, what's the plan, big guy?"
"Well... I haven't really thought about it since I just found out two days ago."
"Look, hyung, if you wanna get his attention, you have to bring him somewhere pretty!"
"No! Somewhere with yummy food!"
"No no, guys, you got it all wrong... Somewhere with a pool!"
Jonghyun could only chuckle at his co-workers while they argue about his anniversary.
"Baekhyun, Yesung-ssi, and Jessica, it's my special day with my lover, my high school sweetheart, not yours."
"S-sorry, hyung..." Baekhyun hung his head down over his slouched shoulders, whimpering a bit before Jonghyun comforts his side.
"But you have to do something! You can't beat last year's Bathroom Dinner." Another co-worker, Lee Jonghyun, popped in.
"I can't believe I actually tell you guys about me and my boyfriend's exploits." Jonghyun sank into his swivel chair blushing deeply.
"Because you know we would never judge you of your sexual orientation, and that you owe us for hiding it for three years before--"
"The whole 'honey' incident, yeah yeah."
---
"Mr.Kim?"
"Taemin, how are you?" Kibum lifted his head from the sight of papers on his desk to look up to the young student before him.
"I'm fine, Sir, I just wanted... To thank you..."
"And for what, Mr. Lee?"
"For not ratting us out... You know, me and Minho..."
Kibum let out an 'ooooh' expression and smiled at the flustered younger. "It's not a problem, kiddo. A teacher did that to us when my lover and I started to make out outside the West building."
"You met your boyfriend here, Sir?"
"Yep, and we studied here together. I was about your age when he finally confessed to me."
Taemin smiled, a warm beam that Kibum adored about his student. "So you've been together for that long?"
"Yeah, we were high school sweethearts. I hope you and Minho will invest in each other's love. Being in love at such a young age is exciting but also a junction at one point."
"What do you mean, Sir?" Taemin leaned in closer, certainly interested in the conversation, and Kibum could only chuckle.
"Are you sure you wanna hear an old man's story about love? You're gonna waste your whole lunch period."
"I can hardly call this a waste of my time, Sir, I always loved your stories in class,"
"Don't flatter me, boy,"
"But it's the honest truth! And besides, Minho is busy with his soccer meeting so I'm kinda alone for now." Taemin pouts and Kibum could do nothing but proceed.
"Alright, but only because you remind me of myself when I was young."
Kibum told him about his story, his love story about an idiot who swooned him on the first year he got into this school. They've kept up the best friend phase for two years before Jonghyun confessed to him during summer break. Their first date was mildly romantic because Jonghyun forgot his wallet so Kibum had to pay (luckily he had his savings) which eventually was the cause to why Jonghyun always insisted to pay after all these years. Kibum had a rough time thinking if his relationship with Jonghyun was worth it because he was his first love. Kibum had little experience and that fact that they were both young made him think that they could still fall out of love. A gay relationship was hard to hide from or explain to their parents but luckily, oh so luckily, it was only Jonghyun's dad that took a while to nod his head to their relationship. Things went swimmingly after that. Kibum went to college for a teaching degree while Jonghyun studied at a music college to be in the music industry. Though being in different colleges for four years, the two found ways to visit each others apartments during their free days - there was one school year wherein they share the same free day so they often sleep together in Jonghyun's apartment.
"Tell me if I'm boring you,"
"You haven't even said anything boring, Sir, I love this story, it's very romantic."
"Very well, kid, but I'm gonna censor some parts because you are too young for this."
"But I'm seventeen!"
"Not even legal yet." Kibum chuckles before continuing his story.
He explained that after one more year, Jonghyun asked him to move in with him into their bigger apartment in town. He added stuff about having dogs too and that they would have cooking shifts.
"Sorry, I'm rambling..."
"No you weren't - but I understand it now... It was either you stay with your boyfriend or you could have left him earlier... But I don't think you guys have been holding each other back at all."
"No, I guess we aren't..." Kibum smiles again, this time tears almost forming in his eyes.
"You guys must really love each other, huh?"
"More than words could say, Taemin, more than words."
---
"Hey Jonghyun, do you know why the stereo in making this weird buzz sound - it's messing with the amps too."
"Oh? Wha-- Oh god wait- that's mine, my phone, sorry!" Jonghyun grabbed his phone away from the mike and answers it quickly.
"Jagiya~!" he greets in a sing-song manner, getting the attention of his female (and some male) co-workers.
"Is that Kibum?" They murmur, some shrugging while others nod.
"When? -- guys what time does work end?" Jonghyun whispers while covering his phone's receiver.
"We dunno! You're the boss!"
"Oh we end, like in, ten minutes, why?" People rejoiced silently while Jonghyun listens to Kibum's voice.
"Sure I can fetch you - what time? Sure I can honey, just gimme a few minutes and then we can have dinner out. Yeah.... Yeah... Of course.... Love you too! Bye!"
He shuts his phone back into his pocket and smiles contently.
"'Love you too~!'" "Bye~" "Oh my God my boss is so cheesy!"
"Hey guys, do that again and I'll personally fire each of you." Jonghyun snarls, grabbing his coat and bag.
"S-sorry, boss, but seriously have fun with your anniversary surprise!!"
---
"Yeobo~" Jonghyun peeks over Kibum's shoulder and kisses his cheek.
"Oh my goodness, how did you get into the faculty room?"
"Sir Jinki let me in, we're still so close after so long."
"Hey, he's still thirty-eight, show some respect to the older guy who kept our relationship intact."
"Yeah I did! I greeted him and said 'thanks again for before' and he chuckled saying that I was still the same height from before......"
"Oh honey... You grew two inches though." Kibum giggles before fixing things.
"And to think we used to kiss at the same level...." He pouted while nuzzling Kibum's back.
"Oh hey, Kibum's boyfriend~" One co-worker of Kibum sprang from his desk chair, several others (female staff) gawking at Jonghyun's pout.
"Oh my God, so this is the boyfriend Kibum-ssi was always talking about?" One female teacher asks, she's obviously new because Jonghyun comes here every other day.
"Yes, Nicole, this is my babe." Kibum grins wrapping his arms around Jonghyun - whose's actions are getting shyer around the many spectators.
"Now now, we divided the male and the female sections for a reason, now get back to work ladies."
"Oh God, Jinki you're back~!" Jonghyun clings to the elder's side while the female teachers giggle along with Kibum.
"Anyway, Kibum tells me that you came here to fetch him, I didn't know you came here to show me that it was a good thing I saw you boys that one day before."
"It's fine, Jinki, it's fine~! We're just leaving, right, Kibum?" Jonghyun seemed embarrassed now that his former teacher and other teachers were looking at him like he was a character from a romance novel.
"Yes yes, yeobo~"
"By the way, we should catch up some time, Jinki~"
"Sure thing, Jonghyun, and don't forget - it's 'Onew' now, okay?"
"Yep, bye bye Onew~!"
---
"So... where are we eating, Jjong?"
With the time spent together, the two had so many nicknames to say but Kibum's favorite was the first one he ever gave him.
"Your favorite, babe, but this time, you pay."
"Oh thank God, Jjong, you have to save your own money,"
"Oh please, with my job, I can get us a new house with a pool."
"Stop with your money talk and let's eat some pasta already."
"Anything you say, honey."
---
"Hey Jjong... Do you ever get tired of me?"
Jonghyun almost spat out his garlic bread when Kibum asked his that impossible question.
"Is this a fake question?"
"I mean it, Jjong... We're getting older and I even remember you saying you wanted a wife a kids before and... Also I'm not as exciting as I was a few years ago..."
"Kibum, you are my fucking life! If I got tired of you it's like saying I'm tired of living a day, that I'm okay without seeing my happiness wake up beside me every morning or smelling his cooking from the kitchen. It's like saying that I don't want to breathe oxygen or see God's perfection splayed right before me. I don't need a woman to bare my children just to make me happy, that was my old assumption and dream, now, YOU are my dream, my bliss, my heaven on earth. Oh my God Kibum, words cannot explain how much I need and love you and now you're asking me if I am tired of you? Sorry, babe, I'm not letting you go, not now, not ever." Jonghyun slumps and takes another bite out of his bread, pouting at every bite.
Kibum wanted to cry, no, he wanted to crawl up into a ball and then cry. He can't believe what his lover had just said, and it was like a confession all over again, like hearing all their sweet nothings of the past years rolled into one answer. Kibum cries after a while.
"B-Bummie? You okay? Did I overwhelm you?" Jonghyun leaned from his seat and scooted closer to his beloved.
"Yeah... Yeah you did... And I'm happy you did because I feel the same. I love you so so much, Jonghyun."
"And I'll love you forever, too, Kibum." he pecks Kibum's tear-stained cheek before being greeted by a suspicious waiter with their pizza and Bolognese pasta.
---
After dinner Jonghyun and Kibum took a nice walk under the stary night, holding each others hand and their work bags... And a doggy bag because Jong didn't finish his spaghetti again. It was almost midnight again and Kibum felt himself getting sleepy already.
"Isn't it perfect tonight?" Jonghyun smiles into the moon's gaze, breathing in the fresh breeze.
"Only because I'm with you," Kibum replies and he placed his head by Jonghyun's shoulder.
They walk by a small 24-hour convenience store and Jonghyun tells him to stop and close his eyes.
"Jjong... If it's another dog, you're taking care of it."
"Don't worry, we have enough puppies, me included. Wait here okay?"
"Sure." Kibum stands still, waiting for his lover as he listens to the rustling of bushes and the scent of the cool night breeze.
He felt something cold near his face before he heard Jonghyun telling him to look again.
"Happy Anniversary, Kibummie~" he says, holding out a twin Popsicle packet.
"Oh my God.... You finally remembered first!"
"Hey, I was the first one to remember, it's only fair I get to remember it more often than you do." Jonghyun blushes as he opens the quaint package, the rustling both making them excited.
Their very first anniversary was way back, when they were in third year high school and Jonghyun couldn't afford any Vercase or Gucci products for his boyfriend yet, so the night they were walking home from school, Jonghyun surprised him with a trip to a local convenience store and they shared that one Popsicle. It was a small token but eventually it was a start of something bigger and purer, their love for each other was like that.
---
"Don't you ever miss it?"
"Miss what?" it was a Friday night, Kibum asked a question out of boredom and because his students are still too stupid to follow goddamn instructions.
"The sex." Jonghyun was taken aback by Kibum's inquiry, and all he could do was stare at him from his side of the bed.
"We still have sex, you know." Jonghyun counters, smiling at his younger lover.
"Yeah, but we were more wild back then, now it takes us months to feel horny again."
"Well, with age, sex becomes less of a priority but in turn love becomes way more pure, more than physical means."
"Yeah but we haven't had sex in two months and I'm still twenty-nine... I'm still too young to stop having sex."
"Are you implying anything, Kibum?"
"Let's have sex right now."
---
"Where did we hide the lube again?" Jonghyun says, panting heavily as Kibum panted under him, hair disheveled and his naked chest going up and down.
"I think it's in the last drawer," Kibum pants, pointing weakly to the bedside table.
Maybe they weren't as limber as 5 years ago, but the sex was always something special to them. Even if Kibum was only able to give Jonghyun a handjob and that Jonghyun could only stick with fingering him for more than a minute, they missed this raw contact, they missed every bit of it.
"I love you, Kibum, so fucking much."
"I-- ah- love you just as much, Jonghyun."
---
When Jonghyun wakes up, still under the sheets, his legs spooning under his lover's buttocks, he smiles before smelling Kibum's messy hair.
Kibum shuffles a bit, their legs under the warm sheets, before turning around to look at Jonghyun.
"Morning,"
"Morning, love."
"Now I know why we haven't had sex in a while..." Kibum starts before nuzzling closer to Jonghyun.
"It's pretty tiring for my age... But it was so fucking magical I didn't care."
"Likewise, babe. Now I have to get up and make breakfast," When Jonghyun says that, Kibum moans and wraps his limpy arms around his lover.
"Don't go yet, let's sleep more..."
"Man, you're getting older." the elder chuckles.
"At least I'm not thirty yet."
"Whatever you say, Kibum, I'll still love you."
---
"Jonghyun-hyung?"
"Yeah?"
"When can we have sex?"
"When we're both ready... I want us to wait things out."
"It's okay, Jjong, I can wait for you forever.... but I really wanna have sex with you."
'"We'll see, Kibum."
"You think we'll still be together? After many years?"
"I don't plan on ever leaving you."
"What if you get tired of me?"
"I doubt that, because I'll still love you."
"I love you too, Jjong."
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AUTHOR NOTES:
>//////< as I've said, I've been wanting to write this in like FOREVER!!! Because old jongkey is so beautiful Because DAMN that's pure love!!!! I wanted them to get married and get a kid but that's another story XDDD
Anyway comment please, I'd really like it >w<