Chapter Three
They sat at the breakfast table and filled their stomachs. Jonghyun was about to leave after they said they were going to fix the closet when a warm hand wrapped around his wrist. He smiled but it faded into a dark scowl,” What is it now?”
“Fishing. Mud fishing, you and me, what do you say?” Kibum’s eyes sparkled, the puffiness in his face went down and he was soon as glorious as ever. Jonghyun shook the hand off, an annoyed mumble slipped out,” Why should I?”
Kibum shrugged, stalling time to think of a reliable reason;” Well… you don’t want to sit and chat with the plumbers and fixer uppers, do you?”
He wasn’t exactly looking forward to that. He needed to play this safe, not seem too eager. He scratched his head a little before sitting back down,” I want to take a bath in the huge tub in the guest room. And I want the best smelling body soap!”
Kibum rubbed his hands together,” Fine, but I get to do one more thing… when I think of it then I’ll tell you. It won’t be anything drastic, okay?” Jonghyun nodded and held out his hand, firmly shaking into the agreement.
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“How come you already caught like twenty and I only caught two?! It isn’t fair, hyung!” Kibum pouted and crossed his arms, his galoshes soaping in deeper with every stubborn kick. He walked around, purposely kicking up mud next to Jonghyun.
“Kajima! Stop it, Kibum, I mean it!” Jonghyun opened his mouth a centimeter too wide when a big drop flew in. He spit it out, throwing the fish bucket onto the ground and picking up a big blob of mud instead. Jonghyun chased after the dongsaeng until he trapped him between his arms, it was a sandwich… kind of. The mud, Kibum, and Jonghyun’s strong arms pushing him deeper into the dirty muck.
“You want to play?! Huh, PUNK!” Jonghyun’s voice seeped with love. He loved the sight of him, helpless under his body. The hand with the mud eventually hit the ground; he slowly leaned in closer, closer…
Kibum laughed, pulling out his phone as the ring tone erupted. He got up from the ground and smiled when he held the phone partially to his ear,” Hey baby, how was your day? Oh! That’s great, Nicole. Yeah, I’m with hyung right now, yes, its wonderful right? Haha, okay babe, yeah I’ll see you soon. Bye.”
Jonghyun awkwardly picked the fish up and put it back into the orange bucket. He tried to sound calm, even though his heart was tearing closer to broken,” Is she like… you’re girlfriend or something now?”
Kibum nodded, his eyes in a daze,” Yeah, awesome right? Anyways let’s go home and get washed up, mudfish soup for us! Hehe, come on hyung, you’re going to get real itchy in those!”
And here Jonghyun goes again, following like a lost puppy, it seems like its one thing he does best.
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“Remember how I said I get one request?” Kibum fiddled the boots off and looked up into his eyes, tugging his socks off. Jonghyun nodded and Kibum started taking off his dirty sweats,” Let me take the bath with you. Actually, no, let me take a shower with you! The maids don’t really want to clean two bathrooms full of mud.”
Jonghyun scrunched up his face and distinctly screamed,” No, just wait until I’m done and then you can go in, what’s so hard about that?!”
Kibum held onto his hand, intertwining fingers and pouting,” But I don’t want to go in a shower that already has mud! It makes me feel dirty and disgusting being in there!” Jonghyun looked away, that enlarging of the eyes and licking lips was an evil thing to learn.
Jonghyun started going upstairs by himself when he heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and pushed Kibum hard enough for him to catch his balance. But Kibum still followed, his eyes burrowed into Jonghyun’s back,” Please oh please, hyung! We’re both guys, it’s alright, seriously.”
Why was he so naive? Jonghyun shook his head,” No way am I going to let you see me naked, no freaking way.”
“I won’t! I’ll be facing the shower head and you can be behind me, I promise I won’t look! Hyung…”
Jonghyun finally gave in, patting Kibum’s back while he jumped up and down and stripped his clothes off. When was he so… revealing?
He turned on the water and soaked his body. He filled a scrub with peachy body soap while he started running it lightly all over his body. Jonghyun went in behind him, thanking the gods at how big they built the shower. He kept his distance, barely getting water on himself. He watched the perfect figure before him, partially covered with brown bubbles and snowy white skin.
“Hey hyung, mind getting my back, I don’t want to get out and realize I missed a whole mud spot.”
Jonghyun hesitated. He got up slowly and took the pink puff ball out of his hands. He slowly worked it, being as soft as he could, he felt like he would hurt him. He stayed up, where it was safe; well not like anything was happening down there.
Kibum shook impatiently,” I’m not going to die if you actually scrub! You aren’t getting my back clean like that, before you know it… I’ll have acne for my back!” With that Jonghyun pushed a little more, scrubbing slowly around the milky flesh. His unoccupied hand on the side of Kibum’s arm, he didn’t trust it anywhere else.
His skin was so soft, so tasty looking, like the best looking morsel that hit the earth. He noticed that Kibum’s eyes were closed, his mouth open to soak in the steamy water. Jonghyun inched closer, he could almost taste it, the sweet yummy Kibum.
“I’m turning into a grandpa, I’ll get out first, ‘kay hyung?” Kibum didn’t dare turn around, he promised he wouldn’t. Jonghyun jumped back to his original spot and mustered out a small tiny,” Y-yeah, of course.”
So close, Kim Jonghyun, you were so close…