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He waited late into the night until his roommate returned from a party. Thai was the partying type and that was probably his only apparent flaw. He always got drunk to a dead body and never remembered half the party. He only did this so his college friend would carry him home which he always did. In addition, he carried him like a bride which excited him even more. Of course, he didn't remember that, but that person there personally reminded him of it.
While he was waiting, he had been playing continuously on the console for a couple of hours. His eyes were terribly tired. He knew he had to get some sleep because he was supposed to go for a morning walk with Doyoung, but now he was not guided by reason but by his heart. He had to wait for his friend with whom he has had a crush since the beginning of their acquaintance. He was most simply lost for him and had forgotten about his former love, Jaehyun.
Finally, he heard a rather loud knock on the door. He got up agitated from the floor and turned off the console immediately. His roommate didn't like games, so he only played when he was away.
He ran to the door and opened it without even looking through the small window in the door.
"Hi Taeyong" greeted pleasantly the tall boy he had to look up at, otherwise he wouldn't have seen his face. - Where to give he to you?
"On the couch. I don't want him to puke on my bed again," he replied and let the boy pass with his friend in his arms. "Did he drink a lot?"
- So much that he will get up in the afternoon" he arranged Thai on the couch and walked away again towards the door. - "Have a good night"
"Yeah, thanks"
He closed the door behind him and returned back to his companion, who was all smiles as he spread out on the furniture.
"Hi Taeyong hyuung" he replied while prolonging his words.
"Ah, hey Ten" he also greeted the younger man. "How was it?"
"Extra except that on the way back I puked in the park next to the university and I think one professor saw it. I don't know what he was doing in the park at such an hour," he laughed."And you must have been playing what?"
"You know the answer and I don't have to answer you. Bring some drink for you?"
- Water
The Korean nodded and took a bottle from one of the cabinets in the kitchen. He covered the younger man with a blanket and then went to his room with the intention of going to bed. When he lay down after a while his room opened up, and one by one he was squashed on his bed.
"Chittaphon get the hell off me!" he couldn't even lift himself up by the boy's body. They may have weighed practically the same, but it was still hard to move in any way. "Oh no. You will not succeed in puking on my bed again. Go back to your place immediately"
"I'm not going to puke Taeyonggie," muttered Lee in his ear.
"Go from here," he insisted further. Only now he was slightly flushed by what Thai called him. He liked, or more like loved, how he called him that. He always did it when something was asked of him or when he wasn't too sober.
"Well..." he finally agreed. "But will you walk me out? I'm afraid of ghosts"
"The only one to be afraid of here in this apartment is you"
"Haha, very funny. Don't whine, now come on"
He stood up unexpectedly fast and then pulled Taeyong to his feet. He would have almost fallen right on his head if not for his quick reaction. Well, he clearly wasn't going to sleep yet.
He walked him straight to bed and even covered him tightly with a quilt. He just pretended he didn't like the activity. He didn't mind taking care of his loved one. However, the fact that Ten would remember nothing tomorrow urged in Taeyong's mind inappropriate things. At the very least, things like kissing him or making a raspberry, only to later lie that Johnny Suh did it to him.
But he was not the type of person to take advantage of others. He used to be the one to take advantage in a negative way, and he himself has never done that to anyone, and never will.
"You have collapsed veins. They are bigger than always," Thai boy said. He touched his hands and that was the first thing he noticed.
At first he didn't know what to answer. Well, okay. This one had all sorts of fetishes, but he had an even greater fondness for veins. This made Tae very similar to Johnny. They both had similar hands, and the younger one liked this resemblance terribly. He probably imagined that he was Johnny.
In the morning he will probably start telling him everything he remembers from today's party. Later he'll complain that he got drunk again and has to study for credits. Taeyong, however, was not bothered by his friend's hangover. He took care of him in the meantime. He gave headache pills, made teas and they smoked e-cigarettes together by the open balcony.
It was one of his favorite moments of spending time with Ten. However, he was missing something. Any kind of love was missing. Since the beginning of their acquaintance, he had not been in any kind of relationship solely because of his irreversible behavior in Thai.
There was nothing he could do about it. This one irked him as much in face as in character. Still by his beautiful tattoos, which matched Taeyong's tattoos. Although they matched more than Johnny's which Chittaphon always gets excited about. However, this can still be changed if they are not together, and they certainly won't be. At least he hopes so.
He knew a thing from his best friend Doyoung (with whom he is going for a morning walk in a few hours). Suh is aromantic and is not interested in Ten in a romantic way only in a sexual way. There is nothing wrong with that, of course, but Ten has a crush on him and would do anything for him. He'll be wronged long term if he confesses his feelings.
Tae wanted Ten to be happy. Happy with him. He dreamed of nothing more than hugging and waking up next to Tae every morning. No foreigner appealed to him in this way. He was special.
But there was nothing he could do about it. When Ten finally fell asleep he went to his room where he fell asleep, thinking even before falling asleep about them both and what their relationship would look like. If he had been realistic.
×××
In the morning, he planned to go for a walk as well as coffee with his closest friend. Doyoung, in comparison, is studying at the best university in Seoul as well as in all of South Korea. Despite the fact that he is a nerd and is the very son of your mom's friend who is better than you at everything.
"Hyung, if you don't tell him, I will," Kim dragged the topic about Tena throughout their stay at the cafe. "Or I will personally tell Johnny to tell him himself that he is aromantic."
"Neither you nor I will say anything to anyone. It will happen as fate wills and we won't get into it," muttered Taeyong, sipping his strong coffee.
"Because if they sleep together they will become friends with benefits. You know exactly how Ten loves good sex, and Johnny is awfully good. For sure Ten does too. Then you won't separate them from each other"
"Stop talking about him, because my head is about to explode!" he said it a little too loudly than he thought. All eyes from the cafe were on their table for a moment. "Fuck."
Doyoung slapped his forehead with his full palm out of embarrassment. Taeyong only shyly laughed.
"After you broke up with Jaehyun, you're not yourself" Doyoung spoke up when no one in the cafe was lingering at their table anymore. "You need to go to a party to break up"
"Me and a party? Don't imagine too much Kim Dongyoung," he snorted briefly with a laugh at this. "I am the biggest loser in drinking. I get drunk one drink at a time."
"Come on. I'll be there too"
"No!"
He had no intention of going to any party. A party is not a good idea for him on a Saturday night. In addition, he was supposed to study, so he bought almost the strongest coffee. Nothing could convince him. Just no and no more.
"You could dance with Ten," Doyoung suggested.
"So when is this party?" he couldn't believe that he asked.
×××
He didn't mention anything to his roommate that he would be at the party. First of all, he wanted to make a real dragon entrance, because he retaliated like a rat to the opening of the sewers. Second, he hadn't even been in the apartment all day. When Taeyong returned Ten was already gone.
For a Korean born in Seoul, he rarely visited Gangnam, the capital's most boisterous district. This is where the best parties were held that Taeyong, who is probably already at the club he was headed to, went to.
Taeyong never had the opportunity to show Ten in a more attractive outfit. He always simply wore tracksuits in his apartment and simple modest outfits in his classes. This time he decided to surprise Tai, who was famous for dressing daringly. He wore a see-through shirt, and on top of that a loose jacket and the first better black jeans, because his other unique pants had gotten lost.
He was dressed in Ten's style. He was one hundred percent sure that he would sweep Thai off his feet. In addition, he stole(borrowed) his cosmetics and lightly painted himself with them making him look even better.
He waited near the entrance. No one had a chance to recognize him because of his unusual outfit and the facial mask he wore. And it was late evening, after all. Who would see him in the dark? Well, as it happens, someone did see him....
"Hyung!" he heard an all too familiar voice. He thought he had overheard, but after a while he was almost knocked over by that person. "How long it's been since I've seen you!"
"Yuta!?! Oh my goodness it's really you! When did you come back from Japan?" - Taeyong met his old friend from his high school bench, Nakamoto Yuta. They hadn't seen each other for two years because he had returned to his hometown, Osaka.
"I moved here! I couldn't leave my Winwin alone for so long"
"- Where is he?"
The Japanese man pointed with his hand to a walking Chinese man in the distance, who was forced to run up to them because he was terribly far from them.
"How did you recognize me from so far away?" Lee asked after greeting Dong.
"This is my jacket, which has distinctive patterns on the back. I made it myself, so I remember that," explained Nakamoto, leaning his head against his boyfriend's shoulder. "I left some of my things to you, because I couldn't carry that much luggage"
"I remember, I remember," the Korean remembered everything. "And where do you guys go?"
"We are just taking our usual walk," replied Sicheng smiling pleasantly at the same time. Tae couldn't help but return the smile.
"...And in fact Winwin had a craving for street food, so here we are," interjected the Japanese, who was immediately rebuked by the Chinese with an elbow strike to the stomach. "Well sorry, but that's the truth"
"You better not speak anymore hyung, or we won't watch any cartoons when we get back" burbled Sicheng at the elder at which he began to pretend to be sad. "And you Taeyong what are you doing in Gangnam? Alone in addition at such an hour?"
"I'm waiting for Doyoung. We are supposed to go to a party together"
The two boys opened their mouths in surprise at the same moment. Well yes, because who would expect Taeyong to be a party boy. Well he himself didn't expect it either.
"Ten is there, and it is possible that there will be an opportunity to dance with him, so I came..." embarrassed slightly Yong to which his companions reacted charmingly.
"Then we wish you good luck," Yuta spoke up and patted his old friend on the back. Taeyong had mentioned to him about Tena when they still kept in good contact over the Internet. "If you need good company then give us a call!"
"Yes, I certainly will," he giggled and said goodbye with a hug.
He was happy to see old friends from high school, whom he had not seen for two years. Surely they will meet again soon.
After ten minutes, his friend showed up and they were finally able to go to one of the best clubs in Gangnam.
×××
He surprised Ten with his arrival and even more with his outfit. He immediately wanted to spend the party with him and took him into the company of Johnny as well as other acquaintances he recognized only by their faces.
It was fantastic at the club in Taeyong's company until the time when the alcohol at the bar started pouring. Taeyong didn't want to get drunk, of course. He didn't want a single bit of alcohol in his veins. Therefore, he asked the waiter for a drink without alcohol. He was a little surprised by this, but obediently carried out the order.
For the next hour, he pretended to keep drinking his drink. However, eventually the beverage ran out. Only, Thai gave him a real drink with alcohol, which no one knew how much someone had poured in there.
He fixed his gaze on the vessel with the colorful drink, wondering what to do. How about pouring it out? Just how would he supposedly do that. He kept thinking of a way by which he would not have to drink. However, he was pulled from his insistent thoughts by Ten's hand, which pulled him straight to the dance floor with a crowd of people. He didn't even have time when to react because they were already dancing.
That is, this is the moment. He managed to dance with his beloved. He had been dreaming about it ever since he first saw Ten's dance training. He knew right away that he would beat anyone on the dance floor.
Because of the alcohol and the crowd of drunk people around, Ten acted even bolder than normal. He grabbed Taeyong's hips and pressed them against his own. By which they were too close. They had never had such contact with each other, let alone so intimate. The elder felt how much he enjoyed it. He only begged that his appendage not stand up during this dance. Only did he have to move so sexily! This was not how he imagined their dance. Even though he knew how brave Chittaphon was.
After a moment, he placed his hands on the younger man's waist. He couldn't describe the feeling he currently felt in his stomach. However, he had to control himself, after all, the One is still conscious. But he wanted so badly to press their hips together once more. However, he had to hide it, that he wanted to do so again.
After three songs, they left the stage to drink. As you might guess Taeyong didn't do that. He just sat down at the table where they drank alcohol. After a while, he saw Ten walking back to the dance floor. But not with him, but with Johnny.
In Ten he immediately noticed more happiness and contentment in his eyes, and his body said the same. Further on he could no longer see their faces, but every now and then he noticed their bodies in the crowd of people.
This one tried so hard to get closer to him. Which he succeeded in doing, and for a long moment they danced very close. The one with his back turned to him and Johnny, who put his arms around him and pressed him to his hips.
Tae saw for a moment that a wide smile of satisfaction appeared on Ten's face.
He felt that before long Ten would confess his love to Johnny and then break his heart, saying that he was aromantic. Taeyong's heart was already breaking at the very thought that Ten would be hurt.
Ten returned to their table after a moment with the American and drank the end of his drink. He then looked at him strangely.
"You came to the party, why aren't you drinking?" Ten asked loudly.
"I'm not going to drink!" he couldn't. He just couldn't.
- Then why the hell are you here hyung. Drink or I'll start beating you right now
He threatened him. It was in jest, but he was unexpected and Tae had some concerns.
He didn't know why, but it made him feel awfully bad. He had to go to the restroom immediately. He excused Tae to move on the red couch and rushed to the bathroom.
Going to the restroom was just a simple cover to leave the whole building. He didn't expect Ten to have been following him all this time.
"Wait, Taeyong where are you going!?" - called out to him, Taj made him stop. He ran up to him and gave a hand on his shoulder tired from the short run. "You're already going because you didn't want a drink? If you have a drink you'll feel better right away!"
"Yes. I'm going back to the apartment and you won't convince me to stay here" he wanted to be sober not just to be sober. He was afraid that he would confess his feelings to Ten while drunk.
"Why are you always so polite? For once in your life you would go crazy" he had no idea if he was conscious or if he was already gone. But he felt like doing something even crazier than drinking to surprise the younger man. "You are so boring"
"Boring you say?" pulled him by the hand into a dark alley where he nailed him to the wall. "I know you like this kind of action when you are nailed to the wall by someone. Now you won't call me a bore, will you?"
He shocked Tena like never before. He looked at him surprised and questioningly. He would have liked to ask what he wanted to do, but could not utter a word.
Taeyong took advantage of what situation they were currently in and slowly moved closer to his mouth. He did the same with their hips at the same time, only to immediately give him a hand under his shirt, which he would ride on the younger man's back.
Finally, they touched each other gently with their lips. Ten's lips were even softer than he had imagined. In addition, they were so tasty. He knew she would miss his lips quickly, so he wanted to make the most of this moment.
What he didn't expect was that Ten willingly reciprocated the kiss. The elder until he purred quietly with delight. Yes, he was definitely a great kisser. The younger one also started touching him on the back and then on his hair.
When they pulled away from each other through shortage of air, they looked at each other and Taeyong panicked at that moment. He pushed away slightly from Thai, who still had his hand on his back, and ran away with tears in his eyes with remorse. How could he do that! What if he remembered it? He didn't want to think about it. He ran to the nearest subway station all weepy. He put on a mask and looked down the whole time so that his crying would not be visible.
When he sat down he got the idea that he might have lied. He wanted to show him that he was a bore and kissed him. I guess that's enough...
×××
He got up quite late, as it was after twelve o'clock which was not like him. He quietly made himself some instant noodles as a late breakfast, since his roommate didn't show up at their apartment. That is, he finally made it to Johnny's for the night, and very well. He'll eventually find out about the aromantic and nothing will come of it.
When he came to his senses he started repeating for his test. He was much more adherent to studying than Ten, who didn't even open his notes. He just kept going to these events to suck up to Johnny which he finally succeeded in doing.
After twenty minutes, he heard the door opening and the typical gait that belonged to Thai. He peeked through the lock hole of the door and saw that he wasn't crying and was even in a good mood. He opened the door and entered the living room.
"Has something moved forward in your relationship with John?"- Taeyong asked and leaned against the wall in the living room.
"Yes we did, but he told me afterwards that he was aromantic. I was surprised, but..." Thai began to say, sitting down on the couch. "I don't mind. I said we can still stay friends. He was terribly nice and said that he did not want to hurt me with his words, but they o'strangely did not hurt me"
- How come you are not heartbroken? After all, you were so much in love with him....
I think he was more surprised by this than Chittaphon himself about Suh's confession.
"When I fell asleep in his arms. I dreamt that you were the one taking me from behind, not Johnny. When I woke up I thought I was in your arms. I have no idea why, but I was disappointed when I saw a sunflower on his hand and not your tattoo after your doggie," replied Ten and after a moment he laughed. "You messed up my head terribly with that kiss hyung"
"Y-you remember that!" he almost fell over from shock at what Taj said. He remembered it far too well, in addition, this dream should not exist. " I beg you to kill me. You were not supposed to remember it"
"But hyung" he got up from the couch and walked to the wall where the elder stood. He leaned his left hand against the wall so Tae wouldn't escape him. The roles had changed. "I liked it a lot"
He placed his hand on the back of Taeyong's head, entangling his fingers in Taeyong's light colored hair.
"And I'll be happy to do it again if you want it too," he added after a moment of silence. " But first I want to know the reason why you did it"
"I... - he started to say timidly, but decided to bang straight. " I fell in love with you from our first meeting"
Chittaphon at this smiled suspiciously, showing his dentition.
"Oh, Taeyong. Do you know that you can see it? I suspected it for a very long time," he laughed at this.
"What? But how? I thought I was hiding well" only now he received the strongest shock.
"I liked you too hyung for a long time. It's just that at the same time I started to like Johnny and had to choose. How lucky that I got rid of that problem"
This one smiled broadly at him which also brought a smile to the Korean's face. They kissed even more greedily than yesterday. After ten minutes, they headed to Taeyong's bedroom, where he hovered over the younger man. They very quickly set their sights on intimacy, but no one could disturb them, in love.
×××
END
note from author;
I would like to apologize to future readers for any mistakes, but I had to translate this one-shot because it was in my native language :>