First Glance [2A/?]
Title: First Glance [2A/?]
Rating: R
Pairing: Siwon/Kyuhyun
Summary: For Siwon their first meeting was fleeting, their second was embarrassing. Fate has a funny way of working.
Notes: AU. Secret Agent Siwon meets Rich Boy Kyuhyun.
Part 1 Part 2B Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8
The boardroom was typical of a rich businessman's. A large oak table stood in the middle, surrounded by plush black seats, a picture of landscape behind the head of the table. The cream carpets and mahogany furnishing it held placed emphasis on the calming feel, good for business deals and meetings. A strict looking secretary had brought them here and they were in the midst of finishing up the terms of their 'bodyguard' contract. Mr Cho was a lot older than they had expected, a man in his mid-fifties with more gray than black hair and obvious stress, he'd given off an amiable air though and had been helpful thus far in speeding up the process as much as possible.
"It seems we've reached a decision in how we'll be looking after you Mr Cho."
"Thank you."
Finally they'd finished going through their contract. He watched as Kangin, who had been picked as the Team Leader this time, something that still made him feel guilty at failing his team before, stood to shake hands with Mr Cho a grin on his face. No doubt pleased to get out of the boardroom. However instead of letting go of Kangin’s hand the other man gripped it tighter immediately placing the others on edge, he could see Donghae who had stood as well to collect the documents reaching for his gun. Before he could Mr Cho spoke.
“I’d also like one of you to watch out for my son, Cho Kyuhyun.”
The team shared a look.
“Why didn't you mention this while we were writing the contract?”
Staring at Kangin for a moment Mr Cho slowly let go of his hand before sitting down.
“He is my only child; I’d rather not have him brought into the contract. There are four of you, I’m sure you could spare one of them to look after him?”
Kangin frowned and Siwon could almost hear Leeteuk shouting at how this was against the rules. Donghae had sat back down and was sharing a worried look with Eunhyuk. A terse silence fell upon them as their Team Leader thought.
“Very well, in exchange we’d like to be able to access your security database. After all it’d help us guard you both much better if we can monitor who goes in and out.”
A risky move. Siwon frowned as Mr Cho nodded in agreement. It’ll raise suspicion if we’re not careful. After all we're not actually here to guard them, more to see if they're involved with 'Zeus'.
“Which one of you will watch my son?” The tense atmosphere slowly faded away as they all exchanged looks at the thought of babysitting someone on their own. “He’ll do it!” and Siwon found himself the victim of three fingers pointing at him. Why do they always gang up on me?!
“W-what?!” Mr Cho nodded face still serious before standing. “I have to go to a meeting, he’s old enough to take care of himself now so don’t worry too much about having to babysit him but some extra protection wouldn’t hurt.” He walked towards Siwon and stopped. “I’ve sent a message requesting his presence here, if you just wait for a moment he should arrive soon. Please look after him.” Without waiting for a reply he left, Donghae and Eunhyuk trailing behind; Kangin turned to give him an intense look. “You better watch after his kid. No more mess ups, Leeteuk will kill me if anything goes wrong especially with something that isn’t even in the contract.” He sighed. “At least it’ll probably be more fun than being with the old guy.” And once again without letting Siwon reply he exited.
Siwon resisted the urge to complain at no one letting him respond, instead pulling out his phone he decided to play a game whilst he waited. They’d arrived at least two hours ago and had only just been finished with briefing before Mr Cho had sprung that demand on them he might as well relax while he waited.
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He was startled out of his fourth high score by a large bang from the entrance only to find his gaze caught in familiar brown eyes. He could feel his heart thudding in his chest as his brain realised just who it was, however before he could introduce himself the other started talking.
"Ah! it's that drunken idiot from the other night Mi. Where's your bimbo?"
"Kui Xian! Sorry about him, he's not always like this!"
Siwon thumped his head against the table and groaned.
"I repeat, an idiot."
Was it even possible to salvage what little dignity he still had? Shaking his head slightly he stood and bowed.
“My name is Choi Siwon. I’ve been assigned as your bodyguard.” Kyuhyun snorted at that before replying. “I know, my Father told me already. So what‘s your special ability? Getting drunk? Zhou Mi could probably take out a thug quicker than you.” Cue more flailing and apologies from the Chinese next to him. Siwon clenched his jaw.
“I’m afraid you’ll just have to trust me. I assure you I’m not always like that.” The other merely raised an eyebrow before turning to talk to Zhou Mi. Yet despite the frustration at being brushed off so easily, Siwon could still feel the simmer of attraction at the back of his mind. Why did he have to look so good? Clad in a grey knit jumper a navy checked shirt peeking out at the collar, which drew attention to the biteable pale neck, coupled with a pair of dark skinny jeans that drew attention to those legs. Now he had the inexplicable urge to just envelop the other into his arms and- What was wrong with him?
“…also wanted to go try some of his new cakes. Hey are you coming or not ‘Mr Bodyguard’?” Catching the end of the sentence he looked towards Kyuhyun and Zhou Mi who were both standing by the door, one looking impatient the other looking apologetic. “Sorry. Yes.” Stumbling over his words he walked over to the doorway it would seem that during his distracted thoughts they’d discussed what the plan for the day was.
“Are you sure you’re really a bodyguard? I mean you didn’t even notice us walking away!”
For the third time that day Siwon did not get a chance to reply as Kyuhyun walked briskly towards the elevator, not that his eyes lingered at all on the other’s backside and he could feel his headache returning as Zhou Mi patted him on the back.
“Don’t worry Siwon! Kui Xian can be nice. Sometimes.”
"I thought his name was Kyuhyun?" Zhou Mi chuckled his ever present smile widening. "It winds him up! You should try it-"
"Zhou Mi you better not be telling him to wind me up." "Never! Why would I do such a thing?" Giving him one more cheerful smile he hurried after Kyuhyun leaving Siwon to trail after them.
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As he exited the building he had been expecting a limousine to be waiting or a Lamborghini or any manner of expensive car, after all Kyuhyun was from a very wealthy family, but the unremarkable looking BMW in front of him proved his expectations wrong. A quick glance to his left showed how Kyuhyun had fully expected this reaction if the smirk he was directing at him was any indication.
“Got a problem with the car Mr Bodyguard?”
“Siwon. Call me Siwon. Who’s driving?”
“That would be me!” Zhou Mi smiled cheerily popping up briefly at his right before he moved to slide into the driver’s seat. Just as Siwon was about to climb into the front as well the Chinese man suddenly placed his hand on the seat. “I’m really sorry about this but I hate it when people sit next to me when I drive…so would you mind sitting in the back…?” A pleading look, he could almost feel the amused stare of Kyuhyun on his back as he nodded. Moving slowly he slid into the back seat watching as Kyuhyun slid into the seat behind Zhou Mi.
After a moment the driver turned on the radio. Random dance music blared from the speakers and despite the glare Kyuhyun was giving the other merrily hummed along with it. Siwon watched the scene with a smile, his thoughts far from productive as he wondered about how cute the way Kyuhyun was pouting. This is all because of how distracting his lips are.
“Where are we heading?”
“To ‘Ozenda’.” Blinking at the weird name Siwon shot a confused look at the other. Kyuhyun huffed before crossing his arms as if he was used to no one understanding the name. “A PC bang.” When he was met with an even more confused look; “An internet café?”
“Why are we going there?”
He ignored the way Zhou Mi suddenly started laughing; it was far more difficult ignoring the ‘are-you-an-idiot?’ expression on Kyuhyun’s face. Surprisingly it was the Chinese man who answered in the end.
“Kui Xian likes to game but his father prohibited him by confiscating his laptops after catching him playing a game during a board meeting last week. So as a solution we’ve been going to them so he can play.”
Cue annoyed mumblings about old men who didn’t understand the relaxation of gaming. Siwon nodded, more for appearance than true understanding, just how old was Kyuhyun to still be getting his games confiscated?! As if reading his thoughts Kyuhyun suddenly hit his shoulder.
“Hey! The only reason he confiscated it was because who would try to ground a twenty-four year old? It wasn’t even an important meeting, so stop thinking that I’m a kid.” At his stunned silence Kyuhyun rolled his eyes. “You were thinking so hard even Mi could probably hear your thoughts.”
“ Actually I’m more surprised at why you’re driving out to an internet café to play games instead of doing work.”
Kyuhyun spluttered at that. “Zhou Mi explain to him…th-that it’s perfectly normal to go to an internet café! Also it's my day off today!”
“Awww is Baby Kyu unable to fight his own battles? Don’t worry! Mimi is here~” Amused laughter from the driver as Kyuhyun could only gape as his supposed loyal minion turned on him.
Siwon could feel a grin tugging at his lips at the childish awkwardness that was Kyuhyun as said man huffed indignantly at the nickname before leaning forward and hitting Zhou Mi on his head. A strange happiness filled him as the tense atmosphere from before slowly disappeared.
“Baby Kyu?” His amused tone halting Kyuhyun’s increasingly violent whacks to Zhou Mi as a slow look of dread filled his face as he turned to stare at Siwon. “Don’t even think about using that name. Never use that name. In fact it’s banned in this car.”
“Driver gets to decide the rules of the car! Baby Kyu all the way~”
“I BOUGHT THE CAR!” Siwon chuckled as he grabbed the brunette’s arms to prevent any strangulation of their driver.
“Let me go!”
“Now Baby Kyu wouldn’t want to actually hurt us now right?”
“GO DIE THE BOTH OF YOU.”
For the rest of the ride to the café it was filled with teasing from Siwon and Zhou Mi as Kyuhyun resorted to hitting them until they stopped calling him ‘Baby Kyu’.
This only happened when they reached their destination.
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They walked in companionable silence the short distance towards the internet café, Zhou Mi had gone to find a parking space. The silence was broken when Kyuhyun suddenly grabbed his arm and pointed excitedly at a small store.
“There it is! Do you see why it’s such a great place now?” A bright smile lit up Kyuhyun’s face as he spoke, his hand still clutching at his arm, and despite still not understanding the joy towards computers and gaming, Siwon nodded his heart quickening at the sight as he wondered what it’d be like having that smile directed at him.
What am I thinking?! Shaking his head slightly to disrupt his thoughts he turned to scrutinise the place. And maybe get that smile out of my mind.
‘Ozenda’ was tucked in an unassuming corner of the street surrounded by other brighter and vibrant stores. It had a homely feel from the faded paint on the store sign to the warm brown tones it had inside it helped that baking could actually be smelt as they entered a small area serving food on the far left. Computers whirring were the first sound he heard though and quiet chatter, although there didn’t seem to be many customers except for a couple of giggling girls in a corner of the room and a few other people scattered about.
Kyuhyun walked with the familiarity of a regular towards a computer near the entrance and settled in; Siwon hovered awkwardly over his shoulder wondering what he should do. “Sit.” He was startled to find Kyuhyun pulling him to a seat next to him. “You ever played Starcraft?” He gave the other a confused look. “Fine, I’ll teach you the basics. Right click on the right side of the- No! not there!” Cue a frustrated huff as the younger stood to sort him out.
“Okay, I’ll start you off against the computer first. You’ll play Terran and the A.I is Protoss.”
“What?”
“Don’t worry. Look the robot like things are called SUV’s, they gather minerals. You just click on them-“
“Like this?”
“NO! Why did you send it all the way over there?!”
After at least half an hour, mostly when Siwon finally realised that he could select more than one of his units at a time, he began to understand the basics of the game and Kyuhyun finally sat back down in his seat (not without a long sigh), declaring Siwon at least somewhat competent and to let the actual game begin.
“I’m happy you taught me how to play and not to sound ungrateful...but I’ll most likely lose to you and won't that be boring for you? Are you sure you don’t want to wait until Zhou Mi gets back so he can play against you?”
“Don’t be stupid, Mi already came in twenty minutes ago. I didn’t work so hard to teach you to play just so you could quit now!” Siwon could only gape at this as he was invited into a match against ‘GaemGyu’ .
If he had turned and looked closely he would have seen the small blush on Kyuhyun’s face.
---tbc
And this is what I saw when they reached the internet café ^^
Kyuhyun being all like: ‘Look there is the amazing place of Starcraft and food!” While Siwon is all like: ‘Still don’t get what’s so great…”
I hope this was fun to read! Thank you.
Next part:
Despite the snarky attitude and jabs the other had made at him today, he really was like a little kid inside, an incredibly attractive and adorable one. He stilled the hand patting at the curls and felt his heart thud as Kyuhyun snuggled closer into his neck, his arm wrapping around Siwon. He could feel a blush rising onto his cheeks at the sudden closeness.
Rating: R
Pairing: Siwon/Kyuhyun
Summary: For Siwon their first meeting was fleeting, their second was embarrassing. Fate has a funny way of working.
Notes: AU. Secret Agent Siwon meets Rich Boy Kyuhyun.
Part 1 Part 2B Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8
The boardroom was typical of a rich businessman's. A large oak table stood in the middle, surrounded by plush black seats, a picture of landscape behind the head of the table. The cream carpets and mahogany furnishing it held placed emphasis on the calming feel, good for business deals and meetings. A strict looking secretary had brought them here and they were in the midst of finishing up the terms of their 'bodyguard' contract. Mr Cho was a lot older than they had expected, a man in his mid-fifties with more gray than black hair and obvious stress, he'd given off an amiable air though and had been helpful thus far in speeding up the process as much as possible.
"It seems we've reached a decision in how we'll be looking after you Mr Cho."
"Thank you."
Finally they'd finished going through their contract. He watched as Kangin, who had been picked as the Team Leader this time, something that still made him feel guilty at failing his team before, stood to shake hands with Mr Cho a grin on his face. No doubt pleased to get out of the boardroom. However instead of letting go of Kangin’s hand the other man gripped it tighter immediately placing the others on edge, he could see Donghae who had stood as well to collect the documents reaching for his gun. Before he could Mr Cho spoke.
“I’d also like one of you to watch out for my son, Cho Kyuhyun.”
The team shared a look.
“Why didn't you mention this while we were writing the contract?”
Staring at Kangin for a moment Mr Cho slowly let go of his hand before sitting down.
“He is my only child; I’d rather not have him brought into the contract. There are four of you, I’m sure you could spare one of them to look after him?”
Kangin frowned and Siwon could almost hear Leeteuk shouting at how this was against the rules. Donghae had sat back down and was sharing a worried look with Eunhyuk. A terse silence fell upon them as their Team Leader thought.
“Very well, in exchange we’d like to be able to access your security database. After all it’d help us guard you both much better if we can monitor who goes in and out.”
A risky move. Siwon frowned as Mr Cho nodded in agreement. It’ll raise suspicion if we’re not careful. After all we're not actually here to guard them, more to see if they're involved with 'Zeus'.
“Which one of you will watch my son?” The tense atmosphere slowly faded away as they all exchanged looks at the thought of babysitting someone on their own. “He’ll do it!” and Siwon found himself the victim of three fingers pointing at him. Why do they always gang up on me?!
“W-what?!” Mr Cho nodded face still serious before standing. “I have to go to a meeting, he’s old enough to take care of himself now so don’t worry too much about having to babysit him but some extra protection wouldn’t hurt.” He walked towards Siwon and stopped. “I’ve sent a message requesting his presence here, if you just wait for a moment he should arrive soon. Please look after him.” Without waiting for a reply he left, Donghae and Eunhyuk trailing behind; Kangin turned to give him an intense look. “You better watch after his kid. No more mess ups, Leeteuk will kill me if anything goes wrong especially with something that isn’t even in the contract.” He sighed. “At least it’ll probably be more fun than being with the old guy.” And once again without letting Siwon reply he exited.
Siwon resisted the urge to complain at no one letting him respond, instead pulling out his phone he decided to play a game whilst he waited. They’d arrived at least two hours ago and had only just been finished with briefing before Mr Cho had sprung that demand on them he might as well relax while he waited.
---
He was startled out of his fourth high score by a large bang from the entrance only to find his gaze caught in familiar brown eyes. He could feel his heart thudding in his chest as his brain realised just who it was, however before he could introduce himself the other started talking.
"Ah! it's that drunken idiot from the other night Mi. Where's your bimbo?"
"Kui Xian! Sorry about him, he's not always like this!"
Siwon thumped his head against the table and groaned.
"I repeat, an idiot."
Was it even possible to salvage what little dignity he still had? Shaking his head slightly he stood and bowed.
“My name is Choi Siwon. I’ve been assigned as your bodyguard.” Kyuhyun snorted at that before replying. “I know, my Father told me already. So what‘s your special ability? Getting drunk? Zhou Mi could probably take out a thug quicker than you.” Cue more flailing and apologies from the Chinese next to him. Siwon clenched his jaw.
“I’m afraid you’ll just have to trust me. I assure you I’m not always like that.” The other merely raised an eyebrow before turning to talk to Zhou Mi. Yet despite the frustration at being brushed off so easily, Siwon could still feel the simmer of attraction at the back of his mind. Why did he have to look so good? Clad in a grey knit jumper a navy checked shirt peeking out at the collar, which drew attention to the biteable pale neck, coupled with a pair of dark skinny jeans that drew attention to those legs. Now he had the inexplicable urge to just envelop the other into his arms and- What was wrong with him?
“…also wanted to go try some of his new cakes. Hey are you coming or not ‘Mr Bodyguard’?” Catching the end of the sentence he looked towards Kyuhyun and Zhou Mi who were both standing by the door, one looking impatient the other looking apologetic. “Sorry. Yes.” Stumbling over his words he walked over to the doorway it would seem that during his distracted thoughts they’d discussed what the plan for the day was.
“Are you sure you’re really a bodyguard? I mean you didn’t even notice us walking away!”
For the third time that day Siwon did not get a chance to reply as Kyuhyun walked briskly towards the elevator, not that his eyes lingered at all on the other’s backside and he could feel his headache returning as Zhou Mi patted him on the back.
“Don’t worry Siwon! Kui Xian can be nice. Sometimes.”
"I thought his name was Kyuhyun?" Zhou Mi chuckled his ever present smile widening. "It winds him up! You should try it-"
"Zhou Mi you better not be telling him to wind me up." "Never! Why would I do such a thing?" Giving him one more cheerful smile he hurried after Kyuhyun leaving Siwon to trail after them.
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As he exited the building he had been expecting a limousine to be waiting or a Lamborghini or any manner of expensive car, after all Kyuhyun was from a very wealthy family, but the unremarkable looking BMW in front of him proved his expectations wrong. A quick glance to his left showed how Kyuhyun had fully expected this reaction if the smirk he was directing at him was any indication.
“Got a problem with the car Mr Bodyguard?”
“Siwon. Call me Siwon. Who’s driving?”
“That would be me!” Zhou Mi smiled cheerily popping up briefly at his right before he moved to slide into the driver’s seat. Just as Siwon was about to climb into the front as well the Chinese man suddenly placed his hand on the seat. “I’m really sorry about this but I hate it when people sit next to me when I drive…so would you mind sitting in the back…?” A pleading look, he could almost feel the amused stare of Kyuhyun on his back as he nodded. Moving slowly he slid into the back seat watching as Kyuhyun slid into the seat behind Zhou Mi.
After a moment the driver turned on the radio. Random dance music blared from the speakers and despite the glare Kyuhyun was giving the other merrily hummed along with it. Siwon watched the scene with a smile, his thoughts far from productive as he wondered about how cute the way Kyuhyun was pouting. This is all because of how distracting his lips are.
“Where are we heading?”
“To ‘Ozenda’.” Blinking at the weird name Siwon shot a confused look at the other. Kyuhyun huffed before crossing his arms as if he was used to no one understanding the name. “A PC bang.” When he was met with an even more confused look; “An internet café?”
“Why are we going there?”
He ignored the way Zhou Mi suddenly started laughing; it was far more difficult ignoring the ‘are-you-an-idiot?’ expression on Kyuhyun’s face. Surprisingly it was the Chinese man who answered in the end.
“Kui Xian likes to game but his father prohibited him by confiscating his laptops after catching him playing a game during a board meeting last week. So as a solution we’ve been going to them so he can play.”
Cue annoyed mumblings about old men who didn’t understand the relaxation of gaming. Siwon nodded, more for appearance than true understanding, just how old was Kyuhyun to still be getting his games confiscated?! As if reading his thoughts Kyuhyun suddenly hit his shoulder.
“Hey! The only reason he confiscated it was because who would try to ground a twenty-four year old? It wasn’t even an important meeting, so stop thinking that I’m a kid.” At his stunned silence Kyuhyun rolled his eyes. “You were thinking so hard even Mi could probably hear your thoughts.”
“ Actually I’m more surprised at why you’re driving out to an internet café to play games instead of doing work.”
Kyuhyun spluttered at that. “Zhou Mi explain to him…th-that it’s perfectly normal to go to an internet café! Also it's my day off today!”
“Awww is Baby Kyu unable to fight his own battles? Don’t worry! Mimi is here~” Amused laughter from the driver as Kyuhyun could only gape as his supposed loyal minion turned on him.
Siwon could feel a grin tugging at his lips at the childish awkwardness that was Kyuhyun as said man huffed indignantly at the nickname before leaning forward and hitting Zhou Mi on his head. A strange happiness filled him as the tense atmosphere from before slowly disappeared.
“Baby Kyu?” His amused tone halting Kyuhyun’s increasingly violent whacks to Zhou Mi as a slow look of dread filled his face as he turned to stare at Siwon. “Don’t even think about using that name. Never use that name. In fact it’s banned in this car.”
“Driver gets to decide the rules of the car! Baby Kyu all the way~”
“I BOUGHT THE CAR!” Siwon chuckled as he grabbed the brunette’s arms to prevent any strangulation of their driver.
“Let me go!”
“Now Baby Kyu wouldn’t want to actually hurt us now right?”
“GO DIE THE BOTH OF YOU.”
For the rest of the ride to the café it was filled with teasing from Siwon and Zhou Mi as Kyuhyun resorted to hitting them until they stopped calling him ‘Baby Kyu’.
This only happened when they reached their destination.
---
They walked in companionable silence the short distance towards the internet café, Zhou Mi had gone to find a parking space. The silence was broken when Kyuhyun suddenly grabbed his arm and pointed excitedly at a small store.
“There it is! Do you see why it’s such a great place now?” A bright smile lit up Kyuhyun’s face as he spoke, his hand still clutching at his arm, and despite still not understanding the joy towards computers and gaming, Siwon nodded his heart quickening at the sight as he wondered what it’d be like having that smile directed at him.
What am I thinking?! Shaking his head slightly to disrupt his thoughts he turned to scrutinise the place. And maybe get that smile out of my mind.
‘Ozenda’ was tucked in an unassuming corner of the street surrounded by other brighter and vibrant stores. It had a homely feel from the faded paint on the store sign to the warm brown tones it had inside it helped that baking could actually be smelt as they entered a small area serving food on the far left. Computers whirring were the first sound he heard though and quiet chatter, although there didn’t seem to be many customers except for a couple of giggling girls in a corner of the room and a few other people scattered about.
Kyuhyun walked with the familiarity of a regular towards a computer near the entrance and settled in; Siwon hovered awkwardly over his shoulder wondering what he should do. “Sit.” He was startled to find Kyuhyun pulling him to a seat next to him. “You ever played Starcraft?” He gave the other a confused look. “Fine, I’ll teach you the basics. Right click on the right side of the- No! not there!” Cue a frustrated huff as the younger stood to sort him out.
“Okay, I’ll start you off against the computer first. You’ll play Terran and the A.I is Protoss.”
“What?”
“Don’t worry. Look the robot like things are called SUV’s, they gather minerals. You just click on them-“
“Like this?”
“NO! Why did you send it all the way over there?!”
After at least half an hour, mostly when Siwon finally realised that he could select more than one of his units at a time, he began to understand the basics of the game and Kyuhyun finally sat back down in his seat (not without a long sigh), declaring Siwon at least somewhat competent and to let the actual game begin.
“I’m happy you taught me how to play and not to sound ungrateful...but I’ll most likely lose to you and won't that be boring for you? Are you sure you don’t want to wait until Zhou Mi gets back so he can play against you?”
“Don’t be stupid, Mi already came in twenty minutes ago. I didn’t work so hard to teach you to play just so you could quit now!” Siwon could only gape at this as he was invited into a match against ‘GaemGyu’ .
If he had turned and looked closely he would have seen the small blush on Kyuhyun’s face.
---tbc
And this is what I saw when they reached the internet café ^^
Kyuhyun being all like: ‘Look there is the amazing place of Starcraft and food!” While Siwon is all like: ‘Still don’t get what’s so great…”
I hope this was fun to read! Thank you.
Next part:
Despite the snarky attitude and jabs the other had made at him today, he really was like a little kid inside, an incredibly attractive and adorable one. He stilled the hand patting at the curls and felt his heart thud as Kyuhyun snuggled closer into his neck, his arm wrapping around Siwon. He could feel a blush rising onto his cheeks at the sudden closeness.