Part 2: You're so unfair, Oh my
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“Hi”
Luhan was taken aback, was Mr. Adonis really talking to him? His brows furrowed in confusion and turned his head to search if someone was beside or behind him.
“I was talking to you” the other spoke once again.
Luhan’s eyes quickly snapped back as the latter stared right into his eyes. “O-oh..umm..Hi”
And cue the nervousness in his gut. ‘Calm down’ he thought. And along with it, Luhan was also thinking how undeniably handsome this guy was up close-
“so.. you think I’m hot?”
Luhan didn’t know why he was reminded of that certain memory after opening the front door of his house only to see his best friend standing outside with the familiar youthful and radiant smile on his face.
Well, the smile was a part of it, but his attention was elsewhere
“You got your hair cut?” he exclamied. And it was not only that, he also noticed how his best friend had his hair dyed a shade darker. Rather than the usual dark brown he was used to for the past four years, it was now a shade of black instead.
“Oh I did, I’m still not used to it. All I ever had was a long hair. how do I look?”
Handsome “..average”
Never in a million light years will Luhan admit how attractive Sehun was in front of his handsome face out loud. Moreover, he looked ho- manly with his forehead exposed and hair gelled up. It would feel weird and well… awkward (that’s what he thinks).
Besides, adding more to Sehun’s ego will make him ten times annoying, and Luhan didn’t want to deal with an annoying Sehun. He could become unbearable at times.
“Right. Just be honest and say I’m handsome.”
“you are” Luhan blurted, he panicked for a brief second, but he covered it up with a sweet smile and a short act of sarcasm “not”. He received an eye roll in reply.
Sehun settled himself on Luhan’s bed, patting the space next to him, Luhan complied and sat next to him “So what were you up to while I wasn’t around?” He asked reaching behind Luhan’s neck, giving it a light massage of some sort.
“Stop that!” Luhan scooted away but in a matter of seconds the hand was back once again. He sighed, well.. he did kind of miss this small touches so-
Luhan gave a snort “If that is your way to indirectly ask about the bet, then I’d say everything is in progress” he answered. It was exactly not a lie. Jongin did say he’d inform him.
“in progress? With whom?”
At his reply, Luhan can’t help but furrow his brows, lips almost jutting into a pout “you would know, if you bothered replying to my messages!” Luhan exclaimed “You are mean! Why were you ignoring me?”
Sehun reached for Luhan’s stuffed cat, eyes lowered as he played with it. “well, to be honest. I was trying something out”
“go on”
He heaved a breath, glancing at Luhan “Don’t judge me okay? This would sound foolish.” He paused “I’m pretty sure you’ve heard about it, but there’s this popular saying that ‘Absence make the heart grow fonder’. And, I kind of just went for it..” he rubbed the back of neck, a sheepish smile on his face as he shamelessly admitted “I kind of wanted you to miss me-”
What.
“-You wanted to be missed?”
His best friend nodded in confirmation.
What.
“Sorry for ignoring you, did it work though?” Sehun stared at him in a hopeful manner, before smiling like the kid he was “I know it would. You missed me, right?”
“seriously? this is the dumbest thing I’ve-“
“-you missed me right?-“
“-ever heard Oh Sehun”
“-admit it, you missed me.”
Luhan rolled his eyes. ‘oh joy, someone’s acting whiny again.’ He thought.
“Luhan. Hyung, c’mon I know you did-“
“shut the fuck up. I won’t tell you”
Sehun’s lips immediately shut tight. He blinked at Luhan a little dumbfounded ..or at least that was what he thought until Sehun spoke.
“because I did.” His lips turn to a grin “I missed you, Han.”
Luhan would lie if he said he wasn’t affected by Sehun’s honesty nor did he find that smile cute.
Sehun was messing with him again, Luhan concluded.
He spluttered and out of habit said “Eww! Where’d that came from!” However, his adamant reaction coupled with his warming cheeks (hope to god he’s not blushing) was a dead giveaway. Hopefully Sehun wouldn’t notice.
He did and there was a triumphant look on his face. This bastard.
“Go home Oh Sehun. You look tired” Luhan tried to change the topic instead, and he wasn’t lying about this one either. Sehun did seem all smiles while talking, but Luhan can detect the tiredness. He just can tell.
Sehun sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. “You’re right. I am”
After hearing the answer, he felt a little pride. Someone had to be at his level to be able to tell his best friend’s moods. “If you’re so tired, what are you doing here? Go home” was what he was about to reply but the taller beat him to it.
“I’m so tired I don’t want to walk anymore. Maybe I should just sleep here after all. Move over. I’m sleeping here tonight.”
Right.
Typical Oh Sehun, inviting himself just like that.
“for the umpteenth time, Oh Sehun. Go change your fucking clothes” Luhan once again nagged. And his words were yet again ignored. He exasperatedly threw his arms up in the air “I give up” He settled beside Sehun, huffing when he saw the other smiling with his eyes closed and arms caging his stuffed cat almost possessively (he tried to get it earlier but Sehun had a strong hold).
“Turn the lights off.”
“Of course, my King” Luhan sarcastically said while rolling his eyes.
He didn’t expect for Sehun to play along “say it louder. Please me, my Queen.”
“what the fuck”
Sehun snickered, covering himself with his arms when Luhan smacked him with a pillow. “Don’t get shy now, my Queen.” Sehun snickered some more but stopped himself when Luhan had the pillow in the air once again, and ready to attack. “I’m just playing! Geez! Calm down!” he said with a wide smile, before burrowing his face further in Luhan’s pillows.
That was the problem though, for some reason, Luhan wasn’t calm. The queen thing sounded suggestive in his ears and Sehun knows Luhan gets embarrassed with that kind of stuff. Sehun should stop tainting him or he won’t think twice to bury his best friend six feet underground.
Sighing, Luhan grabbed a pair of socks to wear, it was increasingly getting cold and he always had trouble with keeping warm. His eyes then settled to his best friend’s form, thinking that Sehun was lucky because he had always been warm.
He knew about it because this hadn’t been the first time that they slept beside each other, It had been a while since the last time. Luhan can vaguely remember those moments. It was when Sehun was still acting clingy and all.
But then there was a certain phase in their friendship where he stopped and even dared to ignore Luhan. It was a time that Luhan never wanted to get back to because it had hurt him so.
He was just grateful it didn’t last long. Sehun was back to his side before he knew it, like he didn’t ignore his best friend. It was then that Sehun’s friendly touches, Luhan was used too became a little more what was it… controlled? It was as if he was holding himself… maybe? Luhan truly had no idea. They never really talked about it.
“Luhan”
The sound of his name snapped him from his thoughts “you were saying?”
“I said when are you gonna meet this Kris guy?”
“why don’t you ask Jongin, you’ve been texting him this whole time weren’t you?” he huffed, his previous thoughts getting completely forgotten.
“are you still mad?”
“duhh. You ignored me just for the sake of…. of making me miss you. I’m still judging you by the way. And then there was Jongin, freaking hiding it from me. The nerve.”
“I’m judging myself as well and that makes two of us.” He deadpanned, and Luhan stifled a bit at that “But admit it, saying it out loud makes it sound sweet, doesn’t it?”
‘Sweet?’ he thought while making a face. Sehun had a different definition of sweet it seemed. “No, it sounds dumb. You are dumb”
“you are too. For the longest time.”
“what is that supposed to mean?”
Sehun snorted “It means me wishing you good night. Good night, Han”
The moment his head hit the pillow, everything became like an automatic response. He only noticed how heavy his lids felt right that moment, he didn’t even know he was this tired. Sleep was consuming him fast and there was nothing he could do but let it, he didn’t have the strength to resist much further anyways.
Through the transition of wake and sleep, he thought he heard Sehun speaking once more.
“Absence really do make the heart grow fonder. There was only one little thing I haven’t considered in that dumb plan.”
But even if Sehun did, Luhan was too sleep consumed to listen anyway.
“..And that was me, missing you.. a damn lot. Sleep tight, Han”
==
“Please tell me you got everything”
Luhan smiled wide “Of course! Have a little faith in me will y-“ he stopped in his tracks, muttering a crisp “fuck.”
He forgot to go back for the ugly Christmas sweaters.
Sehun groaned. “Don’t make me go back in there. It’s too crowded, too stuffy and it’s a battlefield.” Sehun whined, and it might just be Luhan’s imagination but he might’ve heard cute little whimpers coming from his best friend. ‘what a baby’ He thought.
It was a Holiday rush after all, there was a battle bound to happen. And Luhan’s the type of person to dive in for Christmas sales to save money (he’s a cheapskate, sometimes) and drag his best friend along.
Oh well, he’ll come back for that ugly frosty the snowman and ugly reindeer sweater for another day.
“fine, you big baby.”
“Oh I’m your baby alright.” Sehun grumbled as he walked past Luhan.
“….did you say something?”
“I said I’m hungry”
It wasn’t that Luhan didn’t hear, he did. Ever since Sehun came back, he’d been acting weirder than before. Saying more weird things and the constant need to touch Luhan seemed to increase (it included that damn neck massage). Luhan was at a loss of what to do, so he tried to act how he normally do and play pretend.
“Oh”
“The least you could do, after dragging me to that battlefield, is to feed me.” He said with a frown as he adjusted the shopping bags from his hands. “hurry up. My stomach’s growling mad” he added with a grouch, and true to his word, Luhan heard the mad growling of his best friend’s tummy when he caught up to walk beside him.
“Woah. Okay Mr. beast, you are indeed need to be fed, asap”
Sehun must’ve truly been hungry if his strides were this long. Luhan thought as he struggled catching up to the taller. He thought battling against a throng of people was over but the current situation proved him otherwise.
“wait.” If not for Sehun’s tall stature and red snapback, Luhan would’ve lost sight of him. “Sehun wait u-“
Luhan was a bit startled when Sehun’s figure appeared suddenly in front of him. “Don’t get lost, now.” He had a disapproving look on his face, his thick brows narrowed and his lips twisted to a frown. He removed his hold from the shopping bags only to place it on his other hand. He reached out to Luhan. “Hold my hand”
Luhan hesitated at first, but he was not given any other choice when some random stranger bumped him from behind. He felt Sehun’s reaching for his hand “so stubborn, c’mon”
This time, it was Luhan who was feeling like a baby, no, a little kid.
As they buzzed their way through the crowd, bodies in close range, not really wanting to lose each other, Sehun asked “it’s just a few more days before Christmas, are you still looking for that Prince?”
“of course! The bet is still on if that’s what you’re asking!” Luhan said confidently. He was just waiting for his prince to come and meet him. And now that’s he’s reminded of it, Jongin sure is taking long to contact him. He hoped he could meet this Kris guy before Christmas day!
“I was asking for your Prince.” Luhan felt Sehun’s hand tightening around his hold “don’t bother looking for one. I’ll be your Prince instead.”
If this was the Luhan from before, when they first agreed to the bet, he would shrug this off and laugh good naturedly. And so he laughed, but this time for some reason, he felt conscious. Especially when Sehun gave his hand a squeeze once more, glancing at him with a grin. “Right. will you ever stop saying these weird things?”
“Nope”
Two dark orbs stared right back at him
“what are you staring at.”
Luhan snapped back to his stuffed cat. Of course the poor toy did not have the power to say anything back. “fine, I’m sorry.. I didn’t mean to yell.. I was just” he paused, finding the right term ”distracted.”
Luhan sighed as he found his mind wandering once again. For some odd reason, his mind kept going back to the events of earlier, he found it tiring. With the crowd and doing some last-minute shopping for presents and all.
He reached for his stuffed cat with one hand only to pause, his mind once again replaying that certain scene. It wasn’t really the crowd nor the last-minute shopping that was tiring his mind out. It was something else.
He overturned his hand and looked at his palm.
He wondered how his hand felt when held.
Did it feel soft?, or rough? Maybe clammy?, dry? Could it be warm?, or probably cold?
Or was there a certain softness, roughness and warmth combined?
like Sehun’s.
Oh what was he thinking about?
The thoughts were slowly scaring him. The more he thought about this kind of things, the more he felt himself lose his mind. ‘Lose to what?’
Luhan grumbled, all these thoughts seemed to make him overthink “I’m going to sleep, move over fatass” he reached for his fatass stuffed cat first, hugging it to his arms before crawling to the side of his bed to turn the lamp off.
Those thoughts were very unhealthy indeed. Unlike what he expected, he had a hard time falling asleep. Turning to his sides for a lot of times and glaring at the digital clock that screamed 2:12 am.
And it was all because of that damn- “stop thinking brain! Let me sleep!!”
Luhan was too busy moaning for sleep he was losing that nigh- early morning that he ignored his phone lighting up, flashing a new message on the screen (it was on silent mode).
From: Jongin
‘Kris wants to meet u tomorrow!’
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“Jongin told me you’re going somewhere later today” his best friend inquisitively asked.
“I….am” Luhan was beginning to think that rather than a friend of Sehun’s, Jongin was more of a spy for him. Like that time when he magically appeared in front him.
But then again. Like what Jongin said, it might all just be a coincidence, and Luhan was just overthinking things. Right? (snort)
“I’m going to meet Kris, will you come with me? I think I would have a panic attack”
“I don’t think I can.”
“huh?”
“but fine I will” he said finally with a sigh “and when did you even have panic attacks? You’re just too nervous most of the times. Loosen up, let me go get some drinks. Stay right there, Han. Don’t wander around.” Sehun gave him a pointed look, as if warning him not to do a repeat of last time (there are a lot of dumb times Luhan shared with him) before his best friend left, Sehun reached a hand out, to pat the top of Luhan’s head like he always did whenever he would disappear for a short while.
Luhan peeked under his fringe, gazing at his smiling best friend. The latter had done this gesture a lot of times, Luhan wondered why he felt something akin close to escaping when his best friend leaned in for a short while and tapped to tap on his nose with a finger. “I’ll be quick”
As he watched Sehun walk away, he unconsciously lifted his hand amd place it on the right side of his chest. Why was he making a big deal out of this all of a sudden?
Or was it really that sudden?
Because recently, for some reason, he was noticing that everything Sehun does was affecting him in more ways than one. Recently, his mind was consuming a lot of Sehun related thoughts. And Luhan didn’t have any idea why.
It was as if something was happening within him.
Slowly, but surely.
And it scared Luhan because it may be too late to turn back.
He didn’t know how long he sat there on the bench with mind wandering. Sehun once again, successfully consumed his thoughts while he waited for the said person. And the mere thoughts were enough to make him tune his surroundings out, getting lost from the world.
That when he felt a breath near his ear and a the familiar velvety voice whispering “what’s on your mind?” His response was out of his control. Luhan shrieked, quickly jerking away to cover the side of his face. The reaction surprised not only his best friend, but also his self too. “uhm”
Why was his heart beating so fast this time? ‘silly! It’s from the shock!’ he thought, reprimanding his self. Luhan cleared his throat, hands coming back to his lap, and sitting straight once again (too straight) attempting to regain his composure. “what was that about?” he asked, imitating an angry tone, trying to cover up whatever he was feeling at that moment.
Sehun had a raised brow, maybe figuring what the heck happened. But there was an amused smile on his lips. “I’ve called your name a few times” he retorted back “but what was that about?” he repeated the same question, pertaining to Luhan’s unusual reaction.
“I..I don’t know..” he admitted, voice low and confused as he stared at his lap watching his fingers play with the zipper of his jacket. But he knew it had something to do about this person in front of him.
“….you don’t know…?” Sehun repeated like he was trying to confirm the older’s words, his tone changing. Luhan nodded.
Sehun spoke again. “I…” he paused “Seeing you react like this….for the past few weeks, I… may have an idea.”
Luhan was having trouble looking at his best friend. He felt he would spill whatever it was on his mind for some reason, if he did.
“why do..always.. hopes up...” He heard Sehun mutter with a deep sigh but Luhan didn’t quite catch it. there was a draw of a breath before he heard the other say “You see, Han.. it may be because you’re feeling something for me.”
The words echoed inside his mind.
His eyes quickly snapped to Sehun’s. “what?” It was as if Luhan’s brain short circuited. What the heck was Sehun talking about. Was he playing with him again? He could be, Sehun was always playful like that. How could he even say it out loud, it was as if he wasn’t ashame-
Luhan’s face faltered as he spotted it. Without a doubt, it was present. It was right there. The redness on the tip of Sehun’s ears were definitely right there.
He’d known him long enough to know what it was.
Oh Sehun wasn’t playing around. He was clearly serious, nervous and shy.
“there might be a chance that you might like me back”
The words uttered by his best friend truly managed to turn Luhan’s mind into a crazy haze. It was like a slap in the face.
“No… that’s not.. haha” he forced a chuckle, a way to calm his growing nerves. That was not it, how could he like Sehun? He was his best friend and liking him was like.. overstepping the boundary of a best friend code. No falling for your best friend rule (if he believed in one).
“….did you even listen to what I said?”
“I-.. I h-heard you!,,b-but it’s!”
“hearing is different from listening, Luhan.” Sehun’s eyes were unwavering, but the nervousness was clear as day, Luhan was feeling the same except he failed to stare into his best friend’s eye for more than a few second. If he did, he would feel exposed. “Listening means you heard and understood. But you didn’t”
“I was…“
“I said, you might like me back, which means” Sehun paused, heaving a deep breath “I like you”
If earlier was like a slap on the face, Sehun’s confession right that moment was like a punch in the gut (a harsh comparison), where it would lead you breathless and unable to move because of the pain. But for this moment, the pain was the realization.
The realization of his best friend, his best-fucking-friend Oh-fucking-Sehun liking him.
Then and there, Luhan became voiceless, he found himself tongue-tied, he was unable to move a limb and his heart hammering uncontrollably inside his chest. He wished he was the only one who could hear it.
It struck him that everything was in front of him all this damn time. All the signs were there. Yet he chose to pretend it weren’t, he chose to ignore. Realizing all this feelings intimidated him. He was a loss of what to do. And there was nothing else he could think of at that moment but to do what he had always done.
Sehun took a step closer and in reflex, Luhan stood up abruptly. Seeing this reaction, Sehun turned alarmed “don’t do it.”
What was he scared about?
Was he scared of Sehun? No, he was a good person
It was something else, it was the first time he felt something strong like this for anyone. And not just anyone, this was Sehun, his best friend.
Falling for his best friend scared him because he was afraid of the change. He was afraid of something that was far from his control, of something new. But he wasn’t falling.
He had already fallen.
And so he ran.
“Luhan!”
Luhan was a coward, of course he’d run. He always did. He ran back home in record time and dive in to the comforts of his bed to hide from the world.
The fear he felt was still there. But after coming back from his high, and thinking things through. He fathomed that along with the fear, there was an annoying excitement of it all. He felt thrilled. The fluttering, the nervousness. It only dawned upon him how exhilarating this all was. It was the feeling of first love or like, whatever they call it.
Suddenly, the fulfilled emotions he felt whenever the main characters get together in the romance mangas, manhwas, fanfictions and animes that he’d read and watched, felt nothing compared to the real thing. It felt nothing close to what he was feeling at that moment.
Because he was also feeling stupid.
Stupid for not realizing Sehun’s feelings much earlier, stupid for not realizing his own feelings, stupid for letting fear overtake him and more importantly, feeling stupid for running away, literally.
He might’ve just destroyed his own fairytale story. And it was very dumb move on his part.
“what have I done!” he wailed hugging the stuffed cat tighter in his arms. It was all over. He’d done it this time. It was all his-
From the corner of his eyes, he could see his phone lighting up and hear it vibrating as the screen flashed a new message. He swallowed whatever dread he was feeling and reached for his phone.
‘luhan’
He licked his lips nervously. It was from Sehun.
Then it was followed by a series of texts, making Luhan more nervous than before.
‘stop overthinking’
‘lets talk’
‘lol u ran? u funny ‘
Hold it right there. Luhan took offense after reading the message. why would Seh- Oh. It was from Jongin. “what the fuck.” It was followed by another message.
‘its okay. ill tell kris’
His phone vibrated from his hands once more, startling him out from his five-ways-to-kill-jongin thoughts.
‘open the door. its cold out here D: ’
“fuck” Luhan was quick to sit upright on his bed after reading the last message. His stuffed cat slipping from his hold, bouncing on the bed and falling down the floor. Sehun followed him home, this stupid son of a-
‘nvm, u didnt lock it. im coming in’
It took him a dumb moment to perceive the words, reading it three times before he gave out a shriek, completely leaving the comforts of his bed and bolting towards his bedroom door to slam it close.
He was letting the fear overtake him once again. Luhan was truly hopeless.
Only the door didn’t fully close as he felt a resistance.
“Ow!” the yelp surprised Luhan, making him retract his hands fast, thinking that his door just spoke scared him out of his wits. However, when a hand appeared from the little opening, his body just went rigid.
The door opened fully and there revealed a heavily breathing Sehun who must’ve ran.
Luhan’s fear came back ten times stronger and he was once again at a loss of what to do.
“I’m okay… foot’s fine…” Sehun reassured, sucking in a deep breath, trying to catch some oxygen “And don’t ask. It was cold, I needed the exercise to warm myself up.” It was an obvious fib, but his best friend still smiled as he let himself in. Brushing past Luhan, who was still stoned to the ground.
“let’s talk. I’m not letting you get away with this, I’ve waited long enough to let this pass by.”
Luhan once again gave out an unexpected shriek when he felt a hand wrapping around his waist only to get dragged to the direction of his bed. “and please tell me you didn’t threw him to the ground.” Sehun spoke, a hint of hurt in his tone as he picked the stuffed cat.
“I would never!” Luhan interjected quickly “he fell when I stood!” he knew he was getting worked up, and it absolutely had something to do with Sehun misunderstanding him. He didn’t want that to happen.
“that’s good. I thought of worst things, like casting me away from your life. It terrified me”
“I won’t do that. I’m not that cruel.” Luhan said, Sehun must’ve been frightened for his reaction. And it made him sad, he wouldn’t hurt Sehun in any way, he should’ve known that.
Sehun was special to him. He had always been.
“you’re right.. This is you, after all. How could I forget? This is one of the reasons why I fell for you.” Luhan’s heart skipped a beat. It seemed like there was no running away this time.
“even your denseness is one of it.”
Luhan’s face lowered in shame. He had thought about it earlier too. How Sehun must’ve felt every time he unconsciously shot him down or unintentionally brush away every confession attempt.
It must’ve been hard, putting up a front like everything was okay, that he hadn’t just stepped on Sehun’s feelings every time he, in simpler terms, best friend zoned him “I’m… sorry..”
“you should be. It was a challenge to make you fall for me”
“…excuse me?” had that been happening all along?
For a brief moment, Luhan admired how brave and strong Sehun was. How the latter was still putting up with Luhan until now.
And envious too, because up till this time. He was still feeling the fear, but it wasn’t the troublesome feeling. It was the good kind of fear.
“From this experience, I’m even qualified to write a book. ‘How to realize you’ve fallen for someone, for dummies’”
“you could’ve just told me directly, instead of beating around the bush” he whispered, eyes looking down, feeling ashamed once again.
He heard Sehun chuckle, replying “I am” and a pause as he scooted closer “but it wouldn’t become as meaningful as now, would it?” he said before enveloping Luhan’s hand with his.
Luhan was reminded of how the other’s palm felt when they held hands. He wanted to feel it again, the softness, the roughness, the warmth. He drew in a breath, braving himself up. He wanted a repeat of what he felt and he did, overturning his hand so in that way their palms met.
“Luhan, I’m asking you this again. Since things are different this time, I’m hoping that your answer would be as well.”
He can feel warmth spreading on his cheeks when Sehun’s fingers interlocked with his, and there was a hint of the beautiful eye smile he’d always secretly loved to see adorning Sehun’s face.
“will you let me be your Prince, this time?”
==
Tonight was a special moment. It was the eve before Christmas. And to be honest, he was feeling thrilled. Oh this Christmas was definitely different from the previous ones he had celebrated in his lonely life (cough).
‘Merry Christmas, jerk!’
He accidentally sent, his eyes widened a little. And like before, the reply was instant.
‘at least greet me on the right time, its still christmas eve’
Luhan giggled as he typed a response.
‘puhlease, its ten mins b4 midnight, merry Christmas anw’
‘merry christmas to u too. Kris says hi btw’
Luhan raised a brow at that. He forgot about Kris, but hearing him from Jongin again made him want to meet him for some reason.
‘oh he sounds really nice, I think I still want 2 meet him either way.’
‘Well arent u a naughty lil’ boy. U just want to see how sehun would react wont u? haha same’
Luhan giggled once more.
“you should be the one wearing the reindeer sweater.” A familiar voice said, as someone emerged out from the bathroom.
He gave a snort, typing a quick ‘u’re right but stop bullying him!’ to Jongin before facing Sehun. “because my name means deer? then it would be anticlimactic. I’d be Frosty the snowman instead, thank you very much.”
Sehun rolled his eyes but there was a hint of a smirk as he retorted back in perfect mandarin “you’re right. You’d look perfect either way.”
Luhan hastily stood up, hands automatically covering his ears as his stuffed cat fell on the floor. Again. Sehun tsked at the sight. “bla bla I don’t understand Chinese” he said, briskly walking away before the other could catch him.
There was a chuckle before Sehun spoke again, in Korean this time “don’t be shy now, my Queen.”
Luhan quickly stopped on his tracks, turning to glare at him. ”If you think I’m going to call you my Ki-“ something fell on top of Luhan’s head making him flinch and let out a surprise “wah!”
Sehun walked over to him, briefly checking if he was alright before bending down to pick whatever it was that fell. When he stood tall again, there in his best friend’s hand was a mistletoe that was originally placed on top of his bedroom’s doorway.
Luhan a breathed a relief, thinking that it surprised him. His face turned puzzled when his eyes fleeted back to Sehun’s face. Something about Sehun’s grin and eyes screamed mischief. “you know what mistletoes meant right?”
He didn’t get it at first, but one wiggle from Sehun’s thick eyebrows were enough of a hint even though he did lotsa wiggles.
“H-hell no. not one of this shit again” Luhan said, tone suddenly getting nervous. Sehun seemed to make him feel nervous a lot of times lately, especially in this kind of situation. He can even feel his cheeks getting warm! Was this feeling a part of it all?
Every new emotion Sehun managed to make him feel was overwhelming to him. Maybe Sehun should really consider writing that book he mentioned before. He would absolutely read it.
“your cheeks are pink.”
Luhan’s eyes widened, hands immediately covering his cheeks as his eyes narrowed at Sehun, trying to glare at him. It was failing though, he can feel his brows shaking, unable to maintain the glaring look he intended to. Maybe that was the reason why Sehun was grinning wider. This stupid bes- stupid damn friend of his!
Oh, correction.
Slash boyfriend of his!
“Stop looking at me like that, babe.” He leaned much closer “or I might just eat you up right here”
“what the fuck“
The taller had always been saying weird things (as he’d like to call) but everything was different this time, and that was the mere reason why Luhan’s swearing increased a lot these days.
“that filthy mouth really need some cleansing” he said with face in a disapproving look, he once again
lifted the mistletoe on top of their heads. Luhan’s reaction was immediate “Oh heck n-“
“Heck yes. You’ve been whining about this for so long, weren’t you? besides, let’s not the break the mistletoe tradition now”
Sehun didn’t even give him any more chance to argue when their distance shortened and all he could see was Sehun’s eyes shut close. Luhan felt his knees lose its strength when he realized plump lips were touching his soft ones.
The feeling was not what he expected at all, it wasn’t like those fireworks he’d always read about. It was something more special, something more gentle and warm, like.. Sehun. It made no sense yet in his mind it did. It was just a Sehun kind of thing.
The touch was gone yet Luhan can still feel it linger. It took him a moment to flutter his eyes open fully, which he hadn't known he'd close. And another moment to register the beautiful smile on Sehun’s face with eyes watching him all the while.
Luhan realized how utterly dumb his expression must've looked, and lowered his face in embarrassment. Sehun was quick to stop him "don't"
Without meaning to, Luhan's lower lip jutted out “stop staring” Luhan lifted his hands to hold his reddened cheeks “you’re so unfair” he bit his lips, eyes looking elsewhere but Sehun, quietly murmuring “for making me feel all this”
Sehun chuckled as he pulled the smaller in his arms. With his chin, resting a top Luhan’s head. Then and there, Luhan could feel.. could even hear Sehun’s racing heart. It unintentionally made him giggle. It was nice to learn that he wasn’t the only with an uncontrollable heartbeat.
“you feel it too don’t you?” Luhan nodded, hugging Sehun tighter and burrowing his nose further on the other’s neck when Sehun whispered “That’s all your doing.”
The taller heaved a deep sigh in content “Oh, Han... Thank you for giving me a chance.” his eyes flickered to the digital clock before pressing his cheek on his boyfriend’s temple, muttering “ and Merry Christmas.”
Luhan smiled, eliciting a happy sigh of his own “Merry Christmas to you too.. Prince.”
“so does this mean I won the bet?”
“Oh you’ve won the bet alright… and you’ve won all of me too, for a very long time.”
End.
Author's note: hello! I think im satisfied with how things turned out. I made it all back from scratch a few days ago because the first one was just.. LOL. Anyways! Merry (selu) Christmas pips! I hope y’all enjoyed! Thank you for reading! And thank you mods for hosting this fic fest!! And E unnie, Hi! sorry for not sending u dis fic for beta. I requested to beta but I didn’t even send it! I just felt unsure for the first version thats why! I’m so sorry >
But yeah! Now that this is done. Hope y’all had fun reading! Especially for the prompter! I tried, man. I tried xD
see y’all again if there’s round two! Have a happy holiday pips!