Title: Pictures of Love
Pairing: Jinki x Taemin
Rating: G
Summary: Jinki receives a camera in the mail and a weird request.
Author's Note: Written for and requested by
araewi Jinki had his share of weird fangifts over the years but this one was just bizarre. He looked at the small card that was attatched, wondering what this was supposedly about. It was odd for a fan to send a request like this but it could be some weird project by SM for some odd show they're planning to do but nonetheless it was something that got him thinking. The other members were curious about the camera but he kept the card to himself. It wasn't because he didn't want them to know, he just didn't want their influence on it. It was for him and him alone after all.
He started off small, taking pictures of things he liked and enjoyed doing but for some reason it never felt right in the end. This wasn't what he had been asked to do was it? It just seemed too easy. Jinki knew that when something was too easy he wasn't doing it right so he pressed on. He wasn't sure when the answer seemed to pop up to him but it felt like he'd been staring the answer in the face the whole time and just now realized it was there.
So that was when he started to attempt to sneak and take pictures of him. Of course he saw him every time and would smile at the first few pictures. Then he stopped caring that Jinki was taking pictures of him. That was when Jinki saw what he really loved. The simple way his fingers would curl around his cup of coffee or brush a wayward lock of hair back behind his ear. The way he pouted his lips when he didn't get his way or how they shaped to form his name.
It took him a few days to realise he'd been in love for years and never noticed. It took him a couple of hours to get the pictures developed and another a second to try and decide what to do with this new found information. The thing about knowing something was there was always that need to do something about it. He still had another roll of film to go through and the solution was already forming itself out as he grabbed his camera and headed to find the object of his affections.
He found him in the usual place, sitting in a chair and staring out the window. There was a serene look on his face as he daydreamed of past and future success. Jinki lifted up the camera and zoomed in slightly to snap a picture. The youth seemed startled at the flash that came out of his peripheral and turned to look at Jinki. His eyebrows were raised in a question as he worked his mouth to speak.
"Hyung why do you always take my photo?"
Jinki gave a soft smile and lifted the camera to take another picture.
"I'm capturing what I think love looks like."