post #15

[seoulfulness]

Fics( #14).
lost and founds snsd, tiffany/sunny
Unlucky exo, kris/suho
how I like my coffee exo kai/d.o.
does running away mean we're acccepted, finally? shinee, key/onew
shut up and let me pay the rent exo, baekhyun/d.o
lik a child exo, suho/kai
Complication exo, sehun/luhan
deep down 4minute, jiyoon-centric, jiyoon/gayoon
untitled exo, chanyeol
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but i've become what i can't be; exo, kai/baekhyun [1/2]

[anonymous]

"Hurry, hyung, my stomach's going to cave in on itself anytime now!"

Baekhyun heaves a long-suffering sigh, pulls up his hood and lets Jongin drag him around the corner. "Stop being such a drama queen, Jongin-ah, have you forgotten how much you ate for dinner? And," he adds as an afterthought, "if Manager-hyung ever finds out that we snuck out of the dorm at this time of the night, I'm putting the blame on you."

"But we had dinner at seven," Jongin whines, tugging harder at Baekhyun's sleeve like an impatient kid pulling his parent towards a candy shop. "It's already twelve-thirty, and you know my metabolic rate is even higher than Sehun's!"

"Okay, okay. Look, we're here already." Jongin plops himself down on one of the plastic chairs, and Baekhyun follows suit after glancing around to make sure the small street is empty.

"Two, please," Baekhyun mouths to the elderly woman running the stall, and she scoops the last bit of ddeokbokki into two plastic containers, shuffling over and placing them on the rickety table between them. As Baekhyun hands her three thousand-won notes, she squints at them. "You two look familiar."

"Ah, is that so?" Baekhyun flashes her a grin. He figures it can't be too bad if an old woman recognizes them in the middle of the night.

The stall owner hobbles off to clear up without giving him an answer, mumbling to herself along the way. Baekhyun and Jongin exchange a puzzled glance and shrug. "Eat up, Jongin, didn't you say you were starving?"

Jongin tucks in with childish excitement, and Baekhyun can't help but pull the corners of his tired mouth up into a smile before picking up his own fork.

They eat in silence for a while, occasionally stealing glances at each other in between bites. No love, just curiosity. Jongin thinks Baekhyun has never looked more like Baekhyun- at peace yet not really at peace with himself, all false aggressiveness wiped away along with the smoky eye makeup. And Baekhyun thinks that this is exactly what the real Kim Jongin looks like, a child through and through, tired from being forced to grow up too fast, too soon.