Title: Cookies Burned
Characters: BangHim, Zelo
Rating: pg-13
Word count: 1520
Summary: Zelo witnesses the naughty actions by his 'second parents' and he has to have the talk.
Notes: This was a quick one and kind of mindless but I just wanted it out there.
"Mm... It smells good."
Himchan looked up as he was crouched down by the oven. Yongguk was standing nearby, watching him fussing around in the kitchen cooking. Himchan knew that look. He didn't like distractions when he was trying to work hard to bake everyone some well-deserved cookies.
Yongguk took a few steps forward and Himchan glared at him but started cleaning the counter and putting away the leftover ingredients. Ignoring the other man was the easier way to get rid of him than saying something, but Yongguk kept moving closer until he was behind Himchan.
"You know I appreciate your enthusiasm, Yongguk, but I like my privacy when I'm focused on something, especially in the kitchen, in my domain."
Himchan didn't mind him being around as long as he didn't get in the way. Yongguk leaned against the sink and watched Himchan do his tasks a bit more, and Himchan realized he was waiting for the right moment to say something. When he got to the sink to put some measuring cups in, Yongguk wasn't moving out of the way, and he still wasn't speaking. Himchan scoffed and looked at him in the eyes. Yongguk had a smirk on his face that only meant one thing, and Himchan shook his head with a disapproving grin.
"Please. Not now. Don't even try."
He moved away and reached a top shelf to put the flour in, and Yongguk was behind him, scaring Himchan half to death. "Stop! What are you doing? I'm trying to take care of-"
He got startled as he felt Yongguk's hand on his waist, sliding up under his sweater, and Himchan stopped talking. He closed his eyes for a moment as he felt Yongguk lean close and press himself against him. Yongguk finally spoke with a whisper in his ear. "That apron really flatters you. I wonder how you'd look like as a naked chef."
Himchan lost his cool and snickered but warily looked around the room. No one else was there, the others were still in their own privacy, most likely sleeping because of their exhausting day. Himchan turned around and smiled sweetly while pulling Yongguk with him by his jeans' belt loops. He deserved some quality time after working so hard. As his back hit the fridge, Himchan tugged at Yongguk's shirt to get him close, and Yongguk still had that dangerous smile on his face before he kissed him. He held Himchan still and locked his thigh in between Himchan's legs while coaxing his mouth open with his tongue.
Himchan tried not to moan and Yongguk laughed at his perseverance in between kisses. Himchan pulled Yongguk's shirt harder and tousled his hair to eager him on, feeling Yongguk grind against him. He swayed his hips in turn to match Yongguk and threw his head back in the spike of arousal. "Yes, please."
Yongguk saw it as an opportunity to kiss and suck on his neck, and even though Himchan more than happily let him, he quickly glanced around the room again to make sure they were still alone. They were safe.
Yongguk returned his lips on Himchan's and they laughed a little at the inconvenient location for their burst of passion but they looked at each other and felt hungry even more. Himchan remembered the cookies in the oven and he tried to speak when Yongguk kept kissing him. "The cookies! I don't want them to burn."
"You're such a good wife. But just forget them and shut up," Yongguk groaned into his ear and smiled at Himchan's sigh as a response before getting back to grinding against him. Himchan whimpered, "Easy for you to say, you're not gonna eat them anyway."
"I'll eat anything you make," Yongguk explained, trying not to feel guilty. He preferred watching Himchan cook.
"Because I force you to," Himchan laughed, but stopped talking and let the feeling of lust take over. They started kissing again and Yongguk moved Himchan's apron aside to feel his bulge. Himchan gasped at the contact and asked for him to get rough.
"Hyung..."
Yongguk jumped and let go of Himchan faster than he thought possible. Himchan covered his mouth in shock. Zelo was right there, not too far, seeing them too close for his own good. He stared at both of the men with his mouth open as if he had lost his words, and he turned around and left back to his room.
"Oh crap," Yongguk glanced at Himchan who was still in shock, and he went after the boy.
He found Zelo sitting on his bed, staring at the floor. Yongguk was glad that the others were in the tv room so that he could chat with him in private. He was sure that what Zelo had witnessed was something he couldn't keep out of his mind and he was possibly traumatized for life. "I'm sorry. That you had to see that."
Zelo acknowledged that Yongguk was in the room but he didn't move. Instead he started to play with one of his hoodie's strings. It was quiet for a long time until Zelo spoke. "Why did you do that to Himchan?"
Yongguk was clueless. It was ages ago since he had had the talk, and since it was concerning the two closest men in Zelo's life, it made it all the more difficult. He sat down next to Zelo on the bed and fumbled with his words before he could come up with anything.
"When two people are in love..."
"Sometimes you feel things. Eh, you know, you want your loved one to feel good sometimes."
"So you mean it was out of love?" Zelo finally looked up at Yongguk beside him but quickly looking away.
"Yeah."
"I mean I've never seen you like that. Are you guys having sex or something? How does that even work?"
Yongguk was palming his face. He didn't expect Zelo to ask those kinds of questions. His face was probably deep red when he answered, "Perhaps. Oh God. Would you be okay with it if we are?"
Zelo was quiet for a while again. "Do the others know?"
"Yeah, I guess. Himchan kind of told them that we're really close now. And by really close he means in love."
Zelo nodded slowly, in his thoughts. "Have they seen… what I saw?"
"No. I'm sorry about that. We didn't think anyone was there. They have seen us kiss but we've been trying to be careful when you're around."
"I'm okay with it. It's just, I didn't expect it. I mean logically I should've known. You're like my father and Himchan's like my mother. And the fact that you two are usually bickering like a married couple."
"Hey, we were being discreet on purpose. We didn't want you to get any wrong ideas."
"Like what?"
"I don't know. It's different being with a guy. We gotta keep it a secret, do you understand? We can only show our affection behind closed doors."
"But here, guys are friendly a lot. All of you guys too."
"Yeah, but it's different. There are two kinds of different love. Like how I love Himchan. It's like a soulmate thing. I want to make him happy and when I wake up in the morning the first thing I want to see is his face. He means everything to me."
Zelo seemed like he understood it but since he hadn't had any experience like a girlfriend he didn't know how it felt. But he wanted to share his feelings with a girl and make them happy some day.
"And brotherly love. Like Youngjae and Daehyun for example. They have a lot of fun together but they don't feel attracted to each other. They just support each other as close friends."
"They do act kind of gay pretty often though."
"Yeah, bad example," Yongguk laughed, and Zelo smiled a little.
"Oh, and third: you are like a son to me. That's another kind of love. I want to protect you and teach you and show you the right paths of life."
Zelo got shy but his smile was wide. He looked at Yongguk with bright eyes and he hugged him shortly. "I'm cool with that. You can kiss Himchan all you want. But..."
"I get it. It was too much. And I apologize again. Sometimes we just can't help ourselves." Yongguk spoke and looked at Zelo with a hopeful gaze that he knew what was going on. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, I am. Now I just want to find myself a girlfriend so that I can love her and make her as happy as you make Himchan," Zelo answered with a grin on his face.
"You have all the time in the world, kid. Don't worry about it." Yongguk laughed and patted Zelo's head before getting up and leaving the room. He saw Himchan behind the corner snickering. Himchan walked up to him and smiled, "You handled that pretty well. Maybe we should adopt and raise some more babies."
Yongguk shook his head, laughing. "We already have four of them and they're enough to handle."