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"The fans..." Sungmin says slowly as he trails a finger along the dresser. Kyuhyun watches the line of Sungmin's arm before he meets Sungmin's eyes.
"Your fans are all older women," he says, and then laughs. Sungmin turns thoughtful.
"True, because I do cute so well. Aegyo." He smiles shyly, and Kyuhyun wants to hurl.
"Yeah, that. Why?"
"Getting more fans isn't too bad." Sungmin turns thoughtful again, thinking as he traces the edge of the dresser. "What do they like?"
Kyuhyun snorts.
"Like I know, my fans apparently like me being a brat. You know, maybe you should be your normal self, maybe that'll get you more fans, hyung." Kyuhyun grins as Sungmin frowns at him.
"No one likes me like that. Come on, noonas go for helpless guys right? Make them want to baby them, me."
Sungmin rolls around on his bed for a moment, a ridiculous smile on, and Kyuhyun rolls his eyes. There's this little bubble of cute and adorable hanging around Sungmin, and Kyuhyun wants to get out, maybe to the bathroom. (Not hurl, definitely not hurl.)
"Low self-esteem, not excelling in anything..."
"And they say I'm sneaky," Kyuhyun says as he expels a breath.
"'I don't think I'm good at anything...'" Sungmin tries with a wobbly voice and wobbly upper lip and his eyes tearing up. "'I mean... Kyuhyun is better at singing than me, and so is Yesung and Ryeowook. It's not like I'm that good at dancing compa-'"
"Oh God hyung, I will teach you how to be fucking awesome at singing if you never do that face or voice again."
Sungmin's laughter is high and clear, and a week later, when Sungmin emerges from the room they filmed their monologue in, his eyes slightly red, Kyuhyun groans.
"You did not."
"I have no idea what you mean," Sungmin says as he grins, dabbing at his eyes daintily.
Kyuhyun's jaw drops. "You are a player. What the fuck, you can't be cute and devious at the same time, it's like squashing Ryeowook and Heechul into one person."
Sungmin laughs again.
"Well, you'll just have to see what happens."
When Kyuhyun watches the monologue, he turns to Sungmin, casually browsing some fan websites.
"Well?" Sungmin says, a small smile tugging at his lips.
"You are one hell of an actor."
"I know right." He casually tosses his fringe and laughs. "It's what I was born to do."