I Love Hyung (5/?)
Title: I Love Hyung
Pairing/s: KyuMin and EunHae
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Angst, Romance, Friendship
Length: Chaptered
Summary: The contest between the best schools will bring both happiness and sadness to the boys.
A/N: As an apology for not updating for a month, this chapter will be a VERY long one~! Sorry for not updating this! I hope you will like this update~!
Sungmin placed his tray on the table consisted of his circle of friends, can’t tear his gaze away from Kyuhyun, who was sitting beside Changmin, having his head raised as he converse with a bitch - in Sungmin’s eyes - named Seohyun, who was standing in front of him. He didn’t even notice Hyukjae talking to him that the latter snapped his fingers in front of Sungmin’s face, making the pink lover snap his head to look at his friend, cocking his eyebrows.
Hyukjae waved his hand, “Are you on yourself? I’m saying something here!” Sungmin smiled sheepishly, taking his seat beside Yunho, “Sorry, what is it?” “What are you looking at?” The single-eyelid dancer narrowed his eyes more, stretching his neck to look at where his friend’s attention was, only for his eyes to be covered. This made their friend, Yunho, chuckle as he placed his chin on top of his knuckles, “He’s looking at his singing partner~~~ I mean, ex-partner.”
“What? Kyuhyun? No! I’m not looking at him!” Sungmin defended. However, it didn’t work on his friends, especially on Donghae, “Ooh~ Sungminnie is jealous with Kyuhyunnie and that girl~~ what’s her name again?” The younger said with a smug grin on his face, turning into a smirk when Sungmin sighed and sat comfortably, playing with his chopsticks and poked his food.
“No, I’m not jealous… and her name is Seohyun. I’m just curious if they are talking about the contest.” Sungmin said, making the blond snap his fingers and beam, “You finally admitted that you were staring at him!!!” Sungmin raised two fingers, pointing those at his childish friend, “I’m not staring; I just took a glance… two different things.”
“But you’re jealous.” Donghae said with a pout, earning soft giggles from their friends and a frustrated groan from Sungmin. “I’m not jealous, Hae.” Seeing that Sungmin is avoiding that topic, Hyukjae helped his childhood friend by shutting Donghae’s talkative mouth up through shoving his food onto his best friend’s mouth, with Sungmin silently thanking him.
But he unconsciously took one last glance at Kyuhyun, a small smile creeping on his lips when he saw that Seohyun was already away from him.
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He was humming his way to the music room; wanting to check on how Kyuhyun and Seohyun are doing right now. But as he saw the back view of a boy and girl, sitting on the bench in front of the music room, whom he recognized as Kyuhyun and Seohyun because of their hair, he stopped and decided to eavesdrop on them first. He doesn’t even know why he is doing that.
Based on what his 20/20 vision let him see, Kyuhyun is checking his phone from time to time, probably waiting for his text or call, whereas the girl is only swaying her long legs, perhaps bored.
However, when he saw Seohyun’s head slowly goes lower towards Kyuhyun’s shoulder, he suddenly felt his blood boil, and rushed to the couple duo two.
Seohyun was already an inch away from her singing partner’s shoulder when they heard a jolly, high-pitched male voice greeting them, making her quickly raise her head, “Yo! What are you two doing here? You should be practicing!!!” Kyuhyun, who was bored to death, instantly stood up and ran to his hyung, his face brighter than earlier, “We’re waiting for you, hyung!”
Sungmin raised an eyebrow, “Why? You can practice without me.” But then, the younger male pouted, now Sungmin having the want to put this cute boy inside his pocket, “ But hyung~ you promised me that you’ll be with me~” The smaller guy chuckled, pushing his dongsaeng inside the room, gesturing for the girl to come in as well, “Alright, alright, I’m now here. Stop whining.”
After watching the two guys enter the room, Seohyun groaned and rolled her eyes before following, muttering, “Gays…”
The same routine happens. In the morning ‘til afternoon, they are in their respective classrooms and circle of friends, then after class, the three of them will straightly go to the practice room (with Sungmin walking away with a blush, courtesy of Lee Donghae’s constant teasing). He will only tell if they forgot or mispronounced the lyrics, and if they sang off-tune. But both of them have good voices, so Sungmin had no problem regarding the second thing.
He then remembered Ms. Kim telling him that the two will do few ‘intimate’ scenes, like holding hands, staring at each other’s eyes, etc., just for the sake of singing a love song. So he once relayed the message, leaving Kyuhyun wide-eyed, while the girl plainly nodded. It was hard to convince Kyuhyun to do it; no matter how hard Sungmin would explain that it would just be for the show, the younger would stubbornly insist that he would rather do it with Sungmin. Of course, knowing his dongsaeng’s feelings for him, he just sighed and surrendered.
Kyuhyun was forced anyways. It was because of Ms. Kim, of course.
He would strangely divert his gaze when the two will awkwardly hold their hands while looking deeply onto their eyes, delving into the song… then he will just listen to their voices. He just doesn’t want watching an uncomfortable scene like that because they aren’t good actors, especially Kyuhyun, who had no emotion at all throughout their duet. Oh how he wanted to slap Kyuhyun’s head hard. If he asks Kyuhyun why he just won’t sing properly, the younger would leave him speechless every time he answers:
“Maybe I would get better if you are my partner.”
“Kyu… be serious… this isn’t a joke! This is a contest! Just… just… just imagine her as me!”
“Oh, that won’t do ‘cos you’re prettier than her.”
In the end, he will be defeated with a deep blush on his chubby cheeks.
And now, the day has come. Students from the top high schools gathered inside the auditorium to witness this chance of seeing these schools compete with each other, not in academic, but in talent, this time.
In SM High’s boys’ dressing room, Sungmin was constantly pressing the buttons of his keypad and placing the screen on his ear, then after a few seconds, he will end it. “Why the hell is Seohyun taking so long?! Where is she?!” Kyuhyun, who is just calmly sitting, shrugged, “I don’t know.” The older one ruffled his black hair, his face red in anger, “WHAT?! But you’re her partner! You should know it!”
“It isn’t my fault that she didn’t inform me.” Kyuhyun retorted, still calm as if he won’t step on to the stage and sing in front of many people. “Aish, you’re such a brat.” Sungmin muttered while his eyes fell down on his phone’s screen, wherein it shows “Seohyun calling…”, making him jump on his seat and answered it.
He literally shouted, “SEOHYUN-AH, WHERE ARE YOU?! YOU STILL HAVE TO PRACTICE FOR THE LAST TIME! MS. KIM IS LOOKING FOR YOU!!!” A weak voice was heard from the other line, “I’m sorry, oppa… I can’t make it there… I’m currently at the hospital right now…”
He shrieked, “WHAT?! WHY ARE YOU THERE?!”
“Well, I got an accident during our cheerleading practice yesterday, and my doctor doesn’t want me to go out because I can’t walk properly…. Don’t worry, I already informed Ms. Kim.”
“Oh that’s… unfortunate… what did she say?”
“She told me to inform you about my condition. And… that you should do the duet with Kyuhyun instead.”
And now, he panicked, “WHAT?! WHY ME?!”
As Kyuhyun heard that, a smirk was planted on his lips, and then started typing on his phone.
“Oppa, aside from me, you’re the only one who practiced with him. Besides, you are the original partner, right? Come on, oppa, I know you can do it! I’m really sorry!!!”
“Are you alright? Nothing bad happened to you?”
She chuckled, “Yes. Thank you.” Sungmin sighed in relief and nodded, but as he glanced towards Kyuhyun, he saw the latter grinning widely while humming happily; a thought crossed his mind. “Seohyun-ah, did you and Kyuhyun plan this?” He then heard her giggle, “I gotta go now, oppa! Bye~~~ good luck~~~ I’ll be watching~~~”
“Hey!” But Seohyun already ended their call.
Kyuhyun stood beside his hyung, placing a hand on the smaller’s tensed shoulder, “Hyung, what did she say?” The latter frowned as he faced Kyuhyun, “She said that she can’t make it because she met an accident and that I have to sing with you because we can’t lose by default…” He then glared at the brown-haired guy, “Why did you do this? I know you planned this.” He shrugged, “It’s her idea.”
“And you agreed…” His foxy eyes are turning narrower.
The younger smirked, now dragging Sungmin out of the dressing room, “Come on, hyung! We still have to practice our song!!!”
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A wide smile can be seen on her pretty face as she pressed the “End Call” button on her phone, sighing as satisfaction was felt. Then, an arm loosely wrapped around her neck made her smile more, especially when she heard his voice, “Hey, babe, sorry I’m late.” She turned around to peck her boyfriend’s lips, “It’s alright, babe! I was just done talking to Sungmin oppa!”
The guy raised an eyebrow, “So, did your plan work?”
Then, her phone vibrated and saw Kyuhyun’s name on it. She winked at her lover after reading what her classmate sent her, “Yup! Come on, I have to watch them!”
From: Kyuhyun
Thank you. Have fun with Yonghwa ;)
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Sungmin clutched on his pink guitar tighter, feeling his heart wanted to explode right now because of nervousness. When Kyuhyun noticed it, he patted his hyung’s head, “Before, I was the nervous one, but now…” Sungmin threw death glares and silent curses to his partner, “I hate you! I’m not prepared for this!” The younger just chuckled, then remembered something so he tugged his hyung’s hand, “Hey, Eunhyuk-sunbae’s group will perform next! Wanna watch?”
The pink lover pouted, “It won’t wash my nervousness away…” But Kyuhyun was already dragging him.
Since they aren’t allowed to go out from the backstage, they were just able to watch Hyukjae’s dance group from there, so they just saw their backs. They are dancing hiphop… definitely Hyukjae’s style. But one thing that is unique from them is that they mix some comedy along, you know, being the jerks they are, especially that Shindong participated. But that made them earn loud cheers and clap from the audience. Well, over-all, their performance was a blast! Big smiles are seen on the performers’ faces, even on the audience’s too!
He then remembered what Hyukjae said before, “When you perform, give it your all. Be serious of what you are doing. But playing around would help for you to have fun and wash away your nervousness… When you’re having fun, you won’t even notice that your performance already ended. You won’t even realize that a lot of people are watching you… you will just get to notice their existence when they started clapping their hands. When you are having fun, you are yourself.”
He mumbled, low enough not to be heard by his dongsaeng, “Just have fun…”
After the group dance competition, the singing duet competition is up next. Unfortunately, for Sungmin, they got the last performance.
Ms. Kim placed her hands on the duo’s shoulders, greeting them with a wide grin, “Good luck boys! I know you can do it!” The both of them smiled at their teacher, trying to hide the tension building up inside them because hell, the other schools’ contestants are very good! But Ms. Kim’s words somehow lifted them up, “Don’t worry about winning. Just do your best so that whatever result will come out, you won’t regret anything because you gave it your all. Of course, in every contest, only one will win and there will always be some who will go home, unfortunately not winning. Never mind what that Sooman will say for I believe in the two of you, and that you will bring home the bacon.”
“Now, last but not the least, from SM High, Cho Kyuhyun and Lee Sungmin!!!”
The two jumped when they heard their name and the claps of the people outside, waiting for them to perform. They feel that their performance is the most anticipated since they are the last duo to sing, making their bodies shake.
As they stepped on the stage, screams from girls could be heard, being the popular guys they are. Sungmin then saw Seohyun, sitting beside an unfamiliar guy. He wanted to glare at her and throw curses at her for putting him in this kind of situation, but he can’t. It would give a bad impression to the judges.
Sungmin sat on a high chair, smiling at Kyuhyun, who made a ‘fighting!’ pose, first before plucking the guitar softly, silencing the audience, especially when Sungmin already sang his lines. He was closing his eyes the whole time to feel the song, but he was almost left breathless when Kyuhyun joined in with him; their voices are harmonizing perfectly like there are angels singing. Calming…
He opened his eyes to glance at his partner, only to look at him longer when their gazes locked with each other lovingly, singing as if it is only the two of them. Also, they would still look at the audience from time to time, but their eyes will still go back to that loving sight of each other’s partners with a sweet smile. Anyone who will watch their performance will surely feel good while hearing the wonderful voices of the two, and one emotion was shared by everyone right now… love.
The people even thought that these two are in a relationship because of the way they look at each other. Sadly, they are not.
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At the backstage, Hyukjae heard someone sniffing beside him. As usual, it is Donghae. He scrunched his forehead as he flicked his best friend’s forehead, a grin on his face because of his cute crybaby friend, “Why are you crying?” The blonde wiped his tears, still sniffing, his voice cracked when he answered with a pout, “They are amazing~ I feel like I’m hearing angels in love with each other~”
His smile faded and was replaced by a raise on an eyebrow, “Sungmin loves Kyuhyun?” Donghae shrugged, now smiling, “I said ‘I feel like’, Hyukkie. Well, I think Ming is still on the ‘in-denial’ stage right now. My fishy senses could feel that Minnie adores Kyubaby.” Hyukjae nodded and chuckled, only to roll his eyes when he saw Jongwoon flirting with Ryeowook.
“I really envy Kyuhyun…” Donghae muttered. The red-haired heard it anyways, “Why?” Knowing how insensitive his best friend is to his feelings, he chose to make up a lie, smiling a fake one, “Because he already sang with Sungmin on-stage… I… I wanted to sing with Minnie too…” As expected, Hyukjae believed him.
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They are holding each other’s hands tightly, waiting for the announcement of the winners.
“And now, for the champion of this year’s group dance competition… SM HIGH!”
SM High’s students and supporters jumped high and screamed out from their lungs as SM High’s dancers ran to the stage to get their trophy. Happiness in an understatement for what they feel right now.
Because of this, Kyuhyun and Sungmin tightened their hold with each other; Taeyeon, the soloist singer, only got 3rd place, though the dance crew is the champion. Now, if they get 1st place, SM will be the overall champion, but if not, they are only 2nd to JYP.
“Lastly, for the Duet Singing Competition, 3rd place…”
Not SM, not SM, not SM… all of them are chanting those in their minds.
“YG High!” The others sighed in relief, but the duo isn’t still breathing.
The clapping then stopped…
“2nd place goes to…”
“SM High!” Though a bit disappointed for not being on the first, Kyuhyun and Sungmin went up the stage to claim their trophy for being 2nd placers with a smile, mostly because of their schoolmates, who were happy for them as well. What Ms. Kim told them earlier bore in their minds, “Just do your best so that whatever result will come out, you won’t regret anything because you gave it your all.” They know that they gave their best shot, and seeing that their friends are cheering for them, life couldn’t get better. At least, they are second, right?
After being hugged by their friends at the backstage, Kyuhyun’s and Sungmin’s eyes locked with each other, hesitating on who will be the one to make the first move. However, Donghae is being Donghae again, so he pushed Sungmin towards his singing partner, earning a glare at first, but it turned into a smile when he heard his dongsaeng say, “Sungmin hyung…”
He turned to the younger and saw him with his arms spread, waiting to be hugged by him. Of course, this boy gave him the courage to sing in front of many people… and in a contest… which is not really his forte. He wrapped his arms around Kyuhyun’s waist tight, now almost cuddling with each other.
“See, I told you that you can do it… we did it, hyung… though we just won second place… but it’s okay for now, right?” Kyuhyun whispered softly on his hyung’s ear. Sungmin smiled and nodded, burying his face on Kyuhyun’s chest as he inhales his manly scent.
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“CHEERS!!!”
Laughter and cheers from SM High’s contestants and selected students dominate Sapphire Blue Bar as they celebrate for winning the group dance division, though they were unfortunate for not getting the top for the singers. At least Kyuhyun and Sungmin got 2nd place. Well, honestly, this is more like a boys’ night, for they didn’t invite girls to their party.
Heechul, an alumna of SM High, shouted at Hyukjae and Donghae, who were just talking to each other and not drinking alcohol, “YAH! Why are you not drinking?!” With Heechul’s sleepy tone, they concluded that the older one is now drunk. Leeteuk, another alumna, defended his two dongsaengs, “Heechul-ah, they don’t drink, remember?” The drunken one nodded sleepily as he laid his head on Hangeng’s, his lover, shoulder, earning a smile from the latter.
Shindong, together with Yunho and Jaejoong, giddily rushed to them, poking Hyukjae’s shoulder. “Yah, yah, let’s dance!” The latter made a disgusted face, with the boys laughing hard, “Eew, hyung!” The chubby guy narrowed his eyes, confused with his groupmate’s reaction. But as he got it, he hit the back of Hyukjae’s head, almost letting it land on the table, making Donghae worry. “That’s not what I meant! Can’t you hear the music? It’s a fucking hiphop, Hyuk! Hiphop! Aish!”
“Okay, okay! I’m just kidding about earlier!” Hyukjae flashed his gummy smile while nursing his aching head. He then turned to Sungmin and Donghae, “Let’s have a showdown! Who’s up?” The two nodded as they stood up, with Heechul shouting, “Hey, why aren’t you asking me?!” Donghae chuckled, diverting his gaze to his other hyungs, “Hannie hyung, Teukkie hyung, wanna join?” The mentioned had the same reaction and stood up as well, joining the younger ones.
“How about me?” Yesung suddenly butted in after having a shot of his soju. The other boys snorted and ignored him, mumbling, “Aish, he’ll dance like an octopus again!” Earning smacks from the singer.
Sungmin turned to Kyuhyun, who was drinking his soju, “Kyu, don’t you wanna join us? This would be fun. The hyungs are fun to be with.” The younger waved his hand, “I’m fine here, hyung. I’m not the type to dance…” The black-haired nodded once before joining his friends on the dance floor.
Kyuhyun just watched his hyungs dance like crazy monkeys at the center, laughing at their playing, especially at Yesung’s dance. This night is the happiest moment of his life.
After an hour, Donghae and Hyukjae finally got tired and went back to their respective tables, only to find Heechul slumped on the table, snoring lightly. Then, Donghae’s phone rang and excused himself to go out because he won’t be able to hear whoever the caller is.
Hyukjae wiped the sweat on his face as he sat, looking at the drinks on the table, “Aish, I’m thirsty!” He then saw a glass with white liquid on it, gulping it in one shot, thinking that it is water, only to choke when it tasted bitter and it stung his tongue. Kyuhyun rushed beside him, patting him on his back, “Sunbae, are you alright?” The red-haired nodded lazily, resting his head on his arm that was placed on the table. Then, Hangeng got back from the restroom, shrieking when his glass magically became empty, “Hey, who drank my soju?!”
As soon as Kyuhyun heard it, he worriedly informed the older, “Uh, sunbae, I think it is Eunhyuk sunbae who drank it.” “Really? Oh no…” Hangeng checked on his dongsaeng, finding out that the younger was now dizzy. “What’s happening here?” Leeteuk then came, hand in hand with Kangin, his boyfriend. Hangeng explained everything to his hyung, Leeteuk could just nod in understanding.
The charming dimpled man turned to Kyuhyun, “Kyuhyun-ah, can you please find Donghae for me? Aside from Sungmin, who is really crazy right now, that fish could only bring monkey to his dorm.” Kyuhyun instantly nodded and went out to find his hyung.
Hangeng went to Heechul to wake him up, which didn’t work obviously, and Kangin dragged his lover back to the dance floor with the other guys, leaving Hyukjae alone on the table.
The red-haired raised his head, opened his eyes; trying to clear his blurry vision. His head is spinning that he already can’t see much visibly. However, there is one thing that made him stare and make his vision a bit clearer… it was Sungmin. The guy was gracefully dancing with their friends, his hips swaying like there’s no bone in his body at all, and his butt shamelessly flaunting itself in front of Hyukjae’s face, making him bite his lips and feel that thing underneath him get suffocated. He always thought of Sungmin as the sexiest man alive, the perfect guy to be fucked.
He stood up, still tipsy, and went towards Sungmin’s direction, groping the latter’s butt as he passed the dancing guy. Sungmin stopped dancing and looked at him with a confused look, lightly brushing the touched part on his ass. His roommate then winked at him and gestured for him to follow. He got what his friend wants, which was what he wanted too right now, so he decided to go after Hyukjae, a smirk planted on their handsome faces.
Donghae came rushing in the bar, with Kyuhyun being dragged by the former. He saw Ryeowook sitting and happily chatting with Yesung, and they are the only ones who look like in the condition of talking properly, so he went to them. “Yesung hyung, Wookie, have you seen Hyukkie?”
Ryeowook’s face brightened as he remembered then pointed at somewhere, “I saw him going to the restroom with-” “Thank you!” Donghae didn’t let him finish and pulled Kyuhyun towards the direction where his dongsaeng pointed at.
As they were walking through that dark corridor, searching for the restroom, they heard loud moans from somewhere. Well, what would they expect? This is a bar, and these kinds of scenarios are normal. They chose to ignore those, especially when they already knew where the sounds came from, but Kyuhyun pointed at the door, “Donghae hyung, this is the restroom…”
Donghae’s heart skipped a beat as he stared at the sign saying “Male’s Restroom”, feeling nervous over something that is unknown to him. He then hoped that what he thinks isn’t what as it is. However, it was confirmed when the moans got louder.
“OH MY GOD~! THERE! THERE! FASTER, HYUKKIE~!!! AAAHHHH~!!!” Donghae felt his chest being clenched tight that he already can’t breathe; Hyukjae is having sex with someone again. Kyuhyun could just stare in worry for his sobbing hyung.
“Fuck… so hot, Min~~~ goodness~ I’m coming…” There, that was the cue for Kyuhyun’s heart to be stabbed by a knife.
Donghae can’t take it anymore; therefore, he smashed the door open, making the two naked guys inside jump and instantly move away from each other. The four of them looked at each other, wide-eyed; The ones standing because of pain in the heart, while the other two because of shock.
The blonde’s eyes are now like a faucet because of the large amount of tears coming out from it, his breathing ragged because he had been trying to control himself from breaking down. Sungmin mumbled, “Kyu… Hae…” He parted his lips to explain, but the words he wanted to say just won’t come out and save him from shame.
“Kyu…” He muttered once again, his heart feeling a different kind of sting when he saw that hurt look on his dongsaeng’s eyes. No, he isn’t crying, but with the look on his face, anybody who sees it can definitely conclude that this person is dying inside.
Sungmin stood up when Donghae ran away, with Kyuhyun following his hyung before taking one last glance at Sungmin.
The black-haired grabbed his pants and boxers to wear it, while Hyukjae, who was still in the influence of alcohol, just stared at the wall blankly, his mind still recuperating with the fast happenings. But he gained his consciousness when he saw a half-naked Sungmin preparing to go out, so he quickly grabbed the latter’s wrist, earning a mixture of pissed and questioning look.
“Don’t follow them, Min.” Hyukjae said with a strong tone. Sungmin swatted the guy’s hand from him, but failed for the other tightened his grip more. “Why?! I have to explain to Kyu! He shouldn’t get the wrong idea!”
Hyukjae shouted, “Why, is he your boyfriend for you to explain to him?” And this made Sungmin speechless.
“But what about Hae?”
The naked guy sighed, letting go of his friend’s wrist, “There is nothing to explain to him either. He doesn’t have the right to get mad at me for this. In the first place, I already told him that there are ‘no strings attached’ for me, and he agreed. I didn’t put a gun on his throat to have sex with me. He did it with his own accord. I already denied him millions of time, but he is the insistent one.”
Sungmin scratched his head, “But-”
He interrupted, “I still have a boner, Min. Do me.”
Pairing/s: KyuMin and EunHae
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Angst, Romance, Friendship
Length: Chaptered
Summary: The contest between the best schools will bring both happiness and sadness to the boys.
A/N: As an apology for not updating for a month, this chapter will be a VERY long one~! Sorry for not updating this! I hope you will like this update~!
Sungmin placed his tray on the table consisted of his circle of friends, can’t tear his gaze away from Kyuhyun, who was sitting beside Changmin, having his head raised as he converse with a bitch - in Sungmin’s eyes - named Seohyun, who was standing in front of him. He didn’t even notice Hyukjae talking to him that the latter snapped his fingers in front of Sungmin’s face, making the pink lover snap his head to look at his friend, cocking his eyebrows.
Hyukjae waved his hand, “Are you on yourself? I’m saying something here!” Sungmin smiled sheepishly, taking his seat beside Yunho, “Sorry, what is it?” “What are you looking at?” The single-eyelid dancer narrowed his eyes more, stretching his neck to look at where his friend’s attention was, only for his eyes to be covered. This made their friend, Yunho, chuckle as he placed his chin on top of his knuckles, “He’s looking at his singing partner~~~ I mean, ex-partner.”
“What? Kyuhyun? No! I’m not looking at him!” Sungmin defended. However, it didn’t work on his friends, especially on Donghae, “Ooh~ Sungminnie is jealous with Kyuhyunnie and that girl~~ what’s her name again?” The younger said with a smug grin on his face, turning into a smirk when Sungmin sighed and sat comfortably, playing with his chopsticks and poked his food.
“No, I’m not jealous… and her name is Seohyun. I’m just curious if they are talking about the contest.” Sungmin said, making the blond snap his fingers and beam, “You finally admitted that you were staring at him!!!” Sungmin raised two fingers, pointing those at his childish friend, “I’m not staring; I just took a glance… two different things.”
“But you’re jealous.” Donghae said with a pout, earning soft giggles from their friends and a frustrated groan from Sungmin. “I’m not jealous, Hae.” Seeing that Sungmin is avoiding that topic, Hyukjae helped his childhood friend by shutting Donghae’s talkative mouth up through shoving his food onto his best friend’s mouth, with Sungmin silently thanking him.
But he unconsciously took one last glance at Kyuhyun, a small smile creeping on his lips when he saw that Seohyun was already away from him.
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He was humming his way to the music room; wanting to check on how Kyuhyun and Seohyun are doing right now. But as he saw the back view of a boy and girl, sitting on the bench in front of the music room, whom he recognized as Kyuhyun and Seohyun because of their hair, he stopped and decided to eavesdrop on them first. He doesn’t even know why he is doing that.
Based on what his 20/20 vision let him see, Kyuhyun is checking his phone from time to time, probably waiting for his text or call, whereas the girl is only swaying her long legs, perhaps bored.
However, when he saw Seohyun’s head slowly goes lower towards Kyuhyun’s shoulder, he suddenly felt his blood boil, and rushed to the couple duo two.
Seohyun was already an inch away from her singing partner’s shoulder when they heard a jolly, high-pitched male voice greeting them, making her quickly raise her head, “Yo! What are you two doing here? You should be practicing!!!” Kyuhyun, who was bored to death, instantly stood up and ran to his hyung, his face brighter than earlier, “We’re waiting for you, hyung!”
Sungmin raised an eyebrow, “Why? You can practice without me.” But then, the younger male pouted, now Sungmin having the want to put this cute boy inside his pocket, “ But hyung~ you promised me that you’ll be with me~” The smaller guy chuckled, pushing his dongsaeng inside the room, gesturing for the girl to come in as well, “Alright, alright, I’m now here. Stop whining.”
After watching the two guys enter the room, Seohyun groaned and rolled her eyes before following, muttering, “Gays…”
The same routine happens. In the morning ‘til afternoon, they are in their respective classrooms and circle of friends, then after class, the three of them will straightly go to the practice room (with Sungmin walking away with a blush, courtesy of Lee Donghae’s constant teasing). He will only tell if they forgot or mispronounced the lyrics, and if they sang off-tune. But both of them have good voices, so Sungmin had no problem regarding the second thing.
He then remembered Ms. Kim telling him that the two will do few ‘intimate’ scenes, like holding hands, staring at each other’s eyes, etc., just for the sake of singing a love song. So he once relayed the message, leaving Kyuhyun wide-eyed, while the girl plainly nodded. It was hard to convince Kyuhyun to do it; no matter how hard Sungmin would explain that it would just be for the show, the younger would stubbornly insist that he would rather do it with Sungmin. Of course, knowing his dongsaeng’s feelings for him, he just sighed and surrendered.
Kyuhyun was forced anyways. It was because of Ms. Kim, of course.
He would strangely divert his gaze when the two will awkwardly hold their hands while looking deeply onto their eyes, delving into the song… then he will just listen to their voices. He just doesn’t want watching an uncomfortable scene like that because they aren’t good actors, especially Kyuhyun, who had no emotion at all throughout their duet. Oh how he wanted to slap Kyuhyun’s head hard. If he asks Kyuhyun why he just won’t sing properly, the younger would leave him speechless every time he answers:
“Maybe I would get better if you are my partner.”
“Kyu… be serious… this isn’t a joke! This is a contest! Just… just… just imagine her as me!”
“Oh, that won’t do ‘cos you’re prettier than her.”
In the end, he will be defeated with a deep blush on his chubby cheeks.
And now, the day has come. Students from the top high schools gathered inside the auditorium to witness this chance of seeing these schools compete with each other, not in academic, but in talent, this time.
In SM High’s boys’ dressing room, Sungmin was constantly pressing the buttons of his keypad and placing the screen on his ear, then after a few seconds, he will end it. “Why the hell is Seohyun taking so long?! Where is she?!” Kyuhyun, who is just calmly sitting, shrugged, “I don’t know.” The older one ruffled his black hair, his face red in anger, “WHAT?! But you’re her partner! You should know it!”
“It isn’t my fault that she didn’t inform me.” Kyuhyun retorted, still calm as if he won’t step on to the stage and sing in front of many people. “Aish, you’re such a brat.” Sungmin muttered while his eyes fell down on his phone’s screen, wherein it shows “Seohyun calling…”, making him jump on his seat and answered it.
He literally shouted, “SEOHYUN-AH, WHERE ARE YOU?! YOU STILL HAVE TO PRACTICE FOR THE LAST TIME! MS. KIM IS LOOKING FOR YOU!!!” A weak voice was heard from the other line, “I’m sorry, oppa… I can’t make it there… I’m currently at the hospital right now…”
He shrieked, “WHAT?! WHY ARE YOU THERE?!”
“Well, I got an accident during our cheerleading practice yesterday, and my doctor doesn’t want me to go out because I can’t walk properly…. Don’t worry, I already informed Ms. Kim.”
“Oh that’s… unfortunate… what did she say?”
“She told me to inform you about my condition. And… that you should do the duet with Kyuhyun instead.”
And now, he panicked, “WHAT?! WHY ME?!”
As Kyuhyun heard that, a smirk was planted on his lips, and then started typing on his phone.
“Oppa, aside from me, you’re the only one who practiced with him. Besides, you are the original partner, right? Come on, oppa, I know you can do it! I’m really sorry!!!”
“Are you alright? Nothing bad happened to you?”
She chuckled, “Yes. Thank you.” Sungmin sighed in relief and nodded, but as he glanced towards Kyuhyun, he saw the latter grinning widely while humming happily; a thought crossed his mind. “Seohyun-ah, did you and Kyuhyun plan this?” He then heard her giggle, “I gotta go now, oppa! Bye~~~ good luck~~~ I’ll be watching~~~”
“Hey!” But Seohyun already ended their call.
Kyuhyun stood beside his hyung, placing a hand on the smaller’s tensed shoulder, “Hyung, what did she say?” The latter frowned as he faced Kyuhyun, “She said that she can’t make it because she met an accident and that I have to sing with you because we can’t lose by default…” He then glared at the brown-haired guy, “Why did you do this? I know you planned this.” He shrugged, “It’s her idea.”
“And you agreed…” His foxy eyes are turning narrower.
The younger smirked, now dragging Sungmin out of the dressing room, “Come on, hyung! We still have to practice our song!!!”
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A wide smile can be seen on her pretty face as she pressed the “End Call” button on her phone, sighing as satisfaction was felt. Then, an arm loosely wrapped around her neck made her smile more, especially when she heard his voice, “Hey, babe, sorry I’m late.” She turned around to peck her boyfriend’s lips, “It’s alright, babe! I was just done talking to Sungmin oppa!”
The guy raised an eyebrow, “So, did your plan work?”
Then, her phone vibrated and saw Kyuhyun’s name on it. She winked at her lover after reading what her classmate sent her, “Yup! Come on, I have to watch them!”
From: Kyuhyun
Thank you. Have fun with Yonghwa ;)
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Sungmin clutched on his pink guitar tighter, feeling his heart wanted to explode right now because of nervousness. When Kyuhyun noticed it, he patted his hyung’s head, “Before, I was the nervous one, but now…” Sungmin threw death glares and silent curses to his partner, “I hate you! I’m not prepared for this!” The younger just chuckled, then remembered something so he tugged his hyung’s hand, “Hey, Eunhyuk-sunbae’s group will perform next! Wanna watch?”
The pink lover pouted, “It won’t wash my nervousness away…” But Kyuhyun was already dragging him.
Since they aren’t allowed to go out from the backstage, they were just able to watch Hyukjae’s dance group from there, so they just saw their backs. They are dancing hiphop… definitely Hyukjae’s style. But one thing that is unique from them is that they mix some comedy along, you know, being the jerks they are, especially that Shindong participated. But that made them earn loud cheers and clap from the audience. Well, over-all, their performance was a blast! Big smiles are seen on the performers’ faces, even on the audience’s too!
He then remembered what Hyukjae said before, “When you perform, give it your all. Be serious of what you are doing. But playing around would help for you to have fun and wash away your nervousness… When you’re having fun, you won’t even notice that your performance already ended. You won’t even realize that a lot of people are watching you… you will just get to notice their existence when they started clapping their hands. When you are having fun, you are yourself.”
He mumbled, low enough not to be heard by his dongsaeng, “Just have fun…”
After the group dance competition, the singing duet competition is up next. Unfortunately, for Sungmin, they got the last performance.
Ms. Kim placed her hands on the duo’s shoulders, greeting them with a wide grin, “Good luck boys! I know you can do it!” The both of them smiled at their teacher, trying to hide the tension building up inside them because hell, the other schools’ contestants are very good! But Ms. Kim’s words somehow lifted them up, “Don’t worry about winning. Just do your best so that whatever result will come out, you won’t regret anything because you gave it your all. Of course, in every contest, only one will win and there will always be some who will go home, unfortunately not winning. Never mind what that Sooman will say for I believe in the two of you, and that you will bring home the bacon.”
“Now, last but not the least, from SM High, Cho Kyuhyun and Lee Sungmin!!!”
The two jumped when they heard their name and the claps of the people outside, waiting for them to perform. They feel that their performance is the most anticipated since they are the last duo to sing, making their bodies shake.
As they stepped on the stage, screams from girls could be heard, being the popular guys they are. Sungmin then saw Seohyun, sitting beside an unfamiliar guy. He wanted to glare at her and throw curses at her for putting him in this kind of situation, but he can’t. It would give a bad impression to the judges.
Sungmin sat on a high chair, smiling at Kyuhyun, who made a ‘fighting!’ pose, first before plucking the guitar softly, silencing the audience, especially when Sungmin already sang his lines. He was closing his eyes the whole time to feel the song, but he was almost left breathless when Kyuhyun joined in with him; their voices are harmonizing perfectly like there are angels singing. Calming…
He opened his eyes to glance at his partner, only to look at him longer when their gazes locked with each other lovingly, singing as if it is only the two of them. Also, they would still look at the audience from time to time, but their eyes will still go back to that loving sight of each other’s partners with a sweet smile. Anyone who will watch their performance will surely feel good while hearing the wonderful voices of the two, and one emotion was shared by everyone right now… love.
The people even thought that these two are in a relationship because of the way they look at each other. Sadly, they are not.
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At the backstage, Hyukjae heard someone sniffing beside him. As usual, it is Donghae. He scrunched his forehead as he flicked his best friend’s forehead, a grin on his face because of his cute crybaby friend, “Why are you crying?” The blonde wiped his tears, still sniffing, his voice cracked when he answered with a pout, “They are amazing~ I feel like I’m hearing angels in love with each other~”
His smile faded and was replaced by a raise on an eyebrow, “Sungmin loves Kyuhyun?” Donghae shrugged, now smiling, “I said ‘I feel like’, Hyukkie. Well, I think Ming is still on the ‘in-denial’ stage right now. My fishy senses could feel that Minnie adores Kyubaby.” Hyukjae nodded and chuckled, only to roll his eyes when he saw Jongwoon flirting with Ryeowook.
“I really envy Kyuhyun…” Donghae muttered. The red-haired heard it anyways, “Why?” Knowing how insensitive his best friend is to his feelings, he chose to make up a lie, smiling a fake one, “Because he already sang with Sungmin on-stage… I… I wanted to sing with Minnie too…” As expected, Hyukjae believed him.
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They are holding each other’s hands tightly, waiting for the announcement of the winners.
“And now, for the champion of this year’s group dance competition… SM HIGH!”
SM High’s students and supporters jumped high and screamed out from their lungs as SM High’s dancers ran to the stage to get their trophy. Happiness in an understatement for what they feel right now.
Because of this, Kyuhyun and Sungmin tightened their hold with each other; Taeyeon, the soloist singer, only got 3rd place, though the dance crew is the champion. Now, if they get 1st place, SM will be the overall champion, but if not, they are only 2nd to JYP.
“Lastly, for the Duet Singing Competition, 3rd place…”
Not SM, not SM, not SM… all of them are chanting those in their minds.
“YG High!” The others sighed in relief, but the duo isn’t still breathing.
The clapping then stopped…
“2nd place goes to…”
“SM High!” Though a bit disappointed for not being on the first, Kyuhyun and Sungmin went up the stage to claim their trophy for being 2nd placers with a smile, mostly because of their schoolmates, who were happy for them as well. What Ms. Kim told them earlier bore in their minds, “Just do your best so that whatever result will come out, you won’t regret anything because you gave it your all.” They know that they gave their best shot, and seeing that their friends are cheering for them, life couldn’t get better. At least, they are second, right?
After being hugged by their friends at the backstage, Kyuhyun’s and Sungmin’s eyes locked with each other, hesitating on who will be the one to make the first move. However, Donghae is being Donghae again, so he pushed Sungmin towards his singing partner, earning a glare at first, but it turned into a smile when he heard his dongsaeng say, “Sungmin hyung…”
He turned to the younger and saw him with his arms spread, waiting to be hugged by him. Of course, this boy gave him the courage to sing in front of many people… and in a contest… which is not really his forte. He wrapped his arms around Kyuhyun’s waist tight, now almost cuddling with each other.
“See, I told you that you can do it… we did it, hyung… though we just won second place… but it’s okay for now, right?” Kyuhyun whispered softly on his hyung’s ear. Sungmin smiled and nodded, burying his face on Kyuhyun’s chest as he inhales his manly scent.
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“CHEERS!!!”
Laughter and cheers from SM High’s contestants and selected students dominate Sapphire Blue Bar as they celebrate for winning the group dance division, though they were unfortunate for not getting the top for the singers. At least Kyuhyun and Sungmin got 2nd place. Well, honestly, this is more like a boys’ night, for they didn’t invite girls to their party.
Heechul, an alumna of SM High, shouted at Hyukjae and Donghae, who were just talking to each other and not drinking alcohol, “YAH! Why are you not drinking?!” With Heechul’s sleepy tone, they concluded that the older one is now drunk. Leeteuk, another alumna, defended his two dongsaengs, “Heechul-ah, they don’t drink, remember?” The drunken one nodded sleepily as he laid his head on Hangeng’s, his lover, shoulder, earning a smile from the latter.
Shindong, together with Yunho and Jaejoong, giddily rushed to them, poking Hyukjae’s shoulder. “Yah, yah, let’s dance!” The latter made a disgusted face, with the boys laughing hard, “Eew, hyung!” The chubby guy narrowed his eyes, confused with his groupmate’s reaction. But as he got it, he hit the back of Hyukjae’s head, almost letting it land on the table, making Donghae worry. “That’s not what I meant! Can’t you hear the music? It’s a fucking hiphop, Hyuk! Hiphop! Aish!”
“Okay, okay! I’m just kidding about earlier!” Hyukjae flashed his gummy smile while nursing his aching head. He then turned to Sungmin and Donghae, “Let’s have a showdown! Who’s up?” The two nodded as they stood up, with Heechul shouting, “Hey, why aren’t you asking me?!” Donghae chuckled, diverting his gaze to his other hyungs, “Hannie hyung, Teukkie hyung, wanna join?” The mentioned had the same reaction and stood up as well, joining the younger ones.
“How about me?” Yesung suddenly butted in after having a shot of his soju. The other boys snorted and ignored him, mumbling, “Aish, he’ll dance like an octopus again!” Earning smacks from the singer.
Sungmin turned to Kyuhyun, who was drinking his soju, “Kyu, don’t you wanna join us? This would be fun. The hyungs are fun to be with.” The younger waved his hand, “I’m fine here, hyung. I’m not the type to dance…” The black-haired nodded once before joining his friends on the dance floor.
Kyuhyun just watched his hyungs dance like crazy monkeys at the center, laughing at their playing, especially at Yesung’s dance. This night is the happiest moment of his life.
After an hour, Donghae and Hyukjae finally got tired and went back to their respective tables, only to find Heechul slumped on the table, snoring lightly. Then, Donghae’s phone rang and excused himself to go out because he won’t be able to hear whoever the caller is.
Hyukjae wiped the sweat on his face as he sat, looking at the drinks on the table, “Aish, I’m thirsty!” He then saw a glass with white liquid on it, gulping it in one shot, thinking that it is water, only to choke when it tasted bitter and it stung his tongue. Kyuhyun rushed beside him, patting him on his back, “Sunbae, are you alright?” The red-haired nodded lazily, resting his head on his arm that was placed on the table. Then, Hangeng got back from the restroom, shrieking when his glass magically became empty, “Hey, who drank my soju?!”
As soon as Kyuhyun heard it, he worriedly informed the older, “Uh, sunbae, I think it is Eunhyuk sunbae who drank it.” “Really? Oh no…” Hangeng checked on his dongsaeng, finding out that the younger was now dizzy. “What’s happening here?” Leeteuk then came, hand in hand with Kangin, his boyfriend. Hangeng explained everything to his hyung, Leeteuk could just nod in understanding.
The charming dimpled man turned to Kyuhyun, “Kyuhyun-ah, can you please find Donghae for me? Aside from Sungmin, who is really crazy right now, that fish could only bring monkey to his dorm.” Kyuhyun instantly nodded and went out to find his hyung.
Hangeng went to Heechul to wake him up, which didn’t work obviously, and Kangin dragged his lover back to the dance floor with the other guys, leaving Hyukjae alone on the table.
The red-haired raised his head, opened his eyes; trying to clear his blurry vision. His head is spinning that he already can’t see much visibly. However, there is one thing that made him stare and make his vision a bit clearer… it was Sungmin. The guy was gracefully dancing with their friends, his hips swaying like there’s no bone in his body at all, and his butt shamelessly flaunting itself in front of Hyukjae’s face, making him bite his lips and feel that thing underneath him get suffocated. He always thought of Sungmin as the sexiest man alive, the perfect guy to be fucked.
He stood up, still tipsy, and went towards Sungmin’s direction, groping the latter’s butt as he passed the dancing guy. Sungmin stopped dancing and looked at him with a confused look, lightly brushing the touched part on his ass. His roommate then winked at him and gestured for him to follow. He got what his friend wants, which was what he wanted too right now, so he decided to go after Hyukjae, a smirk planted on their handsome faces.
Donghae came rushing in the bar, with Kyuhyun being dragged by the former. He saw Ryeowook sitting and happily chatting with Yesung, and they are the only ones who look like in the condition of talking properly, so he went to them. “Yesung hyung, Wookie, have you seen Hyukkie?”
Ryeowook’s face brightened as he remembered then pointed at somewhere, “I saw him going to the restroom with-” “Thank you!” Donghae didn’t let him finish and pulled Kyuhyun towards the direction where his dongsaeng pointed at.
As they were walking through that dark corridor, searching for the restroom, they heard loud moans from somewhere. Well, what would they expect? This is a bar, and these kinds of scenarios are normal. They chose to ignore those, especially when they already knew where the sounds came from, but Kyuhyun pointed at the door, “Donghae hyung, this is the restroom…”
Donghae’s heart skipped a beat as he stared at the sign saying “Male’s Restroom”, feeling nervous over something that is unknown to him. He then hoped that what he thinks isn’t what as it is. However, it was confirmed when the moans got louder.
“OH MY GOD~! THERE! THERE! FASTER, HYUKKIE~!!! AAAHHHH~!!!” Donghae felt his chest being clenched tight that he already can’t breathe; Hyukjae is having sex with someone again. Kyuhyun could just stare in worry for his sobbing hyung.
“Fuck… so hot, Min~~~ goodness~ I’m coming…” There, that was the cue for Kyuhyun’s heart to be stabbed by a knife.
Donghae can’t take it anymore; therefore, he smashed the door open, making the two naked guys inside jump and instantly move away from each other. The four of them looked at each other, wide-eyed; The ones standing because of pain in the heart, while the other two because of shock.
The blonde’s eyes are now like a faucet because of the large amount of tears coming out from it, his breathing ragged because he had been trying to control himself from breaking down. Sungmin mumbled, “Kyu… Hae…” He parted his lips to explain, but the words he wanted to say just won’t come out and save him from shame.
“Kyu…” He muttered once again, his heart feeling a different kind of sting when he saw that hurt look on his dongsaeng’s eyes. No, he isn’t crying, but with the look on his face, anybody who sees it can definitely conclude that this person is dying inside.
Sungmin stood up when Donghae ran away, with Kyuhyun following his hyung before taking one last glance at Sungmin.
The black-haired grabbed his pants and boxers to wear it, while Hyukjae, who was still in the influence of alcohol, just stared at the wall blankly, his mind still recuperating with the fast happenings. But he gained his consciousness when he saw a half-naked Sungmin preparing to go out, so he quickly grabbed the latter’s wrist, earning a mixture of pissed and questioning look.
“Don’t follow them, Min.” Hyukjae said with a strong tone. Sungmin swatted the guy’s hand from him, but failed for the other tightened his grip more. “Why?! I have to explain to Kyu! He shouldn’t get the wrong idea!”
Hyukjae shouted, “Why, is he your boyfriend for you to explain to him?” And this made Sungmin speechless.
“But what about Hae?”
The naked guy sighed, letting go of his friend’s wrist, “There is nothing to explain to him either. He doesn’t have the right to get mad at me for this. In the first place, I already told him that there are ‘no strings attached’ for me, and he agreed. I didn’t put a gun on his throat to have sex with me. He did it with his own accord. I already denied him millions of time, but he is the insistent one.”
Sungmin scratched his head, “But-”
He interrupted, “I still have a boner, Min. Do me.”