A Pair of Socks (HyukHae/One-shot)
TITLE : A Pair of Socks (HyukHae/One-shot)
Pairing : HyukHae
Rating : G
Genre : Fluffy, cheesy and downright corny.
Summary : What happen to the missing sock?.... (^_^)
Donghae’s head was still hurting, stirring lightly on his messy bed, awaken by the unruly noises came from outside his bedroom. He squinted painfully as the bright sunlight peeking through the half opened blinds, hurting his eyes. He rolled to the other side of the bed hoping for some comfort warmth, but was disappointed when greeted by the cold empty sheets instead.
The rowdy sound grew impeccably louder. Pulling himself up, Donghae hurriedly grabbed his robe and slipped into the fluffy slippers. Then he groggily tiptoed to the wooden door and peeked from the side, revealing a suspicious guy in cotton grey t-shirt and skinny faded blue jeans, crawling on his floor, flipping the carpets and throwing cushions all over the place.
“Eunhyuk, what are you doing?” he asked accusingly, his sleepy voice raised an octave, pouting at the mess his guest just made.
The main suspect froze in his act, lifted his head slowly before jumping to his feet, flashing a sheepish grin “Did I wake you up? Sorry” he answered apologetically, rubbing his nape. “I’m looking for my socks. One piece is missing” he held the grey argyle cloth carefully as if it’s a piece of evidence for Donghae to inspect.
“Eh?! How could it be missing? And why are you looking for it in my living room? Don’t you usually open them at the doorway?” Donghae tilted his head in confusion when the moment of truth hit him hard “Ahh!” he felt his cheek heated up as last night scenes vividly flashed in front of him; reminded him of the flashy club Zhoumi dragged them to as he insisted that the success of his new drama series deserve to be celebrated, Kyuhyun who was sulking when they teased him that Victoria found a new best friend, Leeteuk who was busy acting like a host pouring drinks after another while the Eunhae pair who were squeezed at the corner, trying their best to keep their hands to themselves after the too many drinks burning their throats.
“I need my socks” Eunhyuk whining brought Donghae back to reality; tossing away the hot scene when both of them were groping, clinging, tasting, trying to undress each other even before the clicking sound of the apartment door was heard.
“I’ll get you a new pair” Donghae answered quickly as he dashed into his bedroom to retrieve a new pair of socks and partly to hide his flushed cheeks from the other. A moment later, with a pair of new socks in hand, Donghae stood still, gaping in utter shock at the scene where he saw Eunhyuk opened the lid of his bin “What are you doing?” Donghae exclaimed and hurriedly went to Eunhyuk side and snatched the piece of material from him.
Eunhyuk turned to Donghae and shrugged “I’m about to throw that away. You can’t wear just one sock you know.”
“Don’t you feel guilty at all?” Donghae stared in rage, voice laced in accusation and disbelief.
“Huh?! Come on Hae, it’s just a sock. Besides, I can’t even use it now since one is missing” Eunhyuk rolled his eye, knowing too well that Donghae can be a bit too melodramatic sometimes.
Donghae shook his head in dismay, disappointed with his partner choice of words “Do you know that each socks were matched for each other right from the factory. They practically have been together all this while as a pair. If you throw it away, the other will never find his other half ever again” Donghae explained earnestly. “Besides, you have not search thoroughly yet Believe me, you’ll be super happy when you finally found the other.” he added.
Eunhyuk could not believe how childish his Donghae could be, snatching the piece back “Why don’t we think this way instead, this little fella kill himself because his partner went missing” he added teasingly.
Donghae was not please with Eunhae’s insensitivity, dismissing his rationale without consideration “I’m not talking to you today” he stuck his tongue out and turned away, walking into his bedroom and slammed the door shut behind him.
Eunhyuk sighed as he put on the new pair of socks.
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Dressed in futuristic attire, posing as time traveler, the boys looked slick and sharp. The only downside of it was they were sweating like pigs beneath the many layers. Only during their breaks everyone went off with their own tact to simmer down. Eunhyuk was sitting right in front the fan blower, trying to cool himself off, when Kyuhyun slipped next to him, pulling his ipad out.
Then a hearty familiar laughter echoed in the studio. Eunhyuk turned around and saw Donghae stripped out off his jacket, flashing his muscular build in a thin black sleeveless tee instead, shamelessly flirting with the cameraman. The truth was, Donghae had been flirting with almost everyone the whole day and Eunhyuk perfectly knew the reason for it.
He turned back to his magazine and grumbled to himself. He can’t believe they were having a fight because a pair of socks.
“Are you okay Hyukkie?” Kyuhyun asked without lifting his head from the online game he just signed in, sensing the anxiousness emitting from the other.
Eunhyuk shrugged it off “Having a fight with Donghae.”
Kyuhun simply laughed at the answer and continued with his game, not even bother to reply with his usual snarky answer.
Eunhyuk been staring at the same page of the tabloid for five minutes when another row of laughter erupted from behind. He turned around again and saw Donghae standing way too close with the cameraman, hands on the expensive equipment, his long fingers busy trying to work on it. Then to Eunhyuk astonishment, the cameraman leaned even closer, hands inches away from Donghae’s. Eunhyuk stood up immediately and marched towards the two.
Seconds later, he snatched Donghae and pulled him to his side, glaring death threats at the cameraman “A pair of socks has to stay together. Stay away from Donghae. He’s my other half.”
Donghae cheeks shaded in crimson red and smacked Eunhyuk on his head “Babo!”
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It was a long day and it felt even longer since Donghae still refused to talk to him, giving him the cold shoulder treatment; but Eunhyuk was more than happy that he was not flirting with everyone anymore.
His apartment felt awfully lonely that night, but Eunhyuk tried his best to hold his head high, as his pride telling him that apologizing need to wait till tomorrow.
Back slumped on the leather couch, Eunhyuk unpacked his overnight duffel bag he took from Donghae’s place earlier, carefully sorting out the clothes for laundry. Then as he about to stash all of it into the washing machine, he noticed a small piece of cloth hanging from his jeans’ pocket. He slowly pulled it out. It was the missing piece of sock.
He yelped in excitement and was dancing around the kitchen holding the sock high in the air. He then unzipped the front pocket of the bag, revealing the other piece.
After he ended his victory dance, Eunhyuk put the sock into his pocket, grabbed his car keys and rushed out.
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Donghae was flipping channels, browsing TV commercials when his doorbell was being abused. He quickly rushed to the door and opened it up, half expecting someone to come with a decent apology line.
He tried his best to hide his smile when he saw Eunhyuk panting in front his door with a pair of socks in his hands “I found it! It was in my jean’s pocket” he answered excitedly.
With his best poker face, Donghae clear his throat, leaning on the door frame as he replied nonchalantly “You came all the way to let me know this?”
Eunhyuk smile and stepped inside. “And this” he grabbed Donghae’s slender waist and claimed his lips “They found each other again, just like the two of us. We shall be having our make-up session to celebrate.”