Title: The Beautiful Unfolding (Or may be dubbed as Five Times People Think Ricsyung is Real plus One Which Really Is)
Author: ms_ravishing
Pairing: Ricsyung - Ricsung of Shinhwa
Genre: fluff
Length: two shot
Rating: PG-13, NC-17 scene
It always amuses Hyesung to no end, the fact how everyone always misread the line, the interaction, the tension - the things- between him and Eric.
And when he said always, he means always, like forever misread them.
Come to think of it, it started from a long time ago.
Years Ago...
I.
It’s just several weeks after the Company introduce them to each other and they have to start practice dancing and singing together.
He’s still not comfortable around them, all of the members.
It’s just the way he is. He’s not a quick adapter.
He knows this trait of him will give him trouble in the future, well, and the time has come now.
They just ended their dance practice session. Usually, they will go to this changing room, where the Company provides bathrooms and changing room comfortable enough for several people to do their business all at once.
But today they can’t use it, because the H.O.T members are there now and no - they can’t bother the seniors. It’s just rude... and simply because the Company forbid them to do that.
Jung Pil Kyo curse under his breath. The other member has quickly disregarded the hygiene factor and change their shirt in the practice room right after they figure out they can’t use the bathroom.
Eeww gross...
First thing, he can’t take a bath. That’s all right; the minimum thing his brain allowed is to change his entire clothing article.
He can’t do that here, in front of other people. That’s just inappropriate.
That’s why now, he’s in a poorly lighted secluded room, taking off his pants and in the process of putting on a clean jeans (at least he is not stupid enough to be naked all at once). He’s in the middle of a battle with his jeans, when someone decided to attack his poor heart.
“Pil Kyo?”
With that, he let out a surprised gasp while swinging around and with that fall forward instantly.
“Jung Hyuk!” he choked a response, “What are you doing here?”
“I should be the one asking that, what you are doing in this dark room all by yourself. The other is looking for you,”
“In case you haven’t notice, I’m in the process of changing my clothes,” he manages to response calmly, despite the embarrassment and annoyance that he feels at the moment.
“I can see that now,” Jung Hyuk is somehow did not try to hide amusement in his voice, “Do you need any help?”
“NO,” he answered while trying to stand. He is falling to the floor while trying to put on his jeans, fantastic, very graceful Jung Pil Kyo.
“You look like you need an extra hand,” He didn’t realize how and when Jung-Hyuk had managed to come closer and stand behind him, trying to help him with the jeans and belt.
“No! I said I don’t,” he pushed him instead, and when the situation is out of control like that (because he definitely can conclude that Jung Hyuk is a stupid persistent blockhead), the other members came to the room.
“Pil Kyo! Jung Hyuk-hyung! What took you so lo-“
“We have waited for-“
Minwoo and Choong Jae cannot finish their line when they saw the scene in front of them. Jung Hyuk behind one flustered Jung Pil Kyo, without pants.
The said pants are in Jung Hyuk’s hand anyway.
“Oh,” Minwoo said suddenly, “Sorry to bother,” he scoots backwards.
“We didn’t know,”’ Choong Jae said while pulling Dongwan with him.
He exchange glances with Jung Hyuk and yell, “It’s not what you guys think!! YAH, JUNG HYUK YOU STUPID! Let go!”
***
Although the other finally acknowledges that it is a misunderstanding after all, the teasing didn’t die down after weeks.
II.
Shin Hyesung is a perfectionist.
Shin Hyesung is also the vocal of Shinhwa.
Therefore, Shin Hyesung has to be the perfect Shinhwa’s vocal.
Nothing less.
At least that’s what Hyesung’s brain manages and came to conclusion.
That’s why he is now in the Company’s building deserted rooftop, being all gloomy and contemplating the reason to live at all.
After that. After making a mistake in Shinhwa live performance.
Such a disgrace. Such an unprofessional thing to do.
He sigh again as he recall it. He had disappointed everyone.
He crouches near the wall, closing his eyes and willing the tears to go away.
“Why am I born at all,” he wailed to no one in particular. He is answered with a rumble from his own stomach. “I don’t deserve to eat,” he wailed again.
“Hm... I’m afraid I have to disagree,”
Hyesung turn his head around to find the leader near the door, holding out what seems to be a box of food.
“Go away, Eric,” Hyesung snapped, “Leave me alone to drown in my pool of desperation,”
“I’m sure you have wallowed in that special pool of yours quite long enough,” Eric pretends to look at his watch, which is inexistent by the way, “Exactly one hour already. For such dedication to the group, I have to reward you with this food,” Eric walk closer to where Hyesung is crouching and wiggle the box of food near Hyesung’s face.
Rice cake which smells so delicious, Hyesung noted.
“No,”
“Why?” Eric asked again.
“My punishment for making mistake,”
“Oh really? For one out-of-beat turn?”
“That turn is really essential!” Hyesung nearly yell.
“No, it’s not. It’s a silly turn, yes, but I don’t think the fans mind that much. I bet they’ll find it cute,”
Dismissing the rest of Eric’s statement, Hyesung counter hotly, “Yes!! It is a silly mistake, one should not event make!” Hyesung pout even more now, “I’m not eating,”
“Oh my, should I shove this food to your mouth, with my own hand?” Eric moans desperately.
“You won’t,”
“Oh, yes I will,” Eric set his mouth in a thin line in determination.
“Don’t even,”
With that, Eric put down the box, carefully taking a piece with the plastic fork he brought and shove it near Hyesung’s mouth.
“Hmmph,” Hyesung turn away from the piece of rice cake, which resulted in a game of shove and turn between the both of them.
“Will you do this forever? Just eat it!” Eric who finally crouches near Hyesung, exclaimed.
“No!” Hyesung stubbornly refuse, pout again and now even puffing his cheeks like a 5-years-old-boy.
“Don’t have a choice but to force you, then,”
“Go ahead, I want to see if you can,“
With that Eric suddenly kissed Hyesung’s puffed cheek. A really surprising turn of event that even make Hyesung’s jaw drop.
A chance for Eric anyway, who quickly shove the piece of food into the mouth.
“Ahh! Crazy person! Why would you do that?”
“Because you ask for it,”
“I don’t!”
Eric kissed Hyesung’s cheek again, which will result in another series of yelling but quickly stop by another piece of rice cake.
Eric laugh seeing Hyesung’s face, furious as hell but certainly enjoying the food and attention. He completely forgets where they are and laugh out loud.
Their silly bantering is stopped only when they hear other footsteps, walking away.
“Oh sorry, sunbae-nim,” that person said, when two sets of eyes fall on him. “I’m looking for my friend, but clearly he’s not here. Will look in other place.” He quickly run but not before adding,
“Sorry for bothering your private moment,”
Hyesung and Eric are certain they had not move a single muscle for several minutes.
“What private moment?” they asked in unison to no one, since that person is already running downstairs.
“Just for how long that person stand there and watching?” Eric asks quietly.
They look at each other, “YAH!! YOU STUPID!” Hyesung yelled again.
***
Turn out that person is a trainee in their Company, whose name is Brian and somehow conclude a story and spread it to the other trainees that Eric and Hyesung are such ‘really close friends’.
***
III.
Somehow, Hyesung is not surprised to found the leader when he swings open the waiting room’s door.
“Why are you still here?” annoyance is clear in his voice. “Don’t you have other schedule like the other members?”
“Nope,” Eric answered lightly, smiling as he saw Hyesung entering the room.
“Congratulation for the solo concert, it was a blast,”
“Never expect anything else,” Hyesung put the microphone set in the table.
“Of course, you’re wonderful anyway,”
“Stop with the compliments already,”
“You want critics instead?” Eric approaches Hyesung, “Your breathing is harsh and can easily be heard in the last few songs, not enough stamina? Your clothing constrain your movement and it didn’t absorb you sweat very well.” Eric listed while holding his fingers up.
“Lastly, understand that you will never expose your body as fan service, that’s why the kiss is not long enough,” Eric finally concludes as he stand near Hyesung, much much closer than Hyesung prefers which allows him to study the leader’s smug expression (which accompanied with that hobo like moustache, make Hyesung want to punch him).
“Finished?”
“Yes,” Eric nodded, “Don’t you want to amend the mistakes?”
“How?” Hyesung raised an eyebrow.
“At least, you can make a longer kiss now,” Eric embrace Hyesung who pushed him in retaliation.
“No way,”
“Or as a sign of celebration?” Eric asked in a hopeful tone, pulling Hyesung into his embrace again.
“No!”
“No one is around, just kiss me already,” Eric hold his embrace firmly, while trying to shove his face near Hyesung’s. This is falls under sexual harassment act already, right? Hyesung yelled in his mind.
“Ehem, unfortunately that shall wait for a moment, Eric-shi,” a women’s voice interrupt them from the doorway, which apparently not closed, and on the second thought is never closed after Hyesung walked in.
“I just need to drop these gifts here, Hyesung-shi,” she drop three paper bags with many gifts wrapped in colourful paper, “From the fans,”
She walked towards the door and politely closes it.
Hyesung can clearly her chuckle as she walks away.
“You and your silly joke,” Hyesung elbowed Eric’s chest forcefully, to which a too familiar laughter is all Hyesung received.
***
IV.
There should be clear boundary or stages for the category of ‘helping your friend’.
At least tonight, Hyesung is certain that he has filled his monthly quota by helping a drunk leader all the way from the club to his apartment. The others has left Eric to his care with the lame reason of “same apartment complex anyway”.
Thank you for your level of responsibility, guys.
“Oh my,” Hyesung wailed, “Stop moving and flailing, you’re heavy,”
“Hyesungieeee,” Eric smiled brightly, “You’re so cute~~~”
“Yes, I know,”
“Hyesungie, you look good with glasses,”
“I do know that too,” They finally enter the elevator and Hyesung pushed Eric’s level button.
“Your hair smells great,” Eric added, as he sniffed Hyesung’s hair repeatedly.
He used to be so pissed at people who trespass his personal space like that, but he keep chanted ‘he’s drunk, he’s drunk’ in his head, that’s probably why he’s not as pissed as he think he will.
He just patted Eric’s hair calmly, who keep sniffing like a puppy anyway.
“It smells so niceee,”
“Yeah, yeah, tell me something I don’t know,” Hyesung said while pushing Eric out of the elevator door.
He keeps Eric close to him while they’re walking along the hall to Eric’s apartment unit.
“You have heavenly voice, Sungie,” Eric mumbled near his neck. Somehow along the short trip to the unit, Eric wrapped himself behind Hyesung back and Hyesung didn’t mind since it makes the trip far easier.
“But I bet, you already know, hmmm, what else,” Eric smiled again, “Ah!! You have soft milky skin like no other,”
“Yeah, yeah,” Hyesung answered with half attention, turning around in front of Eric’s door, as his other half is focusing on looking for the keys in Eric’s pants.
“Where is it? Where is it?” Hyesung mumbled, as he searches for the keys.
“ahaha, ticklish,”
“Stop moving,” Hyesung scold Eric, groping Eric’s back pockets but found nothing. He tries the front pocket again and finally found it in the right pocket.
“How can I miss that?”
Hyesung open the door and seriously considering pushing Eric to the floor inside, throw the key and left him freezing to death, sleeping in the floor. However, Eric walks in and pulls him inside too.
“Finally arrived!!” Eric exclaimed, “Thank you, Hyesung my best friend!” He announce again in English. Heh.
Hyesung direct Eric to his couch and lays him there. At least, by doing so and left him sleep there, he won’t be bothered the next morning with silly complains from Eric.
“Don’t go,” Eric catches the end of his jacket.
He huffed desperately, “What now?”
“I haven’t told you something you don’t know,” Eric said while trying to sit up.
“You don’t need too,”
“Of course, I need to, you request it,”
“It’s just... Ah, never mind, you can tell me tomorrow, now let me go,”
“Don’t leave me,” Eric looks up at him, staring straight at him, “I love you, Hyesung,”
Hyesung look at Eric, “I know that,” answered after some time.
“No, no that kind of like!” Eric complains, “I like you, I love you, Sungie!”
“Yeah, yeah,” Hyesung take it lightly while laughing, “The loving leader of Shinhwa,”
“Don’t laugh at me,” Eric threatens.
Eric pulls Hyesung forward, which because of the sudden force make Hyesung fall forward to Eric’s awaiting hand.
“I like your voice,” Eric said huskily.
“I like your smile,”
“I like your nagging,”
“I like your pout,”
Eric stated each statement accompanied with a kiss to Hyesung’s cheek, eyes and forehead.
Hyesung frozen in his spot. At the same time, he hears the front door swing open.
Relieved at the distraction, Hyesung wiggles from Eric’s embrace, “Eric-ah, someone is-”
“Can’t you see? I like you so much it hurts, Shin Hyesung,” Eric stated with such honesty that somehow also nudge Hyesung’s chest, not literally. Also with that, Eric come closer and claims Hyesung’s lips.
Fortunately (or unfortunately, Hyesung’s brain counter), a gasp brings Hyesung to the real world.
The kiss didn’t last for several seconds for Hyesung to completely sink in to the feeling.
Hyesung turn around and found Park Shi Yeon near the doorway, with an unreadable expression.
“Shi Yeon-shi,” Hyesung manage.
When he saw Shi Yeon walks away, he immediately called to her and shoves the useless Eric. “Shi Yeon-shi! Park Shi-Yeon!”
“This is not what it seems like at all,” Hyesung start, as he saw Park Shi Yeon stop walking near the door, “He is drunk and I just,”
At that right moment, both of them can hear the painful moan from the living room, “Hyesung-ah, where are you? I need you here,”
Without even turning around, she said, “This is exactly what I think it is, Shin Hye Sung-shi,”
By the way her shoulder tremble while she walks out the door, Hyesung is certain she is crying.
“Hyesung-ah!!” the painful cry came again.
“PABO AH!! It’s totally your fault!” Hyesung yelled from where he stands.
***
When several days after that, Hyesung heard from Junjin that Eric and Park Shi Yeon is separated, he keeps convince himself that it is not his fault and he’s not involved.
Not in any way.
***
AN: LJ said the post is too big D:< that's why I'm seperating this into 2 post. And too lazy to post the second part tonight (oops this morning).
PART II