ficlets
kisses in the spotlight & do it like a man.
pairing: tablo/hyukjae
rating: g
a/n: two blohyuk ficlets to usher in the new year. i miss blohyuk :(
kisses in the spotlight
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hyukjae is not quite sure how, but one moment he's drinking alone at the bar and the next he sees tablo and winds up at his place just hanging out. and again, he's not quite sure how the conversation came to this.
tablo tilts his head back, the cigarette in his hand shedding ash all over the carpet. he breathes out, words tangled among white smoke. "you think the world revolves around you?"
"i think we share the spotlight," hyukjae says with a smile, unable to resist glancing at the soiled carpet a few times. "you shouldn't smoke." he sighs, deciding that the state of someone else's carpet and health isn't of his concern.
tablo looks at him out of the corner of his eyes and smirks as he snubs out his cigarette in the ashtray on the table.
"thank you," hyukjae can't help but feel oddly pleased. tablo gives him a lazy nod of acknowledgment.
and then tablo starts talking in english and hyukjae can't understand a word but he still listens.
why do you stick with it, kid? they're playing you. and i don't think you're earning all that much anyway. those contracts are like a leash.
tablo laughs, short and bitter.
what am i saying? i have my own damn company and we're still not earning much. best selling album, my ass. the korean music industry isn't going to recover soon and we all know it.
he pauses, twists his head to look at hyukjae.
right, hyukjae?
hyukjae still doesn't understand but he hears his name so he answers, like good dongsaengs do. "yes, hyung?"
tablo stares at him intently, eyes soaking in all of hyukjae, his dark eyes, his gummy smile, his innocent expression. he lets out a frustrated growl, "oh god, you, come here." he pulls hyukjae closer and before hyukjae realizes it, presses his chapped lips against hyukjae's, gently nudging his mouth open.
tablo tastes like cigarettes and alcohol and the slightest bit of mint.
hyukjae is not sure how he ends up kissing tablo but one thing he is sure of, he isn't hating it one bit.
do it like a man.
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because haha, according to the man himself, this is how tablo proposed to kang hyejung.
hyukjae has always imagined the day when he would receive a confession from tablo. there would be flowers and candles and the moonlight shining down on them. or it could be a simple affair, a letter holding all the meaning in the world or a whispered confession one night when they meet.
he's imagined it so many times in so many ways but he's never quite imagined it would turn out like this.
tablo is telling him he wants them to be together. except he's not whispering sweet nothings or down on his knees. instead he's crying. not tearing up or weeping but full blown sobbing, sometimes even close to wailing. the only thing thats right is the breathtaking piano piece tablo put on.
"why are you crying?" hyukjae furrows his eyebrows and lands a tentative hand around him, petting his shoulder softly.
"the song-" tablo chokes out between sobs, "it's so beautiful."
hyukjae is flabbergasted. he tilts his head at the older man, not quite understanding. "but you wrote it."
"i know. but i wrote it for you and the emotions i put into it always get me so choked up," tablo manages to say before dissolving into tears again.
hyukjae touches his hand to his chest and widens his eyes. "you wrote it for me?"
tablo takes a few deep breaths and attempts to compose himself. "i wanted to do this special confession so i've been working on this piece for so long and i wanted it to be perfect so you could feel how much i love you-" he babbles as he wipes a few tears away and sniffs.
hyukjae cuts him off with a finger to the lips and lifts tablo's head so they're eye to eye. he says softly, "you love me?"
tablo gives a sheepish smile. "well thats what i've been trying to tell you."
a smile blossoms on hyukjae's face and he dives into tablo's arms, burying his face into tablo's neck as he whispers, "its the best confession i could ever have."