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Sehun sighs as he finishes cooking dinner for two after what seems like a half an hour. He washes his hands before bringing a plate filled with food and walking over to the slightly opened door along the hallway.
With a few knocks, Sehun opens the door wider, seeing his boyfriend, Junmyeon, still on his laptop, glasses on, and eyebrows knitted as he continues to work on something.
“Myeon?” Junmyeon hums, eyes not leaving the laptop. “I brought you dinner.”
“Later. Still busy.”
“Should I leave it here on your table, then?” Sehun asks, walking inside of the room. Junmyeon doesn’t say anything though, still too busy with everything that he needs to finish. “Would you like some water?”
“Sehun,” Junmyeon calls and hisses. “I’ll eat later. You can just leave the food there.”
Sehun smiles, though forcefully. “Of course. Sorry for disturbing you.”
It’s not new, really.
The situation of Sehun walking back alone to where the dining table is and eating his food alone, too, has been going on for at least a few weeks now. Despite feeling lonely, Sehun never really had the chance to reach out his concern towards Junmyeon, feeling that he may add a burden to Junmyeon’s works.
Though Sehun does understand that his boyfriend needs to do his work well, still, it’s not wrong to feel a bit disappointed when he doesn’t get any more attention, is it?
Simply thinking about wanting attention makes Sehun shrug.
‘How come a 27-year-old man still crave for attention?’
When Sehun sits down, he brings his food close to him and takes his time eating, wincing when he realizes that his food had gotten all cold from all the thinking.
It didn’t take quite a long time for him to get full. He stands up again and cleans the table before washing the dishes and turning the lights off in the kitchen.
Again, he knocks on Junmyeon’s door. “Myeon? I’ll be sleeping now. Don’t stress too much and come to bed early, too.”
Hearing a hum a response, Sehun sighs and closes the door gently.
He takes a quick bath before settling Junmyeon’s pajamas on his side of the bed, and also settling himself beneath the comforter.
“When was the last time that I even slept with him during the same time?” Sehun stares at the ceiling, suddenly feeling his eyes water. Before the tears have fallen down, Sehun was quick to wipe them away with the back of his hand.
It’s been like this for the past few weeks, Junmyeon working in the other room and Sehun wanting some peace of mind in the other. It’s sad.
As if Sehun is the only one in this place.
Waking up, Sehun was quick to notice that Junmyeon is, again, sleeping soundly beside him, back facing him though.
The urge to hug the other man was there, the urge to tell him that he misses him so damn much was also there, yet Sehun settles for a quick chaste kiss on Junmyeon’s clothed shoulder.
Taking note that despite it’s a weekend, Sehun has two days off from his work, while Junmyeon still has things to finish during this day.
Sehun prepared two slices of french toast and a cup of coffee all for Junmyeon, not having any appetite to eat breakfast himself. He leaves the food on the table for Junmyeon to see.
Deciding that it’s a better decision to try and go out by himself, Sehun takes a shower and dresses himself, leaving Junmyeon a text before heading out.
To: Myeon-ah
I’m heading out. There’s toast and coffee on the table. You can just heat the coffee up if you want to. Work well. Don’t know what time I’m coming back, but there are lots of leftover food in the fridge. Heat them up if you have appetite for lunch and dinner. See you when I get back.
He hit the send button and feels that maybe there was something missing in his composed message. Sehun smiles to himself before sending another one.
To: Myeon-ah
I miss you, Myeon-ah.
Intentionally, it was suppose to be an “i love you”, but Sehun’s fingers had those words typed instead. Too lazy to change it, Sehun just let it be.
Be steps outside and decides to simply roam around places to make himself feel a tad bit better than how he feels when he’s at their house.
He goes to the mall, buying stuff he wants to and enjoying himself with whatever it is that entertains him well-enough for the day.
It’s about seven in the evening when Sehun gets back to their place, frowning when he doesn’t see any light on, and no sign of Junmyeon again. He turns the lights on.
Suspecting that maybe the man was inside his mini office, Sehun opens the door to find no one inside, that’s why Sehun concludes that Junmyeon is inside their shared bedroom.
He’s right.
He catches a lump on their bed, covered by the duvet. “Myeon?”
The said man sits upright almost immediately when he hears Sehun’s voice and Sehun, himself, approacing him towards the bed.
Once Sehun gets close to his boyfriend, his expression becomes worried when he sees the latter’s face stained with tears and his eyes red from all the crying. Sehun rushes to the bed and sits beside Junmyeon.
“Hey, love.” Sehun smiles a bit, stroking Junmyeon’s face with his thumb. “What’s the matter, hm?”
“I-“ Junmyeon sobs again. “I thought you left me.”
“What?” Sehun questions, wiping the new batch of tears cascading from the other one’s eyes. “Why would I leave you?”
“I- I woke up and didn’t see you anywhere. I didn’t see your phone here, too.” Junmyeon stammers through his words, still sobbing as he looks at Sehun through his teary eyes.
The younger one cups Junmyeon’s cheeks. “I sent you a text this morning that I’ll be leaving to go out and come back, didn’t I?”
“I didn’t check my phone.”
Sehun laughs out loud after hearing that. “Dummy, why didn’t you check your phone?”
“I really thought you left-“
“What makes you think I’ll leave you?”
“Well, I haven’t been a good boyfriend lately. I’ve been pushing you away and haven’t been talking to you.” Junmyeon admits, throwing himself onto Sehun, the taller one successfully catching him for an embrace. “I haven’t been giving you any attention and was always on my laptop, working.”
Sehun smiles fondly at his boyfriend after hearing that, he moves a hand to gently rub Junmyeon’s back soothingly. “Hyung, I understand where you’re coming from, but I hope you know that those aren’t even reasons for me to just leave you like that.”
“But-“
“Myeon-ah,” Sehun pulls away from their hug. “You’re my boyfriend. As the boyfriend, it is in my responsibility to be here for you during the good times and especially during the bad times. In this case, I’m here for you most especially to show you enough support that you can do it.” Sehun tells him, a hand making it’s way to soothe Junmyeon on the waist.
Junmyeon frowns at what he hears. “You’re too understanding, Sehun-ah!”
“Isn’t that why you agreed to be my boyfriend?”
Junmyeon chuckles lightly. “I have far more reasons as to why I became yours, too.”
The taller man scoffs. “You okay now?”
“A bit.”
“Don’t you ever think about me leaving you, hm?” Sehum combs Junmyeon’s hair back with his fingers. “There may be millions of reasons for me to leave, but I’ll always seek for one reason to stay.”
Junmyeon sobs again, hiding his face in the crook of Sehun’s neck. “I love you so much, Sehun-ah.”
“I love you a whole damn more, Hyung.” Sehun replies, heart beating twice as fast as his usual. “Do you need to work tonight?”
The latter shakes his head. “Tomorrow.”
Although Junmyeon’s voice is muffled, Sehun can still hear her perfextly.
“Shall we sleep in?”
Junmyeon hums. “Can we?”
“Anything for you.”
Junmyeon gets tucked into his bed and Sehun follows suite.
When Sehun notices how silent Junmyeon is as of the current, Sehun smiles at him. “You okay?”
“I think so, yes.” Sehun laughs at the answer. “Why are staring at me light that?”
“It’s always surreal that I have you as my boyfriend. I’m sorry for being so unattended, Sshun-ah. I’m here now-“
“And that’s enough. You being here is more than enough.” Sehun snuggles closer.
Junmyeon does the same thing, they leave a small gap in between them, but Sehun was quick to go beyond and kiss Junmyeon on the lips.
“Thank you for not leaving, Sehun-ah.”
Sehun hums, closing his eyes when Junmyeon started to pamper him with chaste kisses around his face.
“I’ll always be here, hm?”
“Always?”
“Always.”
Maybe, just maybe, there’s a far more better time for Sehun to kneel down on one knee and present Junmyeon the blue velvety box with a ring inside that he decided buy earlier at the jewelry store before coming back into his boyfriend’s warm arms.