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It was past midnight.
The dance room was dimly lit and the stereo was blasting music while Jungwoo practiced some dance moves for the next comeback. His body moved powerfully and graciously at the same time and his eyes followed his own figure in the mirror, analyzing every step of the choreography. He wanted nothing less than perfection.
Jungwoo was so focused on his dancing that he didn't notice the shadow leaning on the opposite wall to the mirror, and when he did, he quickly turned to look at the figure behind him. He sighed in relief when the shadow man smiled at him, dimples in full view. Jungwoo went to the stereo and turned off the music.
"Jaehyun-ie hyung, you almost gave me a heart attack. Again." Jungwoo said, followed by a tiny laugh before he gulped some water from his bottle. "What are you doing here?"
"Sorry, my bad." Jaehyun laughed, remembering the scared face of the younger. "I was working on some music in the studio and called your phone a while ago, but you didn't pick up. I thought I could find you here practicing." Jaehyun walked to Jungwoo's side next to the stereo. "You are already great, please don't stress yourself."
"Thank you, hyung." Jungwoo smiled and reached for Jaehyun's wrist, caressing gently with his thumb. "You are the best."
Jungwoo's touch was like electricity to Jaehyun, especially little things like this that were so subtle yet so intimate.
"Why were you calling me? Is everything ok?" Jungwoo asked, a little worried.
"Yeah, I wanted to ask if you wanna grab some food..."
"Ah, sure! I am starving. Let's g-"
"...And that I miss you."
Jungwoo stared at Jaehyun, puzzled by the words. "But we talked in the morning."
"I know." Jaehyun replied, a little pouty.
He stopped asking questions and a fond smile grew on his face. This was a side of Jaehyun that Jungwoo liked to think it was only his to see, this pouty and clingy Jaehyun that was so rare to most people and so familiar to him.
Jungwoo's hand made its way to the side of Jaehyun's face, carefully stroking the smooth skin there. "I missed you too."
It was late, Jaehyun was not thinking straight after a long day at the studio so he let his body speak for him. Suddenly Jungwoo was pinned against the wall, Jaehyun's strong hands holding his waist and their faces so close that they could feel each other's breaths for a moment. Without saying a word Jaehyun kissed Jungwoo, slowly at first.
—
They barely remember when this all started.
Their first kiss was just before Jaehyun debuted on NCT, Jungwoo was sitting alone with Jaehyun on the emergency stairs of the company's building. He was crying because idol Jaehyun will be too busy after debuting and wouldn't be able to keep him company anymore, and Jungwoo was so afraid of being alone with his insecurities. Jaehyun promised that he would always find time for him no matter what and this promise was sealed with a shy peck on the lips. Their faces burned with embarrassment and neither of them talked about this afterwards but Jaehyun kept his promise.
The second time was during Halloween. That year Jungwoo debuted on NCT and Jaehyun was ecstatic, it was so nice to have him close again and Jungwoo was the perfect addition to the group with his pure visuals and sweet voice. That Halloween they dressed up as Jack and Rose from Titanic and it is an underestimation to say Jungwoo was stunning as Rose, everyone praised his beauty and Jaehyun couldn't deny he was feeling a little jealous that day. At some point during the party Jungwoo got tired of the loud music and escaped to an empty practice room, the same one they recorded the practice video hours before, and Jaehyun followed. The two of them sat on the floor and talked about everyday things and laughed about silly jokes for some time. Jungwoo noticed a glimpse of something different in Jaehyun's eyes that night, he didn't know exactly what. He just knew that eventually he lost himself in Jaehyun's lips in a clumsy but passionate kiss, Jaehyun's hands carefully caressing Jungwoo's real and fake hair in the secret of the practice room. After some time they got back to the main party as if nothing happened.
The third time was when they shared a room. From this moment on everything is kinda blurry since it started happening more frequently. Some stolen kisses during movie sessions, some good night kisses too, and it was sweet and innocent until it wasn't. Sometimes Jungwoo woke up with his torso filled with love bites, luckily they were covered by his t-shirt and their stylist didn't ask any questions when she saw the marks. The members were kind enough not to ask questions as well but they were not dumb.
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Jungwoo melted into the kiss and in Jaehyun's embrace, circling his arms around the older's neck to bring him closer. Jaehyun's hands made their way under the T-shirt worn by the other, caressing the warm and soft skin before pressing his fingers hard against it. Jaehyun's lips made their way to Jungwoo's neck, pressing slow kisses there that made Jungwoo's whole body shiver.
"Wouldn't it be cute if some marks showed in the album photoshoot tomorrow?"Jaehyun teased.
"No, it wouldn't," Jungwoo replied, pouting. "Please don't do this…"
"I know, I know. I won't." Jaehyun smiled, he would never do anything that Jungwoo didn't want to do.
Jaehyun pressed their lips together once more in a gentle kiss. Slowly he released his grip on Jungwoo, rubbing his thumbs softly against Jungwoo's waist while his mouth was busy leaving butterfly kisses all over the younger's face. Jungwoo smiled, he loved that and Jaehyun knew it.
Knock knock.
They froze.
"Jungwoo-ah, the company is closing in 30 minutes." the voice of the staff was heard from the other side of the door. Jungwoo sighed in relief when they didn't enter the room.
"O-okay! I'll just grab my things and go home, thank you!" he responded.
"And if you can, please find Jaehyun-ah and pass the message to him, we know he is in the building but we can't find him."
Jaehyun laughed silently, his lips against Jungwoo's cheek.
"Understood! Thank you!"
Jungwoo waited until the staff was gone to talk again. "Well, I think you heard the message."
"I did, thank you. Let's go?"
Against their wishes, the two detangled themselves from each other. Jungwoo took his bag and went back to Jaehyun's side, walking along with him to the exit of the room. Jungwoo quickly grabbed Jaehyun's face and kissed him one last time before finally opening the door to leave.