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Let me tell you about love
Love is sitting down on the bench together
And whispering love stories
It’s about gaining strength at the end of a long day, knowing that we are together and not alone
It’s about being the heroine of my own diary at first,
But then replacing the heroine into her
From me into you
It’s about only thinking about you, it’s about relying on each other.
Let me tell you about love
Eric's rap lyrics for Roco Drama (Weekly Delight concerts' version) - translation by ericmun.tumblr.com
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Watching intently his phone, Hyesung bit his lower lip. He didn't know if he could do it. But after two very unproductive hours, he had to face it.
As hard as it was for him, he had to swallow his pride. It was the only solution.
Pressing the speed dial button to call a certain someone, he cleared his throat nervously. The singer grumbled when the receiver didn't answer immediately, but straightened his back with renewed nervosity when he finally picked up his call.
"Eric?" he said tentatively when no greeting came.
"So... now you finally acknowledge me?" Eric asked him sulkily.
Hyesung bit his lip once again. Somehow, he knew that it wouldn't be easy to coax the miffed rapper and lure him out of his flat upstairs.
"I just... can you come and help me?" he asked him cutely.
"Hyung."
"Huh?"
He heard Eric sigh and repeat tauntingly.
"It's can you come and help me 'hyung' for you."
The little fucker.
"And why should I call you hyung?"
"Why shouldn't you?"
"Because it'd be weird if I did! You're only a few months older than me and most of all, we're dating!" Hyesung barked with annoyance.
"Well, I won't help you if you don't." Eric teased him again.
"You're being ridiculous. I'm hanging up."
And Hyesung did just that, swearing loudly in his empty flat. After a few minutes of nail biting though, he called Eric again.
"Yes?" Eric's honeyed voice answered.
The bastard sounded way too smug. Hyesung gritted his teeth.
"Can you help me... hyung?" he muttered with difficulty.
"Are you blushing right now?" Eric teased him.
"Don't be stupid, why would I blush over something as idiotic as this!" The singer scoffed, rubbing his burning cheek.
Eric giggled knowingly and Hyesung restrained himself from hitting his red face against the table.
"But I don't know if I can come..." The bastard continued with another fake sigh. "After all, you refused my help and kicked me out of your flat without mercy barely two hours ago. I do have some pride you know."
Hyesung could hardly argue because it was the truth, well, kind of. But Eric had just been annoying and bossy back then.
"You know why," Hyesung sputtered. "I only wanted to try and write the lyrics by myself before showing them to you, and you were distracting me! How is that kicking you out?"
"My butt is still feeling sore," Eric complained, sighing.
Hyesung couldn't help but snort.
"I don't think it hurts for that reason, yeobo..." He said sweetly.
A couple of beep sounds was his sole answer.
"Yeoboseyo? Junghyugie?"
Hyesung stared at his phone with incredulity.
"Did he just hang up on me?" he mumbled to himself in disbelief.
He chuckled, imagining Eric's embarrassed face, and dialed the leader's number again.
"Are you coming or not?" Hyesung said with a pout when he picked up.
"Why should I?" Eric challenged him. "What do I gain?"
"I'll coach your singing in return," Hyesung promised.
As predicted, his words immediately piqued Eric's interest. After all, the rapper had been bugging him about it for months now. Eric stuttered.
"Ah... Ah I don't know. I mean, you're such a bully sometimes," he replied after a few seconds of hesitation.
"Eric-ah!" The singer whined with his best aegyo voice.
"Hyungnim."
"Huh?"
"Okay, if you call me 'hyungnim' too, it's a deal. I'll come."
This time, Hyesung hung up without notice.
****
"See! It wasn't that hard, was it?"
Hyesung rolled his eyes as he sat next to Eric on the couch, bringing some coffee after having treated them both to sashimi.
"Okay, if you say so, hyungnim," he said affectionately, stressing the ridiculously polite title he had reluctantly agree to call Eric in exchange of his help that night.
Eric had finally came downstairs to his flat and they had spent the last two hours writing the Roco Drama's rap lyrics for Hyesung's upcoming Weekly delight concert. Well, Eric had written most of them, with so much ease that Hyesung was left staring in awe at his boyfriend when it was finally done.
Eric had also made Hyesung practice those lyrics again and again. Hyesung had to admit that the rapper was a rather good teacher – if not a little too strict at times – and he felt more confident now than before even if he still had doubts about his overall rapping skills.
"They're going to love it," Eric said, as if he had read his thoughts.
Hyesung laughed a little awkwardly.
"I don't know...."
"You've improved a lot," Eric told him seriously, taking his hand in his.
"Right," Hyesung scoffed self-deprecatingly while looking at their joined hands.
"I mean it."
Hyesung looked up at these words but had to avert his eyes to prevent himself from blushing too much as Eric's proud and tender stare started to overwhelm him.
"Thanks," he mumbled.
"Thanks who?" Eric teased him again.
Hyesung pecked Eric's lips before leaning his head on his shoulder.
"Thanks, jagiya," he softly said, his half lidded eyes watching his own fingers rub Eric's.
He smiled when he felt Eric tremble a little against him at the rare endearment, the rapper rubbing and squeezing his hand back in answer.
"By the way, should we practice your dance too?" Eric blurted out after a comfortable, quiet moment.
Hyesung raised his head to look at him. He blinked.
"Huh?" He cleverly asked.
"You know, the Cat choreography," Eric told him innocently.
"What are you talking about? I don't perform Cat in my concert," he said, frowning in confusion.
The leader took him into his arms, smiling, but Hyesung soon realized that Eric's smile wasn't that innocent after all. Soon but still too late, as the rapper suddenly pushed him back on the couch before he could even react.
"What the... Yah!!" the singer yelled as the man crawled all over him.
He gulped though when Eric's smirk became predatory.
"So tell me... do you remember how to do it? Or do you want me to show you again?"
Glaring at the man hovering over him – who was slowly coming closer and shamelessly feeling him up, Hyesung tutted disapprovingly.
"Do you always take advantage of your students like that, kyosunim?" He said as he put his arms around the rapper's shoulders in surrender.
"Only of the cute ones," Eric replied cheekily before shutting him up with a kiss.
The End~