A Cliché Family nineteen   Kibum watches when Jinki returns back home after a long watch at the hospital. He looks tired and weary. There's no one there to greet him at the front door because both Jonghyun and Minho is too busy hanging out with friends and Taemin is too small to run on his own two small feet. There's only silence as Jinki shrugs off his coat and hangs it in its usual spot. He then proceeds into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee before he joins Kibum in the living room.

Jinki sits down beside Kibum in the couch and sighs heavily. It's unlike the older but Kibum knows he's tired these days. There has been rumored a reduction in the staff at the hospital and Jinki isn't sure he gets to keep his job. Jinki never speaks about it though. He doesn't say anything today when he pecks Kibum's cheek and greets him.

"Hey baby," he says and Kibum puts the laptop on the coffee table so he's able to give Jinki his full attention. He doesn't get to say a word before Jinki has spoken again. "How did the project go?" The past couple of weeks had been busy with a new, important project. Today Kibum presented it to the client.

"They loved it," Kibum answers his husband and Jinki grins wide, yet the weariness is still present in the other's eyes. Kibum doesn't want to talk about his project. Jinki always protects him like this. He's happy whenever Kibum succeeds and he comforts him whenever Kibum doesn't. There's not a single time in their close to ten years of being together where Jinki has allowed Kibum to protect him. Kibum isn't annoyed because of this. They're never fighting because of this. But now Kibum wonders if it's on time. He doesn't want Jinki to be strong for his family all the time. So instead he takes Jinki's hand and twines their fingers together. "How are you doing, though? I know they're cutting down staff. Still no news?" He can see the discomfort at the topic in Jinki's eyes but he doesn't want to change the topic. Jinki just shrugs.

"No news. It's okay, we don't have to talk about it, honey." Kibum knows they don't have to but he wants to. Without a word he squeezes Jinki's hand comforting and Jinki lifts his gaze to meet Kibum's.

"You can tell me everything, you know that, right?" Jinki doesn't say anything and Kibum can feel his heart grow a little anxious. He doesn't want this to be a fight, they're both too tired to fight over something this petty and Kibum loves Jinki too much to make a big deal out of it. However, it still annoys him a little that Jinki isn't answering immediately. Jinki then sends him a smal