»Minnie, please! I already said I am sorry. « the younger´s voice sounded as if he was begging for his life and the pleading puppy eyes looking at him had Eunwoo almost give in, just like he always did. Today however, he was way too pissed to do so.

»We talked about it already, Bin! No hickeys in visible places! «

»I already said I am sorry. It´s not like I meant to. I just…«

»Yeah well, you still did! « Eunwoo interrupted harshly and even though he knew he wasn´t being fair, he just couldn´t help it. He was fuming at the moment. Sure, he had enjoyed what they did last night, but why did Moonbin have to leave a hickey right on the side of his neck, especially when they were having a recording the next day.

He had done his best to hide it with make-up even before going to the saloon but of course their stylist had noticed anyways and he had been in for some hell of a scolding, including a serious one on one talk with their manager.

»You know I didn´t mean to « Moonbin looked at him like a kicked puppy and despite his anger, Eunwoo couldn´t help but think of how cute his boyfriend looked like that.

Taking in a deep breath, he tried to push down the anger. He knew it wasn´t really the younger´s fault and he didn´t want to fight anymore. They had a long day of schedules behind them and all he really wanted to do was to take a long, hot shower and smuggle into bed with Moonbin in his arms. However, before he could voice out any of those thoughts, Moonbin spoke up again. This time a hint of anger laced his voice and it only helped to fuel the older´s anger again.

»Why are you even so angry? You know I didn´t do it on purpose. It´s just a hickey, anyways! And not even a big one! « the younger´s voice was almost challenging and Eunwoo´s eyes narrowed in anger.

»Of course you don´t get it! It´s not like you were the one getting scolded! « If it would have just been scolding, he wouldn´t have been a problem. Sure, like everyone, Eunwoo didn´t like getting scolded but he could cope with it. This time, however, their manager had warned him that if it happened again, there would be serious consequences. Eunwoo knew what that meant: One of them would have to leave. At the moment, he himself was the most active among the members and that meant Moonbin would be more likely to be the one chosen. He couldn´t let that happen. He knew it would probably be the best to just talk about it with each other but he didn´t want to worry his lover.

»Yeah well, guess what: you weren’t the only one! «

»Fine, but you are still not the one with three schedules tomorrow! « The moment those words left his lips, Eunwoo immediately wished he could take them back. He knew enough about Bin´s insecurities to know that those words were the worst he could have said. Not matter how much he was praised or how many jobs offers he had gotten ever since childhood, the younger often felt like he wasn´t good enough, like he wasn´t helping the group enough. He knew that Moonbin found it hard to deal with the fact that he still wasn´t getting that many individual offers and couldn´t help promoting the group other than their shared schedules. His unthoughtful comment had hit his lover right where it hurt the younger the most. All fight left Eunwoo´s mind and guilt filled his heart immediately at the hurt expression on Moonbin´s face that quickly turned into a stony one.

»Oh yeah, I am sorry I forgot! The great Cha Eunwoo has so many schedules that nothing else matters. Well, guess what: have fun by yourself! « the words that left the younger´s lips were hurtful and the cold tone of his voice didn´t make it any better. However, he knew he deserved it and he didn´t blame the younger, as Moonbin turned around without another word, leaving Eunwoo standing by himself in the living room. The older immediately knew he had screwed up royally.

His first instinct was to follow his lover and try to work things out, but he knew it would be futile. Bin wouldn´t talk to him anyways. The younger was seriously hurt at the moment and the older knew from experience that it was best to let him mourn over it for a while before trying to approach him again. Plus, he needed more time himself to think how to make it up to his lover.

Eunwoo groaned as the door slammed closed behind him and he kicked off his sneakers in the hallway. He had just returned from his individual schedules and he felt completely drained. It was already long past midnight and he silently cured his popularity as he made his way to the bathroom to wash up. It wasn´t that he wasn´t thankful for all the opportunities he got, but it meant even less time for sleep and without the other members around, the schedules were just so much less fun. It was exhausting at times and it had gotten much worse the last few days as even at the few hours he had left at night, sleep wouldn´t find him. It had been almost a week since their fight and Moonbin had been ignoring him ever since. Sure, the younger would still talk to him in front of the camera, but that was all the interaction there was between them. For the first time since they started dating, shortly after debut, there were no hidden touches, no warm hugs or soft kisses when he got home. Not even a simple conversation. Of course, he had tried to approach his boyfriend various times, but every time Bin would just tell him that he was busy before joining one of the other members.

The memory caused his heart to hurt as he dragged his feet towards their shared bedroom and Eunwoo mentally prepared himself to be spending yet another night alone in the dark room. Moonbin hadn´t been sleeping in his own bed the past night, instead staying over at the other members´ room. Who he shared a bed with, he didn´t know, nor did he want to. He was already feeling jealous as it was, even though he knew, he had no right to.

Opening the door to their room, a hint of hope bloomed in his heart as he noticed the shimmer of light inside. Yet, it disappeared seconds later when he noticed JinJin sitting on his bed, back leaned against the wall.

»Why are you still awake, Hyung? «

»We need to talk. « the older´s voice didn´t leave any room for objection as he motioned towards the space beside him and Eunwoo followed reluctantly. »What´s wrong, Dongmin-ah? « JinJin asked as soon as the younger had sat down.

»Nothing! « He was tried and didn´t want to talk anymore, especially not about his problem with Moonbin. Yet, the older´s raised eyebrow made him change his mind. »I messed up – big time! « He groaned as he let himself fall to the side, his head landing on his Hyung´s lap. «

»What happened? «

»I said something stupid and now Binnie won´t talk to me anymore and I have no idea what to do. « A sight left the younger´s lips as he closed his eyes in exhaustion.

»What did you say? «

»It doesn´t matter! It was stupid and it hurt him. « He definitely wasn´t going to tell their leader all the details about his shameful behavior.

»Have you tried talking to him? «

»Of course, but he just won´t talk to me « He tried, but he couldn´t keep the sadness from his voice. A thoughtful silence stretched between them for a while until JinJin spoke up again.

»How about giving him a present? Something meaningful that´ll show him how much he means to you « the older suggested.

»Like what? « Eunwoo wasn´t really sure about it but if it could get Moonbin to talk to him again, it was worth a try.

»Well, that´s up to you to figure out. «carefully pushing the younger´s head off his lap, the leader made his way to the door, switching off the light on the way. »You should try to sleep now. We´re having a schedule early tomorrow. « With a good night JinJin closed the door behind himself, leaving Eunwoo to rag his mind for the perfect present.

Letting out a deep sigh Eunwoo stared at the little stuffed bear holding a simple silver band that was sitting on his bed. He should have known that this wouldn´t work out. After his late-night talk with their leader, he had spent the next two days trying to find the perfect for his lover. It needed to be something cute as the younger had always had a weak spot for anything cute. However, he also wanted it to be something meaningful. In the end, he had found a simple silver ring, he knew would look amazing on Bin´s long fingers and a little, white bear, holding a read heart with the words `I love you´. It had seemed like a perfect present. Yet, it appeared that Moonbin didn´t think like that at all. He had placed it on the younger´s bed this morning when they were all leaving for this schedules, only to find it on his own when he had returned from his own individual one. Another sigh left Eunwoo´s lips as he let himself fall onto his bed beside the little guy, pressing it to his chest tightly. The more time passed, the more helpless he felt and before he knew it, he felt tears gathering in his eyes, but he wiped them away angrily. He wasn´t one to cry as he had always believed that it didn´t help to solve his problems. Still, he really felt like he needed to talk to someone today.

Returning to the main room he saw Mungjun cooking some ramen in the kitchen and decided that their oldest was just the right person to ask for advice. Being older than all of them, MJ had already gotten some experience with dating before becoming a trainee and Eunwoo was hoping it would help with solving his own problem.

»Hyung? « He asked carefully as to not to startle his Hyung.

»Dongmin! « Myungjun turned towards him with his ever-prominent smile plastered to his face. »You want some? « He motioned towards the pot of noodles but Eunwoo just shook his head.

»No thanks. I don´t really feel hungry…

»You haven´t been eating well lately. There is something bothering you, isn´t there? « the older send him a worried glance and Eunwoo nodded as he sat down at the kitchen table, closely followed by his Hyung.

»Hyung, if you hurt the one you love the most and now they won´t talk to you, what would you do? «

»It´s about Bin, isn´t it? « the younger knew the older wasn´t really needing any answer to it and so he just nodded again.

»I see…« for a moment MJ just stared into his noodles in silence, before a bright smile lightened up his face. »Why don´t you ask him out on a date? Prepare something special and show him how much you want to be with him? «

Nodding slowly, Eunwoo thought about it for a moment and the more he did, the more he liked the idea. The two of them hadn´t really been out since debut and Moonbin had been asking to do so for a while now. »Thanks Hyung « He muttered as he was already half through the door, his mind starting to plan the perfect date.

Eunwoo stared at his watch again, hoping he had seen wrong the first four times, but time was cruel, the watch hands constantly moving along the numbers. He should have known! After his talk with MJ, he had spent most of the time preparing the perfect date. To his luck, they didn´t have any schedules the next afternoon and he had taken it as a sigh that he was doing the right thing. Seemed like he had been wrong. Moonbin was nowhere to be seen. The night before, after ordering movie tickets and reserving a table at their favorite restaurant, he had sent the younger a message, telling him to meet at the mall at noon. He hadn´t gotten any reply, but even though, he had still hoped that the younger would appear and give him a chance to make up for his stupidity. However, as more time passed, he was slowly losing hope.

Staring at this watch again, he saw the thin watch hand fulfil another round. A sigh left his lips. Two hours had already passed and his mind was slowly resigning to the fact that Moonbin wasn´t going to show up. Handing the read rose, he was holding, to a random person passing by, he called for a taxi. Yet, he didn´t feel like going back to the dorm. He needed something to distract himself or else he would go crazy. For a moment, he considered just going to the cinema himself but he knew he wouldn´t find it in himself to enjoy the movie. Instead, he decided that some exercise would do him good.

Arriving at the gym, he immediately went to the threat mill, working as if he was running for his life. After a while, he slowly felt his legs getting tired and his muscles started to burn, however, he didn´t stop. That was until a hand on his shoulder caused him to halt.

»You better take a break, Hyung! Or else you´ll collapse «

»Minhyuk! What are you doing here? « Eunwoo knew he shouldn´t be surprised. The younger loved going to the gym, even on their days off. Yet, with his current state of mind, the older hadn´t even thought of the possibility of meeting any of the other members.

»The better question would be: what are you doing here? You know, running form your problem won´t solve it. «

»I…I don´t know what you mean « Eunwoo tried to play dumb as the dancer led him over to one of the benches, but even to himself he sounded anything but convincing.

»Come on…« Minhyuk passed him a bottle of water and he could see the younger trying to hide the rolling of his eyes. »I might be young but I am not stupid, Hyung! Normally would spend every second of our free days with Moonbin-Hyung but instead you are here, running on that threat mill as if the devil was coming after you. You think I don´t know that you and Bin are still fighting? «

»Fine, you are right. I just don’t know what to do anymore « Eunwoo admitted as he felt a light pink dust his cheeks. It felt weird talking about his relationship problems with his dongsaeng, but at this point he wasn´t above it. JinJin and Myungjuns´ advices hadn´t come closed to the desired result and he was ready to give a lot for an advice that would work.

»Have you tried showing him how much you love him? Tired something that comes from the heart? «

»How am I supposed to do that if he doesn´t even talk to me anymore? « He felt completely discouraged at this point and even the encouraging squeeze of Minhyuk´s hand on his shoulder couldn´t lift his spirits.

»How about you just write it then? Send him letter or write him a poem or I don´t know. Just do something and let him know how you feel. I am sure you can figure something out. « Giving his shoulder another encouraging squeeze, the younger returned to the weight pressing bench, leaving Eunwoo behind to ponder on rather to take the younger´s advice or not.

Eunwoo´s fingers clenched tightly around the piece of paper in his hand, the material cutting into his palm, slightly. It wasn´t enough to draw blood and so he didn´t care. Even if it did, he wasn´t sure he could bring himself to care as he plopped down on the sofa where their Maknae was already watching TV. However, he didn´t even notice what was on, as he lay down, placing his head on the youngest´s lap. It wasn´t the same as Moonbin, but it still brought a slight relief to his aching heart. Worrying about his relationship with Moonbin, he had also kept his distance from the other members. Now, his mind carved for some physical contact, even though he wished for nothing more than it being Moonbin. However, he was slowly losing hope that it would ever happen again.

After Minhyuk had left him behind at the gym, Eunwoo had once again retreated to the tread mill. This time, though, at a much slower pace as he kept thinking about what the younger had said. The more he did, the more it seemed like the last straw. Therefore, as soon as he had gotten back to the dorm, he had grabbed a pencil and paper and started working. It hadn´t turned into a masterpiece. Hell, not even close, but the lyrics he had brought down during a few more sleepless hours was all, he had felt, he could do to convey his feelings. He had given it to the younger in the morning on the way to their schedules, hoping Bin would at least take the time to read it. However, when he had returned from a meeting for an upcoming TV appearance, he had found it in the bin of their shared room, seemingly untouched.

It had been that moment when Eunwoo had realized just how much he had messed up and the despair he felt was almost too overwhelming. His heart hurt like it would stop beating any time now and his mind was trying to cope with the fact that from now on there wouldn´t be any more Eunbin or Binwoo or whatever fans called their ship. From now on, there would be only Eunwoo and Moonbin and he knew he´d better start thinking of ways to make things less awkward between them or else they´d be history. No group could last if tow of their members where not only awkward with each other, but didn´t even talk. The thought caused his throat to tighten. However, before tears even got a chance to well up in his eyes, his thoughts got interrupted by Sanha´s innocent voice.

»Hyung? «

»Hmmm«

»Are you and Moonbin-Hyung ever going to make up? « the sadness in the youngest voice caused Eunwoo´s heart to hurt even more and he let out a deep sigh.

»I don´t know, Sanha. « he swallowed against his tightening throat. »I don´t think so. « He admitted and for the first time since their fight, he felt a tear running down his face.

»Why not? You still like him, don´t you, Hyung? And I like you two better together as well! « There was slight pout on the Maknae´s lips and despite his mood, he couldn´t help but smile at their youngest´s innocence. However, it quickly disappeared again and he let out another sigh.

»Of course I do, but it´s not that easy. I hurt him a lot and now he won´t talk to me anymore. «

»Then you should just tell him you´re sorry and he should just forgive you! « Sanha stated matter of factly and Eunwoo couldn´t help but marvel at how simple the world still seemed to their Maknae. Sometimes he wished he still had this set of mind where he believed that problems could be solved as simple as that.

That´s when realization suddenly his him. Moonbin was a simple guy. Not that he was stupid or naïve, he was quite smart in fact. Instead, Bin was generous about his feelings. Say something hurtful, he´d immediately crawl into his shell, trying not to show how much he was hurt. Say something nice and he would be smiling like a hyperactive puppy. It was simple like that and Eunwoo loved him for it. From one moment to the other he knew what he had to do. Moonbin didn´t want anything big to make up for it. He didn´t need any big present or a romantic date. He didn´t even need a useless bunch of heartfelt lyrics. Within seconds Eunwoo knew. That all the younger wanted was an honest apology, wanted to know that he didn´t mean it – that he didn´t intend to hurt him.

Jumping gup form the sofa Eunwoo placed a quick kiss on the surprised Maknae´s cheek. »You are a genius, Sanha! «

With that he was off to his and Moonbin´s shared room, he had noticed the younger go into not too long ago. He hoped it was a good sigh and didn´t mean that Moonbin was packing up his things to constantly move into the other room. Opening the door, after sending a quiet prayer that he wasn´t too late, he found the younger on his own bed, his headphones plugged in. However, from the way Bin stiffened, the older could tell, that he had noticed him.

»Binnie, can we talk? « he tried carefully, holding his breath as he waited for an answer. To his relief Moonbin pulled out his headphone and scooted over to the wall, patting the empty space beside him as he rolled onto his side. Not wanting to give the younger time to change his mind, Eunwoo slammed the door shut behind himself, taking two long strides to climb up the ladder to the upper bunkbed. He sat on the matrass gingerly, he feet still dangling down the side. His eyes were fixed on the younger, his heart overwhelmed with feelings. He wanted nothing more than to just tell him how much he loved, how much he missed him, but he knew there was something he had to do first.

»Listen, Binnie, I…« he swallowed hard. »I am sorry. I…« Eunwoo didn´t get to finish as a hard force knocked the air out of his lungs, only to find himself with his arms full of his boyfriend seconds later. He had no idea how the younger had managed to jump up so fast, but he couldn´t care any less as those long arms wrapped around his middle and his lover´s head pressed into his chest.

»Finally! « Moonbin muttered and Eunwoo could feel tears staring to wet his shirt as he wrapped his arms around the younger, one of his hands carting through his soft, silky hair. A pang of guilt his him. He was supposed to know his boyfriend better than anyone but instead he had taken forever to even figure out how to make up with him. Before he could say sorry for being an idiot, however, Moonbin spoke up again, his voice slightly rough from crying. »I am sorry too, Minnie. I shouldn´t have gotten angry at you that day. I know you were just worried. « The younger´s voice was nothing more than a soft whisper and the guilt in it caused Eunwoo´s heart to almost break again. Bin had done nothing wrong on that day and yet, he still felt like he was responsible as well. Suddenly he felt like kissing the dear life out of his boyfriend, but he could feel that Moonbin wasn´t done yet. »I knew you were worried about us, but I was too and you just kept being angry at me even though I didn´t mean to and I…«

»Let´s just forget it. « Eunwoo interrupted as he pulled his boyfriend closer, feeling Moonbin tightening his arms around him as well. »We both didn´t really act our best that day, but we won´t be able to change it now. Let´s just make sure it doesn´t happen again. « The younger just nodded at that.

»I missed you! « Moonbin whispered into his chest, but he heard him anyways.

»I missed you too – like crazy « Eunwoo muttered and this time he didn´t hold back as he took the younger´s chin between his fingers, lifting it up carefully.

Their lips met and Eunwoo felt his heart swell at the feeling of Bin´s soft, plush lips on his own again. A soft moan left the younger´s lips and Eunwoo couldn´t help but tumble them over, deepening their kiss immediately.

When they pulled back, Eunwoo lay on his back contentedly and Moonbin curled into his side like a cat immediately, his head and hand placed comfortably on the older´s chest. They stayed like that for a while, neither of them speaking a word, until Moonbin´s fingers started running up and down the older´s chest in a nervous manner.

»Minnie…About the bear…« he trailed off as a bright red covered his cheeks and Eunwoo let out a soft laugh at his boyfriend´s cuteness.

»You want it, don’t you? « He felt Bin nodding against his chest and immediately felt glad about having thought of grabbing it on the way. Pulling it from his sweater pocket, the dazzling smile on Moonbin´s face told him that he had chosen the right present.

»Thanks! « the younger beamed, as he placed a kiss onto Eunwoo´s cheek before he reached for the little bear, placing it onto the older´s stomach, patting its head in awe.

For a while Eunwoo just watched the cuteness that was his boyfriend before breaking the silence once again.

»Do you want the other part as well? « At that the younger looked at him in confusion before his eyes widened.

»You are still giving it to me? «

»Of course I am, stupid! « Eunwoo smiled at his boyfriend affectionately. Sometimes he almost forgot how innocent Bin could be at times. Reaching for the younger´s hand, he pulled the simple silver band from his pocket and slipped it onto his lover´s finger. It fit perfectly and Eunwoo lifted the younger´s hand to kiss his long beautiful fingers.

»I love you « he whispered, placing another kiss into the palm of the younger´s hand.

»I love you, too. « Moonbin muttered as he entwined their fingers and placed them next to the bear on the older´s stomach.

Comfortable silence started to take over the room once again and as they slowly drifted off to sleep, Eunwoo thought about how no one could ever make him as happy as the man in his arms.