all about us
INFINITE - MyungYeol short stories
009 All About Us
SungYeol and MyungSoo have some strange relationship...
“What do you want to do if you can go on a holiday?” The Japanese MC asked SungYeol and said male looked at the MC, a young female with an attractive face and answered her immediately without even thinking long about the question. “I want to go on a trip to Busan!” smiling afterwards his big gum-smile. “SungYeol-kun.” A voice said and SungYeol turned to look at MyungSoo who had said his name. “I like taking pictures and Busan is nice, why don’t we go together?”
SungYeol shook his head, still smiling . “No, I want to go by myself… it’s my holiday!” He laughed and this made almost everyone laugh almost as MyungSoo couldn’t laugh at all but he masked that by brushing SungYeol off. The MC laughed also, changing her attention to another member.
“Did you really have to turn me down in front of all the fans?” MyungSoo asked when they were alone in the waiting-room. SungYeol simply rolled his eyes while taking off his shirt to change back to regular clothing. “Are you angry because I said I didn’t want to go with you to Busan?” SungYeol asked with a frown and turned around to face MyungSoo who glared at him as a response.
“Maybe…”
SungYeol laughed while shaking his head, judging the younger. “You’re stupid...”
MyungSoo walked away after those words, not bothering to wait whatever the taller had to say next. Yes, maybe he was stupid, but was it that wrong that he wanted to go to Busan with SungYeol?
“I’m not going back.” MyungSoo yelled to the manager who just sighed. “Why not?” he asked and rubbed his temples, dealing with annoying brats wasn’t the nicest part of his job yet a mayor time was spend on satisfying them. MyungSoo glared at SungYeol -who was on the couch joking with DongWoo- as an answer but didn’t say anything. “I’m not going back today, I’m staying to finish my photobook.” He mumbled and left to go out.
The manager turned to SungYeol. “What did you do?” SungYeol went silent, eyes for a second on the door through which MyungSoo left before he turned a page from the magazine that was in his lap, DongWoo now talking to SungGyu. “I didn’t do anything,” he said softly but then continued with a firm voice, “don’t blame me for MyungSoo’s childishness.”
“...They’ll be my death I tell you,” he said to CEO on the phone who just laughed. “They’re youngsters, don’t exaggerate.” JungRyul shook his head. “You should be here and see what I have to see boss, SooYeol…I mean MyungSoo and SungYeol always fight and bicker about the stupidest things yet they stick together like glue.” CEO laughed again not picking up on that. “Don’t forget to tell SungYeol…” he said before he ended the conversation as he had business to attend to.
“Are you really not going back?” SungYeol asked when he entered his and MyungSoo’s hotel-room. MyungSoo who was laying on his bed grabbed the pillow to throw it over his head so he didn’t have to look at the older. “I’m not.” He said and ignored SungYeol further.
“MyungSoo…” the taller started with a sigh and MyungSoo felt the mattress dipping down. “Is this because of our fight?” MyungSoo didn’t respond and this made the older annoyed. “For god’s sake how thick-headed can you be!” SungYeol shouted and got up to get out of the hotel-room, slamming the door close behind him…
MyungSoo sighed and stuffed the pillow back under his head to stare at the ceiling. He wanted to get up and tell SungYeol he was sorry but why should he do that? He didn’t do anything wrong…SungYeol was the one who had turned him down in front of all the fans, who had made fun of him, he wasn’t at fault, SungYeol was.
The taller returned to the room an hour later and stopped in front of MyungSoo’s bed, hesitating about something. MyungSoo who heard the other stopping at his bed, his side to look at the taller. “What?” He barked.
SungYeol then glared at him. “Nothing!” He crawled in bed, turning his back to MyungSoo and didn’t speak with him anymore, leaving early in the morning to go back to Seoul while MyungSoo stayed behind.
…
“MyungSoo is out drinking beer,” WooHyun said out of the blue, sitting in front of his computer and turned his eyes to SungYeol who was arguing with SungJong, SungGyu rolled his eyes at the two youngsters before he turned his attention to WooHyun wanting to ask what the other meant but SungYeol beat him to it and stood up from the couch, walking over to WooHyun. “How do you know?” WooHyun pointed to his screen. “Fans are talking about it in Japan, MyungSoo seems pretty drunk.” SungYeol sighed while watching the pictures fans took, MyungSoo being drunk…then he definitely drank a lot.
“I hope he doesn’t ruin our image!” SungGyu said with a hard voice but WooHyun didn’t listen and turned to SungYeol who was scrolling down the social media to find out what else the other was doing.
“Why is he drunk?” WooHyun’s question made him startled. “How should I know!?” He yelled and marched to the bedroom.
“What’s up with him?” SungGyu made a half-assed movement to get out of the couch to confront SungYeol but DongWoo stopped him. “Just leave him, hyung. They’ll be fine,” the rapper mumbled.
“Stupid MyungSoo for being this way and I didn’t even tell him I will go to Belize in some weeks…” SungYeol paced up and down the room, repeating the conversation he had with the manager just after he angrily got out of the hotel-room...
“SungYeol! Just the one I need.” JungRyul came walking towards him in the hallway and was glad the taller was alone. “I just got a call from CEO....” SungYeol nodded, not really understanding what this would be about but nevertheless was curious.
“It’s about you volunteering of wanting to go to the jungle in Hoya’s place.” SungYeol nodded again, already expecting that the producers would say no, that they wanted someone else on their show and that the taller wasn’t the guy they were searching for.
“They agreed.” SungYeol looked surprised up, a big idiotic smile breaking free, his heart beating fast, repeating manager’s words over and over in his head. The manager smiled when he saw SungYeol’s dumbstruck face and repeated what he said. “They agreed, they want you to go with them, in fact the team is excited about having you.” SungYeol was thrilled. This would be his time, only his, no other INFINITE members…Sure, he would have the responsibility to present a great image of them but except that…he could be himself as much he wanted.
“SungYeol?” manager asked when he didn’t get a response and came closer to the youngster. “Aren’t you happy about this?” SungYeol shook fast his head. “No, of course I am! This is the best!” Manager laughed. “Good, then in a week we’ll go to the studio and will hear about the things you’ll have to do and sign the agreement.” SungYeol nodded again and left all excited, ready to tell MyungSoo all about it but…MyungSoo’s mood and his stubbornness never gave SungYeol the chance to tell him.
...
“SungYeollieee” SungYeol stared confused at his phone before he slowly brought it back to his ear. He had crawled in bed to fall asleep really fast only to be waken up by his phone ringing which he picked up without even looking at the caller.
“MyungSoo?”
He heard MyungSoo giggling, giggling? “Are you drunk?”SungYeol asked and sat up in his bed, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, waiting for the other to talk.
“This is uur folt.” MyungSoo said and hiccupped.
“And why is this my fault?” SungYeol asked with a sigh, rolling his eyes.
“Because you turned me down.” SungYeol could imagine MyungSoo pouting and the image it gave him…it was too cute.
“Are you seriously drunk because of that?” MyungSoo was quiet on the other line. “Not only that…” the younger mumbled intelligible that SungYeol had to do his best to understand what MyungSoo was saying.
”Then what?” He looked at the clock and sighed again. – 3 am – There’s was no way in hell that he would be able to fall asleep again because at 5am they had to get up to start their day packed of schedules.
“You don’t care about me, do you?” MyungSoo retorted back and SungYeol didn’t know what to answer, this totally came out of nowhere.
“Of course I do, why are you saying this?” Again the other mumbled something he couldn’t understand. “MyungSoo, speak up!” SungYeol yelled.
“Because you didn’t tell me you were accepted for law of the jungle.” SungYeol was perplexed. “How do you know?” The younger let out a breathy laugh. “I heard it yesterday from manager when I went down for breakfast after you left. He asked me if I would be fine... Funny, how he’s the one who asked me when the news came out of nowhere”
“MyungSoo-yah…” SungYeol started and felt a lump forming down his throat, he had wanted to tell MyungSoo himself but the situation hadn’t been favorable.
“It’s okay Yeol, I get it that I’m not important to you. Good night.” SungYeol stared unsatisfied at his phone when MyungSoo disconnected and decided to message him through KakaoTalk.
“I wanted to tell you this last night after I heard it. You weren’t supposed to find out from someone else! I didn’t get to tell you this as you were being an idiot and we had that stupid fight! We’ll talk tomorrow when you are back. Good night MyungSoo.” SungYeol continued to write: “I love you.” but then he deleted that part, MyungSoo was an idiot he didn’t deserve those words from him now. He hit send and not a minute later he saw that MyungSoo had read the message, he fell asleep holding his phone.
“Congratulations SungYeol” SungYeol laughed amusingly and looked at DongWoo. “You didn’t have to prepare a feast for that, DongWoo-hyung, I’ll only leave in 2 weeks.” DongWoo nodded. “Yeah but we won’t have the time to celebrate before you leave. So we do it now. You deserve to have a party”
“Yes, hyung,” SungJong chimed in. “You’ve got courage that you want to do this. The jungle is dangerous.”
“Don’t make him afraid,” WooHyun laughed and joined the conversation, looking at SungYeol. “I’m sure SungYeollie will befriend all animals there and they instead have to be afraid of him.” They all jokingly agreed on that.
The door opened and MyungSoo came in, tired of the schedules he had to go through today. “Sorry, I’m late.” He mumbled and sat down next to SungYeol who gave him a soft smile. “Welcome back,” he whispered. MyungSoo glanced at him and nodded, returning the smile. “Thanks.”
“What do you think of SungYeol-hyung going to the jungle, hyung?” SungJong asked with a smile but looked worried when MyungSoo’s expression changed. The visual looked down and bit his lips in thoughts. “I guess he’ll be okay.” He then said before he got up and told that he was tired and would go to sleep. The others waited until MyungSoo was gone before attacking SungYeol. “What’s wrong with him, did you two have a fight?”
SungYeol shook his head sadly. “He didn’t hear it from me that I was accepted,” he sighed and also stood up. “I’m going to talk to him,” SungGyu eyes immediately were on SungYeol. “Only talking, you hear!” SungYeol wanted to laugh but nodded. “Yes hyung, only talking.” He left and heard behind him WooHyun saying to SungGyu. “Maybe they need to kiss to make up,” he heard a slap and assumed SungGyu had just hit WooHyun on the head, this was followed by DongWoo’s laughter.
“MyungSoo, I’m coming inside.” SungYeol knocked once before he went in the room and saw that the visual had the covers over him. The taller closed the door behind him, controlling his urge to lock it but he stepped away from the door before he could. “Are you still awake.” SungYeol whispered softly and as response the covers moved so SungYeol saw it as a yes. He sat slowly down on the side and looked at the covered visual. “MyungSoo, let’s not fight. I don’t like it.” MyungSoo slowly turned around, sitting up to stare at SungYeol through the dark. “Do you think this is about our fight?” his voice raised. “It isn’t. It’s about you not telling m-” A mouth was pressed upon his and MyungSoo soon enough fluttered his eyes close, enjoying the touch of SungYeol’s lips on his before the taller broke away and stared intensely at the younger. “I’m sorry.” MyungSoo just sighed because he couldn’t stay mad at the taller and pulled SungYeol down with him on the bed, who accepted that the arms from the visual were being wrapped around him. “Congratulations SungYeolie for being accepted,” MyungSoo whispered softly and SungYeol smiled happily. They talked more about their day until they both fell tiredly asleep.
“Didn’t I tell you to only talk!” SungGyu poked SungYeol awake who sat up with a groan. “We did only talk, hyung,” SungYeol mumbled, running his fingers through his hair, glancing at MyungSoo who was still deep asleep. “ If we had done more you would have smelled it.” SungGyu’s ears turned red and SungYeol left fast the bedroom before SungGyu would run after him.
...
It took all of SungYeol’s willpower not to cry in front of MyungSoo and the others, trying to act tough and say that he would be back soon. That he wouldn’t miss anyone for only being away for 3 weeks. It was all a lie. The minute he left the hotel where everyone stayed in and he was on his way from Japan to Incheon to meet the crew there, he couldn’t help but to let out tears, thinking how much he would miss everyone. He didn’t get to spend time with his family and he would miss them dearly (he called his mother last night and had a long talk) yet his own best friend was the one he would miss the most, it would be the first time that he and MyungSoo would be separated for so long and they were so used to waking up to each other’s face, spending almost 24/7 with each other that the thought of not having MyungSoo around him made him sad and slightly worried what would happen to their relationship.
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SungYeol was more than surprised when he saw the INFINITE members appearing on the screen, something he hadn’t expected at all. Seeing s standing there brought feelings of missing them to surface, he laughed when WooHyun talked about him naming a lizard as the leader SungGyu, got tears in his eyes when SungGyu started talking about him working hard, ending with a joke of them going to eat kimchi after they were done. He held himself strong...until he saw the one person being focused on the screen he missed so much, the one he had thought about every second the past 3 weeks. He couldn’t hold back his tears anymore and squeezed his eyes shut but the tears came out and there was no helping anymore. He opened them fast enough to receive their greeting yet his eyes were solely on MyungSoo, throwing a heart back to his boyfriend even when the other couldn’t see it. SungYeol looked forward to see him again and could tell the younger how much he loved him, being seperated made him realize his feelings even more and he could only hope MyungSoo didn’t have a change of heart.
That worry was all for nothing as when he arrived back in Incheon, being swarmed by his fans, making a phone call to manager asking when and where the other would pick him up, he sat alone after telling the fans to give him his privacy. Thankfully his fans with the cameras he recognized made sure other persistent girls stayed away and couldn’t go near him.
The van arrived and the second the van-door opened he couldn’t help but to laugh out loud, seeing one person he didn’t expect waiting for him in the backseat of the car, away from the fan’s views. The manager grabbed his stuff and then he got in the front-seat, crawling in the back the minute the door closed. His heart bursting with joy when his best friend hugged him to which he returned the hug. “Finally home,” SungYeol whispered in MyungSoo’s neck and the visual laughed through tears, wrapping his arms tighter around the taller. “You’re home.”
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