"Hyung, tell me soemthing about yourself now." Kyuhyun said, watching in amusement as he managed to snap Sungmin out of his thoughts. He also noted how Sungmin's smile widened even more as he once again called him 'hyung'.
Sungmin closed the lid of his laptop and leaned forward with his arms crossed over the computer. "Well, first of all I don't have a father. Or, I guess I do, but not a biological one." Kyuhyun tilted his head in confusion, making Sungmin laugh.

"My father left my mother when she told him that she was pregnant with me. He turned all coward and just left her alone. She struggled for four months on her own, and then she met Mr. Lee, whom I come to call daddy. They fell in love and he moved in. The fact that my mother was going to have a child didn't bother him. Well, I came along and Mr. Lee loved me like his own son. I've always called him dad, and I still do." Sungmin smiled softly when he said that, and Kyuhyun could tell that he meant it.
 

"It didn't take very long until my mother was pregnant again, and I got a baby brother. So technically me and Hykjae are only half brothers. Mother and Mr. Lee, dad, married and we all got the family name Lee."
Kyuhyun nodded his head. That explained why Sungmin and Hyukjae didn't look much alike.
"You said that you had a sister Kyuhyun?" Sungmin asked curiously and Kyuhyun nodded again.
"Ahra, and she's the best older sister. Sort of like a second mother. A teasing second mother."

Sungmin chuckled at his description of his sister, and Kyuhyun smiled. He felt that he and Sungmin had passed milestone in their friendship. That they were now actually friends. He felt more comfortable with the older, and didn't mind talking about himself.
"How come you ended up as a Tracker?" He asked curiously.
"Ah, that's easy. Dad was one of the organisation's founders. It was only natural for me and Hyukjae to end up there. But I have always been interested in trying to fight criminals." Sungmin gave him a wicked smile, which he couldn't help but chuckle at.
 

"Any interests outside fighting criminals?" He asked and leaned back comfortably in his chair. Sungmin tapped his chin in thought. "Well, I like reading a lot. And I enjoy music. I can actually play guitar pretty well, as well as writing my own stuff."
"Really?" Kyuhyun perked up at that. "Music is my second biggest interest after computers."
Sungmin smiled, seemingly happy to have found a common interest. "I would play for you, but my guitar ain't here. I could ask Hyukjae to bring it the next time he comes by."
Kyuhyun nodded his head. "Please do."
 

Sungmin gave him a curious look. "So, do you only listen to music, or do you make music?" Kyuhyun felt his confidence falter at the question. His eyes dropped down to his hands again. He had never told anyone, not even Ryeowook. Everyone only thought he loved listening to music.


 

***
 

Sungmin smiled softly. There it was again. The sudden shyness. Clearly Kyuhyun wasn't very confident about himself when it came to some things. "Kyuhyun?"
"I sing.." The younger muttered quietly, starting to fidget with his fingers.
He widened his eyes in surprise, before smiling brightly. He always thought that the younger had a very pleasant voice.
"You do? I'm sure it sounds wonderful, with a voice like yours." Kyuhyun lifted his head at the compliment, and Sungmin could tell that he was happy to hear him say that.

"Could you sing for me Kyuhyun?" Sungmin asked and smiled innocently and the younger immediately shook his head.
"No! I only sing to myself and every song I wrote is just silly and.." He bit his bottom lip and looked a bit embarrassed by his little outburst.
The older gave him a comforting smile. "It's okey, you don't have to. Maybe I'll get to hear you sing some other time."
"I could sing for you, when you play for me." Kyuhyun suddenly said, cheeks red but still there was something determined in his eyes.

Ah, so that was it. Kyuhyun wanted to sing for him, but didn't dare to yet. That was fine, he could wait. "That's a good idea." he answered with a smile, and Kyuhyun smiled slightly back.
"Are you hungry Kyuhyun?" Sungmin asked as his stomach growled. The younger nodded his head.
Together they prepared a quick dinner and ate in the living room in front of the TV, talking about a little bit of everything.

***
 

The next morning Kyuhyun woke up feeling much better. The fever had faded away over night, and he could breath through his nose! A quick glance at the alarm clock told him that he had to hurry to make it to the restaurant in time. He quickly slipped out of the bed and more or less rushed out of his bedroom and into the bathroom. He stripped out of his sleeping clothes and stepped into the shower.
He turned the water almost scalding hot and stood under the spray for a moment, just enjoying the hot water against his still a bit exhausted body.

After allowing himself some relaxtion, he washed his hair and body and turned the water off. He pulled the shower curtain away and grabbed the towel he had left on the sink and dried his body off. Leaving his hair damp he wrapped the towel around his hips and stepped out of the bathtube and placed himself before the mirror. His hot shower had left the small cramped bathroom all steamy and he had to dry the mirror with a towel to be able to see his reflection.


What met him was a thin boy with pale skin and dark eyes. The hair was curly and damp, and he had dark circles under his eyes. The signs of the sickness he just got rid off. His eyes travelled lower over his reflection before he snapped his head up again, focusing on his own face as he reached for the tooth brush.
 

When done with brushing his teeth and turned to the door and opened it and found himself face to face with Sungmin. Well, technically they weren't face to face as Kyuhyun was 6 inches taller, but they were...too close.
Kyuhyun's eyes widened in surprise while Sungmin took a step back. "I'm sorry Kyuhyun, I was going to knock and ask you to hurry up."
He blinked his eyes, barely registering what was being said, before he remembered his state of undress.  He had never brought any clean clothes, not even underwear, with him as he had forgotten in his hurry.
 

His face turned red in record time and he quickly pushed past the older and sprinted to the safety of his bedroom, slamming the door shut. In a frenzy he dug out some clean clothes and put on before dumping his down on the bed, still blushing. He couldn't believe that he forgot to bring clothes. It wasn't Sungmin's fault that the embarrassed moment had played out. It was his own. He should apologize for storming off like he did.



***
 

Sungmin had just raised his hand to knock at the bathroom door to knock. He was badly in need of the toilet, and the shower had stopped running a few minutes ago. He was just about to knock when the door flung open and he found himself  staring at newly showered Kyuhyun. A newly showered BARECHESTED Kyuhyun.
 

He was struck by how beautiful the younger looked. His pale skin, the damp, curly locks hanging down over his dark beautiful eyes. He stuttered out an apology as his eyes travelled down the boy's neck, prominent collarbones, thin chest...
He didn't get any further as Kyuhyun suddenly roughly pushed passed him and sprinted to his room, slamming the door shut after him. He had caught a glimpse of the younger's face, which was bright red in embarrasment.
 

Dumbfounded, he was standing before the bathroom, looking at the closed bedroom door. Then he remebered why he had been in such a hurry to get into the bathroom and rushed inside, locked the door before taking care of his business.
As he afterwards washed his hands he frowned. He noticed something else but just the younger's beauty moments ago. The white, rough lines across the thin pale chest had been hard to miss.

He wondered what could have happened to give Kyuhyun such scars. As far as he could remember, the younger had never mentioned anything about any accidents or anyhting before. But then again, they had just recently started to bond as friends. Maybe he would get to know one day.
 

As he left the bathroom and walked back to his couch he heard the door to the bedroom open again. "Hyung?" The voice was timid and hesitant. Sungmin turned around and saw Kyuhyun, now dressed, in the doorway. The younger still looked a bit embarrassed.
"I'm sorry for just storming off and slamming the door and such earlier. I was just so shocked and had forgot to dress and was embarrassed."
Sungmin let out a soft sigh before he smiled. "It's okey. I understand." He wondered if he should ask about the scars, or if it was wise to keep quiet about it.

"It was when I was seventeen, on a schooltrip..." The voice was so soft that Sungmin barely caught what he said at first, but what he heard surprised him. Kyuhyun was looking at his still bare feet as he talked. "The driver lost control of the van and we crashed. I got thrown out of the van. Spent four days in coma. The doctors said I had a 20 percent chance or less to survive. I somehow did." The younger bit his lower lip and glanced up at him. "I got those ugly scars from it.."
 

Sungmin suddenly found himself walking with fast steps towards the younger and embrace him with his arms. He felt him tense up at first, before relaxing in his hold. "I'm sorry to hear that Kyuhyun. I'm glad you made it out of it alive. Scars are a small price for a life. And if it makes you feel better, I have a couple of my own."

 

***


Kyuhyun sighed softly anfd rested his cheek on the older's shoulder. Sungmin's embrace was warm and calmed him down. He was grateful to hear that Sungmin didn't think anything badly about the scars, and a bit curious to how Sungmin could have gotten his own scars. But he kept quiet. The scars was a sensitive topic to him, maybe it was for the other too. 
Slowly he raised his own arms and wrapped them around the oldr's waist, hugging him back.

They stood like that for a moment in comfortable silence until Sungmin broke off. "We should eat some breakfast. I guess you're going to work today? You feeling better?"
He nodded his head in answer. "A bit tired still, but I can manage."
 

Together they ate a quick breakfast before Kyuhyun had to leave the apartment. He made it to the restautrant almost twenty minutes too late, but his boss was just glad that he was there and told him to take a break whenever he felt that he needed one. He also got confronted by Ryeowook, his hyugn showing great concern about his health.
It was probably thanks to Ryeowook that he took any breaks at all that day, as the older would come and drag him into the employers room and force him to sit down and rest.

After work was done he decided to take another, longer route home as he felt like taking a walk and cleanse his mind. As he passed a patisserie he remebered how Sungmin had returned home with a chocolate cake one day. To celebrate the success of his work.
Kyuhyun decided that they should celebrate again and walked inside and looked at all the different cakes. He chose one and asked to get it in a carton.
 

When he got back to the apartment he was met by loud music from the living room. He kicked his shoes off and left the cake carton on a small table in the hall and walked into the living room, curious to the upbeat pop music that didn't seem like something Sungmin would listen to. He understood why it was playing when he saw Sungmin on the floor doing a serie of push-ups. The older was sweating and had obviously been working out for some time already.

 

Kyuhyun couldn't help but be impressed as he himself could barely complete five push-ups without collapsing. He walked over to the stereo and turned the music off, making Sungmin stop and look at him. 
"Go take a shower hyung, I'll go make some coffee." He didn't say anymore but retrieved the cake form the hall and walked into the kitchen and prepared the coffe maker. He soon heard the shower as he unpacked the cake and brought it into the living room and as well as cups.
 

As he was pouring coffee in the cups Sungmin returned from the bathroom dressed in a pink and white striped ziperall jumpsuit. Kyuhyun couldn't help himself but laugh at the sight as the older crossed his arms over his chest and gave a him a look. "What?"
"Nothing hyung, you're just so cute in pink." He couldn't believe he actually said it out loud though.
But Sungmin just smiled in satisfaction and sat down on the couch. 

 

***

 

"What is all this about Kyuhyun?" Sungmin asked curiously as he made himself comfortable on the couch.
"We are celebrating." the younger answered cryptically, and it was then that Sungmin noticed the cake on the table. Kyuhyun had chosen a cake with lots of whipped cream, chocolate sauce and strawberries on that just screamed "Come and eat me!" He smiled brightly as Kyuhyun cut a big slice and handed him the plate with it. "What are we celebrating more exactly" he asked as he fished a strawberry up and popped it into his mouth.

"That we are friends." Kyuhyun simply stated and dug into his own cake, and Sungmin laughed. Seemed like their embarrassing moment the same morning hadn't changed anything, which he was glad for.
 

I can see Kyuhyun and Sungmin making a new habit here. I want cake too..

Here's the next chapter, I hope you'll enjoy it. I hope you're okay with how I skip between Sungmin and Kyuhyun's perspective all the time.
 

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Have a nice day, I'll now go and join Kyuhyun and Sungmin in celebrating. CAKE, HERE I COME!!