Changhyun sighed as he looked through their fridge and cabinets trying to figure out what to make for dinner. He knew his boyfriend would be pissed if he gave him leftovers, or even made something they had recently (it had to be different every single night). Even if it was as recent as the previous week.

He sighed again and hit his head on the freezer door as he realized his predicament and what he had to do about it. He slowly made his way out of the kitchen and towards the bathroom his boyfriend was currently in. Instead of going in the open door, he opted for leaning against the wall right outside, one thing he hated doing was looking him in the eye when he had to ask for something.

“Jongdae?”

“What?” He already sounded annoyed.

Changhyun opened his mouth but no words came out. He hated how this made him feel.

“What do you want Changhyun?” Annoyance was sounding a lot more like anger now.

“Um, well I was hoping we could go to the store……….I need a few things for dinner.” He chewed on his bottom lip as he waited for a reply.

“Don’t worry about dinner, I’m going out.” He replied flatly.

Chanhyun got up the nerve to pop his head into the bathroom. Jongdae was putting the finishing touches on his hair with a comb and then began spraying 20 pounds of hairspray on top (which made Changhyun cough). He was dressed up a pair of dark gray jeans (more expensive than they were worth) and a black button down shirt (that Changhyun himself had ironed that day).

“Oh, you’re leaving?” For a night of clubbing, and drinking he presumed. And for screwing whatever he could find (that’s always been what he assumed the reason was for Jongdae almost never bringing him along).

The other turned to glare at him, “That’s what I just said didn’t I?” He stomped out of the bathroom towards the bedroom (bumping into Changhyun on the way) to bathe himself in too much of that dreaded non-y cologne as Changhyun followed behind trying to get his words together while feeling like he had two feet cut off his already small height.

“I………….I really do need to go though. I don’t have anything good to fix you later.” Because a drunk Jongdae coming home at 4am needed what he deemed a decent meal or snack or else there would be hell to pay.

“I told you, I’m going out. And I’m taking the car. What part of that don’t you freaking get?” Changhyun shrunk another five inches as he pushed past him (again) to get his leather jacket out of the closet. And as he left to go to the living room, an idea popped into the boy’s head.

He walked up behind the other (yet still keeping his distance) who was checking his wallet to make sure he had everything he needed before leaving.

“I could walk. There’s actually a store just down the street from here.” He mentally crossed his fingers.

Jongdae sighed in annoyance and pulled out one of his cards from his wallet (one that he wouldn’t be needed), “Yeah whatever, here.” He shoved it into his hands.

“Um………..” Changhyun started.

“What now??”

“Can I have a key please? I don’t wanna leave the place unlocked.”

“Ugh, fine.” He pulled out an extra key and practically threw it at him in his hurry to get out the door.

“Thank you.” His boyfriend was out the door before he could even say bye to him. Sure, the time he got to spend alone was nice and peaceful but still………….at times, stuff like that still stung a bit. He couldn’t help but wonder if Jongdae was that anxious to go out, or if he was that horrible to be alone with.

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Changhyun was feeling nervous. Not like before when he didn’t want to face his boyfriend. But a different kind of nervous. He told himself it was because of the fact that it was already dark out and because he was worried he’d forgotten where the store was.

And he told himself again once the store came into view. And when he saw a familiar car in the parking, lot that feeling got stronger and traveled down to the pit of his stomach. He told himself that it was because of the convenience store nachos he had that afternoon.

 He took a deep breath before opening the door and stepping inside. He looked around and saw that like last time, it was nearly empty.

“Hi!” He was greeted by a pretty raven haired girl with an excited wave and an infectious smile that instantly made him smile back, “Welcome! I’m Minah, let me know if you need help finding anything!”

“I will, thank you!”

“Can I get you a cart sir?” She asked him with the same big smile on her face.

“Oh no thank you, I don’t need one.”

“Okay well here then.” She handed him a basket.

“Thanks!”

“You’re very welcome!” And with that she bounced off to the produce area of the store.

I wish I could be that happy all the time. He thought as he wandered through various isles, not really sure what he was there for. Well, he knew the real reason he was there, just not the fake one he wanted to convince himself of.

In the refrigerated section, he grabbed some cheese and smoked turkey meat and threw it in the basket.

I’ll just fix him a damn sandwhich. He wasn’t in the mood to care about whatever consequences would come from giving him something so simple. Just then, he heard somebody coming from the back. His heart started racing and he clutched his basket like his life depended on it.

It was Daniel. He pouted, until they made eye contact and he waved at him. He was surprised the boy remembered him seeing as their meeting was so brief all those weeks ago.

 Changhyun thought about the car he saw in the parking lot as he wandered around some more picking up a loaf of bread on the way.

I guess it wasn’t his car after all. He felt kinda stupid not realizing just how many people in the world own the same types of cars.

As he was about to make his way down the canned goods isle he saw there was someone else there after all. Some guy that had his back turned to him, with headphones on, was humming along to TVXQ’s “Catch Me” stocked some shelves at the other end.  He sighed in disappointment as he picked up a can of fruit cocktail and turned to leave.

But right as he was about to, the guy moved to the other shelves on the opposite side, and when he turned to his side Changhyun’s breath caught in his throat.

Oh my God it’s him! He couldn’t believe he almost didn’t notice him! The once redhead was now a soft golden blond. Changhyun quickly backed out of that isle to run to the next one. He leaned against some packed of ramen as he tried to remember how to breathe.

Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. He kept saying over and over again in his head.

What the hell are you doing? What is wrong with you? He mentally scolded himself. He knew that Jonghyun was the reason he came there, and yet here he was hiding from him. His nerves and shyness took over and he seriously contemplated leaving that very moment. But he knew he couldn’t waste a chance like this. It might not come back again.

He peeked around the corner (feeling like an idiot doing so) and the boy had his back to him again.

What if he forgot about me? Or what if he doesn’t wanna see me? The thought scared him and he wasn’t exactly sure why.

Still, he pushed those thoughts aside and casually (he hoped it looked casual) walked up behind Jonghyun and tapped him on the shoulder. He took off his headphones and placed them around his neck as he turned around.

“Well hey, long time no see.” He said to him, a wide grin spreading across his face as he looked into the beautiful brown eyes of the boy he thought he might never see again.

“Yeah I know. How’ve you been?”

“I’ve been great. Just wasting my life away at this fabulous job of mine and hoping to see my new friend again.” He winked at him, “How’ve you been hyung?”

“Oh, well……I’ve been good. Just going to school and stuff.”

“I see.” Jonghyun frowned a bit as he noticed Changhyun’s eyes leave his as he said this (he could tell he was lying). He decided to say nothing, “So, whatcha got there?” he pointed to the other boy’s basket.

“Oh, I was just getting a few things to make a sandwhich that’s all.”

“Aww, and here I thought you came all the way here just to see me!” He pouted and puffed his cheeks out.

Changhyun rolled his eyes and laughed at him, “Whatever, weirdo. I gotta finish shopping now.” He was about to walk away when Jonghyun grabbed his hand.

“Hey hold up! Lemme help you.” He pulled him outta the isle and in some direction that Changhyun wasn’t paying attention to on account of the goosebumps he was getting all over from the warmth of the other boy’s soft yet strong hand.

He was snapped out of his trance when he felt something heavy thrown into his basket, “Lettuce?”

“Well duh! You need lettuce if you’re gonna make a sandwhich!” He rolled his eyes at him.

“Why can’t I just buy a bag of lettuce instead?”

“Because THIS,” Jonghyun pointed to the sign above, “is fifty cents a pound! And THAT,” he pointed to where the bags of loose lettuce were, “is $3.25 per bag. DUH!”

 “You know, you’re about one DUH away from me kicking you!” Changhyun said with a glare.

“Oooo over here!” He motioned for the other boy to follow, completely ignoring his comment. He then picked up three of some weird looking thing and tossed them in Changhyun’s basket.

“What’s that?” He asked him.

“Ummm,” Jonghyun looked at the sign, “avocadoes!!”

“Why the hell would I need those?”

The blonde looked confused, “Well……..you know……….you could…………hey let’s go grab you some tomatoes!” After getting them, Jonghyun took the liberty to throw in a couple cucumbers as well.

“Oh nice, something I can actually use!”

“Yup, cuz every sandwhich needs pickles!”

Changhyun looked at him like he had tentacles growing out the sides of his head, “Jongie I think the bleach you put in your hair seeped into your brain.”

“What do you mean?”

“These are not pickles they’re cucumbers!!!”

“Yes but they turn into pickles right?”

If anime expressions could be used in real life, the older boy would’ve been on the ground with a giant sweat bead on his head.

“They don’t turn into pickles by themselves pabo! They’re not Pokémon.”

Jonghyun grabbed his heart as if the other had said the most offensive thing in the world to him, “HEY! Pokémon do not evolve by themselves! You have to get to a certain level, gain a certain amount of experience, OR, depending on the type of Pokémon, you can get a Fire Stone, a Leaf Stone or a…………..” He quieted down when he realized he was showing he knew way to much about Pokémon, “or at least that’s what I heard.”

He rolled his eyes at him again, “Oh yeah surrrre. Ash.” He said with a smirk.

“Ash? Did you just call me Ash? Look here hyung, if you’re gonna compare me to any character from that show, it better be Misty or else we’re gonna have some problems!”

After a few seconds of looking at the man like he was out of his mind, Changhyun broke out in laughter and so did Jonghyun.

“You really are an idiot you know that right?”

“Yeah I know.” He replied with a smile and a wink (that made Changhyun blush). “So do you have everything you need hyung?”

“Yeah I think so. I should probably go pay for this now.”

“Oh okay. Let’s go then.” Jonghyun tried to hide how upset he was beginning to feel. As they began walking out of the produce isle, they passed by Minah who was bringing more fruit from out the back.

“You sure you don’t need anything else? The melons here are pretty good. Though small and overpriced.” He smirked while motioning over to the girl who in turn called him a few choice names and threw a potato at his head (which he managed to dodge).

“That was really mean! She’s so gonna kill you for that.” Changhyun exclaimed with a chuckle as he put his items in the check-out lane.

He just shrugged it off, “Naw, don’t worry she’s used to it by now.” He stood nearby and watched Daniel ring everything up (a little too fast for his liking). Due to his nosey nature, he couldn’t help but notice the name on the card Changhyun used to pay for everything. “Kim Jongdae” it read, making him frown in disgust. He wished he knew what the guy looked like so he could go home and write it in his mock Death Note in hopes that it would actually work.

“Thanks have a good evening!”  Daniel said as he handed Changhyun his receipt.

“Thanks, you too!” He grabbed his bags and started towards the door with Jonghyun following behind.

He stopped and turned around as he reached the entrance, “So, I guess I’ll see you around.”

“Yeah I guess so.” But he didn’t want him to leave. Not yet. He tried to think fast for any reason.  “Wait!” He grabbed his arm just as he was opening the door. The boy turned to look at him questioningly. “Umm……” he thought hard,  “I wanna ask you something!”

“Okay what is it?”

“Well,” then it came to him, “I’m about to go on break and I was wondering if you’d keep me company.”

“Jonghyun-ah, I dunno. I kinda need to go home now.” He worried about how long he had been there. Sure, Jongdae had left but there was a small chance he forgot something and came back.

“Pleeeeeeease? It’s just for like 15 minutes!!! Pretty pretty please??”

After a few seconds of begging and some aegyo faces, Changhyun couldn’t help but say yes, “Okay, okay! Just stop doing that, you look ridiculous!”

“Awesome!! Go meet me out by my car! I’ll be out there in a sec!” The older boy nodded in reply and walked out the door. Jonghyun ran over to Daniel who had heard their covo and was looking at him like he was crazy.

“Hyung I……..”

“No.” He said cutting him off before he could finish.

“Oh come on!! Please hyung please!!! I need you to cover for me just for a little bit!”

“No Jonghyun I’m not gonna cover for you just so you can slack off AGAIN.” He crossed his arms in front of his chest.

“You covered for Minah noona just yesterday!” He said poking him in the arm.

“That’s different. I’m not trying to date you!” Daniel poked him back.

“Hyung please, this is really important to me!” He pleaded.

“I already told you no Jonghyun-ah!”

Jonghyun sighed in frustration, he seemed to be getting nowhere with his friend, “First off, I’m really offended at that because I’ve always felt we’ve had a really special connection, plus I'm way prettier than noona is. And secondly,” he paused for a moment before continuing, looking Daniel straight in his eyes, “hyung, I really REALLY like this guy. And if I don’t spend a few more minutes with him, I might never see him again.” He hated how desperate he sounded but he had no other choice.

Daniel was shocked at the emotion in his donsaeng’s voice. He had never seen him like this before.

“Okay fine!! Just make it quick.”

“Oh my God hyung thank you so much!! I owe you big for this!!!” He ran back to the break room and took two spoons he found in a cabinet, then on his way back out stopped by the frozen isle to get two pints of ice cream. He came back to Daniel’s lane, grabbed his handheld scanner and pointed it at the ice cream’s bar codes.

“Hey you can pay for this right??”

“Wait, what??”

“Thanks hyung!!! Love yoooooou!” He ran out before his friend could protest. When he got outside, Changhyun was sitting on the hood of his car waiting for him. He gave him a sweet smile and the blonde felt weak in the knees and worried he wouldn’t make the short walk to him.

“Hey what took you so long?” He asked him as the other hopped up on the hood next to him.

“Sorry bout that. My friend Daniel hyung was just telling me how awesome and good looking he thinks I am. Like usual.” Changhyun rolled his eyes at him again.

“Ice cream?”

“Yup, here you go!” He handed him one of the pints and a spoon.

“Thanks.” Changhyun smiled at him before taking the top off his ice cream, being surprised when he saw that it was butter pecan.

Wow, he remembered. He looked at him and gave him a knowing smile. Jonghyun smiled back and mentally high-fived himself knowing he had scored some major points with the boy he’d quickly fallen for.

They sat and enjoyed each other’s company as they ate. There wasn’t much talking done (other than Jonghyun getting scolded for stealing a spoonful of Changhyun’s ice cream) and it wasn’t long before they were finished and it was time to go.

Changhyun was about to open his mouth when Jonghyun interrupted him, “Hey can I see your phone?”

Changhyun was confused but handed it to him anyways. He watched him as he pressed some buttons and then gave it back to him with a grin on his face.

“What did you do?” He pointed at Changhyun’s contacts (there were few). He immediately saw the new contact in his phone. Yet, it wasn’t under Jonghyun’s name, it was under the name of the store.

“So I guess I’ve been calling you the wrong name huh?” He looked at him with an eyebrow raised.

Jonghyun chuckled, “Well you know I figured I shouldn’t put my name in there. Just in case.” Changhyun didn’t say anything. He couldn’t if he tried. He was too taken aback about how much the other had already figured out about his situation.

They both hopped off the car and before Changhyun could grab his bags, Jonghyun already had them in his strong hands, holding them out to him. He took it and thanked him, shivering at the contact their hands made (for longer than necessary).

“Goodnight hyung.” He said softly as he looked into his eyes.

“Goodnight.” Changhyun said back before he quickly turned and started walking away hoping that his nervousness didn’t show. He turned back when he heard his name being called.

“Hey, if you ever need anything or wanna talk…….” He just pointed at the jacket pocket the boy’s phone was in.

Changhyun just nodded at him with a smile and they parted ways. Both silently hoping that their next meeting would happen sooner than the last.

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Hi!!! *waves* I hope this was okay for you guys! I'm still new at this writing thing so if anything and you have a suggestion of how I can do it better, please let me know! lol

By the way, I really couldn't for the life of me think up a name for the store Jonghyun works at!! LOL is that sad or what? :P