Rulers

For Roo1004

Couple: LDong

Prompt: Dongwoo has way too much energy and Myungsoo is given the task of helping him get rid of it. 

Myungsoo sighed for what seemed like the millionth time as he eyed the ecstatic dinosaur seated opposite him, looking up at him expectantly.

"Myung~ So what's our itinerary today? I could create one y'know. For me it would be the beach first, then the Ferris wheel-" Dongwoo began before getting rudely interrupted by Myungsoo's crude reply.

"Hotel."

"W-What?" Dongwoo stuttered, his thoughts instantly coveted to a Myungsoo and him in- Blushing furiously, he coughed awkwardly, hoping to ease the surrounding them.

Myungsoo stared back at Dongwoo questioningly, before it dawned upon him the various implications of his suggestion. He almost allowed himself to give in to his fluster and dirty thoughts of him and Dino alone in a hotel, which would explain the imminent red tint appearing on his cheeks. Not knowing how to respond subtly and non-ually to Dongwoo to explain what he meant (which was obviously ual in a separate way from Dino's interpretation, oh the irony), Myungsoo even contemplated throwing his hands in a chortle and laughing Dongwoo's obvious misunderstanding off but that would lead to Kim Myungsoo vocalizing his strictly classified ual fantasies. Something along the lines of "I could take you anytime I wanted in the dorm if you weren't straight as a ruler."

The keyword was almost and yes Myungsoo had almost lost his rational plans to his ual reverie, almost blurted out what he had been hiding for years and predebut, almost opened the gateway to disappointment and rejection, followed by inevitable awkwardness for life (not that they weren't awkward enough already). But he didn't. Of course he didn't, for Myungsoo was L, the master of disguises.

Leaning back into the sofa, he flicked out his hand phone, pretending to casually slide through his various contacts, simultaneously reminding himself that Sunggyu was the one who had put him through this. Dongwoo had just too much hype and energy (probably injected) in his blood and with only the two of them in the dorm, Sunggyu had hastily put him to this task of helping the dinosaur burn that energy. No, Dongwoo hadn't chosen him. Dongwoo would not have chosen him as a companion in a million years. Dongwoo would have picked Sungyeol or Sungjong or practically everybody else in the dorm but certainly not him. Because they were awkward.

No , Sherlock.

"I meant. To get you laid. Excuse me while I find a suitable candidate for you." Myungsoo finally broke the awkward silence, ignoring his brewing internal turmoil.

Dongwoo's face scrunched up in confusion before he took in the other's words, his heart clenched as he thought of the many girls Myungsoo knew who had willingly thrown themselves to him and were willing to do anything just for the latter.

Oh, if only the annoyingly perfect male wasn't as straight as a plank. Dongwoo swore he would have snatched him away from those superficial girls.

He stewed internally, his heart squeezing even more tightly, realizing that Myungsoo had wanted to get him laid. To get him off his back. Was he that annoying to Myungsoo? Or was he just that disinterested he couldn't bother to even spare some time with him?

"Hey. We're supposed to be doing fun stuff. What's up with getting me laid?" Dongwoo whined and pouted as cutely as his Kenyan features could afford, ignoring the painful clench in his heart.

"My agenda today is to get Jang Dongwoo laid. Period." Myungsoo deadpanned as he continued searching for Wally. (Wally because duh nobody is perfect for my dinosaur other than me. God why is he ing straight as a ruler.) 

Myungsoo had assumed Dongwoo to be straight even though the said boy hadn’t mentioned so himself. Likewise, Dongwoo had also considered Myungsoo to be ‘definitely straight’ because he was too perfect. Perfect face perfect features perfect body, he was built by God to be a Casanova though he appeared too passive for Dongwoo to treat him as a ladies’ man.

Passive Myungsoo wasn’t L and Dongwoo was the only one to think so. The others had found L to be a complete cover of Myungsoo and Sunggyu had been too busy to try and lift that cover up. Patting L’s shoulder and telling him to not be that tensed up was clearly the furthest Sunggyu had gone to try and make L perish. But Dongwoo knew fully that L did not exist. Because if you stared closely, there were tiny silvers of Myungsoo bleeding out from what everyone assumed to be ‘L’, and the warm personality wasn’t hidden under the cover of L. Dongwoo knew fully it had always been present. L didn’t exist, Myungsoo did. And Myungsoo was the one and only for Dongwoo.

Processing Myungsoo’s reply,Dongwoo huffed in irritation, snatching the phone from a ‘caught up with his phone’ Myungsoo before dragging the confused boy up to his feet and subsequently out of the house, not forgetting to grab their coats and his wallet on the way.

Dongwoo applauded himself mentally for not chickening out halfway.

The key is strictly to never ever look at Myungsoo's flawless face.

Meanwhile, Myungsoo was in a trance, preventing himself from fangirling over "Jang ing Dongwoo just ing held my hand." When he regained his composure though, he slipped his hand out of the other's before he could even reach out to open the door to his ual fantasies once again, gently grabbing his coat from Dongwoo's other hand and putting it on wordlessly.

Dongwoo gaped at Myungsoo's response, surprised that the latter hadn't dragged him back to the dormitory or once again insisting he got laid.

"I figured my efforts to get you laid have been proved futile. So where are we going?" Myungsoo's voice cued Dongwoo into a mad scramble to put on his coat to avoid the freezing cold while processing the words just directed at him, as well as clutching both his thick wallet and Myungsoo's phone in his hands. (Myungsoo had noted to keep that phone forever since "OH MY GOD JANG DONGWOO TOUCHED THAT" well Myungsoo would have to preserve the whole dorm forever since the entire apartment was obviously spared by the inquisitive dinosaur ahem *coughs in sarcasm*. Whereas Dongwoo had already subjected that device to eternal damnation for obvious reasons.)

"Um, a-a-amusement park." Dongwoo stuttered, regurgitating the first place he could think of with his dysfunctional mind because holy Myungsoo's out with me. Alone. For once.

Myungsoo nodded, trying to clear his mind of thoughts about the legendary Ferris wheel Sungyeol had mentioned in his mini drama. As romantically as it had sounded, Myungsoo couldn't help but dismiss the thought, recalling that that was where Sungyeol had gotten rejected as well. But then again, that was just a drama and dramas were scripted.

Myungsoo was jolted out of his thoughts when he realized that they had reached their destination.

"ERMAHGAWD. ROLLERCOASTERS HERE I COMEEEEE!" Dongwoo hollered, unfazed by neither the weird glances casted at him nor the possibilities of getting recognized by anybody, as he dragged his partner to the first rollercoaster in sight.

And oh the many s Myungsoo gave when he saw the joyful and excited look on Dongwoo's face. He silently thanked the gods that he hadn't insisted foolishly on his initial plan or he could see himself moping around in the dorm while knowing Dongwoo was getting laid by some goon, whoever that could be.

A wave of panic washed over him when he came back to Earth to find himself strapped down onto his seat, Dongwoo next to him, on what he felt would be the scariest ride there. Not actually, since he found every ride equally menacing.

Myungsoo gulped and involuntarily (subconsciously too) grabbing Dongwoo's hand with his own clammy ones, while eyeing the bleak and ominous road ahead of him.

Dongwoo's grin widened a lot, squeezing Myungsoo's hand in assurance and before the duo could look at each other properly, the rollercoaster had propelled itself forward before lunging down the steep track in a matter of seconds while Myungsoo screamed hysterically, vaguely aware of his hand still being in the cheering Dongwoo's.

They were both unspokenly glad that neither of them had taken the damned initiative to let go of their joined hands as they continued with the rest of the rides while Myungsoo clenched his teeth and held his churning stomach for each one of them, reassuring himself that everything was worth it. Worth seeing Dongwoo smile, worth seeing Dongwoo happy and worth seeing Dongwoo with him. All this years as Infinite, despite being dorm mates, the both of them never had their chance for interaction. The younger had been too prideful to approach Dongwoo while the older had been too shy to initiate even a simple conversation. Myungsoo had always hidden himself behind L, the L that was quiet and cool. The L who never approached others. Sungyeol and Sungjong had come to him first to make friends and all of them were clear of the fact that L was not Myungsoo and neither was it vice versa. They themselves had rarely seen Myungsoo make any appearance and Myungsoo himself realized how he had lost his favourite alter ego to Dongwoo. L always seemed so passive about his surroundings that the others, excluding Yeoljong had assumed that he didn’t care about anything. Which wasn’t true because duh, he cares so much about Dongwoo. Truth be told, he was jealous when Sungyeol and Sungjong got together. He wished he could have advanced that much with Dongwoo as well but it proved impossible since he didn’t even have the balls to talk to Dongwoo without fangirling.

Sunset approached all too soon and all Myungsoo could think about was that their day was ending. After this day, both of them would have to continue with their lives, with their schedules and whatnot. Gulping, Myungsoo dreadfully processed the high possibility of them returning to their awkward state whenever together after they continued with their lives. Forgetting their joined hands today and all the time they spent screaming together. But screw that. He couldn't express his gratitude enough for this single day he got to spend with Dongwoo, alone.

He felt a nudge on his side as he spun around to see Dongwoo glancing at him expectantly.

"I'm sorry?" he coughed, clearly missing out what Dongwoo had said.

Dongwoo laughed and repeated, "I said, let's ride the Ferris wheel before we end the day!"

Myungsoo hummed in response, heading off with Dongwoo, his heart palpitating at the mere scrutiny of the legendary Ferris wheel. Unbeknownst to him, Dongwoo was similarly perturbed by the fact that their day together was about to end. Dispelling and casting all negative thoughts away, they clambered gingerly into the cramped compartment, both aware of their sudden close proximity. They remained seated, letting the comfortable silence drift through, for once, awkward silence hadn't engulfed them.

The Ferris wheel grinded to a precipitous halt and both of them gulped to find out that they had been trapped at what seemed to be the top of the Ferris wheel. They glanced down to see little ants scuttling around the machinery, trying to investigate what had caused the sudden malfunction. Myungsoo promptly shifted his gaze towards Dongwoo to find him gawking at the scenery outside the carriage. Turning to take in his surroundings as well, he took in the gorgeous view, complemented by the glowing sunset in the horizon in the background. The scene was too breath-taking for him. Coupled with Dongwoo's perfectly impressed expression, Myungsoo didn't hesitate to quietly retrieve his phone from the engrossed Dongwoo's pocket before silently taking a snapshot to preserve this precious memory where everything he loved had clicked so seamlessly.

Contented with his photograph, Myungsoo looked back up to see Dongwoo still entranced by the scenery. His beautiful face all too perfect, Myungsoo lost all his inhibitions as urge overwhelmed him.

'Screw rulers.' as he gently pulled Dongwoo close to him as their lips connected. And no words were needed as they felt each other smile into the kiss when Dongwoo kissed him back.

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