Jeonghan remembers settling down into the chairs that were brought out for them. He remembers laughing along with everyone else on some of the questions and requests that they went through. He clearly remembers hearing a request for the pepero game for Dokyum. Jeonghan remembers hearing his idiot shout for Woozi hyung to be his partner. He doesn’t remember hearing his idiot call for him and Joshua to be the next members to try it out. He doesn’t.

But the others members shouted and cheered and up Joshua and him had to be. He remembers watching DK and Woozi do it. He barely paid any attention to Joshua’s cringing. Jeonghan remembers laughing at the two of them.

Well he’s not laughing now. He stood in front of Joshua with Jun grabbing the pepero bag. Joshua took one out and put it in Jeonghan’s open mouth. And of course he was going to cheat. He started to chew on his end a tad to make it shorter, it certainly wasn’t fair to DK and Woozi but his heart pounded like crazy; he didn’t think he would be able to live this through. He didn’t think he’d get the chance or the opportunity to play this game with Joshua and now that it was happening he had no idea what to do. What happened if their lips touched? Would he play it off? Would Joshua get disgusted with him and what they did?

Jeonghan really hoped not. He liked Joshua. A lot. In the way that a good number of people would frown upon. In the way that would lose them the careers that they were building. In the way that would a good number of fan girls happy. He braced himself as Joshua tilted his head, in a damn attractive way, and placed his hand gently on Jeonghan’s shoulder. God why did this guy mess with his senses. As his heart jumped out of his chest Joshua moved closer as he chomped down on the stick. Jeonghan gritted his teeth to make sure it didn’t fall.

Breathing a sigh of relief as he felt Joshua move away, he spat out the left over onto Jun’s hand. As he looked and exclaimed at the small size, thinking they’d won, he regretted closing his eyes. When would he get such a good look at Joshua this close in a position like that again. Too bad.

Seungkwan moseyed on over to help add fuel to the fire. Jun and Seungkwan explained that what Jeonghan did was cheating and the two of them would have to redo the game again. . Damn his freaking idiot for putting him in this situation and damn his cutie for being such a damn instigator like him. Jeonghan didn’t want to up his relationship with Joshua. What the hell did those two think they were doing?

Jun went over to get the bag again and Jeonghan went to whisper into Joshua’s ear. “Just keep going forward ok? We can win this.” Joshua nodded. Under those bright lights of the stage Jeonghan saw the lights bounce off Joshua’s large eyes and wished he had the time to drown in how Joshua looked right then. His hair in an artfully disheveled manner, his lips plump as ever, face sparkling thanks to the makeup, his eyes anxious as they were, sparkling with the added lights of the stage.

Jeonghan grabbed the stick himself this time and placed it on his tongue. He left his eyes open this time. Ignoring the sweat dripping down his neck and the harsh lights he focused his eyes on Joshua who placed his hand lightly in a fist on Jeonghan’s chest. Jeonghan put his hand on Joshua’s shoulder to keep up with the act of having the ability to push him if he came too close; he’d have to control the urge to grab him and bring him closer. Once again Joshua tilted his head, showing his jawline ever so prettily, and started to chew on the stick. The closer Joshua got, the more Jeonghan wanted to simultaneously pull away and bring Joshua closer to his lips.

But as it was, Joshua brought himself closer to Jeonghan’s lips on his own. Ignoring the fans screams, he wanted to bask in the joy of feeling Joshua’s lips touch his ever so gently. He wanted to jump for joy but he stayed still as he watched Joshua jerk back away from him and he dropped the small left over piece for Jun again. Jeonghan watched as Joshua rubbed at his lips lightly. With the light catching his face he wondered if the saw Joshua blushing from this distance or was it a trick of the red lights.

Jun declared them the winners as Joshua managed to eat the stick down to an impressive 0.3cm even if he had touch Jeonghan’s lips. But that the game was soon forgotten as the fan meet progressed and they rested for the few hours in between the next one.

 As they refreshed themselves and had their makeup and hair retouched he grabbed DK, his idiot, and Seungkwan off to another corner of the place.

Whispering furiously to them he asked, “What the hell were you two thinking? What possessed you,” pointing at DK, “to pick me and Shua?” Pointing to Seungkwan, “And what possessed you to make us do it again. Do you think my heart can take this kind of treatment?”

DK shook his head. “I just thought I’d help you two along.” Shrugging with his big smile on his face, “I know how much you like Shua hyung so I wanted to help.”

Jeonghan bared his teeth and started to growl only to be interrupted by Seungkwan in that sassy tone of voice of his, “Well I think we helped you a lot so I don’t’ see why you’re so angry with us.”

Turning to Seungkwan he growled, “Didn’t you see him jerk away from me and wipe his lips? Because I did.”

“Hyung, he gets flustered easily by you. I wasn’t surprised. But if you ask Hoshi hyung he’d tell you that there was a light blush on his cheeks when he moved away.” Placing his hands on his hips, “And if Joshua hyung were that disgusted by you he wouldn’t have been near you earlier during the fan meet. Mark my words he’s fine and he’ll even probably help you fix your hair too.”

DK nodded enthusiastically.

With a flare of his nostrils and letting out a huge breath of air through his mouth, Jeonghan said, “Hoshi better not be lying. I won’t have our current friendship ed up because of you two.”

Seungkwan waved his anger off. “It’ll be fine. Trust me.”

As they hopped off the vans into their hotel, Jeonghan couldn’t help but think Seungkwan was right. Joshua was fine. He didn’t even act like anything was wrong during the second fanmeet at all. He was as close as ever and he did indeed help Jeonghan fix his hair. Not once but twice even. They were fine.

It was too bad though that they couldn’t be in the same cars, because then he could test how much that game affected Joshua. Oh well. As he got himself comfortable on his bed phone in hand, in his pajamas ready for bed he heard a knock on the door. Looking at DK he gestured with his head for him to get the door.

DK huffed but got up and opened the door. Jeonghan zoned out for a few minutes and didn’t listen, because if he had he would’ve heard the soft tones of Joshua’s voice and the click of the door being closed. Instead he was jerked out of daze by Joshua.

“Jeonghan? Hey Jeonghan!”

Snapping out of his light daze, Jeonghan said, “Oh . Hey Shua? Did you need something?”

He let his eyes soften as he took in Joshua in his own sleeping clothes, the baggy shirt that showed collarbones and the sweats that were his favorite. Jeonghan smiled at Joshua’s clean pink hair that flopped over his forehead and a bit over his eyes, because it was getting a bit long, and the soft pink glow of getting out of the shower.

Joshua fidgeted, eyes looking off to the side for a bit. Jeonghan saw a light pink blush make its way to Joshua’s face. He sat up. This was interesting. Was Joshua going to do something out of the ordinary? Jeonghan patted his bed, “Come over and sit. We can talk.”

If Joshua were closer to him and this was going to end like he thought it might, well maybe they could get in some serious kisses rather than the light brush of lips that happened earlier in the day. Ah, there went his devious mind again.

Nodding Joshua bit his lip and moved over to sit next to Jeonghan’s laid out legs. He laid his hands in his lap, knotting them together and let out a little hum.

“So what did you want to talk about?” He gently moved to caress Joshua’s hands. Jeonghan could feel the tension build. But he couldn’t help but hope this would end with Joshua in his arms and their lips on each other’s.

“I wanted— “Joshua started.