LOVE NOTES

“Jongin!”

Said male startles when he enters his apartment. His husband is there, waiting for him in the living room, an odd sight, since they haven’t seen each other much for the past week. Jongin is working the night shift at the hospital and comes home around seven or eight, depending on how much work he’s had that day, while that would be the time for Sehun to get ready and leave for work. Usually, he manages to get a peck for a greeting at most, before he collapses onto the bed.

“You’re not going to work yet?” Jongin asks, eyes blinking relentlessly in an effort to keep them open. He’s barely coherent.

“No, I thought I told you I’d be taking a day off today? Since the project is over and I had been working overtime.”

Ah yes, he thinks Sehun did mention that sometime. Actually, it must be somewhere in their kakaotalk convo. They’ve been using the messenger app more lately, simply because their working schedules clash. Because of that new advertising campaign Sehun had to monitor, he had been clocking off after ten o’clock instead of six, meaning he didn’t get to see Jongin who would be gone to work when Sehun got home.

“I missed you,” Sehun whispers and Jongin smiles softly. He missed his husband a lot, too. But he’s also too tired to spend quality time with Sehun. He needs his nap to function normally again.

“I need a few hours of sleep,” Jongin sighs and rubs at his eyes. They’re starting to hurt a bit.

“Don’t do that, it’s a bad habit,” Sehun says and stops him. There’s a gentle smile on his face.

“I know you need to sleep now,” Sehun whispers. “So go ahead, get ready for bed. I’ll wait for you there so I get to cuddle my Nini-bear at least. I’m Nini-deprived.”

Sehun embarrassed laughter is cute, Jongin thinks. He knows the other is flustered by his own cheesy words. After all, Sehun isn’t one to verbally express his feelings much. That would be Jongin’s task.

“See you in a bit,” Jongin murmurs and pecks Sehun on the cheek before he makes his way to the bathroom.

His own tired face greets him in the bathroom mirror, and Jongin is so tired he almost doesn’t notice the bright pink memo stuck on the mirror. The note itself is in a heart shape, which is already sweet enough, but the words that have been carefully jotted down on it are even sweeter.

I f