"Jealousy At It's Finest"

I'm not jealous... nope, not one bit... He continued to tell himself that as he watched his two members rehearse for the solo concert.

Both Taekwoon and Wonshik have been practicing very hard for their concert 'Eclipse' and Hakyeon decided to take a peek at how everything was going. Except, he now regrets it. He's dying to run out of the room.

Gyah! Stop touching him all over! Get your hands off him! He really wanted to yell at the backup dancers, but obviously, he can't. 

"Taekwoon-ah, you need to lean in a bit closer to her or else it'll look awkward," the choreographer said.

"Yes," Taekwoon nodded obediently and leaned in.

No! Why are you so obedient at times like this?! Aren't you supposed to say 'no' or something?? 

Hakyeon thought he was losing it as he continues to watch the duo practice their choreoraphy with the backup dancers. He hates it when Taekwoon does his solo performances... it's not even the first time this has happened. The Jung Taekwoon who used to be so shy and flustered whenever he has to perform some sort of skinship, has recently gotten very used to having girls around him for his solo performances. When did this start? Hakyeon couldn't help but feel jealous after all.

Taekwoon always refuses skinship with Hakyeon but he's always all over the other members and female friends, backup dancers, older actresses et cetera.

Hakyeon let out a deep sigh as he tried to hide his jealousy from the rest.

"It's showing," Wonshik flopped down next to Hakyeon. "You're so obvious, hyung."

"Shush, Kim Wonshik. You were all over those girls too," Hakyeon pouted. "I thought you were supposed to be awkward with them."

"I still am. But this is just a performance, there's no meaning to it whatsoever," Wonshik pinched Hakyeon's pouty cheeks. "Hehe, hyung you're pouting like a blowfish."

Hakyeon grumbled and glared at the younger teasing him. 

"Whenever you two have solos, the girls are all over you. It's annoying," Hakyeon said honestly. 

"You get all the girls too, hyung. Did you forget your solo stages?"

"That's different... anyways, you two are too... !"

"Jealous?"

Hakyeon nodded.

"Of who? Me or Taekwoon-hyung?" Wonshik smirked.

"You know who..." Hakyeon gave a death glare at Taekwoon in secret, causing Wonshik to die of laughter even more.

"Haha! You're seriously the cutest when you're jealous, hyung. It's so obvious too!" 

"Stop making fun of me, Kim Wonshik," Hakyeon warned him.

"What are you going to do about it huh?" the younger continued. 

Hakyeon rolled his eyes, unable to deal with the younger's teasing even more. 

"I'm leaving. I don't think I can watch the rehearsals any more than I have to..." Hakyeon said.

"You sure?" Wonshik asked playfully. "Don't miss me too much, honey!"

The younger shouted just in time for Hakyeon to hear before he slammed the door shut. It was obvious that the younger was having too much of a good time and teasing Hakyeon too much lately. He's definitely learning all the bad things from Hyogi or Jaehwan lately! Darn you Kim Wonshik.

Hakyeon swerved around the hallways like a lifeless soul as he made his way back to his own recording studio. Since his musicals were over, he's been having a lot of free time to laze around. That's why he decided to watch LR's dance practice in the first place but it was proven to be a bad decision.

"Darn you too, Jung Taekwoon. Always so popular with the ladies. Does girl like that type after all? And why is he all over them every time he takes a picture with them? Doesn't he care about having scandals or something?" Hakyeon continued to whine alone. 

And here, I really thought it was my turn to be close to him... he sighed.

Knock. Knock.

"Hmm?" Hakyeon turned around.

"Can I come in?" It was Taekwoon.

"W-what are you doing here? What happened to practice?" 

Hakyeon couldn't hide his surprise to see the younger suddenly here.

"Some thing happened and it's now Wonshik's turn to practice," Taekwoon said in his murmuring voice.

"Huh?"

"Anyways, are you feeling alright?" Taekwoon asked.

"Um, yeah? Why?" Hakyeon tilted his head.

"You don't seem very energetic," the other noticed. "You were really quiet during the practice."

"Uh, well... I'm just a bit tired."

"Did you not get enough sleep?"

"I guess not enough?" Hakyeon asked back.

Taekwoon sat down next to Hakyeon and wrapped his arms around the older. He brought Hakyeon's head closer, leaning against his broader shoulders.

"T-taekwoon-ah?" Hakyeon was flustered and surprised.

"You can rest here a bit. You look tired Hakyeon-ah," Taekwoon offered.

"B-but you still have rehearsals," he couldn't help but stutter.

"It's okay. Wonshik will be taking awhile for the rehearsals anyways so I don't need to be back anytime soon."

"I-I see..."

Hakyeon really wanted to lean on Taekwoon with ease but the sound of his heart beating was so loud that he was afraid the younger would end up hearing it. 

Calm down me, calm down, he told himself.

"Hakyeon-ah," Taekwoon said. "What were you talking about with Wonshik earlier?"

"Earlier?"

"The two of you were really close just now. Is there a secret you can't share with me? We're friends aren't we?" Taekwoon turned to face Hakyeon and looked at the older with puppy-like eyes.

"U-uh, it's nothing."

"Really?" 

"U-uh yeah..."

Bzz. Bzz.

Just then, Hakyeon's phone vibrated.

"One sec," he said as he dug the phone out of his pocket.

[When's our next date? My honey~] From Minhyuk.

"Pfft," Hakyeon cracked a bit from his playful friend.

But just as he was about to reply, his phone was confiscated by Taekwoon.

"Taekwoonie?" 

"Does everyone call you honey or darling whenever they want?" the younger asked with a rather scary expression on his face.

"Kind of? They're just teasing and playing around," Hakyeon told him, not knowing why the other seemed rather upset.

"Hmm... you're popular."

"Me?" Hakyeon titled his head in confusion. "What about you? You're popular too."

"No I'm not."

"Of course you are! Just look at all the noona friends you have and those backup dancers... they all have their eyes on you," Hakyeon finally said.

"So?"

"So it means you're more popular."

"And? You're quite popular with the guys yourself!" Taekwoon began. "That Minhyuk, Wongeun, Jisoo, and who else? Even Wonshik earlier was calling you his honey."

"That's because he was teasing me. He's been hanging around with Jaehwan too much," Hakyeon was trying to make his point. "Anyways, it's obvious you're the popular one, dancing with all those girls and having their hands all over you and stuff..."

"That's just a part of the choreography, there's no meaning to it or anything."

"That's what you think but I bet they don't think the same thing. Plus, they even tried to kiss you during one of the songs!" Hakyeon bursted out.

"But we didn't kiss, it's just an act!" Taekwoon defended himself.

"I don't care, a kiss is still a kiss."

"Our lips didn't even touch. You're being unreasonable here."

"Me? Well, I'm sorry for being unreasonable and stupid and stuff!" Hakyeon was at a loss of words. "I can't help it when I feel jealous!"

Ah... shoot! Hakyeon just noticed what he accidently said something he shouldn't have.

"So, you were jealous?" Taekwoon finally calmed down to look at Hakyeon, who was almost out of breath from losing the argument.

"Nu-uh, I don't know what you're talking about. Anyways, I'm sleepy so I'm going back to the dorms," Hakyeon tried to make his escape.

But just as he got up, he was pulled back down by Taekwoon's strong grasp. His body laid flat on the bench of the studio and Taekwoon pinned him down completely.

"L-let go," Hakyeon wiggled a bit and tried to escape desperately since his face was completely red from embarrassment.

"Not until you answer me. Were you jealous about me and those girls?" Taekwoon asked.

"Of course not, you just misheard me. There's no way I'd be-"

Taekwoon leaned in just in time to seal Hakyeon's lips with his. The younger's kiss wasn't very experienced but it was enough to grab Hakyeon's heart and make it his own. 

"Well?" Taekwoon asked as soon as their lips parted.

"Gyah! I was jealous okay? Super super super jealous! You win!" Hakyeon really wanted to hide in a corner from embarrassment now.

Taekwoon chuckled with amusement, happy to hear that from Hakyeon. He leaned in once more and gave the older a peck on the cheeks.

"Now you know how I feel," the younger said.

"What do you mean?"

"You're always surrounded by people, guys or girls. Letting other people call you names that I wanted to call you as instead. Hakyeon-ah, I don't like it when others call you those things... so stop making me jealous okay?" Taekwoon pulled Hakyeon forward for a tight hug. "Only I should be allowed to call you those things."

"T-taekwoon-ah..."

"Well?"

"Mmm!" Hakyeon nodded as he buried his flustered cheeks against Taekwoon's chest. 

"Can we stop already? I'm tired!" Wonshik whined as he lied on the cold, wooden dance floor.

"Nope. You made Taekwoon mad so you have to make up for it instead," the choreographer laughed at the younger.

"I was just joking around!"

"You should have known better than to use Hakyeon to joke around with Taekwoon though. You know how scary he can be whenever it revolves around Hakyeon," another dancer commented.

"Did you noticed his death glares when you sat next to Hakyeon earlier? If only stares can kill, you'd be dead already Kim Wonshik," another dancer laughed.

"Ugh!"

And so, another valuable lesson was learnt today.

A/N: Btw, just a reminder to anyone reading any of my series. I really don't edit my stuff much until they're completely finished because I have a lot of work to do and too much things to complete. So know that I occasionally would go back to editting when I do have time but don't expect them to be proofread constantly. Please just enjoy the stories with a light-heart. Half the time, I write my stories on my phone so there's no spell check or grammar check in general. Please also remember that English isn't my first language. I can speak it no problem but I never went to school to learn how to write with it. Even now, I teach 'conversational' English and not 'grammatical structures'. I just don't like it when people get too  about grammar and forget how to enjoy the story for whatever it is. If you don't like my way of writing, please don't read it okay? Those that don't mind it and continue to enjoy it, I still love you loads~