cross-posted in my onkey fiction tumblr :)

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Friday night. But Jinki’s stuck in his room, frustrated on his assignment and foodless.

Jinx        : That favorite bakery of mine at the corner better got donuts stacked at the table tomorrow

Bum       : Or?

Jinx        : Or I will cry by their door

Jinx        : It’s been 2 days!

Jinx        : 2 days without my donuts! TT__TT

Bum       : I’m rolling my eyes so hard right now

Jinx        : Thank God we’re not video calling

Bum       : Ha, you wish

Jinx        : Why we’re not video calling, tho?

Bum       : Because we’re practically five meters away

Bum       : Because your front camera

Bum       : Because you texted me first instead video called me

Bum       : You want me to roll my eyes again?

Jinx        : No, I want you to make me some donuts

Jinx        : Can you?

Bum       : I can

Jinx        : Then why don’t you?!

Bum       : Because feeding you is worse than feeding a bear

Bum       : Besides, ur taste buds r so weird

Bum       : Ur admiration to my dish could turn into complain in millisecond

Jinx        : Who put ginger on the chicken anyway?

Bum       : That one time was supposed to be chicken with soy sauce and ginger!

Jinx        : Too many excuses

Jinx        : Bum

Jinx        : I’m starving :(

Bum       : I still have the picture of ten inches subway you had on your break

Jinx        : It was three hours ago

Jinx        : I spent all the calories for the history paper I’m working on

Jinx        : And this is not even 50% finished

Bum       : When is the due?

Jinx        : Emmm, next week

Bum       : Then you have time to go to my place and grab some food

Bum       : You want me to make you some toast?

Jinx        : Too lazy to move

Jinx        : My stuck on the chair

Bum       : Too graphic

Jinx        : A very nice graphic

Jinx        : What are you doing?

Bum       : Listening your endless rant?

Bum       : Distracting you from your paper?

Jinx        : I deserve this break! Been ogling to the screen for so long my eyes started to burn

Bum       : What’s the different with staring at ur phone?

Jinx        : Hufft

Jinx        : Why you’re always right?

Bum       : Because u r dumb

Bum       : And pathetic

Bum       : And obsessed with food

Jinx        : Now you remind me to the two dozen of donuts I supposed to have!

Jinx        : Wait

Jinx        : How do I make donuts by myself?

Bum       : Don’t even think about it

Bum       : Too many disasters you made this week already, Jinx

Bum       : Taem still mad about his broken ipod

Jinx        : in my defense, he’s the one who tried to fix it too soon

Jinx        : I told him to leave it for at least one night!

Bum       : Yeah, but you spilled your ice coffee on it first

Jinx        : :((((((((((((((

Jinx        : Guess I cannot buy that fanny pack we saw the other day

Bum       : U don’t even need that

Bum       : And since when you knew its name is fanny pack?

Bum       : Last week you said waist-purse

Jinx        : U kept talking about how beautiful it was all the way back to the dorm

Bum       : Because it was! It was cool!

Bum       : And u need to learn more about fashion

Jinx        : My major is English literature

Bum       : So?

Jinx        : Judge by your answer, u r ready to lecture me about daily fashion and all the shenanigans entails

Bum       : Call it even, then?

Jinx        : Cool

Jinx        : Just like the way I am

Bum       : You are such a dork

Jinx        : I’m just stating the matter of fact

Jinx        : Don’t you agree?

Bum       : Whatever to make you forget about your digestion flaw

Jinx        : What the heck

Jinx        : Now I really need to make the donuts

Bum       : What’s with you and donuts?

Jinx        : Do you think the mart across the street still open?

Jinx        : If I google the recipe I can probably make it

Jinx        : Easy peasy

Bum       : And turn Minho into hulk?

Bum       : Your roommate is such a clean freak

Bum       : Besides, that portable stove you have is limited to make ramen only at your place

Bum       : I don’t need the third world war took a place across my room

Bum       : This week’s assignment is already dragging me down

Jinx        : Ah speaking about Minho

Jinx        : I have nice news

Bum       : What? He finally realized you’re the one who devour his cereal at midnight?

Jinx        : That’s not nice

Jinx        : He will cut me open right away

Jinx        : I don’t want third year medical student using me as practice doll

Bum       : The word of practice doll is questionable

Bum       : U sure u r lee jinki?

Bum       : Or u just robbed him and casually use his phone to talk to a very handsome man while you’re chilling after threw him on the dumpster?

Jinx        : What the heck?

Jinx        : That’s very unlikely

Jinx        : I mean, the part they threw me to the dumpster.. I have black belt taekwondo, remember?

Bum       : And I’m a water ski champion

Jinx        : Show off

Bum       : You started it

Bum       : What’s the news then?

Bum       : Maybe I can use it as my new project idea

Bum       : Ha, such a genius, Kim Kibum

Jinx        : Prepare yourself

Jinx        : He has a new boyfriend!

Jinx        : Choi Minho, finally has a new boyfriend after years drown in those books I can use to make house foundation

Jinx        : I caught him kissing this Jonghyun guy who studied performance art at the west building!

Jinx        : They didn’t even care some girls taking pictures of that scene

Bum       : Oh, God

Jinx        : Told ya! Surprise, right?!

Bum       : Yeah, I’m surprised

Bum       : I’m surprised because you only knew it just now

Bum       : What kind of roommate are you?

Jinx        : What do u mean?

Bum       : They’ve been snogging around the university since a month ago

Bum       : Or maybe more

Jinx        : Excuse me?!

Bum       : Poor bunny

Bum       : Tell me something I don’t know

Jinx        : Let me see

Bum       : I was being cynical, dummy

Jinx        : Oh I have one

Bum       : Geez, here we go

Jinx        : I bet you don’t know that I have major crush on you since day one and right now I probably, no, most likely, I finally went crazy alrdy, because it’s all over my mind lately and I can’t shake off your image even for a second each day each week

Jinx        : There

Fifteen minutes passed by and there’s no responds popped out on his phone’s screen. No sudden phone call just like Kibum usually did whenever Jinki pulled some trick on him. Not even frantic knocking on the door to yell right on his face. Caught on panic attack, he marched back and forth between his desk and his bed, biting his lower lip while repeatedly telling himself how stupid he was.

He shouldn’t have crossed the line. He should know his place. He should not fell in love to the first boy he bumped into on the dorm hall because he was overwhelmed with all his stuffs he almost knocked his head to the wall who happened to be a very fine and friendly human being and offered Jinki to go to his room later on that day for a coffee and homemade cookies.

“Choi Minho!”

“Whenever you begin a call with obnoxious overly dramatic ‘Choi Minho’ the conversation would ended up with you whining like a five years old kid or an old lady complaining about how her tea is not warm enough.”

“I shouldn’t have listened to you and your filthy mouth.”

“Woah, calm down, Optimus,” as if Minho possessed some magic trick, Jinki calmed himself and able to sit by the edge of his bed, “What on earth is happening with you for my innocent soul should agree to accept such an accusation?”

“I.. I was drunk enough to listen to your words about Kibum.”

“You drunk? I thought this morning you just vowed not going to drink until your paper finish?”

“Metaphorical, Choi. Metaphorical.”

“I’m studying to be a doctor, in case you forgot.”

Jinki hates the fact that his roommate slash best friend is actually kind of make sense even though he’s upset toward the latter.

He sighed before finally telling Minho what have just happened.

“I confessed to Kibum and I’m freaking out right now.”

“And you decided to call me?”

“Because you’re the one who kept pestering me about Kibum being extra affectionate lately and about time I need to man up but now he’s not replying my text!”

“Who told you to confess with text message?!”

“I don’t know it’s just happened! He must be disgusted across the hall!”

“Disgusted? Dude, that guy kissed you before!”

“Once! And it’s because he was super wasted he thought I was Neil Patrick Harris!”

“I was super wasted around you, like a lot, but never once I sprung on you like that. If he doesn’t have a feeling for you, or at least tiny crush on you, he wouldn’t do that. And the fact that he’s okay with that the next morning means he’s not sorry at all. And here you are, telling me he doesn’t like you back just because you chose the worst way of confessing? Where is the logic?”

“He was okay because it was nothing. It was just a drunk mistake! If he had the same feeling with me, he would be flustered by that time.”

“I hate to repeat myself, Lee. But where’s the logic from that? Of course he’s not panicking like you right now because he might think it was, what’s the term, natural? You and Kibum are practically dating already! Texting and calling each other almost every single night, hanging out at the coffee shop and having dinner together, even shopping and regularly walking downtown every Saturday night, that’s what boyfriends do when they’re not having !”

Having ? The image of Kibum’s neck, his milky skin and firm crossed his mind, making him blushed like a teenager. Get a grip, Lee Jinki!

“I just ruined my only chance, didn’t I?”

“No, you just learn the first step of not being a scaredy-cat.”

“But he hasn’t replied back.”

“So what? Text him first. Or call. Or just go to his room, for God’s sake!”

“You are not helpful at all. I hate you.”

“There are so many wrong things on those words but yeah, I love you, too. Now stop disturbing my date night and make your own.”

And with that Minho’s voice vanished from the other end. He’s right. I should be the one who responsible of my own action. Minho’s part was only gave his very obvious feeling a nudge. He put slid his phone to the front pocket of his hoodie and took the last breathe before opened the door and entered the battle zone.

What’s waiting behind the door is beyond his imagination.

“Ugh, Kibum.. I, umm, I..”

Kibum’s grinning from ear to ear, his cute dimples adorn his pale cheeks, one hand clutched his phone and one rose to the air, waving shyly to Jinki who still unable to control his expression.

“You ready?”

“Ready what?”

“You said you’re starving?”

Jinki had a sudden urge to scratch his not itchy at all head, “Ugh, yeah?”

“It’s still nine. We can still find something to eat outside.”

“What? Where.. where are we going?”

Jinki looks so dumbfounded, and the eyes-rolling-scene inevitably reappeared on Kibum’s face.

“We’re going for a date. You have problem with that?”

“Wh—what?”

Jinki needs more time to swallow all the information he just heard and Kibum kept changing between impatient and flushed.

“You heard me. We’re going for a date, you, Lee Jinki, and me, Kim Kibum. And if you changed your outfit now into something less sloppy, I would really appreciate it. My date should always looks good, get it?”

He smiled by the end of the sentence, insanely beautiful with eyes gleaming with all the happiness in the world, that’s when it finally hits Jinki.

“Wait, wait. Let me clear this up. Are we.. ahem..  are we boyfriends now?”

“Jinx, we already are. Since long time ago. We’re only missing the make out session and sleeping together part which now I guess, it’s finally doable.”

Damn, Minho’s right.

“Now do me a favor and get decent clothes already.”

Jinki couldn’t help but beamed into ray of sunshine. He nods vigorously and dashed to his wardrobe, leaving Kibum shaking his head. Five steps away, Jinki spun and raced back to Kibum.

“What’s now?”

Kibum’s about to shriek again but all the words went back to his throat when Jinki pushed his lips with his soft ones. Kibum can feel the other boy is smiling into the kiss, making him glee and gooey from head to toe.

“I’ll be back.. boyfriend.”

Jinki winks and this time, actually reached his wardrobe to find better sweater and a pair of jeans. Kibum leaned by the threshold, lips pursed cutely, realizing this may be the happiest day of his life after that afternoon he saw Jinki for the first time across his room.

Boyfriend, Kibum loves how it rings.

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