Prompt: 001. Freefall      [ZhouRy]

                One-shot in which Henry tries to talk himself into telling Zhou Mi about his feelings… of course, in the end, actions always speak louder than words.

Genre: Romance, a bit of Fluff +

Original WC: 2,118  / New WC:  2,763

“C’mon now… You can do this. It isn’t that hard.” The boy currently holed up in the bathroom, staring at himself intently in the mirror, puffed out his cheeks in frustration. “Seriously, Henry! You can do this… It’s simple, really!” He told himself, trying and failing at giving a self-pep talk. “It’s easy—GAH!” Henry ran his fingers through his hair, tugging on it at the roots as a loud sigh of frustration escaped him in a heavy puff.

His head shot up at the sound of a soft knock at the door, interrupting the self-doubting thoughts of how pathetic he was.

“Henli?” The voice on the other side of the locked door was muffled, “How much longer will you be?”

Henry could all but feel the heat rising in his puffy cheeks, “U… uh…” He stammered, rather unintelligibly. “I… uh… uhm…” He turned his body to the closed and still locked door, trying to create the mental image of the man that was sure to be on the other side of the simple piece of wood that was separating them.

“Henli! C’mon, I really need to—Oh, you’re done.”

Henry opened the door quickly in the middle of the others sentence, his cheeks—if anything—growing darker at the sight of Zhou Mi standing on the other side. The tall Chinese man was still in his night clothes, his lounge pants hanging dangerously low and rather loosely on his hips. His plain shirt was slightly off center, revealing a tease of milky skin stretched over his prominent collar bone. Even with the messy, wrinkled appearance of his clothes and the obvious bed head, Henry couldn’t help but think Zhou Mi looked absolutely perfect in that moment.

“Ah… Henli?”

Henry blinked, snapping himself out of his thoughts of Zhou Mi’s appearance as said males hand waved in front of his face, an obvious hint that the other was trying to get his attention. “U… uh… Wh… What was… that? I didn’t hear you?” Henry asked, cursing the stutter in his voice as he looked up at Zhou Mi and tried to focus on the words coming out of his mouth and not just on how perfect his lips were.

Zhou Mi smiled (Such a beautiful smile! Doesn’t this man know he’s killing me?!, Henry cried in his head), “I asked if you planned on standing there while I took my shower?” Zhou Mi asked, his voice laced with laughter and a hint of teasing as he held up the towel in his hand to show his intentions on showering. “You must have woken up to early, Henli… You’re so out of it.” He added, pinching Henry’s cheek in between his index finger and thumb, “So cute~”

Henry knew the taller male had been kidding, but he could practically feel the heat rising off his face as the mere thought of even staying close to the bathroom while Zhou Mi showered crossed his mind with all of its mental image glory. “I just… Uh… It’s just… ah… Zhou Mi… I just wanted… I… I…” Henry felt the tears starting to prick at his eyes as the words caught in his throat each time he opened his mouth. It wasn’t fair. Why was this so hard!

“O…oh! Henli! Please, don’t cry… I was just joking about the shower think!” Zhou Mi said, taking Henry’s tears as a sign that he had offended the younger boy. He stepped into the bathroom, standing closer to Henry as he rested a gentle hand on the others cheek, hoping to calm him to keep the tears from falling.

Henry stared up at Zhou Mi as he drew closer, relishing in the feeling of the elders hand on his cheek. The warmth of the soft palm pressed against his cheek was nothing short of perfect. He kept the eye contact that Zhou Mi had established, growing lost in the warm brown of the elders eyes, “Z… Zhou Mi… I…” 

“What is it, Henli?”

“I…” Henry pushed all other thoughts from his mind, reaching forward to grab a fistful of Zhou Mi’s shirt before he could change his mind on his decision. He yanked the elder forward as he stood up onto his tip toes to meet the Chinese man halfway before crashing their lips together. He let his eyes drift closed, lingering just for a moment before pulling back.

When Henry opened his eyes, he could see the shock written all over Zhou Mi’s face as plain as day. The bliss that had formed a cloud over his mind cleared in an instant as fear gripped him tightly in its place. What if Zhou Mi hated him now? How could he have been so stupid to kiss him like that!!

“I… I’m sorry, Zhou Mi… I … I didn’t mean to… It’s just…” Henry felt the pesky tears pricking at his eyes once more as he turned his gaze down to the floor. He ruined everything, their whole friendship, just for one kiss.

Zhou Mi, however, continued to stare at Henry as the initial shock slowly began to wear off. A sly smile played on his lips as he blindly reached behind him to ease the bathroom door shut and slide the lock into place.

“I shouldn’t have done that,” Henry was saying, an honest sort of regret lingering on every syllable. “I didn’t—Wait, Zhou Mi, what are doin—eek!” A girly sort of squeak of surprise (that Henry would later deny having made) cut off the rest of his sentence as he found himself being switched in position, his back being firmly pressed to the shut and locked door. “Z-Zhou Mi…” He stuttered.

“It took you long enough.” Was Zhou Mi’s only reply to the younger boys splutters before he leaned down, tilting Henry’s chin up with his thin fingers before pressing his lips against the others gently.

Henry felt like his heart could honestly burst from the over flow of happiness and excitement as Zhou Mi kissed him. The butterflies fluttered about in his stomach and he felt like he was free falling through the air and the only thing keeping him from hitting the ground was Zhou Mi, and the elder showed no signs of letting him go any time soon.

Zhou Mi felt Henry’s hand grip at the front of his night shirt in a desperate attempt to pull their bodies closer and deepen the kiss. Zhou Mi kept one hand flat on the door to steady himself as he wrapped his other arm around the younger boy, his palm on Henry’s lower back in his own attempt to keep their bodies pressed together. After a few moments of soft, innocent kissing Zhou Mi decided to kick it up a few notches as he nibbled softly at Henry’s bottom lip, earning a small gasp and the perfect chance to explore the others mouth, not leaving a single spot untouched and untasted.

The heated kiss was finally broken when they both pulled away for much needed air.

Henry smiled, his cheeks burning a deep red, “That was…”

“Amazing?” Zhou Mi supplied, a smile playing at his own lips. He leaned forward, stealing another quick peck before moving on to something more. Kissing along the others jaw line, as his hands traveled down to explore the new options. His fingertips barely eased under the hem of the others shirt, the silent question of if he was allowed to continue hanging in the air as he waited for Henry’s decision.

"Amazing." Zhou Mi finished, a smile playing on his own face. He leaned forward, kissing Henry gently on the lips once more before moving on to his jaw and kissing down his neck. He tugged at the hem of Henry's shirt, pulling it up. He broke the kiss for just enough time to finally get the thin material over Henry's head and toss it somewhere on the bathroom floor. He took in the sight of Henry's bare chest, a smirk playing on his face and lust in his eyes before resuming his assault on Henry's exposed skin. He and nibbled, leaving little red marks in his wake.

Henry moaned softly, his own hands roaming under Zhou Mi's shirt now. "Zhou Mi..."

Zhou Mi ignored Henry’s breathy whisper. He chose instead to bite down on the younger’s collarbone, his tongue soothing the stinging skin as a rather needy moan left Henry’s lips.

“Z-Zhou Mi...” Henry raised his voice up a fraction, arching his back into Zhou Mi’s touches. “Zhou Mi!” His palms pressed flat against the taller Chinese man’s chest as he pushed him back slightly.

Surprise took over Zhou Mi’s delicate features as he processed the situation. “A…Ah! I’m sorry, Henli… Am… I going to fast?” His voice was soft, despite his breath still coming in semi-heavy pants.

“What?” Henry looked up at Zhou Mi with an innocent expression, “No… It’s just…” A smirk played at his lips as he tugged at the hem of the elder’s shirt. “It’s really no fair how over dressed you are.”

Zhou Mi chucked, letting the eager boy pull his shirt up and over his head before it joined the start of a pile on the floor. Their lips molded together again as their movements became more heated, once innocent touches became tainted with lust as Zhou Mi could feel the heat from Henry’s hips pressed against his own.

He smirked into the kiss, looping his thin fingers through the belt loops of Henry’s jeans as he pulled him along, navigating the small bathroom rather easily despite walking backwards.

“Mmm…” Henry hummed softly, following Zhou Mi’s pull, “Zhou…” kiss “Mi…” kiss “What are…” …kiss… “you” kiss “doing?”

Zhou Mi pressed his lips to Henry’s yet again, shutting the boy up with the innocent pecks as he reached blindly for the button of Henry’s jeans. “I told you…” He said, popping the button out of place. In a moment of silence, Zhou Mi couldn’t help but thank the younger’s ‘western-style’ as the baggy jeans pooled straight to his ankles. “I need to take a shower.”

Henry was mildly surprised as he found himself standing in front of Zhou Mi in only his boxers. So, being the rather childish person he was, he reacted in the only way he could think of. Hands at the others hips, Henry yanked down the soft cotton of Zhou Mi’s night pants.

Of course, Henry didn’t take into account that Zhou Mi might not have been wearing any underwear beneath said night pants, so the moment the cotton hit the floor, Henry took in the sight of the taller male standing before him, quite and highly aroused.

“Like what you see?” Zhou Mi asked, his voice dipping into what Henry could only describe as his ‘vocal range of pure ’. His thin fingers hooked into the waistband of Henry’s boxers and soon they were on the floor with the rest of the clothes. He took Henry’s hand, dragging him into the shower, turning on the water full blast and not caring as the icy water rained down around them.

It was well worth it to stand under the cold torrent of water as Henry shrank into Zhou Mi’s chest to keep warm, taking the time to stand up onto his toes to kiss the elder.

What had started out as yet another innocent kiss slowly heated up along with the temperature of the water and Zhou Mi found himself nibbling at Henry’s bottom lip before the younger granted him access to explore the inside of his mouth. It wasn’t long until Zhou Mi had Henry pinned back against the cold tile wall. The younger arched his back, trying to get away from the chill but Zhou Mi pushed him back as he trailed hot, open mouth kisses down Henry’s jaw line. He left several marks down the younger’s neck as he made his way down his chest, slowly sinking to his knees in front of him and enjoyed ever sound he managed to draw from the Canadian’s kiss swollen lips.

Zhou Mi kissed across Henry’s stomach, blowing a light raspberry in the soft flesh and causing Henry to giggle.

“MiMi, that tickles—Oh!”

Zhou Mi used the distraction to surprise Henry, taking him all at once to the back of his throat. He was quick to wrap his fingers along Henry’s hips to keep him from bucking his hips as he slide his hips along the younger’s . He kept the pace slow, swirling his tongue around the sensitive head and taking pleasure at the incoherent, nonsensical words that flowed freely from Henry’s lips.

Zhou Mi pulled away, taking a deep breath as he looked up at Henry. “Are you enjoying that, Henli?” He asked.

“It’s… I can’t even—uhnng… I don’t… ah! MiMi!” Henry was panting again by the end of his sentence, banging his fists back into the tiles as Zhou Mi ed him, the wet, hot heat surrounding his throbbing errection and driving Henry nearly insane at the slow pace of the others movements. Henry couldn’t help but moan, his hand tangling into Zhou Mi’s wet hair as he urged him to move faster. Sweet vibrations sent shivers of pure pleasure down his spine as Zhou Mi hummed softly. The second Zhou Mi moved faster, Henry knew he wouldn’t last much longer as his stomach clenched and a familiar sort of heat pooled within his abdomen. “Ah… Z… Zhou Mi… I … I’m gonna…”

Zhou Mi could hear Henry call out his name as he came, and Zhou Mi swallowed every last drop the younger had to offer, leaning back and smirking up at him as Henry slumped back against the cool tiles.

The next hour was spent playing innocently in the shower, helping on another to wash up as they splashed and played in the rapidly cooling water and by the time they were ready to get out and dry off, the water had turned icy once more.

Zhou Mi dried Henry off, fluffing up his hair with a towel as the younger used his own towel to dry off Zhou Mi. Together, they cleaned up the mess of clothes around the bathroom before spending the last little bit of quiet time together before the rest of Super Junior showed up.

“We’re home~!!”

Zhou Mi sighed as he heard the other members of Super Junior trooping into the front hallway, falling over one another to take off their shoes. Knowing that the first of the members would be rounding the corner at any moment, Zhou Mi leaned over and stole one last quick kiss from Henry before straighting back up on the couch and grinning as Henry tried to hide the heavy blush that stained his cheeks. He smiled as the other members began to make their way through the living room.

Eunhyuk was the first, merely offering a wave of his hand in greeting as he shuffled to the back of the dorm. Donghae wasn’t much different, mumbling something about a nap as he headed in the direction of his and Eunhyuk’s shared room. Siwon headed straight to the kitchen to grab a bite to eat and Kyuhyun and Sungmin came through continuing a discussion they had been arguing for the past week (along the lines of “Kyuhyun could so totally beat Sungmin at Star Craft, was that even a question?!”).

Ryeowook, on the other hand, skipped over to where Zhou Mi and Henry sat and snuggled into the couch right between them. “Ahh~ It’s so good to sit down and relax!” He said, grinning.

Henry smiled at Ryeowook, shifting just a little to give the other a bit more room, “You worked hard today, hyung?” he asked.

Just as Ryeowook opened his mouth to reply, he was cut off by a loud, very unmanly shriek. “What was that?!” He asked, jumping up.

The dorm was silent as Eunhyuk came sliding out of the bathroom not a moment later, a towel barely wrapped around his waist and his wet hair plastered to his face, “What happened to all the hot water?! Did one of you fall asleep in there or something?!”

Zhou Mi could only laugh in response as Henry’s cheeks burned a deep red.