The day that Yunho was dreading has come. He has to go grocery shopping with Jaejoong. They are out of groceries and Yunho cannot postpone it any further even if he wanted to.

Nor that he could in any way. Changmin had already gone crazy when he was out of ramen. He had to buy the poor boy some packets today if he did not want to face this teenage wrath.

Yunho realized that it is probably going to be very awkward but he was just as excited as he was nervous. This was probably the first time they were going out somewhere alone. Yunho's mind supplies that they are going out on a date but he quickly brushed his thoughts away.

Yunho is waiting for Jaejoong to come down. He tried telling the other that he could manage it alone but Jaejoong remarked that he couldn't make the other do much work alone. Yunho reluctantly agreed, trying to convince himself that spending time with the other boy was a good thing as the more he stayed with Jaejoong,  the less awkward he would be around him.

His thoughts were interrupted as Jaejoong patted his shoulder.
"Hey! Ready to go?" He says as he smiles sweetly. Yunho did not even realize when Jaejoong had come down.

As Yunho does not say anything Jaejoong seems to panic and quickly apologizes for the delay complaining about the eco-bags that were nowhere in sight. 

Jaejoong's panic breaks Yunho out of his Jajeoong loving thoughts and he hastily tells the other that waiting for a few minutes was not a big deal.
Jaejoong nods and they start walking towards the mart. Jaejoong seems to find it a bit hard to keep up with Yunho's pace. Yunho registers it and slows down suddenly causing Jaejoong to bump into Yunho.

"I am so sorry-"

"No, I am sorry" Yunho fumbles. "I was in my thoughts." Yunho mentally face palms himself. It has not even been 10 minutes and he has already made a fool out of himself. Jaejoong does not seem to mind as he smiles at him and continues walking.

"You seem to be doing that a lot today. " Jaejoong smirks. Yunho smiles as he rolls his eyes. Indeed, he has been doing that a lot today but he is not at fault, Jaejoong is. Thus he cannot tease Yunho. But Yunho undoubtedly cannot convey that to Jaejoong so he chooses to keep his mouth shut.

"We will be needing a lot of stuff," Yunho says trying to change the topic. 

"We will."Jaejoong nods, looking around at the tall buildings brightly lit.  There is not a lot of crowd on the road. The air is pleasantly cold and Yunho feels happy all bundled up. They share a comfortable silence that neither of them seems to mind.

As they walk inside the shop, the cold air sweeps across their face. It is an hour before closing time, there are only a few customers scattered around, so Yunho and Jaejoong have most of the aisles to themselves. They walk side by side keeping an eye out for good deals.  with Yunho pushing the grocery cart.

"Where do you want to go first?" Yunho asks as he pushes the cart forward. Soft background music is playing at every corner of the store.

"Fruits and vegetable aisle first," Jaejoong says as he is looking down at the shopping list in his hand. 

They walk towards the fresh produce aisle and Jaejoong starts searching for the vegetables on the list. They pick up some cabbage, onions, and carrots. Jaejoong is about to pick up pumpkin when Yunho reminds him that Changmin specifically asked them not to. Jaejoong hastily keeps it down and goes to search for other vegetables. 

The bakery section is pretty uneventful except for a small banter over what bread to buy- Jaejoong wants the white while Yunho wants the healthier whole wheat option. He loses the argument as Jaejoong quickly calls Changmin who screams that he wants white bread and that brown bread is yucky.

Jaejoong next hurries to the sauce aisle and Yunho follows him. Yunho does not seem to see the cart coming from the other side and accidentally bumps into a woman. He rushes to check on the shocked woman and helps her gather her fallen groceries while repeatedly apologizing to her. She seems livid but her expressions completely change when she sees him. The woman just mutters a quick 'it's okay' and goes along her w