Minseok and luhan are waiting outside ‘minnie’s and dae’s’ café for almost half an hour now.

They both are in luhan’s car and luhan is patiently waiting for minseok to step out.

He seems very nervous and so luhan decided to wait a little more.

He looked around the café, It’s not a big one, neither a small one too.

It’s a two-storey building and minseok’s mom and brother are staying on the upper floor.

Luhan again looked at minseok to see if there is any change in his expression.

He slowly placed his hand over the steering and put his head over it.

Then he tilted his face towards minseok and observed him.

He somehow felt relaxed watching him.

He had an urge to pinch his chubby cheeks but he controlled himself.

He then sat up straight and gently touched minseok’s hand,

Making him little startled because of the sudden touch,

but he soon relaxed when he saw the small smile on luhan’s face.

“your mom is waiting, minseok”

“I know” he looked down. His sadness was evident in his voice.

“then why?” luhan slowly minseok’s hand using his thumb to make him relax.

“I-“ minseok looked up to meet luhan’s eyes.

“you-” luhan asked him to continue.

Minseok still didn’t say anything and just continued staring at luhan.

Luhan sighed and put his both hands on minseok’s shoulders and made him turn towards him.

“Whatever it is, you can share it with me”

Luhan gave a soft look to him.

He knows he is not good at solving anyone’s problems, especially when they are family problems.

But, he surely knows how those problems will affect a person personally.

He knows it well.

He never had shared his problems with anyone.

But, he always had yearned for a special person with whom he can share everything.

A person, who’s shoulder will be always there for him to lean on and if he wants, then to cry too.

Now, for the first time, he wants to be that special person to someone else.

He wants minseok to believe him. He wants to be a person, whom minseok can fully trust.

minseok saw how sincere luhan’s eyes were,

“I am afraid of my father, luhan”, minseok said and luhan saw the fear in his eyes.

“I am going to meet my mom after two months, and last time he warned me not to do it often.

He shouldn’t know us meeting luhan, especially since he knows how they will be against this marriage”

Minseok’s eyes started to get watery.

He sniffed and continued;

“They are my life, luhan. I can’t imagine anything happening to them.

If dae hadn’t forced me, I wouldn’t have come here.”

His lips are now trembling uncontrollably.

“hey, don’t cry. Nothing is going to happen to your family. I promise you.”

Luhan cupped his face and tried to wipe the tears using his thumb.

“you don’t know what he will do, luhan.

He badly wants my mom to suffer so much that he makes sure she won’t get to see her eldest son.”

he said while placing his hands on both of luhan’s hands.

“I had heard some things from yixing, but I didn’t know this much.

But, believe me, Minnie, everything is going to change.

No one will stop you from seeing your mom from now on.

I will do something”

Luhan said with confidence.

“pro- promise” minseok hiccupped

Luhan smiled at him and nodded.

“I will come up with something.

But, now you are the one who is torturing your mom.

She is waiting”

minseok sniffed and nodded.

He then wiped his tears and turned to luhan.

“how do I look?”

“not bad. Thankfully your eyes are not red yet.

Now, let’s go” luhan then turned to open his door.

“mm… luhan” he stopped and looked back.

“thanks” minseok shyly looked down.

Earlier he didn’t give attention to how close they were

and, after registering all that happened he was now a little shy.

Surprisingly for him, he was not at all uncomfortable.

“minseok”

He looked at luhan.

“I am trying”-

“If you will patiently wait for me, I will become a better person”

Luhan looked at him hopefully. He really wants to change for him.

It was now minseok’s turn to become soft.

He held his breath and slowly with slightly shivering hands tried to hold luhan’s hands.

Luhan was little surprised since he didn’t expect minseok initiating any type of skin contact.

But, he didn’t say anything.

“I don’t want you to be a better person, luhan.

You are already a good human being.

I know why you acted like that to me, and

I even know you regretted about it later too.”

“you have suffered more than me, luhan.

I heard about your parents and your relationship with them,

there is no one who won’t yearn for their parent’s love”.

he tightened his grip on luhan’s hands

minseok understood how luhan was trying his best to not cry now.

Minseok then sighed and said.

“luhan”

“I want you to change one thing about you”

Luhan looked at him curiously.

“don’t try to conceal your emotions, if you want to laugh, laugh.

And, if you want to cry, cry. You should stop lying to yourself”.

Minseok removed his grip on one of his hands and used it to cup a side of his face.

“at least around me, try to be the real luhan.”

Without even realizing tears started flowing from his eyes.

Minseok gently tried to wipe them away but was stopped by luhan.

He held minseok’s hand firmly and looked straightly at him with tear-filled eyes.

Minseok was now a little afraid. ‘ did he cross the boundary?’

“Don’t!” luhan said, still holding minseok’s hand

‘God, I did mess up’ minseok thought.

luhan then said in a small voice;

“will you please let me cry?”

Minseok didn’t expect to hear that.

He had thought luhan was asking him to stop showing affection to him.

But no- he was just asking him to let his tears flow.

Minseok simply nodded, showing that he understood what luhan meant.

Luhan removed his grip on minseok’s hand but soon attacked him with a hug.

He placed his face deep into the crook of minseok’s neck.

Though minseok didn’t expect that, he didn’t move back.

He slowly started rubbing his back.

“I will hide you, luhan. You can cry as much as you want”

he doesn’t know what exactly made him say that.

Luhan was someone who made him cry so many times,

who accused him as a player, but still he never hated him.

He had always felt something different with luhan.

Whenever luhan is around him, he feels safe.

When he finally heard the word sorry from him,

he himself was surprised about how easily he forgives him.

After knowing everything about luhan, he felt a need to take care of him.

And he knows that the luhan who is now wetting his shirt is the real luhan.

They both have so many sorrows, what if they can hold each other like this every time.

After a few minutes, luhan stopped his crying, but he didn’t release his hold on minseok.

“luhan”

Minseok slowly rubbed his back again.

“mmm”

“Are you okay now?”

“mmm”

“then can we go? my mom will probably kill me if we keep on making her wait.”

Luhan slowly released him and gave a small smile.

He tilted his head a little and looked fondly at his beautiful face.

Minseok also tilted his head in confusion.

Luhan chuckled and lifted his hand to fix some hairs on minseok’s forehead.

Then he slowly leaned forward and gave a sweet peck on his forehead and whispered: “thank you”.

He moved and clapped his hand to bring a slightly stunned minseok back to the present.

“okay, I am ready, let’s go”, He quickly said and left the car.

Minseok slowly touched his forehead with an open mouth and sta