# 48
My Hot Babe
Hyukjae's frowning. Checking his phone. Donghae leans closer. Hyukjae turns his screen off. Puts his phone away.
"Oh, it was just... reminders! Hae, what should we have for breakfast today?"
Donghae looks at him. "Hyukjae? What is it?"
"What? What is what?"
"Honeybun, don't," Donghae says. Grabs his face. "Tell me. What was that?"
Hyukjae giggles. Grabs Donghae's face. "I can do this too if you don't let me go..."
Donghae lets him go. He can't hide it. That he's upset with Hyukjae. He gets out of bed.
"Hae..."
Donghae just heads to the bathroom.
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At noon... Hyukjae's phone has stopped. It's not alerting him. Not making noise. Not vibrating. Not even lighting up.
But Hyukjae's eyes will dart to it.
Donghae thinks... he probably just turned it off. He takes both their phones anyway. Leaves them in the bedroom. They aren't supposed to be on them. Or thinking about what they're missing. They'd agreed to it. Their friends and family know. That they won't be checking their phone regularly.
Buf Donghae's show of being upset... doesn't do much. Because Hyukjae's too preoccupied. By whatever "reminder" he got in the morning. He isn't even noticing. That Donghae's mad at him.
So Donghae gives up. Moves towards Hyukjae. During their movie. He pecks his cheek. Wraps his arms around him. Hyukjae presses a kiss on his head. And he sighs. Quiet. Perturbed.
Donghae sits straight. Turns off their movie. Hyukjae doesn't seem startled. He doesn't complain. Whine. Doesn't say anything at all. He just gazes sadly at him. Donghae gets up. Goes to their bedroom. Grabs both their phones.
He comes to sit back down.
Hyukjae's biting his lip.
Donghae hands him his phone. "Hyukjae... you have to tell me."
Hyukjae sighs again.
"It's... stupid..." he says. Takes his phone. Slowly taps. "Oh, there's more..."
"More what?"
"I think... someone must've recognized me from those pictures... they left a comment on an article, saying I looked like a teacher at their brother's school. You know our school website has the staff names and emails... so... people looked me up and found that. Now I'm getting... stuff on my work email..." He laughs. Sounds anxious. "It's okay though. A lot of it is going to spam and I emailed the principal if I could just be taken off the website... so... it's okay..."
Donghae's shocked. "Can I see?" He holds his hand out.
Hyukjae shakes his head. Phone behind his back. "I'm sorry, Hae... no..."
Donghae understands. It's stuff that would make him angry. He feels furious already. He swallows. Nods.
"D-Don't delete it. Save them. Everything you get."
Hyukjae lo
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