"Goodness Kkamjong, stop staring at the door like that. He'll be okay."
Jongin pries his gaze away from the wide open front door and gives Sehun a 'wtf are you on about' look.
Sehun returns the glare with a snort and saunters into the kitchen, opening the freezer to examine it's contents.

"Don't give me that. I know what you're thinking." Sehun pulls out two pack of frozen lasagne and crouches down in front of the oven, waving an oven mitt in the air.

"Tell me then Oh Smartass." Jongin joins Sehun in the kitchen and crosses his arms in front of his chest as he stands behind the brunette.

"You were thinking of texting Tao to check if he's okay." Sehun turns the dial on the oven up and tears the packets open noisily.
Jongin bites his tongue and doesn't retaliate as he watches the small fragments of ice drop onto the ground.
Sehun indeed knows him like the back of his hand, like a best friend of thirteen years should.

"Quit babying him, he'll never grow up otherwise. I'm not saying you can't help him when he needs it, but just let him deal with his matters and handle things for himself. He has to learn to stand on his own two feet."

"Sehun, you know why I do that. He had a hard life before he became your cousin. He deserves all the love in the world."
There's a small ball of frustration growing inside Jongin; Sehun has a point, but whenever he sees Tao he can't help but shower him with love and care.
They didn't treat him well in the orphanage, with Tao being just one of the sixty unlucky kids packed into a small house.
How could anyone dump such a sweet, fragile boy onto the streets?; all because of some stupid one-child policy and Tao wasn't the first to come.

"Of course I know, Jongin. Heck, I loved Tao before I even met him." Sehun stands to meet Jongin's eyes, eyes glinting with affection which Jongin knows has been hidden inside him all along.

"But he's not Huang Zitao the abandoned orphan anymore... He's Oh Zitao, son of two caring parents, sports science undergraduate, family to two best friends. He is loved."

Jongin managed to get through the day without texting or calling Tao, despite having the phone in his hand the whole time.
He felt really bad for leaving Kyungsoo hanging, even though he'd told the man that he was having a sleepover and couldn't reply.
He dislikes it; since when has he felt so attached to the man he's only met for a couple of months?
He's really not used to this newfound clingy version of himself.
No, in fact, he's annoyed and frustrated for being this way; he never knew he could be this clingy.
Man, Jongin, you gotta stop hanging around doing nothing all day but texting and waiting for texts from Kyungsoo. He's gonna think you're really annoying and clingy and-

Kyungsoo:
How was your sleepover? :) _19:54

It only takes Jongin ten seconds to ignore his brain and text back.

Hello, was fine. We did plan to stay up till sunrise but we didn't make it. _19:54

Kyungsoo:
Ah... What did you do then before you fell asleep? :P _19:55

We built a blanket fort and talked :) mainly trying to help Tao with his relationship crisis but we talked a lot about other things. Nothing serious, just silly things. _19:55
How was your day? _19:55

Kyungsoo:
Sounds awesome :D _19:55
It was okay, I composed in the morning and had a music history class in the afternoon. Just getting some work done now >_< _19:56

I see. We skipped lectures and labs today. Not supposed to but when I woke up it was already two o'clock so we didn't flat out didn't turn up :/ _19:56
What work are you trying to do now? _19:56

Kyungsoo:
A portfolio of a composer of our choice. Do you know who Henry Purcell is? I don't suppose you would... >_< _19:56

Ah. I don't. But Google will tell me? :) _19:57
It's cute that you use emoticons btw. (I don't, usually) _19:57

Kyungsoo:
It's alright, I just like his arias a lot. :) _19:57
Really? Why not? >_< _19:58

Eh, the only people I text are Tao, my brother and brother-in-law. And Sehun when he needs something from me. -_- _19:58
They don't really use emoticons either, apart from a couple one from Tao? He calls me and Sehun more than he texts us anyways. _19:58

Kyungsoo:
Oh I see... I don't text a lot of people either, just my parents and the chorister. And you! :) _19:59

Do you text them a lot though? (I know you text me a lot... :D) _19:59

Kyungsoo:
Hmmm I text them everyday but only for a while. I only text the chorister for admin purposes only, we're not really that close. :/ _19:59
I do don't I :/ is that annoying? >_< sorry _19:59

Heavens, no. I love texting you. You're really interesting, you know? _20:00

Kyungsoo:
Really? How...? 0_0 _20:01

Uhh where do I start... _20:01
I don't know what you're doing to me, but whenever I'm talking to you or just with you I feel like my brain has gone on hiatus and I'm feeling a lot of things, like my chest doesn't have enough space for all these feelings and it's gonna explode. You know what I mean? _20:02
This has never happened to me before. _20:03

Kyungsoo:
Oh wow. _20:04
Honestly I wasn't expecting this... I was expecting kind of more like I'm cute or something...? (Because apparently I am, according to the manager at the cafe.) _20:04

That. _20:04
That too. _20:05

Author's Note:

A little Kaisoo fluff never hurts anyone :)