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later that night, jace entered his and sicheng's shared room, silence none of them could ever get used to remained between him and the one laying on bed.

oh how unbearable it was to force himself to pretend like he didn't exist.

"winwin!" he then whined for no reason, attempting to hug said boy who was slowly backing away as he plopped beside him.

he continued, "i'm sorry, okay? you have a reason to be mad at me for that lie even though it was long ago because i really was in the wrong. and i . . i'm tired of not talking to you and faking glares because you look way more cute when you look mad. sigh, it's hard."

his seemingly genuine apology was followed by more moments of silence which the older spent to formulate a matching response.

"i'm sorry too."

it made jace flash his contagious smile, pulling his boyfriend in a tighter hug. this time, he didn't anymore oppose to the action.

"kiss." though they've just made the agreement to be okay, the puckered lips in front of him caused sicheng to panic . . . in gay. "oooh, mr. dong, you wanna kiss me so bad."

"uh . . . "

slightly giving in, he let a peck land on his lips. after the butterfly-giving moment, jace shifted away with maintained eye contact, expression indicating satisfaction.

"that means we've made u—"

what interrupted him and caught him off guard was sicheng pulling him back for a longer, more passionate kiss. he wasn't one who'd usually initiate any form of physical affection (considering the fact that his love language was gift giving), so it definitely was a nice surprise.

but as shocking as it was, he'd do anything to prolong it. the softness of his lips soothed him to an endless amount, along with the simple beauty of how perfectly it moved with his.

once they pulled away from the blissful happening, their faces were still only a few inches away from each as they fell into a fit of giggling due to a mixture of disbelief and joy.

"what was that for?"

"my sorry," he said.

"oh? give me a sorry again please. i don't think i've forgiven you yet."

"hmmm, i'll think about it."

jace scoffed. "you're no fun."

"remember what suji said? i just like to keep my sorries sincere. giving you the same apology for the second time would be equivalent to an insult, wouldn't it?" the smile on his face looked condescending.

"this is a different—"

"whatchu doing?"

the couple scrammed upon hearing suji's voice by their doorstep, internally cursing her out for unintentionally ruining their moment.

"good lord, h-hi," jace shakily greeted, looking like a teenager who's been caught doing unusual stuff by a parent. "why are you standing there? you can't be awake at this hour. go to sleep it's like, 10."

that made her pout. "i can't."

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