Title: I Promise You
Pairing: Jongin/Kyungsoo, slight!BaekSoo
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Fluff, Slight Angst

Warnings: Slight KaiStal, Mental Illness, Very Slight Swearing, Very Innocent Kyungsoo, Thug!Baekhyun

Summary: Jongin has a new part-time job and Kyungsoo wants to help him.

(A/N: This is a sequel to the KaiSoo One Shot Part 33, Question of the Day. So, if you haven't read that part yet, or you already forgot the story, I suggest you read it first before reading this one!

This is for you who requested this, and this is for all my KAISOO shipper readers out there! I hope you like this!)

*

Sitting on the kitchen table, Kyungsoo is swaying his feet slowly back and forth, back and forth, watching a rushing Jongin with his round innocent eyes as he counts the times the other male has passed by in front of him. He beams.

"Seven!"

Stopping suddenly, Jongin trips to his black socks as he holds onto the wall for support. He is already late for his new part-time job, not to mention that this is his first day on the grocery store down the street of the neighboring district a bus away from his apartment. He chews on the toasted bread on his mouth, and hastily grabs his body bag while putting on his left sneakers.

"You already know how to use the microwave, don't you?" Jongin says without looking at his boyfriend. Five minutes, damn. He's really late. Why did he forget that he's on morning shift today? Groaning, Jongin walks again in front of the sitting male on the table to get his red cap.

"Eight!" Kyungsoo exclaims, showing Jongin the ten of his fingers. If not for Jongin being late today, he would've already told Kyungsoo that that's not even an eight. He sighs.

"Listen, Kyungsoo," Jongin says, holding his boyfriend by the shoulder. "If you're hungry, just heat the food inside the microwave. If you're thirsty, the milk is in the ref, second drawer." He looks at the open door of the bathroom. "Oh, and if you need to poop, use the toilet paper and don't forget to flush the bowl. Don't mess with the bathroom floor, alright?"

Blushing, Kyungsoo slowly nods. "O-okay."

"Okay," Jongin replies, willing away the panic building up inside him, he's really nervous about leaving Kyungsoo alone in the apartment. If he had only enough money for the two of them, he wouldn't have to work and leave his boyfriend here by himself.

"You're going to be okay here, right?"

Tilting his head to the right, Kyungsoo chews on his lower lip.

"Why? Is Jongin going to a far away place?" Kyungsoo asks, a little pout making its way to his heart-shaped lips.

"No, no, I'm just-- I'm going to work. You see, we need money to buy food and pay the rent. So I have to work."

Kyungsoo's glassy eyes brightly shine. "Oh, oh, oh! Can Kyungsoo come with Jongin to work, too? Kyungsoo wants to help Jongin!"

"No, you can't. Just stay here." Jongin quickly looks at his wrist watch, and his eyeballs look like they would pop out anytime due to his shock, thus, missing the sadness reflecting in Kyungsoo's eyes.

"I-I really have to go!" Jongin yells, running towards the door with hurried feet. Eyes widening, Kyungsoo abruptly follows his boyfriend and latches his hand on the hem of Jongin's worker uniform, stopping Jongin to leave.

"Jongin, wait!"

"What now!?" Jongin yells, irritated.

"Where's Kyungsoo's goodbye kiss?" the boy demands, forehead wrinkling as he taps his right foot impatiently. He pulls Jongin's shirt tightly. "Kyungsoo won't let Jongin go without Kyungsoo's kiss!"

Jongin might've had ignored Kyungsoo and rushed to work to catch the 7:30 AM bus, but having Kyungsoo's angered eyes looking at him like he committed a huge crime makes Jongin hard to do that, especially if that jutting lower lip is urging him to lean in and claim it with his lips.

So Jongin does.

Taken by surprise by Jongin's mouth against his own, Kyungsoo releases a shaky gasp as his boyfriend kisses him searingly on the lips. Kyungsoo has to step backwards when Jongin deepens the kiss, as if Jongin were not very late on his first day on the job. The taller smirks, enjoying Kyungsoo's cute squeaks when he pinches Kyungsoo's chubby cheek.

"There. Now, can I go to work?" Jongin asks, noting the blush on the other males' face.

Nodding, Kyungsoo smiles brightly. "O-okay. Take care, Jongin."

"You, too. Bye!"

And Jongin leaves.

Smiling, Kyungsoo goes back to sitting on the table and begins to count again until Jongin comes home.

"One.. Two... Three..."

*

"You're lucky the Manager is away today," the cashier, Soojung, whispers to Jongin's ear as they line up for employee inspection. Jongin nods and gives the girl a shy smile, before straightening his crooked nametag on his chest

"Oh, you're the new bagger guy," Jongdae, the Assistant Manager says with a friendly smile. Jongin nods enthusiastically, and apologizes for being late at the first day of his job.

"It's alright. I hope it won't happen again next time, especially when Junmyeon is around," Jongdae reminds him with a gentle pat on the back. He's kind, Jongin decides, making him feel a slight relief after he heard about Jongdae's brother, the Manager Kim Junmyeon, who's really an uptight boss when it comes to time.

"Thank you, Sir," Jongin mutters, bowing his head. "I will do my best in this job."

Jongdae nods. "You can start now. Soojung, can you please show him the stock room and the employee lounge? I'll have Minseok to take care of the register for you for the meantime."

"Okay, Sir," Soojung answers, before leading Jongin the way inside the grocery store.

"Hey, thank you for getting me into this job by the way," Jongin says as they pass by the junkfood stalls. "I heard this grocery store pays high. I really need a source of income now that my parents had stopped sending me money."

Soojung playfully shrugs, smiling widely. "Anything for you. Good thing I'm close with the Manager to recommend you here," she jokes. "I have connections, you know."

"That's because you're using your pretty face."

Soojung chuckles. "At least you said I'm pretty."

"Anyways, how can I make it up to you, though?" Jongin asks, picking up the piled boxes of candies on the floor. "Is lunch okay?"

"Are you asking me out?"

Jongin blinks, averting his eyes to the other direction. "Huh? No. I-I already have.. uh, someone."

"Yeah? Who?"

"Kyungsoo."

Soojung stops walking, turning her back to face Jongin. "I thought you were.....single."

"Ah, no," Jongin mumbles, shaking his head. "You know the boy I always take here with me whenever I go grocery shopping? That's him. We're going out for about, three years now and we're living together."

"Oh, right. Him," Soojung says, images of a boy always trailing behind Jongin flashing in her mind. She knows Kyungsoo by face, and she thought Jongin is just babysitting that boy as his part-time job. She should have known.

"You're dating a child."

"He's not a child, Soojung."

The cashier rolls her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest. "Okay, whatever. And yeah, lunch is good."

Jongin nods, and he doesn't miss the slight annoyance in Soojung's eyes when she said that. She's his friend after all.

"Alright," he says, following Soojung inside the stock room as he mentally reminds himself to bring Kyungsoo his favorite cereal when he gets back home.

*

Jongin is surviving for two weeks now, so far.

He didn't know working at a grocery store could be this utmost tiring, that after his shift was over, he's not thinking of anything but to crawl under his sheets and sleep. There were many costumers today, and Jongin's hands and body are really exhausted considering he had wrapped and bagged hundred of grocery items nonstop. But, he is really thankful he had gotten his paycheck for the week inside his pocket, which he will use to pay their rent, to buy food good for a week as well as to spend for Kyungsoo's medication and vitamins. The rest would be allotted on his allowance for school.

"See you tomorrow!" a co-worker, whose name is Minseok, says as he waves Jongin goodbye. Waving back at him, he tiny smiles and yawns as he turns his back to leave.

Thirty minutes of a bus ride plus a few-meter walk, Jongin arrives at the apartment at exactly, he looks at his watch, 9:35 PM. Kyungsoo should have eaten and is sleeping by now, so Jongin is quite surprised seeing the lights inside the apartment still turned on.

"Kyungsoo?" Jongin calls, slight worry and annoyance filling his voice as he observes the whole place. The last time he left the apartment this morning, there weren't any scattered dirty and clean clothes everywhere yet, let alone spilled milk on the kitchen floor up to the living room. Open books are stacked messily on the couch while broken crayons are left discarded on the table. There are cooking untensils on the sink which Jongin guessed Kyungsoo used to play cook. The unplugged microwave looks like it crashed, and the food on the tabe that was supposed to be reheated was totally burnt.

So that is why the place reeks of smoke, as well as something bad. It smells like trash.

This is going on for several days now since he got a job, leaving Kyungsoo alone by himself. Jongin shouldn't feel surprised about this scenario though. But seeing this repetitive mess everytime he arrives at night from work, spent and hungry, makes Jongin sick.

But no. He doesn't want to get angry. Not now. It's not Kyungsoo's fault. He doesn't know things.

"Kyungsoo," Jongin calls again in a low voice, slapping his palm on his forehead when he receives no response. "Kyungsoo!" he hollers louder.

"J-jongin? Jongin!!!"

A muffled crying voice comes out from the opened bathroom door, so Jongin rushes there only to see his boyfriend crouched on the floor wearing nothing apart from his shirt. Kyungsoo looks up to Jongin with his puffy eyes, sniffing his nose as he shudders from the cold.

"J-jongin..." Kyungsoo says, his tiny voice shaking in fear when Jongin looks at him with cold tired eyes. "I-I'm sorry.."

Wordlessly, Jongin turns off the opened faucet, thinking how long it might had been left unattended. The water bill is quite expensive this month. He closes his eyes shut and restrains himself from bursting out, because he's goddamn tired, he just wants to rest. He has to go to school early tomorrow, he still has an exam. He hasn't reviewed a single lesson yet. He has to--

"J-jongin?"

"What!?"

Kyungsoo winces, not bothering to get up from his crouched position on the bathroom floor. Fumbling with his fingers on top of his knees, Kyungsoo looks at his toes shyly.

"K-kyungsoo forgot to--"

"Don't tell me you shitted on the floor."

Kyungsoo tenses, hiding his face low behind his folded arms. He feels like his heart is getting heavy, knowing he did something to make Jongin mad again.

"How many times do I have to tell you to use the toilet bowl!?" Jongin yells, voice raising high as it echoes throughout the bathroom. "Damnit, why are you so fucking dumb!?"

Kyungsoo's salty tears start to fall from his eyes. Jongin hasn't told him that kind of words ever before, and even in his young mind, Kyungsoo knows his boyfriend has just cursed at him, and it realy hurts so much as if his heart were breaking into two. He feels like he's useless, he's a burden.

"S-sorry, J-jongin..."

"Get up, and wash your--" Jongin looks away, sighing exasperatedly under his breath when he gets a glimpse of the stool on the tiled floor. Now, he has to clean up the mess Kyungsoo made instead of just going to bed to sleep.

"Jongin, Kyungsoo is really sorry.. Don't be mad at Kyungsoo.."

Jongin doesn't say anything.

Quietly, he turns on the shower head and gets the mop and disinfectant while Kyungsoo watches him anxiously by the side.

"J-jongin?"

Stopping for a while, Jongin turns to look at him, so Kyungsoo lowers his eyes sadly at his feet, watching his wet toes curl and uncurl on the puddle of water on the floor.

"Come here."

Kyungsoo steps closer silently, and like he already knows, raises his arms up in the air. Jongin sighs, wiping with his arm the beads of sweat that formed around his forehead. He pulls Kyungsoo's damp shirt up his head, taking it off, so that the older is standing stark naked in front of Jongin.

"I-is Kyungsoo... going to take a bath?" Kyugsoo curiously asks, seeing Jongin getting a soap and his bath sponge. He frowns. "B-but it's already night and Kyungsoo is done taking a bath this morning..."

"So you want to sleep smelling like that," Jongin states. "Fine. Go to bed and I'll sleep on the couch." He stands up, but Kyungsoo's fingers attached on his wrist stop him from leaving.

"Kyungsoo already told Jongin that he was sorry.." Kyungsoo mumbles in a gentle voice as he keeps his hand on Jongin's shirt. "Why is Jongin... still mad?"

"I'm not mad. I'm just," Jongin takes a deep breath, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "Tired."

Kyungsoo releases Jongin's shirt, still looking at the tiled floor as he feels warmth creeping up to his cheeks. He bites on his bottom lip, thinking of ways on how Jongin could be happy again.

"I-is that so? K-kyungsoo can make Jongin feel good. Kyungsoo will do things that Jongin likes on the bed every night before we sleep. Oh! Kyungsoo can hug and kiss Jongin," Kyungsoo says eagerly and almost out of breath, blushing, as he snaps his head up, "K-kyungsoo will make love to Jongin and--"

"No. Not now."

Kyungsoo tenses, mouth opening slightly.

"I'm sorry. But let's just sleep."

Not looking straight at Kyungsoo's disappointed face, Jongin turns off the running water and grabs a fresh towel to wrap it around Kyungsoo's body.

"Jongin?" Kyungsoo softly calls after his boyfriend has toweled him dry, but Jongin just ignores him. Instead, he gets the forgotten mop and brush to continue cleaning.

"Wear a pair of clean boxers," Jongin mutters in a restrained voice as he mops the floor. "Inside the laundry basket."

Kyungsoo doesn't move.

"Do it."

Shooting up, Kyungsoo scurries outside the bathroom and does what he was told. He pulls his underwear up to his legs carefully and plans on going back to watch Jongin, but his boyfriend telling him to stay inside makes Kyungsoo sit on the bed obediently.

After an hour of cleaning the bathroom and the aparment in general, Jongin slumps his tired body beside Kyungsoo who has his eyes now closed. He brings a gentle hand on the crown of Kyungsoo's dark hair, ruffling it tenderly as he mutters, "I'm sorry about earlier, I didn't mean it."

Kyungsoo opens his eyes. "Jongin?"

"What is it?"

"I-is Kyungsoo..." Kyungsoo averts his eyes, and even in the dark, Jongin knows he was hurt based on how his once bright eyes now glimmer with sadness. "Is Kyungsoo making Jongin's life hard?"

"No, of course not," Jongin answers, furrowing his eyebrows. "Why are you saying that?"

"Kyungsoo can't help Jongin with anything.. Kyungsoo can't do things by himself and Kyungsoo doesn't know how to make Jongin happy," Kyungsoo mumbles. "Kyungsoo is just a burden..."

"No! Don't ever say that again," Jongin says, sighing under his breath. "You make me happy, Kyungsoo. You're not a burden. You don't have to help me with things which are hard for you just to please me, because I am the one who should be taking care of you. I promised you that."

"Is it really okay... if Kyungsoo will stay like this?" the boy asks. "Can't Kyungsoo find a job, too?"

"Having you here is enough already," Jongin says, facing his side so that he can clearly see his boyfriend's beautiful face. "Seeing you here when I get back from work and school waiting for me, is more than enough." He pokes Kyungsoo's nose. "Understand?"

Giggling softly, Kyungsoo nods his head in reply. "Yes, Jongin."

"I'm sorry if I made you feel that way," Jongin mutters, snuggling closer to Kyungsoo's warmth. He has his head pressed on Kyungsoo's soft chest as he places a hand on top of his boyfriend's waist. "Sorry if I told you words I shouldn't have said."

Kyungsoo smiles warmly, and pats Jongin's back with his soothing palm as he softly hums a nursery rhyme tune. He really has a nice voice, Jongin thinks, that if Kyungsoo weren't mentally challenged, he might've been a successful singer of his age.

"Good night, Jongin."

"Good night."

When Jongin senses that Kyungsoo is fast asleep, he carefully releases his boyfriend's arms around his body as he quietly sneaks out of the bed. He pulls the sheets up to Kyungsoo's chest, before grabbing his book and highlighters on his study table and heading to the dining room. It's 1AM, and he still has studying to do few hours before his exam.

*

When Jongin arrives at home from work, Kyungsoo is long gone.

"Kyungsoo!" Jongin shouts, abruptly dropping the bags of groceries he is holding as he quickly runs inside their abode. Unlike before, the apartment is far from being messy, but the sight doesn't even make Jongin's heart feel at ease. He searches at the kitchen, inside the bathroom, behind the curtains and doors, and even under the table, but finds not a single doe-eyed boy.

"KYUNGSOO!"

Going to the bedroom as his heart pounds wildly inside his chest, Jongin quickly opens their closet, and mutters a short gratitude when he finds out that his boyfriend's clothes are still there.

"Where are you!?" Jongin asks himself, covering his whole face with his palms. He doesn't have any hint on where Kyungsoo might have gone. Aside from the fact that Kyungsoo has no friends because of his condition, Jongin also prohibits Kyungsoo to leave their apartment alone in fears of having him lost-- just like what is happening right now. If Kyungsoo only had a phone, he could've had contacted him as soon as possible.

"Kyungsooo... I'm very worried about you. Where could you be right now?" Jongin says in between cries as he returns to their empty apartment after he rounded their neighborhood, asking every ahjummas on the street in hopes to find his missing boyfriend. He already reported Kyungsoo's absence to the police, and they told him to get back and wait for their call.

"Kyungsoo, please be safe. I don't know what to do anymore if something bad happened to you, oh god." Jongin sits on the couch and looks at the wallclock. It has been four hours since Kyungsoo left, and Jongin hasn't stop crying since then.

Looking down at his feet, Jongin sees a crumpled paper on the floor. He chooses to ignore it at first, but thinks on picking it up anyway. There, he finds a note written in a scrawly handwriting which says:

Daer Jomgin,

JongIN dont woRRy abuot Kyungsoo. Kyugnsoo will be bakc homE. ProMise.

I lovE YOU
- KyungsOo

Reading the letter makes Jongin burst into tears more. He misses Kyungsoo so much, and he is very much worried about thinking what could be Kyungsoo's mindset when he left the apartment. What was he thinking? Was he mad? Is Jongin being too strict and overprotective? Doesn't he love Jongin anymore?

"No. No. No..."

Shaking his head, Jongin brushes off unnecessary thoughts in his mind. He stands up and grabs his coat, before heading out of the house to look for Kyungsoo once more. He shouldn't be slacking like this if he badly wants to see Kyungsoo safe and secure, and once he finds him, he promises he will never let go of him for the second time around.

"Kyungsoo, wait for me.. I'm going to get you."

*

A small backpack, a slice of peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a box of banana milk and a piggybank are the things Kyungsoo brought with him when he left their apartment, with an aim to look for a job just like his boyfriend. Putting his bag on top of his lap, he wanders his questioning eyes around his environment, to the bright-lighted city wherein different people and cars pass by animatedly. Kyungsoo thinks the sight is beautiful, considering he had only seen this on TV.

"So big..." Kyungsoo mutters astounded while looking at the electronic billboard, as he gets off the delivery truck he unknowingly hitched. He fell asleep during the drive, not knowing where he is right now. All he knows is that, he is far away from Jongin.

"Wow! That TV is very big unlike Kyungsoo's TV at home," Kyungsoo says, pointing at the large screen suspended on one of the highrise buildings in Myeongdong. People turn to glance at him shortly, as if judging him silently in their minds. Clutching his piggybank against his chest, Kyungsoo crosses the pedestrian lane together with the large number of people, oblivious that a group of thugs is following him from behind.

Once he crossed the other side of the street, Kyungsoo finds himself walking aimlessly on the sidewalk while constantly looking around the place. He starts to feel scared, knowing that he might be lost without Jongin by his side. But he should be strong now, so that he can find a job as well to help Jongin. Nodding his head, he clenches his fist and mutters a 'fighting' under his breath.

"HEY YOU!"

Kyungsoo turns his head to where he thinks the hoarse voice is coming from, seeing a short guy holding a baseball bat surrounded by ugly men with cigarettes in their mouths. They look creepy, Kyungsoo thinks, judging by the obnoxious piercing on several parts of their bodies as well as the tatoos on their bulging arms. Stepping back with terrified eyes, Kyungsoo feels his heart thumping rapidly like it is about to jump out of his chest.

"Aww. What a cute guy, so adorable," one of the fat thugs coos, stepping forward towards the doe-eyed boy. Kyungsoo shivers, hugging his piggybank closer to himself.

"How much money is inside your coinbank? Can we take a look?"

"No! G-get away from Kyungsoo!" the boy yells loudly, tears starting to trickle on the side of his eyes. "You're a bad person! You're going to take Mimi away from Kyungsoo!"

"Boss, he's too cute!" a bald guy says, making a face as if he's pinching someone's cheek. "We can't hurt him like that!"

"Take him," the short leader instructs, putting his baseball bat over his shoulders. "We're going to sell him. Maybe the pedophiles out there wants some adorable boytoy."

"Yes, Boss Baekhyun."

Crying out loud, Kyungsoo tries his best to escape but to no avail. The men are so strong, holding him just by a hand as they carry him inside the vehicle.

"NOOO!!! HELP! HELP!"

"Shut up!" the boss sneers, spitting on the ground as he pushes Kyungsoo inside the van.

"W-where are we going?" Kyungsoo asks, sniffing as he clutches the leader's arm beside him. "Is the boss taking Kyungsoo home to Jongin?"

Baekhyun raises an eyebrow. "What?"

"Kyungsoo misses Jongin very much but Kyungsoo shouldn't go home yet. Kyungsoo doesn't have a job yet! Jongin will be mad again at Kyungsoo if he sees Kyungsoo like this," the boy says sadly as he looks down at his lap. "Kyungsoo wants to help Jongin so that Kyungsoo won't be a burden anymore.."

The thugs blink, looking at their captive in disbelief as they scratch their heads. "Why does he talk.... like that?"

"Is he some sort of a... mentally retarded person?"

"Boss, he must be crazy!" the fat man excaims, pointing an accusing finger at Kyungsoo. Kyungsoo shakes his head violently.

"Kyungsoo is not crazy!"

"What do we do to him!?"

"Are we still going to sell him!?"

Sighing exhaustedly, Baekhyun slaps his forehead and brushes his red hair with his hand. "Hey, you. Where do you live?"

"Kyungsoo won't go home!" Kyungsoo says, crossing his arms and huffing under his breath. "Kyungsoo has to find a job first so that Kyungsoo will have money!"

"Do you know how to rob a bank?"

"Oh, oh, oh! Like Mojojojo?"

Baekhyun rolls his eyes. What the fuck. "Yes. Just like that."

"But stealing is bad! Jongin says you shouldn't take other people's money and things because when you die, you will go to hell. Hell is creepy! Kyungsoo saw it on books!" Kyungsoo says, wide eyes shining brightly as he animatedly flails his arms in the air. "Does Boss Baekhyun want to go to hell?"

"Ooooohhhh," the guys say teasingly, smirking at their boss who is now scrunching his forehead in mortification.

"Get out!" Baekhyun shouts just as soon as the van stops. The men scurry outside hastily, leaving the boss and Kyungsoo inside alone.

"Is Boss Baekhyun going to sell Kyungsoo to bad people?"

"So your name is Kyungsoo," Baekhyun says with a stern voice as he curiously stares at Kyungsoo. "Who is Jongin?"

"Jongin is Kyungsoo's boyfriend!" Kyungsoo answers. "Jongin is very handsome and very kind. He takes care of Kyungsoo always that is why Kyungsoo loves Jongin very much!"

"I'm going to take you back to your boyfriend," Baekhyun says, setting the van into drive. "So forget what happened today. You didn't see us, alright?"

"Why? Is Boss Baekhyun a bad person?"

"Yes. So you shouldn't be with us," Baekhyun says. "Tell me where you live."

*

"Jongiiiinnnn!!!!" Kyungsoo cries just as soon as he gets off the van. Jongin shoots up, and immediately catches his running boyfriend in his warm embrace. "JONGIN, I MISSED YOU!!!"

"God, Kyungsoo! Where have you been!? I was looking for you all over the place! I was really worried about you!" Jongin says, hugging Kyungsoo tightly and not planning to let go. "Thank God you're here!"

Releasing from the hug, Kyungsoo cups Jongin's face and kisses him swiftly on the lips, before hugging him again. Jongin giggles, muttering trails of apology and gratitude once in a while. He's really thankful now that Kyungsoo is safe, feeling all the thorns disappear out of his chest.

"Boss Baekhyun helped Kyungsoo to get back home to Jongin!" Kyungsoo says, pointing at the disappearing black van on the street. "He has a bright red hair but he looks handsome! And he is scary but he is also kind! He gave Kyungsoo this!" He fishes out a card out of his small backpack. Taking it, Jongin reads the calling card.

"Boss Baekhyun says Kyungsoo can work for him! He owns a big toy store! Kyungsoo wants toys! Kyungsoo wants to work with many toys! Like toy guns and toy trucks and robots. Cool!"

Chuckling as he carries Kyungsoo behind his back, he mutters softly, "Oh, really. So you applied for a job while you were gone, hm?"

"Yes!" Kyungsoo replies, pouting as he hugs Jongin's neck closer to him. "Kyungsoo will work at the toy store beside the grocery store Jongin is working at!"

Jongin laughs. "You sneaky kid. What, are you my stalker now?"

"Is Jongin mad at Kyungsoo?"

"Hmm, just a little." Jongin opens the door and lets the two of them inside the apartment. He places his boyfriend on top of the table so that he is standing in front of the doe-eyed boy. "But not really. How can I be mad at you for a long time?"

"Jongin is really worried about Kyungsoo, doesn't he?" Kyungsoo asks. "Sorry, Jongin. Kyungsoo won't do it again. Promise."

"Really? Promise?"

Nodding his head enthusiastically, Kyungsoo says, "PROMISE!"

"Alright. I believe you." Jongin holds Kyungsoo's shoulders. "And I trust you. You should be responsible now, Kyungsoo. I know you still have many things to learn in life, so you better listen to Jongin always."

"Yes, Jongin!" Kyungsoo says, raising a fist in the air. "Kyungsoo will not mess with the bathroom floor again. Kyungsoo will not make the apartment dirty again. Kyungsoo will learn how to cook and clean. Kyungsoo will be a good boyfriend so that Jongin will love Kyungsoo forever."

Bringing a hand to ruffle Kyungsoo's soft hair, Jongin smiles widely, and bumps their noses together. "I love you so much. I love you for who you are." He kisses Kyungsoo's cheek. "God, I'm so crazy about you, I want to have you now, Kyungsoo."

Kyungsoo shakes his head and pushes his boyfriend away. "Not now! Kyungsoo is hungry. Can Jongin cook food? Oh! Kyungsoo wants to eat pasta with tomato sauce and cheese!" He gets down the table and runs inside the kitchen.

Jongin sighs and follows Kyungsoo inside. "Alright, wash your hands first. Use soap. Don't pull the paper towels. No! Don't leave the fridge open!"

*

END