Isn't he lovely?

The hospital is rather lively during the holidays. Soobin knows it's for the saddest reasons, though—so much despair runs through the halls of that place, and it couldn't have been any better during the holidays, while the rest of the world was out celebrating with loved ones. Soobin felt bad for Beomgyu, as Soobin remembers him once saying Christmas was his favorite holiday. So, Soobin made a commitment to him, to bring Christmas to his little room there in that behemoth of a building.

Soobin brings him some fairy lights, colored red and green, as well as a little Christmas tree to put in the corner of the room. He also brings some silver tinsel, and, of course, wrapped some Christmas gifts to put under the little tree.

"You don't have to do all this, you know," Beomgyu tells Soobin as he wraps the tinsel around the railings of the hospital bed.

"I know," Soobin says. "I want to."

Beomgyu chuckles, and Soobin kisses his forehead.

"I'm going to shove this cheesy Christmas stuff down your throat no matter what. It makes me feel better about you being trapped here, so deal with it."

Beomgyu shakes his head and throws his hands up. "Fine, fine. But can I help at least?"

Soobin throws Beomgyu a wad of fairy lights. He smiles as he begins to untangle them, then he stands from his bed, plugging them into the outlet. Glowing red and green light fills the room, evening out as Soobin helps him tape them up along the walls. Soobin can hear him breathing heavily as he reaches up to put the lights into place, but he keeps his worries to himself.

"All done," Soobin breathes as he sits down on the bed. Beomgyu joins him, resting his head on Soobin's shoulder. Soobin turns his head to give him a kiss. He looks up at Soobin with a glint in his eye, and Soobin's heart breaks a little, seeing how cute he is the way he looks up at Soobin. He has the world in his eyes, and for a moment, Soobin loses himself in them.

"We should go to the roof," Beomgyu suggests. Soobin chuckles as he grabs Beomgyu's hand.

"But I just decorated your room all nice. You wanna leave already?" Soobin asks jokingly.

"We'll come back. But the roof is really cool, and it's a full moon tonight." Beomgyu bounces his leg anxiously as he awaits Soobin's reply. Soobin smiles as he stands, pulling Beomgyu up behind him. He claps his hands excitedly as Soobin lets him lead the way.

They have to take the stairs to get to the roof, and Beomgyu struggles once they reach the higher floors, taking rests every few steps. He looks up at Soobin momentarily each time, like an apology, but Soobin just smiles back at him. Once they finally reach the top, Beomgyu yells excitedly, and his voice echoes off the open atmosphere. Soobin laughs as he inhales a deep breath and walks towards the edge of the building.

"I fucking love it up here. I feel like I'm really breathing," Beomgyu explains. Soobin looks over at him endearingly. "Like I can feel every single air particle in my shitty lungs. Try it—just breathe."

Soobin smiles before he actually listens to Beomgyu's command; he then inhales deeply, noting the feeling of the crisp air going into his airways. He lifts his arms up as he exhales and Beomgyu laughs happily.

"Isn't it lovely?" Beomgyu asks.

Soobin nods. " You're lovely."

Beomgyu rolls his eyes before pulling on soobin's waist. " No."

"Yes, " Soobin mocks him, and he shakes his head, looking out at the skyline beyond the borders of the rooftop. Soobin admires the beauty of Beomgyu's face at that moment. So serene, so happy, so content with life, despite his situation. Soobin thinks to himself at that moment how much better he deserves. He's such a curious, kind, wonderful human being, and the universe gave him such an awful place to be in.

Beomgyu turns his head towards Soobin, looking at him with love in his gaze, and he smiles bright. Beomgyu looks at Soobin's lips before holding the elder's face in his hands, leaning in slowly, pausing for a moment before kissing him. Soobin smiles as Beomgyu's lips meet his, and Beomgyu smiles too, eventually breaking the kiss.

They continue to kiss under the moonlight, then more under the fairy lights in his room, until the nurses interrupt to take Beomgyu's vitals. At one point in the night, Beomgyu has a cough attack, and his throat begins to hurt, so they both decide to halt the make out session and read instead.

Soobin reads aloud to Beomgyu. Beomgyu points to the book at the parts he wants Soobin to annotate—one quote they mark reads, "Friendship, companionship: it so often defied logic, so often eluded the deserving, so often settled itself on the odd, the bad, the peculiar, the damaged."