Long chapter. stay focused.

One of the most hottest topic on social media is the rumored girlfriend of the well-known Legendary Choi Yeonjun.

"See! This is what I told you!" Their manager yelled.

"What's bad with that issue? It wasn't even a sex scandal." Yeonjun said nonchalantly which made their manager squint his eyes hard.

"I know! But you're making a comeback! So having this issue circling around the corner is not good!"

"I think it's actually great." Taehyun interjected. The others eyed him intently. "I mean, have you seen how it impacts the view of our MVs and videos and clips related to Yeonjun-hyung? It actually created a reaction which made our fans and non-fans check out every video to find a hint or clue or whatever they want about Yeonjun-hyung's rumored girlfriend."

Everyone in the room was rendered silent. Slowly, they understood what Taehyun has said. And surely, it does elicit a good result which made their manager more relaxed.

The man of the headline then smiled to himself when he felt his phone vibrated.

From: my treasure

Hey, what you want for dinner? - 10:56PM

Oh r u even gonna eat dinner with me :( ? -10:58PM

Yeonjun's smile widen as he think of what to have for dinner with his lover.

To: my treasure

Let's have curry, pls 🙏 - 11:00PM

"Yeonjun, are you even listening?" Their manager called him out yet he's like a deaf person.

From: my treasure

Got it ;) Text me when u r goin home. Take care, love. Ily <3 - 11:02PM

"Yeonjun!" The mentioned man flinched. Startled at the sudden voice that boomed beside him.

"Sorry." He simply said, finally putting his phone back at his pants' pocket.

-

"Yeonjun-hyung, be honest with us." Heuning Kai started as soon as their team were left alone inside the green room.

"About what?"

"Your girlfriend."

"I don't have a girl."

"Then who are you talking with every single damn day?" Beomgyu asked.

"No one."

"It's not 'no one', Hyung." This time, it's Taehyun who commented. "We're together for almost 5 years and you think I didn't observed you?"

"Of course you do." Yeonjun answered, laughing a little. "But have you had an answer?"

"Yeah."

With that, Yeonjun's complexion turned a little bit pale. His demeanor changed from teasing to stern and nervous. This made Taehyun grin at him.

'Right on the head,' Taehyun thought.

"What do you mean?" Yeonjun asked, quite perplexed.

"We all live together in the dorm but somehow, you always managed to at least leave for three days without us knowing where you went to. Somehow you made it work for the past 2 years, still showing up diligently on practice and everything so you think no one suspected you, but I did." Taehyun replied and Yeonjun gulped with the known fact laid in front of him. "I started observing you more intently and gotten some piece of information." He added with a giggle which Yeonjun does not appreciate. He's clearly not yet ready to tell them something.

Hell, he wanted to boast his love but of course he can't just freely do that. For the sake of his lover's privacy and peace of mind and for the sake of his and his group's career.

"Yeah? You're not even sure if it's all true. I mean, what you've gathered could be all fake news.."

"It's not. Since it came right from you."

"Ohh~" That's Beomgyu's reaction, clearly amused with the situation unfolding.

"I once saw your phone when you forgot it in the kitchen. I don't wanna be nosy but I can't help it since it's been vibrating for too long." Taehyun reiterated. "It's a call from your lover dubbed your 'treasure'."

"Damn, Kang Taehyun." Yeonjun breathed out. "You surely does know how to poke your nose in my private life huh?" He said, not so offended.

"Of course!" Yeonjun only rolled his eyes on Taehyun's nonchalant reply.

"Oh!! I also saw Yeonjun-hyung staring at a picture on his phone one time!" Huening Kai added but then a sudden realization hit him. "Oh my Gosh!! He was staring at a picture of a man with a hedgehog? Yeah hedgehog, I think — on his hand!" He squealed.

"You.. You guys really—" Yeonjun was cut off when he felt his phone vibrating.

When he saw the owner of the caller ID, his face instantly went soft and the three other men witnessed it which made them grimace and judge him (Beomgyu specifically does that).

"Hey? What's up, hmm?" Yeonjun started softly.

"H-Hyung," A sudden frown formed on Yeonjun's face as he heard his lover sniffle from the other line.

"Are you crying? What happened?"

"Odi. Odi— He's not, he's not moving," a muffled sob came next from the line and Yeonjun doesn't need any more word. He quickly stood from his seat, ignoring his band mate as he rushed outside. He also ignored the staffs who called him when he passed by them.

He quickly hailed a taxi without thinking of how the things will unfold after.

-

"Love?!" Yeonjun immediately went upstairs to the small room next to their bedroom and saw how his lover is crouched down on the floor, stifling a sob, an unmoving hedgehog on the palm of his hand.

"Yeonjun— Yeonjun-hyung.." The man looked up to him, eyes puffy and red from all the crying. 'He must've been crying hard for awhile now,' Yeonjun thought to himself.

"Soobinnie—" Yeonjun quickly wraps his arms around Soobin, carefully collecting the other man on his embrace as to not nudge the palm that holds Choi Odi, their pet or so they called— son.

"I was— I was just c-cooking and when I went up here to g-give him— to give him food, he wasn't moving. He's not breathing!" Soobin mustered to say through his sobs.

Soobin really love Odi. He treated him like his own son for 1 year. Since Yeonjun tend to be away, Odi's the one that kept Soobin companied. It was Odi who kept Soobin happy and busy when Yeonjun's on tours but it was together with Yeonjun that they raised Odi.

"Shussh.. Calm down, first, Bin-ah." Yeonjun soothed him. Rubbing his hands on Soobin's back and placing light kisses on the latter's temple and crown of the head. "Breathe, please. Sshh, let's calm down, my love, hmm?" He gently said, being careful on his lover's emotion.

"Odi..Hyung, Odi!!" Soobin cried a little more, whining to Yeonjun like the older can bring Odi back.

"Baby, we can't do anything about that. Maybe Odi really wants to rest now." He tried to console Soobin for minutes and soothes the younger with his thumb forming circles on Soobin's back. "Let's let our baby finally rest, yeah?" He added which made Soobin nod. Lips still quivering but at least he finally calmed down a bit.

"Yeonjun-hyung, you're still on your outfit—" Soobin pointed out softly.

"Fuck." Yeonjun hissed. The earlier scene finally sinks in him.

"D-Did you came here with your work still not done??!" Soobin asked, eyes slowly widening as he realized it. "Oh my gosh, Yeonjun! You idiot!" He exclaimed.

Yeonjun sighed heavily. "Let it be. I'll deal with it tomorrow." He said with finality. "For now, let me deal with a big cry baby and our baby Odi." He added.

Soobin's face then turns gloom. Without further noticed, the two buried Choi Odi on their apartment's backyard underneath the plum tree. Soobin managed to not cry but he's feeling all down and sad.

"Eyes up here, sweetheart." Yeonjun commanded and Soobin complied slowly. "Look, Soobin-ah, I know it's sad and heartbreaking but I know for sure that Odi doesn't want you to be this depressed. Take your time to accept it, but please don't be so sad because you know how much you affect me, my love."

The younger only nods, leaning his body weight on Yeonjun. The older then hugged him tightly, almost squishing his cheeks on the older's shoulder.

"Thank you, Yeonjunnie-hyung. You even rushed to come here because of me." Soobin said after minutes of silence.

"Of course I'll rush to you. No matter what the situation is, I'll be here always. Okay?" Yeonjun replied with a soft kiss on Soobin's shoulder. "Let's go inside now."

-

As soon as they finished eating dinner, which is a little bit quiet due to Soobin's state, the two showered together and cuddles themselves on bed.

Yeonjun lulled his lover to sleep before getting his phone on his face, ready for the backlash of his stunt earlier.

Surely though, he has multiple missed calls from Taehyun and their manager. There's also tons of messages from the protocol team and other team members but he only replied to his manager when he saw a link sent by him.

He clicked the link and saw an article about him and his rumored partner. There's also a blurry photo but he can make out of it as him and Soobin at their backyard.

"Fucking paparazzi." He breathed out.

To: Manager-nim

I'm really sorry for what I did. I'll explain tomorrow. Again, I'm so sorry, Manager-nim.

After sending his reply, he willed himself to sleep while preparing his mind for the battle he will face tomorrow.

-

"Binnie?" Yeonjun whispered as he squints his eyes open. The sunlight's already intruding their bedroom. He then let his eyes wander and saw no Soobin beside him.

He picked up his phone and was surprised to see how early it is. Dragging his sleepy body on the bathroom, he washed his face before trudging down the stairs.

"Soobin-ah?"

As he got into the bottom of the stairs, he can hear the faint sound of television playing. He tried to pay no mind and walked almost passed the living room when he saw Soobin standing beside the couch, watching the lit screen display a familiar backyard with two people in it, little blurry and dark for the audience to make out that it is two male.

"Damn it." Yeonjun quickly snatched the remote from Soobin's hand which startled the latter.

"H-Hyung!" Soobin yelped. "You've seen it right?" He added, voice a little bit trembling and with that, Yeonjun sighed heavily before reaching a hand to Soobin to which the latter accepted.

Soobin was then pulled to a tight embrace from his lover. "Hyung?"

"Good morning, baby." Yeonjun whispered on his ear, then a kiss was placed on his temple. Soobin only hummed at the feeling. "Hmm? Where's my 'good morning'?" The older questioned, lips protruding upwards.

Soobin then chuckled before pulling his head away from Yeonjun's shoulder, meeting eye-to-eye with his lover.

"Good morning to you, too, love." Soobin whispered right above Yeonjun's lips with a smile that made his eyes form a crescent.

The older then pressed their lips together. A content sigh left Soobin's lips as Yeonjun deepened their kiss.

Only the series of knocking— more like banging, made them pull away from each other.

"Do you expect someone to come?" Yeonjun asked whilst Soobin shook his head. He wonders who would bother their safe place at 6:40am.

"You go get it, Hyung. I'll just finish the table." Soobin said, finally realizing that he hasn't finished setting their breakfast due to the controversy he had watched.

A loud banging surprised Yeonjun while he walks towards the door.

"Yah! It's fucking early to be banging on someone's—" Yeonjun then opened their door and saw his Manager and his team outside "—door. What the fuck are y'all doing here?!!" He yelled as soon as he realized who they were.

"Hyung?" A sudden voice called softly from behind him which makes everyone outside their house shove Yeonjun from the doorway just to see the person behind him. "Oh my gosh!" Soobin exclaimed, his eyes wide as he saw pairs of eyes staring at him. He then panicked and runs back to their dining room.

Yeonjun pressed his left hand on his forehead, hiding his eyes on the process, as he exhaled sharply.

"Seriously?!" He yelled at the group of people who look at him deadpan. "You're trespassing, you know."

"We don't care. We'll discuss things here. In your house. Together with your uh, boyfriend," Their manager stated.

"He's not my boyfriend." Yeonjun replied when he ushered everyone inside which caused them to drop their jaws open. He then closed the door behind before leading them to their living room. "He's my husband." He dropped.

Taehyun and his manager then almost tripped over as they walked when they heard him said it.

"They are married!!" Huening Kai squealed, gaining their attention. He was pointing at a mid-size picture frame hanged on the wall of the living room.

A smiling Yeonjun in black suit staring at the other man in white tux who holds a bouquet of flower and looked like laughing towards the camera. The picture screamed happiness and fondness. It's a lovely picture, that's what Huening realized.

"For fucking 4 years we've been together as a group, it didn't come to me that you're married." Taehyun muttered. Slowly, his eyes wanders on the space. Looking for some more pictures and boy, the area did not disappoint. There's more pictures but some are in smaller size and there's an area where there are hanging polaroid pictures.

"Uh?" A cough got their attention and the team looked intently at the source of it. "Can— Can I talk with Yeonjun-hyung for a l-little?"

"Sure. We'll just be here." Their manager managed to answer.

Soobin then quickly grabbed his lover's wrist and dragged him to their kitchen.

"Hyung—"

"Soobin-ah, would it be okay to make us public?" Yeonjun cut the chase making Soobin stare at him for 10 seconds before continuous blinking happen.

"B-But your fans! And— And they might not accept us, me as your partner!" Soobin grumbled.

"I don't care about their opinions, my love. If they are truly our fans, they'll accept what I have and who I am." The older sighed as he tucked some of Soobin's locks behind his ear. "But I want to ask your permission since it'll be you who'd have it harder."

"I— I'm fine with letting everyone know that you're mine. It's just. It's just that I'm scared of what they'd think of you, of us." Soobin said, almost like a whisper.

"Okay." Yeonjun breathed out, sighing in relief. "Thank you, Bin-ah. I — I can't promise that everyone will approve, but, but I promise to stay with you and protect you and stand by your name, hm?"

"I know and I trust you, hyung." Soobin then plastered a small smile making Yeonjun smile widely, too.

The older then closed their gap and slot their lips together, not bothered of the people on their living room.

"Ahem." The two were startled which made them pull apart from each other.

"Let's, uh— Let's talk over breakfast?" Soobin politely offered to the other man — TXT's manager.

-

"So.. Soobin-ssi?" Beomgyu stole Soobin's attention as for the other men on the table, specifically Yeonjun, Taehyun, and TXT Manager, are busy talking of how to handle the repercussion of Yeonjun's controversy.

"Uh y-yes?"

"What did you like about Yeonjun-hyung?" That question caught Soobin off guard which made him choke on his food. Yeonjun then attentively handed a glass of water to him while still talking with the other men, Soobin muttered a small thank you before facing Beomgyu again.

"Everything? I mean, we've been together even before his debut."

"Wait, so you're married for like 5 or 6 years or so??" Huening Kai butted in.

"No, no." Soobin shook his head. "We're a couple for 7 years and married for 2 years of it."

"Wow. He's so secretive like so damn discreet." Beomgyu uttered.

"Yeah." Soobin chuckled. "It's my, you know, idea to hide it, not literally hiding it though, just making it private since he's always been aiming to be an idol. It's lightly hard to hide since I'm already a private person but him... And yeah, the marriage itself is really hard to hide, though." He added, lips slightly pouting which Huening and Beomgyu found amusing.

"Where'd you get married anyway? We know our country doesn't allow same sex marriage, right?" Beomgyu asked again. Filling in the curiosity he has.

"In the US. Do you remember when you got a month of break two years ago?" The other two nodded at him. "He proposed a day after your break was announced and we flew to the states the next day! Then he rushed the preparations for just three weeks!" Soobin exclaimed, still feeling ecstatic and giddy of how their wedding happened.

It was a hectic and jam-packed three weeks. A small garden wedding with only his and Yeonjun's family and a very few close friends of them.

"Yeonjun-hyung doesn't seem like a rushed person." Huening commented.

"Bin-ah, " Soobin's head turned to his other side. His lover held his hand tightly under the table.

"Hmm?"

"Soobin-ssi." This time, their manager got Soobin's attention. "I suggest that you and Yeonjun hide your relationship and marriage and let Yeonjun deny whatever the articles and news tells about it. It's true that your identity wasn't revealed, but we need to lie low and compromise." The manager stated.

Soobin chewed his lower lip as his head dropped down. "Oh. I— I thought Yeonjun would rather tell the truth," he started softly. "But okay." He sighed heavily, "If you think that's the best course of action—"

"We'll come out." Yeonjun interjected.

"What?!" Taehyun yelled.

"Yeonjun-hyung?" Soobin whispered.

"I'd rather reveal everything to our fans than hide the best part of me now." Yeonjun declared with a proud smile. "We'll let them know, subtly and slowly."

"And what do you mean by that, huh?"

Yeonjun then posed his signature smirk as he wink(blink) at Soobin.

-

/@yawnzzn made a new post/

Soobin choked with his iced-coffee making his friend, Sunghoon, look at him with disgust. They are currently at the coffeeshop Park Sunghoon and Park Sunoo owned three days after the talk with TXT and their manager. And it's been three days since Yeonjun wasn't allowed to go home to him.

"What the actual hell?!" He shrieked as he stared at his phone.

"Yah! What's your problem, man!" Sunghoon yelled at him while wiping the counter with table cloth.

"Have you seen Yeonjun-hyung's post?!"

"Does it look like I have my phone with me?" The other retaliates with pure sarcasm.

"Look!" Soobin then shoved his phone on Sunghoon's face. The younger then quickly grabbed it to look carefully at the picture.

Seconds later and his eyes widen slightly before looking back at his friend.

"He posted this?? Wait. This account is his real account, right?" Sunghoon asked and Soobin nods eagerly.

Both of them then heard two high school girls chattering with each other and they can't help but to listen when they heard Yeonjun's name from one of the girl's lips.

"Do you think he's really in a relationship now?"

"I think so! Duh, did you look at it properly? It's Yeonjun's head leaning on someone's shoulder! And the caption!!" The other girl squealed.

"Oh my gosh! It's the caption that made it legit!"

And that shoulder is Soobin's. And the caption says 'Missed leaning on this :('

"So this is his subtle way of letting the public know?" Sunghoon asked, more likely just wants to confirm from Soobin.

"Yeah. But I didn't expect him to drop something like this so early!"

The two then sighed heavily. Soobin then bid his goodbye to his friend and walked back his way to his work.

Upon arriving at his workplace, he hears some gossips about Yeonjun's post and when he opened his phone again, he quickly searched on the net about it and there he saw multiple article about the post. Many theories coming up and old pictures of Yeonjun having the same hair color by the posted picture resurfaced on the net, trying to figure out who he was leaning to.

A text message then arrived at his phone and he smiled softly as he read it.

From: Love

Darling? ( ◜‿◝ )♡ -- 1:07PM

Soobinnie-baby? (~￣³￣)~ -- 1:08PM

My love? Have you seen the comments on my post? (＾3＾♪ -- 1:10PM

Soobin chuckled to himself when he saw the emoticons Yeonjun used. He quickly go to his Instagram and went again on Yeonjun's post. He skimmed through the comments and most of it are positive saying: "Whoever it is, I'll support you, oppa!" Or "Go flex yo baby, Yeonjun-oppa," Or "You must be so exhausted. I'm grateful you have someone to lean on," and Soobin thought that maybe it wasn't that bad.That maybe, there'll be more people to support his husband and their relationship.

He then gets back on their conversation to reply when he received another text message from Yeonjun.

From: Love

Y aren't u replying? (╥﹏╥) want me to del the post? (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ -- 1:17PM

As Soobin read it, he laughed audibly causing his co-workers to look at him weirdly. He mumbled apologies to them with curt bows.

To: Love

No, hyung. I was just looking at the comments. They r mostly positive! ☺️

"Choi Soobin-ssi?" A call from the doorway of their department got his attention.

"Yes?" He answered as he stood from his seat and put his phone on his pocket. He then walked towards the man who called him.

"Mr. Kim is asking for your assistance at the general conference hall."

"Oh, got it. I'll go there in 5. Thank you!" He politely said and the man bowed to him and walked out of his way.

-

Few weeks passed by and the controversy of Yeonjun's post died down a little and was buried by TXT's upcoming comeback.

As the public thought that they won't be having guessing games about Yeonjun's partner, they thought so wrong.

/@yawnzzn made a new post/

/@yawnzzn made a new post/

/@yawnzzn made a new post/

Three different posts and all leads to Yeonjun's secret lover.

The first post was a bouquet of flowers on someone's lap and two hands clasp together just right below the bouquet. The caption says "🐰 🦊" Many took notice of the rings from each hand, comments saying "A couple ring?" "No, it's a wedding ring!!"

The second post was a polaroid picture of two individuals in padded winter jackets. Yeonjun's smiling face is shown while the other's face is discreetly covered with digital paint. The polaroid have a hand writing of '5th @USA' and the post's caption is: "T'was so freakin cold. Luckily, I have a body warmer with me ;)"

The third post has two picture. First one was Yeonjun smiling or looks like giggling softly at the camera, his hand extended towards the camera then the second one is almost the same from the first but this time, a hand — likely the one who holds the camera, held Yeonjun's extended hand. The caption says: "Hold me 'til the world ends."

Soobin gasped loudly when he saw the posts. He quickly jumped out of their bed and saw his husband chuckling at their couch.

"Hyung!!"

"Hey, baby." Yeonjun casually greeted him then the older dropped his phone down beside him and walked to him to welcome him with a hug. "Finally, you're up. Morning." The older whispered to his ears with a soft kiss on it, too.

"Why did you post too much??" He whined on their hug, clutching the back of Yeonjun's tank top.

"Hmm? Cause I want to?"

"Yeonjun-hyung!!" Soobin whined more. He then broke their hug to look at Yeonjun straight on the eye but the older only looked at him back with amusement.

"I'm bragging about you. Can't I do that, hmm?" Yeonjun asked with a pout and of course, Soobin is weak for that so he just sighed and slumped back on Yeonjun's embrace, his cheek resting on Yeonjun's shoulder and his nose nuzzling on the older's neck.

"But—" again, Soobin sighed. "I thought you'd do it subtly?" He murmured.

"I do so, though." Yeonjun answered nonchalantly while rubbing his palm around Soobin's back. "But I really just want to post your picture on my feed and also our wedding pic, wanna flex that, my love." He added smugly and Soobin hit him on the chest playfully.

"You can't just yet. You should talk with your team and your manager about it."

"I know."

Minutes later, they are still on each other's embrace, swaying slowly while Yeonjun hums their all-time favorite — Best Part of Me by Ed Sheeran.

"By the way, I found a funny comment." Yeonjun broke their comfortable position and grabbed his phone. After scrolling through the comments, he showed the comment to Soobin which made the younger cracked up.

@hdkaiayz : Could it be Beomgyu?? Maybe Yeonjun and Beomgyu are in a secret RS! Omg!

"Oh my God!" Soobin exclaimed as he wiped his teary eyes and tried to calm his laughter. "Beomgyu-ssi and you? I-- I can't imagine!"

"I don't even want to imagine!" Yeonjun said and a ping sound stopped him from laughing only to laugh hardly again when he saw the message.

From: Beomie~

Yah!! Yeonjun-hyung! You better clarify to everyone that it isn't me!! -- 8:17AM

I think I'm gonna die of heart attack now! Some fans are congratulating me, like wtf!! 🤬🤬 -- 8:18AM

Tag Soobin-hyung next time! Damn it! -- 8:20AM

Another laughing fits filled the household of Choi early in the morning.

-

A month passed by and it's the day of their comeback. Yeonjun is excited and quite nervous at the same time.

"Let's go!! I trust you guys and I know you can kill the stage! Enjoy yourselves there and be fantastic!" Their manager shouts as their voice are drowned by the audiences' loud cheers and screams.

"Yes! Let's enjoy and fucking kill it!" Yeonjun yelled and the others followed suit.

After 2 minutes, the crowds go wild and TXT really enjoyed the stage.

-

/@page.soobin made a new post/

/@page.soobin made a new post/

Soobin smiled to himself when he finally posted the pictures. It's not like it'll go viral since he's got no more than 209 followers.

Putting his phone down, he enjoyed the silent night he has at the house since Yeonjun is still rocking the stage. It took him just 10 minutes of staring at the tv screen when he felt drowsy and being the lazy ass that he is, he lets himself sleep on the couch.

"Choi Soobin!" A sudden loud intrusion made the man jolt awake.

"Hyung??" Soobin yawned. He tiredly rubbed his eyes and saw how Yeonjun's smiling widely at him. "Good morning. Wait, is it morning yet?"

"Fuck, love, I love you!" Yeonjun abruptly picked Soobin up into a hug and peppered his face with light kisses.

"H-Huh? I-I love you, too. But why? What?"

"Check your phone." Yeonjun excitedly said.

Without much thought, Soobin did as he say so. His eyes blinked couple of times, looking at Yeonjun then back to his phone. He's got hundreds of notifications and all of it was from Instagram and some are from their close friends' and TXT's other members' messages.

He quickly opened the app and saw how his recent two posts boomed. He then read the comments from the first post. There's a lot but he focused on the positives.

: it was him!! Yeonjun's secret lover!

: it's a HE!! Yeonjun is a queer ✨💅

: omg! He's cute!! Yeonjun-oppa's so lucky!

The first post he made is actually his selfie with a head leaning on his left shoulder. It is actually quite obvious due to the hair color of the head's owner and the caption was actually a reply to Yeonjun's. "You can lean on me every single day."

The second post was the one that really bombed his notification. Two pictures and the first one was a picture of his hand with a ring on it, together with Yeonjun's hand with also a ring on it. The second was Yeonjun and Soobin on their wedding day but they weren't facing the camera, instead, they were facing their guests so basically it was a picture of Yeonjun's and Soobin's back in black and white suit with their hands clasp together and bouquet on Soobin's other hand. The caption says: "Will hold you, will hold us, 'til the very end."

Some comments are:

: OMO! That's the same bouquet on Yeonjun's post!!

: they're married, guys!

: MY IDOL'S MARRIED!

: even Yeonjun-oppa's back looks happy 😭

: wow! Congratulations Soobin-ah. You caught a big fish LOL

P.sunghoon: You're getting brave now, huh.

: you guys sure it's Yeonjun?

: that hair color is FREEFALL era!! 2yrs ago!!

Soobin's mouth gaped open but no words left his lips.

"Babe?"

"Soobinnie,"

"Huh?" Soobin finally heard Yeonjun.

"Are you okay, my love?" Yeonjun inquired.

"It's.. I'm surprised. I thought it won't catch any attention but everything's blown to the public now b-because of me." Soobin muttered. "Oh no! Your manager. What would he say?!" This time, he's slightly panicking. "I'm sorry, Hyung. I know we agreed with subtle and slow but—"

A soft sweet kiss shut Soobin's chattering. With how Soobin's shoulder dropped down, Yeonjun knew the younger has finally calmed down a bit.

"Binnie, don't think about it too much. I'll handle everything, okay?"

"But, aren't we supposed to do it together?"

"Hmm.. Do you want to go out to the public?"

"Uh, no?" Soobin answered honestly.

"Then, I'll do it. I don't want you to deal with the stuffs related to my work." Yeonjun then grab the younger's hand gently. "You see, you'll never have your peace anymore once I reveal us to the public." Yeonjun said. "Would that be okay, Soobin-ah?" He added, anticipating Soobin's answer.

The younger contemplated first but then a soft smile creeps on his face. "It'll be okay, Yeonjun-hyung. We'll be okay. As long as they won't bother our private intimate life and won't pester me in public, it'll be okay." He finally answered, sure of what he decided.

-

"You think HYBE would still let Yeonjun be part of TXT?"

"WHAT? What are saying?! It would be a great lost for HYBE you know!"

"But you know that some are not accepting."

"I would really lead a rally in front of their building if they fucking kicked Yeonjun out!"

"I'll call backup for that!"

"You heard them, they'll fully support Yeonjun-hyung so don't worry about it anymore." Sunghoon said to Soobin who's moping on his shop with his bucket hat covering half of his face.

"I know. I just can't help to feel scared. Not for me though, but for him." The older sighed.

"Have you seen the announcement? HYBE will hold a press con for Yeonjun." A newly arrived boy said, to which the two heard.

"Heh, he's such a VIP. Even planned a press con to save his butt from embarrassment. So fuckin gay." The other boy replied.

"What's wrong with gay, though?"

"What?? Everything!! Wait, don't tell me you're open to those kind--"

"You're too close minded. Try opening your eyes, dude."

"The fuck, man?"

"What? If you're not open to it just don't make a comment bout that Yeonjun situation. It's not like he's doing something bad to you or asking money from you." The other boy said, voice clearly disappointed.

"Not everyone's open to it, but hey! Bin-ah, there's still lots of accepting hearts!" Sunghoon tried to cheer Soobin after they overheard the two boys conversation.

"I know, Hoon-ah. I know." He smiled to Sunghoon, appreciative of his supportive friend.

"Then I guess you should try answering that call. It's been ringing for like forever."

Soobin playfully rolled his eyes on his friend before answering the call.

"Hi, love." Soobin said as he picked up the call.

"Hey, baby. I've got something to tell." Yeonjun said from the other line of the call. Soobin hummed in response. "We'll be having a press con. The team and I will talk about the comeback first then I'll public announced us by the end."

"Oh."

"Oh? That's it?"

"Uhm. I don't think I have something to say. Seems like you're fully decided and I will support your decision, Hyung."

There's a dead silence and Soobin thought the call was dropped but it wasn't. It's still on-going.

"Yeonjun? You still there, love?" Soobin asked, a little bit worried that something came up with the other's mind. "Hyung?" Still silent.

"Thank you, Soobin-ah." The younger almost jumped on his seat when Yeonjun suddenly spoke again. "Seriously, thank you for supporting me always. Even when I hid you from everyone else, you're still supporting me. I- I don't even know what I did to deserve you-"

"Hyung, you deserve me in anyway possible." Soobin cut him off quickly. "You deserve me not because of what you did or does, but because you just simply deserve all of me as I deserve you. Please don't think of me as a reward for something good you did." Said Soobin with his voice getting soft as he spoke. He then heard a soft sigh from the other line and he's sure it's a positive one.

"I love you, Soobin-ah. Thank you for choosing me 7 years ago and staying with me until now." A hint of fondness and calmness can be heard from the other's voice. It made Soobin smile happily and Sunghoon smiled at the sight knowing that his friends are happy with how things are going.

"And thank you for having me in your life, hyung. I love you." The younger gently said he then heard someone from the other end of the line calling for Yeonjun. "You should go now, Love. I know you're busy, let's talk at home later, yeah?"

"Hmm. See you later, baby. Love you." Yeonjun said before ending the call and Soobin sighed happily, his lips stretches widely and Sunghoon rolled his eyes at him.

-

"So, would you now clarify your sexuality? We've seen enough of the posts and I think everyone, specially those who follows you and admire you should know the truth." One of the interviewers asked. TXT is currently live on a press con and Soobin is watching ever since the beginning. Now, the time for Yeonjun to talk is driving Soobin crazy. He's nervous, his anxiety level is reaching it's climax but he kept himself calm — rather, trying.

"I'm gay." Yeonjun straightly and it made a ruckus in the room. Cameras quickly flashing, journalist muttering and already asking some other questions. "And I'm married. Happily married for 2 years now." He added which caused another wild fire to spread not only at the room their live at, but also in the internet.

"And do you think it's acceptable in this country?"

"Have you thought that it can influence your fans negatively?"

"Are the other members gay, too?"

"How do you think should HYBE handle you?"

"Would you leave HYBE after coming out?"

"Please, one question at a time!" Their manager yelled but it was drowned by the series of questions from the media.

"I— " Yeonjun started which made everyone silence. Eager to hear a response from him. "Is it wrong to love?" He asked back and the media seems taken a back rendering them silent. "I've been in love for 7 years. And I know it will continue to last long, so is it wrong for me to love him? I know it's not acceptable for others but am I doing a crime that affect their lives?"

Yeonjun inhaled deeply before he continued, "I just.. You see, I'm doing this— revealing the truth to everyone, opening the hidden chest I've buried to let you know my hidden treasure, to simply tell you that I love someone who loves me so-so well that he made me courageous to stand here in front of you and tell you that; loving someone isn't a mistake. It's not a sin."

"Loving someone no matter what their gender are, what ethnicity they came from, how old are they, or whatsoever, as long as you're happy and they help you grow to the best version of yourself, without disrupting other people, then go and let yourself love them and be loved by them." Yeonjun spoke gently with a small smile, proud smile as Soobin would say.

Soobin bit his lower lip, a tear cascading his cheek, he felt proud and loved. He's happy, actually, he's over the moon as he watched the media be in chaos after Yeonjun's speech. Still a series of questions were thrown.

"Do you think your partner would live peacefully after this? You know you're an idol and a really famous one—"

"Is that a question or do you pose threat?" Yeonjun asked back, annoyed with how the question came out to him.

"Let me rephrase it. Do you have the power to protect your relationship and your lover from the backlash of your coming out?"

"Of course." Yeonjun said with confidence. No explanation added.

"Would you let your partner speak in the public about this?"

"No." Yeonjun answered.

Soobin nods with Yeonjun's answer. He then dropped his phone with a smile. He had enough of it and he's satisfied with everything that happened. He'll trust his husband with it.

-

/@yawnzzn tagged you in a post/

Soobin just woke up from his afternoon nap and was scrolling on twitter when the notification came in. Bewildered to what it is and why Yeonjun tagged him, he clicked the notif.

His jaw dropped when he saw what Yeonjun posted. It is their wedding picture, the same picture that is hanged on their living room. The one where Yeonjun, instead of looking at the camera, was staring at Soobin whilst the younger was laughing at the photographer— rather at Sunghoon who's making a funny face behind the photographer, with a bouquet on his hand.

Soobin's eyes immediately read the caption: Been 7 years in love with this bunny ♡˖꒰ᵕ༚ᵕ⑅꒱. Hidden this precious treasure of mine but now marked the change. I'll brag you to the world, my love <(￣︶￣)↗. Whatever the repercussion is, I'll choose to tell the world about you. @page.soobin I love you. ♡(> ਊ <)♡

A wide smile crept up on his face. Trembling with excitement and giddiness, Soobin typed a comment.

@page.soobin: I love you, too.

Just a few second after he commented, it got so many likes and replies from others who supported and felt envious of their relationship but only one reply caught his attention.

@yawnzzn: i know. going home to u, now. c u in a bit ;)

"Oh my gosh. Such a dork!" Soobin giggled. He then pushed himself out of the bed and quickly whisk a dinner for him and his lover.

Later on, a soft "I'm home" made Soobin jumped his way towards the door and launched himself to Yeonjun. The latter was surprised by the sudden action but he caught Soobin in his arms.

"Hey. Missed me that much?"

"Hmm. I love you." Soobin answered with a quick kiss on Yeonjun's lips while squishing the older's face.

Yeonjun chuckled at Soobin's giddiness. He's happy, no, he's beyond happy. He even thought that he might die tomorrow. The response to his coming out and revelation is quite positive. Yes, he lose some fans and followers but many remained and lots of new people admired him and started stanning their group. Their comeback was still a hit despite his controversy and his team and management is okay with everything, he's fortunate, that's what he thought.

He's lucky and he's thankful for what he's having now. He won't hide the best part of him anymore and he can be proud of himself loudly.

"Binnie, darling." Yeonjun called out to Soobin who's still hugging him tightly, he's reciprocating the hug, too.

"Hmm?" The younger looked at him eye-to-eye.

"I—" he croaked, tears started to pool on his eyes which made Soobin frown at him. "I'm so happy." He whispered. He then held Soobin's face and placed a feathery kiss on the younger's forehead. He can't articulate his emotions. He's happy, he's overwhelmed, he's proud, he's so in love, his heart swells so much. With everything running on his mind, and Soobin in his embrace, he doesn't know whatever is to say. "I love you so damn much, Choi Soobin."