Mingyu waited outside Wonwoo's lecture hall, he repeatedly looked at the time. 10 minutes and Wonwoo would be done with the semester.

Minghao had already left for the airport a few hours ago and Seokmin was already in his parent's house after leaving by 11 so it was just Mingyu left.

The term was officially ending tomorrow but all finals were ending today. Mingyu played with his fingers, counted sheep and sang songs until he saw people start to rush out of the hall.

He eagerly waited for Wonwoo and when he finally saw the beauty, the excitement thrusted his arms around Wonwoo stopping him in his tracks.

Mingyu only came to the realisation that he was actually hugging Wonwoo when he felt the beauty's hands on his back. Wonwoo was hugging him back.

After a few seconds of them in their own world, Mingyu let go. "Hi." He smiled at Wonwoo who for the first time, smiled back immediately. "Hi."

"You seem happy." Mingyu brought up as the two started to walk down the hall. "I think I passed!" Wonwoo cheered and Mingyu chuckled. He'd never seen Wonwoo this happy.

"I knew you would." Wonwoo's eyebrows raised. "Really?" He queried and Mingyu nodded. "Yeah."

"Thanks."

The two continued to talk as they walked to Wonwoo's dorm. Once they got there, Wonwoo noticed Mingyu's luggage under the coat rack.

"Are you staying here... again?" Wonwoo asked and Mingyu sat on the couch. "Yeah, if that's okay with you? ...Minghao and Seokmin have left for their break already."

Wonwoo shrugged also sitting down. "It's fine, I'll just sleep on the couch again." Mingyu shook his head. "No way." He retorted.

"I'll sleep on the couch." He told Wonwoo who also shook his head. "No I will."

"Wait! Jun hyung has left too then?" Mingyu questioned and Wonwoo nodded after remembering that Jun had indeed left for the airport with Minghao a few hours ago.

"Then I'll just stay in his room." Mingyu pointed to Jun's room and Wonwoo nodded, "Yeah, you can do that."

"Have you packed your things?" Mingyu asked and he saw Wonwoo's eyebrows go up. He definitely hadn't packed.

"Pack light things, one of my friends told me Jeju's really hot!" Mingyu informed the beauty who sprinted to his room to pack.

"I don't want to see anything black hyung!" He added, Wonwoo peeked his head out the door before raising a middle finger to Mingyu. "How dare you tell me that?" He asked before he closed the door and Mingyu chortled at the beauty's humour.

Mingyu got bored as he waited for Wonwoo to finish packing so he decided to cook. He opened the cabinets and brought out different vegetables. He wanted to make kimchi jjigae.

Mingyu put the pot on the stove and put some water in. But as he touched the handle, the heat seeped into his skin, burning his palm. The pot fell off the stove from Mingyu's sudden movement and Mingyu moved back as he cursed, "Fuck!"

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"You dummy." Wonwoo held Mingyu's hand and applied the ointment. Mingyu hissed, pulling his hand back. "Sorry." He apologised and Mingyu sighed.

Wonwoo wrapped the bandage around Mingyu's palm before looking up at the boy who had already been watching him. Wonwoo blushed and focused on Mingyu's palm again.

"You'll be fine. It wasn't that serious of a burn." Wonwoo let go of Mingyu's hand even though he was still worried about the boy.

"I can order something, if you're still hungry." Wonwoo suggested but Mingyu just refused. "No thanks, I just lost my appetite." He laid down on the couch and closed his eyes.

That stupid pot. Why did it have to burn Mingyu?

Wonwoo moved to the kitchen and picked up the pot, placing it in the sink and then mopping up the water that had spilled on the floor.

Maybe this was a sign. A sign that Mingyu getting close to him would just hurt the boy. He was a bad omen. No wonder everyone around him kept their distance.

Except Mingyu, who was now hurt.

"I don't think I should go on the trip with you Mingyu." Wonwoo said, facing Mingyu who was still on the couch.

"What are you talking about?" Mingyu got up and turned towards Wonwoo. Startled by Mingyu's quickness, Wonwoo took a moment before replying, "I'm... bad luck."

He watched as Mingyu scanned him before moving closer. "I don't care." He remarked.

"What?" Wonwoo asked, taken aback.

"I said I don't care. You could be bad luck and I'd still choose to spend an unlucky time with you." He revealed and Wonwoo's face flushed. Mingyu was being too smooth again and tugging at his heart.

"So don't say that because I don't care, this injury is a result of my own stupidity, not yours." Mingyu showed Wonwoo the wound.

The two were now close, too close for Wonwoo's comfort. His heart dropped as Mingyu took another step, closing the barely visible gap between them.

Wonwoo gulped as his back hit the counter and Mingyu caged him in. Funny how the conversation had done a 360 in 3 seconds.

Wonwoo wanted to say something, even push Mingyu away and if it was anyone else he would've but it was Mingyu and while this flooded his head with bad memories, knowing it was Mingyu soothed him. He suddenly didn't care what Mingyu would do next.

"You're still coming on the trip, right?" Mingyu's eyes met with Wonwoo's igniting a fire in Wonwoo. One he hadn't felt... ever.

"Umm... if you want me-"

"Of course I want you to." Mingyu interrupted him, their faces just inches apart.

"Don't you think we're too-"

The sound of the door opening distracted Mingyu and Wonwoo gently pushed him away. Hoshi entered the dorm with a wide grin on his face.

Wonwoo rolled his eyes. He wouldn't let him live this down.

"Am I interrupting something...?" Hoshi peeked and Wonwoo shook his head while Mingyu nodded. "Umm, okay... let me just get my bags and leave."

"You two are leaving tomorrow right?" Wonwoo confirmed and Hoshi replied with a nod. "Tomorrow morning, by like 11."

"Us too!" Mingyu pointed to himself and Wonwoo. "Wait... wait! You didn't tell us you were going on summer break with Mingyu!" Hoshi exclaimed and Mingyu glanced at Wonwoo. "You didn't?"

"Sorry, I was going to... and you, leave." Wonwoo gestured to the door. "Oh sorry, carry on with your gayness!" Hoshi picked up the luggage beside his door and hurried out of the room.

"Now where were we?" Mingyu caged Wonwoo in again but he managed to escape this time, keeping his heartbeat steady and intact. "We were nowhere."

Wonwoo moved over to the couch but the image of Mingyu's gaze on him replayed in his head. How was he going to survive the summer with just Mingyu?

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Started - 17/09/2024
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