Chapter 23

"Do you…want to say...something?" Soobin asked because he was curious and embarrassed at the same time, because he had no clothes on him and Yeonjun barged into his room all of a sudden. He held his t-shirt on his body, trying to cover him as much as he could. Yeonjun snapped back into reality and gasped.

"O-O… I-I….. w-what w-was it?" Yeonjun stuttered because he had a wild imagination just then. He felt his heart was racing as if it was gonna tear his chest and come out of his body. He gulped again and again because of his nervousness. Soobin was a little surprised by seeing how Yeonjun was acting.

"Do you need anything?" Soobin asked again with his inquisitive eyes.

"O…. n-n… nothing! I just r-remembered th-the doctor as-asked me t-to apply med-medicine o-on your b-back. So… I… um…" Yeonjun couldn't say a word correctly. He felt embarrassed and guilty because of the thought he just had in his mind.

"It's okay! I can handle it by myself! You don't need to worry! You can rest assured!" Soobin gave a smile and said.

"I… um… wanted to c-cook, b-but I…. I think I g-gotta go. C-can you help y-yourself?" Yeonjun asked. He thought it'd be best if he just left the house. Not because he didn't like the house, but because he didn't have enough confidence in himself. He planned to stay overnight and nursed Soobin. But all of his thoughts shattered his plan. He didn't want to be on the wrong side of Soobin. His whole body was still burning with the sensation he got a while ago. What if he's unable to hold himself back and make his imagination turn real?

"Um, sure! I've been telling you for a long time that I'm fine on my own!" Soobin said with a forceful voice.

"Okay, I'll come back to check on you again. So, you better take care of yourself." saying this Yeonjun left the room hurriedly.

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"Why did you….*yawn* call me at this *yawn* hour?" Wooyoung came inside a restaurant while yawning. It was already past five pm and he was going to leave his office. He got into a car and nearly fell asleep when Yeonjun called him and his phone rang. Yeonjun called him to meet at a restaurant because he had something to tell Wooyoung.

"Sit there first!" Yeonjun pointed at the chair which was opposite the chair he was sitting on. Wooyoung sat on it and rubbed his eyes.

"I got some serious business! Sit properly and I'll begin!" Yeonjun tried to whisper, but his voice was too loud to be whispering.

"What is it? You seem serious!" Wooyoung mocked Yeonjun and sat down with a pose as if he was ready for any kind of tea.

"I think I'm going to be a big pervert!" Yeonjun said with a low voice so that nobody could listen to him except for Wooyoung.

"Hahaha! You just realized? You have been a pervert for a long time!" Wooyoung laughed to mock Yeonjun.

"Hey! I'm being serious here!" Yeonjun forced Wooyoung to stop and gulped some water which was kept on the table.

"Let's talk over food. There's an elephant jumping inside my stomach." Wooyoung said because he won't let Yeonjun go unless he treats him with some food.

"Listen to me first! We can order later! I'm hungry too!" Yeonjun was so eager to talk about his problems because he wanted some solutions. Moreover, there was no one else who'd be willing to help him.

"Okay, okay, but I wanna have fried rice and orange chicken. This restaurant sells the best orange chicken! And it's been a long time since I had it!" Wooyoung could only think about food since he didn't have his lunch and was really hungry.

"What kind of friend are you! I'm struggling with my life here and all you care about is food!" Making Wooyoung astounded for a while, Yeonjun shouted.

"But, where do they get the oranges from? Do you know?" Yeonjun asked again with a low voice.

"You're unbelievable! I think I get what you're struggling with! Maybe your business is shrinking, isn't it?" Wooyoung asked and acted proudly as if he was a detective and he just solved a case.

"No! That's not it! My business is in bloom! It's about myself. I-I..." Yeonjun sighed and couldn't continue. Though he didn't have any filter on his mouth, he couldn't bring up the problem he was facing.

"Jhagi! What happened? Tell me. Even if I can't help you, I can at least lend an ear. You know it, right?" Wooyoung got serious because he understood Yeonjun wasn't there to mess around. Rather he was having some trouble and seeking help from him.

"You know… that boy you saw earlier? In that bakery? A thin and tall boy? Was very handsome and cute at the same time? Had a very pretty smile? Do you remember?" Yeonjun asked, being excited.

"All in one, your crush!" Wooyoung rolled his eyes because Yeonjun was being too obvious that he liked the boy.

"Oh, yeah!" Yeonjun blushed while replying.

"So? You wanna confess to him? And you need help. Don't tell me I'm wrong this time." Wooyoung asked as he knew Yeonjun better.

"No! I'm not planning to confess yet! I need to know him better before I take any action. But, whenever I'm with him, I….." Yeonjun sighed again. Wooyoung was listening attentively since he was curious.

"I can't control myself. I want to have a proper talk with him, but I can't! My mind just goes wild whenever I'm alone with him. I start having those pervy thoughts towards him and I wanted to touch him as soon as possible AND my heart just starts racing so loudly that it's hard for me to hide my feelings AND I got tempted by his looks so easily that I feel the weird sensation all over my body AND get hot AND…get nervous…AND….AND…" Yeonjun couldn't finish his words because he was getting aggressive so Wooyoung stopped him.

"Hey, slow down, man! I can understand what you're trying to say now." Wooyoung took a sip of water to wet his throat.

"Y-you get it? I bet you got it now! Don't you think I'm being such a wacko?" Yeonjun asked. The sorrowness on his face was telling that it was really a huge problem in his life.

"You're right! That's weird of you. I bet you never felt like this when we were in a relationship, isn't it?" Wooyoung asked, making his expression very serious.

"Uhm." Yeonjun nodded.

"You're seriously doomed!" Wooyoung smirked.

"I know right! I mean, if I go on like this, I'll scare him away since he has a trauma. So, I'm afraid I'll lose him forever." Yeonjun sighed.

"What do you mean he has a trauma?" Wooyoung asked curiously. Yeonjun then explained everything he knew about Soobin. Hearing everything, Wooyoung came up with one solution and that was…

"You should keep your distance from him." Wooyoung said.