Duality | Monsta X [√]

34: A kiss in the dark

I only feel alive
When I don't feel safe

-Misbehabe, monsta x

Kihyun was watching the television in the dark of the sofa, only the colossal screen lighting up the room. He kept switching from this channel to that, the remote controller on his hand. Then he fixed on the news channel.

I watched him, a bit hunch over on his shoulder with a arm propped on his bare knee (as he was wearing shorts again), his chin placed on the palm of that very hand. A short sleeved white tee on his body and round specs adorning his already small face.

There was a feeling coming from him, an aura that he was a bit distracted. I couldn't read his eyes behind the glasses that was facing the TV, not that I was ever good at reading those anyways.

To me, I felt like I was struck by an asteroid when it finally dawned upon me, hours later the new years party Hyungwon had invited us to, which had already happened three days ago, that Kihyun had kissed me.

Kihyun frigging kissed me.

Under the fireworks when the clock hit twelve in the midnight on new years eve, like those damn romcom movie my mom would gush about.

But my life wasn't a romcom movie, if I could, I'd rather add the thriller, or horror tag but it was too boring for even those.

Though ever since I had 'accidentally' witnessed something and joined these boys, life had become more colourful, more vivid.

Here I was getting distracted again, I really wanted to ask Kihyun why he had kissed me. Because for the past three days only that question whirled in my brain and only the scene of him getting closer and pressing his lips to mine played.

It was driving me crazy, before going to sleep I'd have those flashbacks and waking up too, the first thing I'd imagine would be his lips, on mine.

These seven days was supposed to be my vacation, yet here I was back at the club for answers. And thankfully, also not so thankfully (since now it was making me more nervous than before) meeting Kihyun here, alone.

I was alone with him.

Suddenly his presence grew way bigger, and the cool air inside the room started feeling warm, very, very warm against my skin. The room felt smaller, darker too than before.

I was panicking.

"Have you heard?" Kihyun spoke for the first time, eyes still fixated on the lit TV screen. His dark bangs brushing down to his specs.

"Heard what?" I swallowed. Why did you kiss me that night Kihyun?

"Our ad," he rotated over a few channels again, thumb gently tapping over the controller. "They were shooting a Park SeoJoon drama in a pub and apparently our beer ad was on a wall in the back. It showed up on TV."