by your side | yeongyu ✔

CHAPTER FOUR

While Yeonjun was changing his clothes, the younger decided to make some hot chocolate for the both of them. Another thing he saw in a movie before.
Now they were sitting next to each other on the younger's small sofa. Beomgyu was hugging a pillow, eagerly avoiding to glance at the male beside him, so he just stared at the black screen of his television.

"I couldn't finish telling you about what happened today." He heard the older say, breaking the silence with his calm, deep voice. "It's okay, you can continue now if you like. I'll be listening but I won't pressure you, only if you really wanna tell me", Beomgyu replied, hesitantly looking at Yeonjun and giving him a gentle, encouraging smile. "I guess, it'll help if I talk about my fucked up life, and by the way, thanks that I can stay here, even though you don't know me." Yeonjun bowed gratefully to the younger who waved his hands in front of his upper body. "I'm just happy I can help you and honestly, I like having someone- having you here, since normally I'm alone every day." Beomgyu looked a little upset on his lap, pouting way too adorably. "Don't you have any friends?", Yeonjun asked carefully and the raven-haired shook his head. "No- Actually yes- I'm not from here. I had to leave them for some kind of a job but it's okay for me. I had to do this anyway. If not now, then I had to do it someday later." Beomgyu looked up again, his brown eyes a bit glossy but a small, soft smile visible on his full lips. He didn't seemed too upset about it. "Maybe I can be a friend to you. I probably can't replace your other friends ever, still I can try and be there for you whenever you need someone." Yeonjun took the younger's delicate hand in his own and looked at him with a fond smile on his plump lips. Surprised by the older's sudden action, Beomgyu froze and looked at their hands with widened eyes, feeling the warmth in his ears and cheeks and the butterflies in his stomach. "I'd love that", the younger smiled brightly at the blonde, pretty sparkles in his beautiful eyes which were clearly visible for the older. "But the same to you. I'll be there for you right here by your side if you need me", he added quickly.

Again they looked at each other for a while, before the older spoke up. "After I got kicked out, I lost my job, the only way to pay the fees for university. My parents helped me before but they won't support me financially anymore. I'll lose my degree, the only thing on earth I fought for. It took me so goddamn long to convince them that I can study arts. I always loved arts and stuff, though they never supported me. They wanted me to become a lawyer or a judge or whatever but I always wanted to be an artist. My grandma always told me to follow my dreams, she was the only one that supported me. How should I ever follow my dream when I don't have the money to pay for it?" Sudden anger boiled up in Yeonjun's veins as he tugged tightly on the loose fabric of his joggers.

Beomgyu noticed his sudden mood swing and placed his hand on the taller's muscular thigh, trying to calm him, what seemed to work. The older's tensed body relaxed and Yeonjun looked at the younger, his eyes glossy, before he let his head rest on the younger's shoulder. "Y-you are on w-winter break, right?", the younger asked a little nervous, hoping the light haired wouldn't hear his racing heart. The older hummed, nodding his head on Beomgyu's shoulder. "We'll find a way. You won't lose your degree, I'll promise." He lifted his finger up right in front of Yeonjun's face. "Pinky promise?", Yeonjun chuckled, earning a light hit against his arm, before linking his own pinky with the younger's one while looking straight into his dark, endearing eyes, getting lost in this beautiful galaxy full of sparkling stars.
Again, there was this tingly feeling Yeonjun had felt before.

Is it possible to feel attached to someone you don't know that long this fast?
Yeonjun never believed in love at first sight, like how is that even possible?
But now, as he was looking at Beomgyu, this angelic, young man, his cherry lips just a few centimeters away from his own, feeling the strong pounding of his heart against the insides of his chest. Right now Yeonjun believed in love at first sight. This raven haired guy did something and he loved it.

"I like you", Yeonjun whispered, seeing the slight blush on the younger's cheeks, internally melting away from his cuteness. "I like you too", the younger replied, sheepishly looking away. He knew the older meant those words in a platonic way, still they made him genuinely happy, even though he felt this little sting in his chest. Deep inside he wished to hear those words from the older's lips in a other way, not in this platonic way.

"After work I wanted to ask my girlfriend if I could stay at her's, but she already texted me", Yeonjun spoke up again, changing the topic back to his miserable day, looking a little annoyed. "She broke up and left me for another dude. I know we weren't happy anyways but still it hurt me. She could've told me herself in person, not through a fucking text message." Beomgyu didn't know what to say, actually he was speechless.
How could this girl dump Yeonjun, this awesome man, for someone else?
Beomgyu didn't understand, he himself would never let someone like this perfect go. No one could reach this level of perfection.
"This bitch must've been dumb to let you go", the younger murmured, causing Yeonjun to chuckle softly. "You're cute." The older poked Beomgyu's soft, flustered cheek gently, grinning. "I'm not, don't say that", he whined, hiding his embarrassment behind his hands, again, hearing Yeonjun's amused chuckle. "Yes, you are", the taller replied with a charming smile, winking at the raven haired as he peeked through his fingers in front of his eyes, making him become even more flustered than he already was.

Did he really just flirt with him?

"I have to get my things out of her apartment in the next few days. Would you help me?", Yeonjun asked after a while and Beomgyu answered with a nod. "Of course, just tell me when." "Thank you so much."