Mission Wall-E || Jakehoon

Fourteen: Iris

"I think you and Heeseung would make a good couple." He had said, before gulping down orange juice by his kitchen counter, as they all stood around talking when they first got to his. "No wait- Jake- no Jay- no actually I don't even know if you like guys, what am I saying? Jay is straight too, what? Have you ever dated anyone? Love at first sight ever?"

Sunghoon had blinked, trying to process everything he said. It was the first thing directed towards him and it was a lot. But everyone looked at him. He didn't like the spotlight, but he felt pressured to answer.

"I dated someone for like a few days? I didn't like her though. And I don't really get the love at first sight thing, it's kind of shallow."

"Oh, you know what I meant! Like you looked at someone and you just wanted to kiss them or like have their firstborn child or something."

"Still no."

"So hypothetically speaking you wouldn't have a one-night stand with someone you just met, like at a bar or something."

Sunghoon remembers hearing Jay choke on his water and Heeseung burst out laughing as he laughed at him. He also remembers his entire body cringing and his face burning with an embarrassed shade of heat.

Maybe the culture of Vietnam was more open to things like that than people back in Seoul, he didn't quite know. But either way, it didn't feel right being asked it.

"That's a bit of a weird question don't you think? He doesn't even go to bars." Jay had said, "He's kind of shy Hyung."

"Oh, I guess you're right! Sorry!"

Sunghoon then shook his head and rubbed his cheeks, trying to get rid of, or hide, the dark color. Of course, he wouldn't do that with a stranger. That was completely absurd. He was fine if other people wanted to, he just never felt the weird turn in his head that made him want to pursue anyone like that, even people he'd know for a long time, or thought were relatively attractive. It just didn't clique. But no one should have to apologize for him not understanding that feeling.

"No, no, It's fine. I'm just asexual or at least on the spectrum of it. So it just took me off guard? I guess?"

He had felt his chest-thumping with a nervous heartbeat. Maybe he had said too much. After all, everyone had given him weird looks then. It had gone quiet for a few moments, everyone just looked at each other. Then chaos broke out, making both him and Hanbin's cat jump in shock.

"So that's why you're weird with touch!" Yelled Jay, slapping a hand against his forehead. "I just thought you thought we were creepy."

"Hey! He holds my hand! I'm not involved in your creeper agenda. And asexual people can enjoy affection!"

"You're the one who started to call him baby! I'm not the creeper! We're just on a bro-to-bro non-physical contact agreement!"

"Bro-to-bro?? What are you twelve?"

"Even if I am, I'm still more mature than you."

"You literally gave Jake a wedgie two hours ago!"

"It was funny!"

"Geez, you two haven't changed at all," Hanbin said, eyes wide and reminiscent as he watched Heeseung and Jay get closer to each other, eyebrows raised and on the verge of laughing or hitting each other cause either was definitely a possibility.

Sunghoon had felt a little bad at that moment. He didn't mean to make them think like that. He never thought they were creepy.

That was the moment he stepped another foot into the eye of the hurricane, its pupil making his mouth move faster than his head. His actions not matching his motives.