With Him || Heehoon

CHAP 15

Sunghoon's POV

I was exhausted.

I just needed a shower, food and we'll deserved sleep. My whole body ached. Like a train ran over me.

I've been working nonstop since morning. Weekends are the worst. The only consolation I got is from the money stashed away in my bag, my pay.

My legs found their way to Kim's, well the supermarket. I'm just calling it Kim's. She practically rules there so. Soon I was entering the store.

"Welcome, how may I help you?" Sunoo drawled standing up with an ever boring face. He was standing in his mother's meat spot.

"Dude, you're supposed to smile at your customers, How are you here?"

He looked up surprised at my voice. Then he sighed. "I was forced, my human rights completely disrespected."

I poked him, "you're already here do it right!"

He smiled. "Yes boss. you're welcome, How may I help you?"

"I'm buying groceries, I'll help myself." I say moving to cart section, I dropped by to greet his mom, although I'll be back we need some meat at home.

"Sunny, is that sunghoon." Mrs. Kim's loud voice asked from god knows where, Eliciting a grown from sunoo.

I glared at him and he coughed then smiled. "Yes mom, it's sunghoon hyung." Sunoo replied.

We could hear her feet against the tile and soon she was out here throwing her hands around me.

"Sunghoon!"

I frowned but I wasn't annoyed as usual I was. I was just too tired. "Hey Mrs. Kim"

She smiled her hands going up to cup his face. I am way taller than her, she is a short women. Even sunoo is taller than her. 

"Oh sunghoon you look tired. How's work?" She asked.

"Stressful, but I am fine Mrs. kim, really." I answered.

"Nonsense have you had anything to eat?" She asked and didn't wait for me to finish up, "never mind, sunoo, take up sunghoon's list get his things for him. Sunghoon come get burgers to fill up your grumbling stomach."

Sunoo's jaw hanged open as I came up with a list. I handed it to him.

"Sorry man, in consolation, it's not a long list."

Sunoo sighed. "No problem boss. Anything for you."

That was the last thing I heard before Mrs. kim dragged me off, pulling me along with her small frame that moved really fast.

I was treated to lovely ham and cheese burgers. And Mrs. Kim even packed some for me to give my mother.

I thanked her really well and sunoo too before I exited the store.

While going home I have, I had to pass through the basketball field. Normally their were some boys playing but today there was only one boy sat on the rickety old bench. he was bouncing a basketball in his hands and staring at the floor in silence. 

I recognized the mop of dark hair immediately, I mean many guys has this type of hair but this one stood out for me. 

Heeseung.

My leg took a step forward prepared to continue moving and ignore him but my other leg stayed put. Why was he out here and is he really with a ball. 

before my head could think about it further, I was already taking a seat beside him. 

Heeseung looked up, his eyes surprised and gleaming as he saw me. "Sunghoon." But he didn't call my name with the usual excitement. "What are you doing here?"

I sighed relaxing into the bench. "Just passing by. what are you doing here? With a ball? someone might mistake you for a player."

That finally got the usual smile out of him. "Very funny. I practiced a little basket ball back in Amarica but I still suck. With nothing to do, I came here to practice again. Watched some guys play and now they are gone."

"Hmm and now?"

"I'm-- I don't really know. I am just sitting here waiting."

"For?" I prodded. My lips threatening to break into a smile.

He ran his hand through his hair. "I don't know okay? Everywhere, everything is just boring... without you."

I chuckled, "I know I know, I'm the bomb."

"You really are." He admitted then continued without waiting for my reply. "Where have you been? And why the hell don't I have your number?"

"Unlike you I have a job and you didn't ask for my number. Also, if you are bored, why didn't you hangout with your girlfriends?" I ask curious.

He sighed collecting my phone, "I had people to hangout with, peeps from school but nothing made sense without you. I don't have a girlfriend. Girls are boring."

"You didn't think so last night and you weren't even drunk." I stated against my better judgement.

He looked and then smiled. "Were you jealous last night?"

"Ha! of course not. I was just pointing it out."

He scoffed. "Well I was jealous seeing you with wonyoung. You left me for her."

"To get drinks dummy." I corrected smiling now.

"Oh. wow." He chuckled. "Well, just you know, I'll rather be with you my best friend than any other girl. Any day. Drunk or not."

He stared at me. I stared at him too. His brown eyes looking sincere, I could stare at it all day. Who knew brown could be so beautiful. 

I blinked. Breaking my chain of thoughts. I could feel my stomach doing a weird flip. The feeling was eerily similar to the 'butterflies in the stomach' crap the novels talk about. What the hell? i reached for the burgers in my bag, maybe I'm still hungry.

"You're a clingy best friend. I should get rid of you." I said grabbing two burgers. 

"Sunghoon did you just admit I'm you're best friend?" Heeseung asked eye wide. 

"Uh.... No?" 

He gasped "Sungh--" 

I stuffed the burger into his mouth before he could say any other thing. "Eat and stop talking crap."

The look on his face made me burst out laughing and I was so sure that he was going to lash out on me but instead he just smiled and took a bite out of the burger. 

"What?" I asked knowing he wanted to say something. 

"Nothing." He said still smiling. 

"Spit it, heeseung."

"You'd think it's sappy."

Hmm, I was still curious so... "Talk."

He looked at me, smiled and looked straight ahead.

"you're so fucking beautiful when you laugh." 

I coughed, his words and my leaping heart catching me off guard. 

"Too sappy?"

"Definitely."

But I don't mind.

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guysss!! serious question. who's your bias in enhypen?

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