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“Alright, was nice meeting you man!”
Maki greeted their friend followed by Nicholas and Euijoo. The three of them had gone out to dinner, after finally getting a day off from their busy schedules. They were finally parting ways now.
One of the reasons for their meet up was to shoot some promotional videos for Sunkis’s new song called ‘pretty eyes’.
The lyrics only reminded Nicholas of one person. His damn best friend, leader, bandmate or whatever label belonged to him. Euijoo had the roundest pair of eyes, and it’s embarrassing for Nicholas to admit how he often lost his train of thought whenever Euijoo made eye contact with him longer than 2 seconds.
His heart always started beating at an abnormal rate, so he rarely made direct eye contact with him, and always made sure to stare when the other was not looking, or just stared at him through the screen.
Maki had been walking a few steps ahead of them, as Nicholas supported Euijoo’s weight. All of them had gotten a little drunk on this meet up with their friend.
“I had fun” Euijoo mumbled, his entire body leaning against Nicholas, who had no issue carrying his weight.
“You should come out more often like this” Nicholas said, releasing a breath.
“You should invite me out more often” Euijoo replied, pulling away to stare at Nicholas.
Those round eyes stared back at him, and Nicholas’ heart was already racing at its maximum speed.
“What are you talking about?” Nicholas laughed, immediately breaking eye contact. “I always invite you out, it’s you who always refuses”
Euijoo pouted, before releasing a deep sigh. “I don’t remember you inviting me. It’s always Maki” he pointed towards their youngest member who was walking ahead of them.
Nicholas sighed, breaking into a smile. Euijoo was definitely drunk because there’s no way he would be complaining about this in his usual state of mind.
“Fine” Nicholas said. “I am sorry, I didn’t invite you earlier”
“That’s more like it” Euijoo giggled, his cheeks turning red before he reached for Nicholas’s hand, gently holding it and stared into his eyes.
Nicholas paused in his tracks, looking down at their hands before meeting Euijoo’s eyes.
Those round eyes always made his heart skip several beats at once. And especially since Euijoo was drunk right now, he looked even more gorgeous with that pink flush and messy hair.
“You look cute” Euijoo suddenly complimented.
“Oh” Nicholas didn’t expect that out of nowhere. Drunk Euijoo might be his favourite sight. “You too”
“Do I?” Euijoo asked, as he leaned unnecessarily close to Nicholas. “Then why won’t you look at me right now?”
Nicholas’ breath hitched. Surprisingly drunk Euijoo was also a very bold one.
Suddenly Maki coughed loudly ahead of them, clearing his throat before turning around.
“If y'all are done with flirting, the taxi is here. Can we leave?” Maki asked, eyeing the two.
“We–we weren’t flirting!” Euijoo protested. “This guy doesn’t even know how to flirt” he pointed at Nicholas before laughing.
Maki rolled his eyes, while Nicholas turned into a flustered mess.
“Whatever, can we leave? I am sleepy!” The youngest complained once again.
Once they arrived back in their hotel, Maki excused himself from the room. Although the three of them were supposed to be rooming together for the night, he suspiciously disappeared into thin air after arriving.
Euijoo went and sat down on the couch, leaning his head back against it.
Nicholas was about to make his way to the bathroom but Euijoo’s voice stopped him.
“The song was really nice” Euijoo said. “Pretty eyes”
Nicholas blinked, staring back at Euijoo and then his stupid heartbeat picked up its pace again. He gulped, clearing his throat as he made his way towards Euijoo.
“I know” Nicholas said, as he sat down on the couch next to Euijoo.
Euijoo lifted his head to look at Nicholas, only to find him immediately break eye contact. Euijoo sighed, shaking his head before laughing.
“Why do you do that” Euijoo said, looking down at his hands.
“Do what?”
Euijoo laughed again. “Only stare at me when I am not looking”
Nicholas’ heart stuttered against his chest. So..Euijoo noticed? He had been noticing that Nicholas always stared at him secretly? Within seconds Nicholas’ face burned hot being caught like this.
“So.. you do notice?” Nicholas asked, nervously.
“I mean, if you want to stare, just be brave about it” Euijoo said, releasing a deep sigh moving forward to stand up.
Nicholas panicked immediately, hand reaching forward before he could even realise what he was doing. His hand gripped Euijoo’s wrist gently, tugging him towards himself. Euijoo turned to him, gently blinking at him, his gaze intense.
The same gaze and round pair of eyes which was the reason for thousands of butterflies in Nicholas’ stomach.
“Well” Nicholas said, releasing another nervous breath, but this time being brave enough to stare into his eyes, although his heartbeat raced the longer he stared.
Euijoo remained clueless. That pink flush was still all over his face, and Nicholas had to control himself from not losing it all.
“It’s just that..” Nicholas took another deep breath. “You have really..round eyes”
Euijoo’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “Round?”
“Yeah, the roundest pair of eyes”
The comment made Euijoo giggle. “Round? Seriously” he shook his head in disbelief. “You always say that! But I don’t get it”
Nicholas tugged Euijoo even closer, still not breaking eye contact. Euijoo released a nervous breath seeing their close proximity, but surprisingly didn't pull away. Nicholas took that as his sign to be even more bold.
“You..”
At this point, Euijoo could feel Nicholas almost breathing on him, their faces extremely close, yet still that eye contact had not broken.
“You have really..really pretty eyes Euijoo”
The comment made Euijoo’s entire self freeze immediately. He gasped softly, blinking several times. “Huh”
“I wish you could see from my point of view” Nicholas said. “How pretty those eyes are”
“Did you take the lyrics way too seriously?” Euijoo replied, trying to joke about it, but Nicholas didn’t seem to be joking.
Oh.
Euijoo suddenly felt heat rush to his face. Because Nicholas only stared back at him more intensely, not once breaking eye contact.
And now this made Euijoo nervous. Initially he was the one joking around but now the atmosphere had completely changed.
“The lyrics fit you” Nicholas said softly. “I could only picture you while listening to the song”
Nicholas’ sudden confession confused Euijoo even more. Was this supposed to be a casual compliment? Was Euijoo supposed to say thanks, brush it off and move on?
“Oh I mean” Euijoo laughed, his entire body burning at their closeness, but Nicholas didn’t budge, and only leaned closer. “Thanks I guess?”
Nicholas sighed. “Euijoo”
“Huh”
“It’s not a friendly compliment”
Euijoo’s heart dropped all of a sudden, a weird feeling pooling inside his stomach, chest tightening.
Was he being confessed to right now? All of a sudden? Out of nowhere? He really didn’t want to overthink.
“Then what is it?” Euijoo asked.
Nicholas stared at Euijoo, eyebrows knitted together as if he wasn’t expecting Euijoo to not catch on what he was doing.
“Are you pretending to not understand?” Nicholas asked. “Being polite?”
“No” Euijoo answered. “You need to tell me why you find my eyes pretty?”
“Doesn’t everyone?” Nicholas questioned.
Euijoo playfully rolled his eyes. “Okay so you’re like my fan?”
“I mean” Nicholas laughed. “Maybe?”
“You want me to do fanservice with you then?” Euijoo joked.
Nicholas paused, sulking. But still didn’t pull away, face still close to Euijoo’s.
“Okay..fine” Nicholas sighed. His heart was exploding out of his chest right now. Not for a second Euijoo had looked away from him, and his gaze was burning Nicholas down completely.
He’s so down for those pretty eyes.
“Well it’s me confessing to you” Nicholas finally gathered the courage to speak, and he didn’t fail to notice the shock in Euijoo’s eyes.
“Oh” Euijoo said, a slow smile forming across his lips. “So did you wait for Sunkis song to confess to me?”
Nicholas frowned, before laughing. “What? Absolutely no”
“You’re never this bold” Euijoo replied. “What got into you today?”
“Okay fine” Nicholas sighed. “Remember that guy who was serving us drinks today at the bar, he out of nowhere complimented your eyes?”
“What about it?” Euijoo asked.
“I didn’t like it” Nicholas said. “And since then my chest has been burning to tell you all this”
Euijoo broke into laughter, leaning forward till his head fell on Nicholas’s shoulder. Nicholas meanwhile gently placed his hands on Euijoo’s arm.
“You’re ridiculous,” Euijoo said.
“And then the song was stuck in my head all night, you were there in front of me, getting drunk and goddamn..” Nicholas sighed, pulling Euijoo away from his shoulder to stare into his eyes. “You sitting there with the prettiest eyes, was completely driving me insane. And everytime we locked eyes, i felt like i would die with how fast my heart would start beating”
In response, Euijoo gave the shyest smile, finally breaking eye contact but didn’t create any distance between them.
Nicholas felt bolder than ever, slowly moving his hands towards Euijoo’s cheek, gently holding it. Euijoo melted into the touch, looking back into Nicholas’ eyes.
“It would be a shame” Nicholas said. “If we kiss, I wouldn’t be able to stare into your eyes”
Euijoo rolled his eyes, laughing. “Then let’s not kiss”
Nicholas sulked in response, eyelids drooping. His reaction only made Euijoo smile wider.
“I mean you would have to give up one thing” Euijoo said, trying to make a point.
“Well” Nicholas sighed. “I have memorised how those round and pretty eyes look, so I guess…”
Euijoo tilted his head to the side, leaning into Nicholas’ touch, as his hand was still gently placed on his cheek.
“I haven’t memorised how those lips feel like” Nicholas breathed, gaze flickering down.
Euijoo’s breath got caught up, nervousness spreading throughout his system. His own gaze also fell onto Nicholas’ lips before he looked back into his eyes.
Nicholas without a word, leaned closer, very slowly. He gave Euijoo enough time to pull away if he didn’t want this, but Euijoo remained frozen at his place.
The air between them was so thick. Nicholas inched closer, painfully slow to the point it was killing Euijoo.
Euijoo slowly moved one of his hands, and placed it on Nicholas’ shoulder to steady himself.
And after what felt like ages, Nicholas finally eliminated the gap, by gently pressing his lips onto Euijoo’s.
The first touch, sent a shiver down both of their bodies. Nicholas then slowly applied more pressure, kissing him with a bit more force. Euijoo meanwhile gripped his shoulder harder.
A couple seconds later, Nicholas pulled away but still remained inches away from Euijoo. After pulling away he immediately looked into the younger’s eyes.
“I can’t decide what I like about you more” Nicholas breathed, blushing furiously.
Euijoo broke eye contact first this time, getting shy almost immediately. “Stop that”
Nicholas reached for Euijoo’s chin, turning his face towards him as he leaned forward to place another kiss before breaking into a shy giggle.
“Please don’t forget this by tomorrow morning,” Nicholas said. “I know you drank today”
“I didn’t even drink that much” Euijoo said. “So don’t worry I am completely in my senses, and even if I wasn’t I swear I totally am now!”
Nicholas laughed, pulling Euijoo towards himself so that now he was half seated on his lap while they were still on the couch.
“Mind if I do it again?” Nicholas asked, raising an eyebrow.
“When you ask like a gentleman, it’s hard to say no” Euijoo replied, smiling.
Nicholas couldn’t contain his smile anymore. He stared deeply into Euijoo’s eyes, quite shamelessly now before grabbing his face in his hands, and kissed him hard.
This time he didn’t hesitate like earlier, but kissed with much more confidence and eagerness.
Euijoo’s hand’s curled up in Nicholas’s hair, while Nicholas gently held Euijoo by his waist, as they continued kissing.
Whenever they broke apart from the kiss, they would lock eyes until Euijoo got shy with Nicholas devouring him with his piercing gaze.
After several minutes of alternating between kisses and deep stares, Euijoo was running out of breath. This time he covered his eyes with his hands, which made Nicholas laugh.
“Come on” Nicholas tried to pull the younger’s hands away. “Stop doing that”
“I have never felt this flustered in my entire life” Euijoo complained. “Stop staring at me!”
“Stop looking pretty with those eyes!” Nicholas replied.
“I can’t help it!”
“I can’t help it either”
“Nico!” Euijoo lightly slapped his arm, blushing furiously.
“What?!”
“I am going to sleep, that way you can’t stare into my soul” Euijoo said, immediately standing up from the couch. Nicholas whined behind him, before following too.
“You’re mean” Nicholas complained.
“Let me catch a break!” Euijoo said, settling on the bed before covering himself with a blanket, hiding from Nicholas.
Nicholas continued to complain and whine loudly before he settled on the bed beside Euijoo, immediately back hugging him, while Euijoo had his eyes shut tight.
Euijoo lightly kicked Nicholas under the blanket, making him groan but still leaned closer to him, heartbeat practically bursting out of his chest.
Nicholas smiled to himself, seeing the way Euijoo cuddled up next to him despite getting shy a while ago.