strings & bullets┃hajeongwoo (under revision)

〚 ch: twenty-four 〛

haruto sighed when jeongwoo ignored him again for the nth time. it's been two days since that night, he would throw random questions but the officer won't even spare him a glance. jeongwoo is obviously ignoring him

"woo.." he called him softly and made his way to jeongwoo who was washing the dishes.

his hand snaked on jeongwoo's waist as he rested his head on his back, frowning. he placed his chin on jeongwoo's shoulder as he peeked to look at his face

"are you ignoring me?" he asked again, but jeongwoo just continued cleaning up.

jeongwoo removed his arm and walked out of the kitchen after he was done cleaning. haruto jokingly sobbed and quickly followed jeongwoo, he pulled his arm before he can even climb up the stairs.
the officer stared at him with wide eyes when he saw their faces was an inches close. he placed his free hand on his waist, now staring at jeongwoo intently.

"stop ignoring me." he told him with his voice hard and firm

jeongwoo looked away after a minute of their eye contact while haruto's lips tugged. he loves to see jeongwoo like this, he loves the effect he has on him.

"i'm not ignoring you. now, can you let go of me?" haruto chuckled when he heard the officer, his voice was small.

"say it while looking at me, love." he whispered softly as he leaned closer, his lips touching jeongwoo's cheek. he then kissed him once, twice, thrice, multiple times but stopped when jeongwoo placed his hand on his mouth and pushed his head away.

jeongwoo scoffed as he looked at haruto who was sulking, "stop that, will you?"

haruto slightly rolled his eyes and continued sulking, showing his pout to the officer "hmp." he stomped his feet, his arms still wrapped around jeongwoo's waist.

jeongwoo's eyes squinted, the corner of his lips tugged in disgust as he stared at haruto's face. why is he pouting?

silence.

haruto's lips were pressed in a thin line the longer they stared at each other with the same expressions on their faces.

a small "pfft" escaped haruto lips

"stop sta- " jeongwoo tried to say but failed when both of them looked away, bursting into a fit of laughter. they couldn't handle the awkward silence as jeongwoo was grimacing in disgust while haruto was trying hard to be cute with a pout.

jeongwoo pushed haruto away and wiped a tear away from the corner of his eyes, "you looked like an idiot"

"and yeah, this idiot loves you so much" haruto wiggled his eyebrows and flashed a playful smirk.

jeongwoo laughed and lightly slapped haruto's face, "stop that."

he stopped laughing when he felt that haruto was silent, he turned to face him and saw that he was staring at him with a horrified look, his hand in his cheek.

"what are yo- "

"jiooooo!" jeongwoo flinched when haruto suddenly shouted in front of him.

"your papa is hurting me jio! papa is bad, daddy needs help jiooo!" haruto hurriedly climbed up the stairs, but jeongwoo was fast enough to pull him back and cover his mouth.

"you're so loud, shush!" jeongwoo hissed at him, but haruto only rolled his eyes and pulled his hand down.

"jiooo! look your pa- " he covered his mouth again

jeongwoo threw his head back as he laughed when he heard haruto's words were muffled, the man was trying hard to remove his hand.

he gasped and quickly removed his hand when haruto licked his palm, he stared at him. haruto stuck his tongue out and tried to run but he quickly pulled the hem of his shirt and wiped his hand with haruto's shirt.

"yaaa, ya jeongwoo!" haruto resisted but jeongwoo's grip on him was tight.

haruto stared at his shirt in horror, he lifted his head and saw jeongwoo looking at him with his eyebrows raised. his face slowly crumpled as he faked a sob, wiping away a non-existent tears from his cheeks.

"you're so mean jeongwoo.." fake sobs came out from his mouth.

he heard jeongwoo groaned, a small "oww" left his lips when the officer gave him a light smack on the back of his head. he chuckled as he saw jeongwoo turned his back on him. haruto quickly followed him

"jeongwoo, jeongwoo, jeongwoo" he repeatedly called his name.

jeongwoo sat on the sofa, his arms crossed with his brows furrowed as he stared at haruto who was standing in front of him.

"what?"

haruto plopped his body down beside him, "please don't ignore me" he murmured softly on jeongwoo's shoulder

"i will, if you'll tell me all your secrets." he replied

once again, silence engulfed them just like that night. haruto can't bring himself to speak, he doesn't want to tell him. not because he doesn't really want to, but because he's scared.

haruto sighed and grabbed jeongwoo's hand, now playing with it as he chewed on his lips.

"can i.." haruto trailed off, "can i ask you for a favor?" he then turned to face jeongwoo who remained silent but nodded.

"can you trust me instead? i'll tell you everything once i'm ready woo, it's just.. i can't do it right now"

jeongwoo kept his mouth shut but he was attentively listening to haruto, he's just letting him say everything he wants to say to him. he doesn't want to argue, and he think it's better to let haruto explain than overthink and get mad at him.

"i love you and i'm just scared, i'm sorry. i don't want to lose you again, not this time woo. so please, can i- "

he pulled haruto closer and placed a chaste kiss on his forehead, a sign that he understands him and he will not force him to spill his secrets against his will.

haruto smiled, it was his love language, a kiss so pure that had washed away all his worries.

"don't be scared, i trust you haruto. just take your time okay? and don't worry, you will never lose me again."

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