Secrets

Morning

"Morning."

Hongjoong felt a soft hand brushing a strand of hair out of his eyes and looked up to see Seonghwa leaning over him, smiling.

His immediate reaction was to smile back, but he jumped back in surprise, causing Seonghwa to laugh.

"Aish—you scared me!"

"I thought my face would be a pleasant sight to wake up to!"

"You're not baiting me that easily," Hongjoong groaned and rubbed his head, realizing he'd bumped it when he jumped.

"Well, I brought your special gift."

Hongjoong looked up at him in confusion.

"My what?"

"What we talked about last night?"

Hongjoong racked his brain. It was currently coming up with every possible dirty interpretation of Seonghwa's words as possible.

"Oh my God, your donut. With sprinkles?"

Hongjoong felt a rush of heat as he remembered the deal last night.

"Wait—you really got one for me?"

"Of course! You said I owed you!"

"Yeah but normally you just laugh it off."

"Well, maybe I felt a little bad."

"Well—thank you."

"You're welcome."

Hongjoong sat up in the bed as Seonghwa walked over to set the food by the nightstand. Hongjoong started to scoot over so he would be able to use it as a table but he was soon crushed.

"Woah—what the hell Seonghwa!?"

Seonghwa sat next to Hongjoong on the bed.

"What? I figured we could eat breakfast together."

"Well—a little warning would have been nice! You basically sat on me!"

"You're fine. Do you want this donut or not?"

"Yes..."

Seonghwa smiled and once Hongjoong had resituated himself, he passed him his donut and a napkin.

The two ate in silence, enjoying the morning delicacy. Hongjoong was overwhelmed by the heat of Seonghwa's thigh pressed against his own. He hoped he would be distracted by the donut so he wouldn't notice his elevated heart rate.

After they'd finished a few bites Hongjoong realized he could use a cup of coffee.

"Did you grab any coffee?" he asked, trying to peek around Seonghwa's tall head.

"Of course!"

Seonghwa grabbed a cup off the night stand and Hongjoong reached a hand out to grab it, but Seonghwa smiled and took a drink.

"Ha ha. Where's my coffee then?"

"This is your coffee."

Seonghwa finished his sip and passed the cup to Hongjoong, who held it, frozen in place.

"But—but you drank out of it."

"That was all the coffee I wanted. I don't do well with bitter things."

"Wha—you drank out of my cup!"

"I did."

"I can't drink out of this! You contaminated it!"

"Oh, grow up! You don't have to think of it as my spit. Just think of it as kissing me."

Hongjoong shot a glare at Seonghwa. Internally he was exploding. Although he'd already been thinking of it as such, hearing Seonghwa say it out loud made it much worse.

He finally drank the coffee, downing it in one gulp. He got up and chucked the cup in the trash before starting to get dressed for the day. Seonghwa smiled and got ready on his own.

The rest of the work day went pretty smoothly and Seonghwa was pretty impressed by Hongjoong's big presentation. Though he and San had helped to make it, Hongjoong gave it his own flare. He was a natural leader when it came to directing the committees.

The meetings today were significantly longer than the days before so they weren't done until nighttime. But Seonghwa refused to let this bother him.

He just made sure that they headed out as soon as they got back to the hotel.

"What could you possibly have planned tonight?"

Hongjoong was slumped on the bed again.

"Come on! We've only got a few days left! Won't you please humor me?"

"But I'm sleepyyyyy," Hongjoong whined.

"Joongieeee—"

Seonghwa was interrupted as loud fake snores filled the room. He laughed at Hongjoong, taking advantage of the moment he closed his eyes.

He leapt onto the bed, tickling Hongjoong in the stomach. Hongjoong quickly dropped the act, laughing hysterically as he tried to get Seonghwa off of him.

"Stop! Stop! I'll come! I'm sorry!" he begged, laughing so hard his stomach hurt.

"You promise?"

"I promise!"

Seonghwa released him and the two laid back on the bed, smiling.

Finally, they got up and finished getting ready and headed downtown.