the placebo effect ✘ jaywon

15: KISS

"Kiss, kiss!"

It felt like a haunting shrill as Riki's in front of the two with a grin so wide, his eyes were practically gone. His voice seemed to echo, neverending and everywhere. Jungwon looks at Jay who looks equally as baffled. Then, Jungwon shrugs his shoulders.

"Well, we're a couple, so might as well," Jungwon tells Jay.

"Wait, seriously?" To say that Jay was surprised was an understatement, and when Jungwon nods, a big smile appears on his face, seemingly mirroring the grin on Riki's. "You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this," he says as if he's been meaning to say that forever, and with that, he leans in.

Jungwon grabs the back of Jay's neck and presses his lips against his. It was a feeling he's never felt before, really. Jay's lips were soft yet at the same time somewhat chapped, as if Jay had applied lip balm that disappeared as the day passed and that he had been biting on his lip a lot. Jungwon can feel the subtle split in the middle of Jay's bottom lip. It was such a small detail about Jay and Jungwon couldn't help but smile against his mouth.

He feels himself getting swooped in Jay's arm like a comforting embrace. It was like the two of them were in their own world at the couch, an orchestra suddenly playing and the couch started to elevate in the air beautifully. Riki's loud gasp could be heard, his eyes widening as his jaw drops down on the floor. His eyes started shooting out beams of rainbow light. "WOAH!" Riki exclaims, another beam escaping his opened mouth.

Jungwon wakes up.

Darkness welcomed him the moment his eyes shot open, the yellowish hue of his cat nightlight subtly illuminating the room along with the moonlight. Short yet deep breaths were made as he composed himself from that dream and he looked at the figure who was sleeping on the bed beside him. Is it normal to dream about kissing your enemy who's also your fake boyfriend? That question ringed in his head and it was itching to be let out. "Riki," he mutters, voice raspier as he shakes the younger. "Riki..."

"What?" It was a drowsy mumble coming from Riki who stirs awake, looking at Jungwon with half-opened eyes.

Jungwon opens his mouth to talk but he closes it instantly upon realizing that Riki still thinks they're really dating. "Never mind. Go back to sleep."

"Screw you," Riki grumbles mindlessly and turns around to face away from Jungwon, hugging his duck plushie. Hours ago, he insisted that he wished his plushie was a puma instead of a duck, but Jungwon knows Riki's too attached to his Quackie. He doesn't tease him for it though.

A few tosses and turns were made to which earned a muffled 'go to sleep!' from Riki, and everytime Jungwon closes his eyes, he's met with the fictional image of him kissing Jay.

A few hours ago...

"Kiss!"

Jay stands up amidst Riki's words and the door swings open as if on cue. There, Sunoo walks in and gasps happily as Riki stops with his chanting, the two of them immediately tackling each other into a hug in-between shrills of each other's names. "SUNOO-HYUNG!!" "NI-KI!!"

"Yeah, I gotta go, I forgot I uh left something from the oven," Jay announces, comically nearly tripping over his own feet as he rushes out the door. Jungwon couldn't help but rub his face with his hand. For someone who's faking his whole relationship, Jay's a terrible liar.

Riki briefly lets go of the hug and looks at the closed door where Jay ran off to, a heavy frown on his face. "The hell was that? That was such a stupid excuse."

"Hey, maybe Jay did forget that something was in his oven," Jungwon shrugs, not caring about how far-fetched his rebuttal was.

"Oh yeah, his ability to lie?" Riki says and Sunoo suppresses his snort.