𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 | Seongjoong/Ateez ff

Chapter Thirteen

"Hey, you wanted to see me?"

Mingi startled and almost dropped his phone onto the grass of the playground he was waiting in as a joyful familiar voice rang through his ears far too close than he could manage and before he knew it his body stumbled forward with the additional weight of another body on his back.

Once he was released from the other boy's grasp he turned around to face the one whom his heart had swoon over without him noticing until his head started hurting from how much he thought about it.

Because Mingi had thought about it a lot.

He had thought about it even before his brain could aknowdeledge his love for Yunho, and even more when he finally noticed. He though about what to do with this whole situation. If he should have told Hongjoong, if he should confess to Yunho, and if his feelings were actually what he thought they were.

And they were indeed. After a couple of months reminishing in his head Yunho had came a little too close to his face on one of their practices and his heart had beaten in his chest as if it wanted to break through his ribcage and be set free. That's when he had realized his feeling of love towards Yunho was real and genuine, and he could avoid it no more.

He had wanted to talk it out with Hongjoong before it got to the point it actually reached in the end, but he couldn't bring himself to talk to Hongjoong about it without the fear of hurting him, so he had procrastinated on the matter until Hongjoong had found out on his own and Mingi had regretted every single time he had had the chance to tell him and he had chickened out instead.

When his eyes met Yunho's bright ones his heart did a little happy flip and the corners of his mouth turned upwards. Yunho had this effect on people. He had always had.

With one single smile he was able to wash away each and every single worry from the people surrounding him. It was one of the many reason Mingi had happened to fall for him.

That's why Mingi had decided to confess. Because he knew that Yunho wouldn't judge him.

"Hey Yuyu, yeah. How are you?" He spoke quietly. He loved to see Yunho smiling.

"I'm fine. How about you? Are you sleeping fine after the break up?" A faint tone of worry underlined Yunho's words as he spoke. Mingi smiled sadly at the reminder of the current broken relationship with Hongjoong, but he was determined to voice out what he had came for in the first place.

"I am, Yu," He let out a breath, "I wanted to talk to you about that actually. Well, partly." Mingi ratiated nervousness with every fiber of his body. Every word that lingered though the air was gingerly spoken, every move was cautious and it was obvious that he wasn't as comfortable as usual. That had Yunho draw his brows together in what could only be indentified as confusion.

Mingi attempted to give a reassuring smile, it was weak, yes, but it seemed to help Yunho's confusion at least faintly. He nodded to an empty bench in front of the yellow slide, a few children were playing in front of them and the children's parents were watching over them.

Mingi sat on the bench first, patting the spot next to him for Yunho to sit. For a few moments they remeined silent, the only sounds being heard being the laughter of the children in the playground. Yunho sat next to Mingi.

Mingi tried to ignore at the best of his possibilities the way their thighs brushed against each other, it was not the time to swoon over his crush now. Well, not that he could really stop doing that of course, but he had something important to say, and he needed to focus all his thoughts into how to translate in words what his heart was aching to say, to show, to feel.