Speak up already - Phan

Chapter 25

The following week, there sat Jin with Ludus shuffled particularly close at a coffee table and opposite them sat Kei and Dil.

"Wait, so you want to work at the salon?" Kei raised an eyebrow, eyeing Ludus up and down.

"Not forever, just...part time. I can do all the labour, like moving boxes and cleaning shelves! It's just so I can learn about where Jin works and-and yeah..."  Ludus felt his cheeks heat up at the everyones eyes at him on the table.

"I think it's a great idea!" Dil chirped, nudging Kei persuasively under the table.

"But Ludus...aren't you just as clumsy as Dil-OW FUCK!" Kei hissed, glaring at the smaller man beside him who had just stomped on his foot.

Dil glared before averting his gaze, resembling to a mother telling their child off before smiling back at the two. "We'll ask the boss about it, but with our reference I'm sure you'll be fine. Just as lone as you do the necessities, like come on time, then its not a problem."

"You're never on time." Kei rolled his eyes.

Dil glared once more.

As the four exited the coffee shop, Dil skipped ahead with Jin smiling and laughing as Ludus stayed behind with Kei.

"What's the real reason?" Kei said lowly.

"To keep an eye on Jin. He hasn't relapsed like that last week in forever. I need to be close to him." Ludus breathed out. "I care about him so much, Kei, you don't understand."

Kei nodded. "I'll tell the boss that reason so you can get the same time shifts as him. Just keep it from Dil."

Ludus' eyebrows furrowed as he nodded.

"Now, I have a really important question for you." Kei started. 

Ludus raised an eyebrow. "What?"

Kei glanced between Ludus and Jin, back to Ludus again. "Who tops between you two?"

Ludus felt his cheeks heat uo under the intense but curious gaze. "Y-You can't just ask that!"

"It's him isn't it?!" Kei laughed. "Because you both seemed quite...you know...so me and Dil had a bet."

"Who won?" Ludus asked, glancing forward to see Dil presumably asking Jin the same thing as Jin stopped to blush so much that it was noticeable from afar.

"I won." Kei smirked proudly. They quickly caught up to the other two, Dil noticeably pouting.

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Jin span around in his small chair sat before his desk. He was sitting in his hands to stop them from climbing to his hair without noticing when Ludus walked in.

"What are you contemplating cupcake?" Ludus asked, sitting down on the bed.

"I want to do something that will help me, but I'm so scared of the consequences." Jin stopped spinning.

"That's the vaguest shit I've ever heard. Are you about to pain your whole body in glitter or run around naked in the streets?" Ludus asked, shuffling over to Jin and sitting on his lap, straddling his hips as their eyes met in a comfortable way.

"As if. I'm being serious here L." Jin furrowed his eyebrows getting lost in deep thought.

"First of all," Ludus started, raising a hand and flicking the hair on the other male's forehead back. "I'm not a genius mastermind from an anime series." He smirked as Jin let out a small laugh. "Also, are you referring to your condition?"