Countdown | UNB JUNCHAN

Chapter 4

When the morning arrived, Jun's first reaction was to check if Chan was still by his side.

A part of himself expected to find himself alone. The typical cliché of "and everything had been nothing more than a dream". Or maybe that the boy had woken up before him and, after seeing and remembering what happened, he got scared and fled the scene to never mention anything about it again.

But there he was. That coconut hairstyle that was so characteristic of him and his naked body under the blankets, still sleeping peacefully. Jun slowly approached him and began to caress his neck, softly.

Apparently, he was tickling him because the boy groaned a little, so Jun stopped. He didn't want to wake him up. He'd rather keep watching him for a while longer. His soft features. The double eyelids that were so well hidden. The short eyelashes. Those lips that seemed like they were made to pout.

He wanted to hug him, lie on his chest and perhaps go back to sleep. But he didn't know if he had the right. Or rather, he didn't feel like he had.

If they had been a normal couple, he could have done that. He could wake him up while cuddling without fearing that once the boy opened his eyes, all the magic would disappear and they would need to face reality.

But they weren't a normal couple.

They weren't a couple , to begin with.

In the end, he decided to get up and put on his clothes. As he put on his shirt, and probably due to the noise he was making, Chan ended up waking up too. The young man looked around for a moment, as if he were somewhat disoriented and, then, they exchanged glances.

His heart skipped a beat. He didn't know what would happen from now on. But whatever it was, it scared him. Would Chan just think of it as a fling and would rather forget about it? Or maybe, on the contrary, would he decide to break up with Gwangsuk so he could be with Jun? No matter what happened, Jun would lose something really important to him either way...

Although after this, no matter what happened, losing Gwangsuk was more than guaranteed. Jun doubted he would be able to look at his face again without feeling like the worst person ever in the whole universe.

But even so, that part of him that used to make him feel contradictory feelings all the time, yes, that part...

Wanted Chan to choose him...

"Um..."

The younger boy muttered for a moment and then frowned. Later, he put his hands over his eyes, covering them. Maybe he was going to cry?

"Oh, fuck."

Jun didn't usually hear Chan curse. Maybe the other man never felt comfortable enough with him to let him hear his swearing. That thought made him feel kind of sad.

"My eyes..."

Eyes?

"I didn't remove my contact lenses, arrg."

Okay, he really didn't expect this.

"Are you alright?" He asked as he approached him and sat on the bed.

"Yeah, it's just that... my eyes are irritated, I better take them off now."

"Do you want a contact case? I think I might have an empty one somewhere."

"It's okay, they were pretty dried out, I'm going to throw them away."

And that was what he did. He took his contacts off and crumpled them on the bedside table on his left. After this, the silence took over the room. Jun had a lot of questions running through his head, but he still didn't dare to ask them. Maybe it was the same for Chan. A couple of minutes passed, and then Jun broke the silence.