Four elevator trips later and Donghyun was once again standing at its centre, the spot Bomin used to occupy before they met and subsequently whilst he was gone.
Physically, he appeared drained, what with his limp hair and equally limp shoulders, swollen eyes and hollowing cheeks, but there was a certain buzz which enveloped him like a cloud human sight couldn't perceive. Nonetheless, Bomin felt it, that popping of happiness like firecrackers, and he instantly allowed a smile to grow on his features.
"You're back," He cheerily commented, huffing a laugh as the other gave an exaggerated nod paired with a gleeful grin.
"I am. Missed me?"
A joke, playful, and a question which didn't require much more than an eyeroll or a scoff in return, but the shape carving Bomin's lips faltered, and for an instant he worried the older would have noticed.
"Riding the elevator with you every night is surely better than riding it alone."
His words too sounded mirthful, allowing a listener to interpret them as they wished, but a whisper in his ear had told him it was truth, masked and decorated, but factual.
It truly was better using the lift with someone there to distract him, with someone to take that spot he would stand in and blur his reflection.
What Bomin was uncertain of though, was whether it mattered if that person were Donghyun or not.
The latter had given a chuckle at the response, shaking his head while proceeding to mumble the typical, "Going up?" to which Bomin replied with his consistent, "Up."
"Well, I'm glad I can make your short trips more enjoyable, handsome."
The taller's gaze flitted to that of the man's abreast him, astonished and round, and his cheeks only dusted rose when Donghyun offered a boyish smile, somewhat flirtatious in a way Bomin had never anticipated.
He tore his attention away from him, giving a miniscule pinch to his thigh to get himself to focus prior to reconstructing his smile.
"You're bubbly tonight, huh?" He asked rhetorically, now watching the shut steel doors as if they portrayed more than two blobs as reflections of themselves, "Did you get any good news?"
"Mhm, great news, I'd say," Donghyun quickly responded, tone chipper, "My mother should be healthy soon."
Bomin sighed, silent and weightless.
"That's lovely then, Donghyun. I'm happy for you."
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Fanfiction❝But you, who I've shared my breath with for a lifetime, I don't know you.❞ In which Bomin uses the lift late at night and Donghyun is almost always there. || inspired by jonghyun's song elevator || written: 21/04/19-01/05/19 edited: 28/07/21 word c...
