"Joong, he was just a fan. I don't know what your getting on about this time." Nine wiped his face with his palm, seemingly frustrated.
Yesterday's meet and greet for the fans turned out smoothly until a guy approached to ask Nine for a picture. Joong was not happy about it specially when the fan put his hands on Nine's shoulder.
"He touched you. I don't like it when other people touch you. And you were so nice to him." Joong whined.
"First you don't want anybody to see my knee and now you don't want anybody to touch me." Nine said unable to believe what he was hearing from Joong.
"For the record, it wasn't your knee P'Nine. It was your thighs. You were wearing shorts on that instagram live. Do you want that guy to see your thighs too?" Joong raised his voice.
"And were back again. He was a fan Joong. What part of that do you not understand?" Nine paced back and forth. His palm on his forehead.
Nine stopped and looked at him.
"Why do you have to be so jealous all the time?" He asked Joong, exasperated.
"You know what P'Nine. Maybe the question is 'why haven't you been jealous all this time?' Have you ever thought of that?" Joong stood up pointing a finger at his chest.
"Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who wants to be in this relationship." Joong added.
Nine was stunned. He didn't want to answer. He had a lot to say but he didn't want to create a heated debate about 'who likes who' more between the two of them.
Nine sighed. He went to their bedroom and laid down. Nine wanted to cry, out of frustration and out of exhaustion. But he decided to kept it in. He didn't want Joong to hear him.
Nine woke up too early the following morning. It wasn't even 4AM yet and his body just jolted out of his sleep. He looked at Joong's side of the bed. It didn't surprised him that Joong wasn't there. He silently got up and peeked at the living room. His giant baby slept on the couch. Nine noticed how uncomfortable he was. He took Joong's pillow and blanket from the bed to tuck him in. Even when asleep Joong still looked pissed.
Nine washed his face and wore his running shoes. He decided on going for a morning jog, thinking that perhaps it would help to clear his mind. He kissed Joong on the forehead before heading out.
He was on his 7th lap around the nearby park when he decided to rest on a bench. The sun was almost up and he was thinking of buying breakfast on the way home to pacify his baby Joong.
"Nine? Nine! It is you!" He turned to his right and saw a familiar face. It took him a few seconds to recognize him fully.
"Joss! Hi!" He smiled at him.
"What are you doing here?" Nine asked.
"Running. I jog here every morning. You?"
Joss still had that boyish charm that could make any girl swoon.
"Running." Nine shrugged.
Joss sat down beside him, took off his shirt and chugged his water. He was the type of guy that would sweat and would still look handsome in everyone's eyes.
"It's been like what? Two or three years now since we last saw each other. How are you?" Joss flexed his biceps by leaning on the bench.
Nine smiled sadly.
"I don't really know how to answer that." He smiled at Joss.
"So you're not okay?" Joss asked for confirmation.
"I wouldn't say 'not okay'. Just going through things I guess. What about you? How are you?" Nine tried to divert the topic away from him.
"I'm good. Yeah. I'm good. My brother just got out of the hospital. He's staying with me for the moment. Funny how we were just talking about you last night." Joss somewhat instantly regretted the last part of what he just said.
"What.. what did you guys talk about me?" Nine asked reluctantly.
"You know. Old stuff." Joss answered.
"Oh. Okay." Nine really didn't know what to say.
"Hey.. Come on now. That's in the past. I confessed to you and you turned me down. No need to feel bad now." Joss smiled sheepishly at him.
Nine hit him in the head.
"Still violent I see." Joss teases him while scratching the part of his head that Nine had hit him on.
"Should we go for two more laps for old time's sake?" Joss suggested.
"I really shouldn't. I should get going. Someone's waiting at home for me." Nine answered.
"Oh.. Uhh.. Wow. Congrats. That is one hell of a lucky girl.. or guy." Joss snickered.
"I'm the lucky one. His name is Joong- and.. Oh my God! He's walking towards us." Nine said as he saw Joong approach them with an angry look on his face.
No words, he went to Joss and punched him straight in the face.
