Chapter 82: Eighty
Changmin and I reached our place about Twenty minutes after we had set off from DayBreak. He helped me with my luggage as we made our way up to the tenth-floor luxury apartment. For the first time in about Two years, we were finally coming home together.
Changmin went ahead and unlocked the door, stopping to let me in first. I did not hang back at all. As soon as I had gotten my shoes off, I took all my luggage and went to the bedroom to leave them there. By the time I had come back out of the bedroom, Changmin had taken off his cap and shoes and come into the living area.
For a moment, when our eyes met, standing a few feet away from each other, we did not move. I wasn't sure about what to do.
It really had been almost two years…
"Jeongwoo?"
Hyung.
I let out a breath and slowly walked towards Changmin. He smiled softly, watching me. It was obvious in the way that his eyes were focused on me - that soft gaze filled with longing - that he had missed me. I needed no further confirmation than that.
"I'm home." I walked right into his open arms and a tight embrace.
"Mm." He rested his head against the side of mine and rocked from side-to-side a little. "What's gotten you so quiet today?"
You. Seeing you. "I wanted to jump on you the moment I saw you."
"You should have." He chuckled.
"Of course. With all those people around." I nodded.
"Heh… Well, there's no one around now." He pulled back a little to look at me.
I smiled at him, repeating suggestively. "I'm home, Hyung."
Welcome me home.
"Finally." He smirked, gazing into my eyes and running his fingers through my hair, bringing the hand to my ear and angling my face up as he closed the gap. "I've been so lonely without you."
"Mn." We kissed. We had already gone past physical boundaries and yet, that one kiss was enough to make me tense up. The feeling of his lips on mine, the arm that snaked around my waist to hold me close and the hand so carefully holding my head in place… The breath falling on my cheek and the heartbeat that I could hear with my entire being… The body pressed against mine and the smile that I could read on my lips…
We had been away from each other for far too long.
I took his face in my palms and deepened the kiss further, going up on my toes.
I've been lonely without you too.
"Ha…" He pulled back a bit and raised an eyebrow at me, his lips tugged up in a smile. "You're eager."
Overwhelmingly so. "Don't stop if you know that. Kiss me more."
"Understood." He kissed my cheek first even as I turned my face towards him to meet his lips and brought my arms around his neck. He chuckled at my failed attempt and then kissed me properly. Holding me close by one arm, while still kissing me, he walked me backwards. Soon, I was on my back on the couch and he was looming over me, looking down at me with eyes that taunted the distance that he had put between us. His right palm caressed my cheek and when I tried to kiss him again, he moved away just enough to not let me. "Tell me that you missed me."
You won't let me kiss you unless I say it? "Why?"
"I want to hear it." He leaned in again but stopped short of kissing me. "Say it."
This was too much of a tease!
It annoyed me a little, only working to add to my impatience- so much so that I attempted to bite his nose but he avoided that too and laughed. Defeated, I lay back down and looked at him, remembering the emotions that had washed over me when I had seen him at DayBreak earlier. "I've missed you." It was such an oppressive feeling that it actually hurt. It had stung me into silence. "I have really missed you a lot. This past nearly two years, I have missed you. I have missed you so much that it hurts." There. I said it. I said everything.
He furrowed his eyebrows, his eyes glazing over a bit. He then gave in and kissed me. "Me too."
I know.
We shared quite a few intimate kisses after that as I clung to him with everything this heaviness in my chest was worth and his right hand wandered my body as if trying to match every inch of it to memory. I squirmed under his touch but he stopped just short of pushing us over the edge. Kissing my jaw once more, he dropped himself onto me, wrapping his arms around me and resting his head on my shoulder. "I don't want to be away from you for so long again."
I had had S.T.A.Y by my side. Changmin, on the other hand, had been entirely by himself. I couldn't even begin to imagine how hard it must have been for him, immediately after 04:00 am broke up too, if I was feeling this miserable.
I kissed him on his head and stroked his back. "Neither do I." I was reminded, in that moment, of how much he had come to need me, especially after what had happened to 04:00 am. It had not been any easier on anyone.
You've done well, Hyung.
"I love you."
"Mm." He rubbed his head against my shoulder. "I love you too."
We stayed like that, tangled up in each other and whispering words of affection and reassurance occasionally for almost an hour. At the end, when he finally got off of me, we were both feeling a lot better.
"Do you want to freshen up before dinner?" He asked as he pulled me up from the couch.
"Yes." I nodded. It had been a long flight, after all. I needed a shower and fresh clothes. "What are we doing for dinner though?"
He smiled proudly. "I have made us something. Well, it was my sister who told me what to do though."
You wanted to welcome me home with a home-cooked meal, was that it?
"Is it already done?"
"Yup. Just need to heat it up."
"I see." In that case… I took his right hand in my left and used my other hand to undo the top two buttons on my shirt, giving him a meaningful look. "Join me?"
He did not take his eyes off me, clearly amused by this seductive play. "Why not?"
Grasping his hand firmly, I took two steps back before turning fully to face the bedroom and pulling him along with me. He chuckled but said nothing as he followed me.
Even though the both of us had said earlier that we did not want to be away from each other that long again, with S.T.A.Y's world tours and my upcoming Military enlistment, we both knew hat those words were all the comfort and mutual confirmation that we could offer each other. We need that desperately this time though, considering the circumstances of the separation. Nevertheless, having a home to return to like this and just knowing that there would be someone waiting for you was motivation enough to push through.
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