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Hyung Suk sighed a breath of relief when he opened the limousine door and saw Jae Yeol. A huge weight fell off his shoulders, and he finally stopped panicking for the first time since the auction began. He felt so grateful to have a friend like Jae Yeol, one that was kind enough to save him from the dangerous situations he always managed to get in.
He got in the limo, and was about to express that gratefulness, when something about Jae Yeol's posture made him stop. At first, when seeing him from outside the limo, he looked like his usual nonchalant self- now he looked...angry. Hyung Suk completely forgot what he was going to say and only sat there dumbly, failing to notice when the limousine started to move.
He finally snapped out of his daze when Jae Yeol silently motioned for him to put on his seat beat. He buckled himself in quickly, glancing at Jae Yeol every now and then to see if he was really angry. Most of the time Hyung Suk could figure out Jae Yeol's mood- it was usually the same everyday- but this time it was hard to tell.
Once the car slowed down to stop at a red light Hyung Suk had gathered enough courage to speak to his friend.
"Ah! Thank you for helping me out there Jae Yeol, I really appreciate it" he was slightly embarrassed, so his habit of scratching the back of his head reared its ugly head again. Still when Jae Yeol said nothing, or rather did nothing, in response, he was at a lost for what to do.
Maybe his friend had finally had enough of Hyung Suk depending on him? Maybe Jae Yeol was angry at having to spend so much to bail him out? What if he had hurt his friend financially? That was like thousands of dollars and he had no way to pay that back!
"I'm sorry for always depending on you Jae Yeol," he laughed nervously, staring at the window as the city passed by in a flash, " you must be really sick and tired of me by no-" Hyung Suk looked at Jae Yeol from the corner of his eye, only to see the boy now staring at him intently. Something about the atmosphere in the limo made it hard for Hyung Suk complete his sentence, let alone rationally think.
He followed Jae Yeol's line of sight and was surprised to find it resting where his hand met the back of his neck. Embarrassed again he pulled his hand away- but Jae Yeol remained staring at the same area. Hyung Suk was pretty flustered at this point, and felt his ears and neck heat flush red.
"Jae Yeol...?" he tentatively said, and that seemed to break Jae Yeol out of the strange trance he was in. He was expecting his friend to still be mad at him but instead Jae Yeol smiled and lightly shook his head. And despite what had previously happened Hyung Suk felt comforted by that little smile, as if Jae Yeol was telling him ' don't worry about it'.
Hyung Suk was used that expression. He had learned that it meant that Jae Yeol's actions were final and that any of Hyung Suk's attempts to pay him back wouldn't be accepted. But that never really made Hyung Suk feel any better, especially at this moment. He had to do something to pay his friend back.
He looked around at the passing stores, hoping that they could stop at a restaurant so he could at least treat Jae Yeol to dinner, when he noticed that he didn't even know where they were.
"Hey Jae Yeol, where are we going?" he asked but Jae Yeol just continued to smile. He didn't recognize any buildings in the area, so he assumed they were going to Jae Yeol's place- but he was so bad at directions that he had no idea.
After a while of silence they finally moved into a quiet alleyway with no sign of entrances aside from metal garage door that was already open. As they drove inside the dark garage Hyung Suk heard slight rustling of clothing, and felt the leather of his seat dip. His heart rate went up slightly even though he tried to reason that it was just Jae Yeol moving to open the door.
When the car stopped there was a moment of total stillness, before there lights flashed on. He let out a totally unmanly yelp and blinked several times to let his eyes adapt to the brightness.
When he finally could see he was shocked to find Jae Yeol way to close to him, face almost shoved in his and breath tickling his neck. He yelped again, this time even louder, and unconsciously pressed closer to the limo's door.
'How did I not noticed him get this close? He made no sounds whatsoever!'
Despite his clear panic and adverse reaction to Jae Yeol being close to him, Jae Yeol got even closer- completely calm yet menacing in a way Hyung Suk couldn't describe.
'J-Jae Yeo? What are y-' Hyung Suk stuttered but was cut off by Jae Yeol kissing him. He flustered even more, but found himself getting lost in the soft pressure of Jae Yeol's lips and the heat emanating from his body.
He should've been resisting, he was kissing his friend who was also male, but Jae Yeol was too good at kissing and Hyung Suk had always- albeit in the middle of the night in his moments of weaknesses- imagined how his lips felt. He was not disappointing; Jae Yeol's lips felt just as soft and just plump as they looked.
Hyung Suk was strangely disappointing when Jae Yeol finally pulled away and moved to the other side of the car. He was a little miffed that Jae Yeol wasn't effected at all, and got out of the limo like nothing happened between them.
But when Jae Yeol opened the door for him with a smile on his face and an offer to take his hand, his frustration was replaced with giddiness. He still had no idea what would happen at Jae Yeol's apartment, especially after kissing him, but he felt safe nevertheless.