Beating Hearts Chap. 5

[kumo_is_kumo]

Title: Beating Hearts

Pairing: Jongkey

Genre: Romance, Fluff, Smut, Drama, Semi-Angst

Length: Series

Summary: Kibum was just like the usual boy around. He talked when he needed to. He laughed when it was funny. He stayed silent where there was nothing. But then, he found out that someone could pull out a lot more emotions from him. Someone that could make him understood what his beating heart was meant.

Chapter 5



Another new week had come and Kibum was back to his class. Taemin greeted him with a happy wave and Kibum took a seat beside him.

“How are you today?” Kibum asked him with a smile and Taemin nodded his head while answering, “Curious.”

Furrowing his eyebrows, Kibum looked at him questioningly. “Curious? About what?”

Taemin grinned, nudging him with his elbow and sighed dramatically, “Tell me everything about your date with your ‘Jong hyung’.”

Kibum felt his cheeks flushed and coughed, “What are you talking about?”

“Stop acting stupid. It will make you stupid for real,” groaned Taemin while holding onto his temple. Kibum bit his lip nervously before he opened his mouth, only to close it again when the lecturer came in. Taemin mouthed to him, ‘You owe me an explanation!’

Kibum could only sigh and nodded.



The first class of the day ended in a while before Kibum was grabbed by Taemin just as he walked out from the restroom. That kid had strong arms.

“Tell. Now.”

“Why does it concern you, anyway?” asked Kibum amusedly, both hands on his hips. Taemin grunted, stomping his foot like a child before sighing, “I’m just curious about my friend’s soon-to-be boyfriend, okay?”

Kibum’s eyes lit up when he heard the word ‘friend’. So, Taemin considered him as friend for real. He threw his arms around the other male, crushing him in a tight hug.

“H-Hey! What’s that for?”

Shaking his head, Kibum grinned, “Nothing. Stay like this for a while, please.”

Taemin scoffed, “Only if you tell me everything later.”

Kibum could only nod his head reluctantly.



They got into the second class and took their seat on the back row, since Taemin said so. He wouldn’t let you do anything he didn’t approve of.

He gripped onto Kibum’s arm, shaking it like a little kid and Kibum had to laugh at his act. “Okay, look... It was... nice?”

The frown on Taemin’s face was priceless. “What kind of date was that? Did you two have sex?”

“Taemin!” And now the look on Kibum’s face was more priceless. The other male stuck his tongue playfully, before holding onto his head after Kibum hit it. “You can’t say it so carelessly! People will hear you!”

“Then, let them hear. It’s our life, not theirs.”

Kibum sighed and pinched on the bridge of his nose. His head snapped up when the door opened and the lecturer—Jonghyun—came in with a smile. He felt his face flushed when their eyes met and he felt like Jonghyun was sending him a private smile, special for him. He pouted, eyes gazing away and began to pick out his book.

“It’s Mr. Kim?” whispered Taemin’s voice by his ear, sending Kibum jolted on his seat. He turned to look at the other boy and Taemin was smirking so high, until the corner of his lips was reaching to his ear.

“W-What?”

“Your ‘Jong hyung’. It’s Mr. Kim, right?”

Oh, shit. How could Taemin be so smart?

“W-Why would you say that, Taemin-ah?” joked Kibum, trying to force his voice as normal as possible. Taemin let out a ‘tsk’ before shaking his head no. “You are not good in lying.”

“Taem—”

“Yeah, yeah, I get it. You are going to tell me to shut it since your,” he leaned closer to whisper, “precious ‘Jong hyung’ is sending you weird looks by now.”

Kibum snapped his head forward, eyes meeting with Jonghyun’s for a brief second before he looked down on his lap. Taemin giggled evilly by his side, hands clutching onto his stomach.

“Taemin! Stop it!” Kibum hissed while poking his ribs. Taemin grinned at him and opened his book, “Why don’t you tell me about him directly? Are you afraid?”

Kibum played with his pencil and nodded, “Yeah, I mean... people don’t really like the idea of a lecturer and a student in a relationship, so... you won’t tell, right?” asked him nervously. Taemin blinked at him, before the frown on his temple grew more, “What do you think I am for telling on my friend?”

Kibum was left speechless after hearing it. Yeah, how could he doubt Taemin?

“No, sorry. I was just... nervous?”

“No problem. You can tell me everything, I won’t see you any different,” said Taemin sincerely and Kibum felt the sudden urge to hug him tight. Since he couldn’t do that in class, Kibum settled for hugging his arm like a koala. Taemin chuckled and tapped on his arm, “You can also tell me about your sex life and I won’t tell anyone about it. I would only... tease you a bit.”

“Taemin!”



***



Jonghyun’s class ended and Kibum felt the burning stare in his head. He was sure Jonghyun was giving him an obvious stare. He heard Taemin snickered beside him and he nudged his ribs, getting a pained hiss form him.

“You know, he was staring at you for the whole time,” whispered Taemin teasingly. Kibum hit his head annoyed, face flushed in red.

The students were walking out of the class one by one, the girls were saying good bye to Jonghyun and he smiled to them. Kibum was packing his books and pencils slowly. It was not like he wanted to be alone with Jonghyun, no, not that.

“Kibum-ssi? Could you help me bring the papers?” called Jonghyun formally from where he was still sitting. Taemin snickered again and Kibum turned to him, pinching his cheeks. Taemin hit his hands away before Kibum mumbled the ‘okay’ for Jonghyun’s request.

“I’m going first, Kibum. See you tomorrow!” Taemin patted him on his back, smiling to Jonghyun and said thank you to him before closing the door.

And now it was only the both of them in the classroom.

“Kibum?”

“Y-Yeah?” He answered, grabbing the strap of his bag while walking towards the lecturer’s desk. Jonghyun smiled to him, leaning forward. “What’s wrong with you today? Did I make you uncomfortable?”

Kibum quickly shook his head no with wide eyes, before gripping onto the desk. “It was nothing. Taemin was just... teasing me the whole day.”

“Taemin-ssi? Teasing you for what?” asked Jonghyun calmly.

“About... uh... us.”

“You told Taemin-ssi about it?”

“No! I mean, he was kind of... smartass so he found out by himself...”

Jonghyun hummed. Kibum looked up from under his eyelashes. “You don’t mind, right? About someone knowing about us?”

“Why would I? It was fine, really. You don’t have to worry about it, okay?” said Jonghyun, hand patting his head gently. Kibum smiled and nodded.

“Do you have any class after this, Kibum-ah?”

Kibum shook his head while gripping onto the strap of his bag, walking together with Jonghyun towards the door. Their arms brushed together and he suddenly felt giddy about that. Jonghyun smiled at his answer, opening the door for him and Kibum stepped out with a light blush dusting his cheeks.

“How about you?” asked Kibum curiously. It would be good if they could have lunch together. “I don’t have any more classes, but I need to pack my things for a while.”

“Do you want to have lunch with me, hyung?” whispered Kibum, afraid that the people along the hallway could hear them. Jonghyun smiled but then he frowned a bit, “But you have to wait for me then. Don’t you feel tired?”

Kibum shook his head with a smile, “I’ll wait, hyung. I’ll sit at the lobby.”

“Are you sure, Kibum?”

With a certain nod from Kibum, Jonghyun sent him a gentle smile before slightly waving to him, entering the lecturers’ room afterwards. Kibum smiled and gripped onto his jacket, he didn’t know why but he felt so giddy today. Maybe the effect from their last home-theater date still was not wearing off.

Kibum remembered the feeling of having Jonghyun holding him, it was weird. Not that kind of bad weird but it was more of like a good weird. It felt like he belonged there, in Jonghyun’s arms. It sounded cheesy, really, Kibum thought while rolling his eyes, but as cheesy as it sounded, he knew he started to like Jonghyun. A lot.

He heard a soft cough from the end of the hallway and Kibum’s head snapped up, only to find Jonghyun was the one who made that sound. Their eyes met and Kibum replied the smiled that Jonghyun had given him. The older male nudged his chin towards the entrance and motioned him to get up. Kibum smiled and walked behind him, and they walked by them self until they were out from the university ground.

He watched as Jonghyun turned around a bit with a smile, steps faltered as he waited for Kibum to match him. Kibum grinned, taking quick steps to him before enveloping Jonghyun’s arm with his. He didn’t know why but he felt the need to increase the intensity of their skin ship today. He liked it though.

“Where are we going to eat, hyung?”

Jonghyun like this side of Kibum very much. He smiled a lot more, he talked a lot more, and he was kind of touchy. Not that he disliked it. It was just new and different.

“Where do you want to go, Kibum?” He asked the younger male who was currently clinging onto his arm. Kibum was adorable like that, all smiling and acting like a koala on his arm.

Kibum tapped his chin with his free hand, smiling when his eyes caught the sight of the familiar family restaurant and he shook his arm. “Let’s go there.”

Jonghyun smiled amusedly, “Jinki hyung’s place? Alright, let’s go!”

They crossed the road, walking for five more minutes to the place before Jonghyun pushed the door opened. “Hey, hyung!” shouted Jonghyun with no shame as soon as he stepped into the place. Kibum playfully pinched the underside of his arm to scold him but Jonghyun paid no attention to his scolding.

“Hey, Jonghyun!”

“We come again! This time it’s Kibum’s request to come here so you better give us some discount!”

Kibum chuckled at his joke, hearing Jinki’s playful grunt from behind the counter. “You little brat, you don’t know—wait. Is that linked arms that I see?” He blinked his eyes, gaze locked onto their tangled arms. Kibum flushed at the mention of it and he pulled his arm away, only to be held on its place by Jonghyun’s free hand.

“Yeah. It’s our third date and it happens to be at your place, hyung. You should be flattered about this.”

Jinki gaped before grinning, “You get yourself one pretty boy, Jonghyun, eh?”

Kibum blushed at that words and tore his gaze away, only to widen his eyes when they locked with the other familiar ones. “T-Taemin?”

On the corner of the restaurant, seated one familiar boy and Kibum felt his face redder when he was met with the boy’s knowing smirk. He had the sudden urge to go there and slap the smirk away.

“Hey, Kibum. Hello there, Mr. Kim,” greeted Taemin with his all knowing smile. Jonghyun smiled at him, stealing a glance to Kibum’s gaped face before laughing.

“Kibum, you do know that we are still standing in the middle of the restaurant, right?”

The younger male bit his lip as the realization hit him and he mumbled a ‘yeah’. Jonghyun chuckled, patting his head before pulling him to the seat by the window, joining Taemin who was sitting by himself.

“Do you mind if we sit here, Taemin-ssi?” asked Jonghyun politely, smiling to one of his students. Taemin shook his head, “No, of course not. I’m a bit lonely though, I think I need some,” then he stopped, staring at Kibum before continuing with a smirk, “entertainment here.”

Kibum scoffed at him, reaching over to pinch his nose. Taemin whined at his act, swatting his hand away as they heard Jonghyun laughed after he sat down.

“You two are like kids, do you know that?”

Kibum rolled his eyes; he didn’t expect their date would end like this.

Jinki came by their table and threw the menu to Jonghyun’s face, shutting him down from laughing all day and placed the menu with a wide-kindly smile in front of Kibum. Jonghyun groaned at his joke and scooted closer to his date.

“Why are you doing this? Hitting on my date?”

Kibum blushed at the words ‘my date’ and he ignored the way Taemin giggled evilly across him. He stared at the menu, not really paying attention to it as he felt Jonghyun’s warmth close to him.

“What? No! Do you really see me like that, Jonghyun?” asked Jinki, faking an offended expression. Jonghyun scoffed and Kibum just realized that he was really close to him; he could feel his breath hitting his ear.

“Shut it, hyung. Kibum-ah, do not get too close to this old man, he is kind of creepy.”

“Kim Jonghyun, how dare you! I’m just a year older than you! I was born only four months before you, just so you know!”

With that sentence, Kibum burst out laughing. He leaned to Jonghyun’s shoulder, one hand holding onto his stomach as he laughed while his other hand was currently on top of Jonghyun’s leg.

“Oh God... This is so funny, I don’t even know why...” murmured Kibum after he came back from his laughing-high. He could see Taemin’s amused glance and he just realized that his head was still leaning on the older male’s shoulder.

“Alright, alright! What do you want to order? I’m sure you come here to eat, not to bully me, right?” mumbled Jinki with a pout. Jonghyun hummed, focusing his eyes on the menu and he brightened up at the special menu of the day.

“What is this, hyung?” He pointed onto the right corner of the menu. Jinki explained that it consisted of two kind of juices, two plates of spaghetti, and two small cups of jelly, with a rather cheap price.

“Do you want to take this, Kibum-ah?”

Kibum nodded; the mention of cheap price was pulling his attention. Jinki told them to wait for a while before he walked back into the kitchen.

Now it was just the three of them.

“So, Mr. Kim,” called Taemin all of sudden. Kibum threw a dirty glance at him, glaring at him which went ignored by Taemin.

“Yes, Taemin-ssi?”

“No need to be that formal with me. You are dating my friend, right?”

“Well... so, Taemin? What is it?” asked Jonghyun with a smile. Kibum leaned back on his seat, watching the scene with squinted eyes. Taemin glanced at him before continuing, “What do you like about our little Kibum here?”

Kibum choked on his breath and the both of them watched him struggling to have the air back into his lungs. Jonghyun grinned at his adorable date, leaning more to Kibum to ask whether he was okay or not. Kibum nodded his head, not before glaring at Taemin. The other male shrugged with an innocent smile plastered on his face.

“Well, what do I like about Kibum? Let’s see...”

Kibum buried his face on his arms on the table, not wanting to be treated like this. That little evil—

“I first like his eyes. Kibum has these unique eyes, right?” The answer got Kibum stopped breathing and he blinked the said objects. Really? His eyes?

“Aha, I know what you mean. And then?” called Taemin, leaning on one of his palms, elbow propping on the table. Jonghyun sent a quick glance at Kibum, before grinning, “I don’t know... I think I like Kibum as Kibum. I don’t think I could spell the points like this...”

Saying that his heart didn’t beat faster than usual would be a complete lie. His heart did beat so fast, Kibum felt like having a heart attack. Jonghyun was blunt enough to answer a question like that, more over from a ‘stranger’.

Taemin smiled, this time it was sincere, Kibum could see it. No more teasing Taemin in this second.

“I hope the best for you two then.”

Kibum felt his chest warmed. He hadn’t known Taemin for a long time, but this kid’s words touched him deeply. He wanted to reach over to him, hugged him close to his chest and said how much he loved him as his frie—

“Just make sure you use condom later.”

Or not.

The teasing Taemin was back and Kibum felt the undeniably hatred towards that boy.

It was lucky Jinki came with their orders or Taemin would be strangled by his friend named Kim Kibum by now.



***



Their lunch date was really nice (the teasing from Taemin didn’t count) and Kibum felt the smile was not leaving his lips for the whole noon. They ate the special foods, with a bit discount from Jinki. Simple to say, the thought of sharing something identical with Jonghyun made Kibum happy, even though it was just the same ordered foods.

“Did you have fun today?” asked Jonghyun as they were walking back to their apartment. Kibum nodded his head against Jonghyun’s shoulder, tightening his hold around the older male’s arm.

“I did, hyung. Thanks for that.”

Jonghyun grinned, reaching over to ruffle his hair a bit, much to Kibum’s dislike. He whined, patting his a bit messy hair down and heard Jonghyun’s chuckle. Kibum smiled again after that.

“Are you busy after this, hyung?” questioned Kibum as they stopped in front of his door. Jonghyun nodded, “Yeah, I need to prepare some subjects for tomorrow’s teaching.”

“Good luck, hyung. I’ll be inside if you need help with anything,” grinned Kibum. Jonghyun smiled and thanked him.

Kibum bit his lip, debating with himself but then he decided to just go with it.

He stood on his tiptoes, hugging Jonghyun on his neck and kissed his cheek. “Thanks for today, hyung. I’m happy.”

Jonghyun was left dumfounded for a while before a happy smile crept onto his lips. Kibum stepped back with flushed face and fiddled with his fingers, “Um, if you want dinner then just knock on the door, okay? I’ll prepare it...”

“Yeah...” answered Jonghyun breathlessly.

Kibum smiled, waving cutely before entering his apartment.

Oh God, Kibum liked this man a lot.











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A/N: I'm currently so busy and I feel like fainting lol
Hahaha, so Taemin found out! <3 and he was so noisy about that lol xD

It's time for hint! So the hints for next chapter are medicine and hugs~

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think about this! Until next time and thank you! ^^

And I have something to say. I want to make friends, but I'm telling you that I'm such a huge introvert. I don't really know how to make friends or how to start a conversation with new people. So, maybe some of you could help me? Lure me out from this...? I don't know; ignore me if this is too much :) Sorry :)

Comments

[kkbeasty.livejournal.com]

Hello hello~ ^^
Well I just wanted to say that I really really REALLY like this story and that it's awesome and that you're awesome and your writing style is awesome and .. yeah .. I cant wait for the next chapter! :D

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

oh thank you! and i really really really glad to know that! xD
the next chapter is up, by the way! ^^
thanks for reading! <3

[life-not-knife.livejournal.com]

dfbjhbdasljknvdjkn!!!! THE FLUFFYNESS!!!!! I can't handle this anymore oh my goodness!!! I am addicted to your fics, just so you know. I need moreeeeeeeeeeee! hahaha. I will wait patiently though :D.

Also, I really want to make more friends on here too but I am always kind of shy. I already think of you as a sort of friend because I have been reading your stuff for a long time now so if you want to be friends that would be awesome... though I am also not very good at pulling out of my comfort zone and being extroverted haha.

Maybe we can learn how together?

Lots of love,

Xx L xX

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

im flattered, you know <3

and about that, thanks for thinking me as your friend <3 im happy to know that~
oh and i added you as friend for a long time ago, but you havent accepted me yet :( its okay though! xD <3

alright, lets learn together! <3
thanks a lot! ^^

[life-not-knife.livejournal.com]

Oh really? I'm sorry...I usually respond straight away. Maybe I deleted the mail thinking I already responded. :) I will add you now.

Ahhh I feel terrible since you are one of my favourite authors too!!
*hides* honest mistake.

Xx L xX

[jjongluvbummie.livejournal.com]

Haha found about them, smart boy.taemin you evil boy teasing kibum like this.i like taekey's friendship here sincere with mix of teasing,sweet kind of friendship.

Little things you write about kibum are so sweet.like the way he smiles his shyness and now being mad, annoyed and happy with taemin.clinging arms to jonghyun little kisses these all actions makes him more adorable.about hint I think one of
them is going to be sick in next chp.
I m also not so good conversing with new people or making new friends so I cant really tell u about this.sorry for that.but I consider u as a friend.
Thanks for the sweet updatupdatupdateupdate.liked iit.��

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

thanks for reading! :D

also thanks for considering me as your friend :) im happy to know that <3

[moshixd.livejournal.com]

Oh god, evil taemin is the best thing! i laughed a lot with the condom mention
i love all this tease and the fluffyness. Jonghyun is such a great man dfkshfkjsdhfk And kibum is cute. I love cute!kibum so much <3
i waiting for the next~~

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

the next is out~
thanks for reading! <3

[samo99ro.livejournal.com]

Step by step... But one step at a time. They are closer every day. So sweet!