Beating Hearts Chap. 20

[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 20



The first day of classes had started again even before Kibum could know it. He was used to sleep all day under the blanket, and then he would be woken up by Jonghyun’s soft caresses on his hair or by some tender kisses. He would open his eyes and smiled, pressing his face into Jonghyun’s neck and snuggled into his warmth.

It was just so perfect.

But then the classes had to start and ruined all of Kibum’s happiness.

Kibum yawned widely as he locked the door of his apartment, rubbing his eyes then before waiting for Jonghyun to be out. The older male smiled at him, one hand holding his phone against his ear while his other free hand was trying to lock the door. Kibum chuckled at his annoyed face and decided to help him by locking the door for him. Jonghyun smiled thankfully at him while continued to talk into the phone.

They hadn’t move from their door as Kibum wanted Jonghyun to end his call before they would walk to the university. Jonghyun seemed very annoyed by the minute and Kibum stepped closer to him, buttoning up his coat for him. He stood on his tiptoes to peck his cheek and Jonghyun’s tensed face was relaxing a bit.

The phone call was finally ended and Jonghyun let out a loud sigh.

“You okay, hyung?” Kibum asked him, arms hugging him around his waist. Oh, just look at how warm Jonghyun was. He loved it.

Jonghyun hummed and hugged him around his lower back. “Yeah. Just still a bit annoyed though.”

“Who was it anyway?”

“You remember the invitation for reunion party a while ago? I’m not planning to go but there is this person, my friend and he is really annoying, I swear, and he is bugging my everyday with telling me to come.”

Kibum smiled at Jonghyun’s annoyed grumbling. He pecked his neck and whispered, “Forget it now. We will be late if we don’t go, hyung,”

Jonghyun flinched before looking at his wrist watch. “Oh, shit! I forgot!”

And then he simply intertwined their fingers tightly before pulling the laughing Kibum out from the building.



They greeted Taemin and the younger male was wiggling his eyebrows suggestively. Kibum rolled his eyes and pushed him away. “Don’t start. It’s still in the early morning.”

“What? I’m not saying anything!”

“Your face tells everything, brat.”

Taemin scoffed but he continued to bug him. Jonghyun had gone to the lecturers’ office and they settled for the new schedule for the new semester of the year. The other male nudged him on his side with his sharp elbow and Kibum winced at that. That kid was full of bones.

“So, how was your Christmas going?” Taemin asked him as they made their way into the classroom. Kibum rolled his eyes. “Why do you want to know?”

“Do you enjoy it? How was Mr. Kim? Was he rough?”

“Lee Taemin, for God’s sake—”

Taemin grinned. “Oh, come on! Spill a bit! I’m so curious!”

Kibum glared at him before choosing to ignore him for this time. They chose the seat in the middle of the class and while waiting for the others to fill in the class, Taemin continued his question. “Hey, Kibum?”

“What is it now?” Kibum groaned under his breath. Taemin scooted closer, leaning his head on his shoulder, much to Kibum’s surprise. “I... maybe want to ask something to you.”

“What’s wrong?” Kibum glanced at him from the corner of his eye. Taemin played with Kibum’s sleeve and shrugged. “I don’t know. Okay, forget it.”

Kibum furrowed his eyebrows at him. “What the hell, Taemin? You said you wanted to ask something, what is it? Stop making me curious, I won’t let you off like this.”

Taemin fidgeted on his seat before glancing towards the door. “Later. But maybe you would want to see who is walking in right now,”

Looking to the direction Taemin was staring at, Kibum felt his eyes beamed at the person entering the class. It was Jonghyun.

“He is teaching us again this time?” Kibum whispered lowly, earning a nod from Taemin’s head on his shoulder. Kibum could practically feel his heart fluttered in happiness. He could stare at Jonghyun more often now.

Taemin snickered before hugging his waist tight. “I saw the way you look at him. Don’t think I don’t know that you are practically undressing him with your eyes, Kibum.” He giggled evilly into Kibum’s shoulder and the other scoffed at him. “Stop being so pervert, can you?” He muttered, fingers reaching up to pinch Taemin on his cheek. The other male whined at that.

Kibum saw as Jonghyun was watching them amusedly before opening the first class.

“But, Taemin-ah,”

“Hm?”

“Don’t think I forget what you want to talk about.”

“...shit.”



***



“It’s about... your friend.”

Kibum tilted his head questioningly. “My... friend?”

“Yeah. Who was it...? Uh, Choi boy?” Taemin glanced away, sipping his milkshake. Kibum let out an ‘ah’ before leaning over the table. “What’s with him?”

“He is... nice.” Taemin muttered from behind the napkin. Kibum watched carefully at his face.

“So?”

“Yeah, he is nice. That’s all.”

Kibum’s eyes twinkled in amusement. He knew where this was going. “Sure. Minho is really nice. He can be overly protective on some times but overall, he is kind and handsome.”

“Mm.” Taemin nodded his head distractedly, eyes focusing on the way his milkshake was decreasing.

Unable to hold his laughter, Kibum was exploding in a fit of giggles. Taemin was taken aback at the sudden laugh, pouting at him. “What’s so funny?”

“You!” Kibum pointed to his nose.

“Why me?” Taemin argued with him. Kibum shook his head, calming himself down from his laughter. “Taemin-ah... you are too obvious.”

There was the slightest blush decorated the other male’s face if you paid enough attention to the details. Taemin choked on his milkshake and scoffed. “What are you talking about?” He hissed before continuing on sipping his drink. Kibum smirked, eyes darting between Taemin’s face and the milkshake in his hands.

“Just admit everything to me. And by the way... your milkshake is empty already, silly.”

Taemin stopped abruptly at his words, putting away the empty drink and cleared his throat. He glanced at Kibum who was staring at him, waiting with a smirk on his lips. Taemin grunted before sighing loudly.

“Okay, fine. You win!”

“So?” Kibum had a hard time of holding back his giggles again.

“He... I mean, Minho-ssi is nice. We... We have gone to three dates now.” Taemin mumbled quickly, much to Kibum’s surprise. He had his eyes opened wide and Kibum grabbed onto his shoulder across the table.

“YOU WHAT!?”

Taemin blinked questioningly at him and shrugged his hold away. “Why are you acting this way?”

“YOU HAVE GONE ON DATES WITH HIM AND YOU JUST TELL ME NOW!? WHAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR HEAD? THE TWO OF YOU!” Kibum exclaimed with high-pitched voice and Taemin hissed at him. He slapped a hand over his mouth and glared at Kibum.

“Yes, very nice! Tell the whole world about the dates, won’t you!?”

Kibum huffed, leaning back into his seat before grabbing his phone. Someone was dealing with him.



—You traitor!—



Minho’s reply arrived in less than a minute. —What are you talking about?—

—I won’t forgive you, Min! I won’t!—

—Stop being a drama queen, Ki, and just tell me what is it.—

—Oh, so now you are calling me a drama queen?—



There was no reply from Minho and Kibum frowned. Taemin tugged onto his sleeve and stared at him. “What?” Kibum barked. Taemin shifted before answering, “Uh... Minho-ssi is asking what is wrong with you.”

Kibum gaped. “Oh, so, now he is texting you instead of replying to me?”

“It’s not—!”

“Forget it. I won’t let you two talk to me until he figures it himself!” Kibum huffed, folding his arms in front of his chest. Taemin stared, gaping at him before sulking on his seat, typing a few words into his phone.

“Hey,” he tried to call. Kibum ignored him.

“Kibum, oi.” Still no answer.

“Uh... sorry.” He whispered. Kibum glanced at him when Taemin’s voice sounded so defeated. He sighed and stared at him. “I’m not mad.”

Right at the moment, the bell above to the cafe’s door rang and a tall figure quickly slipped into the seat beside Taemin.

“What is going on?”

Kibum gaped. “Oh, God, you call him here?” He asked to Taemin, finger pointing to Minho who was staring at him questioningly. Taemin nodded his head.

“Wah,” Kibum scoffed, “unbelievable. Way to go, Minmin.”

“Ki, seriously, what’s going on?”

Kibum glared sharply at him. “What is going on? I should ask this to you! You don’t even tell me you are going on dates with him!”

Minho’s look softened and he sighed. “Only because of this?”

“’Only’? Min, seriously!?” Kibum hissed. Minho held onto his temple, choosing the words to talk. Pissing a pissed Kibum was one hell of a hard work.

“We... I haven’t told you yet. I’m sorry about that, it’s my fault.” Minho muttered, eyes staring into Kibum’s.

“So, if Taemin hadn’t told me about this, you wouldn’t tell me until later?”

“Ki, don’t be ridiculous...”

“You are being the ridiculous one now!” Kibum barked at him. “I told you everything and now this is how you treat me?”

Minho glared at him. “I don’t want to argue about this.”

Taemin glanced at between the two of them. It was funny how that pervert kid could be so timid right now.

Kibum shook his head in disbelief. “I can’t believe this... Whatever.” He grabbed his bag and spun on his heels. “Ki, where are you going?”

He simply ignored the call and walked away. He didn’t need this bullshit right now.



***



“Kibum-ah? Baby?” Jonghyun’s voice called for him. Kibum shifted under the cover and sighed. He felt the bed dipped down before the familiar warmth was pressing against his back under the cover.

“Hey, baby. What’s wrong?”

Kibum glanced at his fingers, lips pouting slightly. He could feel Jonghyun’s arms wrapped around his body, gently pulling him back against his chest. There was a soft kiss on the back of his neck and Kibum relaxed.

“Nothing.”

“You can’t ‘nothing’ at me, Kibummie. Something’s wrong and you are going to tell me.”

Kibum remained silent and held back a shiver when Jonghyun blew the air into his ear. “Oh, by the way, you were so cute earlier, cuddled with Taemin like that.”

The mention of Taemin’s name made Kibum’s anger back and he sighed. “I don’t want to talk about him.”

“Oh, so it’s about Taemin? What’s wrong, darling?”

Kibum could have blush at the new nickname but his anger was taking over his mind. He huffed, gripping onto the pillow under his head before murmuring, “He has been going on dates... with Minho.”

“Oh? Then what is wrong with that? Do you not like them being together?” Jonghyun asked him softly. Kibum closed his eyes.

“It’s not like that, hyung. It’s just... they have gone on three dates, but they just tell me now. I mean, I’m not against them if they want to date, but at least, tell me. I feel so stupid just now, talking to them like a clueless person.”

“Mm,” Jonghyun hummed, tracing his lips on his neck, “maybe they just want to find the right time to tell you?”

“But,” Kibum pouted, “I tell Minho everything. And when I mean everything, it is everything. He doesn’t even tell me and Taemin does. Just imagine when I call the two of them over, they can act so lovey dovey in front of me and I will know nothing.”

“Now, now. Forget about them for a while, okay? Focus on me?” Jonghyun’s pleading voice made Kibum’s pouty lips curled into a smile. He turned around in his arms, holding onto the older male’s shoulder before pecking his lips.

“Sorry, hyung.”

“It’s fine. I want your attention fully on me now,” Jonghyun mumbled before burying his face into his neck. Kibum giggled at his kisses.



***



Everything remained in the same routine for a few days; Kibum ignoring Taemin, Kibum ignoring Minho’s calls and texts. He didn’t know why he did that; maybe because he felt left out by the way Minho treated the topic as if it didn’t matter. It did matter to Kibum.

“Kibum, talk to me,” Taemin whispered under his breath, glancing at the lecturer who was currently writing something on the whiteboard. Kibum took a deep breath, gripping his pencil before adjusting his glasses on top of his nose.

“Kibum, I’m sorry, really.”

He felt guilty as well by ignoring his friends like this. Kibum bit down his bottom lip before, “Just... continue this later. I need to take notes so stop disturbing me.”

Taemin docilely nodded at his words before writing down the notes into his book. Kibum sighed.



They were sitting in the usual cafe, choosing the table by the corner of the place. Kibum played with the ice cubes in his lemon tea, waiting for the fidgeting Taemin to speak.

“I... We know it is our fault for not telling you beforehand... but we don’t mean it in a bad way, Kibum. So, please forgive us.”

Kibum sighed. “I’m not that mad at you, honestly. It’s more to Minho.”

“Why?” Taemin asked him carefully. He gripped onto the napkin way too tightly, Kibum noted.

“Me and Minho, we have been together for God knows how long. We spent out childhood together, be it happy or sad. He knows everything about me, Taemin. I don’t mean to be nosy but what I hope from him is just to believe in me. We are friends, I even consider him as my brother, but with the way he treats me like this, I don’t think he considers me the same way.” Kibum muttered, eyes watching the ice cubes bumping each other as he shook the glass.

“Minho, he,” Taemin started, “he talks about you a lot. Kibum this, Kibum that, I feel a bit jealous, I’m telling you.” He admitted. Kibum glanced at him.

“Why?”

“I can’t say that I like him or what, I mean we have just gone to three freaking dates so I don’t really know about feelings. But he keeps on talking about you all the time. If I don’t know better, I will think he is in love with you.”

Kibum scoffed before chuckling. “Minho will never be in love with me, seriously.”

“Yeah. I’m just silly, yeah.”

Taemin stopped talking and Kibum simply just stopped questioning. There was no need for words. It was silent for a while before Taemin spoke again.

“So... are we good now?”

Kibum puffed his cheeks, sighing. “Yeah. Yeah, I think so.”

Taemin grinned, his full cheeks going up and Kibum couldn’t resist the urge to lean across the table to pinch them between his fingers.



The only thing left was Minho. And Kibum was still mad at him.









***








A/N: Okay, so, hello everyone! I'm having my exams in two days and I still have the time to do this(?) lol xD
I hope I can do well in my exams because I can't wait any longer for my vacation so I can write as many ideas that have been swimming around in my head. Urgh, seriously, I need to write them down or I'm going crazy soon. lol

So, it's not Jongkey fight but the other. I add 2min into the story, lol Kibum feels so surprised with the news(?) and what will happen next? Of course, ignoring Choi Minho is the best choice...

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

And I'm sorry to say this, but, I see some people who are reading regularly but not giving feedback or at least, talk to me? Why is that? Am I scary? Or what I write are boring? I need to know, it's been bugging my mind for months. Like, seriously. I don't know if I ever did any mistakes or maybe I do really bore you to death but at least talk to me, please? Just a bit? I want to make friends with you here but I'm an introvert so I don't really know how to start a conversation. lol I'm PMS-ing here. Alright, forget it. :3

Comments

[minimi0129.livejournal.com]

Sulky Kibum is so adorable!!! I wanna squish him >///
Now Choi, you have a lot of explaining to do, specially because you have Kibum as ur best bud ;)
2Min hwaiting!!! ^^;;

[kkbeasty.livejournal.com]

Waaahhh minho that ass :< not telling kibum and making him feel bad yjsnysnsns
Seriously though they are childhood friends, he should have told him
But oh god the fluffy jongkey parts ahhhhhh /melts/
And what is it about that reunion party? Why doesnt Jonghyun want to go there? Is he hiding something??? e-e

So many questions, I know XD

Anyway, thanks for this chappie ♡ it was great as always I'm so lame though I always say the same stuff lol sorry about that

[loneofakind.livejournal.com]

Thank you for another great chapter ^^ but seriously I can totally understand kibum I would be mad at minho too ... jerk xD

[nullvoidsoul.livejournal.com]

Ohh~ Things are getting interesting~

So Taemin and Minho dated without telling Kibum..Well,that oughtta be painful,considering Minho and Kibum were best friends since their childhood. :|

I know I shouldn't be saying this but I'm thankful that you didn't forget Jongkey despite the chapter was about 2min xD

Looking forward to seeing those crazy ideas in your fics soon! ^^/

Thanks for the update~ And yes,until next time~

Good luck on your exams (Y)

[jongkeyra.livejournal.com]

Hey dear, I'm so sorry for being one of that people. I'm so sorry for making you feel bad. I feel sucks for making you feel like that:(
You're not like what you said. Don't feel insecure. Well I'm an introvert too. And I hate being ignored. So sometimes, I just feel like to keep quiet since I hate it so much when no one ever respond to what I'm saying. It really happens in my real life also. I'm so sorry for not commenting on your updates even though I never missed them. I followed you since 'don't love me' and I'm a hardcore jongkey shipper<3 well I hope to befriend with you too. I'll try to make some time to comment on your next updates even it's just a few words, okay? You're one of my favorite author. You write great jongkey ffs and the most important thing is you post your updates on time. I freaking love you for that. So I hope you're not feeling bad anymore and know that I'll always support you. Love you my dear /hugs/

[nedy90.livejournal.com]

Tsk tsk minho. U r so goin to get it. U deserved it. Kkk
But sulky key is adorable.. Heheh

[life-not-knife.livejournal.com]

Hi, I've been mega busy, I have been reading your fics but a little later than normal and I think I forgot to comment on your last chapter, Mianhae!

Anyway, I loved this chapter, at first I thought Key was being a bit of a drama queen but now I get it. You are so open with someone that you trust them completely and yet they still keep things from you, and you have to find out through somebody else, yeh, I totally get Kibum's feelings now. The Jongkey in here was super sweet, I loved it!

As always, I shall anticipate the next chapter,

love,

Xx L xX

[onlyyou-youyou.livejournal.com]

you're not making any mistakes and not boring so don't think of yourself that way!! ^^

min is really clueless isn't he? hahaha but I'm so glad that wasn't a jongkey fight phew hahaha

[jjongluvbummie.livejournal.com]

Now take it minho.he didn't tell Kibum about this so yeah of course kibum can be mad at him.with the friendship they are sharing,mihno should have share about this.little but sweet jongkey moment was the best.good that u still include it despite all other things happened in this update.

Thanks for the update.cant wait to read more ideas from you and goodluck for ur exams:)

[jjongsterine.livejournal.com]

Hi! I just discovered this story few days agooo and I liked it really. I was just one of ur quiet readers so when I read that you felt sad about some of the readers who won't give feedback, I made an lj acct immediately so I can tell what I really feel about your story.. And I am telling u, omg it's really entertaining and I love every single bit of the fluff and some lil jealousy over Jonghyun... This is one of the cutest and fluffiest Jongkey fic I've ever read.. And y'know I cant wait for the next chapters! Thanks! Hope you can update soon.. 😘✌💖❤

[tanchan-ah.livejournal.com]

heyyy! omg i miss this. i havent been here for so long and i stopped reading at..i dont know and suddenly this fic has reached about 20 chapters! so, ive been gone for long? ^^; i really miss this and i love jongkey fluffy<3 i mean jjong is so gentle and such and.....can i get one like him? anyway, nice to see you again:) i hope my long comment wont bother you

[trislec (from livejournal.com)]

No no no. You and your story aren't boring. Sorry for being one of the silent readers here. It's just I am not good in English so i don't feel confident to write a worthy comment
Btw I'm an introvert too >.< and honestly i really really really like your stories! xD