Beating Hearts Chap. 21

[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 21



Kibum laughed, tears spilling out from his eyes as he tried to stop the tickles on his sides. Jonghyun was seriously driving him crazy with this torture.

“H-Hyung! Hyung, please!!!”

“Not before you say it!” Jonghyun grunted from above him, plump lips smirking. Kibum gasped for air before finally he surrendered.

“O-O-Okay! Okay! I will say it!”

Jonghyun stopped his fingers, waiting for Kibum to take his breathing into normal. The younger male gulped down before whispering, “Okay, okay, you are more handsome than that actor!”

The older male grinned in satisfaction, before leaning down, pressing a smooching kiss on Kibum’s cheek. Kibum breathed out, calming his racing heart and ran his fingers into Jonghyun’s brown hair as the older male lied comfortably on top of him. He felt kisses along the skin on his neck and he giggled at that. Jonghyun in his cuddly mode was seriously too cute.

“Kibummie?” Jonghyun’s muffled voice was heard. The said male hummed questioningly, patting down the sticking hair on Jonghyun’s head.

“Do you want to go out on a date? Or stay home?”

Kibum hummed, thinking the suggestions. “Let’s stay home, hyung. I don’t want to walk,” he muttered and Jonghyun nodded against his neck. There was this puppy biting again and Kibum laughed at that. His hyung was so adorable for God’s sake.

Jonghyun turned them around, laying on his back and stared up at Kibum on top of him. The younger male leaned down and pressed their lips together for an innocent kiss. Jonghyun patted his back softly and grinned.

“What do you want to do now?” Jonghyun asked him against his lips. Kibum closed his eyes smiled lazily. “Anything’s fine.”

“Really? You seem like you want to cuddle,” Jonghyun teased. Kibum chuckled before laying comfortably on top of the older male. He grinned when a sudden idea came and leaned forward to whisper into Jonghyun’s ear.

“Or we could do something... else.” He whispered, low and breathy, before tugging onto Jonghyun’s earlobe with his teeth. The older male jolted in surprise before Kibum felt hands on his lower back.

“You are so naughty,” Jonghyun whispered back, fingers creeping to the back of Kibum’s jeans. The younger male responded with a moan when warm palms made contact with his bottom.



***



“So, Kibum-ah,” Jonghyun called. Kibum opened his eyes, twisting his neck to see the male spooning him. He smiled and cuddled close to his chest.

“What is it, hyung? You want more?” Kibum teased. Jonghyun grunted playfully, pinching his soft bottom and Kibum yelped in surprise. He pouted but smiled anyway when Jonghyun pressed a kiss on the back of his neck.

“How are you and Taemin?” He asked all of sudden. Kibum’s smile dropped and he buried his face onto the pillow. “Fine. We made up.”

“Are you sure you are fine? Your tone sounds annoyed just now.” Jonghyun asked worriedly, hands rubbing Kibum’s soft sides. The younger male turned around, facing him and pecked his lips. “Yeah. It’s still a bit annoying to remember but I think I’m fine now.”

“What makes you so mad? I still don’t get it.” Jonghyun murmured. Kibum held his hands up to Jonghyun’s neck and rubbed the skin there. He enjoyed this intimacy between them, where touching was no longer awkward.

“I don’t know, truthfully. I mean, yeah, I can’t forbid them from dating, hell, hyung, I won’t even stop them. If my friends want to be together then I will be happy and support them. It’s just...”

“Mm? Go on, tell me.” Jonghyun pecked the corner of his lips. Kibum smiled at the gentle act.

“It seems like Minho... he finds a substitute for me. I don’t know, it’s silly but I feel that way. It won’t hurt to just call me, or at least text me before hand, hey, Ki, I’m going on a date with your friend, wish me luck, it would be nice to know from the beginning. Uh, why am I so sensitive these days...?”

Jonghyun chuckled. “It’s okay to feel that way sometimes. But remember that you can’t always think that way, okay? Minho might have at fault here, but you do as well, baby.”

Kibum pouted. “Why am I at fault, hyung?”

“You can’t just blame him for being like that. Who knows he has other plan. Maybe he wants to tell you when they get officially together. Maybe he just wants to do everything by himself, because if he tells you, knowing you, Kibummie, you will be noisy sometimes,” Jonghyun teased him, playfully biting the tip of his nose. Kibum whined at that, pouting even more.

“Oh, so now you are siding with him?” He playfully huffed at the older male. Jonghyun grinned. “My baby kitty is mad. What should I do?”

Kibum glanced away, pouting. “What else? Pamper him.”

Jonghyun laughed loudly at his cuteness. “God. You can be too adorable for me to handle.”

Kibum yelped when Jonghyun threw the cover over them and he felt kisses running down his neck. His puppy hyung was starting again.



***



“Hyung? Where are you?” Kibum spoke into the phone. He heard rustle of papers from the other line and Kibum taped his shoes to the ground. Jonghyun’s voice could be heard, tired and restrained. “I’m still in the lecturers’ office, baby. I’m sorry but I don’t think I can go home with you. This will take a while to be finished.”

Kibum smiled. “It’s okay, hyung. Don’t forget to take your lunch, okay? Call me when you are out.”

Jonghyun hummed distractedly, the sounds of his fingers pressing onto the buttons of the calculator were heard. “Take care, babe. Be careful on your way. Also call me if anything happens, hm?”

“Yes. I love you, hyung. I’m going home now.”

After exchanging some more byes and love yous, Kibum grabbed his bag tighter and walked out from the university. He held back a whimper when his stomach growled. He hadn’t had a proper breakfast this morning. Kibum glanced at the street across him and his eyes caught the sight of the ‘Chicken’s House’. Just, what the hell was Jonghyun’s friend—Jinki—thinking when he chose the name of his restaurant?

Walking over to the said place, Kibum pushed the glass door and the bell above his head rang. “Welcome—oh, Jonghyun’s boyfriend!”

Kibum flushed at the nickname and bowed to greet him. “Hello, hyung. Long time no see.”

“Yeah, you two are so busy. You don’t even have time to visit me.” Jinki whined with a small pout on his lips and Kibum held himself back from rolling his eyes.

“We are sorry about that. Life is hard on us,” Kibum joked. Jinki laughed and told him to choose any place. Kibum decided to just sit at the counter and waited for Jinki to bring out the menu.

“I don’t see Jonghyun. Where is him?” Jinki asked. Kibum glanced at him before looking back to the menu to choose the food.

“Hyung is currently busy. I’m alone for now. Can I have this?” He pointed onto the menu. Jinki nodded, “Of course! You have to wait for a moment though,”

“It’s fine. I’m free for now.”

Jinki walked into the kitchen to tell the cook before walking back out. “So, how are you and Jonghyun? Still doing fine?”

“We are happy. Thanks for asking.” He smiled. Jinki hummed, counting onto the money in the cashier register before stopping. “Oh, is Jonghyun coming tonight?”

Kibum blinked. “Where to?”

“He hasn’t told you?”

“No. He is busy, I’m sure he is forgetting his lunch, but, what is it for tonight?”

Jinki hummed, grabbing a cloth from the side of the register to wipe the other side of the counter. “We have this small dinner gathering with our friends before. Do you know about the reunion party?”

“Yeah, I know about that.”

“Nah, the reunion party will be held next week. Is Jonghyun going?” Jinki questioned him while walking towards the kitchen. He walked back out with bringing Kibum’s steaming food.

“Hyung said it’s troublesome. I don’t know if he is coming or not but he seems to not want to.”

Jinki grinned. “That kid, I know it already. I also don’t want to come but the others are bugging us.”

Kibum thanked him for the food before started eating. “Yes, there was one call in the morning a few days ago where Jonghyun hyung looked so annoyed.”

“Is it good, Kibum? The food?”

“Very good, hyung,” Kibum spoke in between the meat he was eating. “The soup is very tasty.” He said before sipping on the bowl. Jinki grinned proudly.

“If Jonghyun is not going tonight, then I won’t go as well.”

“You will have to ask him later, hyung. What is the dinner is for, anyway?”

“I don’t really get the idea. Some friends who couldn’t make it to the reunion next week insist on having dinner together. You know just how popular Jonghyun is, everyone likes him, so they insist that he should come.”

Kibum chuckled, wiping his lips from the sauce and nodded.

His phone beeped from the incoming call and his eyes twinkled when it was Jonghyun.

“Hello, hyung?”

“Hey, have you made it home? I have just walked out now.”

“I’m with Jinki hyung now. Want to come?”

“Alright, I’m coming now. Order me some foods, I’m so hungry,” Jonghyun grumbled into the phone. Kibum laughed, “Okay. See you soon.”

“He is coming here,” Kibum said to Jinki, “oh, can I ask for... this one? He needs it,” he asked while pointing to a certain dish on the menu. Jinki smiled and nodded, telling him that he would be back before going into the kitchen.

It was another five minutes when the door opened and the exhausted looking Jonghyun entered the place. “Hey, hyung,”

“Hey, Jonghyun. You look like a zombie.”

“Gee, thanks.”

Kibum pulled out a chair for his boyfriend to sit and Jonghyun banged his head to the counter. Kibum yelped at the sound. “Hyung?”

“I’m so starving that I’m dying,”

“Jonghyun, don’t die. The food is coming. Here,”

Picking up the chopsticks with weak fingers, Jonghyun poked onto the chicken. Kibum grabbed the spoon and scooped the steaming rice with some veggies on it. “Open your mouth, hyung, hurry up.”

Jonghyun sent him a quick smile before doing so. Jinki made a gagged sound of the public display affection and Jonghyun threw him a napkin.

“It’s okay, baby, I can eat myself.” Jonghyun smiled. Kibum nodded and poured him a galss of water.

“Hey, Jonghyun. Are you going tonight?”

“What is it with tonight?” Jonghyun stopped chewing. Jinki rolled his eyes, “The dinner, Jonghyun!”

“It’s today? Damn it, I don’t want to come, hyung, seriously.”

“If you are not, then I’m not.” Jinki told him. Jonghyun frowned. “Don’t hold yourself just because of me, hyung.”

“I also don’t really like them and this kind of gathering, Jonghyun. You know it yourself that I don’t feel comfortable being around them without you.”

“Yes, but...” Jonghyun stared down. Kibum watched him from the side and frowned. “Why won’t you go, hyung?” He questioning. Jonghyun glanced at him and sighed. “It’s complicated. They are annoying and noisy and disturbing and there will be alcohol and I’m working tomorrow and so on.”

Kibum smiled; rambling Jonghyun was cute.

“Maybe it will be nice if you go, you know, to talk with some. Just don’t drink; I’m sure Jinki hyung could remind you from doing so.”

“You want me to go?”

“Why not? At least show your face to them and then you can go back after a few minutes,” Kibum suggested. Jonghyun grinned and ruffled his little boyfriend’s hair. “Why are you so smart, Kibummie?”

The younger male grinned and Jonghyun held himself back from kissing him.

“So, coming?” Jinki asked to make sure. Jonghyun nodded. “Wait for me here, hyung. I will come here.”

Jonghyun finished his food in no time before they bid goodbye to Jinki. Holding Kibum’s hand, Jonghyun asked, “But are you going to be fine alone tonight?”

Kibum rolled his eyes. “What do you think I am, hyung? Five?”

Jonghyun leaned down to peck his cheek. “A little worrying boyfriend.”

“I cook better than you, hyung, just so you know.”

“I don’t even know how to cook.” Jonghyun retorted with a smile. Kibum laughed.

“Then who are you to say that to me?” He questioned him.

Jonghyun shrugged, “A worried boyfriend.”

Kibum scoffed. “I’m going to kiss you breathlessly once we are home.”

“I’m expecting that.”



***



Kibum worked on his assignments in the middle of night when he heard the sound of door opening from the next door. It meant Jonghyun was back already?

“Hyung?” Kibum called as soon as he poked his head out from his door. He was met with the flinching Jonghyun by the door and he smiled at him.

“Oh, it’s just you.”

“Why are you so surprised, hyung?” Kibum asked, closing the door of his apartment behind him. He walked to the older male and Jonghyun scooped him into his arms. Kibum scrunched up his nose at the smell of alcohol all over him.

“People kept on calling my name. I have become paranoid now.”

Kibum chuckled and leaned back from him. “You smell like a pot of alcohol had been poured down onto you, hyung.”

“Indeed.”

“Huh?” Kibum tilted his head up. Jonghyun pulled him into his apartment and sighed, releasing Kibum to bend down and took off his shoes.

“They were drunk. Some... friends were drinking even more; they knew they were drunk but they were dancing and you know what? Poured their alcohol on me, for God’s sake.”

Kibum helped him taking off his coat and winced at the strong smell. Jonghyun walked into the kitchen for a glass of water before sighing tiredly.

“You haven’t slept yet? Or did I wake you up?” Jonghyun asked from the kitchen. Kibum hummed, hands pulling out Jonghyun’s phone and wallet from the pocket of the coat, “Not yet, hyung. I was doing some assignments.”

“Oh. You should go sleep, Kibum,”

“Not when you are this smelly, hyung. You need bath,” Kibum scrunched up his nose and Jonghyun pinched it playfully when he walked pass him. Kibum flailed his arms and swatted his hand away.

With a laugh, Jonghyun entered his bedroom and searched for new shirt before heading to the bathroom.

“Who am I to refuse my wife’s order?” Jonghyun joked before closing the bathroom door.

Kibum flushed at his words and huffed embarrassedly, slumping down on the couch beside Jonghyun’s coat. There was another smell other than alcohol on Jonghyun, but he couldn’t guess what it was. Maybe Jinki’s smell? No, it should be chicken smell if it was Jinki’s. Kibum scoffed softly.

But truth to be told, Kibum knew that in the back of his mind, there was a voice telling him that it was a smell of expensive perfume. And it clearly not Jonghyun’s.









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A/N: So, the good news is my exams are done and I have been in typing mode again to get things done xD
And the bad news is, we are starting a drama <3 lol

The conclusion of the chapter is that Kibum has his own reason for being a bit of drama queen towards Minho and then there is something fishy on Jonghyun(?) or more likely, on the people around him? I don't know, I'm insane so I don't really know it myself xD

And also, I'm so sorry and thankful for my thoughtless rants on the latest chapter. xD I was on my emotional period I think :3 but still, I thank those who left me such inspirational messages and sent me their support! Really, thank you so much <3 I don't think I can do well without you guys! So, cheer for all of us! <3

Well, no hint for the next chapter just to make you guys curious about it :3 lol i'm that evil sometimes I know. I think I just being this euphoric just because my exams are long forgotten and I don't even care about the fact that I can't do the last one lalala xD

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

Comments

[jongkeyra.livejournal.com]

awww the first part makes me squeal~ jongkey is indeed very lovely.. they could kill me someday with their adorableness

noooooo.... don't do anything bad to mah jongkey. i smell something bad will happen /shaking at that thought/

anyway, good chapter as always. oh and good to know that you had finished your exam so you can focused more on writing more jongkey heee... now i have to wait two more weeks till the next update :(

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

thanks for reading~ ^^

[minimi0129.livejournal.com]

JongKey is so cute, it's too much for me to handle >< They are like a perfect couple, I want to keep the both of them OTL
Is MinKey going to be perfectly fine again? I hope so, I hate to imagine Key with those sad eyes :(
And I craved for chicken, although I just ate chicken for dinner, can't I go to Jinki's resto too??ㅋㅋㅋ
Well, the expensive perfumesmells danger?! Eeekkk!! Maybe a drama is coming?? lol
Thanks for the update as always~ ^^

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

thanks for reading! <3

[trislec (from livejournal.com)]

As usual, your update is amazing! Ah we're getting to the drama part? Hopefully these 'drama' will strengthen their relationship though i like the fluffy romantic jongkey more xD
Sorry for my lame comment xD

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

i like your comments so it's okay really! XD
thanks for reading~
the next chapter was already out! <3

[kkbeasty.livejournal.com]

Oh my.. Please dont tell me that drama is coming up
Jesjsnssnssnd
Ahhh I'm too tired to write a proper comment (sorry about that) but oh my I cant wait for the next chapter
The fluff in this chap killed me though ;u;

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

thanks for reading <3

[loneofakind.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the update ♡ oh noo now I'm curious ... please not too much drama ^^ And jongkey is just so cute in this ♥

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

thanks for reading~!
and the next chapter was out! <3

[nullvoidsoul.livejournal.com]

You...you are going to kill me with all this fluff.

WHY ARE THEY SO CUTE ASDFGHJKL ;w;

Alright,so we're starting a drama? I guess we can have something different and interesting eh? But please not anything too bad happens to them.

Thanks for the update juseyo~ Great chapter as always :)

I'll wait for the next chapter impatiently! xD

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

thank you so much for reading <3
i hope you will be back soon <3

[sexyzexyvi.livejournal.com]

I just started reading this story and I absolutely love it! Their relationship is just so adorable. I also love how you made them go slow like a normal relationship instead jumping right into it. Keep up the good work! I look forward to the next update :)

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

aww thank you so much! and welcome here! <3
the next chapter was up! ^^

[life-not-knife.livejournal.com]

I wanna know what's going onnnnn!!! Jonghyun you had better not hurt my baby Kibum in the process. I totally get Kibum's feelings towards Minho, but then I understand that Minho might have had his reasons too!!

OMG such a great chapter, thanks for updating.

I'll wait impatiently for the next.

Xx L xX

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

haha <3
thanks for reading~ <3

[samo99ro.livejournal.com]

Something is wrong, I guess. I think Kibum shouldn't let his boyfriend go to that dinner. Something is very wrong...

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

thanks for reading ^^

[jjongluvbummie.livejournal.com]

jongkey moments are always the best.all the tickling cuddling and teasing was so sweet.also now kibum is more comfortable with how he is initiating the kisses and teasing sometimes.they are perfect together.oh god kibum's suspicious ness on jonghyun is keep growing and it's not going to take long before he will explode and serious drama will happen.

It's getting interesting.thanks for updating.enjoyed it and can't
wait for the drama:)

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

thanks for reading! :D

[jjongsterine.livejournal.com]

Aaaawww.. Huhuhu there are only few Jjong and Key moments.. I am so excited for the next chapter .. Too bad you didn't give us any hint.. 😞 I wonder what will happen, maybe another drama queen kibum????

[midoyotvxq.livejournal.com]

aww thanks for reading!
the next chapter was already up though!
maybe you can check it? ^^