Beautiful Butterfly Chap. 3

[kumo_is_kumo]

Title: Beautiful Butterfly

Pairing: Kaisoo

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

Length: Series

Summary: Because sometimes, all Jongin has to do is just following the clumsy Kyungsoo and lets the boy breaks the ignorant demeanor he has. Just like when he sees a butterfly. Just stares and follows, and it will show you its beauty and gracefulness.

















Chapter 3



Minseok is fidgeting a lot today. Jongin sees him checking on his phone twenty times in each minute. There’s something wrong with him.

“What’s up with you?” Jongin grabs his friend’s attention and Minseok flinches in surprise. He shakes his head no and begins to read the documents again, getting more fidgety than before.

“Seok, you are ruining the papers. Give them to me.” Jongin scolds. Minseok apologizes to him before excusing himself from the room, a phone in his hand.

Jongin hears the soft ‘Soo?’ just right before Minseok closes the door. His eyebrow does a tick and he watches the closed door intently. What is it with Kyungsoo that makes Minseok that fidgety?



Minseok grabs the documents for meeting and begins to read the words. Jongin is watching him from the corner of his eyes. The question is on the tip of his tongue and he could just spill it out to fill his curiosity as to why Minseok has been acting this way from the early morning.

Jongin tells Minseok to do well in the meeting and his friend sends him one quick smile. He glances at the clock hanging and realizes that it’s noon. Kyungsoo will be coming very soon.

He hears soft padding of footsteps and Jongin doesn’t know what makes him so jittery, as if he was waiting for the door to be opened. There are murmurs and muffled voices and Jongin wants nothing rather than to open the door and stick his nose there. This is his company after all.

The door to his office is opened and Jongin jolts on his seat. Kyungsoo sends him a smile with his heart-shaped lips but it seems as if it was forced. It looks so weak.

He mutters something about sorry for being late because the weather is not very good and that he says he isn’t able to stay for too long today so please just give the boxes to Minseokie hyung later. Kyungsoo gives him a weak wave before closing the door behind his back.

He glances at the lunch and opens his mouth to let out a soft ‘what’. His office is being knocked in a hurried pace and Minseok comes in, harsh breathing and all.

“Jongin, I’m sorry to say this but can I not go to the meeting for a moment?”

The CEO stops and gives him a frown. “And why would you do that?”

Minseok gulps down the bile in his throat and he seems like crying anytime soon. “Kyungsoo is sick and his fever is so high and I can’t let him go home alone in a condition like this and he is already out there- but, the meeting- but Kyungsoo is- Jongin what should I do?!”

Jongin watches the forever calm Minseok is slowly losing his mind and he stops his friend from plucking his hair out of his head. He grabs his car key and glances at Minseok.

“Go to the meeting. I will take Kyungsoo home.”

Minseok sends him a very sincere thank you before rushing towards the meeting room. Jongin rubs his temple. What is he doing now?



He gets down the building and runs his eyes here and there. Kyungsoo might walk so fast but he is sick and he looks so weak so he won’t be that far.

Jongin drives his car when he catches the sight of Kyungsoo who is walking limply. He bites down his bottom lip and stops beside the boy.

“Kyungsoo! Hey!”

The said boy glances aside and blinks questioningly. “Jongin hyung?”

“Get in here, Kyungsoo. I’m taking you home!” Jongin shouts from inside the car. Kyungsoo quickly shakes his head (Jongin doesn’t miss the way he winces at that, he must be having headache) and waves his palm to reject.

“No, I can go back myself. Please go back to work, hyung.” Kyungsoo sends him a smile. Jongin sighs before walking out of the car, grabbing the boy by his wrist and puts him into the passenger seat.

He sees Kyungsoo tries to argue and he sends him a glare. Kyungsoo seals his mouth and Jongin easily drives him home.

Kyungsoo falls asleep in the middle of the time and Jongin glances at the boy. His lips are so pale and he has that cold sweat all over his skin. He shakes his head and clicks his tongue. Kyungsoo could be so stubborn, no wonder he is Minseok’s brother.

They are arrived and Jongin thinks just when the last time he stepped into this house was. Ever since Minseok starts working with him and Kyungsoo is bringing them lunch everyday, Jongin finds no reason for him to visit the siblings anymore.

He steals a glance at the sleeping boy on the passenger seat. Kyungsoo’s eyebrows furrowed painfully and the cold sweat scrolls down his temple. Jongin grabs a few sheets of tissues and dabs the sweat away gently. Kyungsoo, the strong and cheerful kid he knows, is now sleeping with high fever. This is kind of a view for Jongin.

He gently shakes Kyungsoo awake even though he doesn’t want to. The boy grunts softly under his breath and blinks his eyes, looking confused as to why Jongin is waking him up. He seems to forget that Jongin insists to take him home.

Kyungsoo lets out a soft ‘ah’ when he remembers and he thanks Jongin weakly, sending the CEO that blinding smile. He scrambles to his feet, stumbling on nothing and making his way towards the front door. Jongin knows his job ends here. He brings Kyungsoo home and he could have just gone back to his office.

He knocks his fingers on the steering wheel, bottom lip trapped in between his teeth, before he mutters ‘fuck it’ and gets down from the car. Kyungsoo stops trying to put the key into the keyhole when he hears Jongin’s breathing behind him.

“Hyung?”

Jongin grabs the key from his trembling fingers and opens the door, gently pushing him in. Kyungsoo is staring questioningly at him and Jongin himself is confused with his act.

“Go sleep. Wait, let me check your fever,” Jongin steps closer to him, a palm landing onto Kyungsoo’s forehead. The boy could be squealing at the moment if he wasn’t having that thumping headache.

“You should have rested. No wonder Minseok is panicking.” Jongin mutters, pulling Kyungsoo by the wrist and finds his own way towards the young boy’s bedroom. Jongin has entered the room for numerous times courtesy of when Kyungsoo is having his cheerful self and forcing Jongin to play the new games with him.

He puts Kyungsoo down on the bed, pushing the young boy to lie down and pulls the cover up to his chin. Kyungsoo remains silent for all the time and watches the way Jongin cares for him. It makes him dizzy and his chest is feeling all sort of fuzzy. He wants to hug him close and shriek in happiness.

Jongin stops rearranging the covers when he hears Kyungsoo’s soft chuckle. His eyes are closed and he is in the middle of that flying state, where you are in between sleeping and awake.

“It’s new… to see you care… Jongin hyung…” He mutters, burying his face into the pillow.

Jongin halts and stands back, trying to understand what Kyungsoo means. The younger boy continues, despite his slurred voice.

“It makes me… love you more, hyung.” He whispers sincerely before drifting off to sleep. Jongin stares at his pale sleeping face for a few minutes before raking his fingers to push his bangs away.

Kyungsoo has always been such an adorable little brother. It feels weird to hear him talking about love. Moreover to him.

Jongin never really thinks seriously about Kyungsoo’s ‘confessions’ for him. He listens and shrugs it off, knowing that Kyungsoo loves to joke around a lot.

He sighs before muttering, “Sleep well.”



***



Minseok thanks him on the next day for bringing his brother back home safely and he tells him that Kyungsoo is already so much better now. Jongin nods, muttering ‘no prob’ and ignores the way he feels relieved inside when he knows Kyungsoo is back to his healthy state.

Their work continues like usual, without any more disruption and Jongin likes this calm sensation in his office.

Where there’s no his secretary running around in panic. No Minseok pulling his hair out and complaining about how bald he has become. No investors trying to argue about the deal. No phone calls from another company to stop their contract. No—



“Jongin hyung!”

He grabs onto the desk before he could topple over and half-glares at the smiling boy by the door. Kyungsoo is back to his weird self again.

“What are you doing here?” He questions, readjusting his seat while Kyungsoo skips closer to him. Jongin takes a note that Kyungsoo’s lips are still a bit dry and chapped and pale but he still looks better than yesterday.

“Lunch!”Kyungsoo says with a wide smile, holding up the bag containing lunch in his hand. Jongin dejectedly nods his head and lets Kyungsoo pushes away all the papers on top of his desk. He remembers Kyungsoo muttering ‘stinky shitty papers’ when he brought the food for the first time. He held back himself from laughing at that time, but now thinking about it, Jongin feels like laughing his ass off.

Kyungsoo blabbers about some things to him and Jongin barely listens to him, humming softly just like usual, but his eyes are trained on the way Kyungsoo’s face lightens up when he remembers something. Is Kyungsoo really such a lovely boy ever since before? He busies himself with his work than to take notice of Kyungsoo’s growth.

Jongin remembers that little Kyungsoo who always hangs around his waist, staring up at him with those wide glimmering eyes while nagging on him everyday. It’s weird to see that Kyungsoo is now all grown up, talking about his school life and doesn’t have that child stutter on his talks.

Jongin wonders how many things he had forgotten to keep on track with.



“Hyung? Jonginie hyung? Are you listening?” Kyungsoo waves his palm in front of his face and Jongin breaks his trance away. He mumbles with a low ‘yeah, sure’ while continuing his lunch, glancing away from the young boy because he realizes just how weird he must have been for staring at the talking boy for a very long time.

Kyungsoo fiddles with his fingers and smiles. “I want to thank you, hyung, for, you know… yesterday.”

Jongin lifts his head while putting down the chopsticks, having done with his lunch. He mutters a ‘why, you don’t have to mention it’ while his eyes are watching Kyungsoo repacking the lunch box skillfully. Since when Kyungsoo has those long fingers and no longer those chubby short ones?

The young boy zips the bag after he puts the box in, grinning thankfully.

“Minseok hyung always panics when he is not supposed to. I mean, sure, I would be panicking too if Minseok hyung or you got sick but sometimes my brother doesn’t know the boundary,” Kyungsoo laughs, playing with his fringes.

Jongin realizes just how long Kyungsoo’s fringes are.

His fingers reach forward and Jongin doesn’t even realize it. He touches Kyungsoo’s silk black hair, giving him a gentle ruffle. Kyungsoo halts his movement, eyes staring unbelievably at his crush.

“Don’t make Minseok worry again so make sure you stay healthy. We don’t need a baldy Minseok yet,” Jongin chuckles, retreating his hand back. Kyungsoo grins and nods, eyes shimmering in adoration.

“About yesterday, hyung,” he starts again and Jongin is about to cut him and tell him that it’s nothing to worry about, but Kyungsoo has continued his words and stops Jongin altogether.

“I may talk weird when I get fever… but I’m saying the truth about my feeling.” Kyungsoo mutters, leaning forward on his seat while glancing away, trying to hide his red face.

Jongin freezes, suddenly remembers Kyungsoo’s high-fever-state confession from yesterday.

“Kyungsoo—”

“I,” Kyungsoo cuts him, eyes staring determinedly while his jaws set firm, “I love you so much, hyung, you don’t even know. And when I say you make me love you more, it’s true.”

Jongin feels his heart makes a sudden weird flip inside and he feels bile climbing up his throat. This feeling is weird.



It’s in a blink of an eye and Jongin freezes when he sees Kyungsoo leans forward and presses his lips atop his.









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A/N: Aha, hello, so Soo kisses him (or more likely I made Soo kisses him, but whatever) lol
How will Jongin react? Hmm~
And something's happening in the next chapter, so, well, yeah, wait for it XD

Hope you enjoy it~
Thanks for reading and hope you can tell me what you think about this! Thank you! :D