Ardor Chap. 8

[kumo_is_kumo]

Title: Ardor

Pairing: Kaisoo, implied!Chanbaek

Genre: Soul mate!AU, Romance, Fluff, Angst, Smut

Length: Series

Summary: People are going to meet their soul mate at the age of twenty. Kyungsoo thinks he has lost his soul mate even from the beginning. Jongin thinks he has found his soul mate, but turns out he has not. Weird things happen and chemistry strikes before they meet their true soul mate.













Poster by: ░ spearmint ░ graphic shop









Chapter 8



Kyungsoo yelps when he feels his other hand is grabbed by something or rather someone, and he is pulled away from under Sehun’s grasp, coming in contact with something else. He looks up, blinking when he sees it’s someone’s back and someone’s hair.

“What…?” He whispers in confusion.

“Don’t touch him!” The person gripping onto his wrist says, obviously towards a still surprised Sehun.

Kyungsoo shudders in shock, finding himself drowned at how familiar this low voice is.

And it’s not helping that when he glances to the side street, he can see the familiar mint color in his eyes on the reflection of the shop window. The one’s gripping him has the same eye color.

“Jongin.” He calls breathlessly, unable to believe that they meet again this soon. Jongin doesn’t seem to pay attention to him, still gripping onto his wrist tightly while glaring at Sehun who now seems to understand the whole situation.

“It’s you who are not supposed to touch him.” Sehun says curtly, lips twisted in annoyance while he crosses his arms in front of his chest.

Jongin hisses at him. It seems like this sudden scene manages to grab both of Baekhyun and Chanyeol’s attention back to them. Baekhyun gasps in surprise, “Jongin!!”

Chanyeol has his jaws hanging open, not getting the whole situation yet. Baekhyun tries to step closer, unable to believe that Jongin is there gripping onto Kyungsoo’s hand tightly. He tries to grab onto Kyungsoo to not have him hurt or something but Jongin won’t let anyone steps closer to them.

Kyungsoo stares up, taking a deep breath. “What are you doing here?” He asks, tugging onto the hand gripping on his wrist. He sees Jongin glancing back to him, he sees the male gulping down in what he guesses as nervousness, and he sees their eyes mirroring each other’s color.

“I want to see you.” Jongin answers silently. Kyungsoo keeps their eye contact. “Why?” His question comes up into a mere whisper, soft but piercing in this cold night.

He can see the hesitation in Jongin’s gesture and from the way he gets so silent all of so suddenly, it seems like Jongin doesn’t have the answer to tell him for now. With a sigh, Kyungsoo glances away, breaking their eye contact altogether.

“Let’s just talk somewhere else.” He mutters, gently pulling his hand out of the other’s grip. He can feel the pull of the bond, strained and a bit painful, when he walks a few steps away from Jongin.

The three of his friends stare at him in worry and question. He sends them a tiny smile to assure them that he is going to be fine. Baekhyun is giving him an encouraging stare but he can’t deny the worry in him.

“Kyungsoo, is it going to be… a good idea?” Chanyeol asks slowly, recalling to their talks about his soul mate, squeaking when Jongin’s gaze falls on him. Baekhyun frowns and he steps in front of Chanyeol to hide his tall lover away from Jongin’s heated gaze, effectively returning the same hard stare to the other. No one’s going to back off, it seems.

“Yeah, we are going to talk sooner or later, so why not? You guys can go without me, I will catch up to you later if the time is not yet that late.” He smiles at them.

Sehun steps closer, wanting to talk to him, but Jongin’s eyes shift back to him to glare at him. Kyungsoo smiles at Sehun, reaching to pat his arm reassuringly. “It’s okay, Sehun.”

Jongin grabs onto his arm and tugs him away from his friend. Kyungsoo looks up questioningly at Jongin’s rigid face, before he glances back to wave bye to the three of his friends who are watching him getting dragged away with worry patched on their face.







Seated in a booth at the 24 hours café, Kyungsoo twines his fingers patiently while he waits for Jongin to start talking. When it doesn’t seem like the male will talk anytime soon, Kyungsoo leans forward to start.

“Why do you want to see me?” He asks, surprising the other who doesn’t seem to expect him to talk first. Jongin sends him a glance from under his too long bangs (which Kyungsoo notices the long length and wants to reprimand about cutting them off but holding himself back from doing it), hesitating in letting out his answer.

Yet when he opens his mouth, his answer surprises Kyungsoo.

“I miss you.” He admits softly. Kyungsoo blinks, feeling the warmth spreading all over his chest. “Really?” He finds himself asking that, wanting to hear the sincerity. When Jongin nods, the warmth spreads wider, calming him.

“Yeah. I have been looking for you everywhere.” Jongin mutters lowly.

Kyungsoo leans back to his seat. “So, how did you find me here then?”

Jongin glances here and there. “I… came to the head master and asked her about the place you went to.” He answers. Kyungsoo tilts his head, finding this to be surprising that Jongin is… trying. He seems to be trying to patch this relationship back.

“So, what do you want to talk about?” Kyungsoo asks again, reaching for his almost cold drink and sipping on it. He can feel Jongin’s gaze on his every movement yet he ignores the obvious stare.

“Why… did you go?” Jongin asks, voice strained. Kyungsoo looks up from his cup, finding the emotions flashing freely in the male’s eyes. It seems like Jongin has been holding back from asking this.

He puts his cup back to the table and silently answers, “I need the change.” His voice is soft and quiet.

Jongin says nothing for a moment and just simply keeps his eyes on him, staring. After a while, he opens his mouth again. “You changed a lot.” He admits softly. Kyungsoo gazes up, feeling a small smile tugging on the corner of his own lips. Leaning over the table a bit, he asks, “Is it a good change?”

The other male seems stunned at the display of Kyungsoo’s smile. Jongin blinks his eyes repeatedly, his hands unconsciously reaching over to grip onto the edge of the table. “Y-Yes.”

Satisfied with the answer, Kyungsoo sits back to the chair. They stay silent for a moment, with Jongin blatantly staring at him, and Kyungsoo gently rubbing onto the ear of the cup.

“What’s,” he starts again, softly and tenderly, “what’s going to happen now?” Kyungsoo lifts his eyes up, giving a questioning stare to Jongin. He needs this answer. He needs to know what Jongin wants and what he is supposed to do next.

Jongin holds onto their eye contact. “Can you give me a chance?” He asks softly, voice so soft and just a mere whisper that if Kyungsoo doesn’t pay any attention on him, he wouldn’t be able to hear it.

To say that he is surprised would be an understatement. “You want a chance?” He repeats it.

Jongin nods firmly. Kyungsoo gazes deep into his eyes. “Why?”

He sees Jongin bending his head down, seemingly fiddling with the loose thread from the button of his coat. “I realized that I was very unfair to you, Kyungsoo.” He begins softly, sighing afterwards. Kyungsoo chooses to listen to him.

“And I was so bad to you, so mean to you. You were… you are my soul mate but look at what I did to you. Look at how I treated you. We are soul mates, I should have accepted this destiny and embrace you no matter what.”

Kyungsoo smiles gently. He can feel his heart thudding so loudly in his ears, feeling all of his limbs so weak. Jongin seems to be very sincere, those words seem to be coming from his heart and he looks like he has been thinking a lot for the whole months.

“My study exchange is over in a month.” Kyungsoo whispers softly. Jongin looks up in surprise at the unexpected response. He sends Jongin a smile.

“I will give you a chance once I get back to the town, after my exchange is over.” He says softly, internally assuring himself that he is making the right decision.

He sees the biggest smile spreads across Jongin’s face and Kyungsoo’s heart flutters at the thought of Jongin being so happy from getting the chance to be with him. Maybe it’s not only him who changed for the better.

“But,” Kyungsoo lifts a finger, silencing the male from coming up with another word, “you are not yet forgiven. And don’t think that I will accept you so easily.” He says, lips curling up into a grin when he sees Jongin’s shoulders sag down and how the previously excited smile drops from his face.

Kyungsoo leans forward to the table, giving a mischievous and teasing smile. “I’m not the same Kyungsoo you know. I changed for good and I won’t hesitate to speak up for myself now, Jongin.” He says gently, feeling how his lips tingle when he mentions the male’s name.

At that, Jongin decides to nod his head, seeming to accept the conditions. Kyungsoo smiles.

“It’s going to be a long journey until I can accept you fully, considering all the things I had experienced before all of this, so you have to work very hard.” He ends his words with a soft and teasing laugh.

Jongin nods his head. “I know and I will.” He answers, tone firm and brave.

Kyungsoo chugs the rest of his drink before he rises up from the seat. Jongin looks up, stuttering, “W-Where are you going?”

“I’m going to meet my friends.” Kyungsoo answers confidently, stuffing his hands into the pockets of his jacket. Jongin hastily rises up from his own seat, fiddling with his coat getting stuck on the chair.

“Can I... can I walk you there…?” Jongin asks carefully, looking at him with such hopeful eyes.

Kyungsoo laughs softly, his chest warming up. “Sure.”

They walk along the night street, with Jongin walking a few steps behind him to keep his distance. Kyungsoo smiles at the comfortable silence; looking up to the starry sky and seeing the stars twinkle prettily, while listening to the gentle sounds of footsteps, which are comforting and assuring him that he now has someone behind him to support him in any condition and decision he makes.









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A/N: Jongin is trying, guys... though he won't be getting that squishy for that fast hehe thanks for reading! ^^