Ardor Chap. 9

[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 9



Kyungsoo walks into his lecture room, attending his class with Chanyeol in tow. Sehun is there on his seat, obviously waiting for them. After the talk with Jongin last night, he went to meet his friends and Jongin waved bye to him. Baekhyun and mostly Sehun were curious to what they had talked about and Kyungsoo just smiled to them.

Chanyeol didn’t ask him anything, respecting his decision to keep the talk as a secret. Sehun called him cheap for not sharing the fun, and Baekhyun nodded in understanding.

The lecture goes normally, with Chanyeol almost falling asleep on Sehun’s shoulder and Kyungsoo keeps taking notes into his book. Once the lecture is over, Chanyeol jolts up in surprise when Sehun jabs his side playfully.

They head out to the café to have their part time job, only to find Baekhyun sitting there waiting for them. Kyungsoo waves hi to him and then in a second, the male is already out there locking lips with Chanyeol. Kyungsoo smiles in amusement at how those two are so in love and looking unable to be separated anymore. Sehun makes a face, his eyes rolling up at the display of affection.

Work is steady, with customers coming in and going out after ordering things. Kyungsoo stays in the counter and does a job of making drinks for today. Sehun is standing beside him, in charge of cakes and pastries, while Chanyeol is in charge of cleaning the dirty tables.

“Thank you for coming and we will be hoping to see you again.” Kyungsoo thanks the customer while handing them their receipt. As he bows to the customer, his eyes find the sight of something unusual just outside of the café.

It’s Jongin, standing there just outside of the café. He is staring at Kyungsoo with round pleading eyes, being hesitant and reluctant to enter.

Kyungsoo smiles, putting down the cloth he is holding while calling the male over with his hand. Sehun stops what he is doing as he notices Kyungsoo making small gestures.

Jongin shyly walks to the glass door, pushing it open until the bell rings just above his head. Not many people pay attention to him but Kyungsoo keeps greeting him with a small smile because the other looks tensed. Sehun narrows his eyes, his whole face being straight without any expression.

Chanyeol glances away from the dirty table, turning into an awkward mess when he notices Jongin walking beside him. Baekhyun stays silent on his table, holding onto his iced tea.

When Jongin finally stops in front of the cashier counter, he shyly gulps his nervousness. “Hi,” he whispers softly, eyes staring at anything but Kyungsoo.

Kyungsoo smiles and nods, trying to appear professional but still trying to make the male comfortable enough. “Welcome. What would you like to order?” He asks softly. Jongin scratches a spot on his cheek before looking up to the menu board above him. It takes him some time to decide and when he finally makes a decision, Kyungsoo graces him a tiny smile.

“Your order will be here soon. Go find a seat somewhere.” He says. Jongin nods obediently and drags his feet to a table near to where Baekhyun is seated.

Sehun says nothing and continues working like there is nothing happening. Kyungsoo goes to make the drink while Chanyeol scoots closer to the counter.

“Kyungsoo!” He whisper-calls. “What is he doing here?”

Kyungsoo shrugs, “I’m not sure, but as long as he doesn’t make any trouble, let’s not kick him out.” He jokes. Sehun rolls his eyes and Kyungsoo nudges him with his elbow, “Behave.” He warns as if the male is a mere kid only.





Baekhyun sips onto his iced tea while side glancing Jongin, before he decides to rise up from his seat and join the other male. Jongin stays silent, staring at his folded hands on top of his lap.

“Hey, Jongin.” He greets softly.

Jongin nods to greet him, “Hey there, Baekhyun. Long time, uh, not see you.”

Baekhyun leans across the table, “So um, what are you planning to do now?” He asks softly, curious. Jongin lifts his head up, “Kyungsoo gives me a chance.” He answers softly, but that’s enough to make the smile comes back to Baekhyun’s whole face.

“That’s nice!” He exclaims with a smile.

Jongin gives him a tiny smile, “Yeah.”

“You have to make up to him, you know?” Baekhyun mentions softly, pursing his lips. Jongin nods again. “I know.”

A few seconds later of their silence, Chanyeol comes joining them with a very prominent pout hanging on his mouth. He slips to the seat beside Baekhyun’s, shoulders rigid and eyes dull.

It’s jealousy, it seems. Chanyeol is being possessive as hell and looking so cute with that pout. Baekhyun stifles a laugh and decides to grant the male a soft kiss on his cheek to erase that pout away.

Jongin’s eyes widen in shock. “He is your soul mate?” He asks Baekhyun, pointing to a slowly smiling Chanyeol.

Baekhyun smiles, “Yeah!” He answers, throwing his arms around Chanyeol’s waist to hug him tight. Chanyeol is looking very much close to heaven, judging by the way he is smiling like an idiot and how he is looking like he is about to fly.

Jongin stares with his head filled in so many mixed emotions. He feels something, a feeling that he can’t describe, but it’s actually a jealousy feeling. It’s not that he wishes to be in Chanyeol’s place or to have Baekhyun, no, he just feels like he envies that position; being with someone else and being happy.

Kyungsoo comes bringing the order of drink. “Enjoying yourself?” He asks, resulting in Jongin being surprised at his sudden presence. Jongin looks up, his full attention immediately being moved to Kyungsoo and Kyungsoo entirely. Not that he notices it, but Baekhyun does. And he smiles like he knows something.

Chanyeol tugs on his arm, being possessive again that his attention is directed away. Baekhyun coos at him, pulling his face down to lock their lips together in a kiss that quickly turns into a session of making out.

Jongin is watching in shock, unable to comprehend what kind of scene he is watching right now. What kiss? What lip lock? And what noises are those?

The sudden noise of laugh grabs Jongin’s attention away. Kyungsoo is laughing loudly, his eyes scrunching shut while a hand holding his stomach.

“It’s your first time seeing this, right?” Kyungsoo says once he regains himself from his laughter. Jongin nods like an idiot, his head still blank from the shock of public display of attention and also from Kyungsoo’s laugh. It’s so pretty. He has never seen or heard it before. Kyungsoo really does change for a good side.

Kyungsoo gestures to the drink he ordered earlier. “Here’s your drink. I will have to go back to work. Chanyeol, you too!” He hits the tall male and Baekhyun whines when their kiss is broken. Kyungsoo drags the male away to continue their work, much to Baekhyun’s disagreement.





While working, Sehun can’t help but to notice the heavy gaze being sent towards his direction. Just because he as much as gets close to Kyungsoo, he can feel the heated glare from across the café. That’s funny because that male is trying to stay oblivious but the jealousy is too obvious to be ignored.

Then, as if a light bulb shines in his head, Sehun musters a super evil idea. He skips towards where Kyungsoo is standing and grabs the male closer.

“Your man is glaring at me for the whole time- don’t look at him!” He hisses lowly into Kyungsoo’s ear. Kyungsoo smiles, “Just ignore him!”

Sehun grins, “How about we play with him for a bit?”

Kyungsoo blinks his eyes questioningly. “How?”

“We make him jealous, of course. I can help you.” Sehun muses with a wide mean grin. Kyungsoo laughs, hitting his arm. “That’s not going to work! He won’t be affected at all, stop coming up with weird ideas.”

Sehun huffs in half annoyance. “You won’t trust me.” He crosses his arms in front of his chest.

Kyungsoo gives up, rolling his eyes. He waves his hand off at Sehun. “Do whatever you want.” He says then proceeds to continue counting the money in the register. Sehun smirks evilly, being in his super mean mode.

He walks closer to Kyungsoo, pressing right behind him while whispering jokes he heard from Chanyeol a while ago. Kyungsoo bursts out laughing at his words, shaking his head in amusement while listening to Sehun whispering corny jokes into his ear.

Sehun flicks his gaze back up and finds Jongin staring at him with wide eyes open, mouth hanging in betrayal.

Jongin glances back to Baekhyun seated across him in need of help, but then he finds Baekhyun is making out with Chanyeol again, already too deep in the secret world those two own.

He ends up pouting in his seat, slumping back and that makes his appears smaller than ever.

Sehun grins victoriously.









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A/N: A calm moment for this time. ^^ Thank for reading. ^^