at one thirty sharp, seonghwa rang the kim residence's bell. he stood outside the door, waiting impatiently for someone to allow him inside.

when he saw the small boy creak the door open, his heart fluttered a bit. he smiled widely, matching the younger's smile on the other side.

"seongie!" hongjoong cheered loudly, running outside to hug the older.

seonghwa welcomed hongjoong with open arms, "hey joongie."

"i missed you." hongjoong buried his head into seonghwa's chest, swaying back and forth in seonghwa's grip.

seonghwa let go of the younger and walked into the house with him, "i missed you too."

seonghwa quickly turned off soft mode when he saw jongho round the corner in the house. he hadn't told jongho about his feelings for hongjoong yet, and he honestly wasn't ready for him to find out.

"due to your odd request, i'll be heading out now." jongho furrowed his eyebrows and seonghwa laughed awkwardly, thankful that hongjoong had moved to the living room and didn't hear that this babysitting session was due to his request rather than jongho's.

"what time will you be back?" seonghwa asked before jongho could leave the house.

"probably five. we have to be at jaehyun's by eight, and ryujin and i really don't have any plans besides watching a movie in her living room today." jongho answered, grabbing his keys from the side table and turning towards the front door.

"ok, perfect. i'll see you later." seonghwa smiled widely, waving to his friend who gave him a confused look back.

"you're still weird." jongho said, shaking his head as he walked outside and locked the front door behind him.

"seongie, what are we gonna do today?" hongjoong stood up and ran towards the older, grabbing his hand and looking into his eyes deeply.

seonghwa rubbed circles on hongjoong's palm as he looked back into his eyes, "we can do whatever you'd like, hun."

"hmm..." hongjoong put his finger to his chin in thought, "how about, we watch a movie! but we can make it fun. we should bring down my pillows, blankets, and plushies... we can make a fort!" hongjoong exclaimed, sounding really excited for the plan to play out.

"that sounds like a lot of fun." seonghwa smiled widely, agreeing with hongjoong's idea.

"yay! come on, let's not waste any time!" hongjoong grabbed seonghwa's hand and ran upstairs to collect all the necessary materials.

when they entered the boy's room, they took all of his pillows, blankets, and stuffed animals. hongjoong loved anything comfortable and warm, so he had tons of materials to work with.

after collecting everything, the boys brought down about a dozen pillows, five fluffy blankets, and more than fifteen stuffed animals.

"wow hongjoong, you really do have a lot of plushies." seonghwa chuckled while carrying five toys in each arm.

"d-do you think it's... weird?" hongjoong stuttered out with a frown, suddenly feeling a bit insecure.

seonghwa quickly threw the toys onto the couch and ran over to a pouting hongjoong, holding the side his arms tightly, "no, not at all! that's not what i meant, baby. i'm sorry if it came off that way. i love your plushies!"

hongjoong smiled mischievously after seonghwa apologized.

"i know, i was just messing with you." hongjoong stuck his tongue out, running off before seonghwa could yell at him.

"you little stinker!" seonghwa screamed out, quickly following behind hongjoong attacking the younger boy with tickles. hongjoong began laughing uncontrollably, squirming under seonghwa's touch.

"s-seongie! p-pl-please, it h-hu-hurts!" hongjoong laughed loudly, speaking between giggle fits. he fell to the ground, kicking and screaming to get seonghwa off of him.

seonghwa eventually gave in, ending his tickle attack rather quickly. he leaned down and gave the blonde boy a sweet kiss on the forehead, standing up and walking over to the couch by himself. hongjoong had a mini freak out due to seonghwa's affection, quickly composing himself so seonghwa wouldn't see.

"ok joong, how can we make this into a fort?" seonghwa asked, unsure how to raise the blankets up like hongjoong wants to do.

"i know how to do it, me and my friends do it all the time! we take the couch cushions and make walls out of them, and then we drape the blankets on top of the cushions. then boom! it's perfect." hongjoong explained, starting to remove the couch cushions by himself. seonghwa noticed the cushions were a bit too heavy for the boy's tiny body, so he quickly stopped hongjoong before he could hurt himself.

"here, let me do it for you." seonghwa took the cushion from hongjoong, placing it in the spot he was instructed to put it.

seonghwa then did the same for the other cushion, finishing up the roof of the fort with one of the sheets like hongjoong asked him to. hongjoong squealed, clapping his hands vigorously.

"it's perfect!" hongjoong looked into seonghwa's eyes, smiling widely at the boy' "now let's set up all the pillows and blankets inside."

seonghwa listened to hongjoong, helping him place all the pillows and blankets in the proper spots. they decided on putting the two thickest blankets on the floor so they wouldn't get uncomfortable on the hardwood. they then placed pillows all around the back and sides of the fort, putting them on top of one another. the stuffed animals were randomly spread out throughout, all in spots ready for cuddling. the remaining two blankets they took down were kept to the side, meant for use on top of their individual bodies.

"wow, that looks so cozy!" seonghwa exclaimed, clapping his hands together to praise hongjoong's creativity.

"i know right! i love it. this is the best fort i've ever made, all thanks to your help!" hongjoong cheered, hugging seonghwa tightly and digging his head into the older's chest.

seonghwa threw his arms behind hongjoong's back, cuddling deeply into the boy. he rubbed circles on his back, loving the moment more than anything else in the entire world.

"ok, what movie do you want to watch?" hongjoong asked after pulling back from the hug.

"whatever you want." seonghwa answered back, shrugging his shoulders.

"you always let me pick! i want you to pick!" hongjoong crossed his arms, giving seonghwa his best 'mean face'.

seonghwa chuckled at the boy's adorable behavior, "ok, how about... the spongebob movie? i haven't seen that one in a while."

hongjoong's eyes lit up after hearing seonghwa's suggestion, "i love that movie so much!"

"well perfect, a movie we both like." seonghwa replied, smiling widely.

hongjoong giggled and ran over to grab the remote, quickly turning on netflix. seonghwa didn't really care about what movie they watched, so he decided on something he knew hongjoong would like... but he never planned on telling hongjoong that's why he picked it.

seonghwa made his way inside the fort and under the blanket as hongjoong put the movie on. seonghwa took both blankets, throwing them over his body as he laid there.

once hongjoong selected the correct film and pressed play, he scurried over to his spot.

seonghwa noticed hongjoong looked a bit lost as he entered the fort. the boy was looking around as if something was missing. once seonghwa realized what he was looking for, he chuckled, lifting the blankets up for the boy to lay underneath.

"i figured we could share the blankets rather than having one each, baby." seonghwa said with a wink. hongjoong blushed, suddenly thankful that the fort blocked any sort of light from entering.

hongjoong sat down next to seonghwa who then threw the blankets over the small boy's body. immediately, seonghwa put his arm around hongjoong and leaned into him a bit. the boy froze at first, but ultimately leaned into seonghwa's chest. seonghwa smiled to himself, kissing the top of hongjoong's head as he grabbed the younger's hand. hongjoong blushed a dark shade of red, holding seonghwa's hand back.

"joongie, i have a question for you." seonghwa looked down at the boy in his arms.

"yes?" hongjoong replied, looking up into seonghwa's eyes.

"can i have your phone number? i wanted to text you last night, but i realized i had no way to contact you." seonghwa asked, making hongjoong smile to himself.

"of course! give me your phone, i'll put my number in right now." hongjoong sat up, holding his hand out for seonghwa to place the device in.

one he received the phone, hongjoong began typing violently. seonghwa chuckled, admiring how cute the boy looked while in thought.

"here you go! i even sent myself a text, so now i have your number too!" hongjoong giggled and leaned back into seonghwa's chest, giving his attention to whatever spongebob and patrick were doing on the screen.

seonghwa smiled to himself when he saw what hongjoong put his name as in his phone.

strawberry joongie 🍓🧚‍♀️

fitting, he thought.

seonghwa put his phone back in his pocket and he hugged hongjoong tightly, never wanting to let go.

i swear... i can't get enough of soft seongjoong! i'll never apologize for it💅🏼

-vic