Pairing: Jisung x Jeongin
Genre: Angst, Fluff
Warnings: None

Jeongin and Jisung's friendship was a funny one. Predebut Jisung would tease Jeongin endlessly and try to gain 'love' from the maknae, but then all of a sudden in their I Am WHO era, Jisung stopped. The squirrel looking boy stopped flirting, stopped trying to gain Jeongin's love, stopped everything related to Jeongin, because what started as just playfulness turned into Jisung gaining a massive crush on the maknae.

So, he stopped, because he didn't want Jeongin to find out about his feelings.

Jeongin should have been happy about this; happy that Jisung's endless teasing had stopped, but ever since it stopped, Jisung had been looking a little less bubbly; or rather, it seemed fake. It was like he was hiding something...something big.

So, he approached the one person who knew Jisung well, Minho.

"Minho hyung, what's going on with Jisung hyung?" Jeongin wondered.

"What do you mean?" Minho asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Jisung hyung looks a bit...mopey. I don't know, it feels like he's faking his emotions sometimes and I'm worried" Jeongin frowned, "we all know he suffered from...you know..."

"That he suffered depression in the past, yeah we know. You think he's falling back into it?" Minho asked softly, although he already knew the answer to that.

Jisung wasn't depressed, but he wasn't feeling the best mentally considering he was pushing his feelings for Jeongin so far down that it was hurting him.

"Yeah..." Jeongin trailed off.

"We, he's not, that much I know but...I do know what's wrong" Jeongin looked at Minho with a hopeful expression, but Minho quickly added, "but it's not my place to tell you. Ask him about it. If it's you, he'll cave and tell you, because I know he can't keep something like this hidden for much longer"

***

After sitting on his thoughts for a few days, he finally decided to confront Jisung about his concerns.

"Jisung?" Jeongin dropped the honorifics, but the older didn't exactly seem to mind.

"Hm?" Jisung looked up at him from his place on the opposite end of the table.

They were alone, thankfully, and it seemed like Jisung was writing lyrics.

"What's wrong with you? You've been acting off recently and I'm worried. Even Felix hyung and Seungmin hyung are worried" Jeongin frowned.

Jisung froze up, his back straightened. If he told Jeongin what was wrong, the younger would most likely hate him.

"N-nothing's wrong Innie-" "don't lie to me hyung. I know you well enough to know something's wrong" Jeongin huffed, his expression softening, "please tell me?"

Jisung hesitated, before shaking his head.

"I can't tell you Innie. Please don't make me say it" Jisung's voice came out as a whimper.

"Don't make you say what?" Jeongin was utterly confused, "hyung, I don't understand-" and that's when Jisung caved.

He figured there was no point in hiding it now. Jeongin had already sensed something was wrong, so there was no point in keeping it internalised.

"I like you okay!" Jisung exclaimed, but he refused to look Jeongin in the eyes, "I've liked you for months now. That's why I stopped trying to get your attention, because I knew you'd never in a million years like me back. So...so I pushed them down, but it just grew. It's not even a crush, and hell" Jisung chuckled bitterly, "it's even more than an 'I like you'" Jisung looked up, staring into Jeongin's eyes, "it's more like an 'i love you'. Now you know why I didn't want to tell you. So, now that you know...you can leave now" Jisung looked back down at his notepad, the hand that held his pen was shaking violently.

Jeongin just sat there in shock, his brain processing what Jisung had just said. Jisung loved him, as more than a friend, as more than a brother. Jeongin gulped, standing up and padding over to where Jisung sat.

"Jisung, could you just, stand up for a second?" Jeongin muttered.

Jisung sighed heavily, pulling his chair back, dropping his pen and stood up. His eyes widened in shock when Jeongin suddenly pressed his lips against the older's. It was soft and short, too short. Jeongin pulled away, his eyes closed.

His eyes fluttered open when he spoke again, looking Jisung dead in the eyes, "I think...I think I like you too"

"You..." Jisung started, "you don't have to pretend to think you like me because you feel sorry for me"

"I don't feel sorry for you Jisung" Jeongin sighed, "I genuinely think that I like you, but...maybe I could...test that theory again" Jeongin's face was so close to Jisung's now, the older's breath catching in his throat.

"Yeah...maybe you could" Jisung breathed out.

Jisung wrapped his arms around Jeongin's waist, pulling him close before capturing the younger's lips in a sweet, gentle kiss that had both their hearts pounding.

They weren't as alone as they first thought it seemed, because Minho stood a fair ways away, watching them with a smile. At least they finally admitted their feelings to each other...

It's been a while since I last updated this. The idea for this one kinds just came to me lol