His teammates eyes observed him, he had been gone for a few weeks but the temperament around him seemed to have changed. Jisung who used to look like a wild youth now looked lot calmer. It worried them but at the same time, relief washed over them now that they saw him smiling and well.

"Jeongin already started practicing with us. You should recover early too", Coach Lee said, patting Jisung's back contrary to the reaction he had expected. He thought he would get a good one hour nagging or a slap in the head for being clumsy during the game. Maybe the coach was feeling generous today. He said no more and proceed to tell his plan to them.

"I'm going to take a leave for a few months maybe a year", as if he had spoken a taboo, everyone froze while looking at each other to confirm what they had heard. "Huh?", Woojin asked with a blank face, the other soon realized  what he just said "what?!"

"Why?", The coach asked calmly, he was lot calmer than the other seeing that Na-Eun had done the same thing before.

Jisung placed one finger under his chin and tilted his head, "I need to rest?", It came out as a question.

"What do you mean by rest?!", Jeongin raised his voice. He knew how torture like it was to 'rest' and not to join the other with practice! But to hear Jisung wanted to extend his resting time. Just what kind of forbidden fruit did Jisung ate?

It was really going to be hard to talk with his teammate but he had already done the talk with his parents and the both of them was glad he decided to rethink about his life this way. Jisung held both of his hands to the air and laughed, he wondered whose questions he should answer first.

-

It was one of those odd days when Hyunjin was found nowhere near the pool. He was in the library instead, he thought he could have some peaceful time there while waiting for Jisung to finish talking with his teammates.

It still felt unreal that they were dating but it was what he wanted to have between the two of them.

He glanced up from his book and saw Na-Eun walking in, she was looking around when her eyes finally landed on Hyunjin's figure. Hyunjin dropped his own and raised an eyebrow as soon as she started walking to him.

She pulled a chair in front of Hyunjin and sat down, a suspicious smile on her face, "Na-Eun", He said to the person he owe a thanks to. Had it not been for her, maybe he wouldn't have meet Jisung at the café and maybe Jisung wouldn't have the courage to ask him out.

"Erm...thanks.", he rubbed his name sheepishly. "For what?"

"Well...erm. I'm dating Jisung", Na-Eun showed a slight surprised look which later changed into a delighted one. "That's good! Since You're thankful. Can you do me a favour?"

Favour?

What favour could Na-Eun who never asked for anything have? It was a good change though. Hyunjin nodded, he owed her lots of her time and energy, maybe even emotions.

Na-Eun clasped her hand, "That's good! But are you free every Saturday?", Hyunjin nodded his head again. As long as it wasn't anywhere around 7 am to 12 pm, he was always free. Na-Eun folded her hands and sighed, something was really troubling her. "Could you help my parents with their business?"

"We will pay you good amount! You just need to stand around and hand out flyers!", Hyunjin chuckled and leaned back on his seat. He let Na-Eun talk enthusiastically, the later was adorable and cheerful just as she always was. Hyunjin didn't regret liking Na-Eun but the like he had was different. She was like a younger sister and she reminded him a lot of his own younger cousin.

"So?", Na-Eun had explained that his mother had a clothes store and his father had built a bakery just above the store. His parents needed someone who had the qualifications to help them and Hyunjin just happened to be the right person to attract people. "I'm asking you because you're the only good looking guy I know around here", she said, shrugging when Jisung walked into the library.

"I'm hurt. Am I not good looking to you?", The newcomer asked, sitting next to Hyunjin whom ruffled his hair once he sat down. Jisung shot a smile back to Hyunjin. "I guess that makes you the second good looking guy I know", Na-Eun retorted.

"So, are you taking the job?", Jisung asked Hyunjin. After all, he knew Hyunjin needed a job now. He knew the taller didn't like living mooching off his parents. It had been difficult for him to find a job because of his packed schedule. A golden opportunity like this suddenly popped up, how could he say no?

Instead of replying, Hyunjin stared into Jisung's eyes. "Well...", Jisung tilted his head at Hyunjin's dragged word. "What do you think?"

Jisung pointed at himself, "are you asking me?", Hyunjin had never ask Jisung anything if he wanted to do something. Hyunjin bobbed his head, of course, he wanted to know his boyfriend's opinion.

Hyunjin coughed, "yeah, boyfriend's opinion is important after all", he said and hid his face on his book. Na-Eun's eyes sparkled with realization, the boy's really had started dating after her little encouragement to Hyunjin the other day.

She tapped the table and stood up,"well, you can just text me on Line!", She winked at them. "See you later!", She whispered yell and ran out of the library.

Jisung could not content his laughter and laughed out loud, earning a few glares from the visitors. Hyunjin slapped his mouth, a loud echo erupted in the room which attracted a few gazes again. The both of them bowed to apologize.

Jisung smiled warmly even when covered with Hyunjin's hand. He could feel the warmth and tingles from Hyunjin's palm, he hadn't realized before how much he liked Hyunjin's hand.

"I'm sorry! Did that hurt? Why did you even laughed?", Hyunjin said, rubbing Jisung's lips with his sleeve. Jisung pushed his arm away and grinned, "boyfriend's opinion, Huh?"

Jisung really didn't need to bring it up like it was such a big deal. It wasn't like Hyunjin lied, they were 'boyfriends'. The slightly younger male hummed, holding Hyunjin's palm close to his cheek.

"I think that's fine. Didn't you want to be independent?", Jisung said as he stared at Hyunjin with lazy eyes, cheek rested and nuzzled against Hyunjin's palm. His whole being resembled a lazy cat taking a nap in the noon. He yawned, leaning closer to Hyunjin. "Lend me your shoulder. Wake me up in 15 minutes"

—whoosh.

The curtain by the window flew up and down, covering them when sudden wind blew.

It was weirdly peaceful. It wasn't only Jisung who had felt peaceful. These past months had been confusing for him, too cruel for him. Hence, he felt like he could get used to this peacefulness.

—whoosh.

Another wind blew, tingling Hyunjin's cheeks as the smaller guy snuggled closer to him. Both the warmth coming from the breezy wind and Jisung's body temperature was soothing to him.

He slowly moved Jisung's head to rest on the table and stacked a book to lean his head against to stare at Jisung. I feel like a stalker, he thought, studying every special features Jisung had. He had seen this face for 8 years but he was never tired or bored of seeing Jisung. In fact, it was the vice versa. The more he looked at Jisung, the more he wanted to spend his time with him.

The Han Jisung he was dating now wasn't the same guy he knew for the past 8 years, he changed but in a good way. He matured but still in the midst of confusion. To be truth, Hyunjin was scared. If Jisung could grow tired of basketball, couldn't he also get tired of him one day. He was also scared, if Jisung could not make up his mind, he will keep hurting by himself. It was selfish of him but he wished there could be a way where Jisung wouldn't stop loving him but at the same time stop dating him to not hurt himself later.

Even if Jisung said he was willing to fall in love with him, he still believed feeling couldn't be forced. What Jisung was doing was going to hurt them both.

"Stop overthinking", Jisung slowly opened his eyes and reached out for Hyunjin's cheeks. "How did you know?"

"I can feel it." He caressed Hyunjin's cheeks and bit his lips, "why are you making that kind of face, Hyunjin?" What kind of face? His brows were knitted together, lips trembling while turning into a frown and eyes cloudy— seemed like he would cry in any second.

This peacefulness he wanted to get used to was scaring him.

"Hyunjin, I'm here", Jisung whispered, covering Hyunjin's eyes as tears fell.

-

I dunno anymore. I dunno if this angst, if this is fluff, if this is romcom, if this is romance. I'm just-

Oh yeah this is totally just a random update out of nowhere cuz I'm bored.

this took me three days to write because I'm in a slump-hunny