Lux Libertas

Nana smiled, the feeling of his fingers through her hair could be enough to put her back to sleep if his phone didn’t jolt her alert in such a rude manner. “You do… You worked too long.” She sighed as she cracked an eye open, pulling the blankets back over their bodies. “I love you too, Doojoon.”

He smiled and leaned in to press a kiss to her lips, soft at first before kissing her more, deeper, he had been craving for this. His arms moved around her more, pulling her as impossibly closer as he could. He needed her touch, her warmth, he needed her.

She always loved how gently his fingers glided through her matted hair. Nana cracked an eye open to peek up at him, she tugged at his pyjama shirt she could lay with her again. “I love you too.” She murmured, tilting her head upwards and pouting her lips at him slightly for a kiss.

His fingers glided along her cheek slowly, smiling as he leaned into her lips and pressed his lips against hers. Arms moving to pull her towards him as he kept his lips to hers, just moving against hers slowly. He loved mornings like this. He needed mornings like this. 

With her arms around him, he ran his fingers through her hair. A smile appearing when he heard her voice and he just nodded softly, "I'm not. Sorry. I'm sure there will be someone available there. I need this off," he said, work had taken him away from his family for far too long. He put the phone down, turned it down to silent and moved back to hug her. "I won't go. I'll stay." He nuzzled into her hair and kissed the top of her head. "I love you."

"Me? I'm doing fine," he nodded and he moved towards his room. "Mm ramen sounds quite great. Let's have that." He nodded, "See you in 2 hours or so?" There were things playing on Doojoon's mind, lots of things. As usual though he had pushed it to the back of his mind completely and smiled at her. "If you need anything, just knock. Or you can use the phone, you know my room's direct phoneline." 

"Because I like your company. Why? Doesn’t anyone ever stay and spend time with you out of sex?" He moved to grip against the other’s wrist, he could feel his eyes tearing at the way he was held. If this had happened months or so ago, Yoseob may have wanted something, now? Well, he wasn’t sure if he wanted anything. He was fine just like this. He wasn’t even sure if they were friends but he could give something Tatsuya may want from time to time and he didn’t mind. 

He rubbed his jaw and straightened his shirt. "Yeah..." he muttered as he walked past the other. There was very little left for Yoseob to expect and he knew that from that start so he refused to expect more. The small surprises like with the concert were enough to at least hope a tiny bit but either way, this was usually how things were going to end with the two of them. "See you." He sighed softly and kept the tickets in his wallet, moving towards his text and getting in. A long drive could fix anything. 

"Because I like your company. Why? Doesn't anyone ever stay and spend time with you out of sex?" He moved to grip against the other's wrist, he could feel his eyes tearing at the way he was held. If this had happened months or so ago, Yoseob may have wanted something, now? Well, he wasn't sure if he wanted anything. He was fine just like this. He wasn't even sure if they were friends but he could give something Tatsuya may want from time to time and he didn't mind. 

Tatsuya gave him a confused look and grabbed him by the jaw. “Explain.” Yoseob was stronger than him, he knew that for a fact. It didn’t stop him from gripping his jaw tightly and tilting Yoseob’s head up to him. “Explain properly. What do you want from me?”

He gave out a whimper when he was grabbed like that, as much as Yoseob wanted to push him up against the wall, he remained calm. He knew that was going to bruise, "There's nothing to explain and there's nothing I want from you." Yoseob looked at Tatsuya, his gaze fixed there while keeping the pained expression hidden, "I just wanted to spend that day with you. Is that too hard to understand?" 

"Of course I want to go with you! It’s Valentines, who else would I want to spend it with you know?" He smiled a bit. "I mean. We’re not anything and you can be busy on that day so if you are just tell me ahead of time. But yeah, please do be my other ticket……" 

He didn’t get it. Yoseob could choose anyone else over him, literally anyone. “But it’s valentines. Ain’t you s’posed to spend it with someone special?” A brow rose as he questioned him. “If we ain’t anythin’, you should find someone special, right?”

"You know what? Sometimes you're really so dumb." He laughed a bit, shaking his head, reaching to pat the other's shoulder. "Mmm. Well I'm going for a drive. So yeah, if you have plans on that day, give me a call alright so I know what I to do."