hot & cold

Now he says this, he feels a little embarrassed. Leon was genuinely trying not to tease her but he was being honest; he’s stubborn, clearly knowing he should make more of an effort. She’s his sister, he knows that. He looks down at her with soft eyes for a moment, which is a rarity until he starts chuckling, nudging her gently on the shoulder, “You should have more confidence in yourself. You have people behind you, y’know.”

“You’re an idiot.” He would be lying if he said he was the least bit amused at his attempts but his facial expression says otherwise, that was how it usually is. Sometimes it was hard to believe that he was younger than him and he was a few inches taller but that didn’t matter right now. At first he laid there, slumped on his bed just resting his eyes, obviously not sleeping since he heard something prior so there really was no reason. It looked like he was right from the beginning. Now Leon was frowning but only for a minute, eyeing him up and down, “I should ask you that question instead. If you don’t want to get caught, you should be more sneaky about it.” Maybe he shouldn’t ask what he’s doing, he already knew the type of shenanigans that junhong would pull. Leon slumps down into his bed again, making himself comfortable, “What would the King think if you’re wandering off the castle at this time?” He asks with a challenging smirk. Leon never tells the King what his brother was up to, he only likes to mess with him.

“I guess that means I’m doing something right then.” He teases her once again, gently flicking her forehead with his two fingers while he sports a confident smile. Leon had always been doing that to her but Naeun wasn’t that much younger than him anyway. He wipes the current expression off his face, to make sure she doesn’t see him pouting but then he starts laughing, “Every time I try to compliment you, you say this. What do you want me to say?” He’s joking, as usual but he understands. The only things that came out of his mouth were light insults but he really meant it this time; there was no way he was going to say anything about it though. “Think what you want, Naeun.” 

He sighs, crossing his arms in front of his chest, “Who are you to tell me to keep a secret like that? you’re lucky that I don’t want to make this problem harder for the king.” Now he was annoyed, already a hint of it laced in his own words. “Just so you know, i’m not making an promises to you.” Leon stares at him, just to show that he was serious but he was going to listen to an eighteen year old, right? Leon purposely tries to think just long and hard for a moment but he never doubts himself one bit.