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zack's hold is strong ; exactly the way that milo needs him to hold him now. despite how tight their embrace is , it feels like milo can breathe again. holding the person he's found impossible to live without. '' yes , i did. '' milo sniffles , reassuring zack and squeezing his waist in response. he's hesitant and very reluctant to separate himself from zack already , if only it's the smallest distance and he still gets to hold onto him. he feels foolish the way he looks and acts right now , after two whole days of ignoring zack. foolish , but mostly vulnerable.
milo frowns , and his lips form a pout that shivers when zack mentions the act of breaking up. '' what ? n-no ... no , i don't want that. never. ever. '' the boy shakes his head from where zack holds it , basking in the warmth of his hands ; a touch he's missed more than he could ever realize. he detects the storm of emotions on zack's features , and begins to look concerned himself. '' i'm sorry — for not hearing you out , and leaving. and ignoring you. i'm sorry. it was stupid. i-i don't know what i was thinking ... ''
the corners of his mouth curl down again , but he tries to be brave. he tries to hold it in. '' i thought i needed space to think ... i didn't know how to feel. ''
it starts to sound as if he's jabbering , the way he always does when he's with zack. milo drops a peck on zack's mouth , and sniffles again , realizing he doesn't look very romantic. '' my mom ... she's actually been very mad at me. '' a lopsided grin as he admits. '' she's very thankful for what you've done. i am , too. aside from , you know ... keeping it a secret from me. ''
it's such sweet relief to hear milo deny it all ; every doubt and terrible thought that had been hammering away at zack's conscience for days now , milo puts it all to rest. with his eyes of sheer disbelief when zack poses the question. the surprise in his tone . . how he makes it sound so silly for zack to have ever thought of something like that in the first place , and maybe just a little does zack feel foolish for it.
" no , it wasn't stupid , " zack quickly follows with a firm shake of his head. " if that's how you felt , then . . you were right. i shouldn't have kept it from you. especially not as long as i did. "
the kiss milo offers is small and sweet and quick , and zack rolls his bottom lip between his teeth as if to savor it.
the mention of the other's mom is just as relieving and zack's composure becomes visibly more loose when he drops his head for a moment and meets milo's small grin with one of his own. " i was so convinced she'd hate me for making you want to leave like that. " his own comment slowly drains the joy from his face. " i'm really , really sorry too , you know. i mean , i'm glad you guys are safe now and left alone , that's . . really all i wanted. but i felt like such an asshole when you found out from my father. " there's a brief pause before he goes on , and the corner of zack's mouth twist in distaste. " i felt like him a little bit. hated that. it made me realize there were other ways i could have gone about it. i should have never went to him for help , i just — i don't know , i knew that he could do it. but i'm not gonna ask him for help anymore. for anything. "
now he's the one left rambling and he feels something funny for the two of them to be standing out in the middle of the street like this. but mostly , he's too eased to care. he leans back and rests against the side of his car , his hands that have since dropped from milo reaching out for him again , and he takes the boy's hands and holds them loosely in his own. " are you hungry ? " he asks , hoping milo lies and says yes even if he isn't. " i was thinking maybe we can stop by that place you like on the way home. the one on the corner with the really good chicken . . go to the park. sit. talk. whatever. "
zack is kind in the way he picks up milo's hand , polite even , as if it's his first time holding milo's hand since ... ever. he can sense the guilt and sorrow from his boyfriend , and in turn it strengthens his own negative feelings. he feels bad for leaving zack alone , for not texting him back even one single time. ignoring his calls , and remembering just how angry and misunderstood he felt.
the younger sniffles again , and this is just not enough. zack doesn't get it , and like a lot of the time , milo almost has to spell it out for him.
more tears roll down his cheeks as milo clambers out of the car again , walking around the front with a blurry vision and opening zack's door once the handle is within reach. '' get out , '' milo's voice cracks , wiping underneath his eyes , and tugs on his boyfriend's shirt. then , more quietly , '' ... please. '' he waits , very much impatiently , as zack unbuckles his seatbelt and slowly emerges from his seat.
there's barely any time between zack being completely out of the car and milo throwing his arms around the taller's shoulders. without asking , or delaying the moment any further , milo pulls zack closer for an embrace. his head dives in the other's neck , hiding his tears and ugly-crying-face while able to take in the familiar smell again.
zack smells like home , and comfort. a hint of vanilla , and something woody , but it's intimate all together. '' i'm sorry , '' he softly mumbles against zack's skin. he doesn't want to be apart from him again. '' i missed you , too. ''
it's almost terrifying the way milo leaves the car without a word at all , leaving zack with no choice but to second guess all that he's just said. was it poor timing ? did he have any right to say that to milo right now , who was still clearly trying to form his own thoughts on the matter of it all ?
all zack can do is watch cluelessly from the driver's seat as milo steps out and take note of the strange , sudden shift in his mind when the other doesn't walk in the direction of his mother's house , but instead around to the other side where zack still sits in the car. the door opens and he's instantly commanded to get out too. this time , zack gets it.
the seatbelt clicks , and rather hesitantly , zack stands and is instantly met with the weight of his boyfriend nearly falling into him.
there’s too much relief settling upon him then to dwell on any previous confusion. zack breathes out a heavy sigh and he too wraps his arms , probably a bit too tight , around the other boy.
“ you missed me too ? ” he asks , “ yeah ? ” not able to ignore the pitiful sniffling against his body , zack attempts to pull milo back just a little so that the two of them can properly look eye to eye. his arms slowly unravel around him and his hands come up to milo’s face where he pushes some of his hair back and brushes a palm tender against milo’s cheek. “ then . . you don’t want to break up ? ” the look zack wears on his face now is brutally vulnerable , with his furrowed , worried brows and his lips slightly parted. it felt like milo had all the power in the world right now and it was killing zack to be under the impression that something like this would end them. that he would be the one at fault for the break.
despite the playful banter , jens can already tell there's more to her words than what they initially mean. his mind wanders and imagines the two of them seated next to each other with a bass on both their laps , jens teaching giselle how to play while their bodies are impossibly close to each other. he imagines her impressed by the way he can teach her just about anything , like she's said , but he'll mostly enjoy being close to her while sharing a moment with something he loves to do.
'' let them be upset , '' he quietly responds , answering in kind to her arms slithering around his neck , his own arms now starting to fully wrap around her lithe waist. jens is very conscious of the fact he's covered in sweat , though the air cools his body down enough , and there's no longer a literal layer of wetness shining on top of his skin. still , giselle doesn't seem to mind it , given how close she is. how close she wants to be.
then , the distance between them closes and giselle's lips touch his , and every single time that they do , jens swears it feels like the first kiss all over again. he's still timid at times , not wanting to mess things up when they have something so good.
he tries to deepen the kiss with his mouth parting , pressing her body closer , but then he becomes suddenly very aware of how very badly he needs a shower. he slowly lets go of her soft lips , very reluctant so , and keeps his forehead pressed against hers.
'' i really need a shower , '' he chuckles , dropping another chaste kiss on her cheek and then taking a step back to remove each other from their embrace. '' give me ten ? and we can leave. ''
as promised , after taking a quick but needed shower , he emerges from the small bathroom attached to the dressing room in just his underwear. giselle's there , waiting , and he gives her a wink while taking his time getting dressed. when he's fully clothed , in a hoodie and another pair of baggy jeans his stylist has prepared for him , jens approaches giselle and spreads his arms to invite her for a hug. '' let's get out of here. ''
it doesn't take long for the pair to approach the exit , and jens can already hear the noise of screams and excitement outside , as he spots his members already walking through the doors. the frontman takes a moment , looking at giselle at his side , and offering his hand. '' do you want to ... ? ''
disappointment takes the form of a slight pout on her lips when he pulls away , but she understands and gives him a nod in return to tell him so. her arms pull back as she lets him go , and in his absence , giselle plops herself down on the mini sofa and pulls out her phone to scroll through socials.
all the concert videos , the praise among jens and the band's performance. there's even a low quality photo of her spotted watching the show from the side of the stage circulating. it makes her heart drop for a moment to see it , even though the two of them are not really the biggest secret in the world anymore. still , giselle closes out of the application and prevents herself from reading any of the comments for now , something she'd much rather do when jens isn't just in the room over.
when he finally emerges from the bathroom , giselle locks her phone and leans over to rest her head atop her hand on the arm of the sofa. she relishes in watching him dress , taking in the simplistic beauty of his damp hair curling against his forehead and the shift of his muscles beneath his bare skin. her grin widens when he gives her a wink , and she pops up rather quickly the moment his arms are wide and offered to her , accepting them like a long awaited gift.
she doesn't bring up the photo she saw of herself quite yet , but the cheers and chants that grow louder the closer they reach the exit doors make her feel an unusual nervousness. it's different when it's not your own fans. when you know they are rooting for someone else entirely without the knowledge of how they feel about you at all. still , for his sake , giselle extends her hand out to his and she gives it a gentle squeeze. the gesture is reassurance for them both , an indication that they do want this and are on the same page.
soon enough , the doors swing open and the flashing of cameras are so immediately quick and blinding that she hardly has the ability to acknowledge the small crowd at all. she sticks close to jens , just behind the other band members and a pair of bodyguards before she breaks off and is lead directly into the back of a large black van , so that the boys can sign and interact with fans before their departure. " they'll have just a few minutes , " one of the men told her before directing her to the furthest seat in the back.
there she waits , sitting in a coalescence of her own adrenaline and newfound nerves , but she feels relief too. and when jens finally joins her in the back of the car , the door shutting behind him and the cheers outside muffling into background noise , that excitement pours over her all over again and there's something rather funny about what they've just done. like she just can't believe it at all. giselle reaches for his hand with a wide grin and she buries her bubbling laughter in the shoulder of his hoodie. " oh my god , " she says , pulling back and giving herself a brief moment to take a deep breath , " that was . . that felt insane. — but good. "
perhaps he's overreacted. his mother thinks so , at least. while yes , zack was hiding some very important stuff from milo regarding his dad , and that it's been zack's money that has kept the old man away from milo and his family , zack had good intentions. it's something milo wasn't willing or ready to hear the first day at his mother's place , but that second day without talking to anyone but his mom really put him on the spot. he's had a heavy and long talk with her , about zack's good intentions , and trying to lessen the anger milo feels for the situation. she tells him she's been very happy and safe the past few months , with not a single visit from his father to bother or hurt her.
maybe milo didn't have to do this on his own. zack had already known that.
after dinner , he texts zack to ask him to come pick him up. while he's gathering his stuff in his old bedroom , his phone lights up , showing a message from his boyfriend saying he's outside.
milo doesn't think twice and immediately rushes out of the door , skipping the shoes , and rushes on socked feet to the familiar vehicle out front. he spots zack's silhouette through the window , and opens his door without hesitation.
for a brief moment , it's silent , and milo feels breathless as he lays eyes upon his boyfriend for the first time in two days. like , really looks at him again. he can't help it — there's tears welling up before he can stop it , and milo sniffles , reaching forward to give zack's shoulder a little push. there's a little hmph , and more quiet crying. milo wants him to get out and give him a hug.
it's like his heart is in his throat. the nerves from the last couple of days show no signs of ease , especially not when zack sees the front door swing open and milo racing out of it towards the car.
they never spoke about anything , not since milo first found out , and zack doesn't know if he wants to have such a talk in the confined space of a vehicle. then again , he hates the idea of a tense and uncomfortable drive home even more. he doesn't know what to expect at all when the passenger door opens and his boyfriend finally slips in , and he doesn't dare to speak the first word , but he doesn't let his eyes off of him either.
after a moment , milo starts to cry — of course he does — and zack's expression can't help but soften drastically beneath the melodramatic shift. he doesn't understand what it is that milo wants when he reaches out and nudges his shoulder , but he does know that it makes him feel awfully guilty all over again.
" milo . . " he tries , shifting in his seat just enough to better face him. the words don't find him so easily now and instead of spilling out a bunch of apologies , he'll reach for milo's hand closest to him. it's hesitant , slow , giving the other plenty of opportunity to pull back before he even reaches him , because truthfully zack doesn't know if he's allowed it. he doesn't know where the two of them even stand.
" i . . i missed you. i miss you being at home. "

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he's not sure what he expected when emerging again from his bedroom : whether zack would chase after him , or stay glued to the couch. if he would speak up , or remain silent. that uncertainty makes milo incredibly nervous when announcing he'd go to his mother , because this has never happened before , and milo has never imagined it. he never had to. so when zack approaches him and gives his bag a tug , milo nearly crumbles. he's so close to just staying.
'' can i just leave ? '' he quietly asks the other , taking a small step back while not daring to raise his head. he knows himself too well. one look at zack and milo would burst out in tears again. '' i don't think i can talk right now. ''
mimmy bumps in between their bodies , wagging her tail and meeting her round , doe-like eyes with milo. she makes a whining sound. milo sniffles , and it becomes harder to leave , but all the more suffocating to stay.
'' i need to think , okay ? '' milo takes a couple of more steps back , before reaching his shoes and coat. he not-so-subtly wipes the tears away from his eyes with the inside of his arm , and feels his head already ache after draining his tear ducts by the end of the night. as he opens the door , milo feels awful , and might as well just throw up the second he steps out of the door. '' i'm sorry , '' he utters softly , not sparing zack another glance before closing the door behind him.
it's two days later when zack's phone chimes and the notification finally reads a long awaited reply from his boyfriend.
two days of nothing from milo after zack had tried calling him a few times and texted him even more , asking milo to please just talk to him , at least to let him know what was going on in his head. but nothing ever came until now. milo wanted zack to come pick him up from his mother's house , but that was all the message included.
zack had never dropped what he was doing so quickly , which was nothing at all — his activity since milo had left the apartment.
that first full day of milo's absence was the hardest by the time night came. he at least expected to hear something from the other by then by phone , and when nothing was heard at all , the worst thoughts possible would never leave him alone. milo wasn't coming back at all. not even to gather his belongings. he'd send yejun or his sister to come do it instead so he wouldn't have to face him , and that that was just how bad he had screwed up. zack hasn't had trouble sleeping like that since before milo , the anxiety of just never knowing what was going through his boyfriend's mind eating him alive for two days straight.
fortunately , milo's mother didn't live too far away and the traffic was decent enough that it didn't take zack long to reach her residence. the car was parked on the side of the road just outside the house and zack powered off the ignition before debating whether he should go inside or not. to face the other's mom who probably knows everything and would probably be fully on her son's side. what if she was just as angry with him ? as disappointed ?
two and a half minutes later , zack texts milo that he's parked outside with the car , waiting.
her skin prickles , set alight with seunghun so close to her , the ghost of his breath felt on the bare part of her back. she holds perfectly still , keeping her promise not to breathe , though she suspects she would have forgotten anyway. with him this close , her lungs feel too full , her heart too loud. it's intimate in a way that there would only be one person she'd want to help her get in her dress. only him.
when he finishes , aera turns to face him eagerly , and finds them close to each other. closer than they should be. his eyes , usually steady and so easy to read , are soft and entranced by what can only be her. she can't help but mirror the look ; seunghun will always be heartbreakingly handsome to her. it's a pity he's never allowed to attend formal dinners , or else she would at least have someone nice and safe to look at across the room.
she returns his quiet smile with one of her own , placing a hand on his chest and patting the spot , thumb brushing the red ribbon on his jacket that perfectly matches with the color of her dress. a secret matching no one else would notice or understand. the thought alone warms her , knowing it was his idea to do so. '' thank you , '' the princess mumbles , lowering her gaze in a bashful manner , because for a moment it feels like just the two of them. no titles or boundaries. not a princess and her bodyguard , but simply a girl together with the boy she desperately loves. for a moment , it feels like he's actually hers in a way she can never have him.
his mention of the dinner drags her back to reality , causing her to exhale. '' uhm ... i think when i was younger and we visited their kingdom. i must've been ... fourteen ? fifteen ? something like that. '' the memory is vague and she doesn't remember much from that visit — the most her brain can muster is how much she was missing him , back when seunghun wasn't allowed to accompany her yet.
'' i just want this dinner to pass quickly , '' she admits , voice dipping in tone , '' so we can train and you can teach me those self-defense moves. '' her lips curve into a larger smile , another secret meaning underneath those words. they get to spend more time together , alone and uninterrupted.
she allows herself to prolong the moment a little longer — her hand slides higher , from his chest to his shoulder , while her other arm wraps around his waist , drawing him closer. closer than they should be , closer than everybody around her would allow them to be. then , she leans in , her head coming to rest on his shoulder.
'' can we stay like this for a little bit ? '' the princess quietly whispers , body beginning to sway slowly from left to right with only the silence of her room guiding her movements , hoping he will follow along. '' we've got time ... ''
he nods along to her details of back then , or at least , what she's able to give him. with it , he suddenly remembers how upset he was back then that he wasn't able to join her. " right , yeah , i remember that , " he tells her. how jealous he was to not be by her side when she was being sent off to the neighboring kingdom , to meet with the young prince and allow both families to get acquainted with one another's lands. even at the tender age of his younger years , he understood what that had meant. seunghun would grow up to accept it , having no other choice if he didn't wish to torture himself , but he could never seem to grow out of that inevitable jealousy that found him anytime it came to meeting princes and their families. it was forever rooted in him.
he doesn't pull her arms away when she wraps them around him this time. doesn't move back out of her embrace nor deny her the shoulder she's claimed. seunghun doesn't fully understand why , but he doesn't have it in him to deny either of them this moment right now. as if whatever was to come of this dinner would strip them of any moments like this ever again. but he doesn't want to think about it. the man only smiles to the remark she makes about their training later , and he too wraps his arms around her and holds her there against him , following her in the soft sway she leads.
" of course , " he says , relaxing in her hold. " we've got all the time. "
and the two of them do just that for a while , moving slowly around the floor of the princess's bedroom in each other's arms. ignoring all consequences that would befall , mostly upon seunghun , if they were to ever be caught.
" it's times like this when i wish i could have been born a prince the most. " it slips out of him without much thought , which isn't like him , but his walls are currently weakened. then , as if to make light out of what he's just said , " i would get to be the one eating a gourmet dinner with you instead of standing outside the room smelling it for an hour. i always get so hungry on guard. "
nolan doesn't even bother answering her question , and disregards it with a quiet laugh and a shake of his head. every now and then , he does pretend to be one of his supposed henchmen. but it's no fun now , when he already feels joyful enough with her foolish determination. it's been a while since he's met a girl like that.
she's smarter than she looks , or gives him the impression , fitting the puzzle pieces together herself. '' you're right. i'm not. '' but he doesn't elaborate on who or what he truly is. the prince faces her fully again , tilting his head and putting his hands on his hips , thinking over her words. she's getting closer to her. she's desperate. he likes that.
'' i do know where he lives ... '' nolan rolls his head to the other side , as if he's mulling over her words , when in reality there's not a single bit of him that has any doubts or can deny a new guest ( victim ) to his home. he's been bored , actually. '' okay. i'll bring you to him. ''
with a nod , he makes it clear she can approach him and his horse , and with the grace and supposed kindness of a prince , he helps her onto the saddle of his companion , before taking a seat behind her. '' hold tight , '' he quietly speaks right next to her ear , encasing her between his limbs for security as they take off.
it's a mere three minute ride. she was so very close without his help , but putting up the act of not being the prince of hearts brings his mischievous self a certain kind of pleasure he'd much rather have than her just walking into his palace and straight up meeting him.
'' this is it , '' nolan speaks as his horse comes to a halt a few feet away from the large steps leading to his even larger entrance doors. gently , he'll help her down back to stand on her two feet before climbing back on the horse's saddle. '' right up there. it's pretty obvious. '' he nods with his chin in the direction she should be going into. wide , pale steps rise toward towering dark wooden doors , carved with elegant patterns and lined with glints of metal. the whole entrance feels grand , quiet , and possibly just a little intimidating. '' i don't have any business with the prince , so you're on your own from here on. good luck , and be careful , '' he rolls his eyes a little , '' but not too careful. try be a little brave , like when we met. '' a playful grin with a sinister edge appears on his face , preparing for his horse to take off towards the stalls at the back of the palace. '' he'll know when you're scared. ''
hope swells in her heart when the mysterious man not only confesses he knows where the prince lives , but that he'll offer his help to take her to him. he doesn't have one hundred percent of her trust — maddie knows he could just as well be lying about it all. some crazed man wandering in the woods like she , he could take her off anywhere he wanted to. but this is the closest she's gotten yet and she's spent far too long with such little to not take the chance. it's either go with him now or remain lost in the unjust maze of these never ending paths , die amongst the trees.
maddie approaches the horse and feels foolish once more when she shows no knowledge of how to mount it. though thankfully , the man helps her with no teasing word. this close , she's able to get her best look at him yet , and she's surprised by his handsomeness.
" — thank you , " she mumbles in return and she stiffens as he climbs on behind her , encasing her between the wideness of his arms. hold tight she does , because the sudden taking off startles her and her hands scramble to find assurance amongst the saddle. for the most part everything looks too familiar. it's too hard to tell which paths she should have taken on her own , which means it will be even harder to find her way back if it came to that. briefly , she wonders if the woods had been crafted like that on purpose.
soon enough they approach a large residence and judging by it's magnificence in size and grandeur , maddie has no reason to not believe that this is truly it. that she had finally beat all odds and was standing before the prince's home. with the help of the man , she steps down and straightens out the bunched fabric of her dress as she stares out at the property around her.
the beautiful , deep green of the gardens. the towering marble figures that rise above them. it's all so entrancing , pulling her along the pale steps and making her feel as if she's stepped into some sort of fairytale. the voice from behind pulls her out of it though and when she turns to face him , he's already back on his horse and preparing for his leave. maddie can't help but feel put off by every word he says. no matter how helpful they are at face value , he's sure to lace every one with that tone of his that makes it seem like he's telling her something else entirely. nonetheless , she gives him a slow nod of acknowledgement and once more , her gratitude. it's the least she could do for the help that he has given her.
the heavy thump of the horses gallops fade off into the distance and maddie is once again left to her own devices. as much of a hurry she was to get out of those woods , she takes her time venturing up the steps , both in further admiration of the palace and in a moment to recollect herself. as she walks up , she audibly goes over her request. the speech she's prepared for him finds her with not a detail forgotten and by the time she's at it's end , so are the steps. the tall wooden doors are a mere foot away and with a straightening of her posture and a sudden nervous breath , she extends her arm out and give them a few deep knocks.
the park. a park. whatever park fits the situation. hyun's mind races through what he knows of the parks in the city , and figures it shouldn't be a long drive , if a park is the place areum wishes to be. if his car isn't the space she wants to talk in.
'' okay , '' he quietly responds. his voice isn't as soft as hers , but it still matches the tone — not wanting to ruin the weird tension even more , the kind of feeling hyun has tried to prepare himself for for years , imagining what it'd be like to face areum again. but nothing could've actually readied him for it.
the car ride is mostly silent , except for the usual noises such a vehicle makes , and the radio on a low volume. eventually , he pulls up in a parking lot belonging to a park he knows from when he was younger. a spot that already existed to him before he knew areum. before he knew jongtae. the last time he was here , must've been over a decade ago. it remains as innocent as he remembers.
hyun gets out , and half-jogs around the front of the car to get to the passenger's side , opening the door for areum to exit. '' here , '' he breathes out , and waits for her to climb out before closing the door and locking the vehicle.
then , another moment of quiet , and consideration. hyun begins to shake his jacket from his arms , then gently rests it on areum's shoulders. it's done so carefully , like he's giving her the chance to slap the warmth away.
hyun takes a small step back , turns on his heels and begins to saunter into the park , finding the nearest bench with an acceptable view of the fields stretching in front of them. he doesn't look back over his shoulder , checking if the girl follows him. he'd understand if she doesn't. to areum , or to no one in particular , depending on her presence , hyun speaks out loud a thought he's had for the past few years , '' i thought i'd never see you again. ''
despite the quiet that overtakes the rest of the drive , her mind is anything but. she spends every minute she has , every millisecond , working together something to say to him. something that he deserves. her hands never move from her lap , her gaze never leaves the window , and even though this is the closest the two have been in a long time , she's never felt further.
when they pull into the park , areum instinctively reaches for the handle of the passenger door before realizing hyun was moving quickly to the other side to open it for her. hesitantly , she pulls her hand back. how could he , knowing what he does , still be so kind to her ? she allows herself only a brush of her eyes over his face when he's close and even that was too much , because it sure was a face that areum missed more than she'd been allowing herself to accept. to pull on the strings of her weakened heart even more , the man slips his jacket over her bare shoulders. it's too much. what should be a comforting warmth of a kind gesture quickly swells into burning guilt. it's borderline torturous.
hyun begins to walk ahead but areum's legs won't move an inch. just barely can she register the words he speaks out into the air before she feels like she's about to burst.
" i lied to you , " she calls out.
for a second , it's all she says in an effort to keep him from walking away any further. somehow , the quiet of the park around them falls even more silent , as if the whole world had suddenly shut off.
" i was always lying to you , hyun. about myself and my family. none of it was real . . and i know that you know. "
he doesn't think there's ever been a performance where jens has felt this alive. everything went perfect — which is rich coming from somebody who doesn't really care about a flawless set. the flaws and the mistakes are what makes performing funny at times , keeping jens on his toes , learning to adjust where it's needed. but as he's said his final goodbye and done the last bow towards the crowd together with his band members , jens genuinely thinks tonight's concert was as clean as the band can get.
maybe because he had an extra motivator tonight , watching them from a different angle. he was only able to catch her eyes maybe three or four times , whenever he turned around to grab a drink , or find one of the other members on stage. their gazes met so briefly , but her presence left jens so incredibly exhilarated. his body only slightly aches , but his cheeks hurt the most. he doesn't think he's stopped smiling for even a second.
'' i think you'd make a fine bassist , actually. colin can take a break. '' he teases playfully , still a little breathless , and chuckles while leading them to a dressing room , getting one all to himself tonight. once alone with giselle , just the two of them , the high of being on stage very slowly but surely fades to the background , like white noise. eyes flicker to where her hand raises , his skin burning where she touches him.
surely there's still redness in his face from the literal work-out on stage , which covers for the color that she brings to his cheeks. jens reaches for her hand , his own palm sweaty and warm and probably uncomfortable to feel as he wraps his fingers around her wrist gently. '' are you teasing me ? '' jens asks with laughter in his voice. '' are you teasing a rockstar ? ''
then , he pulls her closer by the wrist he's holding , and his other hand goes to place on her waist. '' this rockstar ... couldn't stop thinking about you out there. '' the words are tender , maybe more vulnerable than he'd like them to be , but they're true , and jens has never really been someone to hide what's on his mind. or in his heart.
'' i was this close , '' and he let's go of her wrist to make a pinching gesture , '' to just announce your presence and invite you on stage to sing with me. '' a stupid grin appears on his face , features showing how deeply smitten he is with her.
" please , i'm trying to get your bandmates to like me. there will be no job stealing from me. besides , i can like , barely play the piano and that's about it. but , maybe one day you can teach me some bass or something. since you know how to play just about anything . . " she extends her playfulness , but there's true admiration beneath her words too. it's clear in the way she looks up at him. as if she really believes jens could do anything in this world , if only he wanted to.
giselle likes the sudden feeling of his warm hands on her , and she likes to think that she orchestrated their closeness , a success in the way he pulls her closer in.
" teasing you ? no , never. " a small scrunch of her nose punctuates. she hums along to the sweetness of his words , how charming they sound in the midst of the post-show adrenaline. she feels it too , the rush of it all , and giselle takes it upon herself to move in even closer and wrap her arms around the man's neck when he lets go of her wrist. " really ? " she asks softly. she's sure he's joking for the most part , but even if he is she's enjoying the pretend. " i don't know . . you would have probably made a lot of people upset , " she chuckles , " but , i don't think i would have said no. " just a little longer she admires him like this before slowly leaning in and pressing a lingering kiss against his lips.

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it was the first time she'd ever seen him or his band play live , and by the time the show ended , something in her heart felt entirely brand new. her adoration for music , for performing. for him. she was tucked away in the corner at the back of the stage just beyond the curtain where she wouldn't be completely out in the open to the crowd of people also watching. for a brief moment , she thinks about how different it might be to watch him from out there. how much she suddenly wants to. to have his eyes fall on her in the midst of a sweet lyric without anyone knowing , just the two of them.
" that was kind of so magical , " she says , walking back alongside him to a private dressing room once he's released from the other members and crew. " i've never watched a show from backstage before. i kind of felt like i was apart of the band. " the corners of her lips pick up in her own amusement and she admires the handsome , still slightly out of breath man next to her before they're left alone in his room. his face and neck glisten with sweat , but she doesn't mind it. quite the opposite. " you were such a rockstar , " she teases with a tilt of her head , and one of her hands can't help but to reach up and brush away the nothing on his cheek. " you are such a rockstar. "
it's not long before milo's on his knees , the rest of his body leaned forward as his head is hidden between his arms in his best attempt to keep his panic under control. zack's voice comes through the door , but it's soft and milo has to try his utter best to register it while not completely losing it.
'' go away , '' his voice trembles from both distress and the sheer volume he has to speak in for zack to hear the words. it's muffled , but loud enough that he hopes zack stops talking and leaves him alone for a bit.
his chest tightens more , and milo squeezes his eyes shut , a couple of tears easily spilling as his body shakes. he's angry and he feels betrayed. he can't find it in himself yet to try and understand things from zack's point of view , his emotions completely clouding his judgement of the situation. the thought that zack has given his father money for months makes him feel sick with shivers. he doesn't know how much time has passed when his body has finally calmed down , and his muscles ache from the intense strain he's put on them to hold himself grounded.
milo gets up to his feet and sniffles , wiping at the tears that have stained his cheeks as he finds a bag and begins to throw random necessities and clothes inside of it. he needs to get out and go to a place where he doesn't feel this smothered by lies and deception.
it breaks his heart altogether , crying even more now as he's about to head out of the door and separate himself from the one person he thought he could never live without. and he can't , because that's how attached milo has grown to zack , and he doesn't want to leave ... but he doesn't want to be around zack either.
he opens his door once he's finished packing most of the stuff he thinks he needs , not looking out and nearly stumbling over the plastic bag filled with snacks. it makes milo pout at the idea that zack put this here , but he continues to head for the hallway as he passes the living room , where zack is at together with their pets. mimmy strides towards him , but milo shakes his head and looks at zack. '' i'm going to my mom , '' he states , immediately looking away before he cries even more.
zack doesn't expect it at all when he finally sees milo again from the floor of their living room , a large bag draped across his boyfriend’s body as he heads for the front door. then comes the biggest drop in his stomach.
" your mom ? " he repeats , a look of confusion clear over his face. " why are you taking all of that stuff with you ? "
zack knows exactly why , but he doesn't want to believe that this is what it's come to. to see milo do this , the last person in the world to run away from conflict that arises between them — he's the one that taught zack to not do this after all. had he really crossed that big of a line ? he doesn't understand it. he doesn't understand why milo won't just talk to him.
despite feeling like running to him will only make it worse , a voice in the back of his head that urges him to not keep asking milo to stay , it'll only push him further away , zack does it anyway. he stands up and walks to his boyfriend's side with that worry thumping against his chest again. a hand reaches out and tugs at the packed bag on the other's shoulder , " don't take this with you. don't act like you're just going to leave like this without us talking. "
there's by far not enough time for yejun to wake up , recollect the memories from last night , come to terms with them and then face hyunjun again. he thinks it's literally thirty seconds since waking up , before the taller walks in and immediately meets eyes with him. yejun's heart stops for a second , he swears it. why does he have to look like that right now ? when there's nothing left for yejun to imagine anymore now.
hyunjun moves on , however , and talks like nothing has happened. nothing serious between them. yejun doesn't know what to say , doesn't know if he should even say something at all.
he remains unmoved in their bed , but the longer he does so , the clearer previously blurry memories become. hyunjun , who kissed him first , undressed himself , and took things further than they ever should have. it's like their night together has been imprinted in the bed , because it all comes flooding back in so fast , yejun no longer wants to be there anymore.
'' huh ... uhm ... coffee , yeah , '' he responds slowly , and begins to drag himself away from the sheets , trying to keep his cool when there's a storm of emotions coursing through him. yejun swallows and runs a hand through his hair , clenching his jaw , willing the pain in his lower back away before he decides to stand up and wobble his way towards the shower.
'' jun , do you ... '' he feels a knot in his stomach , his heart hammering against his chest. he doesn't want to ask this. he really doesn't want to. '' last night ... how much did we drink ? '' yejun knows , but he wonders if hyunjun does. '' do you remember anything ? ''
hyunjun digs through the clothes in his suitcase longer than he needs to as yejun slowly moves around the room behind him , keeping his attention busy and purposely off of the other man. though when a question is posed , his movements slow and hyunjun hesitates before finally turning to face him.
it's forced , but his blank expression morphs into something playful. that typical , cool grin. " mm .. i don't know , " he says , " too much like always , i guess. "
the ball is in his court. he knows that whatever move he makes next is decisive , and hyunjun doesn’t feel like there’s enough fucking time in the whole world to think it through. to make sense of anything swirling inside of him now , much less the way he felt last night. why he’d crossed a line , or if he truly ever meant to , or if he regretted it now or was so thankful that it’d finally happened. the two of them. the panic sits tight in his throat , but he swallows it down without so much as a questionable blink of an eye , and he decides right then and there that the best way for him to deal with it , is to simply not deal with it at all. not now. not if he can help it.
he rises back to his feet , a couple of garments in hand before he nonchalantly tosses them out onto the bed.
" why ? did something happen ? " he stills then , slowly fading out of his own amusement when he studies yejun's features , carefully , as he half - expects him to be the one to rip the band aid off. but he has trouble reading him and he feels so unusually nervous beneath the way yejun looks at him now. " i didn't do something stupid , did i ? "
a few months of hiding the fact he was giving money to milo's father. a few months of lying whenever milo would just happen to mention his horrible parent , and how calm it's been lately. how nice it had been. he doesn't want to tell zack that now , though.
'' you don't know that , '' milo snaps back , not expecting to give into the edge he's been feeling already. but zack is resentful and defensive , maybe even a little hurt. milo doesn't understand. '' you never told me. you lied to me. you went behind my back ! that's not fair — '' he swallows down a quiet sob , and with it barely avoids choking on his words. he just can't seem to wrap his head around the fact zack would do something like that , in this way , without ever communicating with milo for even a little bit.
milo begins to rub his chest harder , and bites down on his lip to contain any painful noises as his mind races through his ... their options. what now ?
'' this is not ... i — i thought we could be honest with each other , '' milo manages to push out before the air around him becomes suffocating and zack's words become too much. he takes a few steps back , before turning around and heading toward his own room. it's a miracle he hasn't spat out in a panic attack yet , but feels it reaching for the surfaces as he closes the door behind him and crouches down on the ground , keeping his head between his arms in an attempt to find some form of solace inside the chaos that is his mind and body at the moment.
the slightest crease appears between zack's eyes. he wants to tell him that yes , he does know that. how many times could he recall pushing milo to do more , only to be met with the same weak assurance that he's handling it. nothing ever changed. not until now.
he wants to tell him all of this , but milo doesn't allow him the space to retaliate with his own further defenses.
" oh come on , what does — of course we can be honest with each other. don't say that. milo , hey — " the younger already has his back turned before making his way across the hall. out of zack's sight , out of his reach.
on the floor , the plastic bag full of snacks is left behind and the sight of it both pains zack and irritates him. he thinks of milo's face before he walked away , his soft eyes flinching through emotions of shame and hurt and anger. zack picks up the bag and lets it hang loose off his fingers before stepping in front of milo's shut door.
" milo , " he tries , soothing his voice into something a little calmer than he had used before. " don't lock yourself away like this. i don't want to do this. " the bag of goods is gently placed between him and the frame of the door , where he'll leave it if no resolve comes. he gives a small sigh and he leans against the wall dividing them before trying once more. " i know you're taking this whole thing as me lying and hiding from you , but that's not what it is. that's not what i did. okay ? you take care of everyone .. your mom , your sister. but who takes care of you with something like this ? " it's quiet for a moment , and zack takes advantage of the silence to lean closer and try to hear anything from the other side.
nothing.
" i just wanted to be the one to do that. to take care of this so that , for once , you didn't have to. milo .. please , come on. "
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it stings and it hurts more than he could've anticipated , the sharp pain worsening inside his chest as zack confirms all of it. that he's been giving milo's dad money to stay away from him , and putting together a restraining order together with his father — all behind his back , and milo had no idea. not for even a second that he ever had an odd feeling around zack.
'' for how long , exactly ? '' part of him wants to know , but milo realizes that doesn't even matter. he shakes his head quickly , looking down , unable to look zack in the eyes for what must be the first time since they discovered who they were to each other. when they used to meet as gangjae and doha. '' no ... why not just talk to me ? i — '' he's found it strange already , the lack of contact his father has been showing him or his mother or sister. there has been none , and while he sometimes wondered why , milo just did not have the energy to ask and find out why.
but he never imagined it would be because of zack , and his father. '' why keep this from me ? that's my dad. this is so ... so fucked up. '' his breathing begins to pick up a little , and his disbelief slowly twists into something more bitter. uglier. while zack swears he meant well by this , milo doesn't feel the sincerity of it. not when it's been done in secret , and in a way his father didn't deserve to get away with it. not with the money from his boyfriend. '' i don't understand , zack. why couldn't you tell me ? '' there's a hint of desperation in his voice now , wanting to know what happened to the unconditional trust they had in each other.
" i don't know , " he answers. but the lie tastes too bitter in an already sour throat. " a few months. i think i went to my father at the end of february. "
his gaze is avoided entirely and zack can feel the tether between them loosening. was it much worse than he had presumed it to be ? or did he always know that it was wrong , that milo would hate it , that this is the reason he had avoided bringing it up on his own ?
the embarrassment seeps deeper into his skin the more milo digs and the frustration that is pointed at his father starts to shift into something ugly and overbearing. he knows that he isn't the victim here , knows that milo has been more caught off guard than he has and owns the right to chastise him , yet zack begins to grow incredibly defensive.
" tell you for what reason ? " warmth floods zack's face. behind his guilt , a slow anger rises. " so you could immediately tell me to not worry about it and keep letting it happen ? you never would have let me get involved. you can at least admit that. "
it's not an angry kind of feeling , because milo is able to suppress most of it when he returns , and it doesn't exactly feel like sadness either. it's more like disbelief , and pure confusion. as if it's supposed to be a joke. a fever dream. zack will tell him soon enough that none of it is true , right ?
so why does it feel like his heart is nearly beating out of his chest ? it's too tight , his ribcage , and it hurts. his movements are slow , dreading to face his boyfriend and making it come true. feet shuffle towards zack's room , where he finds him behind his computer. '' i'm back , '' he announces himself as he slowly approaches zack. the plastic bag filled with snacks from his late night run to the store in one hand , a couple of papers in the other hand. he drops the plastic bag on the ground , and carelessly drops the papers on the desk.
'' your dad was in the parking lot. you weren't answering his calls , he said , '' milo feels like throwing up already , and exhales a huge sigh that doesn't elevate even a single bit of anxiety. his entire body feels like it's going to cramp up , and he wants to curl himself into a ball on the ground. '' he gave me the restraining order , for my dad. he said you would know what to do. ''
milo takes a small step back , a hand coming up to place upon his chest , rubbing the space there for any sense of serenity. '' a-and that you could stop giving him money now. '' his head starts to spin now that he's said it all , and it still does not make sense to him. '' zack ... '' milo quietly says , '' what — what is this ? i-i don't understand. ''
he can just barely hear the front door click open over the volume of his music , and then comes that hidden hike of eagerness that he always gets when his partner comes around. the approaching steps are slow , shuffled , and zack turns his chair just enough to find something off in milo's demeanor. it's not the usual look on his face when he comes home bearing snacks for the two of them.
" welcome back , boyfriend. " he turns his chair a little more so that he's now fully facing the other. he doesn't even notice the papers in his hands until they're dropped on his desk. zack's heart sinks.
the top page is the same agreement he'd watched his father write up. the one that he promised to zack , swore on everything for the first time in his life , that he would keep between them. zack doesn't know why he , for the first time in his life , believed him.
his back is to milo now , facing the papers that he no longer reads as he closes his eyes beneath his nervous engulfment while milo continues to talk. he's guilty and he's sorry , but he also isn't at all , and mostly he's so fucking angry with his father. because this isn't the way milo was supposed to find out. it wasn't supposed to be from anyone but him.
" milo , " the word springs out of him like a doleful sigh , but the other keeps on explaining. zack opens his eyes then and he turns in his seat still , unsure how to physically handle what's unfolding before him. " milo , i'm .. i was going to tell you. i was going to tell you about this. "
now , zack rises from his chair and he chances a step forward , hoping being closer would somehow magically make this all easier. but it doesn't. because he can see that rise and fall of panic in his partner's eyes and for the first time in a while , he doesn't know if he should reach out and soothe it. " yes , alright , i've been — i've been sending your dad money. just for a little while. just to get him off your back and until i could figure out something else. " saying it all out loud like this only makes zack feel worse , but he goes on in his full honesty. " but it worked , didn't it ? he hasn't been bothering you. so it's fine. he's not getting anymore money. he's not — he's not going to bother you or your family anymore. it's done. i promise. please , this was just to help you. "