The Eye of the Beholder (Nohyuck)
Jeno’s been wandering the aisles of the trendy cosmetics store in the mall for a while
He’s not quite sure what he’s looking for, but he needs something
Something to help hide the blemishes on his face, because he can’t exactly walk around wearing a mask all the time
The voice that sounds from behind him is soft and lilting, and it makes Jeno pay attention
When he looks up, the cutest boy he’s ever seen is looking back at him with an earnest smile and glitter smudged at the edges of his eyes
Jeno looks away before he starts blushing too much
“I’m Donghyuck. Would you like a free consultation?”
I can’t let anyone, let alone someone like you, see me like this
“Okay,” he says, letting Donghyuck lead him to a small station with a vanity and a single chair in the corner of the store
“You’ll need to take off your mask,” he says gently.
Jeno starts panicking internally
“I’d…I’d rather not,” he replies, struggling for the words. “I’m sort of having a breakout right now…”
Donghyuck’s smile turns even sweeter
Jeno lets him unhook the loops of his mask from behind his ears carefully, head lowered as Donghyuck puts it out of reach
Donghyuck tilts Jeno’s face up with one hand, and he’s still smiling
He doesn’t look disgusted at all, actually
Donghyuck bites his lip in concentration, eyes darting over every one of Jeno’s features
“Wow. You really are handsome,” he murmurs, and Jeno is definitely blushing now
Donghyuck gives Jeno a light slap on the cheek, not hard enough to hurt, but enough to make him shut up and pay attention
Jeno frowns. “But I’ve got all these zits,” he mutters unhappily.
He hasn’t even noticed that Donghyuck’s been working this whole time, applying makeup with a quick, light hand
Donghyuck steps away a moment later. “Take a look. All I see is a cute boy.”
Jeno glances up at the mirror, almost afraid of what he’ll see, but when he notices what Donghyuck’s done, he can’t help but be shocked
Sure, Donghyuck gave him some foundation and a little help with concealing his breakout, but not too much
Instead, he concentrated on the rest of Jeno’s face, accentuating his eyes with shadow and liner, and playing up his lips with just the right amount of stain and gloss
He gazes up at Donghyuck with wide eyes and no clue what to say
Donghyuck crosses his arms proudly, grinning
“You don’t have to hide your imperfections. You just have to make people notice the parts of you that are perfect.”
Donghyuck is a very good salesman
Jeno ends up walking out of the store with a bag full of products that he purchased from Donghyuck’s long list of suggestions
He doesn’t notice what else he walked out with until he’s going through the bag at home, scanning the receipt
At the very bottom, Donghyuck wrote his phone number, with a little heart drawn on each side
Jeno tosses his mask to the side and forgets about it for the rest of the day
He forgets about everything else except Donghyuck and his sparkly eyes and the way he made Jeno feel perfect, even with his imperfections.
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