kitae;;
but why did he have to be so CUTE? they bemoan, and it isn’t startling to realize how sungmin is completely UNABLE to look the other in the eyes. “good! -- that you EAT, i mean! and, and that you’d like to, um, eat-- with me! so, good for both... both, both things, i guess.” the stutter permeates through the air like an guest unwelcome, and sungmin is quick to mentally chide themselves, as always, out of complete and total embarrassment. “c-- conditions?” the word echoes in their mouth with the slight of apprehension, tongue running over their bottom lip in nervousness. WHAT they’re so nervous about, sungmin isn’t sure; kitae, after all, has been nothing but kind -- surely, he wouldn’t ask for any harm, right? ... RIGHT? “oh--” but it’s panic that’s quicker alleviated, and oh, sungmin thinks again, whispering an inconspicuous prayer of relief in the form of a light sigh. “tempura-- tempura sounds great! yeah, yeah, um-- tempura it is!” and maybe their tone is a little TOO enthusiastic, but their tone belies nothing if not sincerity; sungmin is just grateful the other’s taste in food is to their liking, too. “i’ll just, um-- be, uh, taking these, then! the, um, the pills, i mean, and, and the--” THAT, sungmin figures, is pretty self-explanatory; leaving the sentence open-ended, they take the glass of water and painkillers from kitae’s hand, downing the pills in a single sip ( save a SLIGHT cough; they stifle it behind their mouth in the hopes that kitae didn’t catch it ). “my, um-- my money’s in my wallet! -- for the FOOD, i mean, well, obviously, it would be in my wallet, but, i--” awkwardness, like an old friend, comes to flood sungmin’s eyes in waves; violent splotches of tomato red coat their cheekbones, their ears, and a hand flies up to their face to realize that they’re just as warm as a summer day and flushing just as bright as christmas lights. oh, dear. “thanks-- thanks, again. really. -- do you want, um, i-- you could call them now, if-- if you want! and-- and maybe i can move a bit so, uh, you can maybe sit on the co-- couch, too, an--” a shift in position, a minor wince, but as much as possible sungmin tries not to MIND; after all, they realize, knowing kitae’s comfortable leaves them with some sort of contentment, too.

















