Ephemeral
A hyunho short one shot
They were classmates but never talked to each other until this one day when Minho founds out that Hyunjin is a pearl jam stan, the problem? Minho was a nirvana stan.
The pencil hit Minho's foot as he heard "hey, can you pass me the pencil?" He nodded and took the black pencil, handing it to his classmate, what was his name? Hyunjin, Hwang Hyunjin, they've never talked further than this kind of things.
As soon as they look at each other minho couldn't help but stare at the other's shirt, "Pearl Jam" he read and then he laughed, he laughed so fucking hard that Hyunjin stood dumbfounded "what's so funny huh?" He said while furrowing his brows "how can you like a band with such a pathetic name?" Hyunjins face dropped, he got mad, pathetic name? "Excuse you? Pathetic name? Says who? Probably you don't know anything about music so get your ass back to your seat and stop talking nonsense"
Everyone in class heard that and their teacher sent them to detention, not giving Minho the opportunity to snap back.
"Fucking asshole" said minho to himself when they got into the room, but the other heard
"You? Yes an absolutely asshole"
"Look kid I don't know if you remember but we are stuck here thanks to you and to your pathetic named band" said the older as he sat in a table rather than a chair
"What's your problem? Geez go listen to your shitty music and leave me alone" minho rolled his eyes
"Shitty music is what you listen" said while glaring at him "let me show you how a good band sounds" as minho said that he took out his phone and after a few seconds the sound of a guitar, unknown to Hyunjin, flood the place and later did Kurt Cobain's voice at the rhythm of Plateau, Minho's favorite song
Hyunjin sighed "fucking dead people is what you call good music? you must be out of your mind"
Minho couldn't believe what he just heard, how can he dare to say something like that, gosh he wished he could hit that pretty face of him, instead he just glared and as he listened kurt's voice on the background he said “for being pretty dumb and having a really bad taste on music you sure are beautiful as heck” Hyunjin opened his eyes, saying he was surprised was an understatement, he just couldn't believe what the older said, he was flirting with him?
he analyzed minho's features, he has soft and rosy lips, they were chapped and wounded, it seemed he got involved into a fight, his eyes were sparkling like those summer nights when you could look at the sky and feel like all the stars of the universe were there, that's how minho's eyes were, his nose, his fucking perfect nose, it was sophisticate and he would love to kiss the mole living in such place, his side profile was perfect, his sharp jaw could cut the strongest diamond out there, how comes that he never noticed him? he felt like a dumb.
“a picture last longer” Hyunjin came back to the reality, to where he should feel nothing but hate for that boy, but his heart didn't listen to the thoughts inside his head. “sorry, i just spaced out” “yeah, sure” said the boy with sparkling eyes as he stood up, getting closer to hyunjin, the song changed, come as you are was playing in the background and Minho felt a shot of adrenaline "as a friend, as an known enemy" sang in a low voice while his lips were touching hyunjins, they were looking at each other, pessimistic eyes meeting in a fondly way for the first time, angsty angry childs who were surrounded by war, hate, intolerance and only them know what more. A world of chaos breaking into another when hyunjins plump lips decided to timidly kiss the other, nevertheless minho was everything but shy, he turned the kiss into something savage, even damned, a broken kiss from a broken boy but the taller liked it, he liked how he could taste those drunken nights were minho would blast his music, he could feel the loneliness and the pain he tried and keep trying to hide, he could taste Minho's deepest secrets and desires, and he could feel the dry blood resting on the corner of his lip, and the younger loved that.
Minho was the first in breaking the moment, he needed air. Both boys went quiet for what it seemed an eternity, Nirvana fulling the awkward silence "well, pearl jam isn't a pathetic name, it has its meaning you know" trying to avoid what the latter's made him feel "that's all you have to say?" "Yes, isn't our time to go now?" Minho didn't want to accept it but he was hoping that the pretty faced boy would talk about the moment they just had "yeah, I guess it's time" said, suppressing his most recent feelings, in an angry manner he put his earphones on blasting some random song and left, leaving the taller boy behind.
Hyunjin looked down, grabbed his things and left, knowing he fucked up, he should've said something but instead he let the fear controlled him and now he feel sad, empty and upset, mostly knowing that when Minho left both made a silent promise, they would never talk about what happened between them, instead they are going to pretend that they don't need each other, because sometimes love it's just as ephemeral as a kiss between two lost teenagers
