HueningKai Centric TXT Oneshots ??

Word Number: 667

Kai recently had pulled smoking. God knows the best why would he do that, since he was just so so angelic.

"Why did you start smoking?" Taehyun's voice was full of worry, his eyebrows furrowed.
"Originally, I started it to stop my trauma. You know, how I had been those days. And now because simply I like it." Kai said the last part excitedly.

He stayed in village for like 3 years after his sister's death. And Taehyun moved to city for higher education. After that when he came back to village, he had to see a cheerful yet much old-looking Kai. Probably because of the damn cigarettes.

"You know it's bad for your health. Why don't you quit it yet?" Taehyun was having a hard time to see him at this state.
"As if it's that easy. And don't worry, I'm not a chainsmoker."
"Hyuka, if I take care of you from now on, will you mind?" He let it out of his mouth even though he hesitated.

Kai looked at him with an unreadable expression. "You're seriously my age. And you want to take care of me? Tyun, I'm fine by myself."
"Let's just get married, Hyuka." Taehyun blushed hard as he said it. "As we promised in our high school."
"I've been thinking about it too much, honestly. But I thought too, will you be fine?"
"You're my Hyuka, as always, 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒. I don't want to let you go. I'll be fine, I promise."

And so they got married.

But something wasn't right. Taehyun continuously felt Kai was keeping spaces. Although their conversations were normal, those didn't contain any 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒 love, any depth. And Taehyun felt like maybe..... maybe they should arrange some dates like they used to do when they were youngers.

Since they were adult by then, the place was selected as bar. Even though Taehyun lived in city and was an adult, yet he never tasted alcohol. Although, Kai was used to it.

Late night, when they were finally enough of drunk and was returning home, Taehyun started speaking, "Didn't you enjoy, Hyuka?"
"Umm. How about you? It was your first time right?"
"Yes. I feel dizzy. But great as well."
"Let me take care of you then." Kai held Taehyun's arm.
"Tell me first Hyuka, you're avoiding me right?" Taehyun pushed him.
"What? No! Why do you think that?" Kai's eyes furrowed.
"You- you're always out with smoking and whenever I talk to you, you're.... you're so distant. I feel like even though I want to make you feel you better, you just simply go away."

Kai remained silent. He felt something shifting. He felt his heart aching, but he remained silent anyway.

"An-and what I wanted was to let me love you the way I can, to let me shower with our old affection-" Taehyun kept on blabbering until Kai hugged him tight and let out a sob.

"I-i'm sorry, Tyun-ah. Please, the time my sister died, and then again, you left me here, I thought- I thought I'll never be the old myself again. And when.... when you're here again, I kept on thinking that if we get close, maybe you'll be gone too. I can't think that, my mind goes blank every time you're in my mind. I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm letting you down, I'm pathetically sorry." Kai's sob became lighter as he finally spoke his truth. And Taehyun then looked at him, wiping his eyes, although he was the one crying as well.
"Kai, I'm saying again, please, just let me love you the way I can?"
"I will, I will."

Kai desperately wanted to be in Taehyun's arms. But he was afraid that Taehyun would be gone like his sister as well. Then he realized, it was important to value a present. Kai loved Taehyun always, but once he was afraid to show, now no longer. And Taehyun was finally taking care of his love the way he could.