the in-between | xmh+kmg+lsm ?

"Oh wow," is, embarrassingly, the first thing Seokmin says when he opens the door and sees Mingyu. Even worse, his brain doesn't catch up to his mouth until after he adds, "You're really pretty."

Mingyu lets out a surprised laugh as Seokmin's face rapidly goes bright red. "Thank you?" he says. "Is Minghao here?"

"Yeah, I'll go get him for you," Seokmin says. He shuts the front door behind Mingyu, gestures vaguely at the couch, then heads to the bedroom, willing his face to stop burning.

Mingyu is gorgeous. After exchanging just a few words, Seokmin can already see how Minghao would be infatuated with him.

He shakes it off as he knocks on the bedroom door and lets himself inside. "Hao, Mingyu's here," he announces.

"Okay," Minghao says, getting up from his desk. He smirks at the sight of Seokmin's face. "Why do you look like a tomato?"

"He's even better-looking up close," Seokmin hisses, flushing again.

Minghao laughs and kisses him on the cheek. Seokmin makes a face at him but doesn't fight it. "You wanna hang out in the living room while we work?"

Seokmin shakes his head immediately. "No! I'm – he's too pretty, I don't know how to not freak out – "

"Should I be offended that you don't freak out around me?" Minghao teases.

Seokmin looks scandalized. "No! You know I think you're – Hao, stop laughing at me!"

"You big baby." Minghao's smile softens and he presses a light kiss to Seokmin's lips. "Fine, if you're too scared to talk to Mingyu, you don't have to sit with us. We'll be busy for a few hours, so if you go out, be home so we can have dinner together, okay?"

"Okay," Seokmin says, trying not to coo at how cute his boyfriend is. He waggles his eyebrows. "Now go. You don't want to keep him waiting."

Mingyu grins and retreats to the living room with a wink. Seokmin smiles back before sighing, letting himself fall backward onto the bed. He doesn't plan on leaving the apartment.

For the next three hours, he can hear sweet laughter of two different tones resonating from the living room.