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Dongmyeong powdered his fresh face of makeup, smiling when the jewels accenting his eyes reflected off the lights of his makeup mirror. He looks hot and he knows it. Adding a bit more powder to his nose, Dongmyeong is satisfied with his look, a light layer of neutral colors with silver, plastic jewels. The door opens as Dongmyeong flips his hair trying to get a natural but sexy look.
“Stop doing that to your hair, it looks fine.” Dongju, Dongmyeong’s twin brother, snips, walking over and taking his hands away from the silky strands. “This took a bit for me to straighten, so appreciate it while it lasts.” Dongju looks into the mirror and fixes his twin’s hair. “Your makeup is pretty by the way.”
Dongmyeong smiles at his brother, letting him put his hair back in place before saying, “Thank you.” Packing up his makeup supplies, Dongmyeong watches Dongju walk over to the closet. “Are you inviting Geonhak hyung over?”
“Yeah!” Dongju calls, the sound of clothing rustling following his voice. “He’ll be here after you're gone. Geonhak hyung is still at work, so…”
“Okay, then I’m gonna go to the bathroom and hit the road, my date is in,” Dongmyeong checks his wrist watch and continues his sentence, “an hour.”
Dongju doesn’t reply as Dongmyeong gets into the bathroom, quickly does his business and fixes his outfit in the mirror. He’s nervous, but he’s confident - Dongmyeong is always confident.
Giwook swipes the palms of his hands on his jeans, standing outside the restaurant and trying to hype himself up before he walks inside. The pressure weighs down his shoulders as he stands near the entrance and gets weird looks from passersby. Yonghoon hyung told him not to worry, that Dongmyeong has been a good friend of his for years and thinks they will be a good match, so Giwook chooses to believe him, but it’s still nerve-wracking. He’s never been the best at meeting people, let alone dating. But he promised Kanghyun hyung, his roommate and Yonghoon’s boyfriend, that he would try his hardest to make an effort.
Gathering his courage, Giwook walks the rest of the way to the entrance and pulls open the door. He gives the hostess Yonghoon’s surname. The hostess shows him to the table and when he sees the man already sitting there, Giwook’s breathless. Dongmyeong is super pretty and Giwook feels a bit out of place when looking the other up and down.
His hair is a mix of blond and bright blue with a casual but stylish outfit to compliment the crazy hair atop his head. Kanghyun told him that his outfit was perfect for his blind date but Giwook now believes that the other out-right lied to him.
Dongmyeong turns his head and smiles as bright as Giwook’s computer screen when he’s up late producing - basically like Jesus light, bright. His lovely smile is comforting and relaxed as the hostess leaves Giwook and Dongmyeong alone. The older stands and bows slightly in greeting as he says, “Hello.”
His voice is so light and warm that Giwook is momentarily stunned before his brain fixes itself and he’s bowing back, moving to sit down with a quick, “Hello” back.
“I’m Son Dongmyeong, a college friend of Yonghoon hyung.”
“Lee Giwook, his boyfriend’s roommate. It’s nice to meet you.”
Dongmyeong’s smile stretches as he bites his lip before replying, “It’s nice to meet you as well. You’re cuter than Yonghoon made you out to be.”
Giwook’s cheeks brightened immensely, warming his entire body from head to toe. “Uh, thank you. You’re prettier than I imagined.”
“Thank you.” Dongmyeong looks down at the menu in his hands and then turns his gaze back to Giwook. “Have you been here before? I haven’t and I don’t know what’s good.”
“Uh, yeah, I have once or twice. Um…” Giwook thumbs through the menu before stopping on a page. “I would recommend their seafood or maybe even their pasta. I haven’t eaten too much from here, but I know their seafood platter is good, although it’s pretty big for one person.”
“Would you like to share it? We could get the seafood platter and another dish? Possibly some wine? I’m paying so don’t worry about anything.”
Giwook deflates at the prospect of Dongmyeong paying for the entire date. “I like that idea but at least let me get the wine. I’d feel bad if you took the bill by yourself.”
Dongmyeong looks Giwook up and down, the same smile on his face but this time it’s more fond and soft. “Are you gonna fight me on it?”
Honestly, Giwook may try a few times, but he’s shy and doesn’t like confrontation much so he would probably give up too easily. But Dongmyeong doesn't need to know that he’d most likely win the back and forth. “Yes, I will.” A matching smile splits Giwook’s small lips as determination creases his eyebrows.
“Fine,” Dongmyeong huffs dramatically, waving his hand like a surrender flag before he gives Giwook a pointed look and says, “But only the wine, I get the rest.”
“Okay.” Giwook nods in acknowledgement.
The two enjoy a delicious dinner with a side of red wine, exchanging humor and personal information in order to get to know one another. The night seems to go on forever as the two are completely absorbed into each other, laughing and sympathizing as they continue telling stories and memories from their pasts. Soon enough a waiter interrupts them, apologizing with a bow before saying, “We will be closing soon. Would you like to order more wine or perhaps a dessert?”
Giwook turns his gaze to Dongmyeong at the question, waiting for an answer patiently as Dongmyeong looks down at his glass. Finally the older smiles at Giwook as he says, “I’m good, what about you?”
“The check please? And can you take the price of the wine and put it on a separate check for me?” The waiter nods, mentions something about ‘be right back with the checks’ and leaves the table.
Dongmyeong chuckles, “Damn. I was hoping you forgot about the check.” His voice is playful but Giwook knows he wanted to pay for the entire meal.
“Too bad, so sad.” Giwook mocks, sticking his tongue out childishly before grabbing his glass of wine and downing the remnants. Dongmyeong follows suit and smiles once again as bright as a flashlight in a dark room. Giwook can’t help but smile back. “This has been a really good date, thank you.” Giwook blurts, not knowing when he had planned to say those words but shrugging because they’re out now, aren’t they?
Dongmyeong nods along with Giwook’s words, “I quite enjoyed it myself. It’s been sometime since I’ve gone on a date myself. But I’m glad Yonghoon brought up this idea.” Giwook lowered his heated face, tampering with the zipper on his wallet before setting down the amount for the wine. They both paid at once and when Dongmyeong was handed his card back, they left the restaurant together.
Dongmyeong walked Giwook to his car, a simper holding his expression as they face each other. “It’s been an amazing night and I would really love to take you out once again, if you’ll allow me?”
“Of course, I had so much fun. Uh, here,” Giwook unlocks his phone and pulls up a new contact then hands the phone to Dongmyeong, “put your number in so we can see each other again.” Quickly, the older inputs his information and hands the phone back a pleasant smile still decorating his lovely face. Giwook texted Dongmyeong before stashing his phone in his back pocket.
Honestly, Giwook wants to kiss Dongmyeong and normally he doesn’t go farther than small touches, but there is just something about this guy that makes him...irresistible? That sounds like the right word but Giwook can’t really think. As they stare into each other’s eyes, Giwook decides, surprisingly, to kiss Dongmyeong on the cheek. Not only shocking himself but the older as well.
Giwook’s face has never felt so hot in his 20 years of life. The shyness of his personality seems to take over in that moment as he wants to explain the action but just...can’t.
“You don’t have to say anything.” Giwook looks up at Dongmyeong’s smiley face and sees fireworks light up his eyes. “You’re cute, Giwook. It’s late and so I’ll leave our date at this.” Nodding frantically, Giwook watches as Dongmyeong goes over to a gray car parked one row over. He waves as a last minute decision and receives one in return. As Dongmyeong pulled out of the parking lot, Giwook slumped against his car - well, Giwook’s whipped for Dongmyeong, to put it simply.
Dongmyeong returns home and sees Dongju dragging a blanket over his boyfriend who is, in fact, knocked out on their couch. It’s honestly adorable how Dongju pretends like Geonhak’s not his world when his twin brother obviously simped for him. People just don’t see it that way, for some reason.
He’s still high on the feeling of Giwook’s lips to his cheek, but he keeps himself calm so he doesn’t disturb Dongju’s boyfriend.
When Dongju finally catches sight of him, Dongmyeong motions him over to his room so he can talk about his night. The two head in and Dongmyeong lightly closes the door as to keep the noise down for the passed out man on their couch.
“I don’t care how many times you deny this, but you are whipped for the oversized chick on our couch.”
Dongju rolls his eyes before replying, “Yeah, whatever you say. How’d the date go?”
“It was…” Dongmyeong bit his lip, looking for the perfect word, taking his time before it finally popped into his mind, “magical.”