Thread by @VicariouslyYN

#HopeKookAU Where HS finds heart candies in his pockets for a week before finally catching the culprit in the act.

"H-hyung! You're ah... home? W-welcome home!" JK whispers, socked feet crossing anxiously as he looks anywhere but at HS in the doorway.

"Hey JK-ah... Just realized when I stepped out it was a bit cold. Came back for my jacket..."

"Ah! O-of course! This one, right?" JK thrusts the jean jacket he was holding towards the elder.

HS levels a look at him while smiling softly. "What were you doing with Hyung's jacket, JK-ah?"

"Um... I was... just... bringing it to you? S'cold?"

Humming, HS steps closer and wraps his fingers around JK's wrist, tugging him to his chest. Whispering softly into his ear as he wraps his arms around the younger, he says "So you're /not/ the little bunny leaving sweets in my pockets this week?"

He can feel as JK squirms in his grasp, trying to wiggle away.

"N-no! S'not me Hyung, I-I just"

"Hush bun, Hyung isn't mad. Was actually gonna ask you if the messages on them were important, or if you were just giving me sugar for the day."

Pulling back, he looks at JK's face. It's flushed, pulse thrumming visibly at his neck.

"A-ah... um... well... Just sweets?" JK's voice warbles.

"Well that's disappointing... but thank you very much bun. I love them, especially the white ones!" HS replies as he pulls away.

He slips his jacket on and turns to leave, hand on the knob, when he feels a tug at his hem.

"Hyung?"

"Yes bun?" He turns back around with a gentle grin.

"You... Would you be disappointed if I... If I wanted the messages to mean something?"

Reaching into his pants pocket, he pulls out a little mesh bag and shakes out the contents. Little candy hearts, uneaten, fall into his palm.

"Well, let's see here" he flips them to read the messages individually.

"Be Mine"
"Love me"
"Super cool"
"Cute"
"Miss you"
"And my personal favourite, 'Sweetheart'... What's today's I wonder?" His smile grows when he reaches into the jacket pocket and pulls out the new heart.

JK, meanwhile, is stuck between not wanting to face rejection if he doesn't like today's message and wanting to see the reaction if he does. The former ends up winning as he picks at lint on his sweater as he glances down.

"Oh JK-ah..." HS whispers, stepping closer.

"I-it's okay Hyung, you don't have... you don't have to, it was a silly candy I didn't..."

He gasps, cut off by a finger tilting his chin upwards. His heart is pounding as HS's heart-shaped lips draw closer and closer.

"Don't tell me you didn't mean it, bun... Did you mean it?"

Hesitatingly, JK nods and gulps at their proximity. He can taste HS's breath if he concentrates and it's dizzying.

The next second, their lips meet in a soft, sweet kiss. HS pulls back and smiles sweetly.

Then he presses the candy first to his lips, then to JK's.

"Now open up JK-ah, I won't be eating these by myself. I'd like to eat them with my Valentine."

"Hyung!" JK's eyes widen "Y-you mean it?"

HS laughs, pressing today's candy onto his own tongue and sticking it out.

"Only if you kith me, my Valentine"

JK leaps forward, crashing their lips and tongues together with ferocity, hands snaking into HS's hair. HS grunts, tripping backwards into the door before grasping the younger tightly, pushing the candy into his mouth.

THE END.

🦝I needed some sweetness today. :)