[ONE-SHOT] Hope

Copyright 2010 - Nyssaki

Pairing: Minho/Nickhun
Rating: G
Genre: Drama
Word count: 600+

-A/N- This is Yaoi, meaning boy x boy story so if you don't like it, please don't continue! Thank you

Summary
After… after he had let go, Minho couldn’t walk around wearing a couple ring anymore, but Minho couldn’t bear the pain to take it off either. If he did, it meant he had given up all hope. Minho didn’t want to give up hope.





It was late Friday evening.

After a long tiring day at school and practice, Minho could finally lock himself into the apartment he shared with his best friend. With the bag hung over his left shoulder he used his other free hand to unlock the front door with his key.

“Hello, I’m home” he called out. No one answered. He sighed.Great. He’s roommate was out again.

Then again, it was a Friday night. Most normal people would be out hanging with their friends and grab a beer or two. So Minho couldn’t exactly blame him.

He tossed his shoes in one corner, the bag went same way. Walking towards the kitchen, he approached the fridge first. He opened it and found it half empty, only leftovers scattered all over. Suddenly he lost appetite. Instead of making dinner, he just grabbed a bottle of water and headed to the couch instead.

He let himself drop onto the couch, opened the water bottle and took a sip of it, before placing the bottle back on the table. A deep sigh slipped out of him without his notice. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately even though he didn’t want to admit it.

Somehow he was happy that his roommate wasn’t there, he could use some silence and alone time.

Time to think.

But what was the point? When he already had let go, there was nothing Minho could do.

So why couldn’t he let this go? Minho didn’t know. Feeling a slight headache crawling in on him, he decided to lie down for a bit, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he drifted into sleep.

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“Minho ah, come listen to this,” Soft piano tones filled the room, it was a sad tune, but it also contained hints of happiness. It’s the kind of tune that would unknowingly crawl into your head and then make its way to your heart and give you shivers all over because it was just perfect. Minho listened and teardrops were dancing in his eyes.

“Hyung, it’s beautiful.”

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When Minho woke up he realized it was already late night. His roommate wasn’t home yet, and knowing him, he probably won’t be until long into the morning. Feeling hungry he decided to get a shower and go out to get something to eat.

He just stood there, both arms resting on the wall in front of him, head low, and let the water shower down on him, like heavy rain on a gloomy autumn day, allowing it to completely soak him. Steam soon filled the room, but he didn’t really care. The hot water stung a little, but it did miracles to his tensed muscles. As he stood there thoughts once again traveled its own route, always closer to what he tried to forget and further away from where he tried to steer.


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“Minho ah, happy anniversary!” A little box wrapped in elegant gift paper was presented to him. He quickly unwrapped it, discovering a small case containing a pair of couple rings.

Speechless he could only stare at his love, grinning from ear to ear.

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Unconsciously Minho’s hand found its way to the necklace and fidgeted with the ring that was attached to it. After… after he had let go, Minho couldn’t walk around wearing a couple ring anymore, but Minho couldn’t bear the pain to take it off either. If he did, it meant he had given up all hope. Minho didn’t want to give up hope. Even though he knows it might be in vain, but he didn’t care.

Slowly, the water was turning cold. Minho noticed that, so he quickly turned off the water, and got out of the shower.

Few minutes later he was all dressed up and ready to go, when someone knocked on the door. Looking at his watch, he raised an eyebrow. Who could it be at this hour?

“Hyung.” Minho froze on his spot. Nickhun was the last person he expected to see.

“It’s been a while.” Nickhun gave him a weak smile.

Copyright 2010 - Nyssaki