Chapter 158 - Always Be His Favorite

Speaking of Taemeng and Star, they were currently eating their scooped ice cream on the table inside the shop. Neither one was speaking as they ate quietly, not looking at one another. Star could not believe she was wearing her big comfortable shirt and her short shorts. She was embarrassed and wished she didn’t rush out so quickly!

She opened her mouth wanting to say something, but she filled it with ice cream.

“Star,” Taemeng finally spoke up with a sigh, “Are you upset with me?”

“N… No,” she shook her head, “Sorry. I just… I wished I changed first. I don’t look presentable. I apologize, Ah Tae.”

“You look… nice,” the male dancer said with his ears warmed, “Comfortable.”

Star laughed softly and nodded.

“I like big shirts,” her eyes immediately went to his shirt. She had wondered how much would the dancer’s shirt covered her small body.

‘Would it carry his scent for a while even after I wash it?’

Her eyes widened and she quickly looked away with her cheeks hot.

“Are you ill, Star? I can take you to the hospital,” Taemeng worried and Star shook her head.

“I am fine. Thank you for taking me to eat ice cream. Were you free today?”

“I was in the middle of teaching the trainees.”

“…”

“…”

“Wait… you left them so you could take me… to get ice cream?” She questioned and her face was burning. Her heart was racing against her ribcage and she really, really think she was going to faint.

“I’ll continue once I return.”

Star nodded and laughed softly. Once they finished, they headed to the car, but before she got in, Taemeng stopped her. Turning to see what was wrong, the dancer was reaching to touch her hair. Pulling a leaf that had fallen onto her dark locks out, her big brown eyes stared into golden contact eyes. They were so close and when he leaned closer, her eyes fluttered close.

Taemeng was moving closer and closer, but then he realized what he was doing. Pulling away, he cleared his throat and opened the door for Star to enter. The female stared at the opened door and at him, before going in. Closing the car door, he rubbed his face with a deep groan. Shaking his head, he entered the driver’s side and drove off back to her home.

The drive was quiet and he wondered if he had ruined their relationship. He shouldn’t have been that close to Star! He shouldn’t have tried to… tried to kiss her! Dropping her off, Star smiled and said her thanks as she entered her home. The females occupying the space stared at her with excitement, but she sighed.

“I’m going to my room.”

“Wait! Tell us! How was it? Hm?” Jenell wiggled her brows, but Star looked down.

“Nothing,” she whispered and entered her room disappointed of the event that just happened.

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Manager Yaotzu listened carefully to what Jin was telling him. Shun added the reasoning behind wanting to do something special for their fans. He rubbed his beard and nodded, thinking to himself on what he should do. He glanced over to Reporter Allie who was writing something down.

“For your oversea fans, we could do a fan meeting online. Those who pay for VIP will get to join you both an hour earlier. We will send them an autographed CD and an exclusive photo of you two. That can be arranged, but here… We would need to hire bodyguards and let the police know in case something happens.”

“Understood,” Jin nodded and Reporter Allie spoke up.

“I know a place that would work,” Allie looked up the place on her tablet and got up to show them the images.

“This place is still newly established and have their own bodyguards. It is a fine dining place, but it is stuck in between larger and more well-known businesses. They have reached out to me before about their support to the LGBTQ+ community, which didn’t help people supporting them. What do you think?”

“That is a perfect opportunity,” Manager Yaotzu nodded, “I’ll make a call with them and set up a date and time. Your video should be done tomorrow. I suggest doing it after the premiere.”

Shun and Jin nodded in agreement. Sir Boon and Miss Poppy, the photographers at the photoshoot, entered the room and they looked through the pictures. Shun found his cheeks warmed from how surreal the images looked. They looks so light as if it was just the two of them. The way Jin was looking at him… Had… Had Jin always looked at him like that?

Seeing from this perspective made his face hot knowing everyone was going to see how they look. Even seeing his own smile and his own look toward the pinkette was just… It almost felt like he was stepping into their privacy! Yes the other guy in the images was him, but still!

“You two photographed so well. It made things easy. We filtered up very minimal,” Miss Poppy stated, “This is our favorite of the whole set.”

Shun’s eyes widened and he quickly covered the screen with his face covered. Jin laughed and went to try to pull Shun away from the screen.

“It’s embarrassing,” Shun cried, but his boyfriend only cupped his face and leaned in.

“It is a beautiful image of you, darling,” Jin pecked his lips and whispered, “I want the world to know you are mine and I am yours.”

Shun tucked his face against Jin’s chest, nodding, but refusing to lift his face. Jin smiled and wrapped his arms around his lover’s head to protect the man’s pride. His emerald eyes stared at the screen and he couldn’t help how his heart beat happily. The image of Shun laughing happily while he was kissing Shun’s cheek. It was his favorite as well. Shun happy would always be his favorite.

Although…

Shun shy and embarrassed did tickle his bones as well.

Jin lifted Shun’s face and kissed his lover’s lips.

“Let’s pick which is for the album and which for the special pictures,” Jin whispered and pressed his lips to Shun’s forehead.

They worked together and Allie was allowed to take pictures of a couple images for her articles to promote their upcoming album. After choosing which ones, Allie also noted down what special items would be included with the preorder sales.

“Can we, uh, not put these in at all?” Shun moved some images into a pile.

“Babe, that is a lot of the pictures,” Jin looked amused.

“So,” Shun stuck out his bottom lip and his lover laughed at his behavior.

“Xiong Shun, you want your fans to only receive 5 out of 50 pictures?” Manager Yaotzu frowned and Shun didn’t reply.

“We already agreed, baby,” Jin lifted the silver haired man’s hand and kissed his knuckles, “My dear prince.”

Shun covered Jin’s mouth because that mouth was just spewing too many flowery words! It was making him unable to get what he wanted. Did Suu Jin knew that was what was happening to him?

‘So sneaky!’