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dentedsky ([identity profile] dentedsky.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] dbsk_flashfic2012-01-08 07:02 pm

Shared Melody (Fic Exchange: for twhitesakura)

Title: Shared Melody
Author: [livejournal.com profile] dentedsky
Recipient: [livejournal.com profile] twhitesakura
Word count: 685
Characters: Yunho, Changmin, Jaejoong
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: Optional details included: Living habits of Yunho and Changmin who share a dorm and Jaejoong teaching Changmin to cook.



Yunho is in the shower when Changmin awakes. His neck is stiff from his awkward sleep on the couch. He’s aware that they had slept there together with Yunho’s head pillowed in Changmin’s lap.

It’s the intimate moments between men; secrets kept in mental shoe boxes and hidden away from seeking eyes.

Changmin hates taking a shower after Yunho because Yunho sometimes leaves the toothpaste in the shower and he always has to retrieve it. As soon as his socks get wet on tiles with now-cold water he lets out a soft aish and continues with his morning ritual –

And he always, always forgets that Yunho takes colder showers –

In the kitchen, Yunho takes a bite of his breakfast. The scream from the bathroom causes him to pause. A moment later he shrugs and continues to chew.

Twenty minutes later and they’re due to leave. Their driver is on his way with the van. At the door Yunho tilts his head to the side and his eyes ask, Are you ready to go?

Changmin puffs out his cheeks and glances quickly around. He purses his lips thoughtfully and nods; his expression says, Yes, I think so.

They make beautiful music during the day, their mornings are an instrumental cacophony of habits and routine and their evenings are sometimes spent at home where Changmin attempts to cook dinner. If Jaejoong were here –

Changmin squints into the pot and wonders if he should’ve put the meat in before the pasta for this dish. He’s tried spaghetti carbonara so many times and yet he can’t quite get it right just like he can’t quite remember what Jaejoong had taught him, those few years ago. He can remember the soft, raspy lilt of Jaejoong’s voice and the way his hands had wielded the wooden spoon as he’d carefully stirred the pot with finesse. His fringe would always fall into his eyes as he bent over the stove and Changmin’s fingers would twitch with the desire to gently push that fringe away.

He never did though. It was much easier to punch him on the arm with a demand for him to pin it back.

(Sometimes Changmin thinks Yunho is so beautiful he can barely stand to look at him. If looking at Yunho is like staring at the sun then thinking of Jaejoong is like the black spots after: memories blotted with tiny black pinpricks as time goes on.)

As Changmin’s serving dinner he thinks about all the little things he should have done differently and that this dish is subpar - then suddenly he wants to take it back – but then it’s already on the table and Yunho is already ready to eat.

Yunho picks up his fork and glances up at Changmin with eyes that say, Can I start now?

Go ahead, Changmin gestures with a lazy wave of his hand as he lowers himself into his own seat.

Yunho wolfs down two whole forkfuls before Changmin has a chance to pick up his own utensils, and Yunho makes a noise of appreciation in the back of his throat. He swallows and throws Changmin a satisfied look: This is delicious!

Changmin twists his lips into a half-smile before it fades. I’m grateful, it says, but I don’t think I did a very good job -

His depreciative thoughts jump away, because now Yunho’s expression is saying something else entirely. He’s blinking and frowning down at his meal.

I’m not allowed to eat carbohydrates this late at night, says Yunho soundlessly.

Changmin glances down at his own dinner and back. I don’t want to eat without you, Changmin replies. He fingers his fork hesitantly.

Yunho’s eyes widen. You’re supposed to be putting on weight. He throws Changmin an encouraging smile and stands up get something fat free for dinner. He gives Changmin one last glance, raising his eyebrows. Eat.

Changmin does. It tastes quite good, but –

He glances at Yunho who’s bent down, looking into the fridge –

Thinks about their shared melody –

Needs refinement, he thinks, but this time Yunho doesn’t catch his thoughts.

Yunho probably already knows anyway.

--End

[identity profile] t-hikari.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Idk, Asian foods are designed to eat with rice, so it'll be really hard to eat them without rice, and the taste would not be as good.
Yes, cutting carb is really hard... more so than skipping meals XD
Lots of veggies and consistent exercise is the way, I guess =P


I wanted to try to... write them talking to each other by them just using their facial expressions.
Maybe you want to try with lighter tone? It's only me, but because their mind-conversation is involving food and no carb I immediately think of dreary things (~0~)(forgive this fucked up mind)

I remember he said in Meets Tohoshinki that he was too thin so he'd have noodles late at night, but on Strong Heart he said he was too fat and his face was blown-up
Yeah, I know Changmin loves to eat, and I don't believe a thing such as fast metabolism can get you anywhere if you don't have a good diet and exercise. So does he really eat as much as he claims or where does all that food go? Mmmph... but worrying about these things is useless, really, it's not like we can do anything about it.

But I secretly, no, not even secretly, LOVE Changmin's current skinny legs. It really turns me on. Gahh idek~~~

[identity profile] glitterburn.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah everything they drew was the same (snow, Santa, dragon), though the execution leaves something to be desired LMAO. Changmin's dragon looks like a crocodile so I'm not sure why Yunho got such grief when he drew a perfectly good dragon!

HAHA my mum has this thing about squeezing toothpaste from the bottom so I deliberately squeeze it from the middle whenever she visits, just cos it'll drive her crazy. Maybe Yunho is the same.

[identity profile] isaofdoom.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
i just want to give them. a thousand hugs. ; A ;♥ i do imagine that this is their silent communication that they're always bragging about~ loved it, as usual. \o/

[identity profile] changmin-amour.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
loved this.. nice to see the bromance! and how the not-so-perfect can become perfect, if you give it the chance.
thank you for this!
ext_116136: JJ (HoMin - Keep it Low)

[identity profile] twhitesakura.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh. Tremendous. And you threw in those little things about Jaejoong too! Be still my biased heart! I love that line about Yunho being compared to the sun and Jaejoong being the dark spots afterwards. I love how Yunho and Changmin aren't perfect (because they've admitted in real life before that they really are like opposites) but how much things work between them anyway, and how they accept each others' foibles (despite Changmin's grumbling). It's so like Changmin to keep thinking things need to improve, to be refined, but I think they're perfect the way they are in this story. Thank you for such a marvelous gift! *holds back impulse to ajfkjeiraihrerh*

[identity profile] snow-meow.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the way you told the story.

They are not perfect yet as a duo but they are getting there to do what needs to be done.

[identity profile] xxfergiexx.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
He’s aware that they had slept there together with Yunho’s head pillowed in Changmin’s lap.

It’s the intimate moments between men; secrets kept in mental shoe boxes and hidden away from seeking eyes.



oh this part is lovely! Let's put aside how much I love that Yunho napped with his head on Min's lap, I really do wonder how many of those 'shoe box' moments exist between them.

Bet they go home and cuddle. LOL!

Love this fic, bb! A cute, endearing little snapshot of their daily life! That best part is they admit that they communicate just by looking at each other. Such perfect, beautiful bromance!!! <3

[identity profile] satoshiice.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Sometimes Changmin thinks Yunho is so beautiful he can barely stand to look at him. If looking at Yunho is like staring at the sun then thinking of Jaejoong is like the black spots after

favourite line <3 this whole piece was so soft and melancholy

[identity profile] fibres.livejournal.com 2012-01-09 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
ooh, rae, this was beautiful.

the first few lines were a bit awkward to get into for me (they felt kind of choppy), but once it hit It’s the intimate moments between men; secrets kept in mental shoe boxes and hidden away from seeking eyes, it felt like your fic really began to, idk, take off? like, there was a innate rhythm to your words that worked well with the easy rhythm that is homin's relationship, and your cut-off sentences really helped with that feeling.

but oh my, if yunho and changmin really were this way irl ♥ i would imagine most of their conversations would be confusing to the nearby spectator since the other person wouldn't know what's going on, lol.

so much love. ♥
Edited 2012-01-09 00:52 (UTC)

[identity profile] fibres.livejournal.com 2012-01-09 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
LOL why wouldn't i read your fic?! you're one of those "new" homin writers who write amazingly :'D

[identity profile] msamplified11.livejournal.com 2012-01-11 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
Beautifully written!! The flow was smooth and I always love HoMin ESP-i-know-watcha-thinkin moments. Couple or not (desperately hoping it's the former lolz) the best part of their relationship is their awesome friendship. It's built on years of trust, which explains their comfort level. And I'm damn sure they share alot of unspoken moments, said so themselves. Nice one! =]

[identity profile] keiko-kirin.livejournal.com 2012-01-18 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Really like how much they understand each other, and that the true connection between them includes imperfections, because that's so realistic. So lovely! ♥

[identity profile] blueplue-hotaru.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
the only men i believe can read each other's thoughts like breathing the same air. ^^

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