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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] glitterburn.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh this was gorgeous and so lovingly precise in its execution! I love the way they communicate without the need for words. The way the fic flows like - not music, but the beat upon which music is built. Their lives together have a certain rhythm and the beat can always go in a different direction, or stop entirely, and then it goes on again.

If looking at Yunho is like staring at the sun then thinking of Jaejoong is like the black spots after

Beautifully worded.

Thank you for sharing.

[identity profile] t-hikari.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
I’m not allowed to eat carbohydrates this late at night
Okay, my favorite line ヾ(´ε`*)ゝ

Brb after I digest this fic *am slow*

[identity profile] cc9095.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes I think that in real life they can read each others mind.

[identity profile] t-hikari.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay I sort of get it!! ~ヽ('ー`)ノ~ ~ヽ('ー`)ノ~
It's about Chami running with his own thoughts when perhaps Yunho doesn't mean what he thinks at all! ...right? gyaaaa *am fail*

[identity profile] cc9095.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
yo-yo-ing? XD

[identity profile] cc9095.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, ut happens when you live for a very long time. Just action that other prople completely miss but you know how to read them.

I think I'm confusing myself

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Edited 2012-01-08 12:32 (UTC)

[identity profile] cc9095.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh~ yes, flat and chubby XD

[identity profile] cc9095.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I think someone promised him FOOD lol

[identity profile] trish3815.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
After so many years together I guess with little gestures and they already know what the other is thinking..
thank you.

[identity profile] t-hikari.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Ummmm.
Yes, setting rules can help you a lot in reaching/maintaining a goal weight, especially when they're reasonable. I know many people are applying that 'no carb' or even 'no meal' after xpm policy. I can't not eating full dinner so I opt for skipping breakfast XD

Ohhh so they ARE talking to each other with their brains *AM fail* I really thought it was all in Chami's mind~~~

[identity profile] t-hikari.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Not only Yunho, Changmin's also yoyo-ing! He's very skinny right now, I wonder if this is good for him remembering their upcoming tour.
I actually think it's better if someone is assigned to watch over their diet and exercise, it would make things a lot easier, imo, than having only your will power to regulate yourself.

[identity profile] t-hikari.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
And thank you for making fic! <3 I know it takes time and a lot of patience <333

[identity profile] glitterburn.livejournal.com 2012-01-08 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that the Japanese show where Yunho ended up having a cat and dog conversation with himself? XD I just watched that Taiwanese show where they drew the exact same thing from the same prompt, that was adorable. Living with someone for that long does make you hyper-aware in every direction :D Also, I bet Changmin longs for the day when Yunho is less icky with the toothpaste in the shower LOL

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