Boys; Hoseok/Kihyun

Hoseok/Kihyun | Teenagers AU, childhood friends | G | 458 words

When they were younger, when Kihyun lived only a block away, they used to play all the time, fighting the way young boys do, scruffy and eager. Hoseok still has a small scar on the inside of his wrist from Kihyun's nails. Now, fifteen and older, Kihyun no longer lives nearby; his family had moved to be closer to his dad's workplace. Hoseok and Kihyun don't attend the same school now either. Instead, Hoseok takes the subway to visit Kihyun once a week, and Hoseok's just sitting on the floor of Kihyun's bedroom flipping through manhwa when Kihyun suddenly says -

"We don't fight anymore."

Hoseok fits his thumb in the space between the black and white pages, looks up at Kihyun.

"Do you want to?"

Kihyun shrugs.

"Maybe. I don't know." Kihyun kicks his legs off the bed, hands pressed onto the mattress. "I feel like I'll win you easily though. You're so scrawny."

Hoseok puffs his cheeks, scowls. They used to be more similar in size and although puberty gave them both height, Hoseok's body had mostly grown lanky while Kihyun's one grew thicker, stronger. "Sure, rub the fact that you've gotten broader during puberty in my face." Hoseok raises a brow when Kihyun flexes, and there's barely any definition but it is more than what Hoseok has on his arms which is kind of sad. He tells Kihyun as much. Kihyun laughs, the noi