Hormones

"Who's that?" Jisung squinted at the boy in front of him. Whenever he went to visit Renjun, only him and occasionally his parents would be home, never this boy. "Oh, that's just my brother." His brother? After all these years of knowing Renjun, he never told Jisung he had a brother.

"I didn't know you had a brother." Renjun tilted his head slightly. "Yeah, this is Chenle. He just moved here from China, I thought I told you." Chenle smiled brightly at him, uttering a loud "Hello! Nice to meeting you." Chenle's accent was a lot thicker than Renjun's and he didn't seem to be as good at Korean as his brother.

Jisung waved back awkwardly. He wasn't much of a people person and Chenle's extreme cheeriness was a little unnerving. He was the total opposite of his brother. While Renjun was calm and reserved, Chenle was loud and a bit too excitable. Even now, Chenle was rambling on about something (Jisung couldn't tell what) in Chinese to Renjun, his hands gesturing wildly as he spoke.

Time passed quickly, most of it taken up by Chenle desperately trying to communicate in broken Korean. Jisung had to admit he was cute, even if he was way too loud for his own good. All he could think about on his way home was Chenle. It felt weird being so interested in his best friend's brother but he couldn't help it, there was so much more Jisung wanted to know about him. Does he like Korea? Who did he live with back in China? What's his favourite video game? Does he find me as cute as I find him?

The last question made him snap out of his thoughts. He shouldn't be thinking things like that about his best friends brother, that's wrong. Jisung shook his head, trying to clear his mind. He spent the rest of his walk home trying to think about anything but Chenle.

When he arrived home, Jisung flopped onto his bed. He got about 3 seconds of silence before a ping! came from his phone.

From: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 6:47 PM]

I'm sorry about chenle I thought he'd leave

To: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 6:48 PM]

its fine i didnt mind talking to him

To: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 6:49 PM]

hes just loud

To: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 6:49 PM]

very very loud

From: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 6:51 PM]

ㅋㅋㅋ tell me about it. I don't think he knows what the word quiet means

From: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 6:57 PM]

I can make him leave us alone next time you come over so you don't have to worry about him

To: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 6:58 PM]

no no no its fine he doesnt annoy me dont worry about it

From: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 6:58 PM]

Are you sure?

From: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 6:59 PM]

Alright then

To: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 7:01 PM]

im gonna go now bye renjun

From: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 7:01 PM]

That's renjun hyung to you! (｀Δ´)

To: Moomin Boy [6/9/17 7:01 PM]

ㅋㅋㅋ

The next few times Jisung went to see Renjun, Chenle wasn't there. He couldn't help but feel a pang of disappointment whenever Renjun opened the door and he didn't hear the high pitched dolphin squeal of his younger brother. He knew he shouldn't be disappointed. He wasn't Chenle's best friend, he was Renjun's. It didn't stop him from having a good time but there was always a small part of him that was hoping Chenle would appear in the house.

Jisung knocked on Renjun's door for what felt like the millionth time that week. He had somehow managed to lock himself out of his house in the pouring rain without a coat and Renjun was the first person he could think of for help. But when the door opened it wasn't Renjun. It was Chenle.

"Oh, Renjun's friend! He's not home." Chenle had gotten a lot better at Korean since the last time he saw him. He must've been studying. "What do you need? I tell Renjun when he gets back." Jisung stuttered, "Well, I kind of locked myself out of my house..." There was a few seconds of silence, then the dolphin scream Chenle calls a laugh. Jisung pouted slightly, "It's not funny!" he hit Chenle lightly on the shoulder.

It felt like hours before Chenle finally stopped laughing. Jisung was trembling from the cold, the heavy rain and winds not making for the most comfortable temperature. Chenle must've noticed this because the next thing he said was "Wanna come in?" Jisung's breath got caught in his throat. "Really?" Chenle nodded, opening the door wider to let Jisung inside.

The Huang house was a lot different when Renjun wasn't home. A weird Chinese game show was playing on tv instead of the usual Moomin re-runs and empty cups of ramen were scattered all over the floor. "How long has Renjun been gone?" Chenle shrugged "Few days. He back in China seeing our brother." Jisung's eyes widened. "Wait, you have another brother?"

Chenle hummed through a mouthful of ramen and judging by the amount of cups on the floor that's his seventh cup in the last couple of days. What the hell, is that all he eats? "Big brother Sicheng, I live with him in China." Jisung rolled his eyes. "Do you have any more siblings that Renjun hasn't told me about?" Chenle snorted and shook his head.

They sat in silence for the next few minutes, Jisung trying to figure out what was happening on TV and Chenle finishing his billionth cup of ramen for the day. As good a friends him and Renjun were, Jisung liked spending some time with Chenle without his brother. It's strange how two people as different as them could be brothers, they were like polar opposites. Jisung was snapped out of his thoughts by a pair of metal chopsticks waving in his face.

"Yah, Renjun's friend. You're zoning out." Jisung pushed the chopsticks away from his face. "No I wasn't, I was thinking. And you don't have to call me Renjun's friend, just call me Jisung." Chenle giggled a poked Jisung on the nose with his chopsticks. "Okay Jisungie~"

From: Unknown Number [12/9/17 8:28 PM]

guess whooooooooo

To: Unknown Number [12/9/17 8:31 PM]

donghyuck if this is you again i will fight you stop doing this every time you get a new phone

From: Unknown Number [12/9/17 8:32 PM]

wat

From: Unknown Number [12/9/17 8:32 PM]

wtf is a donghyuck

From: Unknown Number [12/9/17 8:33 PM]

its chenle!!!

To: Unknown Number [12/9/17 8:33 PM]

From: Chenle [12/9/17 8:34 PM]

hello jisung ^^

To: Chenle [12/9/17 8:34 PM]

wait how did you get my number

To: Chenle [12/9/17 8:35 PM]

did renjun give you it

From: Chenle [12/9/17 8:35 PM]

kind of

To: Chenle [12/9/17 8:35 PM]

what do you mean 'kind of'

From: Chenle [12/9/17 8:36 PM]

well i might of gone thru his old phone and found ur number

From: Chenle [12/9/17 8:36 PM]

did u know ur contact name in his phone was mushroom

To: Chenle [12/9/17 8:36 PM]

omg

To: Chenle [12/9/17 8:37 PM]

i hate him

From: Chenle [12/9/17 8:37 PM]

ㅋㅋㅋ

From: Chenle [12/9/17 8:39 PM]

o yea renjun is coming back home tomorrow if u wanna see him again

To: Chenle [12/9/17 8:40 PM]

im gonna fight him at the airport

From: Chenle [12/9/17 8:40 PM]

lolololololol calm down jisungie

From: Chenle [12/9/17 8:41 PM]

i think im gonna go to bed now

To: Chenle [12/9/17 8:42 PM]

why are you going to sleep so early

From: Chenle [12/9/17 8:43 PM]

i ate to much ramen and im in a food coma ᶻᶻᶻ

To: Chenle [12/9/17 8:43 PM]

youre hopeless

To: Chenle [12/9/17 8:44 PM]

well goodnight chenle

From: Chenle [12/9/17 8:44 PM]

yah im chenle hyung to u

To: Chenle [12/9/17 8:45 PM]

youre exactly like your brother -.-

To: Chenle [12/9/17 8:45 PM]

goodnight chenle HYUNG

From: Chenle [12/9/17 8:45 PM]

goodnight~

A few weeks had passed since Jisung spent the day with Chenle. He hadn't seen much of him in person since then. Sometimes when he went to see Renjun he'd be sitting on the sofa with his now trademark cup of ramen, laughing loudly at whatever low budget TV show was on but most the time he was nowhere to be seen.

Truth be told, Jisung missed Chenle. Sure, they would text occasionally but that didn't mean much. He wanted to spend time with him again, like the last time. Even if it was only for five minutes he'd be happy. Jisung sighed. He was never this desperate to spend time with anyone, why was Chenle the exception?

He was, once again, snapped out of his thoughts by Renjun flicking him on the cheek. "Ow! What was that for?" Renjun laughed. "You spaced out. You've been doing that a lot lately, is something wrong?" He suddenly sounded concerned. Dammit, what was he meant to say? Oh yeah I'm totally fine I've just been thinking about your brother none stop for the past month, no biggy. "I'm fine, just a little tired." Renjun rolled his eyes. He obviously didn't believe him but he didn't press it any further.

"Oh, Chenle told me he found your phone number. I could delete it from his phone if you wanted me to, I don't want him to annoy you." Jisung could feel his cheeks flush red at the mention of Chenle's name. "N-no, it's fine" Renjun raised his eyebrow at Jisung, obviously confused at why Jisung was suddenly acting strange at the mention of his little brother. "Are you sure you're okay? Are you sick?" Jisung shook his head. "I told you I'm fine, don't worry about it" Renjun scoffed

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:17 PM]

donghyuck help

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:23 PM]

lol no

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:24 PM]

pls

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:24 PM]

my social life is at stake

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:25 PM]

Ask renjun for help idk i'm bad at giving advice

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:25 PM]

i can't hes part of the problem

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:26 PM]

trust me if i had the option i wouldn't be asking you for advice right now bc your advice

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:26 PM]

wOW

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:26 PM]

If my advice so bad why are you even asking me

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:27 PM]

BC IM DESPERATE IDK JUST HELP ME YOU

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:27 PM]

Watch your language mushroom

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:27 PM]

fite me

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:31 PM]

Fine i'll help you what do you need advice on

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:32 PM]

you better not laugh at me for this

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:34 PM]

i think renjuns little brother turned me gay

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:35 PM]

Renjun doesn't have a brother wtf

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:35 PM]

yes he does

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:35 PM]

he has two

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:36 PM]

He would've told me if he did

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:36 PM]

I DIDNT KNOW EITHER UNTIL LAST MONTH

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:43 PM]

donghyuck pls

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:43 PM]

even if you don't believe me just give me advice

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:44 PM]

I DUNNO WHAT TO DO

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:45 PM]

Tell renjun he'll probably be able to set you up with him

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:45 PM]

oh yeah totally im gonna waddle up to renjun like hey your brother made me like boys can you set me up with him kthxbye

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:47 PM]

WELL WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT IT SOUNDS STUPID

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:47 PM]

JUST ASK THE GUY OUT

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:48 PM]

IF IT WAS THAT EASY DO YOU REALLY THINK I'D BE ASKING YOU FOR ADVICE RIGHT NOW

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:48 PM]

I DON'T THINK HE LIKES GUYS HE'LL TURN ME DOWN

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:50 PM]

If it backfires just pretend it was a friendly thing

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:50 PM]

what

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:51 PM]

Whats this guys name?

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:51 PM]

chenle

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:52 PM]

Wtf type of name is that chenle sounds like shoe

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:52 PM]

sHUT

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:55 PM]

Just be like 'oh hey shoe you wanna go out sometime' and if he starts acting all awkward say 'as friends' idk

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:56 PM]

wow thats probably the most helpful thing to ever come out of your mouth

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:57 PM]

I don't know whether that was a compliment or an insult

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:57 PM]

i was going for both

To: Evil [13/9/17 1:58 PM]

now go away donghYUCK

From: Evil [13/9/17 1:58 PM]

Bye mushroom

It was a total surprise when Chenle came knocking on Jisung's door the next morning. "Renjun tell me he thinks you're sick so I come check on you" His cheeks immediately went red. "I-I'm fine, trust me." Chenle squinted at him and pressed his hand to Jisung's forehead, trying to take his temperature. "Why are you so red if you're fine?" Chenle was going to be the death of him. "It's just warm in here."

"If thats the only reason then go out with me"

Jisung choked on his own spit. He knew Chenle didn't mean what he was saying, it was just the language barrier and him not knowing how to say 'lets hang out' in Korean, but that still didn't stop his heart from beating out of control. Jisung cleared his throat. "You mean right now?" Chenle nodded, the impossibly bright smile from when they first met coming back out. "Please? I'm really bored." Jisung sighed softly, he was whipped. "Alright then"

They walked in almost silence but in Jisung's mind there was about a thousand voices yelling at him to confess. It was all he could think about. He stopped dead in his tracks. Forget all the negative consequences that could come from this, if he didn't tell Chenle how he felt now he'd go insane.

Chenle turned around once he notice Jisung wasn't walking next to him anymore. "What's wrong Ji-" "Chenle I like you" Chenle scrunched his eyebrows together, confused. "Of course you do, we're friends right?" Jisung groaned. "I didn't mean it like th- nevermind..."

The ten seconds of silence that followed felt like an eternity. It was probably the most uncomfortable Jisung had ever felt. He knew this was a bad idea, even if Chenle was gay he wouldn't like Jisung back anyway.

"You really are stupid Jisungie"

Before he had time to feel offended, he could feel Chenle's lips against his. Honestly, it was sloppy and Jisung's lips were probably more on Chenle's chin than his lips but he didn't care. All that mattered was that it was Chenle. Besides, you can't expect your first kiss to be perfect. Jisung pulled away first, breathing heavily with his face flushed red. "I love you."

The first words out of Chenle's mouth were "I love you too." The second were "How are we gonna tell Renjun?"