As much as other people may think otherwise, Luhan had a really high tolerancy for alcohol, and a really low tolerancy for mess. This would explain why it was currently 4am and he was cleaning the house, not in the slightest bit tipsy. The party could have gone on longer, he thought - but in all honesty everyone that he actually cared about had left, and Sehun had crashed in his bed. Although he knew he wouldn’t be getting any of that tonight, he decided to kick everyone else out before they made any more of a mess.

(all he needed was a lighter, a chair and a smoke alarm, they all cleaned out quick-smart after that).

Luhan opened Minseok’s door to find him sleeping like a log, cringing when the smell of lingered. She was pretty and all, but something about Mihyun just seemed so very fake and like she couldn’t be trusted, and he couldn’t bring himself to like her. Plus she was an absolute to anyone that even tried to touch Minseok

Seriously lady, calm down. 

He looked to the side and noticed that despite his disappearance, Jongdae’s stuff was still here, in Minseok’s room. That’s weird. Maybe he decided he’d come back for it later.

Luhan quietly shut the door, before walking over to the bathroom, dreading who he’d find passed out, and what position they’d be in. He grabbed the door handle and twisted it, not-so happily realizing that even though it was open, there was a great deal of resistance making it more difficult to open. People had ed on his bathroom door? Only he and Sehun could do that.

He swore he could hear soft whimpering and sniffing once he’d slightly opened the door, and now he was just plain confused. Through the crack he couldn’t see any bodies, so either they were sleeping in a very awkward position, or what was behind the door wasn’t what he was expecting - and how it wasn't. As soon as the door was open enough for his body size, he slipped though, and what he saw made Jongdae’s stuff being here so much more sense. There was Jongdae, knees curled into his arms with his back up against the door, slightly sniffing and shaking. 

He looked up at Luhan, and he had never seen Jongdae look so broken. “Hey, Luhan...” His eyes were red, and his face was blotchy - a huge difference from his previously perfect complexion. His jacket sleeves were soaked, and Luhan could tell he’d been crying for a long time. Remembering seeing Jongdae’s stuff in Minseok’s room, he had a slight idea why.

He quickly shut the door, before sitting down next to Jongdae and wrapping his arms around his body. Jongdae wrapped his arms around Luhan, giving up on not appearing weak and sobbing quietly in his shirt. Luhan patted his hair, whispering to him that everything was going to be okay until he calmed down. He lightly kissed Jongdae’s forehead, and Jongdae looked up at him with sad eyes. “Now are you going to tell me what happened?”

Jongdae shook his head, “It doesn’t matter, it’s not important.” he mumbled.

Luhan sighed, “Listen you- I can tell you’ve been crying for hours. Now tell me what happened, or I’ll have to hurt you.” he said, lightly punching Jongdae on the shoulder.

Jongdae just continued to shake his head, “No, hyung. It’s really nothing,” he said, trying to stand up.

Luhan just pulled him back down. “It’s Minseok, isn’t it?”

Jongdae’s eyes began to water, and Luhan pulled him into a hug again, rubbing circles on his back. “I just- ugh," sniff. "I shouldn’t even be upset about this," sniff. "I should have expected it."

Luhan was pretty sure that his assumption was correct, but hell he wasn’t going to say anything about it until Jongdae said it himself. It’d be awkward for everyone if he did. “Jongdae, I’m not understanding...” Luhan said softly, pulling away from the hug and holding his hands in his own, “What happened?”

Jongdae sighed, giving up on keeping quiet. “I just- ugh. I like Minseok hyung. I like him a lot. I really like him,” he said, the tears starting to fall yet again.

“I figured that out a while ago...” Luhan said quietly, rubbing his shoulders.

“Great...” Jongdae groaned, “Who else?”

“Just Sehun, and Baekhyun ships you two so I think he has his suspicions... Don’t worry, Minseok is oblivious as .”

Jongdae sighed in relief.

“But Jongdae, why were you crying?” Luhan felt like an awful person, asking Jongdae to answer this when he was ninety-nine percent certain he already knew why. But he wasn’t going to say what he thought, and Jongdae needed to let this out.

Jongdae wrapped his arms around his legs again, “I walked in on them, hyung. I walked in on them and they were ing,” he said, and he hated how his voice cracked. He hated how upset he was over this, and he hated how it was his entire fault that he had fallen so hard for someone who was taken.

Luhan stayed quiet, yet again grabbing and cuddling Jongdae. He had a feeling he hadn’t finished talking, and now that Jongdae had told him what he had assumed, he was worried about what he’d say next. They sat in silence for a couple of minutes, and Luhan had begun to think he’d fallen asleep, until he heard Jongdae say something, so quietly that he could have just been hearing things, but the look of utter heartbreak in his eyes told him otherwise. “He said he loved her...”

Luhan was shocked - Minseok had told him he was losing feelings for Mihyun, not the other way around.

He opened his mouth to speak, but Jongdae cut him off. “I know he was drunk Luhan, I know. But it doesn’t change the fact that he said it. I know it’s bad, but I was starting to get this sliver of hope that maybe we could be together one day. She’s been holding him down and he’s been complaining about it, I thought that maybe they wouldn’t last so much longer - but then this happens and it just hurts me so bad.” Luhan just Jongdae’s hair, letting him to continue speaking. “It hurts so bad because she’s such an utter and he deserves so much better than her - and she knows, hyung, she knows I like him. Just before they said that they loved each other she looked me in the eye and smirked at me - she ing smirked at me. She is always making sure to be as affectionate as possible when I’m there, and no matter how nice I am to her she never changes. It’s not like I am going to ing steal her from him or anything, I have boundaries. And Minseok would never cheat on her; I don’t see how I’m a threat.”

Luhan sighed, “I guess part of it is because you two flirt so much - it’s playful, but she’s going to get defensive over that. Plus not to mention you’re really attractive, and she knows he likes men too.”

“But it’s only playful! We barely even do it around her anyway...” Jongdae trailed off. “And attractive, as if.”

Luhan turned very serious, “Please Jongdae, don’t make me lecture you like Minseok did.”

Jongdae raised an eyebrow at Luhan, “How did you...?”

“He constantly complains about you complaining about how you look.”

Jongdae felt himself blushing slightly, but thanked god that because of the state of his face Luhan wouldn’t notice anyway.

“You’ve wriggled your way into his life so fast and easily Jongdae, she feels intimidated. , I swear he likes you more than me and I’ve been his best friend for ing years. The only reason she isn’t intimidated by me is because she’s known me for a while and she knows I love Sehun.”

“I guess that’s true...”

“But even so, she’s still a . You're not wrong there.”

Jongdae laughed, “Damn straight...”

Luhan smiled, glad to see that Jongdae looked a little bit happier.

The Korean sat up, finally feeling somewhat comforted and deciding that some physical space might be good because he didn’t want to scrunch or wet Luhan’s clothing anymore by touching it. “It’s just, I don’t know what to do. It’s hard trying to hide that I like him, but I can’t tell him that I do. And it’s not like I can be angry at him for having with her - it’s not like they can’t do that, and it’s not like they probably haven’t done it before.”

Luhan cringed, but decided not to tell Jongdae that it was their first time. It wasn’t his thing to say.

“It just really hit me, and I guess I was overwhelmed. I totally overreacted, and it’s really not my thing to get upset over. He's with her, and I can’t change that. Just promise me you won’t tell him I saw, okay?”

“Of course,” Luhan nodded, “I just really hope Minseok gets it through his thick head that he needs to drop her - you two would be a much better couple. He needs to realize what he’s missing out on.”

Jongdae went a deeper shade of red as he stood up. “I’m just trying to move on. But there is seriously a lack of gay guys here, it is no fair.”

Suddenly, Luhan got an idea. “Hey?”

“Yeah?”

“Do you want me to set you up on a date? I know someone that might be good for you.”

“Seriously?” Jongdae said, jaw agape, “You sure?”

“Yeah!” Luhan grinned.

Jongdae smiled, “Thank’s Luhan," he said appreciation laced throughout his voice. "That’d be great.”

Usually Jongdae would say no to these things, but he trusted Luhan enough to believe it’d go well. Checking his phone, he noticed the time. It was 5:30 in the morning. “Uh," he mumbled, looking down, "Do you mind if I crash here? I mean, I would go back but I can’t drive in this state and uh yeah, I kinda promised I wouldn’t leave without saying good bye and I know it’s silly but I’d feel bad...”

Luhan looked shocked, “Oh, of course!”

Jongdae took Luhan’s facial expression as a bad sign. “If it’s a problem I don’t mind! I’ll just catch a cab home and get my stuff later... I mean, I don’t really want to go into Minseok’s room to get it, that’s all.”

“No no no!” Luhan said quickly, realizing the other got the wrong idea, “I just have no idea if Mihyun is still here, I wasn’t sure if you’d be comfortable...”

Jongdae’s brain clicked in realization. “Oh, right. Well I’ll have to face her eventually, and I need her to realize she doesn’t phase me. It’s fine.”

Luhan smiled, “That’s good then.” He clicked his tounge, studying Jongdae’s face. “But you can’t go to bed with your face like that.”

Jongdae sighed, but Luhan was right. If he did, it’d definitely show later. “Fine then, what do we do?”

Half an hour later, Jongdae’s face was looking relatively normal and Luhan was looking very happy with himself. The Korean had fallen asleep in the beautification process, (what a cutie), so Luhan carefully placed him on the couch, before grabbing blankets and pillows and wrapping him up so he was nice and warm. He gave him a friendly kiss on the forehead, before walking off to his bedroom.

“Thanks Luhan... For everything.”

Luhan turned around, directing a dazzling smile at Jongdae. “Any time.”

. . . . .

Minseok felt something push on his shoulder. He had no idea what time it was, but his head killed and he felt exhausted for a reason he couldn’t quite point a finger at. Pretending to sleep, he had no idea who was touching him, but he was fairly certain that whoever decided whoever it was going to get some sort of injury if they didn’t go away soon and leave him the alone.

“Rise and shine, beautiful,”a voice sang, a voice that was all too familiar but still unrecognizable in his morning haze.

Trying to figure out the source of the voice, he continued to fake sleep.

“Okay seriously Minseok, get the up. I know you’re awake.” the voice said, stronger than the time before.

Now that tone he definitely recognized. “Jongdae...?” he asked, voice heavy with sleep.

“You got it!” Jongdae answered cheerily, desperately trying not to coo at how cute Minseok was when he first woke up - no matter wht he just woke up from.

Minseok slowly lifted himself up so he was sitting on his , propped up on his hands. In doing so, the blanket slipped down to reveal his flat stomach, which resulted in an extremely flustered Jongdae. Luckily for him, Minseok hadn’t noticed his red face due to the fact that he'd noticed a note on his bedside table that certainly hadn’t been there before. He eyed it with curiosity, before reaching over and grabbing it. In doing this his hip bone and v-line showed, and Jongdae physically gulped. He knew it was wrong, but he couldn’t take his eyes off Minseok’s body. Taken or not, Minseok was hot, and Jongdae couldn’t stop this appreciation he was having. Mihyun didn't deserve him, anyway.

Minseok unfolded the note and read it, noticing it was written in MiHyun’s handwriting, but quite a bit messier than usual.

Seokkie-oppa,

I told my mum I’d be home by two, that’s why I might be gone when you wake up.
But let me tell you, last night you were a beast.
We should do it again some time - I'm looking forward to it ;)
I hope I made you feel good on your birthday, baby.
I love you!

- Mihyun. xoxo <3
P.S. My parents are going away for the weekend in two weeks. Want to stay the night? I'll promise I'll make it worth your while ;) 

Minseok groaned, and suddenly the reason he was made so much more sense. He attempted to hurl the paper into the bin, but Jongdae intercepted, causing Minseok to groan even more. Jongdae quickly scanned the paper, before erupting into laughter. As much as the whole incident hurt him, he couldn’t help but find Mihyun being so forward hilarious - he’d never expect it.

Minseok looked at Jongdae annoyed, and Jongdae tried to stifle back even more laughter. “What? She wants the D, and it sounds like she got it too.”

Minseok ran his hands through his hair and sighed.

“Seriously, Seokkie-oppa~, what’s the problem?”

Minseok completely ignored the nickname, his stomach dropping. “I don’t remember an absolute thing.”

Jongdae gaped, “What?”

“!” Minseok said, punching the bed. “I ed her and I don’t remember a thing.”

“What do you mean?”

“! Why don’t I remember? The last thing I remember was talking to you and you telling me how pissed I was. I don’t remember much before that unless I was pretty sober...”

Jongdae couldn’t believe what he was hearing. “Well if it helps, I saw you two go into your room about 3 minutes after we talked- and it scarred my innocent eyes forever.” He was lying, but he wasn’t going to tell Minseok that he walked in on them, ever. He guessed that’d be about right anyway.

“ my life.”

“Minseok, I don’t see what the-"

“ it hard and fast.”

“Really, why is it such an-“

“And sideways.”

“Minseok!” Jongdae shouted, “What is the problem? It’s just ! It’s not like you haven’t done it before.”

“But we haven’t!” Minseok groaned, too annoyed to be embarrassed, “We never have before, I wanted to make it something special and in all honesty I wasn’t ready to have it with her! I don’t believe in the whole ing for fun thing - I mean well yeah, but there has to be love. I’m not one hundred percent sure if I love her or not yet. I can’t even remember it, for s sake.” Minseok put his head in his hands and sighed.

“Seriously?” Jongdae nearly yelled, because Minseok and Mihyun had only ever had drunken and Minseok didn’t know if he loved her and he couldn’t help but let the slightest bit of hope surface. “I would give you a hug, but you’re and I don’t even want to think about what you might have on you.”

Minseok sighed in resignation. “Why the are you even still here?”

Jongdae raised an eyebrow. “Well, my stuff was in your room, and last time I saw you, you were face in the living room. I wasn’t going to walk in until I got the all clear from Luhan, which was about 15 minutes ago.”

Minseok scoffed.

“Plus, I promised you I’d say good bye, didn’t I?”

Minseok had to stop his jaw dropping. If his friend was passed out he’d probably just leave - he didn't think Jongdae would have taken it that seriously.

“Anyway, I’m out now.” Jongdae said, picking his stuff up from Minseok's floor. “Catch you later?”

“Just go.”Minseok said back, mock-anger in his voice.

“And don’t worry, I’m sure if your life needs ing hard and fast and sideways that Mihyun would happily do it for you.” Jongdae smiled, opening the door and stepping out before Minseok got the time to react. Exhaling as soon as the door was shut, he inwardly gave himself a high-five for managing to not be awkward despite what he saw the night before. 

Around Minseok, everything just felt so right. 

. . . Authors Note . . .

Isn't Jongdae just the most perfect little character ever seriously Minseok GET IN THERE.

DO YOU REALISE HOW HARD IT WAS FOR ME TO WRITE THAT NOTE I WANTED TO THROW MYSELF AT A WALL.

So I guess I'm just going to let you guys know that there is a lot of time skips in this story, so by now Jongdae isn't only good friends with Minseok, but all their other friends, especially Luhan (as shown in this chapter ^-^)

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter (more than the last one OTL), and I hope the size made up for the smaller size of the one before.

As usual, I really appreciate every comment, and feel free to message me on Tumblr, I won't bite ^0^

Stay cool, guys ;)