The next day, after the classes were over Mingyu walked Wonwoo to Hanji’s school as always and Wonwoo decided to ask him to come to his house that same weekend. He only wanted Mingyu to come to his house, and of course he didn’t want their other friends to know about that.

“Mingyu” Wonwoo said breaking the comfortable silence they were in.

“Yes?” he said and looked at Wonwoo.

“Hmmm I… Well, would you like to come over my house this weekend? You know, it’s been a while since a friend came home and I-I just wondered if you’d like to come” he said and looked at his feet.

“Sure, no problem, I have no plans for the weekend” Mingyu said and Wonwoo looked at him.

“O-ok, nice. Hmm, come on Saturday afternoon”

“Alright” Mingyu said “Oh, there’s your sister”

Wonwoo turned around and saw his sister running towards them. He hugged her and took her hand.

“Hello, Mingyu” she said and Mingyu smiled.

“Hi, how are you?”

“Very good” she smiled as well.

“Stop flirting with my little sister” Wonwoo told Mingyu narrowing his eyes and Mingyu chuckled.

“Why? Are you jealous?” Mingyu said and Wonwoo laughed.

“See you tomorrow”

“I’ll call you later” Mingyu said and Wonwoo nodded “See you tomorrow”

Wonwoo and Hanji started walking home and she looked at her brother with a strange look.

“Wonwoo… tomorrow is Saturday, how are you going to see him?”

“He’s coming home tomorrow” Wonwoo said smiling.

“Really? That’s cool” she said.

“Yeah… it is”

The next day

Wonwoo woke up and he felt like it was going to be a nice day. The day before at night he spend about two hours talking to Mingyu on the phone, but with a few interruptions since his mum wanted to call someone and asked for the phone. But once she was done Wonwoo would call Mingyu back and they’d spend long hours of talking and talking.

Wonwoo realized Mingyu was slowly becoming his new best friend. Now they were most of the time they could together, they sat together at lunch time and they always talked on the phone for hours when they could.

So afternoon quickly arrived and Wonwoo was in his bedroom when Mingyu knocked at the door.

“I’m going!” he yelled so his mum wouldn’t open the door, he didn’t really want Mingyu to see how creepy his mum was with his friends. So he ran downstairs and reached the front door. He opened the door and he was welcomed by a handsome Mingyu. He was wearing casual clothes and Wonwoo realized just then that he’d never seen the boy without the school uniform. He was wearing tight jeans and a simple v-neck plain t-shirt, revealing part of his collarbone “Hey” he greeted him and a smiled.

“Hello” Mingyu smiled as well and Wonwoo stepped aside and let Mingyu come in.

“You look good” Wonwoo said and Mingyu chuckled.

“I always do” he said.

“Wonwoo, honey, is your friend here already?” he heard his mum yell from the living room.

“Yes” Wonwoo replied and Wonwoo laughed “She’s creepy with my friends, so get used to it. You’ll meet her now, because she loves to embarrass me”

“It’s ok” Mingyu said and they heard Wonwoo’s mum head towards them.

“Hello” she said happily when she was in front of them. Mingyu bowed and she giggled.

“Hello, I’m Kim Mingyu”

“I know, dear, Wonwoo can’t stop talking about you” she said and Wonwoo face palmed, wanting his mum to go away already.

“Is that so?” Mingyu said and looked at Wonwoo smirking.

“You’re really handsome and tall. Welcome, don’t feel shy to ask for anything, ok dear?” she said as she hugged him. At first Mingyu was shocked at the woman’s action but he hugged her back “Thank you so much for coming” she whispered to the boy and Mingyu smiled.

“You’re welcome” Mingyu said.

“Talk to him, he really needs to tell a lot of stuff” she said and Mingyu nodded. They stopped hugging and Wonwoo’s mum smiled before heading back to the living room.

“Ok, let’s go upstairs, we’ll come down in a while to eat something, ok?” Wonwoo said and pushed Mingyu upstairs. The reached Wonwoo’s bedroom and he closed the door.

“She’s nice” Mingyu said and Wonwoo chuckled.

“She is, but she’s creepy too” Wonwoo said and Mingyu smiled as he looked around the bedroom.

“I like your bedroom, it’s nice”

“Thanks” Wonwoo said and looked at Mingyu “You didn’t have to dress this nice to come here, you know”

“What? They’re my casual clothes” Mingyu said and Wonwoo blushed.

“Yeah, whatever… you look awesome and I look like ”

“I look like too when I’m home” Mingyu said “And you don’t look like , you look really good”

Wonwoo sat on the bed and signaled Mingyu to sit next to him “My mum really wanted to meet you, actually…”

“Yeah, I noticed that… But why?”

“You’re the first friend I invite over after my dad and Doyoon’s death. I was afraid and I didn’t want any of my friends to come here”

“Does that mean you don’t care if I die?” Mingyu said and Wonwoo slapped him on the leg.

“No! If you die I’d kill myself, you know?” Wonwoo said and Mingyu looked at him surprised “If I told you to come over after more than a year it means that you’re really important to me”

“I am?” Mingyu said and Wonwoo smiled.

“Yes, you are” Wonwoo said “You basically made me change, everyone noticed that” Mingyu looked at him surprised “Before becoming your friend, during the last year, I was silent and lonely. I didn’t want to go out so I spent most of the time at home, I only went out to go to school, my friends tried to help me, but I didn’t want them to worry that much” Wonwoo explained “But since I’m your friend my sister and mum see me happier, I talk a lot more and even Soonyoung, Jihoon and Jisoo noticed my change. I guess I changed for better and… I feel better”

“I’m glad I did that”

“I’m glad you did that” Wonwoo said and Mingyu smiled “I know we’ve known each other for a really short time compared to the time I’ve known my other friends, but I feel more comfortable with you if I’m honest, and believe me, if they know that you came here first instead of them they’ll get so angry”

“Well, a year is a lot of time”

“I know” Wonwoo said and looked at his hands “I still walk over Doyoon’s place, and sometimes I wish I could knock that door and be welcomed by his mum and go upstairs and find him playing his video games”

“Do his parents live here?”

“No, they moved when he died. A few months later they decided to move, not because they were angry at me or anything, but because everything reminded them of Doyoon. But they still call and ask how I am doing and stuff. Twice a year they come to visit the city and stay here to have lunch or something. They are such nice people”

“Yeah, they seem like they are” Mingyu said “You already told me a lot about you and your life, I guess it’s time I tell you something about me” Mingyu said and Wonwoo looked at him.

“Ok” he said and sat more comfortably on the bed, resting his back against the wall and stretching out his legs. He invited Mingyu to do the same as him and he did. He looked smiling at their legs; Mingyu’s were so long compared to his “Alright, tell me about you”

“Ok, it’s pretty long I think, but it’s something important” Mingyu said and Wonwoo nodded “Ok, so I told you I don’t have any siblings and stuff, right?”

“Yeah, I remember”

“I did have a brother” Mingyu said and Wonwoo looked at him surprised “But not anymore”

“I’m sorry” Wonwoo said and Mingyu shook his head saying it was ok, but Wonwoo still took his hand and put it on top of his tights and wrapped it with one of his own hands.

“He was 5 years older than me. He died three years ago, more or less. He was the best brother ever, he was so nice and cool. He was one of the best students in his class, he had lots of friends and he was so loved, but he was gay. My parents are really traditional and when he brought his first boyfriend home they yelled at him and kicked out of the house for a whole week, luckily his boyfriend was amazing as well and let him stay in his place. So yeah, he suffered a lot because my parents kept pressuring him, they even sent him to the hospital to ‘cure him’. I tried talking to him, I supported him but he felt horrible, he didn’t know why our parents acted like that, and I tried to make them understand it was normal, but of course they didn’t get it. They didn’t treat him like their son anymore, I’m sure he felt like most of the time” Mingyu said “So one day when we woke up at morning, I went to wake my brother up, I entered his bedroom and shook him, he usually woke up quite quickly, but that day he didn’t. I freaked out and checked if he was breathing… and well you can tell he wasn’t. I looked around the room and I spotted a pot of pills; it was empty”

“Oh my god…” Wonwoo said and Mingyu sighed.

“Yeah”

“I’m sorry”

“It’s ok now” Mingyu said and Wonwoo rested his head on his shoulder “But now I’m a bit afraid, because my parents expect me to marry and have children, but I’m not that sure”

“Didn’t they learn the lesson?” Wonwoo asked.

“I don’t know, when they found out my brother died of course they cried and stuff but they kept wondering why he committed suicide, but I think they know that it was because of them”

“That’s horrible” Wonwoo said.

“But it’s fine, they didn’t insist anymore about getting married and stuff, at least they don’t say it, which makes me more relieved” Mingyu said.

“Yeah” Wonwoo said and Mingyu looked at him.

“Are you ever going to tell the others that I came here?”

“Maybe” Wonwoo said.

“Maybe?” Mingyu asked confused.

“When we start dating I’ll tell them” Wonwoo said smirking as he looked at Mingyu.

“D-dating?” Mingyu said.

“If we ever do, of course”

“What makes you think we’ll start dating?” Mingyu said.

“We used to make out in the school bathroom, remember?” Wonwoo said and Mingyu blushed when he remembered that.

“Y-yeah, there isn’t a day when I don’t remember those moments, believe me” Mingyu said and smiled.

“Why?” Wonwoo asked “I prefer having you as a friend and talk to you, and knowing your name”

“I said those moments, not the situation, you ” Mingyu said and Wonwoo laughed.

“Alright, I get it” Wonwoo said “But why? Do you miss my pretty lips?” Wonwoo said pouting out his lips to Mingyu who chuckled.

“You know I do” Mingyu said and grabbed Wonwoo by his chin making him turn around a bit and he kissed his cheek. Wonwoo smiled to himself “Why are you smiling?” Mingyu said pushing him lightly.

“It’s nothing, can’t I smile? Do you want me to cry? I can cry without a reason” Wonwoo said and Mingyu laughed.

“No, just smile please” Mingyu said and Wonwoo let go his hand “Give me food, I’m hungry”

“I’ll grab some snacks, I’ll come in a second” Wonwoo said and stood up from his place.

A few minutes later he entered his room with some snacks in his hands and Mingyu smiled from the bed. He was using Wonwoo’s laptop “Let’s watch something while we eat this” Mingyu said.

“Alright, you choose” Wonwoo said.

After they were done eating and watching some stuff on Youtube, which took them like almost two hours, Mingyu layed on Wonwoo’s bed and started asking Wonwoo questions about his childhood, like Wonwoo did when he was at Mingyu’s, as the older sat on the edge of the bed, next to Mingyu and answered everything he asked.

“Have you ever dated someone?” Mingyu asked grinning.

“Hmm, I dated a girl for two weeks when I was 8, does that count as dating?” Wonwoo said.

“No, when I mean dating I mean in the last two years”

“No, I haven’t. I had to take care of my sister so I didn’t have enough time to date” Wonwoo said and he rested his hand on the bed.

“I see”

Someone knocked at the door weakly and Wonwoo knew it was his sister, she always knocked like that. He motioned Mingyu to sit up properly and when he did he talked.

“Come in, Hanji” Wonwoo said and the little girl opened the door.

“Oh, sorry” she said when she spotted Mingyu, but she still smiled.

“It’s ok, tell me” Wonwoo said as he approached his sister and crouched to be on the same eye level as her. She told something to his brother which Mingyu couldn’t hear and Wonwoo smiled sweetly to her. He replied her and kissed her nose before standing up again and closing the door when Hanji walked out of the room.

Wonwoo walked to the bed again to sit next to a grinning Mingyu. “What did she tell you?”

“Nothing, she didn’t remember you were coming and she wanted to be around my bedroom as always, so I told her that later she could come”

“I don’t mind her being with us” Mingyu said and Wonwoo smiled “She doesn’t bother at all”

“You’re so sweet” Wonwoo said.

“You’re sweeter than me, did you see how cute you looked when you kissed her?” Mingyu said and Wonwoo laughed.

“She’s my sister, of course I’ll be like that with her” Wonwoo said.

Hanji ended up joining the two boys. She always did that when Doyoon came over and she wanted to meet Mingyu, he was handsome and he looked nice. The three of them played all kind of games, but they decided to go to the living room since there was more room there.

Hanji seemed to like Mingyu a lot because she didn’t look uncomfortable at all. Wonwoo loved seeing Mingyu interact with his sister, he acted like the sweetest boy in the whole world and compared to how he usually acted it was a huge twist. When he was with Wonwoo he was the most sarcastic , to be honest, and other times he was a sensible boy who told him his most hidden secrets. He was just Mingyu.

The three of them decided to watch a movie that suited Hanji’s age, of course. She sat between the two males, but leaning against her brother, as she hugged him with her arms. Wonwoo hugged her back with one arm and Mingyu had one of his arms resting on the sofa’s back, and his hand reached Wonwoo’s ear.

During the movie he teased Wonwoo by touching his ear and he was so enjoying it, until Wonwoo shoot him a deathly look and Mingyu put his arm back in place and looked at the screen with a serious face. Wonwoo chuckled and paid attention to the movie again.

When the movie was over Hanji went up to her bedroom and the two males were now alone at the living room. Mingyu realized it was so late. Like a lot. It was almost 10pm.

“, it’s so late” he said looking at his watch.

“Stay for dinner” Wonwoo said looking at him with a puppy face as he came closer to him.

“Your mum won’t matter?” he asked and Wonwoo caressed his arm.

“Of course not” Wonwoo said and Mingyu smiled.

“Alright, but first ask her” he said and Wonwoo jumped up from the sofa and headed to his mum’s bedroom. He asked her about Mingyu staying for dinner and of course she agreed and quickly headed to the kitchen.

A few minutes later dinner was on the table and the four of them were already enjoying it. Mingyu was so happy to eat mum food again. He always did his own food, but it didn’t taste as good as the food mums do.

After he was done eating he thanked Wonwoo’s mum and said goodbye to her. Wonwoo also made Hanji go to say goodbye to him when he was at the front door. Mingyu happily picked her up in his arms.

“Life is so great in this eye level right?” Mingyu said and she nodded “So sad your brother isn’t this tall” the little girl giggled but Wonwoo kicked him.

“Come on, say goodbye to him” Wonwoo urged his sister.

“See you soon, Mingyu” she said and hugged him before giving him a shy kiss on the cheek.

“Aww, so cute” Mingyu said “See you, Hanji” he said and put her down.

“Ok, go to your room” Wonwoo told her.

“Why?”

“I have to say goodbye to him too, and I want privacy, so go” Wonwoo said and Mingyu grinned. Hanji went upstairs. Wonwoo walked with Mingyu out of the house to his motorbike.

“What do you need privacy for?” Mingyu and Wonwoo hit him lightly on the arm as he blushed a bit.

“Shut up” he said.

“Sorry”

“It’s ok” Wonwoo said and looked at Mingyu “Thanks for coming”

“No problem” Mingyu said and Wonwoo approached him “Damn it Wonwoo”

Mingyu pulled Wonwoo even closer to him. One hand on his lower back and the other on his nape, as Wonwoo hugged him back. Mingyu pressed his lips against Wonwoo’s after a long time of not doing it. Again the felt each other’s warmth and their lips reacted almost instantly when they recognized each other. They moved skillfully enjoying every bit of the moment. Both males melted into the kiss and hugged each other tighter.

Soon they pulled away enough to take a breath and rested their foreheads together. Wonwoo smiled so did Mingyu.

“God how much I missed this” Mingyu said in a whisper.

“It’s much better now, in my opinion” Wonwoo said.

“I agree” he said “But why is it better?” he joked and Wonwoo hit him lightly again.

“Idiot” Wonwoo said and Mingyu couldn’t help but laugh.

“We’ll talk tomorrow, ok? I’ll call you” Mingyu said.

“Alright” Wonwoo nodded.

Mingyu closed the distance again and gave him a sweet kiss. He pulled away and let go Wonwoo, who gave him one last peck, before stepping back and letting Mingyu go on his bike and drive off. Wonwoo entered the house with a stupid smile on his face. He walked upstairs and found his sister on the corridor.

“I saw you” she said “Busted!” she said and left to her bedroom while giggling.

Wonwoo chuckled and entered his bedroom to dream of Mingyu probably. Well not really, but he wanted to dream of him, just a bit.