“Good morning!” Soonyoung and Seokmin greeted when Soo Min opened the front door.

 

“Oh~?!” She nearly jumped when the two greeted her so loudly, she could see Mingyu standing behind them with an apologetic smile. “Good morning!” She managed to say back “Uh…”

 

“Jeonghan invited us to his birthday party. He said it would be at Jihoon’s place.” Seokmin started to explain.

“We were just there and Jihoon told us to come fetch you losers, his words, not mine!” Soonyoung said and held up his hands in defense.

 

“I see, but it’s still so early!” She pulled out her phone to see a dozen missed calls and text messages from Jihoon, the clock read 12:32pm. “Oh…”

 

“Judging by all the decorations you bought, he said we need to start putting them up now. Like… right now.” Soonyoung said dramatically. “So, grab Mingyu’s fiancé and let’s go-ow~! Ow, ow, ow! Let go!” He yelped when Mingyu tugged harshly on the blonde’s low ponytail. Soo Min hadn’t realized how long his hair was until this moment, possibly because she didn’t meet with Mingyu’s friends that often!

 

“He’s in the shower right no-” she was saying until both Seokmin and Soonyoung interrupted her when they gasped like a pair of erted ahjummas and looked at the irritated guy standing behind them.

 

“I will kill you.” He warned to his friends.

 

“Please! No shenanigans here, I will literally get murdered, too!” Soo Min pleaded to his friends.

 

“Soo Min!” Suddenly her name was called from the bathroom. She froze up with a sudden panicked look on her face. “Soo Min~!” Won Woo shouted again.

 

“You guys go ahead, we’ll catch up in a few!” She said before turning to head to the hallway and left the three at the open door. She trusted they’d shut it when they left but she learned not to trust so easily next time as she bumped into a shirtless Won Woo with a towel on his head emerging from the hallway. She literally froze into a statue this time!

 

“Where were you, I was calling for you!” Won Woo complained with the towel on his head that was blocking the surprised faces of Mingyu and his friends at the front door. “I forgot my shirt and was going to ask for you to bring it to me.”

 

Since Mingyu was behind the other two, he couldn’t shut the door before Won Woo looked their way when he felt a cool breeze against his bare skin. Seeing Won Woo staring at the front entrance, Soo Min turned to see the three staring at them, especially Mingyu~!

 

He couldn’t believe it, Kim Mingyu just couldn’t believe he was actually seeing a shirtless Won Woo in said person’s living room right now, and it was… amazing. He felt like he died and went to heaven, a erted heaven as he scanned every inch of the guy’s torso. Starting from his pale shoulders to his strong(not so strong, it’s just for show lol) arm muscles… His collarbones, his chest… his toned abdomen. He could feel the blood rushing to his face when he realized Jeon Won Woo had abs!

 

He has abs… oh my god. He was glad that Soo Min blocked the view(more like Won Woo hid) after a minute or two, otherwise he might have started drooling! Control yourself, Kim Mingyu!

 

“I told you to go already, why are you three still here?!” Soo Min exclaimed in horror. That snapped Mingyu out of his erted thoughts before he saw Won Woo grab Soo Min and shielded his half body with her own small body, a death grip on her arms. I’m going to die later, aren’t I? She thought while watching her life flash before her very eyes. Memories of her first Choco Pie, her first cheeseburger, her first slice of pizza, her first soda... She could already see it happening, Won Woo killing her mind and soul with his deadly death glare.

 

“What are they doing here?” Won Woo said in an irritated whisper.

 

“Uh!” She squeaked. “To sing you Happy Birthday!”

 

“I thought it was Jeonghan’s birthday?!” Soonyoung exclaimed.

 

“We’re going now!” Mingyu exclaimed and literally dragged his friends away from the door by the collars of their shirts. The duo could hear them complain down the hallway until their voices faded off into silence. When Won Woo let go of Soo Min’s shoulders, she made a run for the door to shut it before anyone else could catch a glimpse of the rare shirtless Won Woo. There had only been two sightings now, including Mingyu and his friends.

 

“Next time, make sure you have everything with you before you shower!” She scolded before running off into the kitchen to escape. Bare skin always got her flustered no matter who it was. Won Woo just snickered before going back to his room to get a shirt on. He was definitely going to be embarrassed the next time he sees Mingyu, which was less than an hour! Damn!

 

…

 

“Should we start heading to Jihoon’s place?” Jeonghan asked after he and Jisoo exited one of the stores in the mall. They came to window shop since he knew he’d be getting some money to spend, he thought to see if there was anything worth buying today.

 

“Sure, if you want.” Jisoo nodded, but couldn’t help but feel a bit reluctant on saying so. It was just the two of them and he was really enjoying it, but he knew after they leave it would be it for the day. He just wasn’t sure why he liked spending a lot of time with Jeonghan lately, it was kind of strange but he tried to not think much about it. It’s normal for friends to want to spend a lot of time together, right? He thought to himself before he bumped into Jeonghan’s back. “Oh, sorry.” He apologized before looking over his shoulder to see why he had stopped walking.

 

Up ahead, there were some familiar faces talking amongst each other outside one of the clothing shops. It was the guy Jeonghan didn’t like long with the tall built bodyguard Soo Min had told Jeonghan about. There was a taller guy with blonde hair and one unfamiliar face before Jeonghan recognized the long black haired person to be Ren. They really do look alike. I thought that was Soo Min for a moment… he thought until he was snapped out of it by Jisoo.

 

“Is something wrong?” He asked while tugging on his jacket.

 

“Ah, it’s nothing. Let’s go.” Jeonghan assured him before leading the way.

 

Meanwhile…

 

Baekho had noticed Jeonghan with someone just as the two were leaving. He thought to go greet them and say Hi, because he was a friendly character like that, but the two were already halfway to the exit. “What is it?” Aron asked before following his gaze.

 

“Nothing.” Baekho answered with a sheepish smile.

 

“Are we almost done here, I’m getting hungry.” Their fifth member said with a pout.

 

“Yeah, the lunch hour is almost over.” Minhyun said in agreement.

 

“...fine.” Ren sighed. “But don’t eat too much, we still have to try on some more outfits before the day is over!” He added and put his pen and paper away. He was currently going from clothing store to clothing store to find reference photos for a project he was going to start after midterms. He asked his friends to help model but they’ve been there since the mall opened!

 

“We’ll be quick!” Aron promised before heading off with Minhyun and their friend Jonghyun who went by the nickname JR. Baekho stayed behind since it didn’t seem like Ren was going with them.

 

“What is it, Ren?” He asked when he heard him sigh in frustration.

 

“I wish I had a female model to help.” He said quietly while turning to look at the women outfits in the display. “It’s not like I can talk them into wearing women’s clothing.”

 

“Yeah, they’d be very against it!” Baekho chuckled. “My body is too big for any of that, too.”

 

“Damn, what do I do?” Ren looked defeated.

 

“Awh, I’m sure someone will come to the rescue at the right moment.” Baekho assured him, but little did he know that the superwoman he thought could save Ren was more of a superwoman who hates women clothing.

 

“Well, there’s still time.” Ren said positively.

 

“Exactly, so don’t stress about it, alright?”

 

“I won’t. Thanks.” Ren smiled and his mood was better now compared to before. “I mean, you really wouldn’t mind trying on that-”

 

“No. I’m sorry, Ren.” Baekho said with an apologetic laugh when Ren dropped his head in defeat again.

 

...

 

“Is here okay?” Seungcheol asked as he was standing on a chair hanging up some streamers.

 

“That should be fine.” Jihoon nodded before someone else called over to him on placement advice. It was 20 minutes until Jeonghan’s party would start. Everyone was over helping decorate the place while Jisoo kept the Birthday Boy company elsewhere.

 

“Where should we put this?” Junhui asked, he was carrying a disco ball. Jihoon just stared at the shiny object before pointing to the hall closet. The older just laughed but followed his instructions.

 

“Awh, but we were going to party.” Soo Min said in a pouty tone, she was standing behind Jihoon with her hands on his shoulders. She actually had been following close behind him with her hands on his shoulders this entire time and Jihoon was doing all he could not to flip his lid.

 

“I really doubt Won Woo will do anything with so many people around.” He assured his paranoid friend.

 

“But he’s planning on it?!” She gasped and her hold on his shoulders tightened. “Protect me, Jihoon! Use your guitar!”

 

“No way!” He protested. “Stop clinging onto me!” He tried to shrug her hands off his shoulders but wasn’t successful as she only held on tighter. “Aish, what did you do to him?”

 

“I didn’t do anything to him!” She defended.

 

“Then what happened?”

 

“... Mingyu and his friends may or may not have seen Won Woo shirtless when they came to our apartment earlier.”

 

“Oh… you’re definitely going to die later. It was nice knowing you.” Jihoon said unsympathetically. Of course they were just being overdramatic!

 

“You were the one who sent them, you’re dying too!” She quickly pointed out and he stilled.

 

“Maybe I should fetch my guitar, you know… for entertainment purposes.” He muttered before glancing at the hallway where his personal studio was located.

 

“You two are being ridiculous.” Seungcheol commented nearby. “It was an accident, right? He’ll get over it.”

 

“But!” Soo Min looked like a scared child hiding behind Jihoon. She was about one inch taller than him, so it wasn’t really working.

 

“… you really think that badly of me?” Speak of the devil, it was Won Woo!

 

His friends frowned before facing him. “Sorry, we were being a bit… overdramatic.” Jihoon apologized. “But I mean… that’s not out of the ordinary for her, right? Ow!” He yelped when Soo Min elbowed him in the side.

 

“I’m not mad if that’s what you were thinking.” He said with his calm face that happened… to look mad with his sharp eyes. No wonder they were scared!

 

“Sorry.” Soo Min lowered her head, she was feeling bad about the situation now. She wasn’t sure why she got so freaked out earlier? He must’ve been embarrassed when Mingyu and the other two saw him shirtless and she figured that since it was her fault for not shutting the door like she should have, that he would be mad?

 

“When I sent them to your place, I didn’t expect for that to happen…” Jihoon mumbled next to her. “You two weren’t getting back to me and so… I just thought to send them since the others were already helping with the decorations.”

 

“It’s okay.” Won Woo flashed them a small smile. “Stop looking so sorry and serious, today is Jeonghan’s birthday. Let’s have fun.” He said while placing the black fluffy cat ears from the party store on Soo Min’s head. He then placed his pair of ears on his own head.

 

“Where did you get those?” Jihoon asked and looked back and forth between the two. “And just for you two?” He kinda felt left out just now before he saw Won Woo step over and place a headband on his head too. “Oh?” He reached up to feel two curved plastic shapes and was confused since the ears on his friends were fluffy… he pulled the headband off and scoffed. Won Woo had given him devil horns.

 

“When?” Soo Min laughed and looked to Won Woo.

 

“When I bought ours.” He answered and made Jihoon put the horns back on.

 

“I’m not wearing this!” He protested.

 

“C’mon! We’re supposed to be having fun!” Soo Min nudged him before placing them back on his head again.

 

“I am not a devil!”

 

“Sure you aren’t.” They cooed.

 

“Just wear them.” Seungcheol spoke up to Jihoon’s left. “Otherwise they’ll keep pestering you. Besides… you’re a cute devil.” He poked at the red horns on the shorter boy’s head.

 

“Whatever!” Jihoon sighed with a shake of his head and looked away quickly before a light blush painted his little devil cheeks. Soo Min took notice and stared. What’s this? She thought to herself while watching Seungcheol smile at Jihoon with a somewhat adoring smile. The way Jihoon was blushing had her thinking now. Something going on between those two?

 

“Noona~!” Suddenly someone hugged her from behind tightly.

 

“Ah~!” She shrieked at the sudden attack. “Channie, don’t sneak up on people like that!” She pouted after he let her go.

 

“Sorry! I was just so excited to see you!” He beamed before seeing Won Woo standing nearby. “Hyung!” He jumped on over to attack the guy with the same tight hug. “You’re wearing cat ears?!”

 

“Uh…” Won Woo stuttered with an embarrassed look on his face now. He was about to take them off but Soo Min stopped him of course.

 

“No! Keep wearing them! You said we’re going to have fun!” She reminded him. He sighed and slightly regretted his words now. He just didn’t want her to be so down about what happened earlier, it was the only reason why he put the stupid ears on!

 

“Soo Min, I just found a King’s crown on the table over there.” Junhui said while approaching them with said item. “Did you buy those headbands after I told you to save them for a Halloween party?”

 

“Crown?! Gimmie!” She exclaimed while making grabby hand at her friend. He handed them over and she pulled her cat ears off. Won Woo did the same and she frowned. “No, keep them on!”

 

“I’m not wearing them if you’re not either.” He pouted.

 

“Fine, fine!” She put her ears back on and added the crown, too. “I will be King of the cats!” She threw her arms in the air. “Meow~!” She pointed at Won Woo and he frowned at her putting him in the spotlight.

 

“... meow.” He barely said and glared at Jihoon who laughed, he was clearly amused right now. “And what are you laughing at, little devil?” The laughter was instantly silenced.

 

“Attention, please. Can everyone avert your attention this way. The Queen has arrived!” They heard Jisoo announce by the front door.

 

“Settle down now.” Jeonghan joked as everyone looked at him in silence. “You could have at least played along.” A pout soon followed after.

 

“My dear Queen~!” Soo Min ran over and tackled him with a hug. He spun her around a couple of times before setting her down and greeted her with a sweet kiss.

 

“Am I too early?” He asked after noticing their friends still moving and putting things up around the room.

 

“No, you’re on time… it’s just the Kingdom that’s running a bit slow today.” She chuckled before grabbing his hand. “Come this way, your throne should be over here!” She chimed and led him away into the dining room.

 

Won Woo just smiled and watched her run off with her boyfriend with such a happy look on her face. He just hoped this party would go smoothly now.

 

...

 

“That was cute. What you did just then.” Mingyu commented after approaching Won Woo who was standing by the table full of snacks. The party started about half an hour ago after everyone sang Happy Birthday to Jeonghan and they cut the cake. The man of the hour decided to open his presents later and now they were all just mingling around for a bit. Won Woo was munching on a chip when he turned and faced Mingyu.

 

“Uh?” He stuttered out. “What did I do?” Mingyu just stood there and grinned at him. Won Woo was still wearing the cat ears! “What? Say something?”

 

“Your ears… are adorable.”  

“Thanks?” Won Woo looked away before a blush dusted his cheeks. It darkened when he heard him laugh. He didn’t realize how much he grew to like that sound until suddenly he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. Interrupting them. Damn. He pulled it out to see what it was.

 

Mingyu couldn’t help but notice the picture on his lock screen when he turned the display on. It was of Won Woo and Soo Min with the kitty ears on their heads. At first glance it looked like a couple selca and that bothered him just a little. I know they’re just friends but… he started to think about it and looked at Won Woo while he was checking his e-mail via his phone before his eyes panned over to Soo Min across the room, she was talking with Seungkwan and Hansol about something. Sometimes I can’t help but foolishly get jealous when those two are together... I'm 

 

“I’ll be right back.” Won Woo spoke up, his eyes were glued to his phone when he walked away.

 

“Okay.” Mingyu nodded and watched him approach Soo Min. Seeing the two standing next to each other bothered him more now. He wasn’t sure why? Was it because of hat simple picture on his lock screen. I’m being ridiculous, of course there could be nothing going on between them! Then he remembered that small piece of info Won Woo told him once… “We promised if we’re both still single 20 years from now that we’d get married.” He watched Soo Min laugh at something Won Woo said, possibly regarding the e-mail he had gotten and felt his heart ache just a bit when Won Woo joined in on her laughter. Even though he knew those two are just friends, best friends… he couldn’t help but feel this way. He just cares about her, that’s all. They grew up together, that’s all. They’re just really CLOSE to each other, that’s all…

 

Despite telling himself that, those feelings still remained. I wish he’d tell me… I wish he’d tell me something, anything, to let me know that maybe there’s a chance between us. Perhaps I’m being greedy and impatient, even stupid but damn it… I just feel so insecure when he’s with her!

 

“Mingyu?” Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted when he heard Jeonghan’s voice. “Are you okay? Something wrong?” The older asked, he looked so concerned.

 

“What? Oh… nothing’s wrong.” Mingyu assured him with a fake smile, but Jeonghan didn’t buy it. He clearly saw the hurt look on the younger’s face just now.

 

“What is it?” He asked again before watching the two he was staring at across the room. “What’s bothering you?”

 

“... hyung, do you still get jealous of Won Woo at times?” Mingyu asked, he was unable to take his eyes of the duo as they were talking about it.

 

“Won Woo?” He repeated before understanding what he was talking about, he remembered he talked about it when they were on the camping trip last weekend. “What about it?”

 

“Does it still bother you?”

 

“I know I said I got over it, but I still do at times.” Jeonghan answered honestly after a moment. “So, I take it you’re feeling jealous of Soo Min right about now?”

 

“I’d like to say no, but yes.” Mingyu sighed, finally averting his eyes away from the pair. “I don’t know what it is, just suddenly… I feel discouraged. I suddenly got these thoughts like… they look good together. They get along so well and if I didn’t know any better I’d think they were an actual couple. He even has a selca that looks like a couple selca of them as his lock screen.”

 

“He hasn’t said anything to you about any feelings he might have?” Jeonghan rested a hand on his shoulder for support.

 

“Not directly.” Mingyu shook his head in reply.

 

“Then I’d understand why you’d feel like that.” The younger just sighed again and looked dejected now. “Won Woo is... shy when it comes to his feelings.” He explained. “If you leave it up to him, he might never come clean about it, he just isn’t really good about expressing his feelings and avoids it.”

 

“And so… what am I supposed to do?” Mingyu looked up at him, he was hoping his hyung could give him some good advice.

 

“Well, I’d say… just give him a little more time. Get to know him some more so he’s comfortable around you. If you come on too strong now, he might pull back completely. Since he never got to have a proper relationship or date, the idea makes him nervous now. Soo Min has tried to explain to him what it’s like so he more or less knows what to expect in the future. He wasn’t interested about it after being discouraged in high school, but now 2 years later you walked into his life and now he’s possibly reliving that high school experience. But I can safely assume he won’t be discouraged again this time around, will he?” Jeonghan asked with a soft smile.

 

“No… I wouldn’t reject him, ever.” Mingyu said quickly, he looked so sincere. “It’s more like I’m afraid he’s going to reject me.” His eyes casted down to the floor just as quick.

 

“So far, that seems unlikely. But let’s just stay positive, alright? I’m sure things will come together when the time is right.”

 

“I hope so…” Mingyu’s eyes landed on Won Woo again a moment later. He was still talking with Soo Min. “But for now, I really don’t like your girlfriend being so close with him.” He said with folded arms, a pout on his face… he looked like a child!

 

“Don’t worry, I don’t particularly like Won Woo, you or any guy for that matter… being around my beloved King.” Jeonghan said with a small laugh, but there was a hint of seriousness in it at the same time.
 

“So possessive!” Mingyu joined that laughter. “I’ll be sure to avoid her as much as possible.” He added.

 

“Don’t do it too much or she’ll think you dislike her.” He warned.

 

“That’s the point.” Mingyu said seriously before breaking out into a grin. “Just kidding!”

 

“I almost believed you!” Jeonghan nudged him with a pout.

 

“Sorry!” He apologized before apologizing again. “This is supposed to be your birthday party and here I am ruining it with my personal issues!”

 

“That’s okay, as long as you feel better now?”

 

“I do. Thanks for talking with me, hyung.”

 

“No problem. Happy to help!” He beamed and patted him on the back a few times. “Now… how about some food?” Mingyu was at the snack table in two seconds flat.

 

…

 

“What was all of that earlier?” Seungkwan asked as he and his friends were walking home from the party. His boyfriend Hansol was accompanying them right now while holding Seungkwan’s hand with their fingers intertwined as they walked side by side. It was cute.

 

“What?” Mingyu asked, now realizing that question was directed at him.

 

“Earlier you looked down about something and Jeonghan came to talk with you?” Soonyoung explained.

 

“Oh… that. It was nothing. Forget about it.” He muttered before he stopped when his friends also stopped in front of him. Suddenly he was surrounded.

 

“Sure. That was nothing.” Seungkwan narrowed his eyes. “You looked upset. Tell us what happened?”

 

“I wasn’t upset!” Mingyu defended.

 

“Lies!” Soonyoung exclaimed. “You’re a terrible liar, don’t even try!”

 

“Aish, I am not talking about this with you idiots.” He said a bit harsh and pushed past them, continuing on home. He may or may not have still been bitter about earlier when Won Woo left for Soo Min during the remainder of the party. He knew it must’ve been that he was still embarrassed about earlier when he was caught shirtless… but still!

 

“Yah! Why are you getting mad at us now, we were just worried!” Seungkwan called after him. “He’s so dramatic sometimes! Where does he get it from?” He looked to the others, his own boyfriend was trying to contain his snicker.

 

“Yeah, I wonder where he gets it from…” Hansol said with a hint of sarcasm.

 

“Are you getting smart with me?” Seungkwan glared.

 

“No, of course not!” He laughed. Seungkwan suddenly yanked his hand away from his boyfriend before he turned around and proceeded to march off down the sidewalk.

 

“Oh dear, it seems they’re both on their periods today.” Soonyoung frowned while watching the two storm off. (This isn’t meant to be offensive to women, it’s just humor. I apologize to those who might get offended.)

 

“Baby, wait!” Hansol ran after his lover, leaving Soonyoung and Seokmin behind.

 

“I guess it’s just me and you, honey.” Seokmin sighed.

 

“Excuse me? Why do you sound so disappointed?” Soonyoung asked with an offended look on his face.

 

“I’m no-”

 

“Hmph!” Soonyoung did a hair flip with his side fringe and proceeded to storm off. All Seokmin did was laugh. “Did I fool you?!” The blonde looked over his shoulder a few feet away with a grin.

 

“Almost!” At his reply, Soonyoung’s grinning face fell into an irritated one and he stormed off again. When he didn’t stop to look back at Seokmin to joke again… “Yah! Are you really mad?!” He ran after his friends.

 

Mingyu had heard all of his friends antics while he was walking away and chuckled to himself. They could be so silly! But he felt a little bad for walking off like that… he just hoped his friends would understand. Just as he was about to go back to them, he got a text on his phone.

 

Won Woo: You already left? :(

 

Seeing that frowny face made Mingyu’s heartache.

 

Mingyu: I’m sorry!

Mingyu: I thought the party was over?

 

Won Woo: It is, I just thought you would have stayed a little longer. That’s okay.

 

Mingyu: Sorry! I can come back?!

 

Won Woo: Well, if you wouldn’t mind helping clean up?

 

Mingyu: I’ll be right there!

 

He started running back to Jihoon’s parents house once he was done sending the text.

 

…

 

“I saw you talking to Mingyu earlier at the party. What was that about?” Soo Min asked as she was walking with Jeonghan hand in hand down the sidewalk. They were currently heading to the elder home his grandmother stays at to have a mini celebration since she couldn’t come to the party.

 

“You and Won Woo.” Jeonghan replied honestly.

 

“Me and Won Woo?”

 

“I’ll give you a minute to figure it out.” He said with a small smile as he pressed the button for the crosswalk. They were almost to the elders home. She stood there and thought about it for a minute and for some reason nothing was coming to mind. “You haven’t figured it out yet?” He asked, surprised.

 

“No. I don’t understand. What about me and Won Woo?”

 

“Okay.” He sighed. “Basically, Mingyu got jealous.”

 

“Jealous?!” She was in shock. “Of who?!”

 

“You!”

 

“Me?!” Now she was really shocked. “Why?!”

 

“He brought up about how close you and Won Woo are, and sometimes he feels like you two look like a couple. At first I thought he was being silly but then I understood how he was feeling after a bit.”

 

“Last time I checked, Won Woo is gay-”

 

“Yes, we know that.” He chuckled after cutting her off by placing a finger to her lips. “But Won Woo hasn’t really been showing much interest in Mingyu and he’s getting discouraged. He’s afraid he’s going to be rejected soon. I told him Won Woo’s just shy when it comes to his feelings… but really, how long can he avoid his feelings?”

 

“I know…” Soo Min nodded in agreement. “I don’t want to push him, but at the same time, if I don’t then what will happen with those two? It shouldn’t be any of our business… but Won Woo really did hint that he’s starting to like Mingyu. I can tell he actually does like him… I just wish he’d be a little more open with Mingyu instead of me. Like, is he expecting me to tell Mingyu for him?!”

 

“Maybe you should.”

 

“Don’t you love me?!” She said with a look of betrayal on her face.

 

“I do!” He laughed. “I’m sure he wouldn’t be too mad… maybe.”

 

“Or maybe Mingyu needs to be more assertive.”

 

“But wouldn’t that scare Won Woo off?”

 

“I’ll hold him down!” She joked.

 

“I’m sure things will come together soon enough. We just have to be patient and have faith in them.”

 

“Right!” She smiled brightly at those positive words.

 

“Now enough about them,” he playfully pulled her close to his side by her waist, making her gasp since they were in public. “I was thinking maybe we’ll visit halmoni later, I want my present now.”

 

“No!” She blushed. “Your presents can wait!”

 

“Aw!” He pouted. “Fine.”

 

“Stop that.” She nudged him before the signal came on so they could cross.

 

“Jeonghan!” A voice suddenly shouted once they made it to the other side. “Jeonghan, is that you?!” He recognized that voice.

 

“Crap, let’s go this way!” He pointed to the opposite direction of the elders home.

 

“Wait, wha-” Soo Min could barely get her sentence out.

 

“Why are you running away, come back!” Minhyuk pouted.

 

“Jeez, what did you do to him to make him run away like that?!” His friend said with a small laugh. His name was Kihyun.

 

“I didn’t do anything!” Minhyuk defended. “He was with a girl. That must’ve been his girlfriend he forbids me to meet! That’s why he ran away!”

 

“Forbids?!” The other frowned. “Why on earth-”

 

“It’s a long story. Don’t worry about it, he’s just a sensitive guy when it comes to his girlfriend.” Minhyuk said with a weak smile.

 

“Ah, I see… but still. Isn’t he being a little dramatic running away like that?”

 

“Maybe.” Minhyuk pouted. But he knew it couldn’t be helped. He decided he’d pester the guy about why he wasn’t invited to Jeonghan’s birthday party at school tomorrow.

 

…

 

“You came back?” Jihoon asked when he opened the door to see Mingyu standing there out of breath.

 

“Yeah… I… thought… I could…”

 

“Just come in and relax for a few minutes!” Jihoon stepped aside to let him in.

 

“Did you really run all the way here?” Won Won’s voice entered the room. His expression was half scolding and half worried. Mingyu couldn’t really say much at the moment since he was trying to catch his breath. Instead, Won Woo left to get him some water. By the time he came back, Jihoon had left to help their other friends clean up. Seungcheol, Chan, Jisoo, Junhui and Minghao had stayed behind to help, Won Woo, too. They let Soo Min and Jeonghan go since they were going to see Jeonghan’s grandmother for a bit. And well, it wasn’t like they were going to ask Mingyu and his friends to stay behind and help since they were guests!

 

“Thanks.” Mingyu said after accepting the bottle of water from Won Woo. He drank half before Won Woo told him to stop chugging it.

 

“You’re so reckless!” He scolded and it made Mingyu chuckle. He liked it when Won Woo acted like this, he felt… cared for.

 

“Sorry.” Mingyu said softly while putting the bottle cap back on. “I think I’m good now. What can I help with?” He added.

 

“Don’t worry about it, let’s just go before Jihoon notices.” Won Woo said with a cute laugh and got up to head to the door.

 

“But-”

 

“Hurry, let’s go!” Won Woo said in a hushed tone and beckoned him to hurry. They left out the door and made it to Soo Min’s car, since she didn’t take it.

 

“I thought we were going to help clean up like you said?!” Mingyu was completely thrown off guard by this mischievous side of Won Woo. It was… really cute. Like, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute! Mingyu’s heart almost couldn’t take it.

 

“He has enough helping hands as is.” Won Woo said before backing up out of the lot. Before he drove off, Mingyu could see Jihoon staring out the living room window with a glare. He felt bad! “Don’t worry about it!” Won Woo laughed when Mingyu whimpered and slide down in his seat to hide.

 

“But-”

 

“I’ll protect you from him.” Won Woo said with another laugh, he said it so casually and didn’t even realize he said that himself until he noticed Mingyu had gotten really quiet. “What?”

 

“Nothing.” He smiled and sat up properly in his seat. He was happy.

 

“So, where do you want to eat?” Won Woo asked after they came to a stop light. “I’ll buy.” He gave a breathtaking smile towards Mingyu and it was like the world stopped until the side of his face made contact with his seat’s headrest when Won Woo stepped on the gas now that the light turned green.

 

“Ow!”

 

“Sorry!” Won Woo couldn’t stop laughing.

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Chapter twenty-nine!

 

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

MY MEANIE FEEEEEEELZ

Something tells me I’m dragging the story out even longer this time around since they hooked up in CH 30 last time, and we’re currently up to 29 again. WHOOPS.

BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT, I PROMISE~!

I PROMISE IT WILL BE BETTER THIS TIME!

I have a feeling they’re not hooking up in Busan anymore aha so that could only mean one thing…

They’re hooking up elsewhere ahaha but I don’t know where or how soon… but I just know it’s going to be great so please stay with me and be patient~! Might still be in Busan, depends on how Won Woo feels in L.A ahaha Or maybe even before L.A

Now for the original A/N.

The SooHan scene was kind of cut out but for a different reason since I changed it from them going straight to his apartment to visiting his grandmother… his sweet, cute and erted grandmother if you remember why? LOL

We’ll be seeing her in the next chapter since this one got too long

Jeonghan is nervous… he can never predict what his grandmother is up to….

Jeonghan: Send help.

I also apologize for how long the original A/N was back then, I guess this was posted on or after new years 2016 aha, a year ago, we’re getting old now…*weak laugh*

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ORIGINAL A/N FOR CH 22

(this got pushed back all the way to ch 29, WOW)

 

Was anyone else flustered when Jeonghan pushed her down? No? Just me?

*dies*

For a second there I really thought he was implying something else…

LOL THAT FACE!

Jihoon: Can you just imagine what would happen if I found out? R.I.P Yoon Jeonghan.

Won Woo: And then I’d be there at the pearly white gates just waiting for him! Double R.I.P Yoon Jeonghan!

Hansol: You guys are terrible friends…

Seungkwan: I don’t know baby, I think I’d be there to greet Jeonghan-hyung at… wherever he goes after the pearly white gates. Triple R.I.P Yoon Jeonghan!

Seokmin: You guys are ruthless! OMG

Minghao: *NERVOUS LAUGHING* Should I be worried?

…

Mingyu: That’s all they’re going to talk about? How boring…

Soonyoung: Oh, shall we go tell everyone how you almost drooled when you laid eyes on Jeon Won Woo’s abs? Okay! Honey, let’s go!

Seokmin: RIGHT!

Mingyu: Please, no… stop!

(I can never get over that gif… literally looks like Mingyu is saying “Please, no… stop.”)

Anywaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

I’m back with an update since the new year started! Woohoo! First chapter of 2016!

There’s a small story I wanted to share with you guys that has to do with this fic.

So… how this fic sort of originally started was from a personal experience. There was a cute guy at the register one time while I was shopping… I was nervous so I skipped his empty register for the register that had a million people in line. LOL I WAS NERVOUS AND SHY.

And so remember when this fic started, Won Woo’s encounter with the handsome clerk(Mingyu) in the first chapter. Haha that’s where I got the idea from though Won Woo had Soo Min to push him over to talk to Mingyu! I was by myself so… thank god.

 

Anyway… on the last day of 2015, New Year’s Eve… I was shopping with my mom and guess who was at the register. Yup… that guy from before. I got nervous again and was just like let’s hurry this up. My mom kept talking to him and I was like OMG… please stop talking. And eventually during the checkout he locked eyes with me for a brief second and said…

 

“You look sick.”

 

…

 

Thanks.

That’s what I wanted to hear. LOL but don’t misunderstand! He sounded worried.

I ended up replying with

 

“Maybe ‘cause I am.”

 

I wasn’t sick like with a cold or flu… but more like with stress and fatigue. It’s constantly like this and I’ve gotten used to it but I was surprised someone actually spoke up and said it to my face haha!

 

He then replied with

 

“Awh, I hope you feel better soon.”

 

That was nice but… yeah that made me feel bad because I’m just like

 

“I look sick? This is my everyday face!”

But… that’s in the past now, left it back in 2015

Hopefully no one else openly says I look sick to my face this year.

But if they do I’m just gonna say…

Thanks! LOL

This A/N got really long, I’m sorry OTL

So yeah… Meanie. Haha…

Uh… yeah, Meanie.

Sorry, I’m spacing out right now. I stayed up all night writing this chapter… it’s 4pm now e.e

I shall apologize for any mistakes or errors, I’ll fix them eventually...

I’m a really bad author, I need to try harder haha

So until next time~!

EDIT:

I’m still a bad author lol still need to try harder!