“Guys, guys! Haohao’s birthday is tomorrow (Nov 7th)!!! We need to do something for him!! Even though sometimes he’s mean, savage… but he’s my best friend in the whole wide world!” Mingyu jumps up and down in excitement.

“Of course Gyu. We know it’s Minghao’s birthday tomorrow. We’ve had a party planned all the while!” Seungcheol says.

“WHAT?!” Mingyu is shocked. “You guys have a surprise party planned and didn’t tell me? Does everyone know?!”
“Yea, you can’t really keep a secret from Minghao. Plus Minghao can see right through you and DK. That’s why we didn’t tell you guys, you both are the closest to him, not just because you were born in the 97, but also because he relies on you guys so much. You know how he hasn’t been in Korea for long after moving from China. Junnie tries to help, but Junnie has adapted to Korea well. Minghao relies on you both a lot because of age and to you more Mingyu. You’re his best friend who’s so similar to him, we can’t have him finding it out.” Jeonghan explained calmly.

“Oh I see. You’re right, I would’ve been so nervous that Haohao would’ve picked up on it. But I know there’s a party now… how am I suppose to keep it from him!!!” Mingyu panicked. He knows he’s not great at keeping a secret especially if it involves his best friend. And his hyung was right; Minghao would know something was up.

“Well, it’s only one day. Try to distract yourself. Or think of it as you hiding a present from him. You can do it. We believe in you Mingyu, you won’t do or say anything.” Joshua said from the side. “You wouldn’t want to spoil anything now would you?”

Mingyu shuddered. Joshua hyung was usually calm… but there were times that he was this scary. “Yes hyung! I can do this! Now let me run away and forget nothing happened!” Mingyu ran out as quick as he can while speed walking to his room.

“Damn, Shua. Good job! Didn’t think you had it in you, but Mingyu should be able to keep it a secret now. He won’t want to upset you.” Jeonghan praised after seeing the exchange.

“Mingyu, why are you hiding in the dark? You’re going to hurt your eyes? Are you sleeping? What are you hiding?!” Minghao entered the shared room with his fellow 97 line after seeing Mingyu rush to the room after leaving the kitchen. “Did you sneak some food and not tell me?!”

Mingyu was panicking; he was going to get caught! And it was only a couple of minutes after knowing the secret! He’s going to die, he thought.

Oh, wait. Did Hao mention food? I do have some snacks underneath my bed, I can use that! 
“No…” With Minghao’s glare he couldn’t lie. He’s too soft for Minghao, scolding himself he revealed his snacks, “Yes… I was eating my snacks before dinner. Don’t tell hyungs, I was just a bit hungry and the Jeonghan and Joshua hyung were guarding the kitchen. They didn’t let me have anything in case I ruin my appetite. But I was able to sneak these few. Want some?” Mingyu praised himself, he did a good job at avoiding he question!

Minghao was still suspicious… he knew there was definitely something else Gyu was hiding, but snacks before dinner who can resist. “Ok, I’ll have some. But we have to hide in case you’re caught. I don’t want to be in trouble too.”

They hid underneath the blanket, but realized it created a big lump… too big for a kid. So into the closet they went with a small light so they could see.

“This is fun! We should tell a scary story while we’re in here!” Mingyu happily exclaimed while giddy.

“Sure. I have one. Don’t be scared or scream okay. We don’t need anyone coming in here, discovering we’re eating snacks before dinner and getting in trouble.” Minghao said.

“I’m not going to scream!” Mingyu pouted. But he knew he would… so he scooted closer to Minghao (For warmth, to be closer and for the snacks of course not because he was going to be scared).

They went on to tell scary stories until someone came into the room. They went silent and held their breaths. Pushing the snacks to the back as quietly and quickly as they can in case they were caught. Holding their breaths in case it was one of the oldest hyungs, they would really get in trouble if it were they.

“Hao? Gyu? Where are you guys? It’s almost dinnertime but the hyungs want us to go out and buy something. Said it was urgent and that only us 3 can go… which is weird. But we have to go now or they’ll get angry. Where are you two?!” Seokmin said while walking into the room. He searched under the blankets; the beds and they weren’t there. “Hyu…,” Seokmin began to call out.

“Boo!” Minghao screamed jumping out of the closet.

Loud scream from Seokmin. “Hao! Don’t scare me like!”

Minghao was laughing, “But it was funny! Now what is this about the hyungs wanting us to go out? Don’t they know we can’t go out when it’s dark?! They also scold us for wanting to go out and now they say it’s ok for us to go? Are they crazy?! Were they kidnapped and there are aliens in their place?!” Minghao kept asking. It was unusual for his hyungs to ask them to go out when it got dark. (A/N: It’s a dangerous world out there! Be careful if you’re ever out late!)

“They said only we can do it. I don’t know what they want us to do, but it’s only us 3 who can go and they said that Joshua is coming with us. So if he’s with us it’s safer. I don’t want to go out though, it’s dark and we’re not supposed to go out! But… they said it’s urgent.” Seokmin replied while walking to the closet to get a coat.

“Gah! Mingyu, why are you in here? How come you didn’t say anything and just hiding in here?! Are you sleeping in here? You know you have your own bed right, right over there.” Seokmin questioned.

“I wasn’t hiding. I was fixing the closet… while looking for something… found it!” Mingyu said holding up Minghao’s jacket.

Minghao just rolled his eyes. Mingyu was a horrible liar. “Come on, let’s go out and find the hyungs and see what they want us to do. The faster we finish what they want us to do we can come back and eat dinner.” (And hopefully have cake… if they remembered my birthday.) Minghao thought that last part to himself.

After bundling up warmly, they made their way out to the living room to find everyone sitting around playing Monopoly.

‘Strange. They all hate Monopoly, it’s boring for the energetic ones and ruins them all so why are they playing it. And why are they all looking at us funny? Did we dress in too much layers?’ Minghao thought to himself.

“Ah, 97 line! I need you guys to go get these items from different places. It’s a lot of things and a lot of places because these places have the best prices for the th