Break ups, failed relationships, and broken hearts. Yoon Jeonghan was pretty used to these things, although he had hoped he wouldn't be. Nearly 2 years in the industry meant that he got around often; once the dating ban was lifted, he got around even more. It wasn't hard especially with his well known good looks and charming personality. However, he didn't think dating as an idol would be this hard, if he had to be honest. Sure, keeping things hidden was a given, but regardless, something always went wrong.

With that thought in mind, he found himself waltzing into the room that was shared by Seungkwan, Seokmin, and Jisoo. He knew the younger ones had a radio show to host which meant Jisoo should be the only one in the room. Sure enough, he found the pink haired boy on his bed, lazily plucking at his guitar. He was probably tuning it again, a habit that never disappeared even when his guitar was never out of tune to begin with. Jisoo looked up once he heard the door close and offered Jeonghan a smile before going back to his guitar; only to look back up at the loud sigh Jeonghan let out.

“Two months,” Jeonghan said the moment he got Jisoo’s attention, lying down on one of the empty beds, probably Seokmin's. “Broke up today. You don’t think I’m too suffocating, do you?”

“Jeonghan, how can you be suffocating if you haven’t even gone out with…” Jisoo paused as if trying to remember something, which made Jeonghan roll his eyes because Hong Jisoo never forgets. It was definitely an act, probably to emphasize how many dates Jeonghan has gone with different people. Jisoo did that bit often. “Minhee, right? In weeks. You stopped when we started practice again. Don’t you think maybe that’s why? She wouldn’t understand what dating an idol is like.”

Jeonghan hummed in agreement, “yeah, she probably has some kind of fantasy that I can’t live up to.” 

“She probably does. Her and the other multitude of girls and guys you’ve dated. Then again, even the idol ones don’t seem to last, huh? How many has it been again?” Jisoo asked, a teasing smile on his face when Jeonghan turned to stick his tongue out at him. As harsh as the words appeared, he knew there was a layer of genuine concern under them. Jisoo never explicitly said Jeonghan should stop, but he did jokingly complain about how Jeonghan should find someone else to rant to every now and then. The latter liked ranting to Jisoo the most though, because he never saw or treated Jeonghan differently even with all that's been happening.

“Whatever, Hong Jisoo,” he found himself saying, shooting the other boy a challenging look. “At least I actually go out and date people. I’m hardly romantically challenged.” 

Jisoo raised his brows at that, face unreadable as he stared back at Jeonghan, “what do you mean by that?”

“I know how to get people to date me,” Jeonghan said simply, crossing his arms across his chest in triumph.

Instead of admitting defeat or agreeing like Jeonghan expected him to do, Jisoo chuckled instead, which confused him. Jisoo wasn’t supposed to find this funny. He was supposed to say yes, Jeonghan was right, he didn’t go on dates and therefore wouldn’t understand. Then he was supposed to continue helping Jeonghan with his dating problem, or ask for advice from the other boy on how to date so he can get on with his life and have fun, too.

He does none of these.

He continues to smile.

“What’s with your weird smile, Shua?”  Jeonghan asked warily. 

Before Jisoo could open his mouth to reply, Jihoon enters the room with a question on his lips— something about asking Jisoo about his latest composition and whether he could help— but it falls short upon noticing Jeonghan in the room, too. He glanced back and forth between the two; from Jeonghan’s confused expression to Jisoo’s cheeky one. While a confused Jeonghan was common, the sight of the other boy was not. Something was going on. Jihoon always wanted to know what was going on.