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"I have never really come here. The place looks so cool." He hears a soft giggles coming from the younger and he smiles. Baekhyun is happy and he is happy for him.

"Their cafeteria is over there. They have so many fancy food. 'With nutrition and stuff', Joss hyung said." Baekhyun sees the older smirking at him. "What?"

"'Joss hyung'."

He feels his cheeks getting warmer and tries to ignore it. "Then, what do you want me to call him? He is older than me, just like you. Of course I would call him 'hyung'."

"But I am just your friend, not like him. Shouldn't you be calling him 'dear' or something?" Joonmyeon looks around as he steps into the Medic school cafeteria. The tables and chairs are so different than his own Engineering cafeteria and it is super clean too. He follows the younger to an empty table and takes a seat across him.

"We are not a married couple, hyung. 'Dear' is a bit too much."

"But it sounds nice."

Joonmyeon smiles at Baekhyun's flinch of the suddenly low voice coming from his behind. He has never seen the younger blushing so much as Joss rubbing his head before sitting beside him. Must be nice being spoiled like that.

"I thought you were still on your way."

"My class ended early. Besides, I would always arrive earlier than you being this is my school." Joss holds his urge to kiss that pouty lips as he glances at his peer. "Have you been here before, Joonmyeon?"

Joonmyeon shakes his head. "I really don't have any friend from here so, no reason to come."

"Well, after you taste our cafeteria's curry rice, it will become your solely reason to come here."

Baekhyun nods as he stares at his friend. "Their curry rice is addictive, hyung. Since this is your first time, I am going to treat you." He stands up, looking shyly at his boyfriend; the term still need a little time to get used to. "Do... do you need anything."

"It's fine. I can get it later."

Joonmyeon stares at the taller that has his eyes fixed on Baekhyun as he navigates around the cafeteria, only to look at him minutes later. The outing last weekend was fun, minus the two Chinese males. Joss lived up to his title as the Medic school hottie and he somehow feeling proud of knowing the male almost personally.

"Joonmyeon."

He hums.

"Am I stealing Baekhyun from you?"

He looks at the male with puzzle. "What do you mean?"

Joss fixes himself in his seat, facing the smaller male properly. "I know you guys have been friends for so long, He never left you side even when after that incident happened and now he is spending time with me. I heard that other junior isn't with you lately too. So, I wondered if you felt lonely..."

He smiles as admiration floods his whole body. Of course the perfect guy is always taken. "It's fine. Thank you for the concern, though. I can just hang out at the library like before." The other is still looking at him with worry. "It is really fine. I survived that, I can survive anything."

"Any time you want to hang out with us or just Baekhyun, just tell. Okay?" The smile from the other relieves him a little. He saw how fragile Joonmyeon was a few days after the news about the party broke out. He was lucky his senior roommate warned him or he would have gone too.

"Thank you for waiting."

Joonmyeon nods as Baekhyun places a plate of curry rice in front of him before putting away the tray and puts down the bowl of noddles in the middle of him and Joss. He juts out his lips at the sight of the new couple sharing the noodle bowl. He would rather not eat if he had to see that every day.

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"Why aren't you at the shop?"

"Uh, because I can?"

Yifan breathes out as Bella keeps staring at him, eyes still waiting for an explanation for what happened the other day but he ignores them. It is Wednesday and he hasn't be coming to work because of it. He enters the kitchen and opens the fridge, taking out a bottled water and chugs straight from it.

"I left you some pizza." Bella walks in and stands behind the dinner table, watching the male eyeing the food before pulling out a chair to seat and takes out a slice. She sits down across Yifan, eyes scanning the sleepy face. "You won't tell me?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because I can/"

She pouts as her words bite her back. When Yifan didn't answer his door this morning, she knew she can't leave the male alone anymore. Also, because it has been two days since his anger happened and she is still clueless about it. "So, you know Joonmyeon."

"I don't."

"Minseok knows him and you know Minseok. And you all studied in the same university. Of course you would know him."

Yifan picks up another slice of the pizza. He reaaly doesn't want to hear Bella's theory but he skipped breakfast and he is too lazy to clean up if the brought the food into his bedroom.

"But you never told me that you know him nor invited him to our housewarming party, meaning you just know him casually, not personally. If that's the case, how did he become your source of anger? What happened between the two of you?"

He closes the lid of the pizza box and washes his hands, reaching for the bottled water he left on the counter and drinks it until the last drop.

"Maybe Minseok knows something." Bella meets with the male's eyes at the mentioned of the name and she purses his lips when Yifan just exits the kitchen without saying anything. She expected Yifan would flip out and tell her not to ask his best friend but that reaction can only mean one thing. She steps out of the kitchen to find the male is on the phone, Minseok's name being mentioned as she gets closer.

"I know. It is you guys that should check everything. Yes. see you later."

She smiles when Yifan turns around. "I'm coming with."

"No."

"Like you can ever stop me."

Yifan takes a deep breath before letting it out as a compressed sigh as Bella retreats to her bedroom. It is no use for the female to ask Minseok, or anybody else for that matter. Apparently Grace had known about the male for quite a while but the fact that she only asked him now tells him that he had never reveal anything other than the name. He enters the bathroom and turns on the shower. He really shouldn't have come back.

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"Oh, thank you so much! I know I could count on you."

Joonmyeon smiles as he being hugged by Luhan, eyes catch how he being stared at by the other Chinese male. He didn't want to be here more than the older does. He really had work to do when Minseok called about seeing them off at the airport and he apologized for couldn't come. Also, because Minseok told him about the person that will be sending he and Luhan to the airport.

Luhan lets go of the younger from his arms and pats the puffy cheeks. "I'm sorry for calling you but to wait for Yifan to go back and return, the time is just not enough. And I already told your Minseok hyung to keep the medicines in the bag but he was stubborn."

Minseok comes closer and holds his junior's hands in his. "Thank you so much, Joonmyeon. It would be really worst if I boarded the plane without the meds. I'm sorry for pulling you outof your work. Do you really need to go back right away?"

He glances at the big clock in the departure hall and shakes his head. "I can stay until you need to go in." Joonmyeon ignores the stare that being directed at him. If the taller hated him so much for being here, he should tell that to the newlyweds himself.

"It is settle then." Bella slides to the younger's side, hooking her arm around Joonmyeon's. "There is still half an hour left so how about we go get some drinks? I'm buying!" She gets a nod one after another from the two friends of YIfan and ushers them to lead the way, her arm is still linking with the youngest of the group.

Joonmyeon watches as Bella taking orders from the other three after they settled down at an empty table. The hold around his arm isn't tight but somehow he can't pull it away, resulting him to queue up with the older. "Noona, I..."

"No 'noona'. We are just a year apart and I don't mind not using the honorific. Just 'Bella' is fine." She sees the younger hesitating at her suggestion. "Please?" The small nod makes her smile as they move a step forward. "So..."

Joonmyeon glances to his side.

"I heard you know Yifan."

His forehead creases before nodding. "He's Minseok hyung's friend." He sees the lady nodding at his words. What is Bella trying to do?

"You are not close or anything? No hanging out together or the such? You know him solely because he is Minseok's friend?"

He purses his lips before nodding. He doubts Bella know anything about what happened and he did know the taller as Minseok's friend before 'that' so he isn't lying.

"Then, how come he is so angry with you? And it seems like Minseok doesn't know about it?" Bella sees the flickers in the younger's eyes and holds in her smile. The whole situation has become so interesting. The two are hiding a secret that none of their friends know and she likes the fact that she's going to be the only other person to know.

Joonmyeon places his order as their reach the counter and glances slightly at the lady as she tells the staff her and the rest's orders. It was the taller that warned him not to tell anyone, that no one should know but apparently he's the one that couldn't keep his mouth shut. His eyes meet with the taller when they return with the buzzer and he holds their gaze. And he had the nerve to get angry with him.

Yifan purses his lips as Bella and the younger take a seat. The look the Korean male gave him tells him what happened with Bella while they were waiting in line. He should have offered to go with her instead and now he doesn't know how far has Bella connected the dots for what happened between him and the younger.

The buzzer vibrates on the table and Joonmyeon watches as beautiful fingers make a grab for it before anyone could even react to it.

"Minseok, do you mind if Luhan helping me with the drinks?"

He sees the couple looking at each other before Minseok giving Luhan a nod and watches as his husband leaves with Bella to the counter. He breathes deeply. The lady is one persistent person. But even Luhan doesn't know the correlation between him and the taller.

"Yifan."

Yifan faces his best friend.

"If Bella is coming for Luhan, I will be coming for you, and not in a good way."

He forces a smile, one that Minseok would buy before following with his eyes the two people returning with the drinks to the table. What Luhan know is the same as the others that heard the rumors, with only a bit more details. The younger was never came up in their conversation so there is no way Bella would find out about anything.

Joonmyeon sips his drink silently, listening to the conversation between the four friends before Luhan suggesting he and Minseok should be leaving. He lets the couple hug him in the tightest hug before getting pats on his cheeks.

"I will bring you guys some souvenirs, okay? Take care."

"Bye, Joonmyeon, Bella, Yifan."

Yifan waves back as the couple slowly disappears behind the departure gate. He gives Bella a little nod when she excuses herself to the bathroom and the busy airport hall suddenly falls silent as he is left alone with the younger.

"Be careful no to let her find out."

The words come out as soft as a whisper but Yifan's ears catch every one of it as his eyes follow the small back that is getting further and further away from him before it blended into the crowds. Does he think he doens't know that? He knows it very well. No need to remind him.

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