AN: Helloooo my lovely Babystays <3

FIRST OF ALL: HAPPY NEW YEEEEEEEEAR!

I'm back and very sorry for the long wait. 
BUT as an apology I made this chap longer than the other ones :)
In exact one month I'm having my first exams and I guess it'll be hard for me to update until then but you never now...I'm a master of procrastination...like mate I know I shouldn't :'D

So, enjoy the chap and let me know what you think about it :) 

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fake friends

 

[9:15 AM]

 

ratbin: welcome to another episode of

ratbin: the tea is boiling

ratbin: who’s up and ready to be shocked to their core

 

Seungbean: shut up

Seungbean: it’s too early for your

 

Hyunjon: I still don’t know where your getting your tea from

 

ratbin: I’m working hard bro

 

Satan Oppa: here we go again

Satan Oppa: Changbin and his never ending gossip

Satan Oppa: just remind me to kill you before you get some about me

 

UwU: so I’m assuming that there’s something you’re hiding from us hyung

 

Satan Oppa: guess you’ll never find out

Satan Oppa: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

SoftLix: ngl I’m lowkey afraid of Woojin hyung

 

Satan Oppa: fear the darkness my friend

 

panicked DAD: Changbin only shared tea about Minho and Jisung so far

panicked DAD: so I guess they’ll be exposed again

 

ratbin: that’s why you’re our dad

 

soft kitty: Changbin you wanna die?

 

ratbin: not yet my dear friend, not yet

ratbin: but we’re getting off the subject

ratbin: y’all noticed how giggly and gay Jisung and Minho acted yesterday?

 

Seungbean: Jisung acting gay

Seungbean: what a surprise

 

Hyunjon: I mean I noticed it

 

SoftLix: I didn’t but I was busy swooning over my boyfriend

SoftLix: while he was watching his best friend

SoftLix: I start to believe Jeongin :(

 

UwU: I told you

UwU: what would their ship name be?

 

panicked DAD: Jeongin cut the crap

 

Hyunjon: Innie you’ll be here at 11 right?

 

UwU: jup

 

cutiepie: helloooo

cutiepie: Jinnie do you need my help too?

cutiepie: I can help you!!

 

SoftLix: I think they want to spend some time alone Sungie

SoftLix: ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

ratbin: hey

ratbin: stop interrupting me

 

UwU: wait Jisung hyung

UwU: you never told us what Eric hyung gifted you

 

panicked DAD: we still don’t know whether it’s him or not

 

SoftLix: ITS HIM

 

cutiepie: I think so too

cutiepie: he asked me about my weekend plans

cutiepie: and suggested meeting up some time

cutiepie: with Felix and so on

 

SoftLix: what a loyal friend

SoftLix: (ಥ﹏ಥ)

 

ratbin: was that before or after Minho and you made up

ratbin: and went home together

 

Satan Oppa: look at the tiny man

Satan Oppa: trying to spill his tea although nobody wants to hear it

 

Seungbean: Jisung we need to talk

 

cutiepie: noooo

cutiepie: you’re just going to hurt me

 

soft kitty: nobody is going to hurt Jisung

 

Seungbean: funny hearing that from you

Seungbean: because I remember some occasions when that happened

 

panicked DAD: guys let’s not

panicked DAD: we’re meeting up later and I don’t want you to argue

 

Satan Oppa: stop or I’ll make you

 

cutiepie: Seungminnie <3

cutiepie: let’s meet up?

cutiepie: I think we should talk

 

Seungbean: k

 

Hyunjon: somebody’s bitter

 

Seungbean: shut the up

 

soft kitty: look I know I ed up

 

Seungbean: lol you did

 

soft kitty: and I’m sorry for everything I have done

soft kitty: I’m not expecting you to forgive me but please accept my apology

 

SoftLix: uwu

SoftLix: can I hug you later hyung?

 

ratbin: Jeongin I have news for you

ratbin: I think Minho and Felix are dating behind my back

 

UwU: hmmmmmm

UwU: could be but nah

UwU: you and Minho sound more convincing

 

panicked DAD: I mean Felix seems to have a big fat crush on Minho

 

soft kitty: you can

 

SoftLix: don’t we all have a little crush on him?

 

UwU: maybe

 

Hyunjon: wtf Innie???

 

cutiepie: this is getting out of hand

cutiepie: pls I want to have a fun sleepover

cutiepie: let’s stop fighting ok?

cutiepie: (☍﹏⁰)

 

SoftLix: anything for you <3

 

Hyunjon: same

 

Seungbean: Jisung shut up and come out

 

cutiepie: I’m pan

 

Seungbean: I DIDN’T MEAN THAT

Seungbean: I’m waiting outside for you, you er

 

cutiepie: coming!

 

Satan Oppa: I’d say something but I’ll remain silent

 

panicked DAD: thank you Woojin

panicked DAD: see you later boys :)

 

ratbin: wait

ratbin: Felix I’ll pick you up later <3

 

SoftLix: ok <3

SoftLix: Minho hyung do you want to join us?

SoftLix: You don’t know where Jinnie lives right?

 

ratbin: I feel like we’re married to him

ratbin: he’s constantly in our lives

 

soft kitty: I mean I don’t know where he lives

soft kitty: but at the same time I’m going to kick Bin’s as soon as I see him

 

SoftLix: I don’t see a problem uwu

SoftLix: see you later Minnie hyung <333

 

ratbin: I-

ratbin: we’ll pick you up at 6:30

 

soft kitty: thanks

soft kitty: see you later Lix

 

ratbin: right in front of my salad

ratbin: I mean I’m his boyfriend but go off I guess :/

 

panicked DAD: Changbin stop sulking and start writing your new song

 

ratbin: yes dad

ratbin: sorry dad

 

 

 

 

***

 

 

 

“Innie, can you pass me the bowl?” Hyunjin was trying to calm his racing heart down and concentrated on not dropping said bowl. For some unknown reason Jeongin has been ignoring him since he arrived at his place earlier. Well, not ignoring him completely but he has been acting kind of weirdly? Hyunjin’s mind was clouded by Jeongin’s statements in their group chat. Was he really crushing a bit on Minho? Why did Jeongin start to avoid him after he had accidentally “confessed” his feelings in the chat? He had said that he liked him back but now he was acting like nothing had happened. Maybe it was his fault? He was always so pushy and initiated any kind of skinship…could it be that Jeongin was tired of his ? Should he act more like his Minho hyung? At least it seemed to work out since Jisung and Felix were already whipped for him and now even Jeongin joined their fan club. But could he really be as cool and tough as his hyung? No…whom was he trying to kid? He sighed deeply as he sat down on his spacious sofa, hugging a pillow to his chest.

“Is everything prepared?” Jeongin asked and sat down as his hyung nodded. Hyunjin could only frown deeper when he noticed that the younger one chose to sit at the other end of the sofa.

An awkward silence was wrapping the friends as they stared into space, to anxious to start an actual conversation. After some minutes and an inner pep talk, Hyunjin turned to his crush and opened his mouth to confront him about their current state. But before even a sound could be heard, the door bell rang loudly.

“I’ll get the door!” Jeongin seemed to be very relieved as he left the living room.

 

“INNIEEEEEE.” Hyunjin chuckled and shook his head when he heard Felix’ loud voice.

“Hey Hyunjin.” Said boy got startled as Changbin plopped down on his lap. “I need love, please hug me.” He only needed some seconds to overcome his initial surprise before he wrapped his arms around the small boy’s body. He himself really needed a big fat hug, too.

“Jinnie, stop squishing my boyfriend!” Felix tried to get on top of Changbin causing the trio to laugh loudly.

“Why is Changbin hyung pouting like a little ugly baby?” Jeongin was smiling innocently as if he didn’t diss his hyung a second ago.

“First of all, I’m not ugly! And my boyfriend loves Minho more than he loves me.” The dancer rolled his eyes but couldn’t hide his smile when Felix beamed at him. He couldn’t deny having a super soft spot for the young Aussie.

“But he’s so squishy and he allows me to touch him now! I have to take advantage of that before he changes his mind.” As much as Changbin tried to look miserable, Minho knew that he was happy about Felix liking him. They never voiced it out but their friendship was very important to both of them. Minho had always been afraid about Changbin’s partners not liking him. Actually, it had happened a few times, which wasn’t that difficult since Minho acted like an towards anybody. He had known that Changbin had ended his relationships since they had been talking bad about Minho. For the first time his boyfriend liked him and he was trying his best to keep it that way since he knew how much Changbin cared for Felix.

“Stop crying and get off of Hyunjin. The poor boy needs to breathe.” They stood up reluctantly and sat beside him, starting to think about games which they could play later.

 

 

The door bell rung again and Hyunjin made his way to open it. Minho’s stomach constricted as he recognized Jisung’s cheery voice. He knew that Seungmin and him had a talk earlier and he was sure that said boy tried to convince Jisung to dump his sorry . As much as he wanted to contradict Seungmin, he knew he couldn’t. If one of his friends would be treated the way he had treated Jisung, he would advise them the same thing. Minho wasn’t a fool, he knew that Seungmin couldn’t stand him but to be honest, he couldn’t stand his actions either.

“Hellooo!” Jisung cheered happily as he entered the living room.

“Jisung, my baby, my love, my everything!” Felix dramatically hugged his best friend and smooched his chubby cheeks. Jisung laughed loudly and wiped the moist spot with his sleeve.

“My boyfriend loves everybody more than me.” Changbin faked sobbed onto Minho’s shoulder before his giggly boyfriend smothered his face with little kisses until he surrendered.

“Ew, no PDA please.” Seungmin pushed Jeongin aside and sat down between the love birds, without so much as looking at Minho. Said boy didn’t even notice it since his eyes were trained on Jisung. He was smiling so brightly and nodded adorably as he talked to Hyunjin, Minho couldn’t take his eyes off him. He had seen his gummy smile so many times but why was he feeling so funny in his tummy this time? Where did the sudden urge to pinch his cheeks come from? Yesterday, on their way home Minho had touched his arm accidentally and had noticed how Jisung had flinched away. His stomach had sunk when he had realized that he had frightened the boy away. For the nth time Minho wished to be able to turn back time to the day when Jisung had talked to him for the first time. Maybe then he would be able to hold his hand or to hug him…

 

Minho came back to here and now when Jisung waved at him, smiling adorably. Shocked about being caught, he looked away but regained his senses before he could regret it. With a shaky breath, he stood up and made his way to Jisung’s side. He felt how everybody’s eyes laid on him but he tried to ignore it. Slowly, as if giving Jisung time to step away, he wrapped his arms around his tiny frame. The squirrel like boy’s body tensed up and a gasp -probably Felix’- could be heard. Two seconds ticked away and Minho felt so ashamed about his actions. Why did he listen to his heart instead of his mind? As he was about to pull away, Jisung’s thin arms wrapped themselves around Minho’s middle. A warm feeling went through the dancer’s tingling body and without noticing, he tightened his hold on the small boy, pulling him against his broad chest. Minho knew that the hug lasted too long to be considered as friendly but he couldn’t pull away. Especially not when Jisung tightly clutched the back of his sweater and rubbed his face on the elder’s shoulder. Minho’s heart beat so hard that he was afraid about Jisung feeling and hearing it. But his mind was clouded with so many positive emotions that he barely cared about it. He didn’t know for how long they hugged, it could have been some seconds or even minutes… Jisung was just so small that he perfectly fit against Minho’s form…He wouldn’t be able to let go off him, not that he wanted it! But like always good things had an ending. A loud cough and the ringing door bell seemed to wake the pair up from their own world.

Jisung blushed like crazy when he stepped away and was to embarrassed to look at Minho’s face. The other boy was not better but he didn’t want to make things awkward between them.

“Uhm, sorry…I just wanted to ask you whether everything is ok with you and Seungmin?” The dancer was watching his feet, feeling to bad about causing a quarrel between two friends.

“Yes, everything is fine. Seungmin is only a bit overprotective, no need to worry.” Jisung’s face was looking so soft that Minho wanted to hug him again but he stopped himself.

 

 

“Dad and dad are here!” Hyunjin pushed the two males towards the sofa and clapped twice to get everybody’s attention. “The snacks and drinks are ready! We can order some food later and now we better start having fun.” Embarrassed with himself, he hid behind the sofa and laughed silently.

“Ok, any suggestions?”

“Let’s divide the teams first!”

“I don’t want to play truth or dare!”

“Let’s play taboo.”

“How about Mario cart?”

“No, let’s play something else!”

Everybody but Minho and Jeongin were arguing loudly, trying to convince the others. Minho eyed the quiet boy and went to his side.

“Why are you so quiet today?” He asked as he nudged the younger’s side.

“Uhm…I’m just tired.” Minho snorted, not believing him and put an arm around his shoulders.

“What’s really bothering you?” Jeongin didn’t answer right away as his focus laid on Hyunjin. Said boy was teaming up with Chan against the others, hugging him from behind.

“He really likes you, you know that, right?” Minho felt how the boy’s shoulders tensed as he quickly looked away.

“Well, it doesn’t seem so. He told me that he would ask me out but that was already a week ago…” A deep pout adorned his cute face while he frowned at something Changbin had said.

“I think he’s afraid to ask you out since he can’t believe that you actually like him back. He thinks that you’re too good for him. And you ignoring him or acting cold towards him only supports that thought.” Jeongin stopped starring at his crush and turned to his hyung at his side.

“That’s bull. If anything, then he’s too good for me!”

“Don’t tell me, I’m sure Hyunjin needs to hear it. But for now, how about stopping ignoring him?” Jeongin just shrugged but leaned his head against Minho’s.

“You know it’s strange to be this near to you without Jisung hyung trying to kill us.” The elder boy chuckled lightly but sighed at the same time.

“He doesn’t care about me anymore, that’s why.” As soon as the words left his mouth, he felt how his heart clenched.

“He what? Are you stupid?” Before Minho could complain about the choice of his words or Jeongin could explain what he meant, Woojin called them.

 

 

The boys had decided on different games and Minho just went with them and actually had fun. He was in a team with Jisung, Chan and Felix and won nearly every game they played. Laughter and groans were filling the room as they sat down to decide what to order for dinner.

“Uhm…Felix?” Jisung was frowning deeply and bit his lip nervously.

“Yes? Are you ok?” The attention shifted to Jisung who flushed slightly.

“Did you give my phone number to Eric?”  

“What? No! Why, did he text you?” A noisy Felix crawled to his friend’s side and peeked on his display.

“Uhm yes…he says that he uses another number but it’s a bit creepy?”

“Could you read that text aloud?” Chan’s alarm bells were ringing loudly.

“Uhm…ok?”

 

 

[5:17 PM

unknown number]

 

Hey Jisungie :)

uhm I know this is out the blue but you didn’t really answer me the last days and you were sick…I really missed you :(

I got your number and wanted to be able to talk to you during the week-ends.

Oh, I hope it’s ok but I’m using another number since some of your friends could have my number (⊃‿⊂)

 

 

“Well, it’s a little bit creepy that he has your number but we think it’s Eric, right? You gave him your number for the project you two had three months ago.” Seungmin shrugged lightly and tried to not look too worried about his friend. Jisung had told him earlier that he appreciated his worry but wanted to decide on his own.

“Omg, Eric always uses that emoji!” Jisung flinched when the boy next to him screamed out of nowhere.

“Guys, it’s not important who that boy is. It’s important that he has Sungie’s phone number! We don’t know who that boy is. What if he’s a freaking stalker?!” Woojin, the boy who always seemed to be collected, was frowning with uneasiness gleaming in his eyes.  

“I think it’s ok. He was always considerate of Jisung’s feelings.” Hyunjin, who also took a seat next to Jisung, put his arm on his shoulders.

“It’s Jisung’s decision whether he wants to text back or not. We should focus on our meals again.” Chan tried to ease the atmosphere up but kept one eye on him.

“Wait, I’ll help you to write something back!” Felix giggled and pressed himself against his friend.

 

Minho pretended to look at the menus which laid in front of him. To be honest, his appetite was gone as soon as the boy was mentioned. He had seen how Eric had watched Jisung yesterday. Even if the secret admirer wasn’t him, the boy was surely crushing on his squirrel. Uhm, THE squirrel not his, haha. Stupid mind.

 

Jisung’s permanent notification sound and HyunLix’ giggles were pissing Minho off. The boy clutched the menus so tightly that they nearly ripped.

“Do you guys know what you want to eat?” After their affirmation, Hyunjin got up and went to the kitchen to call the delivery services.

 

Ten minutes later and Minho felt like throwing up. Jisung was still chatting with that boy and his friends were still laughing about the stupid messages.

“Hey Minho, can you help me with the preparations?” Chan got up and walked to the kitchen. Puzzled, Minho followed him and wondered what they had to prepare since they were ordering their food.

“Ok, sorry I lied about needing help but I think that you need it.” Chan was smiling sheepishly, showing his cute dimples off. Minho was still confused but also thankful for the distraction.

“Minho, I’m not blind. We all noticed how you react as soon as somebody talks about the secret admirer. And Bin told me what happened earlier. I mean who hugs his friend for three minutes straight?” Minho opened his mouth but closed it since he didn’t know what to say.

“It’s ok to feel that way. But you need to accept WHY you’re feeling that way. I think it’s not the same what we’re all feeling. It’s not only worries, right? You’re feeling jealousy?” Panic was written all over Minho’s face as he tried to come up with a fake answer.

“Hey, it’s alright. Don’t panic! I don’t judge you for your feelings even if you took your time to realize them. But you figured them out now and that’s alright. You need to ask yourself what your intentions are. Do you want to confess your feelings? Then you need to man up and tell him that you like him. BUT if you don’t want to tell him -for whatever reasons- then you should get a grip of yourself and let him be happy with the other guy.” Minho didn’t know what to say…he was so overwhelmed with...well, with everything.

“Hyung…I…I don’t know what to do or what to feel. I just don’t want to hurt him anymore.” His hands were shaking and he tried to focus on his breathing to calm himself down. Chan wrapped his arms around the poor boy.

“You don’t have to decide it now but once you do, make sure to not regret it later, ok?” Minho nodded wordlessly and sighed when Chan put a hand on his shoulder.

“I believe in you, bro.” Now, Minho just wanted to cry.

“Thank you.” Chan smiled and left the kitchen to give the boy some time and space.

 

Minho thought about Chan’s words and tried to decide what he wanted. Confession sounded so hard…but could he bear seeing Jisung with somebody else? Groaning, he left the kitchen and joined his friends who still were occupied with Jisung’s messages. He sat down on the ground and started to watch his fidgeting fingers. Was he, Lee Minho, really in love with Han Jisung? Could he even call it love? He had some feelings for the boy, he couldn’t deny them anymore but were they so deep that he could confess them? Or did he just miss the attention? Minho’s head was spinning and he felt nauseous. The permanent laughter wasn’t helping him, on the contrary, he wanted it to stop. He wanted to yell and tell everybody to shut up but he couldn’t.

When Jisung’s notification sound was heard again, Minho lost it. He leaned over and grabbed the boy’s phone, deleting the chat and the boy’s number.

 

Everybody was watching him with open mouths and it took them seven seconds before the yelling started.

“What did you do?”

“Why did you delete the chat?”

“Minho hyung???”

“Shut up. All of you.” The boys stopped moving and stared at the intimating boy with wide eyes. Once they were silent, Minho tried to think straight. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath and looked into Jisung’s eyes.

“I don’t want you to chat with him.” Jisung was watching him like a deer caught in the headlights, too confused to answer him.

“Stop answering him and block his number please.”

“W-why?” The squirrel was looking so lost, Minho wanted to hug him so badly.

“I…”

“Hyung…you shouldn’t care.” Numerous emotions were reflected in his big eyes.

“I know…I really know, Jisung but I can’t help it.”

“What do you mean?” Minho knew that eight pair of eyes were watching him but he was able to disregard them. Only Jisung mattered at that moment. Him and his wavering gaze.

“Jisung…would – would you…would you go on a date with me?” The room was filled with shocked gasps and wide eyes but the only thing that bothered Minho was Jisung’s notification sound letting everybody know that the boy had messaged him again. Flinching, Jisung looked at his phone which lay on the floor and bit his lip in uneasiness. Minho noticed how his gaze went back and forth between him and the phone. Jisung was trying to decide and Minho was sure of one thing. He had never seen the boy looking this troubled.

 

 

AN: 

muhahaha I love cliffhangers 3:)
But I got a question for you. What do you think: How is Jisung going to react? What will he say?

See you soon <3