Somebody invented such an ugly thing as an alarm clock. Especially when it's not a day off, especially when you have to go to class, especially when you've had a fun night out.

 

Hwang Hyunjin turned off the irritant, barely able to open his eyes and lifted his body up, and went to the bathroom to get cleaned up. Or if not, then at least to create some semblance of adequate appearance.

 

He's a local handsome guy. And that's not even his personal opinion! It's not even his mother's opinion! The boy had heard some people seriously calling him a prince and following him around, creating some perfect picture in their heads and believing in it wholeheartedly. If only they could see his reflection in the mirror now... Because it said the opposite, telling them that he was not a prince, but almost a monster.

 

How could this, looking back at him from the mirror surface on this particular morning, be considered beautiful? And most importantly: how could it be fixed? But who would he be if he gave up without even trying?

 

Kkami, his little dog, twists around under his feet, disturbing Hwan a bit, begging for food and a walk. There's no problem with the former, but the latter... While brushing his teeth, putting on makeup, and other things, Hyunjin only has time for a pat behind the ear. And the dog, naturally, was not satisfied with such neglect! A couple of times in retaliation bit his leg, but Jinny forgave him - it was his own fault.

 

Finished with the morning procedures and picking up Kkami in his arms, the guy hurries to the kitchen. When he saw the time and realized that he would hardly have time to eat breakfast, he had a simple black coffee, poured some food for his pet and quickly typed a message to his neighbor asking him to take the dog for a walk.

 

Yang Jeong-in, the kid from the neighboring apartment, responds in agreement and asks to take the pet to him. He is a first-year student at the same university as Hyunjin, while Hwang is in his third year. Jeong-in in moved into the apartment across the street about six months ago. And although the acquaintance did not start with a pleasant note, but Hyunjin will not remember what they did not share, because later they quickly found a common language and even became friends. Hwang knows that the guy has some complicated relations with his parents, but without details, as the younger does not like to talk about it unnecessarily. Therefore, not wanting to sit on the neck of his parents, Jeong-in does not want to take money from them, and in his spare time the guy works part-time: mainly walking dogs. He never takes money from Hyunjin, as a friend. And even if Jinny managed to slip some bills, Yang always returned them later. But Hwang was as stubborn about paying back his debts as his neighbor was about not wanting to take from his friend, so somehow it turned out that from time to time Hyunjin treated the guy at his own expense. No one argued with this, and often, uninvited, Jeong-in in the evenings comes to taste some deliciousness ordered by Hwan. But no one owes anyone a favor. And plus, as a hyung, Hwang often helps the younger one: he gives his old notes, consults on projects, and so on. Anything he can do to help.

 

Hyunjin presses the bell at the next door and it's opened immediately, as if Junior was standing under the door, waiting for him. On the doorstep, a beaming, happy, clearly sleepy and full of energy, Jeong-in immediately rushes over to hug him. Not to Hyunjin, but to his dog. And seeing how happy Kkami is to see the boy, Hyunjin doubts himself as a master: on him with such a joyful barking Kkami does not throw and tail so does not wag, and his face so does not it. There is even a thought: maybe it is necessary to spoil and walk with the dog more often? Nah. That's crazy.

 

- Good morning, Hyung! - After finally finishing kissing and squeezing Kkami, the freshman turns his attention to his neighbor, and then his usually slightly squinted fox eyes round into a five-won coin.

- Fun night...? - He laughs nervously, looking his neighbor over from head to toe.

 

Of course it was. It was naive to think that Hwang's appearance would go unnoticed by anyone. Dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep, a slightly puffy face, for he should drink less, and a broken lip and purple bruise on his right cheekbone. Hyunjin honestly tried to at least cover it up, but it came out badly. It was a pity his cousin didn't live near him, she would have done a good job and no one would have realized what had happened at the party last night. And the guy himself didn't have much time. He had already missed the first couple and Hwang knew that Minho was going to get his handed to him. He'd seen ten missed calls from him.

 

- Oh, yeah. Very fun. My head still hurts. - Explained Hyunjin mournfully with a thumbs up and a semblance of a smile.

- Ahhhh... What about this one? Who's doing this to you, hyung? - Jeong-in hesitantly pointed his finger at his cheek and the corner of his lips. And the interlocutors understood each other perfectly.

 

Hwang inhaled heavily. He didn't want to be burdened with his problems. And he didn't really want to remember that very "problem" either. Fate had laughed cruelly and Hyunjin had to live with it. Among nearly 8 billion people, it was Hwan who had gotten him as a soulmate. And it would have been fine if it had scattered them across different continents, countries, or even cities and streets! But, alas, sadly, it's the same university, the same friends, the same parties. And feelings about each other are also the same - mostly negative. All that the guy is happy in today's situation: he is not the only one today to "shine" purple and suffer from headaches.

 

- That's right. "Love" hit me in the head! - The boy joked and, saying goodbye, ran off to the university.

 

Jeong-in only gave his neighbor a puzzled look, and shrugged his shoulders and went for a walk with Kki. He had to be on time for his third period today.

 

 

***

 

 

Hyunjin rushed into the classroom five minutes after the bell rang. The teacher wasn't there, thank the gods, so he wouldn't have to make up excuses and report late. I'd have to do it in front of someone else, but that was okay, it wouldn't be the first time. After eyeballing his friend in the far corner of the classroom, Hyunjin hurried over to his seat.

 

Lee Minho jerked back in fright when something plopped sharply next to him. Seeing that this 'something' was just his best friend, he rolled his eyes.

 

- ''You owe me lunch. Every day. For a month. - Lee confronted him.

 

- Huh?! Why would I do that? - Hwang exclaimed in bewilderment.

 

- At least for covering for you in the first class. - explained his friend, with a chuckle.

 

- Let's say it's one lunch. What's the maximum?

 

- For the fact that I did not kill you. - Minho smiled.

 

With those words, his smile looked very intimidating. Lee could do it. A couple of phrases, one look, a slight smile and you're ready to sell your mother's mother, just to be spared. And that's even though you might be innocent. "The appearance of an angel is the character of Satan", so they said about their senior in their course. Though even outside the pulpit it was being broadcast.

 

One wonders how these two, Hwang and Lee, ever became friends. After all, their attitudes towards many things in life were too different. Hyunjin is a bit of a slacker who can easily fail to study for a test and skip an exam, and is late everywhere. And in general, he takes life too easy. Whereas Minho is always prepared for everything. Even the end of the world won't make him not show up for a class if it's scheduled. And in his backpack, you can probably find rope, a knife, matches, in case you get stranded on a deserted island. Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but the guy's got a first aid kit! Hwang saw it! And often Lee Minho does not use it himself, but is ready to provide it to anyone who needs it.

 

So how did they get together? The answer was simple. Their mothers best friends since high school, all childhood guys spent in each other's company. They were not even friends, but rather brothers. And despite the small difference in age of a couple months, Minho had always been something like an older brother: guiding, protecting, supporting.

 

But not now. Now he wants to kill me.

 

- What did I do? - Hwang swallows nervously.

 

Hyunjin, of course, did a lot of things yesterday, but Minho was not even there, so there should be no reason to kill.

 

Lee wanted to explain where his friend took a wrong turn, but in the office finally ran into the panting teacher, and as the most responsible and diligent student Lee waved away, say "we'll talk later, now the pair. Even murder would wait when school started.

 

"Well, it's crazy now!" - Hyunjin freaked out to himself. Waiting an hour and a half for an answer and getting worked up? He could have thought of an escape plan, after all!

 

Hwang tried to poke his pen a couple of times and slip a sheet of paper for Lee to write down the reasons why he shouldn't live, but after receiving an eloquent murderous look, he thought it was not worth it to further dragon his friend.

 

His head was buzzing after the drunkenness, and this despite the amount of medicine he had drunk in the morning, instead of breakfast, and therefore there was no mood for studying. And Hyunjin preferred to die quietly. He rested his forehead against the cold surface of the table: it didn't help much, but it was something. After five minutes, Minho poked him in the arm, hissing:

 

- Sit up properly! - and slipped him a pill of some sort. But, citing his poor stomach from the amount of medicine he'd drunk today, the boy refused. With a quiet groan he had to get up and, not thinking of a better way to distract himself (and not to make his "brother" even angrier), he opened the uni chat room. Everyone was discussing something very heatedly. The messages were pouring in like a machine gun. I had to scroll up to the top of the feed to see where the roots were coming from.

 

Finally Hyunjin found what was causing the commotion in the chat room: a video. Hwang quietly pulled out his headphones, and after getting another poke in the rib from Minho for the noise and commotion, he the video. As soon as it started, all questions about what had stirred the public's interest fell away.

 

This is a video from a nightclub. Loud music is overlapped by the rumble of the crowd and rumble: chairs are flying, bottles are breaking, people nearby are screaming, and in the center of this chaos are two angry guys. They're trying to kill each other, no less. And a third daredevil who rushed to separate them.

 

This is last night's party, the of the night. Where he, Hwang Hyunjin, and his "favorite" soulmate, Lee Felix, are starring!

 

Only after turning off the video, the guy notices that everyone in the audience is looking at him and whispering. Hyunjin didn't pay attention to this when he ran into the room, but it seemed to him that it started immediately, as soon as he appeared in the field of vision of other students.

 

And then it hit him.

 

- Was Han the one who broke us up last night? - he whispers to Minho.

 

Saul's favorite name, causing the head teacher to be distracted even from writing down an important lecture:

 

- Yes.

 

- ! How badly did he get hurt?

 

- Enough to make me want to kill you. - There's that menacing smile again.

 

- But seriously?

 

Lee sighed heavily:

 

- Alive. A couple bruises and a bruised psyche. And a carload of anxiety along with guilt over what happened. But all in all, he's fine.

 

Hwang exhaled a sigh of relief. The last thing he wanted was for good-natured Han Jisung to get hurt. He was the last person in the world Hyunjin would want to hurt. And far from just for fear of Minho finishing him off. Despite their whole "brotherly bond" thing.

 

- A month of lunch for both him and you! - Hyunjin promised, realizing, of course, that it wasn't enough as an apology. But at least it was something. After all, innocent people shouldn't suffer in his troubles. "I'll have to verbally apologize some more for sure," he thought.

 

Jeong-in shad only seen the visible beatings of his neighbor in the morning. In reality, Hyunjin's whole body was burning and sore. He wondered how he was able to get up today at all. His stomach and back hurt the most. If Hwang's memory doesn't fail, that little jerk had put his back against the furniture, knocking him down with all her weight, then painted his face, and when Hyunjin was able to change their position, his "husband" kicked Hyunjin in the stomach without thinking about the consequences. And it would seem: how could he be so strong with his height of one meter and a cap and tiny fists? But the rage and alcohol must have done their job, and the little guy was possessed by a demon.

 

By the way, the guy didn't notice this jerk at school. And not that Hwang wanted to see him (it would be better if he disappeared forever!), but... Is he alive at all? Because Hyunjin can fight too.

 

Memories of last night as such are actually few and far between for the guy. The bruises tell where he was hit personally. It's like the brain's reconstructing the memory from the pain map on the body. But where did he hit himself?

 

The chuckles and whispers had gotten to Hwang. Now, a little abstracted from his painful state, he noticed them more than ever. And he could even physically feel the stares. Opening the chat room again, Hyunjin couldn't resist typing:

 

"Yes, yes. We haven't discussed everything yet? :) "

 

The audience abruptly quieted down. The bravest and most unencumbered with a sense of tact kept glancing around for the rest of the class, but in the end, Hwang didn't care and continued to die.

 

 

***

 

 

95 percent of the world's population were soulmates, people who fit together, whose souls were connected. You just live your life, then suddenly you meet someone, fall in love, and if someone from above approves of the union, there is a "connection". It manifests itself in different ways: some people have name tags or drawings on their skin that only two people can understand, some people have shared dreams, rumor has it that some people can even read the thoughts of their halves and feel the physical pain of the other! Minho and Han are among the majority: they are able to pick up each other's emotions. Fear and anger were especially strongly felt.

 

Han Jisung, unlike Minho, is a very emotional nature, so it is often Jisung's emotions that they experience together.

 

That's what happened the first time they met. Lee had a bad morning: breakfast was burned, one of his favorite cats was sick, the bus closed the door right in front of his nose, he couldn't answer the question perfectly as he planned and many other things... And then suddenly he saw him. In a small circle of people stood a guy who looked so much like a squirrel with his chubby cheeks and dark eyes. He was saying something very funny to his small group, while gesticulating and laughing loudly! Minho, at first, was frozen inside. And then suddenly, instead of his negative emotions, some alien ones invaded: bright, positive, joyful. Too sudden and too bright. Lee felt his world split into BEFORE and AFTER. But, of course, not immediately the guys realized the situation. It took more than one meeting and more than one interaction before they realized who they were to each other. Their story was like the beginning of a fairy tale, which can not be said about someone else.

 

After the union of the two souls bonded, Minho and Chan expectedly started spending a lot of time together, and thus slowly merged their companies as well. Jisung had a few of his closest friends: a best friend named Lee Felix, Felix's cousin Bang Chan, and Chan's best friend Seo Changbin. The latter is the one who moonlights as a security guard at that ill-fated club. And if with Bang Chan Hyunjin found a common language at once and laughed literally in the first 24 hours, especially making fun of Changbin and Han, but with Felix did not go well from the word completely. Why should that be? They are both quite friendly, friendly, not vindictive and many more of these "not", but not in relation to each other.

 

At first they generally portrayed that one does not exist in the life of the other, and then, so the card lay, their first forced dialog happened. And it went something like this:

 

- What's wrong with your height? Didn't they feed you enough porridge as a child?

- What's wrong with your hair? Is there a more idiotic color?

 

Everyone was shocked. The boys are sitting at different ends of the table, not noticing each other, and then suddenly, the tactful Hyunjin suddenly says something like that, and the not-so-evil Felix responds in kind. The boys themselves couldn't explain what it was all about. It was only later that Hyunjin confessed to Minho that he had been seething with rage the moment he saw that little guy. That little blond guy with the bright smile annoyed everyone. His hair was stupid, he smelled like some kind of chocolate, and Jinny hated sweets, and his laugh was too loud and he was too big, even though he didn't seem to be tall.

 

And this irritation and hatred grew exponentially with each new meeting. The caustic and offensive phrases came out of his mouth more and more often, and finally it came to the first fight. How was the fight? Hyunjin pushed first, unable to stand another mockery, and Felix did not stay in debt, responded in the same way. It might have been a harder fight, but the physically strong Bang Chang and Changbin, who were quite large compared to Hwang and Lee, had separated the two of them that time.

 

It was only after that that Minho thought to google it: is there such a "bond" that has the opposite effect? When there is not a feeling of affection between the two, but instead hatred?

 

And the verdict was loud and clear: yes. It happens. "A defective bond." "Wrong." "Abnormal." There are many names, but the meaning is the same. A small, rare percentage of people get this fate. And the consequences of such a relationship are far from pleasant. In most cases, it ends in violence and murder. Sometimes, especially lucky, manages not to meet at all, or just go to different ends of the world, because if there is no irritant, you can live in peace. Except with a correction: alone. In the same Internet it is written that some people are able to overcome this hatred and deceive the cruel system, if they see each other's souls and learn to love. But such cases can be counted on the fingers of one hand - how many are officially recorded. And it is not a fact that it is not another story from the Internet.

 

So Hyunjin's dreams that he would meet someone and have a "big and bright", just like his friends, shattered. Of course, there was still some doubt and a ray of hope: It's not that guys can't stand each other, it happens all the time! They'd met, they'd shared something... But the last hope died at the very moment when it turned out that they both had the same mark. After that, there could be no doubt: they are "defective related" and to hate is all they have to do. If they don't tear each other's throats out, that's fine. They'll finish their studies, go to different parts of the country and goodbye.

 

***

 

- You don't know how lucky you two s are! First of all, you can't see a damn thing in this video! And even if the university that made all this fuss points the finger at you two, there's no proof at all! You can't see any faces! Secondly, it was Changbin-hyun who was there yesterday, who first stopped you two from killing each other and then covered your two idiotic asses! And thirdly, that same night, two drunken gangs ran into each other in the same hole, which will be blamed on them because they didn't have Hyung and were separated by the police! Thanks again to Changbin-hyun for calling the cops! - He's been holding back for a long time.

 

Minho isn't usually very emotional, but right now there was so much rage in him that it was spilling out in the form of an endless stream of words. Not that Hyunjin blamed him for that.

 

After the pair of them retreated to a secluded place, locked in the restroom so that no extra ears could hear. Those ears were already too many in the morning and the guy didn't know where to get away from them.

 

Lee himself personally did not catch this bacchanalia, which took place yesterday in the club, simply because he refused to go there, referring to the early rise. But Han Jison explained it all in colors, who came to his boyfriend's house in the middle of the night, because the dormitory, where the guy lived, was already closed.

 

When Minho saw his bruised "soul mate" on the doorstep, he thought that right now, at one o'clock in the morning, he would go and kill his best friend and his under-judge. But as Han himself ignited this rage with his appearance, he was able to calm down, "Don't, honey, it's okay, it's just a couple of bruises, you haven't seen these two yet". Lee, specifically at that moment, when his heart was worried about his boyfriend, didn't care about the others, even if they were his brothers three times, but the pleading look of his little squirrel, as Minho called him affectionately in private, calmed the rage in his soul. And so Ginny and Felix were given a stay of execution until this morning.

 

A little later that night, when the soulmate was safe and sound, Lee remembered about his brother and Lix: they, the two cretins, could go to jail for the damage they'd done! The state has never accepted "defective connection" as an excuse before! It doesn't matter how you feel about each other, you'll still pay the bills.

 

- I'm sorry..." Hyunjin says this to the angry Minho for the tenth time. He's really sorry and ashamed in front of his friend. He smiles sweetly and guiltily while Ho looks at cretin number two judgmentally. He hasn't seen cretin number one yet. Let him live.

 

After talking and blowing off steam, Lee eventually calms down. Still, the bulk of the negativity he had endured yesterday, when Hani showed up at the doorstep of his rented apartment.

 

- What this time did not share? - Hwang asked, more calmly, examining his friend for more serious injuries than just a busted lip and a bruise on the right side of his face.

 

Hwang just shrugs. He doesn't remember. All he remembers is getting hit by the little guy, and then it doesn't matter what for. It's a matter of honor to return the favor!

 

Lee rolls his eyes and waves it off, saying "okay, bygones." He examines Ginny meticulously, only missing a magnifying glass, because he didn't have time for that during the class. Shakes her head, generally noting that everything is fine. At Hyunjin's guilty grin, he rolls his eyes again, and drags her to the bathroom exit: the bell will ring soon.

 

***

 

It's so hard to unclench my eyes. It's double the difficulty to get my aching body up. It's a hangover, but no... It's pressing on my temples, too. This is the worst morning Lee Felix has ever had. Although he's had a lot of such parties in his life. The guy looks around the room, because Ban Chan, whom he visited after last night (because it was too late to go to the dormitory, and they wouldn't let him in like that), must have left a couple of aspirin tablets and water. And there they were on the nightstand next to him. Not a bad thing. His brother is very thoughtful.

 

Speaking of which, he's propped up against the wall, arms crossed over his chest, looking judgmental. Has he been like that since this morning?

 

Felix looks back and just waves his hands, saying, "It's not my fault, it just happened."

 

- You were the first to hit it. Jison told me, - states the fact Chan, going deep into the room and sitting down on the bed. - What was that for?

 

And Leeks shrugs, but he thinks, "Why really? His brain refuses to function and produce any memories from the back of his mind. All he remembers is that Hwang yelled something, and then rage and darkness. Felix woke up when he got hit back. Immediately after his own good blows on the face of this "handsome". Now, with his battered face, Hwang should have fewer fans. Leeks smirks contentedly.

 

Chan realizes that he won't get a proper answer to his question. Apparently the "defective" ones work the same way as the normal ones. If two soulmates love each other for something, so it is here - two misfits mutually hate each other for everything.

 

Suddenly, it hits Lee:

 

- Did I screw up Changbin-hyun badly? - He asks in a guilty voice.

 

Chang shakes his head in the negative:

 

- Changbin's fine, but Hanu, who was the first one to break you up....

- Oh, ! How is he?! - It hits him a second time, and Lix even grabs his hair.

- He got hit a couple times. He doesn't hold a grudge. I'd be more wary of the infernal headman from your Hwan's group.

 

Felix only snorted at this "your Hwang" and gave him a disapproving look with a mute request: at least don't mention that guy when he's not around. Chan smiled and only shrugge.

 

Fine with me. If Hani doesn't hold a grudge, Minho will be at peace. Do they share each other's emotions for nothing? But he still had to apologize. To Jison, of course, not Minho. It's not Han's fault that Hwang Hyun-jin can't keep his mouth shut.

 

Felix took some water from the nightstand and drank his medicine until the sound came out:

 

- I know you won't believe me, but Hwang Hyunjin isn't a bad guy," he said out of the blue.

 

Felix's jaw drops and water comes out of his nose. And the older guy's looking so innocent.

 

- Whose side are you on?! - Lee exclaimed, "Are you my brother or what?!

- Hey! Chan laughs. - I'm not falling in love with Lee Minho just because Jison has a crush on him!

- Whatever! Where's your brotherly solidarity?! You could at least pretend to be on my side!

 

Outraged Felix, forgetting the pain in his body, took the bitter pills, then flew up, not wanting to continue this nasty talk about "not a bad guy," grabbed the towel hanging on the doorknob, prepared in advance by Chris, and ran to the bathroom, still outraged and muttering something under his nose about "horrible traitorous brothers."

 

Chan just smiles and shakes his head.

 

Even though the younger one's outrage was unbounded, both of them actually realize that Chris is right. Hate, like soul love, exists only between two people, and third parties can't and don't have to share their feelings.

 

- Are you going to your classes? - Ban Chan shouts after him. No reply. Apparently the younger one can't hear, having closed himself in the bathroom.

 

In the kitchen, Chan pours himself a cup of coffee, studying the news feed. Even though he graduated a year ago, he decided to keep access to the chat room. He wanted to keep up to date with what was going on at the university where his friends and younger brother were studying.

 

He didn't expect to see anything positive in the chat room this morning, but he had to make sure that at least things weren't that bad. So that, if anything, he wouldn't have to take his younger brother there. In principle, nothing bad, except that only a lazy man hadn't discussed the viral videos from that unfortunate club.

 

The trill of someone else's cell phone sounded, and "Honey" popped up on the display. Chan thinks Felix won't kill him if he picks up the phone. Besides, Geeson needs to be calmed down, he's probably panicking.

 

- Yes?

 

There was a pause on the other end of the phone.

 

- Uh-oh. Who is it? - Hani didn't expect to hear someone else's voice instead of the familiar bass.

 

Chan laughed.

 

- Bang Chan-hyun? Why did you pick up the phone...? - Junior didn't understand, and then he realized, "Lixie's dead!?!?

 

Chris laughed out loud. Geeson, with his ability to cause panic from literally nothing - always amusing and hilarious.

 

Having laughed enough, the older man hurried to reassure the younger:

 

- He's fine. He's in the bathroom.

 

A sigh of relief came from the phone.

 

- Are you at uni? - Chan inquired, because there was a murmur of voices in the background.
- Uh-huh. There's so much going on here... They're talking about last night's fight. - Some filmed it yesterday, can you believe it? And the other s keep forwarding it! And I'm sick of it, to be honest. Every fifth person from every course from first to fifth comes up and asks about it! I don't know where to hide anymore!

 

Chan only thought that it was no wonder that such a fuss had been made about this skirmish. "Brawlers are too rare, naturally everyone wants to discuss it. On the plus side, Hwang's popularity gave the story a more savory tone and he wanted to pursue the situation with even more interest. And who better to ask for details about what happened? That's right! From the best friends of the "defective", of course!

 

- Yes, I saw the video. - Chan sighed, "Lixie will be here soon, can you put up with another couple? - he asks Jison worriedly.

 

A confident "uh-huh" came through the phone and the worry eased.

 

Everyone close to Han Jisung was well aware of his fear of unfamiliar crowds. And the more dangerous fear could easily turn into a panic attack. Among friends, Han is an open person, among strangers he turned into a uptight person and was afraid of everything.

 

Remembering that Han had also been hurt yesterday, Ban Chan asked about his physical condition:

 

-How are you yourself? Should Lix hide from Minho?

- No! I'm fine! - Han laughed and hastened to add that the other participant in the scuffle was also fine, except for the broken face. - He's tough. I thought he wouldn't be able to stand up after Lixie beat him up. But he didn't. He showed up for his second period. He had a black eye and a busted lip, but he's alive and well.

 

Bun Chan was finally relaxed. Sometimes he felt like their father. Probably as the eldest. Those careless kids were always getting into trouble. Maybe not every day, but every week.

 

- Are we expecting you tonight? - Chris asked, taking a sip from his mug.

- Oh. Yeah! Sure! I'm going to run to the dorm first, I have to change.

 

Members that yesterday Honey refused to go to his place and called a cab to his soulmate's house.

 

- Didn't your hubby supply you with clothes? No way I'm going to believe that," Chris smirked contentedly.

 

There was a pause on the other end of the phone. Apparently, Minho had put his clothes on his boyfriend after last night and now Jison, embarrassed by this fact, hovered for a second.

 

- Okay, bye! Preacher's here! Tell Lix I'll be waiting for him at the cafeteria. I'll come by tonight. - and hangs up.

 

Chan's laughing again. It's not even the beginning of class yet, he knows that. Han's probably going to the dorm after the couples just to cover up the fact that he's almost all dressed in his boyfriend's clothes. After all, Chris and Changbin will probably laugh a lot in the evening and embarrass him. After all, in their close circle, the Minsons were the only couple that had found each other, and so any self-respecting close friend felt it was their duty to embarrass them on occasion!

 

It was easy to make Han emotional, but Minho didn't give in to provocation. This one will sometimes respond to a tease in such a way that you will be embarrassed and regret that you opened your mouth at all.

 

Of course, let's not forget about Hyungliks (Lix got chills in the bathroom somewhere, and Hwang choked on water at the university), but it's hard to call these two a normal or even just a couple. Though they, too, kind of found each other.

 

And it doesn't matter that the only opinion both of them would agree on is "I wish I didn't know him!"

 

***

 

Lix, in order to speed things up, agreed to his brother's offer to give him a ride to uni. Upon arrival, after saying goodbye and promising Bun Chan: "honestly, honestly, today will be without incident", ran towards the dining hall, where Hani was already waiting for him. The boy huddled against the wall, trying to hide from people as much as possible and become invisible. It didn't help much, though. Someone would still come up and ask about yesterday. Felix saw his friend and rushed over to him with a hug.

 

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... - like a machine-gun shot apologies.

 

Yesterday, when rage had covered his eyes, his thoughts had been far away from his friends and relatives, but now, seeing Chan disappointed in the morning, a slightly ragged Han, guilt was flooding over him. And he hadn't even seen Seo Changbin yet! But mentally in his head he prepared an apology speech.

 

- I'll bake a brownie! A big one just for you! - Lee promised.

 

Felix was making the most divine chocolate dessert Geeson had ever tasted in his entire life. On an empty stomach, he was even drooling.

 

- Oh, that's okay! After all, you really shouldn't have called Hyunjin yesterday..... - Han smiled encouragingly. He seemed to be feeling guilty about yesterday. Felix's heart squeezed. He and Hwang were the ones who started the fight, and Hany shouldn't feel guilty. Jisung, seeing Lixie's expression change from joyful to sad, quickly realized that the conversation should be diverted to another, more positive direction. Enough of this whole thing.

- Brownies are a great idea. But let's do it tomorrow, because today we agreed to meet with the hyungs in the evening!

 

Felix nodded, tomorrow is tomorrow.

 

Before the door to the dining room, Hani gave his friend a concerned look and asked:

 

- Ready?

 

Lix didn't understand at first: ready for what?

 

But then, when the door opened in front of him, he didn't have to explain. Lix figured it out himself. The first thing that immediately caught his eye as he took a step into the dining room was the bright red top of his head. The color of Hwang Hyunjin's hair. He was here too. He was sitting with Minho.

 

The second thing I realized was that the entire dining room abruptly fell silent, ears perked and cameras ready. All eyes were moving from one to the other "defective" in anticipation of the show. You could even hear a fly hitting the glass.

 

That's how the most discussed topic from the morning, collided in one room. What's going to happen next?