Once he heard the doorbell ringing, Ken immediately hit 'ALT+F4' as an automatic reaction. The video on his computer screen closed as he quickly shoved away the tissues on his desk. He made sure there was absolutely no evidence of what he was just watching before jogging down the stairs to the front door. 

His heart dropped at the sight before him.

Hyuk was standing there, face incredibly worn and tired, sobbing. His hair was sticking out everywhere and his cheeks were marked with tear stains. He looked up at the older in desperation, as if he were a lost and abused puppy on the street. 

"Kid, what—" Ken hitched a breath when the kid embraced him, wrapping his fragile arms tightly around his body.

"H-Hyung..." His heart beat faster when Hyuk mewled into his ear. "... Hyung..."

Panicked and nervous, the chef demanded to know what was wrong.

Hyuk sobbed a bit more before uttering a response. "... I-I finished my exams..."

A couple minutes later, Hyuk sat in the living room with a prominent slap mark on his arm.

"Jesus," Ken muttered whilst handing him a cup of hot chocolate. "I thought something actually happened to you. Don't scare me like that!"

"Sorry, I just—ow, hot." The younger set the cup on the table and blew on his fingers. "I came out of the exam room an hour ago and just broke down. I'm not even sure if I did okay, it—it was blurry."

Ken raised an eyebrow. "That's convincing."

Hyuk attempted to the surface of his drink but opted out when it burned his tongue. He glanced at the observing man across from him and noticed something. "... Why are your eyes so red?"

"U-Uh, I don't know what you're talking about." Ken stammered, wiping them.

The other smirked as if he knew. "You were watching something, weren't you?"

"... Wh-What are you implying?!"

They stared at each other for a moment, tension rising between them. 

Then Hyuk bolted up the stairs. Ken screamed after him, "DON'T GO TO THE FIRST ROOM ON YOUR RIGHT, THAT'S MY ROOM—OH WAIT, !" 

Ken's mom stepped out of the upstairs washroom. "Hello, Hyukkie!" She greeted as the boy sprinted past her. 

"Hi Banshee!" Hyuk shoved open the door to Ken's bedroom and plopped himself in front of the computer. Just as soon as he clicked open the internet browser and hit 'CTRL+H' to pull up the history, Ken barged in. 

"DON'T LOOK!!!" He shrieked, tackling the kid off the chair.

But it was already too late; Hyuk had seen. 

He started laughing hysterically, to the point that tears were starting to come out again. "... O-OHMYGOD, YOU WERE WATCHING MADOKA MAGICA!"

The older blushed a bright red. "N-NO I WASN'T!" 

"AND YOU WERE CRYING!" Hyuk pointed at the trash bin full of tissues, doubled over his stomach.

Ken groaned as he went to shut himself inside his closet, completely mortified to be caught watching such an embarrassing anime. Madoka was amazing, absolutely emotional and more, but embarrassing. "Kill me now." 

Once he calmed down, Hyuk looked at him seriously. “Can I watch it with you?”

--

"What is that?"

Leo looked up to see a completely disgusted N standing in his kitchen. He promptly decided to ignore the boss's horrific face twitches.

"Are you bottle-feeding a cat?" N asked, slowly backing away. "Please tell me you're not bottle-feeding a cat." 

"I'm not bottle-feeding a cat." Leo responded indifferently, although it was clearly evident to anyone and everyone that he was currently allowing a gray kitten to from a tiny baby bottle. 

N continued to back away, covering his mouth and nose with his sleeve. "Taek..."

The singer removed the from the cat's mouth and held him up like Simba. "His name is Han Sanghyuk," he murmured with a dumb smile. "I picked him up yesterday. I took him to the vet. He's a healthy one month old. I—" Leo flinched when N let out a violent sneeze.

"You—why did you—" The shorter wheezed, coughed until he was practically throwing a hyperventilative fit. "Cats—I can't—" He ran out of the apartment, and even then Leo could still hear him sneezing and coughing until he had gone next door.

Sanghyuk emitted a sleepy meow, completely unaware of what he caused N just by being in the room. Leo pouted whilst rubbing behind the animal's ears. "Hakyeon's allergic to you, Sanghyuk-ah." He said sadly, sighing.

Over at his own apartment, N ransacked his cabinets to search for his inhaler and allergy medicine. Once found, he quickly consumed them and slowly started to settle on the bathroom floor. 

"... A cat, of all things." The tanned man muttered, blowing his nose with toilet paper. "Why not a fish, or something that won't kill me?!"

There were several knocks on the door, and a concerned Leo poked his head in. "Are you okay."

N backed himself against the wall. "I-I'm fine. Where is it?!"

"I put him down for a nap," the taller stretched his arms out. "I'm sorry, Hakyeon. I forgot."

N eventually cracked a smile. "It's okay, Taek." He leaned in for a hug, embracing Leo's warm body.

His warm body— that was covered in a load of cat fur.

"DEAR GOD JUNG LEO!" Before the boss could control himself, he sneezed again. "DID YOU RUB THE CAT ALL OVER YOURSELF?!"

"I-I'll take my clothes off!" Leo panicked and started to strip, revealing the toned abs that N would have otherwise swooned over if he wasn't sneezing his brains out.

"NO, JUST GET OUT!" He shoved the half- singer out of the washroom and slammed the door shut. "... Ugh, I'm going to die. I'm sorry Taek, but if you keep that cat I won't be able to hang around you anymore."

Leo stared at the door in shock; that was the ultimate ultimatum. "But Hakyeon—" He whined, feeling so depressed and empty without his hugging buddy. He felt a void, one so large that it could not possibly be filled by a cat. "... I want to keep both of you..."

Slowly, he sauntered back into his apartment and approached the napping kitten sprawled in a blanket on the sofa. Its small paws and tiny teeth were absolutely adorable; Leo didn't have the heart to toss it to some meagre pound. He didn't know what to do; it wasn't as if he could stop seeing N, nor could he abandon Sanghyuk. 

"Sanghyuk..." The singer sighed again. Suddenly, an idea appeared in his mind. “That's it!"

--

Hyuk let out a yelp when he felt a weight fall onto his back. He recognized the shrill voice that rang in his ears.

"How are you doing, my dear Hyukkie?" Minah cooed as she made the other involuntarily piggyback her. "Aren't you excited?"

"Hardly," Hyuk grunted in response. "How'd you find me in this crowd?"

The two were in their school gym, surrounded by all their bustling classmates. Everyone was wearing fancy black gowns, topped off with graduation caps. Students clumped together to socialize before the ceremony started. 

Minah, hair and make-up done for the occasion, jumped off of Hyuk and faced him. "Don't you know? I have a cutie locator in my head."

"That's the only thing you have in your head."

She ignored the comment and spun around, her gown floating as she did so. "Hey, when are they coming?"

"Who?"

"Ken-oppa and the others!"

Hyuk nearly twitched at 'oppa' but shook his head instead. "I didn't invite them. Actually, I didn't tell them I was graduating today. Only my mom's here."

Minah frowned and smacked the boy on the head. "What?! You should have told them to come! They would've wanted to be here!"

"They have night jobs, so I'm ninety percent sure they're all sleeping right now," He shrugged as their principal started to call their attention with a megaphone. "Don't want to bother them."

The girl scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Alright, fine. I'll see you later." She waved and disappeared into the crowd. 

Hyuk went in the other direction and found his own class, taking a seat in his assigned chair. Patiently, he waited until the chattering died down and for the ceremony to start. 

The parents and family members sat at the back of the gym, while all the graduating students sat upfront awaiting their turn to receive a diploma. After tediously long speeches from both teachers and students alike, classes started to go up and each individual graduate was handed their paper. The audience cheered for everyone, some loud and others just barely heard. 

After two classes, Hyuk's class got up simultaneously and waddled onto the stage. With a surname starting with H, he was called up after a good chunk of his classmates had already received their diplomas. 

"Han Sanghyuk." 

The silence following his name was excruciating. Hyuk knew he wasn't exactly popular at school, but not to this extent; there was no one, not even the cheer he'd expect from Minah, clapping for him. 

Still, he stood next to the principal and forced a smile as he was given his paper. As soon as his hand touched the diploma, it started.

"HAN SANGHYUK SARANGHAE!!!" Somebody shouted from the back of the room, the loudest anybody had heard all day. "HOT, Y, GODLIKE HAN SANGHYUK!!! WHEN I SAY HYUK, YOU SAY Y! HYUK!"

"Y!"

"HYUK!"

"Y!"

At this point a majority of the audience was so amused that they started to chant as well. By the time Hyuk looked up, everyone was just screaming y at him.

He had to squint to see clearly, but at the very back just in front of the walls, were a couple signs. One read 'graduating Hyukkie, can you read this???' and the other said '24/3 congratulations Hyuk!!!'

Under those signs were the five employees of 24 Hours. 

"HAN SANGHYUK IS THE BEST!" Both N and Ken were screaming their heads off, frantically waving the signs like they were having spasms. Leo was recording the whole thing with this very emotional and proud look on his face, Hongbin just as proud but not as emotional, and Ravi was attempting to convince the person next to him that he did not know who the two screaming idiots were.

"EVERYONE HAN SANGHYUK HAS A SIX PACK"

Bewildered and stunned, it took a moment for Hyuk to register what was going on. But he couldn't help the huge grin on his face that grew the louder his co-workers cheered for him. "Dumb," the kid muttered as he finally got off the stage. "They're so dumb."

After the ceremony and celebration was over, the students were ushered outside so that the staff could magically transform the gym into a dance hall. After being d by both his mom and Minah, Hyuk was then d by a very emotional Leo and N. 

"OUR HYUKKIE IS SO GROWN UP!!!" The boss cried, wrangling his neck and sobbing into his shoulder.

"How did you guys find out?" Hyuk winced as he was being smothered in hugs. 

Hongbin handed him a bouquet of flowers. "Minah," he said simply with a smile. 

"DID YOU THINK YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH NOT TELLING US?!" N shouted, smacking him on the head with a box of chocolates. "WE HAD TO GO OVER THE SPEED LIMIT TO GET HERE ON TIME!"

The kid grinned sheepishly. "Sorry. Are these my graduation presents?"

"Yeah, now let's go party!" Ravi hooted, leading the way to their cars.

"Wait, I have to go back though." 

"Would you rather hang with us cool guys or stand around in that sweaty gym while awkward teenagers grind on each other?" 

Hyuk pursed his lips. "You have a point. Let's go." 

"Hey, I think Leo-hyung has something to give you." Ken nodded at the singer who blushed. 

"What is it?"

Leo hesitantly pulled out something from inside his jacket. "... P-Please take care of him." 

He handed Sanghyuk over to Sanghyuk. 

"... You're giving me your cat?" The student stared at the animal in his hands, pawing and biting at his fingers as per usual. 

Leo nodded. "I can't take care of him, so..." 

Hyuk shrugged. "Alright, fine. I'm changing his name though; it's stupid." 

sorry for the late update! >v< 
ugh, I feel Hakyeon's agony. I'm allergic to cats T_T
Hyukkie finally graduated! What is he going to do after school?
btw, this may be sudden but I think S.Minor will be ending soon OuO I'm almost finished writing the last few chapters...