I sneezed violently, rubbing my nose as I shot a sultry look at Youngjae, who just raised both of his hands defensively and ducked behind Yugyeom before I could do anything.

“This smells raw, Youngjae.” Jackson cringed as well, suppressing his own urge to sneeze by exhaling sharply, causing his nostrils to flare.

“It’s apple-scented, hyung.” He protested, waving the bottle of air freshener in his hands in our direction before spraying it a few more times, causing clouds of the toxic gas to float around the room. Even Yugyeom, who had been the calmest one in the room, ripped the bottle out of his hands aggressively and tossed it into the garbage bin, earning a unanimous round of applause from Jackson, Jinyoung and myself. Youngjae just crossed his arms over his chest indignantly and pouted.

“Ah, what are you going to do without me?” Jinyoung mused to himself, running a hand through the younger boy’s brown hair. “You’re just a magnet for trouble, Youngjae.”

Youngjae didn’t have it in him to argue back with a snarky response, and instead just nodded as Jinyoung continued to talk to him soothingly. It may have looked like a funny sight to any random passer-by, but to us, it was clear as day that Jinyoung loved the rest of the younger members as if they were his own blood brothers. The kinship was evident.

“How’s school? Have you made any friends?” Jinyoung retracted his hands from Youngjae’s messy hair and signalled for the younger boy to sit on the bed.

Youngjae good-naturedly began to explain about what he was going for his major, and how it was a lot more elaborate than writing scripts for plays and acting them out. It was one of the most boring lectures I had ever listened to, qualifying in my Top Three Snooze-worthy Speeches right beside ‘An Introduction to the Chemistry of Transition Elements’ and ‘Quantum Physics’, both of which subjects which I had miserably failed before dropping out of school.

Jackson seemed to share the same bored look on his face, and Yugyeom looked like a tree standing out of place in the corner of the room, waiting for his turn to talk to Jinyoung. It was visiting hours, and I figured that since I had more time with Jinyoung as compared to the others since I was allowed to stay past the allotted time, I patted our youngest member