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After a turbulent Friday, Woojin decided to shift their dance practice from Saturday to Sunday, and Jihoon could not be more grateful. They promised each other that they would not tell anyone about the ‘audition’s situation’. It was their ‘little-big secret’ for a while since Seongwoo won’t open his mouth about the fact - which Jihoon thought that was not the most practicable option.
However, Jihoon was in ecstasy to tell Doyeon that she would be able to do the test as soon as she got back to school. He couldn’t wait to see her face after hear the news.
The following day, Jihoon visited Yoojung's apartment, where Doyeon was staying provisionally. The cheerleader girl's parents usually left for work trips, so she was more than used to take care of herself alone, but the smaller one could not let that pass.
Doctor had said Doyeon needed to rest in a time between four and six days before resume her activities, then Yoojung suggested she should spend that time at her home.
Doyeon could not help but scream on top of her lungs while the actor told her about Seongwoo’s decision. Jihoon didn’t know where she found voice to shout, however Yoojung just rushed into the room and put her hand on Doyeon’s mouth to stop her stupid action.
Monday came, and the cheerleader texted him saying she was feeling better than Friday, however, Doctor's words needed to be followed, and Yoojung was too much an 'A' student to disrespect rules, so she insisted on stay home with Doyeon for a day. Jihoon understood and supported her decision.
For the first time in two weeks, Jihoon felt like he could finally breathe a bit. There were still daily practices with Woojin, but the weight of auditions for the stage had been taken away from his shoulders, and what he could do was sit and wait for results - even if he would help Doyeon with her performance, it wasn't the same thing, because he was certain that Seongwoo's opinion would not change for better.
It was lunch time, and Jihoon could only pray because he was on the edge of eat his own uniform if he had stayed one more minute in the classroom. He sat with his friends, not really minding what they were talking about. Duh, cantina served pasta today, who would pay attention to idiots with food in front of you?
"Where is Doyeon?", Somi asked out of blue.
"Sick at home. Yoojung is taking care of her.", Jihoon chose to answer the question since he was the only who knew what happened.
"I hope she is doing okay...”, Somi pouted, “But! This is too much ‘girlfriends’ affection’ for my person.", she shook her head, smiling.
"Oh, look at who decided to interact with us now.", Daehwi said while flipped pages of some new magazine about Twice.
"Not really. It was just a regular question, not something about crushes or dates.", Jihoon stuck his tongue out at his friend’s direction.
"Sometimes, I feel you are only here for food."
"And you guessed right, congratulations.", Jihoon smirk mischievously.
"Bitch."
"You."
"What are you trying-"
"Hey, Winkie."
A new voice broke in the air, and all Jihoon's friends on the table turned to take a look on the stranger while Jihoon only placed his face in hands, ready to shout with his partner.
"Could you just stop-."
"Hyung!"
"Hi, Daehwi. How are you?", Woojin said, sitting on the empty space next to Jihoon, "Somi-ah, you are here too.", the girl waved with some potatoes chips in her mouth.
"I'm doing fine, excluding romantically, athleticlly, socially and intellectually.", Daehwi counted his list with fingers like it was nothing to worry, "But what are you doing here, hyung?"
"Why are you calling him 'hyung'?", Jihoon glared at the younger.
"Because he is my ‘hyung’."
"Then who am I?"
"Park Jihoon, duh.", Daehwi rolled his eyes; Woojin laughed a little, hoping to Jihoon wouldn’t notice.
"Wow, ‘Golden Boy’ himself is sitting with us. Jihoon really elevated our status.", Somi gave him thumbs up.
"Why wouldn't I sit with my super cute partner?", the dancer asked with a serious aspect.
"Ya, Park Woojin! Get out here!", the actor could not help but shout.
"Make. Me.", Woojin said with a challenger tone, the same one that made Jihoon shiver during drama auditions .
"Urg, you two are look like some grossy couple.", Daehwi spoke for the last, resuming his reading.
"Look who are saying it. The guy who has two boyfriends at the same time."
"They are not my boyfriends!"
"But you would like to.", the young girl lifted her eyebrow.
"Somi, I trusted you."
"Pretty sorry, but Jihoon is right."
"For the first time in his life.”, Seonho finally manifested his thoughts; sarcastic as always, “Please, let him have this moment."
"I hate you all.", Jihoon thought.
"What is that 'two boyfriends' story?", the dancer asked, propping his chin on his partner’s shoulder.
"Ask your adorable dongsaeng.", Jihoon answered with fake smile before push Woojin off his personal space.
"We are not talking about this.", Daehwi tried to resume his reading.
"Yes, we are.", Seonho was already laughing hard, predicting the whole situation.
"Basically, Daehwi had only two super hiper crushes during his life: one in elementary school and another in USA. And guess what?"
"You better stop now, Park."
"Magically, both of them are studying here this year. Now our best friend is shuffling eternally.", Somi completed, fast as she could, "Sorry, bestie, but I thought we had to return the favor for making him sit with us."
"Don't worry, I'm staying for my own risk.", Woojin waved at her direction, smiling before turning to the other, "However, it must be hard, Daehwi-ah. Why never did you mention this? We are friends, remember?"
"You couldn't help me, hyung..."
"I could always try to. Tell me who they are."
"Oh my God, he is so cool.", Seonho told the actor, stopping his constant eating.
"Even you?", Jihoon shut his eyes, not believing in his ears.
"What? I can't deny.", Seonho shrugged.
"Traitors.", Jihoon said in his own mind, rolling his eyes.
"Will anybody answer my question?”, Woojin interrupted his thoughts again, “I'm really curious now."
"Oh, sorry. I can explain-.", the girl lifted her hand.
"Somi, please-."
"For the Lord of God.", Seonho growls, "Do you know Bae Jinyoung?"
"Your class president?", the dancer questioned right after hear the name.
"Uhum."
"Oh, no."
"Oh, yeah."
"Daehwi, do you have a crush on a mute?"
Jihoon almost spat all his strawberry milk with Woojin's question. He eyed his partner, suppressing his laughing, however, signing for he to apologize.
"Hyung! He is not mute!"
"I was just kidding, calm down.", Woojin leaned over the table to look at his dongsaeng, who was trying to hide himself from his friends, "I know he is not mute, Daehwi-ah. What I was trying to say is that Jinyoung is a little reserved-."
"A little?", Seonho laughed hard again.
"Okay, a lot, but that is not the point."
"Thank you for your consideration, hyung.", Daehwi rolled his eyes, burying his face in hands.
"No, keep listening to me.”, Woojin said in a happy tone, “Do you know where Jinyoung goes every Friday?"
"Of course not!”, quickly, he recovered from his ‘Drama Queen’ moment, “Do you think I am a stalker?"
"Yes.", Jihoon, Somi and Seonho said at same time.
"Guys, please.”, the newcomer glared at them, “He visits to children's hospital. There, he read some stories for them, always concerned about if they understood the real purpose of the plot."
"Owo, so he is a sweetheart.", Seonho said, while Somi giggled.
"How did you know that?", Jihoon bent down on Woojin’s shoulder.
"When it's off-season, I'm used to come there too.", he answered the question discretely, while Daehwi was bush, trying to make Somi and Seonho jealous about his crush, but the both of them only rolled their eyes.
"Hyung! Tell me everything about him!", Daehwi begged after give up from talk with the youngests.
"Sorry, kiddo. I don't know that much, but I can ask him something when we reunite at council."
"You go to council together?!"
"Not exactly ‘together’. JooE is the president, I'm not, so I don't have to go to all meetings, however I still come anyway. Jinyoung is obviously the most organized person I know. He always has great ideas."
"Whatta smart boy.", Somi shoved Daehwi to side, playfully, while Seonho pinched his cheek.
"Although, who is the other one?"
"Kim Samuel."
"Oh, the gifted one!”, the dancer smiled hard, “While Jinyoung doesn't like to ask for help, Samuel is always begging for upclassmen to teach him moves, even when he knows them perfectly. He cares about everyone and is very humble about his skills.", he continued, “Oh, he said, if the basketball team goes to finals, I need to see him playing, since he watches my games. And of course, I will."
"You truefully are the ‘Golden Boy’.", Somi clapped her hands.
"Stop being an adulator. You all, except Jihoon."
"Thanks.", Jihoon sighed.
"You welcome.", Woojin winked at Jihoon's direction, making him choke with food.
"You need to be stopped.”, the cute one glared at him.
"And who is going to stop me?”, the golden one asked, plopping his chin on hands; eyes never leaving Jihoon’s moviments, “You?"
"Maybe."
"No way."
"Couldn't you two be more disgusting?", Seonho rolled his eyes, "Too much gross for my beauty."
"Ha, says the only one who is dating among us."
"'Dating’ is an offense. They are practically married."
"What can I do? Guanlin loves me that much.", Seonho answer all proud of himself.
"God bless him with patience we don't have.", Daehwi murmured.
"Amen.", Somi said with her powerful 'official member of the Choir Club' voice.
Jihoon just spined his head for a second, distracted among his friends bittering, and, surprisingly, met Woojin's eyes in response.
"What are you looking at?", he tilted his head to the side.
"You."
"Urgh, gross. Just eat and get out here.", Jihoon tried to hide his pink cheeks returning to his best friend at the moment: food.
"Yukhei!", he heard Woojin said with lively tone after some minutes.
"Park Amazing Fucking Woojin!", the kid from Hong Kong shouted, "What are you doing here?"
"Just hanging with my squad."
"Your squad?", Jihoon murmured, and Woojin just winked at him for the nth time.
“I didn't know you were all friends.", the tall boy tilted his head to the side, confused.
"The ‘Jeojang Guy’ over here and I got close recently, however others and I have a long date friendship."
"That's cool, we all should hang out together sometime-."
"Wait, wait, wait.", Somi hushed them because she could not listen anymore, "You are friends with Lucas too?"
"Of course I am. I could not let this big guy, who is internally a kid, wandering around the school alone."
"Thanks, bro.", Lucas placed his hand on heart's place, affect by Woojin's words.
"Nah, that's just what bros do for each other."
"As if you two are straight...", Seonho's thought almost made Jihoon choke his food, again, "What remember me... How are things with Jungwoo?"
"Oh, yeah!", Daehwi and Somi smiled together, "Did you ask him?!"
"Not yet.", Yukhei scratched the back of his neck.
"Coward."
"I'm not."
"Yes, you are."
"Are you sure? Because some rich tall boy send me here just to deliver some amazing sweets to some spoiled brat, but since he is not being nice, I think I have to eat all by myself."
"Wow, that was really... low.", the girl whistled, eyeing the scene.
"Guanlin?! He send me food?"
"Yep.", Yukhei grinned and revealed a colorful box from his back, "Candies and this.", he grabbed a phone from his jeans’ pocket, "Because he said you didn't answer yours."
"Oh, oh.", Seonho hitted his own forehead with hands, "That explains everything. I forgot my phone in the locker, he must has been called me, but I didn't answer... Thanks, hyung, you are amazing."
"I'm touched, but you welcome."
Seonho opened the box, while his friends were trying to spy the content.
"It is donuts! One, two, three... Eight!"
"I could not expect less from the 'best boyfriend in the whole world'.", Daehwi clapped.
"Since I am a wonderful friend, each of you can keep one.", the pianist said, "Yukhei, you can choose first."
The chinese bowed and picked the green one; Somi and Daehwi followed the lead, while Seonho was all giggles at the phone Lucas handed him.
"Okay, but how can this donut be just amazing?", the girl spelled the last word, "I need to thank Guanlin for dating you."
"You can thank him later, but did someone notice that Jihoon had not even touched my donuts.”, Seonho’s eyes widened, “What is happening with our precious ‘Wink Boy’?!"
"I can't."
"Why?"
"I'm on a diet."
Four of them laughed, except his partner, who was looking at him with sad eyes.
"Remember what do you said weeks ago?”, Daehwi coughed, ready to copy Jihoon’s cute voice, “’Life is too short to be on a diet’."
"Ha, ha, you are so funny."
"You can eat, if you want to.", Woojin’s sweet tone came from nowhere, surprising who was at his side.
"No, I'm fine.", Jihoon tried to sound convincing.
"Hm... Then, I think we should share one."
"That's not necessary.”
"Just enjoy."
"But you don't like-. Ah, fuck, screw it."
Jihoon grabbed his half and ate all at once. Woojin widen-eyed at him, not really surprised by the action, but with actor's lack of control toward food.
Without think, Woojin pushed his part of the donut at Jihoon’s direction, however the other shook his head and shoved it back.
Rolling his eyes, the dancer held delicately his pair's chin with one of his hands and slipped his half at Jihoon's mouth.
With the whole donut inside his mouth, Jihoon looked like a squirrel, what made Woojin laugh at his cuteness. He pinched one of his cheeks and winked.
(At same time, Somi, Daehwi, Seonho and Yukhei stopped what they were doing to look at the scene ahead their eyes. They all deadpanned, because the duo could not be more obvious).