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Sleeping was nice. Everyone loved a good night's sleep. Minhyuk especially loved sleep, a little less than Bin maybe, but he loved it a lot. It was 3 am and he couldn't sleep. It's been two hours since they all came back from practice and retired to their rooms, Myungjun and Sanha were sleeping cozily. But he couldn't.
After another hour of no sleep, Minhyuk went to their living room and sat on the sofa for a while. He was too restless to meditate and too physically tired to go for a walk or a dance session. After ten more minutes of contemplation, he decided to check his twitter and fancafe.
And there they were, thousands of birthday wishes and so many tags just for his birthday. He smiled at his screen and felt his excitement spark up again. Minhyuk felt special and admired as he scrolled through the endless well-wishes and appreciative content. So many photos of him, so many videos of him dancing or just being cute. It felt nice.
Now Minhyuk was excited again.
His mother had called him at 12 am, he talked to her for a good five minutes before going back to their group dance practice, expecting everyone to yell a 'happy birthday' and maybe hug and kiss him a little too.
Jinwoo was showing Myungjun the part he kept messing up and Dongmin and Bin were teasing Sanha. His smile faltered a little when Sanha asked him how his mother was doing and if everything was okay with her since she didn't usually call after 10 pm. Minhyuk smiled and said everything was fine with her.
His phone lit up with messages and he smiled at his brother and father's wishes with silly pictures of the three of them wearing huge glasses with birthday hats and blowing at the candle on the cupcake. He genuinely felt so happy and he decided to send them silly photos too when they cut his cake after they get to their dorms.
The practice slugged on for half an hour more before Myungjun and Sanha starfished on the floor, demanding to go back home. Minhyuk felt giddy again. They wanted to go home so that they can celebrate his birthday. Birthdays are so exciting.
Myungjun, Jinwoo and Sanha went in one car while Minhyuk sat in another with a sleeping Bin and Dongmin who stared at him with pure adoration. It warmed his heart looking at the two of them. He couldn't wait to be babied the entire day. To be held and loved. They will be a little more affectionate than they usually are, and Minhyuk was totally ready to melt into it.
Everyone went to their rooms to sleep after a quick rinse in the shower. Minhyuk doubted Bin even bothered to moisturize his face. So he went to Bin's room to do it for him. He was sleeping, and so was Jinwoo. After quickly applying moisturizer to his face and kissing his cheek, he went to do the same to Jinwoo.
Minhyuk went to Dongmin's room to say goodnight and maybe... get a very teeny little happy birthday from him. Dongmin was talking to his brother, so he mouthed him a goodnight and went back to his room. Maybe cuddle Myungjun or Sanha, or both of them.
They were sleeping too.
They were just a little tired and will do something special for him tomorrow maybe. You know, the typical 'i-will-pretend-i-forgot-ur-birthday-and-then-throw-u-a-big-suprise-party-right-before-ur-birthday-ends'.
He sat on the sofa till 5 am before returning to his room and trying to get at the very least, one hour of sleep. He woke up at 10 am.
Everyone was still sleeping. He sulked around the kitchen for a while before making himself those tiny pancakes he saw in a reel and adding lots of chocolate syrup and blueberries. His mind wandered. Dongmin must be awake, maybe he should ask him if he wanted some of his little bite-sized pancakes.
He carried his half-eaten bowl of breakfast to Dongmin's room. Dongmin was on his phone again, talking to his co-worker about his island script. Minhyuk smiled and sat on the bed beside him. Dongmin scowled softly at him when he almost dropped a blueberry on the bed.
"Thank you hyung-nim, I will make sure to do that. Have a pleasant day!" Dongmin cut the call and stared at Minhyuk who stared back. His eyes were big and round, expecting.
"What? Do you want a morning kiss or something?" Dongmin chuckled a little and looked down at his bowl. If Minhyuk's eyes dimmed a little, Dongmin did not notice.
"Oh, did you make this? Hyuk-ah why did you not wake up a little earlier, I ate a bowl of Sanha's tasteless plain cereal." He fake cried before picking up Minhyuk's fork and taking many many bites.
Minhyuk just stared at him. He looked so pretty. Minhyuk kissed his cheek before running out of the room. It stinged a little, they should know he didn't like these kind of surprises.
He quickly ate his breakfast and washed his bowl.
Knowing them, they will most probably surprise him in the evening, when everyone is back from their jobs.
For now, he will get ready for his day out with Sua and Jisu. Jisu was the one who planned their day out so Minhyuk and Sua have no idea what they will do today. Jisu is a very unique person with very creative ideas. On Minhyuk's last birthday, they took him to this place where they can make igloos. The two of them sat in the igloo for hours and Minhyuk might or might not have lit a candle when it was dark out (babie just wanted a romantc igloo birthday dinner date)
Yeah, their igloo melted and Jisu was quite upset. They were thinking about staying the night there.
So yes, Minhyuk is excited for his birthday today. He went through his schedule in his head. Going out with Sua and Jisu > birthday vlive > video call with his family > surprise from his members.
Sounded like a good day!
While on his way to meet Sua and Jisu, he replied to everyone who wished him on his birthday and posted on twitter too. They will meet at Jisu's apartment from where they will go to wherever they are going together.
Jisu is a freelance photographer. Minhyuk first met them in 2018, during their Rise Up album's photoshoot. Jisu was just getting started with their career and due to Astro's company (fantagio) being totally broke, Jisu was promised two more album photoshoots with Astro, Blue Flame and Gateway, and one with Weki Meki, Hide and Seek.
Jisu is an actual sweetheart, they approached Minhyuk and actually gave him a two day workshop on how to pose naturally. They helped him set up his instagram handle and taught him how to accessorize.
And now, Jisu is his best friend. He loved them just as much as he loved Sua. Well, Minhyuk wasn't very close with Sua until after 2019. To be honest, he doesn't even remember how or why they started talking, it just happened. And then they became best of friends. Now that she debuted, she didn't have a phone on her. She had to call him with the company's landline phone.
Minhyuk felt jittery, he was excited to know what they will be doing. Unfortunately, no day drinking (or night drinking since he wasn't the biggest fan of alcohol). Sua was particularly upset about it but she knew they couldn't.
-
Well, his hangout with his bestfriends surely wasn't a letdown. They got ready (again) at Jisu's house and then went to this musical theater that was purely enchanting and magical. Minhyuk loved magical; the sparks and stardust. Yes, he didn't stop talking about it the entire day. After that, they went to this duck farm where they played with the ducks for very long. Oh, Sua took so many photos with her favorite duck, Rosie and Jisu's favorite duck, Chikorita.
Minhyuk even laid down on the pond side and let Sua and Jisu put flowers and ducks on him (Jisu had glitter!) and do a whole-ass birthday photoshoot. He giggled the entire time and sneezed once when a little glitter went into his nose. A duck even kissed his cheek! (But another duck tried to eat his hair, soooo not cool :/)
And after a visit to this fancy café where they had Minhyuk's favorite cheesecake, they dropped Sua off at her dorms before Jisu dropped Minhyuk off at his own.
No one was home, well Myungjun was watching duck videos on his phone in their room but no one else was home. He smiled at Myungjun timidly, the happy rush finally fading, and went straight to his closet. Ahh, he wanted to wear his yellow knit sweater today.
"Yah where did you go today? Left me all alone at home!" Myungjun sat up on his bed and stared at a flushed Minhyuk.
"Ah I went out with Sua and Jisu." Minhyuk replied before picking out his baggy pants. Maybe he should wear his new underwear today, the one with little animated rocks on it.
"Without me? I wanted to meet up with Jisu and Sua too!" Myungjun flopped back on his bed and huffed cutely. If he wasn't getting more and more frustrated, Minhyuk might have just nom-nomed his cheeks.
"Well yeah we always go out on each other's birthday together." Minhyuk muttered lowly and laid out his outfit on the bed before removing his socks and pants.
Myungjun sat straight on the bed and stared at him for a moment before he picked up his phone and stared at his lockscreen.
Oh.
Minhyuk's face fell at the realization. They forgot.
There was no 'i-will-pretend-i-forgot-ur-birthday-and-then-throw-u-a-big-suprise-party-right-before-ur-birthday-ends'. They actually did forget. No surprise parties for him. No babying or hugs or kisses.
"Hyuk-ah..." Myungjun got up from his bed and moved towards Minhyuk who stared at his outfit laid out on the bed. Yellow, yellow, green, green, blue, blue. Yellow, green, blue.
No.
He picked up the outfit from his bed and threw it inside his closet before picking out a black shirt, t-shirt and pants. Black, black, black. And a black underwear too. Black, black, black, black.
Seems right.
"Hyung is so sorry Hyuk, hyung didn't mean to but he forgot..."
Minhyuk left the room with his clothes. There were many thoughts in his head, but he couldn't think of anything. It was a mess. What was he even thinking?
His nose felt watery and he looked up at the ceiling, no tears, no tears. No tears on his birthday.
No tears, no tears, no tears, no tears. AGH NO TEARS!
They were busy, it happens. And its not like they missed his birthday, its still his birthday for another few hours. There is no reason to be sad. They didn't miss his birthday, they will be just a little late.
He quickly took a shower, rubbing off all the emotions from his body. No, he won't be sad!
After getting dressed up, applying his moisturizer and eyedrops, he went to put on accessories in his room. Myungjun was biting his thumbnail while sitting on his bed and texting on his phone.
Most probably Jinwoo. It didn't take a genius to guess.
"Ah Minhyuk-"
"Hyung it's okay. It ain't a big deal." Minhyuk smiled and went straight to his dresser and took out his box of necklaces and another one of earrings.
"No it is. I forgot and I shouldn't have-"
"Did you choose to forget?" Minhyuk interrupted again while choosing a necklace. Silver would be nice.
"No but-"
"Then you have nothing to be sorry for. We were all very busy, it's easy to forget. It happens." He picked up two necklaces and tried them on.
"Still I did fo-"
"Chill hyung, it's cool." Minhyuk decided on the first necklace with a 'P' charm. He hummed in satisfaction before trying to close the lock on the backside.
He tsked before moving the lock towards the front and closing it. He smiled at himself in the mirror, fans called it his froggy smile, and then saw Myungjun standing behind him with his eyes down. He sighed heavily, he shouldn't have told him. If he knew how sad Myungjun was going to be, he wouldn't have.
"Okay, how about you give me a hug and say a merry birthday?" Minhyuk turned around and opened his arms. Myungjun quickly hugged him and sniffled a little on his shoulder.
"Happy birthday Hyukie, hyung will buy you lots of bags." His voice was watery and he just hugged Minhyuk tighter.
"Ah okay okay hyung, just a kiss will do for now, okay?" Minhyuk chuckled a little and tried to push Myungjun away. Myungjun kissed his cheeks many times and didn't stop till he was giggling.
"Sorry hyuk-ah, I will make it up to you."
Minhyuk just smiled and kissed his forehead before telling him about his birthday live. Myungjun was hesitant but he let the younger go.
'"'"
Truth is, Myungjun knew how hurt Minhyuk was. He loved his birthdays, never liked something grande and festive but he sure fancied a cake and lots of kisses and cuddles.
He sat on the bed after Minhyuk left and stared off into space. He felt bad, so bad and now he couldn't even think of what to do. There was so much in his head; a cake, kisses, hugs, flowers, bags, comfy pants, a razor, guilt, heavy guilt, anklets, a new eyeliner, a weighted blanket, puppy, he made hyuk sad on his birthday, sad puppies, naked grandma, wait what the fuck?
Myungjun slapped his cheek before whining, he accidentally hit himself too hard. It stinged and he deserved it. He made his precious bubble sad. He shouldn't have forgotten. At 28, he was still very dumb.
Someone not dumb would do him so much good. Not dumb. Jinwoo! Wait, did the others remember? Was he the only one?
As much as it hurt to think he was the only one who forgot, it would be better if he was the only one. Jinwoo won't forget, he was with Minhyuk for the past many months.
His phone rang and he looked to see it was Jinwoo.
Shit. He forgot too.
'"'"
Minhyuk was barely a few minutes into the live when he received a notification about a delivery. Delivery? Oh right! The air purifier from Jinwoo.
He smiled big and continued reading the comments and speaking with aroha, ones who thought he was cute and were happy for his birthday. The ones who remembered. His heart ached weirdly.
No, no. They were just busy.
He had to lie to them, tell them happily that everyone wished him. Well, Myungjun was the first one to wish him and the others will follow eventually.
He hated lying.
He continued talking before he received a call from Sanha.
"Didn't it get cut right now? I got a call from Sanha just now. Sanha can't read the room."
Don't call right now, I'm on live, I will cry.
"What are we going to do? Sanha via VLive comments, if you have any questions. I'm doing live right now."
Text me, don't call. I'm on live. Don't.
Another call, from Bin.
"What? Bin hyung called me. Did you two plan this?"
Don't.
Minhyuk chatted with the binsan duo via comments on VLive with a bittersweet heart. His heart ached but he couldn't stop smiling. Gosh, these two. Couldn't even wait till he got home.
He ended the live after Jinwoo smashed himself against the glass door of the room and stared at him with apologetic eyes. He couldn't stop staring at the elder.
Right, no emotions. He couldn't right now. Emotions.
Why was he so good at lying?
'"'"
Jinwoo was growing antsy staring at Minhyuk who was doing his birthday live. He felt so... strange. He has never forgotten a birthday, and even if he did forget, Bin never did. He had his birthday reminders on his phone. And even he forgot.
He was staring at Minhyuk who was glancing at him repeatedly while talking to the camera on his phone.
Minhyuk ended the live and stared straight at Jinwoo. The door was locked from inside. He smiled sweetly and waved at the older rapper.
And.
He called his parents.
Fuck, they messed up. Real bad.
'"'"
Minhyuk went back home at 10 PM, after having a light dinner while on call with his parents. They looked so happy to share dinner with him, though his mother did ask why he wasn't eating with others and he just replied that they will tomorrow, today he wanted to eat with his parents.
When he got home, everyone (minus Dongmin) was sitting on the sofa and the table had many candies and a small stack of gift on the left corner.
"Hyung! I'm so sorry" Sanha jumped on him before he could even breathe in the air of his dorm's living room. Sanha rambled and Minhyuk just patted his back till Sanha started sniffling and Bin just pulled him away from Minhyuk.
Bin stared at Minhyuk for a while before hugging him and whispering a 'happy birthday' in his ear. It sent shivers of sadness down his spine. And Bin knew it.
Jinwoo smiled at him before pulling Minhyuk into a tight hug. He rubbed Minhyuk's back and they hugged for a good 2 minutes. Okay, that was very awkward.
Should he cry now? Is it a good time to cry?
Sanha sneezed loudly and cried a little louder.
Nevermind, not a good time.
Minhyuk sucked it up and weakly smiled at Sanha, why was he even crying? He hoped Myungjun won't-
"Ah hyung, why?" Minhyuk whined and sat on the couch beside the oldest member and held his left hand. Myungjun used the other hand to hide his eyes.
"Why not?" Myungjun hicupped and cried a little louder. "It's your last birthday with me for the next two years and I forgot, how can I forget your birthday hyukie, I'm such a bad friend, such a bad hyung-" He stuttered through a few sentences before he was no longer legible.
Minhyuk shifted Myungjun onto his lap and covered Myungjun's belly with his hands and rested his chin on Myungjun's shoulder.
"You remembered didn't you, and-" Minhyuk softly whispers in his hyung's ear, "you were the first one to wish me, unlike the other stinkies."
"I heard that!" Bin said before going to the kitchen.
Minhyuk giggled and shifted to rest his head on Myungjun's shoulder more comfortably. The older was sniffling and Minhyuk felt bad, he felt so bad that his hyung was crying because of him. He did not like seeing them cry, but a part of him felt relieved. At least they loved him enough to feel sad over him.
Today he felt so unloved and so uncared for, it was ridiculous. He spent the entire day wondering if he even meant anything to his members, because they were all aware of how important birthdays are to him. Yes he had fun with Jisu and Sua, and that made him feel even guiltier. It wasn't like he did not have any fun the whole day, he even forgot about the other members for some time when he was with his friends.
But everything reminded him of them. The theatre reminded him of them; the magical feeling, the stardust. Myungjun would have loved how prettily everything was executed, Dongmin would watch it with sparkling eyes and soak up the ambience of it all and Sanha would have just drowned in the rush of it all. His heart ached with the lack of them at the theatre. He could just feel Jinwoo holding his hand as he anticipated the next set, and Bin would have just sat back in amazement.
The ducks reminded him of them. The chaos they would have created there, Myungjun would have started imitating the ducks, Sanha and Bin would make a disgusted face at him first before following him and Jinwoo would soon follow with a deep smile. He could just see Dongmin staring at them and calling them weird with a deep chuckle before joining them for a while before getting embarrassed.
He usually never missed them when he was out with Jisu, but today was a bad day. Top 10 worst birthdays of his life actually. If even one of them had remembered then he would have spent the day with so much joy. He wouldn't have had that nagging the back of his mind.
"What? Are we having a birthday party?" Dongmin chuckled as he entered the living room, his bag slung over one shoulder, eyes swollen from sleep and skin a little red. "Why is hyung crying, its still not march, right?"
He went to sit on a sofa and unlocked his phone to check the date. It was powered off. He switched it on and... it was 25.02.2022.
"Oh." Dongmin looked up to Minhyuk and the younger's eyes filled with tears instantly. A good time to cry indeed.
Minhyuk buried his face in Myungjun's neck and cried silently, Myungjun cried loud enough for the both of them.
"Yah how can we be so stupid!" Myungjun sobbed and turned to face Minhyuk and hugged him tightly. "I'm so sorry bubby, I'm such a bad hyung."
Dongmin did not know what to do, he felt so bad, so sick. But he knew he had to touch Minhyuk, just let him know he was there.
Jinwoo and Sanha were already sitting on a two seater, comforting each other and crying. Bin got them all water but set it aside the moment he saw Dongmin and just sighed in sadness.
How could all five of them forget, how astronomically odd.
'"'"
After they had all cried their hearts out and rehydrated, Bin brought out the chocolate strawberry cake put up candles.
"We still have half an hour of your birthday hyuk, lets blow the candles and eat something before we talk." Bin set the cake on the table and lit the candles.
"Eunwoo hyung sing me that song." Minhyuk said with a pout and everyone turned to look at Dongmin who sighed before standing up and clearing his throat.
"Yah Sanha film this!" Minhyuk cheered before turning to Dongmin who stood in behind the table and in front of the cake.
"We don't talk about bruno, no no no" Dongmin started monotonously, like he was reading a boring victorian play but Minhyuk stood up and stopped him.
"Hyung! Act it out! You did Pepa and Camillo so well that day!" Minhyuk sat back down and Dongmin nodded.
"Wait, who else knows the song?" Minhyuk stood up again and they all sat straight. All of them watched the movie together and did a rendition of Luisa's song together.
"I'm filming it, hyungs will do it! I saw Jinjin hyung doing Isabela's part so perfectly three weeks ago!" Sanha said excitedly and Minhyuk nodded along. He was honestly expecting some resistance and chaos but all of them stood up without a complaint and started discussing who was doing who.
Dongmin was, obviously, doing Pepa and Camillo, Jinwoo was doing Isabela and Felix, Myungjun was doing the three villagers and Mirabel, and Bin was doing Dolores and Abuela. FUN!
Watching Dongmin and Jinwoo try to dance Pepa and Felix's part was fun and what was funner was Jinwoo butchering the words and tones in Isabela's part. Myungun's change of voices for his parts left Minhyuk giggling.
The video Sanha filmed was half of the performance and the other half of Minhyuk giggling with sparking eyes. Sanha wasn't even looking at the performers, his eyes were set on how much happier Minhyuk looked.
"Sanha, Sanha, Sanhaa!! Do Un Poco Loco! Bin will film you, wait no, Eunwoo hyung you do it!"
Sanha couldn't even say no, not when Minhyuk looked so happy. And it wasn't even like Sanha ended up doing it alone, Minhyuk joined him at the chorus and... it was so fun, so lively.
"Uh we can do this later, lets cut the cake first!" Jinwoo said after checking the time, they had 10 minutes till it was over.
Cutting the cake was nice, Minhyuk wished that no one forgets anyone's birthday ever again. It was very no fun, not nice at all.
The air was charged up with giggles as they all ate the cake. But there was this heaviness that they couldn't just shrug off. They had to talk of course.
"How about we all shower first, then we can eat something before talking. I would love to have my belly full before crying again." Minhyuk said before standing up and everyone nodded.
"Jinie can order the food, Sanha leave the aircon on, Hyuk let's save water and shower together!" Myungjun said and dragged Minhyuk with him. Sanha followed them.
"What? I want to shower with my rock hyung too!" Sanha said when Myungjun gave him the stank eye.
Minhyuk just coughed and grinned.
'"'"
Dongmin and Bin were the first ones out, they received the takeout and set it up on the table. Dongmin sat down on the sofa and it was so quiet, only the slight buzz of the aircon could be heard.
Bin sat down beside him and stared at him for a while before dragging him down so Dongmin's head was on his lap, facing the ceiling. Dongmin's eyes were glazy and he looked so lost, so quiet. Bin pecked his nose twice before sitting up straight and looking at the ceiling too. His hand gently rubbed Dongmin's stomach.
"I was the only one, wasn't I?" Dongmin said after a moment, his voice sounded chokes and his bottom lip quivered.
"No." Bin replied, both of them staring at the ceiling. They knew the moment they looked at each other, they will cry.
"Who..."
It was quiet for a few moments, just the sound of their shallow breaths. Bin couldn't breathe properly, his throat felt so clogged.
"No one." A gasp. "Five of us, and none of us remembered. I have the reminders on, you know, my phone. But I turned it off this morning thinking it was an alarm. Looked at my phone when Hyuk went live."
Two stuttered breaths.
"He came to my room. Last night and then in the morning too. All I did was eat his breakfast and fuck, I didn't even give him his daily morning kisses. He. I didn't even smile, didn't even hug him. I'm so-" He cried. An arm over his eyes and he cried.
"It's on us." Jinwoo said as he sat beside Dongmin and kept his legs on his own lap and rubbed his thigh gently. Jinwoo has been crying since Minhyuk called his parents, his nose was red and eyes swollen. And they filled up again, he cried so easily. He wanted to be strong for his boyfriends today but, he couldn't.
They sat there, lost in their own thoughts till the three maknaes (2 + 1) came out from their communal shower.
"Hyung looks so pretty when you compliment him, so red ah." Sanha said as he hugged Minhyuk before guiding him to the two seater while sticking his tongue out to Myungjun.
"He looks cuter when *I* compliment him." Myungjun said and sat on Minhyuk's lap.
"Shut up, he looks the prettiest when Min kisses him." Bin said and Dongmin chuckled wetly before sitting up and wiping his eyes.
"Not fair, Eunwoo hyung is too pretty." Sanha whined and rested his head on Myungjun's head that was on Minhyuk's shoulder. He pretended to bite Myungjun's damp hair in annoyance.
"Hyuk-ah, come here now. Been with hyung and maknae since you came home." Jinwoo whined and pat his thigh, to which Minhyuk quickly stood up (almost dropping Myungjun) and rushed to sit with Jinbinmin.
Jinwoo kissed his cheek and hugged him tightly. Myungjun whined and cursed Jinwoo for taking Minhyuk from him, totally unfair how his big tits can make anyone listen to him.
"I will heat up the food!" Sanha said and stood up, taking Myungjun with him. He knew the four of them needed to start talking without Myungjun whining every two seconds.
Dongmin held Minhyuk's hand and played with his fingers for a while. He kissed Minhyuk's fingers once every few seconds.
"I'm sorry." He voiced out, squeezing Minhyuk's hand tighter. "I'm so fucking stupid. I'm so stupid for not being a part of your special day. I knew how much it meant to you, how much it means to you and I still, I still didn't. God I suck so much. I told you I love you, I really care for you but I still forgot. I broke my promise, I broke your trust and I hate it, I hate it so much."
Dongmin tried to take his hand back but Minhyuk just held on tighter. It was silent, no one spoke. Sanha and Myungjun listened in from the kitchen.
"It wasn't just Min, all of us are fucking dumb. We promised, we told you we will take care of you. And then we do this, ha we are so fucking stupid." Jinwoo grumbled and hid his face in Minhyuk's neck. Bin was silent, he turned to motion Sanha and Myungjun to come over.
"I thought you were doing that stupid 'i-will-pretend-i-forgot-ur-birthday-and-then-throw-u-a-big-suprise-party-right-before-ur-birthday-ends' thing, and I was so annoyed, so annoyed because I knew you knew how much I hated waiting or feeling uncared for on my birthday." Minhyuk stumbled over his words. "When eomma called me, I was sure you would all go some grand gesture and wish me," He chuckled wetly, gripping Dongmin's hand tightly. "But none of you said anything. So I thought you would do something back at the dorms but... everyone just went to sleep. I couldn't sleep. So I was on my phone till 5 in the morning, I felt so bitter about everyone wishing me when the people closest to me still hadn't. It made me happy, but I felt so bitter. It felt so bad hyung, top ten worst experiences of my life."
Bin was still staring at the ceiling, now picking at the cuticle of his left thumb. Sanha was now sitting on Myungjun's lap sideways with his head on Myungjun's shoulder while dazedly playing with the older's hair. Myungjun was silently making patterns on Sanha's waist. Both of them were crying, small sniffles escaping once in a while.
"When I woke up, everyone but Eunwoo hyung was still sleeping. I mean, we were busy so I understand everyone was still tired. It was nice you know, in the morning, I ate breakfast with Eunwoo hyung while he did his adult thingy. It did hurt when you didn't even give me a kiss, but I understand. Then I went out with Jisu and Sua, it was fun. But I missed all of you so much, mhm wish you were there." Minhyuk pouted as he played with Dongmin's fingers and shifted on Jinwoo's lap.
"When I came back home, yeah I realised no one remembered. No grande scheme of fake forgetting, and it hurt so much. And what's even worse is the fact that I couldn't even cry because I had a live to do. Myung hyung was the first one to wish me, then I received Jin hyung's gift, then Binnie and Sanha called me. Not even going to lie right now, but I was waiting for your call Min hyung. It hurt so much when you came back home clueless. I knew we were all busy and tired and I honestly don't blame any of you for forgetting, it happens sometimes. But please don't ever forget again, it hurt so much, so bad. I don't want to feel that again."
Minhyuk exhaled quietly and loafed himself in Jinwoo's arms while holding Dongmin's hand close to his chest. They sat quietly for a moment, just thinking and soaking it all up. Minhyuk rarely ever stumbled over his words or stuttered unless very flustered, so hearing him breaking down so often hurt.
"I'm so sorry Hyuk-ah, you're one of my best friends and I feel like pure shit right now. I cherish you so much, I'm willing to sacrifice my first born for you I swear! What can I do for you, please tell me." Myungjun said loudly and cried just as loud when he said it. Minhyuk giggled and looked at him before making grabby hands for him.
Myungjun struggled a little to get Sanha off of himself before crawling to Minhyuk and kissing his knuckles and holding his free hand.
"You can start with lending me your massager, or better yet, massage my back for a month! Sanha you do my feet!" Minhyuk grinned through wet eyes and red puffy face.
"That's it?" Sanha said as he sat on the floor beside Myungjun.
"Well I won't mind you bathing with me daily or cuddling me to sleep." Minhyuk said with a teasing smile and Sanha just smiled and nodded before leaning up to kiss his cheek.
"Your cheek is so soft and salty." Sanha whined before giving Minhyuk's cheek a lick, to which the older boy shrieked. "What are you, a dog!?"
They all laughed. Bin was still not very responsive.
"Bin-ah you can do my gluteus maximus!" Minhyuk suggested cheekily to which Bin just smiled.
"I can do a lot more than just massages though." Bin replied, now sitting straighter.
Dongmin giggled when Sanha made barfing sounds.
"I'm free tomorrow morning, we can fornicate and maybe you can engage in fellatio, hmm." Minhyuk smirked and Bin smirked back creepily.
Myungjun yelled loudly and put both his hands over his ears in exaggeration.
Jinwoo bit his ear playfully before shifting the younger rapper onto Dongmin's lap. Dongmin hugged him tightly.
"And what can I do for you, hmm?" Dongmin whispered in his ear and Minhyuk shivered.
"Twenty kisses a day, any cheeks. Ten kisses a day on lips and maybe let me go to your shooting one day." Minhyuk said and Dongmin chuckled before nodding.
"Bin-ah you are carrying me to bed today and Sanha and Myung hyung are sleeping beside me. No arguments, I need the softness after all this crying!"
Sanha and Myungjun yelled before the room filled with loud arguments and laughter. They were so chaotic, Minhyuk liked this a lot.
He liked living with them, he liked waking up to them and sleeping with them. He trusted them, and maybe they broke his trust today and it will take some time before he would be able to 100% trust them with himself again, but he knew they will never break it like this again. Forgetting someone's birthday feels like shit and being the one who's birthday was forgotten feels even shittier. But things get better. All you need is a little more belief.
Because they were to him what belief was to Tinker Bell.