Stars & Golden Feathers

Chapter 9

Minho's p.o.v

"-Are you sure you can go back by yourself? What if you get lost?" The tall boy walking beside Minho looks at him with worry in his eyes.

"It's fine Hyunjin." Minho quickly assures him, "besides, it's been like 3 months, I should be able to-"

"Hyung!" A voice suddenly yells directly into Minho's ear. He flinches and almost drops his phone, before turning his head to scowl at whoever made him partially deaf.

"Jisung?" The younger boy is grinning at him like he didn't just cause Minho to have a minor heart attack. "What are you doing here? I thought you had to stay in bed today?" He lifts an eyebrow.

"I was supposed to do that... But I couldn't just let my favorite Hyung get lost again." He lifts his hands and makes a circle above his head to simulate a halo. Even though angels lost those ages ago when- anyways, that's a story for another time.

"Excuse me?" Hyunjin puts his hands on his hips. "He's your favorite Hyung? And to think I was going to ask you two if you wanted to go out tonight." He wipes a phantom tear.

"Great! Where are you taking us?" Jisung excitedly clasps his hands together.

"I said 'was' I'm not taking you anywhere." Hyunjin folds his arms and looks away. Jisung pouts, Minho internally coos, the gesture is incredibly cute. "I was thinking we could eat at the restaurant on the corner," Hyunjin mumbles and cracks a smile.

"I'm in!" Minho grins and raises his hand

"Me too! But, why?" Jisung asks

"I feel really bad about what happened yesterday... I want to make it up to you somehow." Hyunjin crutches the backs of his neck and looks down.

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"Should we order a bottle of Soju?" Hyunjin says while chewing his food.

They arrived at the restaurant a little under an hour ago. They ordered Korean bbq and are now eating. Minho and Jisung are sitting on one side of the table, while Hyunjin is sitting on the opposite side.

"I don't drink, but you guys can go ahead and order one if you want to," Minho says and shoves a piece of meat in his mouth.

"I don't drink either." Jisung quickly says. Minho and Hyunjin stare at him in silence for a few seconds before bursting out laughing. "What?" Jisung asks with food in his mouth, his cheeks turning pink.

"You were literally drunk out of your mind not even a month ago," Hyunjin says between laughs. Minho nods, unable to say anything.

"I- it wasn't that bad!" He tries to defend himself.

"Do I have to remind you of your song?" Minho says after calming down a bit. Jisung looks at him in confusion. "Minho is so pretty~" He imitates Jisung's drunk singing, Jisung looks at him in horror.

Hyunjin bursts out laughing again, he clutches his stomach and tries to breathe. "It's worse than I thought." He wipes a couple of tears from his eyes.

Jisung raises his hand to get the waiter's attention, "excuse me, can I order?"

The waiter quickly walks to their table, "of course sir, what would you like to order?"

Jisung thinks for a moment before clearing his throat, "Two bottles of Soju please." He smiles.

The waiter types something on his tablet. "Anything else?" He asks and looks at Minho and Hyunjin. They both shake their heads. "Alright, I'll go and bring you your drinks." The waiter bows and walks away from the table.