attraction | meanie

vi. junhui's flirt parlor

if wonwoo thought the morning was eventful, he just had to wait until after school. jihoon invited him to come get ice cream with him and soonyoung, so he accepted. he only found out wen junhui would be tagging along with them when he saw him standing there with jihoon and soonyoung.

"hey, you're that boy from this morning!" wonwoo exclaims, pointing a finger at junhui. "the one that owes your friends tteokbokki-"

"shush!" junhui hisses, placing a finger over wonwoo's lips. "i bought it at lunch. i'm off the hook."

wonwoo just hums in suspicion, not exactly...believing junhui. "oh, stop fighting you two. c'mon, soonyoung knows this really great ice cream parlor we can go to." jihoon shouts, dragging junhui and wonwoo to walk. they plead jihoon to stop since the way he's "dragging" them isn't the most comfortable; the younger has his arms around the boy's necks, their heads right under his armpits.

"jihoon!" wonwoo gasps for air, "i told you to never use this way again- please stop-" jihoon drops the two after a second. they both regain stability before continuing on to the ice cream parlor.

"jisoos, you got a strong grip, jihoon-" junhui groans as he massages his neck. "jisoos?" soonyoung questions, "you mean Jesus?"

"no, i mean jisoos." junhui responds blandly. "there's a new transfer student named jisoo, or joshua. we have this little inside joke, because joshua's a christian. so we call him jisoos sometimes."

"interesting." jihoon mumbles.

on the way to the ice cream parlor, which wonwoo learned to be quite the distance, junhui strikes up conversation with him. "i don't think we've been correctly introduced." wonwoo hears from beside him, catching him off-guard at the sudden talking. "oh! uh, yeah. i'm jeon wonwoo."

"wen junhui. you've heard it before, though." wonwoo chuckles. "sure have."

"anyway, i've never seen you around, hotshot. why's that? if i could've blessed my eyes with your face a long time ago, i would've taken up on that offer." uh oh, junhui's just like jihoon. except he flirts more than the younger. chill and laid-back with people he obviously takes interest to. wonwoo's temperature rises at the flirty compliments he just received, tongue tying in a knot in his mouth.

"i...i don't know..." he manages to get out. hotshot? eyes blessed at the glance of his face? what is this, some type of sick trick? wonwoo's none of that. junhui must be out of his mind to be hitting on wooden ruler jeon wonwoo.

and it's not like wooden ruler jeon wonwoo is any bit flustered by this flirting, no! jeon wonwoo is straight as hell, he's not affected by junhui's stupid flirting...

"well, it's truly a blessing to be in your presence now. you're stunning." junhui looks over to wonwoo, giving him a fond gaze. when wonwoo looks at junhui, he swears he can't stop for a second. junhui's dark brown eyes are almost magical...and the way they look at him so fondly. the way they look at wooden ruler jeon wonwoo so fondly.

when wonwoo is finally able to break his eyes away from junhui and look at soonyoung and jihoon, he sees jihoon staring back at him with squinted eyes. wonwoo mouths, "what?!" and gets a "you sure you're straight?" from jihoon. wonwoo rolls his eyes.

once they arrive at the ice cream parlor, jihoon goes around asking everyone what type of ice cream they want so he can order for them. soonyoung's getting brownie, junhui's getting mango, wonwoo decides to go with rainbow sherbert, and jihoon's getting birthday cake batter ice cream. they order, receive their cones, and go to sit down at one of the outside tables of the parlor.

"woah, this ice cream is almost as satisfying as looking at wonwoo!" junhui gasps after taking a lick of his mango flavored ice cream, shooting a flustered wonwoo a quick wink. "looks like someone really likes wonwoo for once!" soonyoung laughs, hitting junhui's shoulder because of his really bad flirting.

"for twice, actually." jihoon mumbles, just loud enough for only wonwoo to hear. "what was that?" junhui says, leaning in to the two. "nothing! nothing. jihoon just said that his ice cream tastes really great."

"ah, okay then." junhui shrugs, going back to talk with soonyoung. jihoon and wonwoo eat their ice cream as they watch the other two talk and laugh together. jihoon mostly focuses on soonyoung, of course, and wonwoo finds himself staring at junhui.

wait, what?

no, he's not staring at junhui...not at all. wonwoo's straight, he feels no attraction to junhui. flirting can catch everyone off-guard, that's all. he's just bewildered junhui took a liking to him. wooden ruler jeon- you know what, you get it. he's nudged out of his thoughts when jihoon shoves his elbow into his side, making him jerk his head around to the younger. "what?!"

"m&m."

"excuse me?"

"it's a nickname i made up just now. just look!" jihoon growls quietly, turning wonwoo's head to look more to the right. there, a distance away, stands xu minghao and kim mingyu. talking. m&m, huh? minghao and mingyu.

"that's not a pleasant sight." wonwoo mutters, looking sickly at the chinese boy and the junior hotshot. "what do you think hao's doing with him, hoonie?"

"i can't be too sure, it could be anything." jihoon looks at the two as well.

what horrifies wonwoo is when minghao and mingyu start walking their way, having not spotted them yet but surely will when they get closer. plus, soonyoung's here, and he's one of the three that's good friends with mingyu. if soonyoung catches mingyu's attention, he'll be included too.

"just lay it off, don't get anxious." jihoon side-mouths to wonwoo, who looks down at his hands and sees them shaking violently. "right." he clasps his hands together in attempt to calm them down. mingyu and minghao walk closer and closer.

close enough to the point where wonwoo can overhear their conversation. they're joking around and talking casually with each other, which makes wonwoo's gut do loop-the-loops. suddenly, he hears minghao.

"hey mingyu! we should, uh...let's go over here! i heard this one cafe farther down the street has really good pastries." wonwoo exhales a breath he didn't know he was holding once mingyu and minghao's voices and steps fade into the distance again, putting him at ease. thankfully, junhui and soonyoung didn't notice mingyu's presence.

wonwoo and jihoon glance at each other before breaking out in smiles. "you've been lucky, jeon wonwoo." jihoon grins, slapping the older's back hard. junhui and soonyoung stopped talking, unnoticed by the two other boys, to watch them smile together. they don't know what just happened, but seeing jihoon and wonwoo happy brings joy to junhui and soonyoung's own hearts.

"ouch, do you lift weights secretly or something?!" wonwoo snorts, poking jihoon's bicep. "pfft. no, i'm just naturally strong."

wonwoo's phone suddenly dings in his pocket, so he holds up a finger to acknowledge he's going to check it. "hold on a sec hoonie."

new message from minghao
-you're welcome, wooden ruler

hey haha don't forget to vote or something yeah that'd be cool