forest || minsung

11

he had let jisung come with him to the studio. oh well. he felt like he had to do something back for him, after putting him through that night. it was a thank you, for being there. minho wasn't happy that he had seen him in such a state, but he also couldn't complain about the comfort jisung had given him.

speaking of, jisung wasn't completely hopeless at dancing. sure, it was far from perfect. minho noticed that he was very ... enthusiastic. nothing wrong with that, but it made him sloppy. and of course, it was a hard dance, so he couldn't blame him.

he wondered if this was going to be a temporary thing.

after two hours jisung lay down on the floor and refused to get up again. minho kicked his side, but it was a stubborn guy. he rolled to the side of the room and minho decided to practise some more without him. he put on a different song this time. it was a bit slower than this one, and every move had to be careful and sensual. it was a bit embarrassing, but he was too focused to pay attention to the panting boy in the corner. when the song ended, he didn't dare look at the other, and just put on a different one.

after a while, they called it a day. there was only a small part they could walk home together, so they seperated ways pretty quickly.

'thank you for the teaching.'

'no problem.' he hesitated. 'thanks for last night.'

jisung smiled and nodded. 'no problem, you can always call me if you need me. well, bye.'

'bye.'

what had happened to his plan of being cautious? why had he been stupid enough to leave jisung sleeping on the couch when he could've just woken him up and sent him home? what would happen if jisung told on him, and the others would all know. he doubted they would do anything with it, but trust went a bit far. being asked questions would be awful enough.

he appreciated him though, and he seemed to be trustworthy. who was to tell? show yourself, jisung. then i will know.

instead of going straight home, he made a detour through the forest. he had to walk a different way, as he was afraid jisung would spot him, but it was fine. the weather was lovely, so it really wasn't an issue.

the forest looked beautiful. it was one of the few things in life minho could still really admire. the rays of sunshine through the branches of the trees, the vibrant green everywhere, the chirping of birds. he felt like he could never get enough of it. but would it ever be enough?


the next monday at school, he was greeted by his friends. they were huddled together in the hallway as usual.

'-we hanging out tonight?'

felix nodded. 'sure, yes.'

chan greeted minho as he joined the group. 'you joining?'

'yeah. just text at whose and what time.' his friend gave him a thumbs up.

he walked off with seungmin, with whom he had maths together. minho made sure the others weren't following them before talking to him. 'anything new with hyunjin?'

seungmin's face fell. 'no. and i don't think anything will ever happen, so you don't have to ask about it.'

'why not?'

he looked at him incredulously. 'have you seen him?'

the older raised an eyebrow. 'yes?'

seungmin was at a loss of words. 'christ. he's probably not even gay.'

minho snorted. 'he kissed me and started giggling.'

the younger shrugged. 'you're not gay either.'

'fair enough.'

that was the end of the conversation. minho figured it wasn't his problem to deal with. if seungmin didn't want to make a move, then he would just have to sulk about it on his own. 

maths time.

differentiate the following functions.

???

minho hated maths.

after an hour of cluelessly staring at his book he said good-bye to seungmin and went to his next class, but not before being stopped by emma. 

'hey minho!'

'hey.'

'wanna try that duet again sometime?'

his eyes widened. he still remembered the last duet all too clearly, but he wasn't exactly opposed to the idea of doing that again. they didn't dance all too much that time. he nodded. 

'yeah. uh, i'm going to practice thursday?'

'alright! see you then.' she winked before slinging her backpack over her shoulder and leaving him flustered in the hallway. there probably wouldn't be any dancing thursday either.

he realised he had class and walked off. PE was alright, he wasn't too bad at football.

after that hour, they had lunch. the others were already seated at a table, clustered around changbin, who was showing them a video on his phone. minho quickly got some food and sat down with them.

'where is seungmin?' he looked around. he needed him to help with maths, but he wasn't there to be asked. oh well, he could just ask him later.

'what are we doing tonight?'

'maybe we could watch a movie?'

minho had made the horrible mistake of taking an apple. he hated eating apples at school, it made his hands sticky. the juice from the fruit slid down his hands. he wiped it off with a napkin, but got up to wash his hands anyway. 'i'll be right back.'

he strolled towards the toilets, skipping the one right across the cafeteria as it was used a lot and, frankly, straight-up disgusting. it was much quieter in the next hallway, no one hung out here during lunch breaks.

he opened the door to the restroom, and stopped dead in his tracks.

he had walked right in on seungmin making out with a guy from their year. minho blinked rapidly. the two boys in front of him stopped kissing and looked at him, clearly embarrassed. 

'don't mind me.' he quickly washed his hands and fled the scene without drying his hands. 

he walked back to his friends, visibly weirded out.

'what happened?' 

'i, uh, i found seungmin.'

they stared at him, waiting for him to continue. when he didnt, jeongin asked 'and...?'

'he's making out with jae in the restrooms.'

'which jae?'

'park.'

'oh jesus. well i mean, i see why.' changbin almost choked on his drink and pushed felix off his seat. 

'what, i'm right!' they all laughed as changbin rolled his eyes.

hyunjin didn't respond whatsoever. he stared at the table with slightly raised eyebrows. minho glanced at jisung, who gave him a meaningful look back.

so hyunjin did like seungmin.

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A/N: lmao uh, I know jae is much older but we're just gonna ignore that .... Age reduction for the sake of the story. . .