Off Key

#11

A couple of days had passed, Hyunjin got a text message from the group chat saying that Chan, Changbin, and Jisung made a song? Holy shit, they make songs? How was I not informed about this? They also texted that today at lunch everyone meets up at the rooftop, where no one can see them talking to each other.

Hyunjin thought this was a little risky but agreed regardless along with the rest of the boys.

He closed his locker and headed to Jeongin. He had gotten close to the younger by texting. They texted a lot and had late-night phone calls but in person, Hyunjin was mostly with Seungmin.

Jeongin was on his phone outside when he heard someone whisper yelling his name. "Hey, Jeongin!" He searched for who was calling him but saw that it was Hyunjin hiding. "What are you doing hiding behind a tree?" Hyunjin pulled the younger in front of him and pushed him against the tree trunk.

"What are you-" he was interrupted by Hyunjin's hand covering his mouth and shushing him. The older looked around to see if anyone was around. When the coast was clear, he removed his hand. "What are you doing?!" Hyunjin brought his hand back up to Jeongin's mouth shushing him again.

"Shut up, I just came here to talk to you," Hyunjin said while removing his hand and whispering. "And you're hiding behind a tree for what?" "Because of my reputation.. duh." Jeongin sighed and just went along with it. "Can you scoot back a little? I don't have any space to breathe." Hyunjin realized how close he was to the younger. Their chests were touching to the point where it looked... not what it was.

"Oh yeah, my bad." He scooted back but not too much since he didn't want to be in sight of anyone's vision. "So what did you want to talk to me about?" Hyunjin remembered what the whole point of him being here was and suddenly felt a little shy. Suck it up.

"W-well, I wanted to ask...." Hyunjin took a deep breath and continued. "When did you realize you liked... you know.... the same gender?" This came as a shock to Jeongin, kind of, he saw how he was with Seungmin but he also never would've expected him to be asking this. "Wait, how do you know I like guys?" "I see the way you look at Chan, I may be dumb but I'm also not dumb." That's dumb.

Jeongin's face went pale. "I- I don't know what you're talking about..." Hyunjin nodded and just realized that he was in denial of his feelings. Ironic, isn't it. "Okay, whatever but answer my question." Jeongin was thinking about how to put it.

"Well, I've been knowing since middle schools when I thought this guy was cute and wanted to do stuff with him that....wasn't really what friends would do." Hyunjin gasped. "You dirty child!" Jeongin slightly shoved the older. "No! I just meant like kissing and cuddles and couple shit." Hyunjin understood and nodded his head.

"Wait but I don't have a crush... I'm just curious.." Hyunjin didn't understand his feelings for Seungmin but he knew the younger was doing something. It got him thinking about his sexuality at least. "So you want to experiment, like friends with benefits but with a guy?"

"Yes, exactly!" Jeongin was thinking. How can I help him with this? It's not like I can...wait. "Well, you can experiment with me." Hyunjin was stunned, to say the least. He was gonna refuse immediately. He didn't see the younger like that and felt that Jeongin was a bit too young but thought about it. He's probably so experienced. Just give it a shot.

"Are you sure?" Jeongin nodded his head. He wanted to help his friend and he honestly didn't mind. He needed to take his mind off of things. Things being Chan. "What about Chan?" Jeongin stayed silent. He didn't realize the older cared so much about his relationship with Chan. "What about Seungmin?" Jeongin fired back with a smirk.