𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚢 | 𝙹𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗

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Everyone finished eating their food and moved to the living room where they just gossiped about random things that came to mind.

The conversation drifted mostly towards school and how it started in the next few days. Hyunjin had just told everyone that he was coming to school with jisung and jeongin leading to both of them freaking out.

"On the first day let's all change our classes to match each other!" Jisung exclaimed

"Yeah! We can have the whole day together and walk home with each other!" Jeongin yelled and climbed on his knees and bounced on the couch.

Minho grabbed jisung and pulled him into his lap, kissing his neck ever so softly, whispering something that distracted the boy from the whole conversation. The others watched as jisung moved Minhos hands to his legs and shook his head at what the other had said. They didn't recognize the look in the younger's eyes as sadness.

"Jeongin you won't have to walk home, I'll drive you to and from school," Chan said as he averted his attention from the boys.

"Really?" The younger asked excitedly and turned around to Chan.

"You think I'd just make you walk, silly?"

"Well I just thought you might be busy working and all.."

"I'd never be too busy for my baby," A small wet kiss was placed on jeongins forehead and he the younger looked away.

He knew that sentence wasn't true, last night being proof of that but could he really say anything? No, he couldn't because Chan was doing a good thing trying to make money for himself. It wasn't like jeongin would ask him to quit. Maybe they really did just run late last night but who knows?

"Guys, I should head home," Hyunjin stood up and began grabbing his things.

"You're not staying until later?" Jeongin separated himself from Chan and moved over to hyunjin.

"No, I have to go shower and visit..." He paused and looked around the room before quietly saying "...seungmin"

Jeongin stopped moving towards him and looked at his friend betrayed. He thought they were done with this, he thought they'd been past this for months.

"S-seungmin?"

"Yeah.." Hyunjin  turned to him and sighed.

"Have you been talking to him the whole time?" Jeongin asked sadly.

"What does it matter jeongin?" The other said and grabbed his jacket from the couch.

"But why?"

Chan watched this from behind jeongin hoping it wouldn't escalate to a fight. He had become neutral concerning their past. It wasn't like they were still fighting about it. Chan no longer hated hyunjin for anything since he had jeongin. Of course comparing the two situations to decide which was better was messed up on chans part but that's the kind of person he was.

"Jeongin, really just trust me okay? I would never try and hurt you.." Hyunjin said softly and moved towards the boy.

"Yeah, that's what seungmin said too and look what he did to me hyung," Jeongin pushed him away and moved towards the stairs with jisung and Chan moving after him.

Minho stayed and talked with hyunjin.

"Go ahead and go if you want okay?" Minho patted his shoulder and nodded

"Trust me okay? I'm really not trying to do you guys wrong.." Hyunjin looked as if he could cry for hurting jeongins feelings. Maybe it was wrong that he was going to visit his ex boyfriend and someone who hurt jeongin but he needed closure. he needed this chapter of his life to end so he could move on like anyone else did.

He had dwelled on it for so long that it had really begun to hurt even more. He needed to tell seungmin how he felt and how much he hated him. The last words. That's all that was needed for this.

"You're okay, hyunjin. Just go okay? We trust you jeongins just still a bit hurt with everything."

Hyunjin looked up at Minho and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you hyung..."

Hyunjin eventually made his way to the door and walked out, leaving minho in the living room.

"Jeongin, please come out.." Jisungs voice rang from the top of the stairs.

"Please, baby he's not doing anything wrong.. I'm sure he has good reasons," Chan defended.

Jeongin ignored everyone's words and sniffles could be heard from inside the room.

Broken ones.

Ones that seemed so betrayed and hurt.

His heart was heavy with something he couldn't place. It was a feeling that made him want comfort but still want to be alone and hidden away from everyone.

He thought it was over but bringing up a name that hadn't been brought up in so long, one that hadn't even been thought of at that, hurt so badly.

"Jeongin, please let us in," Chan leaned his forehead against the door.

"Go away," His small voice rang from the other side of the door.

"Why won't you let us in?"

"Hyung!" Jeongin yelled as he threw something across his room that they couldn't tell what it was "why can't I just be alone?!"

"Because I love you and I want to be here for you.."

Jisung had stood and left a long time ago, letting Chan deal with it even if he wanted to help.

After a few moments the door clicked open and jeongin peaked out with a tear stained face and quivering lips.

"I love you too..." He said with a few sniffles following.

He let Chan into the room and immediately collapsed into his arms reliving every moment of seungmin hands on him. It all came back to memory as if it had just happened the night before.

"Please hug me, channie..." Jeongins voice was rough as he couldn't even look the older in his eyes. His own were fogged with tears, fat ones that kept flowing.

Almost immediately chans arms were around him. Jeongin hugged him as tightly as he could, not even saying a word but his crying saying it all.

Saying silent words as if to let Chan know that he truly was still not okay no matter how hard he tried to hide it.

"He probably just wants closure like you, jeongin.." Chan whispered into the boy's hair "hyunjin wouldn't ever do such a thing to you.."

Even if jeongin didn't believe it he still was not mad at hyunjin. He still was friends with him because he was not the one that ruined everything, he wasn't the one who made everything so damn hard.

It was seungmin.

It was all seungmin.

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Poor innie baby 🥺