Off Key

#36

Chan arrived outside, seeing all the boys waiting for him. "You forgot, didn't you?" Jisung said, sitting on the bench, next to Minho. "Yes. I did, but it's okay. I filled out the form." He said, making the rest feel relaxed.

They were all worried if Chan made it in time. "Before practice, we should eat. It's on me." Chan said, making everyone feel happy. "I say, to that one diner we went to, raise your hand if you agree," Seungmin said raising his hand, making the rest raise their hand.

"Let's go, I'm starving," Changbin said, walking to the car, along with everyone else.

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The boys were all at the diner, eating their food, happily, conversations taking place, left and right.

"Have you guys ever been in love?" Felix asked, eating a french fry. The boys got quiet as they looked at Felix curiously while Felix waited for their response. "What? I'm curious." Felix said.

"Here, I'll start. I've never been in love. Who's next?" Felix said, looking at everyone. "I've never been in love. Nor dated." Jisung said, getting looks from everyone. "You've never dated?" Hyunjin asked, in shock, resulting in Jisung shaking his head.

"What about you?" Jisung said turning his attention to Minho, who was sitting across from him. Minho looked up from his plate to see everyone staring. "Yeah, I've been in love. Many times, but it all ended the same." Minho said, with a stern face, that made Jisung curious, but a bit sad.

"I'm the same with Jisung. Never been in love nor dated." Changbin said, from the corner of the table. "I've dated but never in love," Hyunjin said, with Jeongin who second with that. "I'm with Jisung and Changbin. Never dated nor been in love." Seungmin said, feeling a bit embarrassed but not so much.

"And you Chan?" Felix asked, noticing Chan had been quiet. "I'm with Minho, but also not," Chan said, speaking up. "I've only dated once, but god, he was the love of my life," Chan said, looking at the boys.

All the boys felt a storytime coming, so they got slightly comfortable, waiting for Chan to continue.

"We've known each other since forever, practically, grew up with each other. Me and him were always best friends until we caught feelings for each other." The sound of Felix taking a bite of a hard french fry, crunching, made all the boys look at him.

"Shhh!" Jisung said, facing Felix. "Sorry.." Felix whispered. Chan giggled but continued. "When we caught feelings, we decided to date." Chan sighed. "That was a bad decision. We were together for 5 years until I found out he had been cheating on me for 3 years." Chan said, making everyone gasp.

"He had been cheating on me with a girl from a different country. When I confronted him, he has no remorse. He moved away, to go live with her." Chan said, taking a sip of his coffee. "That shit broke my heart, badly. I was desperately in love with him until that happened." Chan said, making the rest feel upset for Chan.

"How'd you find out?" Minho asked. "I found out because the girl had contacted me, and thought that he was cheating on him with me when it was actually backwards, but she didn't care, she still wanted to be with him, just like how he wanted to be with her." He said.

"Do you still love him?" Jeongin asked, making Chan stare into his eyes. "No. That hurt me so, I shut my heart off. Blocked off all sources of romantic love." Chan said, not being able to look the younger in the eye.

"But, a little part of me misses him, but I miss my best friend more than the romance," Chan said sighing. "Well, if it makes you feel better, you got 7 other best friends," Jisung said, making Chan smile. "Yeah, and we're in a band!" Felix said.

"And who knows, maybe, you'll find love again," Hyunjin said eyeing Jeongin. "Maybe.." Chan said, eyes going to the youngest, unconsciously. "Jisung, you've never dated?" Chan asked, remembering what Jisung said. "Oh, yeah, I never dated in Malaysia, or here," Jisung said.

"Why's that?" Chan asked, realizing that they don't know much about him, actually. "I guess, I never found the right person," Jisung said, thinking. "But, you must've found people attractive, right?" Minho asked. "Well, yeah, but never dated," Jisung said.

"Why haven't you dated Seungmin?" Jisung asked, looking at the boy. "Because relationships and love are a waste of time and distract you too much from important things in life," Seungmin said, taking a sip of his water.

"Damn, who hurt you?" Felix said, surprised by Seungmin. "Nobody. It's just common sense to me. Sorry I'm an anti-romantic, but what about you, have you dated?" Seungmin asked, flipping the attention.

"Me? Um, yeah, once but I was 8." Felix said making the rest giggle. "Oh my god, I remember that! He dated.. who was it?" Minho said, trying to remember who it was. "I swear Minho, if you say, I will- OH, IT WAS RYUJIN!" Minho said, cutting off Felix's threat suddenly remembering.

"Holy shit, Ryujin?" Hyunjin said, trying to cut back from his laughter. Felix scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Yes, when I thought I was straight," Felix said, embarrassed, while everyone giggles. "I didn't know you guys knew Ryujin," Seungmin said.

"Practically grew up with her, but oh my god, you guys were adorable. I remember Felix ripped a flower from the ground and gave it to her." Minho said, making Felix drop his head onto the table. "MINHO, PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP," Felix said, muffled by his arms.

"That's adorable," Changbin said making Felix lookup. "It is?" Felix asked making Changbin nod his head. "But, I wouldn't consider it a relationship," Minho said making Felix scoff. "And why not?" Felix said, sounding a bit offended.

"It only lasted a week."

Felix kept quiet after that. "How'd the breakup go?" Jisung asked, dying from laughter. "She made me gay, so I told her that," Felix said. "How'd she take it?" Hyunjin asked. "She said 'ok'." Felix said, making the rest start to laugh again.

"We never speak about this. Got it?" Felix said, with his deep voice, slightly scaring the rest. The rest nodded their heads, making it go quiet, again.

"And you Changbin? Why'd you never date?" Felix asked, with a sweet voice, different than what just happened a second ago. "Nobody has ever caught my eye. I also didn't talk to anyone so, no relationship." He said, making everyone nod their heads, understanding.

"How many people have you been with Hyunjin?" Minho asked, out of randomness. "Slept or dated?" Hyunjin asked, making Seungmin choke, slightly on his water.

"Because slept, I don't know and dated, I don't know," Hyunjin said, making Minho roll his eyes. "You've had sex?" Felix asked, making Hyunjin nod his head. "Yeah, who hasn't?" Hyunjin said, making a couple of people go quiet, and look away.

"Yes Hyunjin, some people are virgins here," Seungmin said, with a bit of sass. "Sorry, I'll just shut up," Hyunjin said, looking down.

Felix noticed Changbin didn't look away, when Hyunjin mentioned sex. "You've had sex before?" Felix said, whispering to Changbin who was next to him. "Yeah," Changbin said, making Felix shocked. "But, you said, you've never dated anyone, nor no one had caught your attention.."

"You don't have to date to fuck." Changbin said, slightly smirking making Felix's stomach flip upside down. "I- you're- Guys it's late we should head out," Chan said interrupting,

"Chan, it's already 11," Hyunjin said looking at his watch. "Exactly," Chan said, getting up. "Sleepover at my house?" Chan asked making everyone nod in agreement.

"Do we still have practice tonight?" Jeongin asked while Chan took out his wallet. "No, not today, but tomorrow in the morning," Chan said, leaving to go pay, as everyone got up from their seats.

Chan soon came back after paying heading to the door, opening it. "Let's go," Chan said being the last one to exit the diner.

J: it's my birthday : )