The boy underneath the stars // H.J + L.M

Chapter 65

Jisung takes another sip of his coffee, staring blankly at the raindrops dripping down the window.

He doesn't look up when Felix enters the room, nor does he when Jeongin lets out a giggle.

Felix rummages through the cabinets,  sighing when he can't seem to find what he's looking for.

"Yah Sung, do you have a bag I can borrow?"

"The only bags I have are the bags under my eyes, and they're specifically designed to carry the burden of my existence." Jisung grumbles, downing the entire cup of coffee at once, "God I need something stronger than this."

Felix raises his eyebrows at the boy, then shrugging and turning his attention to Jeongin, "Yah Innie, you have a bag I can borrow?"

Jeongin looks up from his phone, not able to suppres a smile. "huh?"

"You know what, nevermind." Felix sighs, continuing to look for a bag, leaving the room. Jeongin shrugs, going back to - most likely- texting Eric.

Jisung groans, pushing himself off the counter slowly and looking through the kitchen. "Do we not have alcohol or anything?"

Jeongin comes up behind him, pulling the boy up and holding his face with both hands. "it's 7:30 in the morning."

Jisung huffs, sliding down to the floor and resting his head against his knees. "Everything is against meee."

"Everything okay Ji?" Jeongin asks, scooting down in front of the boy and taking his face in his hands.

"Oh yes, everything is absolutely perfect. Life is amazing, isn't it?"

Felix comes walking back in the room, frowning as he sits down next to Jisung. "I could hear the sarcasm coming from that sentence from the other room. What's wrong?"

"Oh nothing, except for that people suck, life sucks, existence sucks and humanity sucks." Jisung complains, groaning as he looks at the time. "We have to go to school, lets go."

He's about to stand up, but Felix holds him back by grabbing his arm. "What happened?"

"I don't have time to explain now," Jisung mutters, "Come, we're gonna be late."

He frees himself from Felix's grip on his arm, swinging his bag over his shoulder and walking in the direction of the door.

Felix and Jeongin give each other a confused look, following Jisung when he calls them. "you lazy snails coming?!"

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Minho lets out a sigh of relief when he spots Jisung sitting in front of the class. He was afraid he wouldn't show up, honestly. Afraid that the would start closing himself off again.

Although Minho's hopes of making up shatter completely the minute Jisung looks up.

He looks tired, really tired. And the glare he gives the older makes chills run down his spine. Minho approaches the boy carefully, going to sit down next to him, but Jisung shoves his chair back loudly, ignoring the older completely as he sits down next to Felix instead.

Felix looks up from doodling random figures on the table, frowning at seeing Minho stand in the middle of the class, looking hopeless. He raises his eyebrows at Jisung, who looks down at his desk, ignoring Minho's presence completely.

"Sung, what's going on?" Felix whispers, nudging Jisung.

Jisung sighs, slamming his book down on his table, "You see, once there were two people called mrs and mr lee, and they decided to create a piece of shrimp called Lee Minho. That's what's going on."