addiction - hyunchan

sixty

everyone was gathered at chan and hyunjins house, setting up for the perfect 25th birthday party to throw hyunjin. they wanted to make this one special for it was also his 27th month sober of any substance. they couldn't have been more proud of him.

they had finished setting up rather quickly. as of now they were passing time by chatting about past memories they had with the former addict for hyunjin had made plans out alone for the evening, taking a few hours to celebrate his successes on his own.

"i remember, the day i met hyunjin—i look back at it now and see that he truly never changed. he had this asshole kind of humor that was genuinely hilarious but would hurt you're feelings if you weren't close to him.—like the day i met him he came into the campus cafe, his sly smirked wiped across his face. that asshole flirted with me then called me a faggot." jeongin paused, laughing as he thought back on the memory. "looking back at it now it's really funny but at the time i was so shaken up about it, quite funny how times change so drastically..."

he continued. "there was one time, we went out clubbing and that was really the first time i'd ever actually hung out with him as a friend. we had a wild night i guess, i'd never seen myself doing all the shit he did but that night a tried some coke and drank so much we fooled around a bit and the next thing we remember was waking up in chan's bed—took his boyfriend for the night, what can i say, i had a reputation to hold as the fuck boy" jeongin said shrugging his shoulders and laughing as everyone joined, despite some who were still a bit emotional and had tearful eyes.

"oh hush, you did not sleep with him, all you two did was kiss and cuddle you shithead" chan said swatting at the boy playfully. which jeongin dodged with a chuckle "yeah, chan's a lucky man, hyunjins got some nice ass lips." he claimed, looking over to his fiancé who had a raised eyebrow that gave her a threatening look. "haha...of course not as perfect as my beautiful nayo's lips" he laughed awkwardly while nayo nodded her head with a smirk. "my jeonginnie is so sweet"

"well i remember when i first met him," seungmin started, eyes shifting for the two so close over to everyone else. " i had him as my roommate. i'd wake up some mornings with him trying to get into bed with me and it was pretty funny the way i'd push him off and tell him to "clean up the fucking dorm hyunjin!" just because it would get him to at least leave me alone. and like i wasn't ever close with him like you guys were, and to this day i never really have gotten along with him, but i will say he's one hell of a guy. chan, you deserve the world for all you've done for him."

"thank you, really seungmin" chan said "but if it weren't for you, i don't think he would've made it this far."

"my turn!" felix said interrupting. "i don't really remember when i first met hyunjin since we kinda grew up together. but in middle school is when we really started getting close, he'd come over to my house almost every day—hell, he practically lived there in middle school since his parents weren't ever home. but— wait omg! i have a better story" felix always got a little distracted... "i remember the day he came out to me, he came home with the fattest fucking grin on his face in grade 8, i asked him what it was about and he said that he had made out with some kid in the bathroom stalls during last class. at first i was like, okay???? but then i realized it was a guy and i was like okayyyyy, but yeah he's like my bff for life and jeongin you'll never compare to me!" felix said while side eyeing the youngest and the two bursted out into laughter.

the room had a good energy, everyone was laughing and getting along with smiles and glee radiating from their bodies. even jisung who came running into the room had a wide smile on his face. "guys guys! i made popcorn!" he said carrying the large bowl to the couch where he sat down on his boyfriends lap.

"good job, sweetheart." minho whispered into his ear kissing the boys cheek and grabbing a handful of the movie snack. he then built up the courage to tell his memories of the addict. it took him alot of time while he was locked up to find the right words, but finally only being 2 months after he was released, he finally knew what to say.

"so back in the early days of my senior year high school, is when i became aware of hyunjins addiction. i wish at the time i was able to see the problem clearer so i could've helped but i was to cough up in my own addiction to do anything. i made my biggest mistake taking him away from my brother because i feel felix could have stopped in a way. i blame myself for his addiction, honestly." minho said slowly, afraid of the reactions he would get but he knew he deserved negative reactions.

jisung pouted. he pouted because he knew nobody would defend minho. although he was invited today, that was only because jisung was. majority of them still weren't on good terms with the convict, but rather chose to not speak about their opinion for the sake of jisung, who still loved minho endlessly.

"thank you for apologizing and becoming aware of what you did, minho. i know it takes a lot because i was there before, i had to admit that his addiction probably could have been saved if i didn't spend so much time trying to make his life hell when i didn't know he was already living in it. so thank you, minho. it means alot." chan explained, and everyone gave soft smiles in return to minho and the male was overwhelmed with emotion for the people he once called his friends were at least looking at him with an expression other than a glare. it felt nice.

"good job min, i'm so proud of you" jisung whispered, pecking minhos cheek.

minho smiled wide and ruffled the small boys hair. "awh i love you, cutie."

everyone watched the cute interaction trying their hardest not to coo at the two for they still despised minho for what he had done to jisung and still nobody understood jisung for going back to the man who beat him to near death multiple times, starved him, and was overall a horrible boyfriend. but then again, they hadn't seen jisung this happy and outgoing since freshman year of highschool nearly 9 years ago.

"ah well" chan said clasping his hands together as he cleared his throat. "i guess it's my turn, but i don't have much to say aside from how i'm so goddamn proud of him that he made it to  25." he said glancing at the time. "and unfortunately story time is over because hyunjin should be here any moment...everybody get in your places and hide!" he said, a smile on his face watching everyone giggle and rush into their hiding spots while he turned off the lights getting into his own hiding place, just in time for hyunjin to open the door.

hyunjin stumbled in, reaching for the light switch to see. as he flipped on the lights that lit up the room, a mass of his friends and people he considered family, popped out from behind furniture and doors "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!" the all yelled, laughing and cheering for they expected a good reaction, but as they all looked at the male who had stumbled into the room, their faces dropped.

"im—i'm sorry everybody" hyunjin whispered as he dropped his head. "i told myself a little wouldn't hurt..."

THE END.

a/n
well damn i rushed tf outta this last chapter, But I wanted to thank each and everyone of you for taking the time in reading the story. It means a lot to me for I struggle myself with addiction and seeing the positive comments and reactions to sobriety on this book makes me overwhelmingly happy. As you see, a lot of you all asked for a happy ending and of course I never planned on letting him die, but I wanted to show you that this book was made for a reason and it was to show you how serious addiction can be. No matter the length of your sobriety, addiction to the specific drugs he took and plenty others never go away. That itching and feeling of emptiness in your body is always there every second you don't take enough. and in the end it wins over a lot of people. So thank you for reading, again, it means the world to me.