↱GREAT ESCAPE↲ ⇾seongjoong/yeonbin⇽

9

as it seemed, plans changed.

instead of leaving after the promised few months, wooyoung's flight to an undisclosed location was scheduled for after graduation.

this came as a relief to them until wooyoung revealed even more surprising news during the latter half of their final year.

"i'm going to college."

"dude, we're all going to college."

"no, no."

he heaved out a sigh, index finger tapping against the surface of the table twice.

"i'm going to college here."

taehyun spat out his soda; jongho, who sat across from him quickly evaded, reached across the table to punch him on the shoulder.

san's eyes widened, mouth agape - from both genuine shock and being a second away from shoving half his burrito into his mouth.

"that's great, man! how'd you talk your dad out of it?"

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"dad, i want to stay here."

"good. because you will."

"wait, what?"

"i'm leaving you with your aunt."

"wait, dad-"

"you better not fail anything", were his sweet parting words before boarding the plane.

"or i'm shipping your ass back to goyang to live with your mother."

thanks, dad. love you, too.

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wooyoung narrowed his eyes at the memory from only a week ago.

he reached out for a quesadilla, avoided the rest of the table's expectant gazes.

"i mean, does it really matter?"

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choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life.

to this day, the income tax team all beg to disagree.

hongjoong, on the other hand, takes every similar opportunity to make obscene jokes about how the words blow and hand should always precede the word job.

this is almost always met with a collective eyeroll, save for when mingi has the energy to humor his best friend.

"you should get paid for it, really."

"i know. thank you."

at breakfast, yeosang, like the indisputable nag he is, asks a yawning yunho about graduation preparations, which then brings them to the topic of: when exactly is graduation again?