𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒 - 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐆

08 | lover boy

"What's up with you and Minho?" I look at Chan as he walks beside me.

I was thankful that after Minho left last night nobody questioned me. I knew they saw what happened.

But I guess I wasn't so lucky because now as Chan and I walk to school he decides to question it. "I-I don't know what you mean"

"Come on Jisung, I think we all saw the way y'all acted yesterday" I stared ahead, I couldn't look him in the eyes and lie to him. He was my brother, he was the one that knew everything about me—he'd know if lying.

I stop and turn to him, mentally preparing myself to lie to him and hoping he believes it. I look at him and he stops walking as well, looking at me and waiting.

"The night at the beach, when I asked to talk to him" Chan nods, listening to my every word "We might have kissed"

Chan's eyebrows raised in surprise "What?" He shook his head and looked down "But Dylan—" He looks up "Is that why you broke up with him?"

I bite at my lip and shake my head "I broke up with him because I no longer loved him" Not that I ever did but maybe I should have since we dated for so long.

"I'm still confused"

I chuckle "Minho and I are— we're not dating but we're not not dating" I look down and shake my head "That's more confusing, oh my god"

I heard Chan let out a small laugh and put his hand on my shoulder, making me look up at him. "Hey, don't worry about it. I'm only asking because you're my brother and he's one of my best friends, I don't want either of you to get hurt"

I frown "You're not mad?"

Chan laughs louder this time "No, of course not. In all honesty, I'm surprised it took so long" He slings his arm around my shoulder, continuing our walk to school.

"Took so long? You say it like this was inevitable"

"It was" I look at him confused and he smiles at me before looking back ahead "I know your not that clueless brother"

"I guess I am because I have no idea what you're getting at"

Chan stops again and turns to me "You and Minho always pushed each-others buttons but not in the way where you want to piss each other off, but in the way that you just want each other's attention"

I roll my eyes and continue walking. Was he right? Maybe, but I wasn't gonna admit it. Why was I gonna admit to my brother that I crushed on his best friend for years? Acting as if I hated him was the easiest thing to do.

Chan walks beside me and bumps my shoulder with his " I'm so right"

I side-eye him and this makes him smile contently as we continue our walk.

-

"Look at lover boy waiting here by the gate" Chan teases as we walk up to Minho who was in fact waiting by the gate.

Minho furrows his brows and pushes himself off the gate. "Huh?" He was confused and I sent him a small smile when he looks at me.

"I'll leave y'all to it," Chan says with a knowing smile and walks into the gate of the school.

"Leave us to it?" Minho repeats, his eyes following Chan as he walks into the school.

"I told him," I said, making Minho look at me "I mean, I told him that we weren't dating but we also weren't not dating"

Minho's eyebrows push closer together "That could have been said in a more simple way"

I sigh and walk past him and into the gate, making him follow beside me. "He doesn't seem upset so that's good"

I stop and look at him "Is it?"

Minho nods slowly "Yeah?"

I let my eyes wander to the floor and I bite at my lip before saying "But doesn't it feel wrong?" I look up, "When I told him he seemed so happy and—" I swallowed harshly and said, "He said he always expected this"

Minho lets out a nervous chuckle and looks away to the school "He said that?" He looks at me again.

I nod "Yeah"

As Minho looks around it was then I felt and noticed the eyes on us as we stood in front of the school. Just us, alone. We weren't with my brother or his friends and I wasn't with mine, it was just us—the two of us.

Now, that is wouldn't be unusual if this was a normal situation. It wouldn't be unusual if I didn't have a boyfriend only a few days ago, or if the boy in front of me wasn't openly someone this said boyfriend hated.

"Let's go inside, get away from prying eyes" I nod and Minho slung his arm around my shoulder like it was natural. Like there was no thought behind it and like it wasn't the first time being there.

It felt natural. All of this did.