Royal Pain-Minsung AU

Part 5

Well since Jisung's idea to befriend Minho and keep him from stealing his title was off the table now, it was back to the drawing board. He had to think of a new way to solidify his spot on top of the school. 'I will just have to be better than him. Sure he's handsome and talented but so am I. His sudden appearance here made me doubt myself momentarily, but no more, I simply wont allow him to outshine me.' Jisung thought to himself, regaining some of his signature confidence. Jisung arrived at his dorm after eating dinner with Hyunjin. He walked in to see Minho doing homework at his desk. "Hey, didn't see you at dinner." Jisung said as he took off his shoes. "Are you keeping tabs on me now?" Minho said with his back turned to Jisung and not looking up from his work. Jisung rolled his eyes as he said "No. I was just kind of concerned that you didn't eat..." Minho stopped writing as he listened to Jisung. "But I wont keep you from your homework. Sorry I said anything." Jisung added as he started to change into sweatpants and a t-shirt. "Sorry, I am just tired. I didn't go to dinner because I had a dance lesson I had to get to and I just grabbed something to eat on the way." Minho said as he turned around to see Jisung pulling his shirt on. Jisung got his shirt over his head and was met with Minho's eyes. "Are you going to stare at me every time I get dressed? Am I going to have to change in the bathroom from now on?" Jisung asked. "Calm down Jisung I barely saw you putting on your shirt, its not like I'm staring at your junk or something." Minho said. Jisung's eyes widened at Minhos vulgarity. "Don't be such a prude, would it make you feel better if you saw me with my shirt off?" Minho said as he stood and began to lift his shirt up. Jisung saw a glimpse of Minho's toned stomach and leapt toward him to pull his shirt down saying "That is not necessary!" Jisung was holding Minhos hands down as he looked up at him realizing how close they were to one another. Minho smirked as he said "Ok, ok, I promise I wont flash you." Jisung let go of him and turned to walk to his bed as Minho added "But its your loss." Jisung felt his face get hot. He continued to face away from Minho as he tried to calm himself and said "Maybe I'm a prude but you are definitely a pervert." Minho laughed as he laid down on his own bed and said "Maybe a little."

"Minho is weird right?" Jisung asked Hyunjin as they walked to their class together. "Weird how?" Hyunjin asked. "Well for starters, he's like... really flirty... with everyone." Jisung replied awkwardly. "I wouldn't necessarily call that weird but I get what you mean." Hyunjin said. "'No it's definitely weird, he says absurd things like he's trying to make me embarrassed or flustered." Jisung said. "Yeah I guess that is kind of weird but still he seems nice." Hyunjin said. "You keep saying that, what makes you think he is nice? We don't know anything about him." Jisung said. "You're right, I don't know if he is nice or not. I guess what I meant is, I feel for him, he's new and I want to be his friend like you were to me." Hyunjin said stopping and turning to Jisung. "Huh? Me?" Jisung asked confused. "Yeah when I first moved here back in middle school and I didn't know anyone, you were so nice to me from the beginning. You were my first friend and helped me find my place in our school and I want to do the same for Minho if I can." Hyunjin said. "I didn't think of it that way back then." Jisung replied in a low and solemn tone. "Of course you wouldn't know how much it meant to me but the truth is your kindness was everything to me at that time." Hyunjin replied smiling and patting Jisung's shoulder. Jisung sighed heavily and said under his breath as they started walking again "My kindness..." Jisung felt guilty thinking back to how Minho had called him out about Hyunjin. "Well you can be friends with him but count me out. I have no interest in being his friend, from now on, he is my rival and I am determined to win." Jisung said irritated. Jisung knew deep down that he was really just angry at himself but unable to face that yet he had to turn his anger towards someone else and Minho was the perfect target. "Your rival? He doesn't even know he is in this fight." Hyunjin said. "Exactly. So I have the upper hand already." Jisung said eyes glowing scarily. "Your ambition scares me sometimes Jisung." Hyunjin said laughing nervously.

Jisung was practicing his singing in a vocal practice room. He was so passionately singing and playing on the piano with his eyes closed that he didn't hear someone open the door and walk into the room. Minho had been wearing headphones and accidentally walked into the room because he couldn't hear Jisungs music over his own. Minho pulled off his headphones to apologize for intruding but stopped as he stood and listened to Jisung. He stood mesmerized by Jisung's voice. Jisung opened his eyes to check his sheet music and saw Minho standing there staring at him. Minho's stare wasn't intense like usual, he just stood there with a soft expression and sparkling eyes. Jisung wanted to yell and tell him off immediately for interrupting and staring creepily again but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He was surprised and taken aback by Minhos expression and didn't know what to say. "That... was... I mean your voice... you really are as talented as they say aren't you?" Minho said still entranced by Jisung. Jisung could feel his heart flutter for some reason. He was used to compliments but hearing it from Minho felt different. Their rocky start up until that point just underlined how sincere Minhos words were. Jisung cleared his throat and stood up grabbing his sheet music as he said confidently before leaving the room "Of course I am."