ASTRONOMY | SEUNGJIN

11 - A good friend

"Care to explain this, students?" The principal showed CCTV footage of them escaping the school grounds. It was the day they got locked in the library. "We can explain," Hyunjin spoke up explaining the whole situation.

"Last question, who is this guy?" The principal pointed at Jisung through the monitor. "He is a friend of ours; I asked him for help," Minho answered truthfully.

"I get that you had a valid reason, but what you guys did was trespassing. I won't be suspending any of you or calling any of your parents over since it's just your first offense, but as a punishment, I want the three of you to clean the indoor school court today"

They definitely did not expect that since this school had a good amount of cleaners but none of them had a choice.

"We're going to be late for work if we don't speed this up." Hyunjin hurriedly picked up the mop. "Better be quick then because I don't plan on being fired from my first job." Minho started scrubbing the walls. Seungmin got the feather duster and started removing dust from the benches, but soon he was coughing from all the dirt.

"Are you okay?" Hyunjin asked, giving Seungmin a bottle of water. He immediately took it and drank. "I'm not used to dust, sorry." Had they completely forgotten that Seungmin was born on a silver spoon? "Is that so? Then maybe you can do the mopping, and I'll do that instead," Hyunjin offered.

They finished just in time. The two immediately rushed to the convenience store, while Seungmin went home. "I've never done that much work in my life!" Seungmin shouted as he slammed himself down on his bed. "What's with that expression, Seungmin?" His nanny asked.

"The principal was being irrational and made us clean the whole damn court!" He fumed. "What was the reason?" She questions. Seungmin then ranted about everything that happened. He was glad he had a nanny that would not only listen but would also not snitch.

"That Hyunjin guy is a good friend for switching tasks with you," the nanny uttered. "Yeah, he is..." Seungmin replied. This wasn't the only time that Hyunjin was good to him, in fact, Hyunjin was never even bad to him at all. All Hyunjin has ever done, even before he considered him a friend, was be good, and only now did that sink into Seungmin.

"I think it's pretty." "Seungmin smile!" "You good?" "You can take the bed," "I'll be here to listen," "You're a good friend too, Seungmin; I hope you know that." "Are you okay?!"

He didn't even realize that he was involuntarily thinking of Hyunjin. "Seungmin, your face is all red! Are you okay?" The nanny touched his forehead out of concern. "I'm okay, I just need to rest." He finally snapped out of his thoughts.

While in the shower, he was thinking of ways to bond with Hyunjin more.

He opened the TV in his room, and a commercial for a new movie showed up. "Perfect!" He immediately called Hyunjin and asked him to the movies.

"Is tomorrow evening good?"

"I haven't received my pay though; maybe next week?"

"Don't think of that; it's my treat,"

"It's a deal, then."

"Am I late? Sorry, my shift just ended." Hyunjin had just arrived. "I just arrived too, don't worry, let's go." They found their seat. They decided to watch a newly released horror movie. Honestly, Hyunjin wasn't fond of scary stuff, but how could he say no to Seungmin?

"AHH!!" Jump scare after jump scare popped out, and all Hyunjin could do was scream.

Seungmin found it funny how Hyunjin would close his eyes when he sensed a jump scare coming. How can a big guy like him be so scared of zombies?

"The movie was mid, we should try something scarier next time," Seungmin said as they exited the cinema. It took a moment for Hyunjin to reply, "Sure..."

"More meat, please!" After the movie, they decided to eat samgyupsal. "So, what made you want to go to the movies with me? Hyunjin stuffed his mouth with lettuce.

"I honestly just wanted to see the movie and randomly decided to call you." That was a total lie. "Oh, we're out of lettuce; I'll ask for more," Seungmin called a waiter.

"Unfortunately, we only have perilla leaves left." He placed them on the table. Seungmin was clearly struggling to separate the leaves with his chopsticks when Hyunjin offered to help. "Here, let me help." He got the leaf and placed it on Seungmin's plate. "Thanks," They continued to eat.

"Thanks for today! I'll be the one to treat you next time," Hyunjin said through the car window. "Is that a promise?" Seungmin asked. "Sure," Hyunjin went off.

"How was today, son?" His mother asked. They have been on better terms since she apologized.

"I'm good; we just watched the movies and ate dinner." Hyunjin removed his coat. "We?" Oh yeah, she didn't know about Seungmin. "Just a friend," he asserted. "If you like this so-called friend, don't be shy to ask your mother for advice," she stated. "Sure mom" Hyunjin went to his room.

"Why would I ask her for love advice when she's here filing divorce papers?"