Cold Hands, Warm Heart ✧ Minsung ✧

#03

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Everyone was in a jolly mood, their laughter and chatter filling the air as they enjoyed each other's company. Seungmin was in the middle of imitating Hyunjin's funny face while eating spicy food, causing everyone to erupt in laughter.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang, and Chan got up to answer it.

"Changbin! I didn't think you were coming!" Chan exclaimed, hugging his friend tightly - yeah, bless the alcohol effect.

"Sorry we're late, we were discussing the new schedules since Minho starts at the company next week," Changbin replied.

Chan led them to the kitchen, where he started handing out drinks from the fridge.

"So, everyone's out back, come join us. They're already a little drunk, but don't worry, you can catch up. Help yourselves to anything you want to drink, oka-ay~" he said, his words slightly slurred from the alcohol.

Meanwhile, outside, the party continued with lively conversation and music...

Jisung leaned in towards Felix, trying to keep his voice low. "Feeee-lix, I think I left, aahn, something in your room, let's go." he said, hoping to avoid drawing too much attention. Jisung said getting up and grabbing a confused Felix by the hand, But Felix didn't budge from his spot, looking at Jisung quizzically.

"Jisung, you never went to my room." he said, his head tilted to one side.

Jisung started to panic, feeling like he was running out of options. "Please, I REALLY need it RIGHT now." he said, desperation creeping into his voice. He gestured towards the kitchen, hoping Felix would take the hint.

Felix was confused and followed his gaze, when he spotted Chan pouring drinks for the new guests. Suddenly, he caught sight of a familiar head of red hair peeking out from behind Chan.

"OH SHI- yeah, let's go, ahn, let's go get your things from my room. Be right back everyone!" He smiled and took Jisung's hand and led him towards his room, keeping his head down to avoid drawing attention to themselves. Luckily, no one seemed to notice as they slipped away, leaving a drunk Jeongin singing some old trot song making the other two drunk boys laugh at him.

And about the tree boys still in the kitchen...

"Hey Chan, before we went outside, can I quickly use your bathroom?" Minho asked.

"Sure, passing this corridor, it's the second door to your right." Chan gives the directions.

Chan and Changbin discussed work, eagerly catching up on each other's news, while they waited for Minho to come back.

Meanwhile, in Felix's bedroom, Jisung was having a meltdown at the sight of the ginger-haired boy, whose presence in Chan's house was causing him intense anxiety.

"What is HE doing HERE RN!? WHY?" Jisung asked helplessly.

"Okay, please calm down, I will figure it out for you." He said with his furrowed eyebrows looking into Jisung's eyes, he tried to soothe his nerves.

Jisung was pacing frantically, unable to calm down even with the aid of alcohol. "I can't do this," he exclaimed, "And even if I drink all the drinks in the world I can NOT look at his face again. I feel so embarrassed about everything that happened earlier. I can't even look at him."

"Jisung, listen to me, it's fine, I will grab a glass of water for you, so we can think about something." Felix stopped him by holding his Jisungs shoulders. He looked into Jisung's glassy eyes, he wanted to help him, he wanted to hug him "I'll be right back, okay?" Jisung nodded and Felix ran to the kitchen.

Left alone, Jisung was overwhelmed with embarrassment and felt the only solution was to leave the party and go home. So, he decided that if he can't handle it, he should just leave the party and go home. In this very minute he even thought about sending a message later to Felix saying he's sorry. He quickly grabbed his coat and stormed out of Felix's room towards the front door. However, his drunken state caused him to lose balance and collide with another person, who grabbed his hand preventing him to fall and spilled a cold liquid all over his arm.

"Oops, sorry about that!" the person apologized.

But Jisung was too shocked to respond, staring in disbelief at his wet arm and hand.

"No, no, I am sor- ..." As he lifted his head to see the person that he crashed into and did this to him. "Minho" He said the last word almost in a whisper, Jisung's heart skipped a beat as Minho's hand touched his. He felt his cheeks burning with embarrassment. There's no other thought in his head 'please, earth, swallow me, right now'.

Minho helped him up and fetched some towels to clean up the spilled drink. Jisung was grateful, but couldn't bring himself to look up at Minho, his shyness getting the better of him. He could only mumble a shy "Thank you" without the courage to look up.

Minho chuckled and held the younger's hand, just as before that day, and started to dry his arm. Minho noticed Jisung's discomfort and tried to lighten the mood. He came close to him, and said in a soft and low mocking tone "I think we're even now," he left out a soft chuckle, referencing their previous encounter.

Jisung couldn't help but smile at Minho's teasing tone, feeling slightly more at ease in his presence.

"Thanks," Jisung managed to say, finally mustering the courage to look up at Minho. The two boys shared a brief moment of eye contact.

"No problem," Minho said with a warm smile. Jisung stood frozen for a moment, bringing an awkward silence to the scene.

Chan's voice suddenly broke the awkward silence in the room, "I see you guys have already been acquainted!" Jisung jumped in surprise and turned to see the older boy.

"So, Felix and Jisung, meet Changbin and Minho. They work with me." Minho, who had been holding Jisung's hands, smiled warmly and squeezed his hand gently, "Nice to meet you, Jisung." Jisung blushed and tried to smile, but his nervousness was apparent in his eyes.

"SoOoOor let's head to the backyard with the others, Hyunjin wants to play gaaaames~!" Chan exclaimed drunkenly, back hugging Felix and pulling him outside with him, followed by Changbin and Minho.

"Yeah, let's go" Felix smiled looking at Chan's face while he was holding the glass of water in his hand, then he looked back to see his coworker and his smile dropped.

At this point Jisung has been defeated.

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