❝my youth is with you❞ yeonbin

chapter 4

Squished on a sofa, they all took turns playing video games. Yeonjun sat on the floor between Soobin's and Kai's legs. He ignored their screams coming from overexcitement as he was busy eating the chicken wings. Beomgyu and Taehyun were monitoring their play, giving some of the best reactions, when one of them failed. They both put their bets on Soobin's loss. 

"Eat shit!" Kai exclaimed loudly, making Yeonjun choke on his food. The rest laughed at the hilarious remark of the youngest. "Finito!" Huening Kai did win this round.

"Of course, you're the master. You probably do nothing else, but play it all the time," Soobin teased the winner, nodding calmly. 

Yeonjun chuckled at the teasing. The time they spent in the garage was short but worthy of their laughs. Kai started teasing Soobin back, which became a harmless fight between the two of them. Yeonjun feeling endangered took his plate with chicken and changed places to the opposite side of the table. Beomgyu reached for his polaroid camera, taking a sudden photo. Then, he happily waited for the result, immediately showing it to sitting next to him Taehyun. It showed Yeonjun preoccupied with his food, his face stuffed with chicken, two friends fighting in the back, and Taehyun smiling while looking at them. 

Taehyun chuckled at the picture. While everyone was busy, he took the polaroid camera from Beomgyu. The long-haired boy made a silly face, and his photo was taken. The camera flash blinded him for a second, and he moaned. Taehyun waited for the result and then put the two pictures together and showed it to Yeonjun, who silently laughed at it. Kai and Soobin stopped their dispute and took interest in photos, too. The blonde-haired boy sat next to Yeonjun on the floor. His hair was messy because of the fighting. He took photos in his hands and laughed.

"You look so stupid, Gyu," his dimple showed while smiling. 

"Because he is," Yeonjun added while cleaning his hands. He received some curse words thrown by a younger boy.

"But you too, Yeonjun. Look at your cheeks," Soobin showed him the photo once again laughing. Yeonjun stared at it smiling. Soobin stopped laughing and looked at his face. It was messy. "Here," he reached his hand to his cheeks and brushed the sauce off. Yeonjun froze for a second and coughed after.

"Thanks," he nodded.

"Did you have any friends there?" Beomgyu asked out of the blue. The question did linger in his mind for a long time. Everyone there thought about it at least once, anyway.

"Some. Schoolmates, mostly other Koreans, so I didn't get to talk English that much," Soobin explained. "But sometimes the teacher would nag us if we didn't communicate in English. The school wasn't really any different from here. We also had to wear uniforms, had assemblies and things like that."

"Bleaching your hair was also obligatory?" Kai's comment made others clack.

"Shut up," Soobin responded with a shy smile. "Friend recommended it and it worked."

"Who told you these lies?" Taehyun was smiling ear to ear.

"I think it suits you," Yeonjun whispered sipping Pepsi from the cup. He still averted Soobin's gaze but definitely felt more comfortable conversing with him than a few hours earlier.

"I'm not listening to anyone but our fashionista," Soobin proclaimed, side-hugging Yeonjun. 

"Yo, I also have a good fashion sense," Kai blurted, the others only gave him a dirty look. He also knew he wasn't right in that matter. "I apologize."

"Oh right, since everyone has already seen you in that tutu including my mom, Beomgyu. Can I post the photos on insta?" Yeonjun asked him, reaching for the phone.