The UNIQ boys next door

Raining Birthday Cakes

The next day, during the evening, I stopped by next door and waited around in the living room for Seungyoun as we had planned to go out and eat dessert. I noticed a stack of boxes sitting on a table in the room and walked over out of curiosity. They came in varying sizes and colours but had one thing in common. I was bewildered by the fact that Sungjoo's cheery face was printed on everything.

'You ready?' Seungyoun popped his face in front of mine from the side.

'Yeah...I am but, what's all this for?' I pointed to the boxes and bags.

'Birthday presents from Sungjoo's fans.' I nodded and then a question struck me.

'Wait, when's his birthday?'

'Tomorrow.'

'Tomorrow!?' I exclaimed, surprised. Wow, two days after Valentine's...

'Mmmhhhmmm.' Seungyoun grinned. 'Ooohohoho, someone didn't know. Oh man, Sungjoo is going to be sooooo upset.' He teased me.

'Well it's not like you guys know when my birthday is...'

'Yes we do...' Seungyoun averted his gaze to the side. He wasn't a very good liar.

'Oh? Are you guys heading off already?' Yixuan asked as he casually entered the living room, scratching his shoulder.

'Yixuan, it's Sungjoo's birthday tomorrow.' I frowned.

'Um...yes, it is.' Yixuan looked at me, confused. Of course heknew that.

'Chi found out just now.' Seungyoun chuckled. 'Don't fret though. Maybe you can bake him a cake or something.' He suggested.

'Are you just saying that because you want me to bake...'

'Maybe.' Seungyoun smiled playfully.

'It's not a bad idea though...I'll need to go buy some more flour and milk later though...'

'Oooohhh...speaking of which...' Yixuan suddenly went over to the fridge and examined it.

'We're very low on food too.' He popped his head over the fridge door and grinned. 'You guys want to go grocery shopping instead?

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'Eggs, flour, mushroom, eggplant, milk, tomatoes...' I started reading out loud as I scrolled through the shopping list we had put together on my phone. Wenhan and Seungyoun were excited about being able to buy food and Yibo tagged along because he didn't want to be at home by himself.

'Woah, woah, okay, slow down.' Yixuan chuckled as he stopped the trolley and beckoned me over so he could look at the list himself. I could sense a few people watching us from afar but tried to ignore it.

Seungyoun and Yibo ran past us, slammed bags of chips and lollies into the trolley and immediately dashed off again. Then a few seconds later, they came back with more junk food in their arms. Wenhan, who was supposedly the expert on picking out vegetables, then insisted he teach me his techniques and walked me over to the fresh produce section where all the fruit and vegetables were.

"Alright, see this?" Wenhan pointed to the tub which had just two bags of carrots left. "It's nearly empty, which means it's a good deal." He grabbed one bag and handed it over to me. I rolled my eyes but knew I had a stupid smile stuck on my face. I glanced back at the tub of carrots and saw two people, one a pretty girl with long wavy hair and the other a tall guy with hair which covered the top half of his face, in a quarrel over the last bag of carrots. Yikes.  Yixuan caught up to us with the trolley and the three of us went to look at the fresh fruit they were just taking out.