~<*>~ Music in me: seventeen fan-fiction ~<*>~

Chapter 13

A few days later, Jeonghan is trying to find something to wear from his closet. Today, the group will have dinner and to be honest, Jeonghan is pretty excited to do so. It's been a while since the members have done something nice and Jeonghan has a feeling that they all need it. Scoups has organized it at some restaurant which makes the whole thing a bit more chic.
"Can I ask you something?" Joshua suddenly walks into Jeonghan's room, scaring the red-haired male for a second.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Joshua quickly adds when he notices. Jeonghan laughs and walks over to his roommate.
"No worries, what did you want to ask?" Jeonghan waves it off. Joshua smiles and continues his question.
"I can't find anything to wear, can I borrow something of yours?" he asks carefully. Jeonghan nods and walks back to his closet.
"Ofcourse you can! Well, I hope it fits you, but we can surely try. Let's see, what do we have here..." Jeonghan says while looking for something good and fashionable.
"Perfect!" Jeonghan exclaims while taking a few clothes out, "You can try these and see which one suits you the best." Jeonghan adds smiling while handing the clothes over to Joshua.
"Thanks!" he yells while leaving Jeonghan's room. Jeonghan shakes his head and laughs it off.
"This kid." he chuckles while continuing to search for some good clothes. Eventually, the red-haired male finds something he likes and he quickly puts it on. The black suit looks perfect for the occasion they're going to. After a while, Jeonghan leaves his room to check up on Joshua. The black-haired male is buttoning his vest while he looks up to see Jeonghan.
"Are you ready?" the red-haired male asks. Joshua's eyes widen for a second while he quickly gasps.
"Is it time already?" he asks surprised.
"No, I meant if you- nevermind. I just wanted to see you in the suit. It looks like we are matching tonight." Jeonghan laughs. Joshua let's out a sigh of relief and looks at both males in the mirror.
"We do match." he confirms. Jeonghan smiles briefly before changing the subject.
"Do you think it will be like the old times?" he asks. Joshua raises his eyebrow to think about the question before answering.
"It will never be the same without Woozi, but I do believe that we will keep having the ability to laugh. I don't think we are broken now, we just have to move on. It's the past and there's nothing we can do to change it." Joshua says.
"Wow, you are wise." Jeonghan chuckles, which makes Joshua giggle.
"But you're right, we have to move on. Woozi would've wanted that." Jeonghan adds.
"Is that neighbor of Dino coming?" Joshua asks curiously.
"Yeah, I don't know if I like that. It's weird to have someone with us who isn't part of our group." Jeonghan answers.
"Why did Dino take him to the dinner anyway?" Joshua asks annoyed.
"No idea, maybe he wants his friends to meet or something. Just be nice, allright?" Jeonghan crosses his arms while Joshua turns around to look Jeonghan in the eye.
"I'm always nice." he says and the red-haired male chuckles.
"Sure." he says while walking out of Joshua's room.
"Come on, we have to leave to dinner." Jeonghan adds while he quickly puts a knife in his pocket before leaving.

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Dino stares at his phone frustrated. He has tried to call his parents for about an hour, but none of them picks up.

This is the voice message of Mr. Lee, please leave your message after the beep.
*beep*

Dino sighs while talking to his phone.
"Dad? It's me, Dino. Why aren't you picking up? Is there something wrong? Please just call me back, I'm getting worried here." with those words, Dino puts down his phone. His mom never listens to her voice messages, so recording one for her is useless.
"Don't worry about them, they'll be fine." Minho tries to comfort him. His neighbor is visiting him so they can leave to the dinner together.
"I don't know, normally, they always call. But I haven't heard from them for a few days." Dino whines.
"It's allright, they'll probably just have no internet." Minho puts his hand on the brunette's shoulder and squeezes gently. Dino flinches because of a bruise that's still there. Minho startles and looks at Dino confused. The brunette is feeling that his cheeks are getting red, but he will do everything to deny it.
"Did I hurt you?" the purple-haired boy asks surprised.
"No, no! It's just-"
"Did someone else hurt you!?" Minho interrupts him. Dino wants to deny it, but the words don't want to come out of his mouth. Minho quickly lifts Dino's shirt, uncovering the bruises. Most of them are almost gone, but the letters that are carved in his body are turning into scars. Minho is looking at Dino's body with disgust and anger.
"Who the fuck did this to you?" he asks, clenching his fists.
"It's nothing, just leave it." Dino says while he fixes his shirt.
"No! This person is going to pay for what they did to you!" Minho exclaims. Dino inhales deeply and looks Minho in the eyes.
"I don't know who did this. They were masked." he blurs out. Minho stays silent for a while, but keeps staring at Dino.
"You should report this to the police." the purple-haired male states.
"No! It's not necessary and it only gives me more problems so just forget about it!" Dino yells. He really doesn't want to get involved in all this shit again.
"Allright, I'm sorry." Minho says quietly before putting on his jacket.
"But promise me that when you do know something, you let me know." Minho adds.
"Okay." Dino nods and the brunette puts on his jacket as well before the two males leave. In the hallway, Dino decides to grab Minho's arm. The purple-haired male looks at him surprised.
"Can you keep this quiet, please?" Dino asks. Minho waits to answer, but nods his head eventually.
"Allright, but you need to make sure that it never happens again, do you understand?" Dino nods and with a smile, he can leave to the restaurant with Minho. The brunette is glad that he will see the group again and he hopes that it will be fun.