• I CHOOSE YOU • - yungi

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Jongho had been feeling better since that winter break. Probably because he was able to get out the house more with school and soccer practice. Of course Jongho wasn't playing yet but the coach really wanted him to still be a part of the team. So that's where he was now, at practice.

Jongho watched as the team practiced and he cheered when they scored. He still only carried around one crutch. His leg was still in a cast. He felt his phone vibrate and he looked at it. It was yewon.

"Hey babe. How are you? Did you ever get to talk to your mom?" She texted.

Yewon wanted Jongho to talk to his mom about his self harming. She wanted him to get help. But Jongho really didn't want to. She just didn't understand. Her parents were very nice and not strict. His parents are the opposite and would probably have a bad reaction to the whole situation instead of helping.

Jongho responded simply, "not yet. But how are you?" He put his phone up. And focused on the game.

Eventually Jongho was walking back home from soccer practice. His mom didn't want him walking but he wasn't in much pain and he didn't wanna be bothered. He had so much on his mind. His mom nagging to him was the last thing he wanted to hear.

As he was walking he saw Mingi's house ahead of him. There were two cars in the driveway. 'Hm I thought Yunho went home earlier.. must be his parents.' He thought then the door opened from the car. It was dark outside but the person looked like yeosang. Jongho stayed out of site and watched.

Jongho didn't think badly about Mingi or yeosang but he was sure as hell nosy. Since he knew Yunho was with mingi, he had to know why Mingi was with someone other than his boyfriend.

He watched as the person went to the door and knocked. Once the porch lights turned on it was obviously yeosang. His first reflex was to grab his phone and take a picture or video. So he did. He saw as Mingi put his arms around yeosang and they walked inside. Jongho was shocked. He quickly made it back home. He wasn't sure what to think.

When Jongho got home he was scolded by his mom for taking so long. He did take some detours because he wanted to be alone for longer. Then his little brother teased him about getting scolded. His dad only shook his head before heading to work. Jongho always came home to his family angry at him. He wondered if they new he was going through a hard place in his life.

He went to his room and wooyoung was there. Wooyoung was the only one who could tell Jongho was going through something hard. But he didn't know how to help.

"What happened to staying at sans place?" Jongho asked.

"San isn't home. He's visiting family right now." Wooyoung said.

"Ohh okay." Jongho only said then put up his crutch.

"Anyways welcome back. How was practice?" Wooyoung asked.

"It was alright.. I just watched." Jongho shrugged.

Wooyoung shrugged. "Oh yeah? Well when I had to sit out I was kicked off the team. Coach must really like you if he's letting you stay. I mean you're like the best player."

Jongho smiled a bit. "I guess you're right." He sat on the bed to rest his feet.

Wooyoung helped him to get dressed for bed. And eventually they were both laying in bed. Wooyoung was giggling on the phone with San. And Jongho was rewatching the video he took of Mingi and yeosang. He gulped. This looked really bad. Should he say something? He thought he should. On Monday when he sees Yunho again he'll tell him everything he saw.

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The whole weekend Jongho thought about the video. When Monday came along, Jongho couldn't find the courage to say anything. Then Tuesday came. He would watch Mingi and Yunho closely but still couldn't say anything. On Wednesday Jongho tried to talk about it but would give up when he remembered how happy Mingi made Yunho. To make things worse yewon was starting to get mad at him. He got distant again because he was worried about Yunho. Thursday, Yunho was talking about how he had a date coming up on Friday night. Jongho couldn't bring himself to ruin it.

Finally, Friday Jongho just gave up. There was no point. He wasn't even sure that the video was Mingi cheating. Maybe yeosang was just visiting? He went outside during lunch to get some fresh air. He found a bench and laid his head down to think.

"What's wrong with you?" Wooyoung asked walking over to him.

Jongho looked up. "Oh.. hey wooyoung.." he sighed.

San came in too. "Did you eat lunch?"

Jongho nodded. "I just want some fresh air."

"What happened?" San asked sitting with Jongho.

"Just tired. I have a headache." He pouted.

"Poor Jongho.." San patted Jongho's head. "You're so cute." San quickly took a picture of Jongho.

"Hey! What was that for?" Jongho said grabbing sans phone to look at the picture. It was actually a cute picture of Jongho but he thought it was embarrassing. "Ew delete it."

"NO. I'm saving it to your contact." San snatched his phone back.

Jongho groaned and turned the other way.

Wooyoung grabbed Jongho's crutch and started playing with it.

"Guys please.. wooyoung give it back." Jongho sighed. Woosan always liked to pick on Jongho.

"Why do you even have it still. You can walk without it." Wooyoung laughed. "I've always wanted to try."

"It's not a toy." Jongho said grabbing it trying to take it from wooyoung.

While they argued, San grabbed Jongho's phone to take pictures of himself. "How come you don't have anyone's pictures in your contacts?" San asked still taking pictures. "Wooyoung smile." He said taking a picture of wooyoung too. It didn't look so great since wooyoung and Jongho were still wrestling.

San shook his head at them then scrolled through Jongho's phone looking for his favorite photo of himself. Suddenly he saw a video. He raised a brow. "Why do you have a video at Mingi's house Jongho? Did you visit him?" San asked but Jongho didn't hear him. He was too busy holding wooyoung in a choke hold.

San gasped as he watched the video. "Jongho what's this?"

Jongho let go of wooyoung and turned to San. "Why are you in my phone?!" He attempted to grab the phone but wooyoung snatched it first to see what San was talking about.

"What the fuck.. is that yeosang?" Wooyoung cursed, shocked as well.

"No no no you guys weren't supposed to see that." Jongho took the phone.

"Why is Mingi with his ex?" Wooyoung asked.

"Oh no.. Is he cheating on Yunho?" San asked, his eyes already filling with tears.

"No! I mean I don't know but.. I just saw it walking back from practice last week.." Jongho explained.

They were all quiet for a moment. Jongho felt so stupid. He wished he never took the video or just asked his mom to pick him up from practice like he was supposed to.

"Are you gonna tell Yunho?" San whispered.

"No. Yunho has a date tonight and I don't wanna ruin it.." Jongho replied softly. "Plus maybe yeosang was just visiting. We don't know..."

"Yeah coincidentally on the night that Yunho leaves and they hug at the door? Sounds hella sus to me Jongho." Wooyoung said.

"Oh.. you're right... but guys I will tell Yunho okay? Please please please don't tell anyone." Jongho begged.

San nodded.

"Jesus Christ I need a smoke." Wooyoung mumbled. Right when he pulled out a cigarette the bell rang. "Fuck.." he rolled his eyes.

They all went to class and eventually the day ended. Everyone flooded out of class. Jongho watched as Yunho was all over Mingi's arm. He wasn't sure if he could bring himself to tell him. This is the happiest he's ever really seen yunho. He thought hard about what would make him a good friend. Should he pretend he doesn't know anything or ruin their relationship.

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