CUPID (hyunho)

SEVENTEEN

"Noooo I want to sit beside the window." Jisung whine when Jeongin sat on the window side of the car. Jeongin giggled and playfully stuck out his tongue to tease Jisung.

Hyunjin just shook his head as he watched the two, feeling embarrassed by his friend's childlike antics.

"You can still sit on the other side Jisung." Felix said while putting his bag on the back compartment of the car.

"But Hyunjin—"

"You can have the seat just shut your mouth please." Hyunjin didn't let Jisung finish his whine and just gave up the seat he also wanted to his annoying bestfriend.

"Yes! Thank you I love you!" Jisung happily replied then follow Hyunjin inside the the car and sat beside him. 

It was already 11:00 PM, and the only sound that filled the air was the noise outside the Levanter Coffee Shop, where they had arranged to meet. The café and the other stores beside it had already closed, leaving only the distant chirping of crickets and the occasional croak of a frog in the park. However, all those natural sounds were drowned out by the lively voices of the eight people gathered outside the café.

Tomorrow is Changbin's birthday so decided to leave the town night before the day. 

They were using the eight-seated car of Changbin and Minho's friend, Chris, as he had introduced himself earlier to the youngers.

Hyunjin didn't know that Minho and Changbin were friends. There was actually no way he could have known, considering he wasn't even close to Minho, and Changbin wasn't that talkative when he was with them. Changbin sometimes do mentioned his friends but he doesn't have a clue that it was Minho.

Speaking of Minho, Hyunjin had come to accept the fact that he could no longer avoid Minho this time. Specially right now, where he can feel the gazed of older towards him. 

Hyunjin noticed that Minho had been glancing back and forth at Jisung and Seungmin earlier, but now his gaze felt like it was piercing Hyunjin's soul. Hyunjin couldn't be sure if Minho held a grudge on him and already killing Hyunjin on his mind, or simply lost in his thoughts, unaware of his own gaze fixed on him.

Hyunjin was incredibly proud of himself for trying so hard to ignore the older gaze and Minho only stopped looking at him when they all finally settled inside the car.

Chris is the one who will drive, with Changbin in the passenger seat. While behind them, it's Minho beside the window, Felix on the middle and then Seungmin. Jisung sat behind Seungmin, and beside the window as he wanted, then Hyuniin in the middle then Jeongin on his left.

Right, Seungmin is with them as Felix invited him. Seungmin is already like a friend to Hyunjin so he's happy seeing the younger with them.

"So everything's okay now? No one's left behind?" Chris asked while starting the engine. 

"Yes and no, so let's go." It was Changbin who answer Chris's question. 

The two-hour trip was just filled with the snores accompanied by the background music from Chris's playlist. Only Chris and Changbin remained awake throughout the trip.

Minho woken up by a gentle slap on his right cheek. Minho frown as he slowly open his eyes seeing it was Felix doing.