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33| true friend

it was something after 4pm and han was in his room, playing guitar, when his phone rang.

changbin.

"hey dude, do you need something?"

"oh, no, no I don't. it's just that I'm not at work today, so I wanted to ask if you wanted to come over?"

"oh, yeah, sure. I'll be there in 15 minutes."

"okay, sure."

"see ya later."
han hanged up the phone and put on his jacket, leaving trough the front door.

"where are you going han?"
Mrs Han asked when she saw her son leave trough the door.

"to changbins, I'll be back later."

"oh, okay."

han walked out of the door, singing to himself as he was going to changbins house.

when he finally arrived, he knocked on the door.
changbin opened it after few seconds.

"han, hi! good to see you!" changbin said and hugged han.

"oh, yeah, same to you." han smiled and pulled away from the hug.

they went inside, changbin closing the door.
it was really cold outside.

"so, how are you?"
changbin asked han.

"yeah, good, what about you?"

"yeah, it's going somehow."

han looked at him suspiciously.
"what do you mean it's going somehow? is something wrong?"

changbin sighed.
"no, not really. Chan is just being a jerk. I think he's under some pressure, because he yells at the employees every chance he gets. especially at me, even tho I'm not doing anything wrong. do you think something happened in his personal life?"

"well, I don't know, but if nothing happened, he has to control the wolf inside him dude. anger issues are not good."

changbin laughed.
"I think he just likes to be the alpha, you know?"

han stared laughing too.
"please tell him that."

after they stopped laughing, they sat on the couch.

"now onto the more serious business. how are you? are you okay? did that son of a bitch try hurting you again?"

han sighed.
it just completely ruined the mood.
"no, he didn't do anything. I mean, yeah, I met him when I was on a walk with mi- rhino. he said some nasty things to me, but rhino handled it pretty well."

changbin sighed.
"what does this dude want anyway?"

han shrugged.
"I don't know. he's pretty crazy."

"you should get a restraining order against him or something."

"can I do that? I don't know how this shit works. nah, don't worry about it, if he tries something bad again, I will have talk with rhino and we will figure it out somehow."

"but han, if I wasn't there-"

"I know bin, I know. but you were there, you helped me. so let's not think about what could have happened and let's focus on what actually happened, okay?"

changbin sighed, but nodded.
"alright, I agree. but, you're okay, right? I called you here to make sure that you were."

han smiled.
he appreciated this gesture.
changbin was really an amazing friend.
"yeah, I'm okay. a day after the incident, rhino took a day off from work and spend the day with me. I really feel better now."

changbin smirked.
"this rhino boyfriend of yours must be special to you. you're talking about him every chance you get."

han smiled.
"yeah, he really is. I'm scared that I will loose him tho."
he sighed.

"why would you loose him? from everything that you told me about rhino, it seems like he likes you very much."

han looked at him and gave him a small smile.
"it's complicated."

changbin nodded.
"well, I hope that everything turns out good. I can see he is treating you well."

han sighed.
"yeah, me too."

the two boys just sat in kind of a awkward silence for a few minutes.

"so, wanna play some games?"
changbin said.

"yeah, sure, what are we playing?"

"how about just dance?"

"dude, shut up. you always win."

changbin smirked.
"that's exactly why we're playing it."

the two boys played for like an hour, before han had enough.

"dude, there is no way I'm beating you in this. fuck you. I'm gonna go make myself something to drink."

changbin chuckled.
"sure, I have some juice boxes left. I bought them when felix was here."

"uuu, you and felix, huh?"
han smirked.

"no, ew, he's like my younger brother. and besides, I like someone else."

"OH MY GOD SPILL THE TEA."

changbin rolled his eyes.
"none of your business. you would think I'm stupid, because I always say how annoying he is, when I actually like him."

han looked at him confused.
"but....the only person you're always whining about is bang chan......WAIT, OH MY GOD, DO YOU LIKE CHAN?!?!"

changbin looked at him with defeated look on his face.

"OH GOD. YOU DO!"

changbin rolled his eyes.
"and what if I do?"

"then why are you always whining about him when you like him? and more importantly, why did you call me over whenever he was pissing you off to have sex with me?"

changbin sighed.
"it's complicated, but I will keep it simple. I was just jealous."

"what? jealous? why would you be jealous?"

"because...because there is this one guy who works with me, and he's just too close to chan. he's always so mean and cold to me, but to him.... I just..."

"hey, I get it. I would be really mad too. but hey, what if he's cold to you because he actually likes you?"

"han that doesn't make any sense."

"oh fuck off, it does. what if he has some feelings for you, so he tries to get rid of them, SO he's mean and cold to you so that you won't be close to him."

"you're overthinking this dude."

"nah, I'm definitely right."

suddenly, hans phone rang.

his mom?

"just a second. we're talking about your chan problems right after I hang up." han said to changbin and he picked up the call.

"hi mom, is something wrong?"

"no, nothing is wrong. can you come home now? soojin wants to tell us something important."