sweet cherry

three

after one, very silent car drive, the four boys arrived at jisungs and hyunjins apartment.

they got out of the car and went inside the building, calling an elevator.

"I wasn't here for ages."
Minho said.

hyunjin chuckled.
"sorry bro, I will take you here more often."

jisung looked down.
'can't he take me on a date instead?'

the elevator arrived, and the four boys squeezed inside of it, going to their floor.

after one, sort of uncomfortable ride, the door of the elevator opened, and the boys got out.

when hyunjin finally unlocked the door to their apartment, the four boys went inside.

"honey, can you get us three beers from the fridge?"
hyunjin said, throwing himself on the couch, seungmin sitting next to him and Minho sitting on the opposite couch.

"mhm."
jisung nodded and went inside the kitchen.

hyunjin chuckled.
"so, minho, anything new?"

Minho looked at him.
"well, not really. nothing that interesting. how about you and jisung? do you plan to propose? you've been together for quite a while. about three years?"
he whispered.

seungmin looked down at the table in front of him, while hyunjin struggled to make an answer.

"uhm, well, about that...."

suddenly, jisung came back with their beers.
"here."
he said, putting the three cans on the table in front of the couches.

"thank you jisung. do you think you could also bring some snacks to us? we have chips in the left up counter and we also have a lot of fruits, which you can cut and put it on a plate. is that okay?"

jisung gave him a small smile.
"yeah, sure."
he was super tired from work, and just wanted to sleep, but what wouldn't he do for his boyfriend, right?

"do you want to help?"
Minho offered.

he was honestly kind of surprised why hyunjin treated jisung like this.
why didn't he help him?

jisung gave a small smile to Minho.
"thank you, but I don't want you to miss any talk with hyunjin and seungmin. It's okay, I will do it."

Minho got up.
"cmon, let's go. i will help you."

jisung gave a small smile to Minho, before leaving together with him into the kitchen.

when they left behind the corner, hyunjin gave a quick kiss to seungmin.
"you look absolutely beautiful baby."
he whispered.

seungmin smirked.
"really? I was trying to be pretty just for you."

"mhm. you did good."
hyunjin smirked back.

meanwhile, jisung opened the fridge and took out some bananas, apples, oranges and grapes.
"do you think you can take out the chips from the left up counter and put them into a bowl?"

Minho nodded.
"mhm. left up counter?"

jisung nodded and Minho took out the chips, before opening the cabinet next to it and taking out a bigger bowl, pouring the chips inside.

meanwhile, jisung took out a knife and started cutting the apple.

Minho noticed how jisung cut the apple, and he immediately went to him.
"no, no, no, don't do it like this. you could hurt yourself."
he said and took the knife from jisung.
"you have to cut it like this."

jisung watched amazed, as Minho cut the apple.
"see?."

jisung nodded.
"thanks."
he said, before taking the knife from Minho and starting cutting the second apple.

meanwhile, Minho took out another knife and started cutting the orange.

silence fell on top of them, and jisung didn't like it.
but again, how should he start a conversation with Minho?
he didn't even know him that well.

"so, uhm, how is work? you work with hyunjin, right?"

"mhm. it's manageable. nothing wrong is going on right now, so it's sort of good. I never really liked the job."

"really?"

"mhm."

"wow. what about hyunjin? how is he holding up? is he working well?"

"I mean, yeah. he's always doing a good job I guess."
Minho said, not really sure how he should respond to the younger.

"he had a lot of work these few months. he's always going back there when he arrives home."

Minho looked at him, confused.
"what do you mean? he's going home normally, and he never comes back. I should know, because I get home about hour and half later then he is."

jisung looked at him, his face also filling with confusion.
"really? are you sure?"

"yeah, 100%."

"oh, I think I just misunderstood. don't worry."
jisung tried to laugh it off, but inside, he was filled with questions.

hyunjin wasn't going back to work?

and if he wasn't, where did he always leave after coming home?

and why would he be lying about it?

no....could he be....actually cheating on him?
no, that's just felix getting into his mind.
there is no way hyunjin would cheat.
there is definitely a logical explanation.

silence fell on top of them, and this time, none of the guys knew how to break it, so they just let it be.

jisung finished cutting the bananas and he put them on the big plate, together with the already cut fruits.

he smiled.
"thanks for your help."

Minho returned the smile.
"of course. Let's go."

jisung nodded and took the plate, before going back to the living room with Minho, who was carrying the bowl with chips.

when they came there, they saw hyunjin and seungmin laughing about something.

"what's so funny?"
Minho asked, curious.

"oh, nothing. thank you for preparing the snacks."
hyunjin said, immediately stuffing his face with chips.

"so...I will leave you here to talk. I will go take a shower."
jisung said, bowing slightly and leaving to his and hyunjins bedroom, taking his pajamas and going to the bathroom.

hyunjin took a piece of apple.
"how about you, Minho? do you have a girlfriend, or boyfriend?"

Minho shook his head.
"nope. how about you, seungmin? we don't really know each other a lot."

"oh....yeah? you could say I have a boyfriend."
seungmin shrugged.

"that's cool. you and your boyfriend could maybe someday do a double date with hyunjin and jisung. I will join you if I find someone."
Minho chuckled.

seungmin laughed awkwardly.
"yeah...maybe. I don't know if that's a good idea."

how can a one person be in the same place two times?