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six

Minho had no idea what to do.
he just realized that his best friend was cheating on his partner.

he looked at jisung, who looked like he was deep in thought.

"jisung?"
Minho carefully asked, not wanting to scare the boy.
he was sure he had to be shocked.
I mean, he just found out his partner is cheating.
he needs the time to process it.

jisung flinched, looking at Minho.
"yes?"

"are you....okay?"
Minho asked, studying jisungs face.

jisung nodded with a smile.
but tears were starting to pour down his face.

"jisung-"

"hyunjin is probably preparing some surprise for me. he could be taking me out on a date tomorrow, and he has to plan all of it. yeah, definitely, he didn't take me on a date for months. yeah, that's definitely it."
jisung said, the smile never leaving his face, while more tears spilled.

Minho was stunned.
he was staring to feel worried.
"jisung-"

"this all has a logical explanation. what you think isn't true, no, it isn't. hyunjin loves me, he wants the best for me, he would never do something so cruel."
jisung started sobbing, still smiling, choking on his sobs, more tears spilling.

"jisung-"

"hyunjin loves me, hyunjin loves me, hyunjin loves me, hyunjin......"
jisung fell to his knees, sobbing uncontrollably.

minho, worried, kneeled next to him.
he tried putting his hand on jisungs shoulder, and when jisung didn't flinch and continued sobbing, he pulled him into a hug.

"hyunjin loves me..."

Minho could hear jisung whispering all over again, as he was in his arms.

he started to pat jisungs back, trying to calm him down, and letting him know he wasn't here alone.
he went trough this too.
he knew how devastating it can be when you find out your partner is cheating.

few moments later, Minho couldn't hear jisung mumbling anymore.

he looked at him, and he noticed he was sleeping.

Minho gently picked him up, and he carried him into the bedroom, gently placing him on top of the bed and tugging him in.

after he silently left the room and he carefully closed the door behind him, he took his phone.

he called hyunjin.

"hi dude, what's up?"

"you have some fucking explaining to do hwang hyunjin."

"what do you mean?"

"where are you now?"

"at home."

"that's bullshit. I'm at your house and you're not here. where are you?"

"uhm...I'm...wait....why are you in my house?"

"jisung wanted to cook you your favorite meal for dinner, hyunjin. he called me to come here and help him, since I'm the only person he knows that can cook. and no, you aren't in my house. where the fuck are you? and hyunjin.....are you cheating on jisung?"

"shit, shit shit....did jisung found out? what's he doing right now? what did he say?"

"oh my god....you really are cheating."

"Minho, tell me, what did jisung say?"

"how can you be such an awful person hyunjin? I thought you were smart and kind, and I thought you were nice to jisung. but you're cheating? why are you even doing that?"

"Minho, I will explain everything later. I just need you to tell me what is jisung doing. what did he say?"

"come to your fucking senses hyunjin. stop-"

"Minho I don't have time for this bullshit. like I said, I will explain everything. just tell me how did jisung react."

"why do you want to know? if you want to know that so badly, come to YOUR house to YOUR boyfriend and ask him yourself. and don't explain anything to me, explain everything to jisung. he doesn't deserve this."

"Minho, please convince him that I have a surprise for him. tell him that I'm planning something, that I didn't want him to know, but so he wouldn't think anything bad, that you had to tell him about the surprise. please, tell him that."

Minho could hear hyunjin getting into a car, starting the engine and driving.

"what the fuck? why would I do that? why would I lie to him like that? and more importantly, why would I lie to him to help you?"

"Minho, please, just this once. I will be there in about ten minutes. can you just try and convince him that I didn't do anything bad? that Im not cheating on him?"

"what is wrong with you, hyunjin? you're sick, get some fucking help."
Minho said, and he hanged up.

he sighed, burying his head in his hands.
what should he do now?

should he just wait here and see how the situation goes?

should he just leave?

should he make sure that jisung knows that hyunjin is actually cheating?

should he make sure that he's okay?
he didn't look okay.

Minho sighed.
he was absolutely hopeless.

he didn't know that helping his friend cook a dinner for his boyfriend would turn into this shit.

he went inside the kitchen, where the food still was, uneaten, abandoned.

Minho hated his situation.
he really appreciated hyunjin, and he was glad he had a friend like him.

and now, this friend turned out to be a cheater.
more importantly, he asked Minho to lie and manipulate his boyfriend into believing he didn't cheat.

that left Minho wondering.

was jisung being manipulated like this every day?

suddenly, nothing made sense to Minho.
he didn't know what to believe.

he truly didn't expect he will end up in this situation when he was coming here in the afternoon.

he didn't know how long he spend staring into the wall in the kitchen, thinking, until he heard the front door open.

he snapped out of his mind and went to the door, where he saw hyunjin, who looked stressed, making his way to him.

"where is he?"
hyunjin asked Minho.

"he's sleeping."
Minho said, venom in his voice and hatred in his eyes, as he stared at hyunjin.

hyunjin knew he fucked up so bad.
he should have just say he was at seungmins.
after all, jisung knew that seungmin was his friend.
if he did it, nothing would happen.
he still would be laying in the bed of his affair boyfriend, laughing to his jokes.

one tiny mistake.
and it changed everything.