Shutter | Minsung

6 || People

"There's so many.." Jisung muttered under his breath, more so to himself than anyone else.

"So many what?" Minho asked, leaning his face closer as he pulled Jisung through the crowds of people in the hallway.

"People." Jisung muttered, almost inaudible with all the chatter around them.

Minho nodded, understanding. The hallways were particularly crowded, since at least a quarter of the students from the other nearby high school were roaming the halls for a Latin event.

Minho hesitated before his hand slid down Jisung's wrist from where it was originally holding him, and slipping into his hand. He assumed since so many people were here, it'd be hard to notice the two boy's fingers intertwined with eachothers. Plus, it was just to calm Jisung down.

Minho flashed him a small smile and continued pulling him through the crowds of students, making sure to walk closely beside Jisung so his anxiety didn't peak again.

Jisung's breath seemed to settle, as his hand wrapped tightly around Minho's. Jisung was a slower walker than Minho, so when Minho noticed him trying to catch up, he slowed down his pace a little.

Minho was in his own little world for a second, trying to get Jisung to his class as quick as possible without going too fast for Jisung, before he snapped out of it with a rough hand on his shoulder, stopping him just as the two had gotten out of the crowd.

"Min, slow down."

Minho knew that wasn't Jisung's voice, Jisung didn't even call him Min, and he was of course correct. It was Hyunjin. Minho jumped a bit, quickly pulling away his hand from Jisung's.

Jisung felt the cold air hit his hand as Minho let go, making him pout just the slightest and slightly upset Hyunjin showed up in the first place.

"Let me rant to you." Hyunjin stated plainly, something he did surprisingly commonly.

"Hyunjin, not right now. Let me at least—"

"C'mon, you know you're the only person I can talk to." Hyunjin said, clearly playing the pity card.

"Let me get Jisung to class first." Minho said sternly.

"Look, I get y'all are in love or whatever but I really want to talk, like, right now. Sungie is capable of walking himself." Hyunjin crossed his arms, sighing dramatically.

Jisung cringed at the name. "Will you ever stop calling me that? You know I don't like it." Jisung complained. "And we're not in love, stop with that. It's getting annoying."

"No." Hyunjin flashed a sarcastic smile before putting a hand on Minho's back and pushing him forward a bit. "C'mon, we gotta go before the deans come in the hallways."

Minho sighed but gave in, looking back and furrowing his eyebrows a bit as if to ask if he was alright now, earning a nod from Jisung.

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"Jeongin?"

"Yeah, he's coming over for a bit." Seungmin said, fidgeting with the inside of his pockets as he hopped on his bed, still holding the phone to his ear.

"Oh, I didn't know you two were close like that. If.. at all." Chan said, the last couple words more of a mumble.

"Yeah, well we weren't, but we've talked a lot this past week so I invited him over. Well, I've talked a lot, at least." Seungmin explained.

"Yeah, from what I know he's quiet. But, I don't have classes or lunch with him so I don't really see him." Chan commented. "Well have fun baby, alright?"

"Alright, I know. Bye~" Seungmin chuckled as he hung up. As soon as he did, he got another call. He picked up.

"Outside." Was the only word Jeongin said.

"Alright, I'm coming. You know, you could've just knocked." Seungmin said, jumping out of his bed to get the door.

Jeongin didn't speak, but Seungmin could imagine he must've just shrugged or something.

When he opened the door, Jeongin stood there looking at his phone, headphones on, and his thumbs tapping away at his screen, as per usual.

"Sometimes I wonder who you're texting all the damn time." Seungmin said, chuckling when Jeongin snapped out of his little typing daze.

"Mh mh." Jeongin hummed a no, shooing Seungmin a bit with his hand, looking away.

"No, huh? Cmon, it's a crush isn't it." Seungmin asked and laughed a bit, pulling Jeongin inside.

"That's dumb.." Was all Jeongin muttered as Seungmin dragged him to him own room.

"What? Is love dumb?" Seungmin teased.

"Yeah."
"Love is dumb." Jeongin muttered. It'd probably be his last words for a while. Reflecting their past interactions, Jeongin was at his talking limit for the hour.