𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇

#.. NINE

" KIM JUNGSU LOVES OH SEUNGMIN !! "

jungsu stared at the piece of paper in disbelief. it was glued to his locker along with many other notes.

" JUNGSU + SEUNGMIN = FAGS "

" UGLIEST BOY AT SCHOOL "

" GET A THERAPIST, GAYBO "

it didn't seem any different for the other boy. seungmin just arrived, his brows furrowing as he and gunil read through every single one of them.

" DISGUSTING FAG "

" YOU NEED HELP !! "

" I'M BETTER THAN FAGSU "

seungmin was distraught by the notes. but it didn't seem to be any different for gunil, who also received some "nice" notes.

" WHY DO YOU LIKE TRANNIES "

" I ALREADY PLANNED OUR FUTURE BUT U HAD TO TURN OUT TO BE GAY "

" STOP HANGING AROUND WITH SEUNGMIN - HE'S SPREADING HIS FAGGINESS ON YOU "

the most notes were on jiseok's locker though. as gunil was a common crush among the girls of the school, they were obviously very jealous.

jiseok wasn't there, though. he skipped school, not knowing how he was supposed to face gunil. and he felt like giving himself a mental health day, because he was turning crazy.

after his parents saw the hickeys, they gave him the talk, making him swear that he didn't get any girl pregnant.

but they were confused on why his throat was sore. only if they knew...

jungsu saw how upset seungmin was and sighed. walking to him would only cause more controversy.

he then saw jooyeon and hyeongjun, remembering that he wanted to talk to hyeongjun.

ignoring the degrading notes, the boy walked towards the two. jooyeon gave him a nice smile. "oh, jungsu, hi" he smiled and jungsu waved them both.

they started their conversation, happily talking to each other. "you're feeling better, right?" jungsu asked the elder of the two, who nodded.

"it's still weird but that's more of a mental thing, i suppose?" that's good to hear. jungsu smiled lightly and sighed once they walked past seungmin and gunil.

jungsu felt seungmin's glances towards their direction and jungsu really felt like crying. why was seungmin so freaking obvious?

[...]

at lunchbreak, jungsu sat on his usual place outside. he felt lonely without jiseok, but he knew that the younger really wasn't feeling well currently.

he was stressed by everything, especially the situation with gunil. jungsu always told him, that he should communicate this out with gunil.

that way they can determine what will happen to them. but jiseok wasn't ready for this.

he was ashamed. "gunil must think of me as a whore" was his reason and god, jungsu just really wanted to punch that boy in the face.

jungsu was startled by someone suddenly sitting down next to him. and of course it was gunil.

he looked kind of shy, as if he didn't know where to start. so jungsu started the conversation.

"where's seungmin?" he asked. it was basically impossible to see one of them walking around alone.

they were always seen together, so this was even weirder. "he went home - felt sick" jungsu nodded silently, waiting for gunil to start with what he actually wanted to say.

the few seconds of silence were a little bit awkward, but eventually gunil managed to voice his thought. "is jiseok alright?"

oh yeah, definitely. jungsu snorted. "if he was, he'd be here." gunil was surprised by jungsu's sudden snap, but what else did he expect?

"actually, i wanted to talk to him today, but- um- i- i just want to know whether it had any- well- relevance for him.. you know, the thing after your party.."

how could a human possibly be so awkward? jungsu felt like ripping his hair out, but he tried his best to keep his composure.

"you did break his heart" jungsu just blatantly said. "he thinks that you only slept with him because you were drunk or that you took advantage of him. i'd highly recommend that you talk to him."

gunil's brows furrowed. "slept- what?!" the way gunil seemed confused made jungsu confused, as well.

"after the party, you took him to your place" jungsu stated and gunil nodded, confirming the fact. "and there you two had sex or whatever."

gunil looked at him like he was an alien. "um, i think i really have to talk to jiseok because something doesn't add up here..."

what? the whole situation irritated jungsu. "what do you mean?"

"jiseok and i didn't fuck - well, we almost did but he passed out because he was so drunk.."

oh.. OH. jungsu's jaw dropped in shock. well shit.