The Project 'Buddy'

~41~

a/n a bit of heated make out at the end skip if you're uncomfortable

"You have got to be kidding me."

Jungwon and Jay gape at the sight of two love birds in front of them, flirting and not giving a damn about their audience.

Sunoo was giggling as Niki hugged him close, placing a fat, wet kiss on his cheek. He then started nuzzling the older's neck, while Sunoo smacked him on the head.

"Hyung, what did you do?!!!" Jungwon exclaimed, shaking Jay's shoulders aggressively.

"Me? All I said was, 'these two are going to be together in 2 days'-oh," Jay drawled out, realisation hitting him as Jungwon shook him harder.

"Aaand now they won't stop flirting," Jake chimed in, sighing as he eyed the two, who's faces were this close from touching.

On cue, they whipped their heads to face their friends, who were giving them side eyes, and Niki just rolled his own.

"I get it, no PDA-"

"Nah mate, before we get to that..." he walked over and held up the two's interlocked fingers, "what is this?"

Niki tilted his head. "Hands?"

Sunoo almost spat out laughing while Jay snickered. Jungwon scolded him for that though.

Jake gave him a look like he was saying, 'you better shut that mouth of yours or I'm smacking you with my violin' and tried again, "What. Is this?"

He shook their interlocked hands for emphasis.

Sunoo sighed and answered, "We're together hyung. That's what this is."

Niki then started laughing when Jake went berserk and exclaimed loudly, "AND YOU COULD HAVE NOT JUST SAID THAT?!"

"Fine fine, yeah. We are together. There. Happy?" Niki concluded, and Jake looked like he wanted to rip his hair off.

"No! Not happy! How and when did this happen?"

At this, the other 4 strides forward, interested in the tea.

"Yesterday. Sunoo was working and I just decided to confess," Niki explained, a pink hue spreading across his cheeks. Sunoo giggled and ruffled the youngest's hair.

"It was sweet," he admitted.

"Eyyy, congrats!" Jungwon cheered, patting Niki on the back and hugging Sunoo.

Niki smirked. "Yeah..now we only have someone to accept his lover's long awaited confession."

Jungwon immediately blushed and flicked Niki's forehead. The rest of his friends stared teasing him and Jungwon could feel Jay's eyes on him.

He didn't look into them though, and just excused himself to the get some fresh air. His friends called after his name but he was out the door before they could persuade him back.
As he shut the door, he sighed and walked out of the hallway to the lift.

When he reached the first level, he started walking to god knows where and only stopped when he found himself standing outside Belift University.

The place where he found new friends. Made new discoveries. Found his first real love.

He didn't know if Jay remembered, but that day was the day they had broken up, right where Jungwon was standing. The feline human recalled himself just sinking to his knees in desperate cries, as Jay left him there, saying to never ever contact him again.

And then he got married.

A few tears collected in Jungwon's eyes, but he shook them away, remembering he was in the present now.