𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇

#..FOURTEEN

seeing jooyeon without a long sleeved shirt hurt hyeongjun. he knew it took jooyeon lots of courage, but it pained him to see his best friend be that violent with himself.

the people looked at him weirdly, motioned towards his cuts as they giggled to their friends, probably talking about his scarred arms. but that day was just too hot to cover up.

"it's alright" hyeongjun smiled as he took jooyeon's hand and gave it a comforting squeeze. the latter just gulped and nodded.

how hard hyeongjun wished to be able to help him. but he knew that it was a fight only jooyeon himself could end. hyeongjun could just stay by his side and support him.

walking towards the cafeteria, they met jungsu on their way there. "hey, have y'all seen jiseok somewhere? he told me he's coming but i can't find him anywhere.."

the two boys just looked at each other first, before looking back to the elder. "no, sorry-" hyeongjun started, but was quickly interrupted by jooyeon. "there he is!"

jiseok was walking towards them, a small smile on his lips. no wonder jungsu couldn't find him before, his hair was bleached now. "oh wow! blonde suits you a lot!"

while jiseok enjoyed the compliments, he looked over to jungsu, who looked at him with his brows furrowed, he was confused.

"didn't you say that you hate bleached hair?" jungsu asked, looking at his friend suspiciously. jiseok just shrugged. "well, yes i did say that, but opinions change, su" he spoke with his usual playfulness.

but it still seemed weird to jungsu. jiseok never changed his opinion on anything, too stubborn for that. so that was pretty much unlike jiseok.

apologizing to jooyeon and hyeongjun, jungsu took the younger's hand and pulled him away. "and now the real reason."

jiseok sighed, jungsu knew him too well. "i want gunil to be interested in me... and i heard he likes blondes so..."

that was the reason? jungsu cupped jiseok's cheeks, looking at him in disbelief. "don't change for a man?" he stated, making it sound more like a question. yet he was just surprised that gunil was that important to jiseok.

"promise me you wont change more things about yourself?"

"i promise."

[...]

the kiss between seungmin and gunil really destroyed the latter's world of emotions. he was beyond confused.

when did seungmin start looking that pretty? suddenly, gunil noticed more details about him. his toned body and small face were attractive, when did he get that attractive?

but gunil suddenly noticed the tiny lisp whenever he was nervous, or that he uses his left foot to push himself on his skateboard. or that he always looked at gunil's lips whenever they talked.

seeing jiseok wasn't that... special anymore. it was casual, talking to him also got easier, despite the previous tension between them.

"you look amazing with blonde" gunil told him like it was the easiest thing in the world, whereas he knew that he would've been to nervous to tell him that a week ago.

jiseok on the other hand became a stuttering mess, smiling and blushing. "uh- thank you?"

normally, this interaction would have gunil running laps, but now he felt normal about it. instead, spending time with seungmin got harder.

was he falling out of love with jiseok because of the kiss? was seungmin right? is he really falling in love with him?