guarding cupid | yungi

8. first play

"you and who?! did what?!"

the couple yelled at mingi in unison while staring at him in disbelief.

"shhh, keep it down" mingi warned the two before he sat at one of the tables in the school cafeteria. he had decided to tell wooyoung and san about the kiss first, his reasoning being that their experience might be able to help him.

"i just can't believe it. how did it happen?! wait, who initiated it?!"

mingi quickly diverted his gaze somewhere else, obviously avoiding the question san had just asked. he was embarrassed about answering with the truth. after all, his sudden boldness had caused all this mess.

finally with a touch of hesitation, mingi started to answer san's question.

"i kissed him" his face turned red the moment he heard the couple's giggling.

"but that doesn't matter. what matters is that he ran away after it and with no explanation at all, that's why i need your help."

the giggles and teasing stopped as soon as the blonde said those words, now being replaced with a frown and an extremely confused look. wooyoung and san had no idea what to say to this. yes they've been in relationships before but none in which they got rejected this harshly.

"i don't know what to tell you. my pretty face has never been rejected before, but i think his reaction might mean that maybe...
he still hates you?"

mingi scoffed at wooyoung's response, how could yunho hate him? if he had, he probably wouldn't have agreed to hang out on monday. "that's impossible, he doesn't hate me, at least not that i'm aware."

"who doesn't hate you?"

"oh jongho, you're here!"

"yes i am, now answer my question."

jongho had always been sort of terrifying. i mean on the outside he was just a popular and attractive soccer player who strangely reminded you of a cute bear, but in reality he was so strong that nobody dared to cross his way. he'd never gotten in fights because people were scared of losing against him. now that he was here, mingi had to tell him about yunho too, hoping that he would be more helpful than wooyoung and san.

"it's yunho. i don't think he hates me but he acts weird around me and on monday i—i kissed him..."

jongho let out a loud chuckle, his eyes looking straight at mingi as he reached out his hand towards san, who proceeded to give jongho a handful of bills.

"what's going on?" mingi's gaze shifted between jongho and san.

"me and san made i bet. i bet him you and yunho were going to kiss on the first date, and i was right, as always"

mingi just sighed loudly. he was disappointed but not surprised. now the only thing left to do was ask jongho for advice.

"so..." the taller started, his voice filled with hopelessness. "he didn't necessarily took it well... i mean he kissed back but that was before he left me alone at the park. i was hoping you would help me out? i don't really know what to do."

"so he ran away?" jongho said with a smirk. he knew yunho better than the others did. "well since i seem to be the only one who has figured it out, i'll tell you. yunho likes you"

they all fell silent, only bothered by the loud noise of the cafeteria. now that mingi thought about it, it all started to make sense. the car, yunho's behavior with hongjoong and the kiss. he kissed back, mingi definitely felt it. maybe yunho wasn't sure of his feelings so he ran away.

"so what do i do?!" he excitedly asked jongho.

"that's easy. you throw a party this friday."

"now you just want an excuse to go out" san muttered.

"no, it's perfect! jongho you're a genius! now you just need to make sure yunho comes"

"of course he will, he's probably going to ask him to take yeosang too" jongho glared at wooyoung who was smiling evilly.

"shut up! but yes i will tell yunho to take him, please don't embarrass me, okay?"

they all laughed and continued to have lunch. mingi finally had some peace of mind and he couldn't wait to meet yunho again.

a/n: it's minki dayyyy!! i think i might get his lp but also i'm poor so we'll see😭😭