3: Good excuse, bad decision

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"You're here" Jisung smiled sheepily. He was sitting on a bench in a park near his and Minho's house, they lived surprisingly close to each other. After Minho had moved last year, Jisung had seen him around outside of school, even if he never talked to him.

"Of course I am" Minho chuckled, sitting down next to Jisung. The bench was slightly wet as it had rained a bit earlier, but it didn't bother Minho, sitting down as if it were completely dry.

His hand was placed next to Jisung's, yet not quite touching him. He pat Jisung's head with his other hand lightly, not quite in a cute way but more in a joking way. Even so, Jisung had to admit he liked the small touch.

"I said we could talk later, after all" He continued.

"Yeah, about that..." Jisung said, Minho immediately paying full attention to him. "I don't know if we should really be hanging out together anymore" He bit his lip, looking for any shock in Minho's face, finding none.

"Is this about the rumors?" He asked, making Jisung nod. Minho sighed, suddenly putting his hand above Jisung's, although not interlocking their fingers or holding his hand.

"Do you care?" He looked into Jisung's eyes, Jisung avoiding eye contact by looking basically anywhere else, but finally looking at him as he said the words "You don't?"

"I don't. You?" He asked.

"Kind of" He responded.

"Why?" Minho took his hand off Jisung's, now just trying to make eye contact. Minho figured looking at him in his eyes directly would help him figure out how Jisung felt, but at that moment, like most times, it didn't work.

"Cause...it's uncomfortable" Jisung chuckled lowly.

"You have rumors that you're a junkie and this is what you're concerned about?" Minho said in a firm yet gentle tone of voice. Jisung had no idea what to reply to that.

"Well..." He paused. "You don't have rumors like that, I don't wanna jeopardize your reputation or anything." He answered, looking down now. It was a half-truth, he didn't wanna ruin Minho's reputation, but he mostly wanted to end the rumors for his own comfort.

Minho bit his inner lip in reply. He never took Jisung as the type to care about rumors. Even so, he nodded along to whatever Jisung was talking about.

"Also, like...we're just...friends, I guess, so I don't like it" Jisung vocalized, Minho licked his lips and turned his face away from Jisung for a moment, then turned back.

"Right" Minho spat. "That's exactly why I don't understand why it bothers you" He explained.

The younger boy rolled his eyes, clicking his tongue. "As if it doesn't bother you"

"It doesn't!" Minho said defensively, accidentally raising his voice a bit. "Well me neither then!" Jisung replied, convinced, raising his voice back.

"Good!" Minho said in the same tone before coughing and calmly replying "Good" for the second time, although the tone switch made it sound like two different words with different meanings.

"I was lying" Jisung sighed, Minho groaning. "For God's sake, Jisung..."

"I'm kidding!"

"Good" He replied for the third time, his tone being a mix of the first two he used.

"I didn't know you were so attached to me" Jisung spoke, saying his words very teasingly. "It's not like that" He chuckled lowly.

"Yeah, I know" He smiled softly, although he was sure to regret his decision tomorrow morning. From junkie to whore, what an amazing switch-up.

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