𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇

#.. THIRTY

"are you free today?" jungsu suddenly asked the moment seungmin closed his locker.

jumping in shock, seungmin let out a startled sound. never did he expect for the elder to talk to him. wait, he talked to him on his own?!

seungmin looked at jungsu, shocked, what amused the other. "i'm taking that as a yes. i'll pick you up in front of the school later."

what? seungmin still didn't catch on with the situation, his brows furrowing. "meet- what?"

but jungsu was already gone. so he guessed he had no choice. not like he wanted one anyway, he waited years to finally get the opportunity to be alone with jungsu.

"just tell him you're crushing on him" another voice suddenly said, surprising seungmin again and making him shrug in surprise.

this time it was jooyeon, who was smiling weakly. of course, hyeongjun was by his side, proudly holding the younger's hand.

cute. yet seungmin couldn't focus on that due to the said thing. "huh- no! i mean- i'm not crushing on jungsu!"

this made the pair laugh. "oh, please" hyeongjun wheezed. "do you think i didn't notice all the glances you give jungsu?"

he did a replica of the dreamy look seungmin always had on his face, making jooyeon burst out in laughter.

"what- okay, fine! yes, i love jungsu, so what?"

both took deep breaths, trying to calm down a little. "just telling you, that the interest is mutual" jooyeon then groaned as he leaned closer.

hyeongjun did the same. "a small birdie told me, that he thinks you're cute. his interest is not as intense as yours towards him, but you can make it work."

then the two walked away, giggling like some small kids. "he thinks i'm cute?!" seungmin asked, awaiting an answer from his friends, yet they just ignored him.

opening his locker again, he looked into the mirror he attached to it.

"and i was aiming to be seen as hot.."

[...]

jungsu took him to the city park. driving in his car, the tension was suffocating seungmin.

yet thankfully jungsu decided to blast some music, helping seungmin to relax. especially because the elder put on the artist he loved the most.

"how did you know that i love bowie?!" he shouted against the music, vibing lightly as he looked towards jungsu.

the elder just chuckled. "have my ways!"

just as they arrived, seungmin got to know where jungsu took it. and despite it being the city park, seungmin has never been there in fall, near winter.

all the warm-hued leafs were lying on the floor, the trees naked and scary from the light fog.

barely anyone was there, just some joggers or a few people walking their dogs.

"oh, we should get some food, i'm starving!"

jungsu took seungmin's hand in his, intertwining their fingers as he pulled him towards the small convenience store at the start of the park.

seungmin couldn't think of answering, the feeling of his hand in jungsu's melting away his ability to think.

so even when they were deciding on what snacks to buy, seungmin's mind was still on jungsu's warm hand.

the cashier eyed them weirdly, yet seungmin tried his best to ignore him - it was just about himself and jungsu now.

eventually, the two decided on buying some pastries and a bag of chips before leaving the store again.