the other one

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"ugh, I'm so frustrated."
junho groaned, throwing himself on jisungs bed.

"when you're not frustrated about something?"
jisung answered, not taking his eyes from his book.

"cmon jisung, be a good brother and offer me some support."
junho wined.

"you never told me what was bothering you tho."
jisung said, turning a page in his book.

"mom and dad think that I'm being too crazy, and they don't like I'm always out with friends and on parties, so they arranged a blind date for me. they want me to find a boyfriend so I calm down!"

"how unfortunate."

"fuck off jisung, I don't want to go there! and besides, the date is on the same day as meejin's party."

"so you won't go on a party one time, no big deal."
jisung shrugged.

"you don't understand jisung."
junho whined.
"meejin's party is literally THE party. there is no way I'm not showing up there."

"then say that to mom and dad."
jisung said, his eyes never leaving his book.

"funny. you would not have a brother anymore."
junho said, sitting up.

"you're saying like that's a bad thing."
jisung shot back.

"hey! i'm older than you!"
junho said, offended.

"by twenty minutes, grow up."
jisung rolled his eyes.
"look, if you're here just to yap and yap and yap about your blind date and how much our parents piss you off, just go."

"well...of course I'm here to yap about it, but it's not exactly the only reason why I came here."

"then why?"

"I have...a favor to ask you."
junho said.

"a favor?"
jisung was not surprised.

"will you please go on that blind date instead of me?"
junho said.

jisung finally looked at him, his eyes wide.
"what now?"

"will you go on that date instead of me?"
junho repeated.

"you crazy? absolutely not."
jisung shook his head, looking back at his book.

"please jisung, please."
junho begged.
"you owe me one."

"the hell i don't."
jisung defended himself.

"you told mom where I keep my cigarettes."
junho said

"I didn't. it was your fault for smoking inside the bathroom."
jisung rolled his eyes.

"then that time where I beat up a guy in a club who tried to touch you!"

"you really want to compare these two situations? besides, you took me into that club in the first place!"

"the point is..."
junho started.
"...that I had your back there, so now you should have mine."

"bro, look, I know that you're not interested in dates and that you want to party, but I'm not doing this. this is actually insane."

"it's not! it's not that hard either. you just have to go there, pretend to be me for like an hour, maybe two, act like a complete idiot, so the date thinks you're a complete moron and won't want to see you again, and that's all!"

"I don't know if you realize this, but when this date fails, mom and dad will just send you on another one. there is no reason for me to do this."
jisung said, turning around on his chair.

junho stood up and walked towards jisung, spinning his chair back so he would face him.
"I'm very much aware of that. I'm happily gonna make a complete moron out of myself on the next dates our parents will send me to. It's just this once! this one date! please jisung, I really can't miss this party. do you know how many new guys and girls will be there? oh I'm so gonna get laid."

"you won't, because I'm not doing it."
jisung said.

"it's not that big of a deal! really! just once, this once please, do it for me."
junho begged.

"junho, we both know that I love you, but I'm not doing this."

"I'll give you 50 000 won."

"triple it."

"I'm broke bro."

"then no deal."
jisung shrugged.

"okay, how about 60 000 won?"

"130 000 won."

"you crazy?"

"you're the one who needs help, not me."

junho rolled his eyes.
"70 000?"

"125 000."

"that's too much!"

"I'm putting my pride on the stake here."
jisung said, very seriously.

"okay...85 000 won?"
junho asked, hope in his voice.

jisung shook his head.

"oh cmon."
junho rolled his eyes.

"I am the one who has to act like a complete idiot and terrible person on a date with a stranger, not you."
jisung pointed at junho.
"I'm still being nice."

junho sighed.
"okay, okay, 95 000 won?"

"better, but it still doesn't feel fair. 110 000 won?"

"100 000 won and three huge Hershey's chocolate bars?"

"make it four."

"deal."
junho nodded, and they shook hands.

"I fucking can't believe what I just agreed to."
jisung sighed.

"it's only gonna be a max of two hours of your Friday night and you're gonna get 100 000 won and Hershey's chocolate bars from it, I think it's a good deal."
junho shrugged.
"don't make any plans for Friday~"
he said, before leaving jisungs room.

"I am...so unbelievably stupid."
jisung said to himself, just staring into a wall.
"what the hell did I just do?"