Hyunjin's seven pet wolves (SKZ werewolf AU)- OT8

Chan and Hyunjin bond

"Text him text him text him" were the words that Chan woke up to, and when he cracked his eyes open to see Jisung bouncing on his heels, leaning over the back of his couch and over Changbin's shoulder to see his phone, he realized that he must have fallen asleep in the love seat while isolating some vocals.

He did work in his room often, but sometimes it became too dark and barren in there and he did his work in the living area of the den where he could smell everyone.

"Sorry for waking you," Jisung apologized when Chan sat up all the way, stretching his stiff muscles from falling asleep in such an uncomfortable position.

"What's the racket about?" he asked between yawns, and he was sure that he looked like a mess with his bed head and swollen face. Felix had always called him an 'endearing sleepy mess' when Chan said that about himself.

"We're just texting Hyunjin," Felix supplied from where he was practically on top of Changbin's lap as Changbin tried to hold the phone away from his grabby hands. On the other couch, Jeongin and Seungmin were cheering him on while Minho could only sigh in annoyance as he emerged from the kitchen that smelled a lot like breakfast.

Over the week, they had all been fighting over Changbin to text Hyunjin from his phone like overeager pups. When Chan had bothered to ask why they hadn't just asked him for his number in class, they pouted and explained that he had apparently been sick all week. Chan had to stop them from suddenly arriving at his apartment, because to him, they were simply acquaintances.

So yeah, he and Minho had gotten used to them whining and complaining and sometimes even laughing to themselves when they stole Changbin's phone to text the human.

"Does Hyunjin not think it's weird that you're all texting him from his phone?" Minho asked, spatula in hand proving that he had, in fact, cooked breakfast and Chan wasn't so hungry that he was hallucinating the smell.

Jisung rolled over the back of the couch to land right next to Changbin, looking a little too proud of himself. "Hyunjin says it's cute!"

Minho nodded slowly and hummed to himself. "right..."

Jisung switched his attention back to poking and prodding Changbin's muscles, "Please please please just text him Binnie."

"You should have scored his number for yourself if you wanted to flirt with him so badly."

"Whatever, just text him this pickup line please," Jisung then leaned over to whisper something to Changbin that made him turn red and stutter while Felix, from on top of him, burst into laughter and quickly took the phone to type out Jisung's request. Chan was almost thankful that from his distance, he couldn't hear exactly what had been said. From a shared look with Minho, he could tell that he felt very much the same way.

The younger ones in the pack all waited impatiently for a response, and as soon as Changbin announced that, "He's typing, he's typing!" They all gathered around, Chan included because Jeongin had bounded over to drag him down with him.

He didn't see the response immediately because the others were too busy laughing to themselves, but when he did, he was wholly unimpressed.

Hyunjinnie: :)

Chan looked at his pack, his family, his loves, with mild disgust. "I don't get you guys, all he sent was a smiley face?"

Jisung, from between loud cackles, clapped Chan on the back, wiping tears away from his eyes. "You just don't get it, Channie."

And maybe he really didn't, but perhaps, the human who could make his pack this giddy with just a smiley face emoji, wasn't so bad after all.

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