met you by the pile of straw

a rival

time went by, and minho fully adjusted to his ranch schedule.
he was honestly enjoying his time here.
especially, enjoying his time here with jisung.

but there was one person who didn't really enjoy Minhos presence that much.
and that person, was hyunjin.

whenever he saw minho and jisung hang out, he would always give minho this weird...look.

minho couldn't quite explain it, but it felt that some resentment was growing inside of hyunjin.

but...he didn't quite understand why.
of course, he suspected that hyunjin liked jisung, and jisung has been hanging out with minho a LOT, but minho didn't see why it was a problem.

"so, minho, three weeks are behind you. only a one week left and you're already going home."
hyunjin said, as he was going trough a trash bin.

"aww, don't remind us hyunjin."
jake whined.
"we're gonna miss you."

"well, actually, I have talked with grandma few days back, and we agreed that...I will stay here over the whole summer."
minho said.

he could see hyunjins smile disappearing a little.

"wait, are you serious?"
jay asked, excited.

minho nodded.
"yeah, I've been enjoying my time here, and of course, how could I leave you guys here without me so soon."
he said, making jay and jake chuckle.
not hyunjin tho.
he grew quiet.

"well of course! how could you leave your garbage man crew?"
jake said, as he stared going trough the trash bin again.

"right? that would be so evil of me. especially now when I actually started liking you guys."
minho put his hand on his chest dramatically.

"it's a good thing you're staying for longer. isn't that right hyunjin?"
jay said.

"what?"
hyunjin asked.
he zoned out.

"aren't you happy that minho is staying longer here?"
jay repeated.

"oh, yeah, it's a good news."
hyunjin nodded, before he took the filled container.
"I'm gonna go take this to the stables. we already went trough all the trash bins right?"

jake nodded.
"mhm. wanna help me take this to yeonjun?"
he said, looking at minho.

"oh how could I refuse."
minho chuckled.

•~•

hyunjin walked into the stables.
"jisung, you here?!"

but to his surprise, he only saw felix there, braiding dess's hair.

"oh, hi."
felix smiled a little when he saw hyunjin coming in.

"is jisung here?"
hyunjin asked, putting the container on his usual spot.

"he went to pee."
felix said, as he continued to braid the horses hair.

"you're actually good at braiding."
hyunjin pointed out, looking at Felix's work.

felix chuckled.
"well thank you. I had enough practice, you know?"

"I can see that."
hyunjin said, chuckling back.
"it's really pretty."

"thanks. you're prettier tho."
felix winked.

"what?"
hyunjin was a little taken aback.

"oh nothing."
felix shrugged, immediately regretting his choice of words.

just then, jisung came back.

"oh, hi ji."
hyunjin said, heartwarming smile on his face.
"do you want to go on a lunch with me? we can ride horses there, or just walk."