𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇

#.. FIFTY-THREE

as it was too cold to sit outside at the infamous jungji spot, all of them found a place to stay inside during their breaks.

they found out that the door that leads to the attic wasn't locked, so that's where they went. all six of them, united, again.

"that's actually insane" jiseok commented after hyeongjun finished his recap about what happened to him in the last almost two months.

hyeongjun told them everything from his parents' divorcing, to his outing, to the revelation that his father isn't his biological one, to the moving, to the meeting with his actual dad, to the moving out part.

he didn't tell them that the man tried to assault him. it would just make him unnecessarily emotional.

jooyeon held his hand while he talked. with their bodies cuddled together, arms interlinked, they had their fingers intertwined, resting on hyeongjun's thigh.

it actually calmed hyeongjun down. oh, how much he loved jooyeon.

jiseok, who slotted himself between gunil's legs, leaned against the strong body behind him, the elder's arms wrapping around his body.

"but does your father- the one who lives here- have custody over you?" he asked, sucking on his cherry-flavored lollipop.

hyeongjun nodded. "my case was recognised as abuse in court. and despite my dad not being my actual dad, he was recognised as my guardian."

everyone was glad that hyeongjun finally resolved his family problems. "but what did i miss while i was gone?"

they looked at each other, having to think about it. "i think we all outed ourselves to our parents" seungmin exclaimed and everyone agreed.

"well, gunil was already out, and i believe jiseok was, too. but now all of us are."

hyeongjun smiled. "and?" he received positive answers from everyone, except for jungsu.

"my parents hate me now" he sighed, leaning his head on seungmin's shoulder, his leg lying above his.

jooyeon scratched the back of his head. "hate is a strong word, i'm sure they don't hate you."

but jungsu was convinced by his point. "they haven't spoken to me since. i'm almost 100% sure they hate me."

though jungsu didn't want to seem as hurt, overplaying his emotions with a smile, everyone could tell how much it affected him.

yet he changed the subject swiftly, sensing that the mood was shifting. so they talked about the upcoming prom.

while they did, seungmin leaned closer, to whisper something in jungsu's ear. "please allow yourself to be vulnerable sometimes. i'm so worried about you."

just these two sentenced were enough to make jungsu tear up. he turned his head to look at seungmin, his worried eyes meeting his shiny ones.

"but i'm okay.." he whispered back, but he knew that seungmin didn't believe him. he just received seungmin shaking his head, before he looked away, engaging in the ongoing conversation like nothing happened.

jungsu slowly turned his head back again, trying to fight against his tears - successfully.

"do you guys already know what you will wear?" jiseok asked, the jooyeon and hyeongjun duo looked at each other with a grin before looking back.

"we wanna fuck with everyone here and make them think that jooyeon came to prom with a girl" hyeongjun chuckled.

"hyeongjun will wear a dress and get his hair and makeup done and shit. he's already androgynous, we believe a feminine style will actually make him look female."

now that was a plan. "dude, they will beat you up" jiseok exclaimed but neither of the couple seemed to care. "they wont dare."

so the boy just looked up at gunil, smiling. "we have to look better than them."

and that's how a competition started.