Just College

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"The winter home?. Shit", Jisung cursed, biting his tongue gently.

"I guess I won't feel like much of a dick since no-one remembered", Seungmin comforted himself.

"I did", Chan caressed the smooth rug on sale.

"You did?", his boys asked in disbelief.

"Yeah. I will get that one", Chan told the young man who was taking his orders. His younger friends had insisted on buying the things he needed for the interior decoration of his new home, with him so he let the 7 boys come along. A big mistake on his part. They followed him everywhere, only talking about stuff and choosing the most expensive things for him without making a single payment.

"So....", Minho started carefully. He touched a set of black curtains, trying to seem nonchalant. "Are you coming this year?"

The boys all ceased their breath in anticipation. Chan hardly joins them for anything these days and they weren't really super-happy about that.

"Yeah. Yeah. Why not?", Chan asked with a big smile, showing off those dimples they adored.

"I will pay for the curtains. You like them, don't you, hyung?", Minho asked with a big grin.

Chan nodded, slightly confused. "Why are you paying?. I thought-"

"Nah. It's not whatever you thought, hyung", Jeongin quickly dismissed the idea but Chan was kind of correct. The boys only agreed to spend on the oldest if he agreed to do things with them. "Do you think that China set is perfect for Chaeyoung noona?"

Chan laughed, "What's this?. Definitely!. Yeah", he eyed the pink set of teacups.

The other guys were dying of laughter at the way the eldest couldn't even sense something fishy. He was truly happy. He is so innocent and old.

"So, Seungmin, are you coming or would you ditch us for some good box?", Felix asked, smirking openly at the boy.

"What do you mean?", Seungmin played the fool.

"Oh, he knows. Last year's Christmas, you spent it with Daya at one of your family's vacation home", Changbin put out. "Thus, you couldn't make it to the winter home"

"Bro, do you know how hard it was to cover for your ass that Christmas?", Jisung tapped on a Samsung model fridge. "I will take that"

Chan gasped. "Man, for real?!", he brought his hand out and shaked his rich cousin. Jisung scoffed a laugh. "Wow. Thank you, you guys. Really and yeah, Seungmin, we can't cover for you again"

Seungmin frowned at the happy man. "Hyung, you can't pick sides over a fridge", his hyung smiled cheekily. "I'm coming to the winter home. Satisfied?"

"Yeah", Hyunjin replied. "Man, you were so drunk on Daya for sure last year when you cancelled such a yearly meet", his friends burst into laughter. Seungmin pinched his brow. Maybe?.

The said winter home is a huge vacation home that the families of the boys funded together. When they were all little, they thought it to be a Palace and still do, actually. Every Christmas, from the days of 26th December till the 4th of the new year, was spent in the large house in Myeongdu-gu in Seoul.

Seungmin had missed last year's and his loyal friends said he decided to stay back in school to help with the semester's result of his set. It was an honour to the family and the other boys couldn't play in peace during the vacation because they were always comparing them to Seungmin, the academic star while the dude was having a splendid time in a vacation home his family owns with his favourite go-to person. Jeong Daya.