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24

minho was laying on his bed, reading a book.
it has been a week since he found out that all this time, he was being deceived by two twin brothers.

sighing, his head fell back.
he couldn't even concentrate on the book.

his mind was running places, and all he could think about was his talk with...well, jisung.

han jisung.
the person who he had liked all this time, was han jisung.
liked.....or still likes?

he closed his eyes, going back to their conversation.

"I know. I felt so guilty. I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't bring myself to. I had no idea what would happen if mom and dad found out."

minho sighed. truth be told, now when he was looking back, he could see it. jisung was out of it these past few dates they have been on, hinting about guilt a lot, even tho he didn't really try, or want to.

and then, there was the ice cream incident.

"minho I need to tell you something."

"okay. I'm listening."

"I lied."

"about what exactly?"

"I was craving strawberry, this pistachio isn't as good as I thought it would. but I learned my lesson. I need to stick with what I know."

when jisung looked it him, his eyes were serious, yet they had something else behind them.
worry, fear....relief.

he was too serious to actually talk about ice cream, let alone about something as silly as not enjoying the flavor he got.
maybe jisung really wanted to tell him badly.

•~•

chan was in the gym, warming up.
today was a dance practice, and he was super excited to finally finish their choreography fully.

the door opened, and hyunjin walked in.
"hi dude."

"hi."
chan smiled.
"is minho somewhere behind you?"

"I thought he would already be here. he's usually the first one to arrive."
hyunjin furrowed his eyebrows, pulling out his phone.
"no messages from him either."

"maybe he just got stuck somewhere. he still has a few minutes."
chan said, even tho it didn't really sit right with him as well.

hyunjin put his things on the chairs, and started warming up with chan.
as the minutes went by, there was still no sign of minho.

"okay, I'm starting to get worried now."
hyunjin said.
"he's never been late, and even if he was, he would message us."

chan sighed.
"you're right. maybe we should call him."

hyunjin nodded.
and then, the door opened, and minho walked inside.

chan put a hand on his chest, letting out a relieved sigh.
"dude you scared the shit out of us."

"we thought you died!"
hyunjin yelled.

"no, we didn't."
chan shook his head, rolling his eyes slightly.
he was about to say something else, when he noticed that minho seemed a bit...off.
"hey, are you okay?"

minho nodded, taking a sip from his water bottle.
"yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

"did junho break up with you dude? you look like shit right now."
hyunjin tried to joke.

minho threw the bottle into his bag violently, catching both hyunjin and chan off guard.
"don't talk about him."

hyunjin's eyes widened slightly, chan furrowing his eyebrows.
so this was about junho after all.

"hey, what happened?"
chan asked sweetly.

minho closed his eyes, his head falling down.
"it tuned out that junho wasn't who I thought he was. quite literally actually."

"what do you mean by that?"
hyunjin walked a bit closer to minho.

sighing, minho looked at his two friends.
"junho has a twin brother, and all this time, i have been going on dates with him, not junho."

chan's eyes were wide, and hyunjin's jaw was on the floor. well THIS, this wasn't expected.

"holy shit."
chan breathed out.
"how are you holding up?"

minho gave him 'are you serious right now?' look.
"what do you think?"

"what's...what's his name?"
hyunjin asked.

"jisung. han jisung."
minho said the name that has been haunting him for days now.

"and you never found out that junho had a twin?"
chan sat on one of the chairs.

"no."
minho shook his head.

"did you ever look their group online?"
hyunjin asked.

minho just blinked.
how did he never thought of that?

"so I'm guessing you didn't."
hyunjin chuckled.

"on it."
chan already had his phone in his hands, typing.
"damn you're right. han junho is the older twin, and the one who's going to inherit the group. but there are informations about jisung as well."
he said, showing the two others a picture where junho and jisung stood side by side.

"damn, they're literally identical!"
hyunjin gasped.

minho looked down.
he was such a fool.

"what are you going to do now?"
chan asked, looking at minho.
"about this jun- I mean jisung situation."

"forget about him."
minho said.
"he didn't care about me, I don't have to care about him either."

"and is that what you really want?"
chan raised his eyebrows.

minho didn't answer.

chan pressed his lips into a thin line.
"I'm sure everything could be explained properly. just give him a chance to do so."

"I asked him about how this all happened, and he answered. what is there more to talk about?"
minho crossed his arms.

"your feelings."
chan said.
"how did he act when you guys talked?"

minho looked away.
jisung looked sad, miserable, and scared.
he hated that.
he wanted to erase that image from his mind.
"he...was remorseful."

"see? you two should talk again. at least one more time. you know to...answer all of the questions."
hyunjin said.

chan nodded, before looking at minho.
"what can you loose? you already want to stop seeing him, so hearing a bit more informations won't change anything, right?"

"totally! and if you actually decide to stop seeing him, at least you will have the closure you would want to get later on."
hyunjin added.
"so please, for your sake...just do it."

minho blinked slowly.
and then, he nodded.
"fine."