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39

"you seem frustrated."
junho leaned against the doorframe.

"I am not."
jisung said, not even looking from his book.

sighing, junho made his way towards jisung, taking the book away from him.

"hey-"

"you might have been able to fool everyone with saying that, but I'm your brother, your twin. I know when something is wrong."
junho said.

jisung breathed out trough his nose.

"just tell me. I can't help you if you won't tell me what's wrong."
junho sat on jisung's bed, facing him.

"I'm scared you will be biased."
jisung whispered.

"I swear that I won't be."
junho put his hands up in defense.
"and now, let's talk okay? let your big brother help you."

jisung snorted, before looking down at his hands, as he stared fidgeting with his fingers.
"so, minho confessed his feelings for me two weeks ago. we had a date almost a week ago."

"I know about that."
junho nodded.
"what seems to be the issue? do you not like him?"

"it's...complicated."
jisung breathed out.
"and it got even more complicated, because soobin confessed too."

"wait what?"
junho blinked.
"he did?"

"yeah."
jisung sighed.

"when?"

"yesterday, when you were hanging out with him."

"that fucker didn't even tell me."
junho said.
"and what did you say?"

"I asked for some time, to figure everything out."
jisung breathed out.
"I'm just...I am so confused about everything. I have never really...seen soobin like a potential partner? I mean, he was nice to me, and we did went on a date, but I have never really thought about dating him. and then enter minho. he has also always been nice to me, we like the same stuff, he respects me, and spending time with him is so...I always feel so relaxed when I'm with him, like I could fall asleep in his arms and never wake up. I just...I don't know what to do now."

"so to completely sum it up...two guys want you, and you don't know who to pick?"
junho raised his eyebrows.

"I mean...pick seems a bit harsh, but kinda, yeah."
jisung sighed.

"damn, when did my little brother's life turned into a kdrama?"
junho chucked, ruffling jisung's hair.

"this isn't funny."

"I know it isn't, I know it stresses you out, mostly because you don't want to hurt either one of them."

jisung leaned against his bed frame.
"sometimes it scares me how much you actually know me."

"we're twins jisung, if there is a person who knows you, it's me."
junho said, as if it was the most obvious thing ever.

jisung sighed.
"junho, what do i do?"

junho took jisung's hand.
"look, im going to be one hundred percent honest with you now, okay?

jisung nodded.

"this doesn't mean you have to pick between them. it's not like the second is going to disappear from your life when you choose the other one."

"I mean, you never know-"

"shut up, I'm trying to be poetic here."
junho cut jisung off.
"I'm gonna tell you how I see it from my side, okay? let's start with soobin. that guy has liked you for years now. but that doesn't mean that he is better than minho, or something like that. soobin just knew you sooner. what did he tell you during the confession?"

jisung gulped.
"I don't know, that I'm smart and pretty? and that the reason he didn't tell me beforehand was because he thought I was scared of him, and he knew I didn't like him back. he then mentioned something about the date with minho, and how he didn't like that."

"hm, okay."
soobin nodded.
"and what about minho?"

jisung blinked.
"minho?"

"his confession."
junho said.
"how his confession went?"

"he...he brought me gift. stuff I like."
jisung immediately smiled at the thought.
"he told me that I'm perfect. that I'm passionate and sweet, and that he loves everything about me. he told me that he can be himself around me, and that he likes the person he is when he is with me. that he loves spending time with me. and then he asked me on the date, and told me that we can do whatever I want, so that I would enjoy it."

junho blinked slowly, a small smile on his face.
"do you see the differences between their confessions?"

jisung didn't say anything.

"I never told you about this jisung, but before minho went and confessed to you, he actually met up with me."

jisung blinked.
"what now?"

"yeah."
junho nodded with a chuckle.
"we were in a coffee shop. he called me there himself, and he told me everything. he told me how he started liking you, and how his feelings for you were developing over time. and damn jisung, the way his eyes lit up when he was talking about you? that's something I have never seen before."

jisung was speechless.

"so here's what I think you should do, my brother."
junho said.
"you're going to go to minho's place right now, and ask him out on an another date. this doesn't mean that you have to go and choose him, but if you guys will go on another date, doing something that he likes, and it will still be as amazing as the first date, then there is nothing to worry about. this date will be the decider. if things don't work out as you would have imagined, you can go on a date with soobin, and see what is better for you. but jisung, think about you, only you. don't think about how the other guy might feel, because it's not important. this is about your happiness, not about pleasing others, okay?"

"o-okay."

"okay?"

"okay!"

"good."
junho smirked.
"now go. I'm pretty sure minho will be delighted to see you."

"are...are you sure?"
jisung asked.
"I mean...about everything that you had told me?"

"yes, absolutely. if this won't work out, you're free to slap me."
junho said.

"oh i better get going then."
jisung was immediately up, taking his jacket.

"oh wow, this is what gets you out of the bed, huh?"

"shut up."