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40

minho was in his room, going through his notes. he wasn't exactly the study type per say, but since he was graduating soon, he needed to actually start and do something.

sighing, he looked out of the window. what a beautiful day it was. the sun was shining, some kids were playing at the playground nearby, and all he wanted to do was to go outside and enjoy some of the last few days of may.

suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

his head moved to the direction.
"come in."

moments later, a maid stepped inside his room.

"mister minho, han junho has come to see you."

minho furrowed his eyebrows.
"jun-"
his eyes widened. jisung.
"oh, okay. send him over here."

the maid nodded and bowed, before exiting his room. she had come back with a beautiful guy by her side, who was, indeed, jisung. the maid left soon after.

"well hello jisung, what brings you here today?"
minho leaned against his chair with a teasing smile.

"how did you know i was jisung? what if i am junho?"
jisung crossed his arms.

"meh, over the time i have known about you guys being twins, i realized you two are actually very different. one look at you, and i already know that you're jisung."
minho said.
"but what are you doing here anyways? did you miss me already?"

jisung snorted.
"you would like that, wouldn't you?"

"you caught me."
minho chuckled.
"no, but seriously. what are you doing here?"

jisung breathed out trough his nose.
"minho, something happened."

minho was immediately on his feet.
"what? are you okay? are you hurt?"

"no, no, no, it's okay, it's not like that."
jisung immediately said, before sighing.
"soobin confessed his feelings to me."

minho blinked, ignoring how his chest tightened at those words.
"oh."

"yeah."
jisung breathed out.

"and what did you say?"

"I told him to give me some time, to figure everything out."
sighing, jisung took a step closer.
"but the truth is, I didn't say anything to him because I...I really like you. i do like you, very much."

a spark lit up in minho's eyes.

"you both are amazing people, and I don't want to hurt either of you."
jisung continued.
"so let's go on another date. the two of us. we will do whatever you want this time. and I will decide what to do next. who to...choose. gosh, I hate that word."

minho blinked slowly.
"this must be very hard on you, right?"

jisung didn't know what to say.
"what do you mean?"

"me and soobin both confessed our feelings for you so suddenly, and now you have to deal with the consequences."
minho took a step closer.
"your life became a novel, didn't it?"

jisung laughed breathily.
"yeah. although I'm not really sure that I like it."

minho gave him a small smile.
"sure. let's go on another date. we will do something I like, and if you won't enjoy your time, you can go to soobin."

jisung frowned.

"I'm joking, I'm sorry."
minho chuckled lightly, before pulling jisung in for a hug.
"it will be okay, don't stress about it."

jisung returned the hug.
"I don't want to hurt either of you. I don't really understand how this even happened."

"you don't even know how much power you hold, jisung."
minho said, caressing jisung's back.
"but you gotta pick for yourself, not for other people's happiness."

jisung snorted.
"now you sound like junho."

•~•

junho breathed out smoke.
"soobin, stop fucking pouting like a child."

soobin rolled his eyes.
"shut the fuck up. you don't know how I feel right now."

"what I do know is that you can't do anything about jisung's decision."
junho said.
"from what jisung told me, he asked for some time to figure everything out, didn't he?"

"yes."
soobin sighed.
"but it's been a week already. I just...I'm worried."

"soobin if I can be one hundred percent honest here..."
yeonjun started.
"...I think you already know how it's going to end up."

soobin furrowed his eyebrows.
"what do you mean by that?"

"if jisung liked you back, he would have chosen you that day you confessed."
yeonjun said, leaning forward.
"but no. he asked for time."

"and you also have minho in this equation."
junho said.

"stop mentioning his name."
soobin said, coldly.

"control your fucking temper. we can't ignore him, because my dear friend, he likes jisung too. and he has made much more effort in few months then you in two years, I'll tell you that."
junho breathed in the smoke.

"which side are you fucking on?"
soobin got up.

"no one's. I'm on jisung's side. whoever he will pick, i will stand by."
junho said.
"now sit the fuck down."

soobin stared at junho, before obliging.

"but i will tell you this, soobin."
junho started.
"you can't be mad if jisung doesn't end up choosing you at the end. this whole situation is very hard for him, and he's already helpless. so don't make it worse for him."

soobin sighed.
"you don't even think about me, man. I suddenly have a shot with the guy that I liked for two years, and suddenly, some different fucker comes into play and your chances of getting the guy of your dreams are lowering with each day. this is hard for me too."

"I know it is."
junho nodded.
"but at the same time, I know that you will be okay. jisung is emotional, and he doesn't handle conflicts well. you lived in conflicts your whole life. besides, he's my brother, what did you think I would do? support you over him? soobin, you're my best friend. but he's my little brother."

yeonjun put his cigarette down.
"only time will give you the answers soobin. you agreed on giving jisung time, so give it to him. don't think about the situation, and let him figure everything out. and what is meant to happen, will happen."

soobin sighed.
"that doesn't help me at all. because something deep inside is telling me that me and jisung aren't meant to happen."

silence fell on top of the room.