❝ internet friends ❞ -junhao

viii

Minghao walks to the back of the store, knocking on the wooden plank in front of him. The doorknob twists a bit until it is opened by a tall, brown-haired boy.

Minghao is stunned at the sight of the boy, in which his features were exactly like the picture had showed him. "Hi, J-Jun."

"Hello, Minghao." He says with a smile, pulling him into the store, "It's nice to finally meet you."

"Y-You too." He stammers, getting more and more nervous of what they were going to do.

"Wait, are you scared? Nervous?"

"Wh-What? Me? Nervous?" He lets out a shaky laugh, "N-No, not at all."

Jun laughs and places his hand on Minghao's shoulder, making the younger one gulp. "You don't have to be afraid or nervous around me. I'm not some sort of paedophile, so don't worry! Now come on, I'll pay for the sweets you wanna buy."

Minghao panics, not wanting others to pay for what he was getting. "Oh no I can pay mys-"

"I'm buying for you, that's the end of it. I don't want to make a bad first impression!"

Minghao sighs and gives in, nodding and following Jun into the store section of the shop.

The both of them then spend their time messing around and getting to know each other a bit more.

"Jun~ Are you done yet?" Minghao calls to Jun, who was running around the store and looking at all of the sweets.

"No~ please just give me a minute." He pleads, pouting at him. Minghao found it very cute and gave in, giving him a bit more time.

After a while, Jun had finally finished picking out his sweets and Minghao had too.

"Wanna go?" Jun asks, walking up to Minghao, who had just payed for his sweets.

"Sure." Minghao replies, turning to face Jun while smiling.

"Come on then." Jun says, taking Minghao's hand in his and dragging him out of the back of the shop.

'W-Why am I getting a weird feeling in my stomach?' Minghao thinks to himself, following Jun from behind.

What Minghao didn't know was that Jun had the same feeling as well.