Sushi?

Intro

"Love is just friendship set on fire"

"Well?" our strong leader's eyes are a mixture of curiosity and worry. Every time one of us says we need to talk to him he prepares for the apocalypse. The wear and tear from our recent promotions are showing less now than they were a couple of weeks ago, but it's still clear that he's exhausted. "You called me in here like you'd just robbed a bank or something". There's a short moment of silence before he leans forward in his chair with urgency, an alarmed look on his tired face. "Jesus Minsu, please tell me you didn't rob a bank. I mean, I know we don't get paid much but-"

"Aish! Of course not!" I protest, waving off his ridiculous idea before he can even finish talking. He seems to relax a little, as if he actually believed that to be a possibility. More silence, but this time I'm the one to break it. "I um..."my stomach feels like it's slowly sinking into a bottomless pit of despair, as dramatic as that sounds, and I try to organize my thoughts. Suddenly the brilliant idea of talking to Wonjun-hyung about all this is not so brilliant anymore. Actually, it never was a brilliant idea, it's been a horrible idea all along. What the hell was I even thinking? This man is like an older brother to me, how am I supposed to tell him something so... He'll never look at me the same. Or what if I give him a heart attack? He's getting pretty old after all. Ah, what did I get myself into.

"Just say it, Min-"

"I like someone!"

The silence comes again. He seems taken back by my sudden outburst. Finally, after an eternity and a half, he slowly starts to smile. He looks like a proud yet worried dad after his son tells him about his first crush. "So that's what this is all about? Why didn't you just say so? What's her name? Do we know her?" The way he asked those questions made my heart sink a bit, but I ignore it. It's now or never...half of me screams NEVER, meanwhile the other half reminds me of how miserable I have been while trying to hide this from everyone. Now is the teeny-tiny bit less horrible option.

"It's...it's not a her"

Perplexity quickly takes over his face as he digests what I just said. There's actual steps to how he reacts, you can almost see them in slow motion. First there's an "Oh..." followed by an "Oooh..." and finally an over dramatic and unnecessarily loud "Oh!" There are no mirrors near by, but I don't need one to know that my face looks like a ripe tomato right now. I seriously contemplate jumping out the nearest window, while our fearless leader struggles to come up with something to say that won't make things worse.

"So...which one of them is it?" now it's my turn to look clueless.

"Them?"

"It's clearly someone in the group, otherwise you wouldn't have made such a big deal out of it,and I know it's not me or you wouldn't have called me in here to tell me, so...who is it?" I curse him under my breath for being so quick to catch on, but on the bright side it saves me a small amount of trouble. His tone is neutral as he talks to me, but his eyebrows are furrowed and his arms crossed over his chest with that heavy military presence.

"S-Su-Sungjun..." I mumble like an idiot, as if I suddenly can't say that name. There's a flicker of surprise in his features before he slowly lowers his arms.

"I see..."

"I see? ...Is that all?...Seriously?" he only stares at me, looking like he's about to malfunction.

Way to go Minsu, you broke him.

"Please don't tell him, I'm really-"

"Relax, I won't say a thing" he assures as he waves me off mid-sentence. He doesn't seem angry now, just baffled, and I certainly don't blame him. I'm not exactly too clear on this either. In fact, I don't understand it at all. Maybe I'm broken too. All I know is, that man can never find out about this. Ever.

At that moment the door flies open, interrupting my thoughts as well as the uncomfortable silence, to reveal a curious Suwoong. He glances back and forth between the two of us before stepping inside and closing the door, already acting a little sketchy. "What's going on?"

"Minsu has a crush on Sungjun"

My jaw drops about six floors while I watch Suwwong's eyes turn to me. "Ah, HYYYUNG!!" a pillow flies out of my hand, aiming for Wonjun's head, but he easily dodges it. Either that or I have bad aim, I can't tell.

"I had him on standby, we were both worried" he explains calmly in an attempt to excuse his big mouth. The door flings open a second time, not five seconds later, and as if by clairvoyance, i can already see what's going to happen. Of course the first thing Dabin asks is "What did he say?" This time Suwoong does the honors of putting my entire life on blast.

"Minsu-hyung is in love with Sungjun-hyung"

"Aish- SUWOONG-AH!! I am not-!" I grab the object closest to me and chuck it, aiming for either of the three of them, at this point I don't care. I have never been more embarrassed in my 22 years of living. Now they are all staring back at me with the strangest expressions and all I want to do it crawl into a hole and hibernate.

Why did I do this?
My entire life now flashing before my eyes, I realize I have never regretted anything so much and so quickly

"What's with all the yelling?" I jerk my heard up, still dazed from my thoughts, to meet a pair of curious doe eyes and I can physically feel the blood drain from my face. While my body is frozen, my insides are screaming DON'T YOU DARE TELL HIM OR I"LL KILL YOU! There's an exchange of looks along with a few seconds of awkward silence, which feel more like an eternity to me, meanwhile Sungjun stands at the door waiting for a satisfactory answer.

"We want to go on a trip together for our 3 year anniversary" Dabin says casually, as if that were really what we had been talking about. I let go of a breath I didn't know I had been holding. "But we can't decide where"

"What about Jeju?" the doe-eyed man suggests. a few more words and looks are given before it's officially decided.

And just like that, the [not so] secret mission to completely ruin my life begins.