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16.

"I think everyone's here," Jeonghan said into Seungcheol's ear over as the pair watched their friends converse.

"What about Jisoo and Seokmin?" Seungcheol pointed out, jerking away from Jeonghan.

"Ah, about that...they're busy right now, but they'll come later. I told them about how Wonwoo, Mingyu, and Hansol would be coming later, so they said that they'd come later too. Oh, I told Seungkwan about it too. He's coming with Hansol," Jeonghan explained. Seungcheol nodded his head in understanding.

"Alright, guys! Everyone's here, so we might as well go in and get our tokens," Seungcheol announced loudly, clapping his hands together to get the group's attention.

"Let's go!" Jun cheered loudly, slinging an arm around Minghao's shoulder and forcing the skinny boy through the doors.

"This kid," Jihoon sighed exasperatedly as he walked inside behind them.

The rest of the group followed the other three excitedly until it was just Jeonghan and Seungcheol left outside. Seungcheol held the door open with one arm and gestured for Jeonghan to go in first. Jeonghan thanked him with a smile and went inside, blinking rapidly at the change in lighting. He covered his eyes as a bright light shone in his face, and he stumbled into someone's arms.

"You okay?" Seungcheol asked amusedly.

"I-I'm fine," Jeonghan stuttered, feeling heat rise up to his cheeks.

"Alright," Seungcheol said. "Let's go get some tokens."

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"Yoon Jeonghan! I challenge you to a rematch!" Soonyoung announced loudly.

"Another one? Soonyoung-hyung, you've already lost to Jeonghan-hyung three times," Chan frowned. "Just give it up now, huh?"

"Never! I'm going to win this time!" Soonyoung stated confidently.

"Jihoon-hyung, please help," Minghao whispered to Jihoon quietly. Jihoon nodded and glared at the ground.

"I'm hungry. Do you want to get some cotton candy with me, Soonyoung?" Jihoon asked as he kicked the ground.

"Cotton candy?" Soonyoung perked up. "I'd love to! Let's go! I'll buy it, and we can share, okay?"

"Sure, whatever," Jihoon replied, his voice fading away as the pair walked away from the group.

"Thank God for Lee Jihoon. Honestly, without him, I'd be stuck here playing with Soonyoung for years," Jeonghan sighed.

"Hey, but where are Jun-hyung and Seungcheol-hyung? They said that they were just going to bring the others inside, but it's been around fifteen minutes," Minghao pointed out.

"Oh, there they are. Look," Chan said pointing at a group of boys walking towards them. "Oh, even Seungkwan-hyung is here. Woah."

"What took so long?" Minghao immediately asked as the others joined them.

"Why? Did you miss me?" Jun asked. He winked at Minghao. Minghao scowled in response.

"We were gonna go inside, but Hansol texted Seungcheol saying that he and Seungkwan were almost here, so we had to wait. They took a little longer than expected. I apologize," Wonwoo smiled lightly.

"It's no problem. Oh, I'm Yoon Jeonghan," Jeonghan introduced himself, reaching a hand out.

"I already know who you are, don't worry. Nice to formally meet you though," Wonwoo said, shaking the other boy's hand.

"Where are Jihoon and Soonyoung?" Seungcheol questioned as he noticed the missing pair.

"Soonyoung wouldn't stop asking Jeonghan for a rematch, so we had Jihoon distract him. They're getting cotton candy right now," Minghao explained.

"I want cotton candy too," Seungkwan pouted. "Jeonghan-hyung, I'm your favorite, right? Will you get me some cotton candy? Please?"

"Actually, Minghao's my favorite," Jeonghan teased, wrapping an arm around Minghao's shoulder and pulling the Chinese boy closer.

"Woah, really?!" Minghao beamed, leaning into Jeonghan. "Thanks, Jeonghan-hyung!"

"Wait, I should be your favorite! I always go along with the baby thing!" Chan exclaimed.

"Both of you are my favorites," Jeonghan compromised with a smile. "I love all of you a lot though, okay?"

"I'll believe that if you buy me some cotton candy," Seungkwan said with a straight face, and Jeonghan chuckled, ruffling the younger boy's hair.

"Come on, Seungkwan-ah. Let's go get you some cotton candy," Jeonghan conceded.

"Really? Yes! Thank you, Jeonghan-hyung!"

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"Seventy-three!" "Seventy-four!" "Seventy-fi...no, wait!" "You're out, Hansol!"

"Did you have fun?" Seungcheol asked as he and Jeonghan walked side-by-side behind their friends.

"Yeah. Going to the arcade with you was very nice," Jeonghan smiled.

"Well...it wasn't just us," Seungcheol mumbled embarrassedly, face red.

"I know. It was fun though," Jeonghan responded. "We should all hang out together again some time–oh!"

"Are you alright?" Seungcheol worried, pulling Jeonghan into an upright standing position.

"Thanks to you and your reflexes, yes," Jeonghan told Seungcheol. He suddenly noticed how close Seungcheol's face was to his own. "Th-thanks."

"No problem," Seungcheol replied with a smile.

"Jeonghan-hyuuuuung!" Seokmin exclaimed, stumbling into the older boy and pushing him into Seungcheol's chest. "Oops! I'm sorry!"

"Just go inside, Seokmin," Jisoo's voice sighed exasperatedly. "Seungcheol, will you take him to the others?

"Sure," Seungcheol answered.

Jeonghan turned to face Jisoo, swallowing nervously when he saw that the American boy was already looking at him. Jeonghan slipped out of Seungcheol's arms timidly. He shuffled his feet awkwardly as Seungcheol and Seokmin walked into the restaurant, chattering with one another loudly. Jeonghan looked up to meet Jisoo's judging eyes again. Jisoo narrowed his eyes.

"You're telling me everything later," Jisoo declared, grabbing Jeonghan's arm and dragging the boy inside.

A/N: hey, guys! so, I changed a few things in some of the other chapters. Seungkwan and Hansol aren't dating yet. instead, we'll see their love story in a separate book, all for them! I'm writing a Verkwan fic, and I realized that it would be perfect to put in this universe. please read the description if you're interested! I hope that you'll enjoy it :D

okay! sorry if this chapter wasn't that good. I had piano lessons, but my teacher took super long to get here, so I wrote between then and after lunch. hope that this was good enough? idk. sorry, guys! anyways, the linked song is "Cheer Up" by Twice bc it's a very catchy song and I was thinking about it yesterday. have an amazing day! ily all! tyvm for voting and reading and such! bye!