fallen petals | k.mg + j.ww

十

chapter 10: acceptance

"and really, you don't want to know." hansol finished his story and wonwoo couldn't breathe, it was way too funny. he never knew how amazingly humorous all of mingyu's friends were. jeonghan and joshua were funny, but damn, this beat them by a milestone. by this time, all the girls had gone home and it was only mingyu, seungcheol, soonyoung, hansol, jihoon and wonwoo.

"stop, stop! my sides hurt!" soonyoung hissed, laughing and holding his sides.

"oh shit, i have to go." seungcheol looked at his phone.

"ah, alright." the laughter died down to allow mingyu to speak.

"bye, guys. that was really fun." seungcheol smiled before leaving the cafe.

"i think i should go too.." jihoon stated quietly out of nowhere. everyone nodded in response and said their goodbyes. it was quiet for a second.

"so, what do you all want to do now..?" mingyu asked.

"maybe it's getting late.. i think this cafe hates us." soonyoung whispered, chuckling and staring at the barista who looked done with all the boys. wonwoo understood why. they all sounded like hyenas if he was being honest.

"true. let's go to an arcade?" mingyu asked, checking the time on his watch. wonwoo wondered if his mother would mind. he did tell her earlier he might stay back later.

"what about you, wonwoo?" soonyoung asked.

"huh?" wonwoo replied with.

vernon laughed. "we all agreed to go to an arcade. you coming?"

"oh..." wonwoo hesitated. "yeah."

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"wah! it's so nice." mingyu smiled as he basically waltzed in. wonwoo decided that whatever that was, was one of the gayest things mingyu had done since he met him. wonwoo had to admit, this arcade was quite nice. it had a welcoming vibe and wow, was it big. it had plushies everywhere, claw machines and about 5 levels. wonwoo believed this was the claw machine level. if that even made sense. everyone around them looked like the type of people to hang around arcades at night. teenagers.

many of them.

they were all so loud and wonwoo felt as if he was in school with all his schoolmates around him. the schoolmates he knew nowadays he meant. girls staring at him and boys wanting to be his friend. except the boys were too busy playing games to even notice wonwoo.

"that girl is eyeing you." hansol pointed out when he saw a shy looking girl watching wonwoo's every move. wonwoo chuckled and decided to do something he hadn't ever done before.

might as well do some fanservice~

wonwoo turned full to her, smiled wide then winked. she almost fell and wonwoo had to hold in his laughter.

"you need to stop leading her on, she's only innocent and doesn't know you're gay!" soonyoung slapped wonwoo's arm. wonwoo turned around and laughed.

"ugh, you're acting like mingyu."

"yuck." wonwoo winked.

"i know right." soonyoung rolled his eyes.

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they went up two levels and found themselves in a smoking arcade room. god, wonwoo couldn't fucking breathe. it hurt to take in air. that wasn't supposed to be happening.

"well, let's go play?" mingyu seemed fine and he signalled for wonwoo to go to his side. wonwoo couldn't even talk.

"um, can't we go to a room that isn't smoking friendly?" soonyoung suggested.

thankyou soonyoung.

"but why?" mingyu took in a big breath.

"because wonwoo looks like he's going to pass out." soonyoung said loudly over all the crazy games going on.

"oh, fuck." mingyu went to wonwoo's side and shook him lightly. wonwoo felt light headed and mingyu rushed him upstairs, a gaming area where smoking was absolutely prohibited. he could still smell it but it was definitely a change for the good.

"are you okay?!" mingyu talked to wonwoo, touching their noses. wonwoo flushed red and he nodded frantically.

"sorry, i couldn't breathe."

"i could see that." mingyu said, now separating them. "and don't say sorry.. i should be the one saying that since i brought you there without realising most of you," he turned around to face everyone, "don't smoke." mingyu chuckled.

mingyu smokes?!

"you don't either-" heavy sigh of relief.

"yeah but i breathe it in every fucking day of my life like oxygen."

"that's because your mum is a 420 blazeit kinda girl."

"shut up."

"are we going to play or not?!" soonyoung whined.

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wonwoo found himself actually winning a game against someone for once. because his friends were nerds- including him, he never, not once beat joshua or jeonghan.

"c'mon, woo!" hansol and soonyoung chanted.

"wow, who became friends with you first?" mingyu scoffed, aggresively stepping on the arcade pedals and shooting a big fake gun at the screen.

"i won!" wonwoo shouted a little too loud after getting his final shot at mingyu and dropping his gun.

"i'm.." mingyu stomped his feet angrily but quickly changed his expression when he glanced at the time. "it's late.. can i stay at one yours tonight? it's late and i think it's one of my mum's drinking nights.." mingyu blinked once and stared at the three in front of him.

at this point, wonwoo got a call. he excused himself then answered it.

"i got called for overtime shift.. text me when you go home okay?" wonwoo's eyes widened when he realised his mother was on the other side of the phone line.

"oh, okay." wonwoo said softly.

"love you! i think there's food on the table. i won't be home until tomorrow afternoon. have to go now, my co-workers are calling me." she said before hanging up, without letting wonwoo have a chance of saying goodbye.

he walked back to the three boys who seemed very distressed.

mingyu ran to wonwoo and kneeled.

"please, can i stay at your house tonight?" mingyu begged.

"..okay."

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a/n; BOIS!

the arcade was based off my actual experiences at a japanese arcade (they're in korea but still)

(yes i nearly passed out in the smoking friendly rooms.)

BUT WHOOO!!!! MINGYU AND WONWOO FINALLU FUCKING ALONE