Opposites attract, they said. [SeKai]

Fourteen

Jongin glanced at Sehun from across the cafeteria again. The latter was sitting alone, reading some book while eating his lunch. It was odd seeing him sit all alone again and Jongin kept contemplating on whether he should go sit with him. Not because he took pity on the guy but because he genuinely wanted to. But he couldn't just ditch his friends, right?

It had been a few days since Luhan left and things sort of went back to normal. Except the fact that Sehun was still staying in the guest room at his place and that his mother was so oddly infatuated with the boy. She was so happy having him around at their home that she even told him jokingly that he wasn't allowed to leave anymore. Maybe she was just glad there was some new company around the house. Sehun, equally, seemed to like his mother too. As for things between Jongin and Sehun, they didn't really talk much at school, each busy with their own classes and activities. At home, they would occasionally watch some random movie together when there was nothing else to do but one thing Jongin was sure of was that Sehun spent a lot more time in his room after Luhan left. He was a little distant, too.

"You know, you never really told us what was up between you and Sehun. I mean, you guys come and go to school together. And don't think we didn't notice you looking at him during lunch." Kris inquired.

"It's nothing really." Jongin shrugged, picking at his food, "We just got close recently." None of his friends actually knew that Sehun was staying at his place and he wasn't about to mention it to them either. The bombardment of questions would never end.

"Are you sure that's all?" Baekhyun asked, narrowing his eyes suspiciously.

"Yeah what else could it fucking be, genius?"

"I don't know, maybe you're going homo on us."

Jongin gasped indignantly, "Are you fucking nuts?"

"Nah Baek I doubt it," Chanyeol said, "This is Jongin we're talking about. Don't you remember like a couple weeks ago he was ready to burn all gays to the ground."

"I know a couple weeks ago he would have burned me to the ground if I said that." Baekhyun snickered, "But seriously though, what changed? All you told us was that you fixed your shit with Luhan and that you didn't hate gays anymore, but you didn't tell us how it happened."

"Let's just say someone talked some sense into me."

"We've been trying to talk sense into you for the past year and a half." Minseok stated with a roll of his eyes.

Jongin hated to admit it but the elder had a point. These were his friends whom he had known pretty much all his life and they kept trying to get him to make up with Luhan but couldn't do anything. Yet this one guy he hardly knew did it so easily. Or at least it started with him.

So what was it about Sehun?

"What happened happened. What's important is that it's over now." He said finally, shoving some fries into his mouth.

"Well since you guys are partners now, why don't we go sit with him? I mean yeah he's awkward as fuck and all but if he's your friend then he's ours as well." Chanyeol suggested.

"No thank you. I don't want you guys ruining him." Jongin wasn't sure why but the words came out of his mouth on their own accord. He probably just said that as a hyung who was protective of dongsaeng. As cold as Sehun was, he had the innocence of a five-year-old. He was almost a little too innocent for this harsh world. Jongin didn't think the guy had ever even kissed anyone before. Secretly, he was glad Sehun didn't drink anything in the party because if he got drunk, knowing the girls in his school, they would take full advantage of the situation. Even though the two were just a year apart, Jongin felt protective of the younger. And he knew what exposure to the ratchet people at their high school could do to you (the sole reason he lost his virginity at fifteen).