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chapter 21 | fire truck

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"hyung wake up! or else jaebum-hyung will come with his beloved pots and pans—" yugyeom pouted as he tried shaking the boy awake.

tearing his eyes open with draining effort, youngjae realised two things;

one — he lay alone on the mattress, with yugyeom kicking his feet and jaebum's morning presence no where to be seen.

two — it was saturday, september 17th. trainee workshop-event day. and his birthday.

"yah hyung!" yugyeom tickled the half-sleeping boy, "we have to leave in an hour and everyone is begging for you to calm jaebum-hyung because he's throwing tantrums—" he continued to plead in whimpers.

"wait what?" youngjae murmured through a yawn, stretching his arms and cracking his fingers.

suddenly bambam ran into the room, his hair a mess as he locked eyes with the older boy, "hyung do something about him already!"

"what is going on—?"

but youngjae never got a reply, instead he was flung upwards by the younger members as they dragged him towards the living room where chaos was on its verge. clothes were everywhere, shoes thrown there and there, bags and snacks sprawled all around the place. jackson was underneath the sofa trying to find his charger, jinyoung was fighting with jaebum about anything possible and mark tried to break them apart.

"goodness— you're all giving me a headache and we didn't even leave the dorm yet," the eldest boy ran his hands by his temples as he stormed out.

trying to stop him, yugyeom tripped over jackson which sent the boy flying at jaebum who stopped his arguing and faced the youngest boy with a glare that spoke death.

"okay woah, woah," youngjae put his hand on jaebum's shoulder in order to distract the fuming boy from snapping, "i get up early for once in a lifetime and this is what happens?"

he also wanted to mention that it was his birthday since the members didn't know. but he figured that it was the wrong time to do so when the atmosphere between them was this instense.

jaebum looked at the younger boy with softer eyes as he proceeded to explain that no one was ready and that it was his responsibility to make sure everyone was packed early and prepared to leave as soon as possible.

a chorus of disapprovals shot from jackson and jinyoung who complained that the older boy was getting extremely picky with no matter what they did. yugyeom joined them by saying that jaebum was frustrated with everything happening because he was given such a difficult task that weighted down his confidence — replacing it with feelings of doubt and anger instead.

some-when throughout this fight of a conversation, youngjae slipped down his hand from the other's shoulder and down to his hand which he entangled with his own. jaebum held on tightly, as if the younger boy's presence was assuring him that everything would be okay.

"i'm sorry," he mumbled, "i'm trying to be a good leader but when we don't do well as a team after such hard practice— i don't even know—" jaebum hid himself away into youngjae's chest, snuggling into the boy who patted his back softly.

"it's okay, you're the best leader anyone could ask for," youngjae tugged a smile, "even with all these expectations, just know that we believe in you to guide us further."

"yeah hyung," bambam poked him with a sheepish grin, "we know we can get pretty impossible to handle at times," he paused, "okay most times. but we never mean harm, it's who we are. the insanely loud and touchy group of seven boys working towards a dream— predominantly with your help."

jinyoung cleared his throat, "i'm sorry, i didn't mean what i said, i'm just scared for today—"

"me too," jackson admitted, "sorry hyung."

jaebum let go of youngjae and looked at everyone around him, he turned to jackson in particular with an odd look, "did you just call me hyung?"

jackson rolled his eyes, "no i called you oppa."

jaebum attacked the boy into a hug as he ruffled his hair, "aish, what would i do without you's?" he stopped for a second, "i'm sorry too—"

"okay that's enough emotions," mark suddenly came in and dragged everyone into a group embrace. no one protested and instead wrapped arms around each other, holding the hug as a special moment of recollection.

"now let's go and show them what got7 can do."

everyone cheered in response.

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bit of failed angst

written: august 13, 2017
published: september 5, 2017 (OH MY EXO & BAP)

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