pizza tastes better with you

Chapter 2: tipping may begin to cause problems

Jihoon had always thought he was somewhat lucky in his life. His parents had always been supportive of him and would constantly shower him with compliments, such as, "Oh, honey, it's okay that you didn't pass your standardized test! They aren't important anyway!" or, "Wow, my son is such a friendly guy!" or (his personal favorite), "Oh please, our son is way more handsome yours!"

Jihoon was starting to think they'd been lying the entire time.

Because within the five hours he'd been awake, Jihoon had managed to forget his printed works cited for his essay, he'd been late to his second class (because he'd been printing out the works cited), and he'd completely forgotten about the standardized mathematics exam he had. And Jihoon despised standardized testing.

And to add to the excitement of his Thursday, he'd already planned on going out for lunch with Hyungseob and Woojin, which basically meant he got to third wheel on another one of their flirting sessions. (YAY)

"Hurry up Jihoon! We all know that you can run on five hours of sleep and Starbucks, remember Saturday?"

Jihoon sighed and quickened his pace to catch up with Hyungseob and Woojin.

"I'm sorry my speed today doesn't fit your standard, Hyungseob."

Hyungseob simply smirked and latched onto Woojin.

Jihoon sighed. Sometimes (most times) he wondered why he ever decided to befriend someone like Hyungseob. "Where are we going to eat?"

Jihoon's question went ignored by both Hyungseob and Woojin, who were shooting heart eyes at each other so diligently that it was a wonder that they hadn't wandered into traffic due to their lack of attention. Of course, Jihoon wouldn't have let that happen.

After a solid three minutes of walking with those two looking at each other grossly, Woojin turned towards Jihoon. "So, did you manage to meet Bae Jinyoung without peeing yourself?"

Both Jihoon and Hyungseob stared at Woojin with shocked expressions (for different reasons though).

"Uhhh..." -Jihoon

"Shhh..." -Hyungseob

Jihoon looked past Woojin to see Hyungseob. "Did you guys plan all that?"

Hyungseob sighed. "Well, we planned on having you and Jinyoung meet somehow, but I promise we didn't just shove Daehwi's head into a fence if that's what you're worried about..."

Jihoon stared at him. "I actually hadn't even thought about that. What I am wondering is why you trusted my to meet an incredibly attractive guy by myself. I legit killed any chance that I might have had with that guy..."

Woojin laughed. "Is that what you're worried about? Don't worry about it. Jinyoung loves quirky guys."

Hyungseob nodded eagerly. "It's true! He actually dated Daehwi for a full two weeks because of his adorable quirks. Of course, after two weeks they got sick of it and decided to stay friends...so basically a happy ending!"

"It's true," added Woojin (a bit to dramatically for him to not have been bribed). "Thanks to Jinyoung, Daehwi and Samuel are practically a thing. But the poor boy still hasn't gotten himself a boyfriend..."

Jihoon looked at the two weirdly. Although they were practically dating, Woojin never really tangled himself into Hyungseob's schemes to get Jihoon a boyfriend.

"And...Isn't Jinyoung, like, the definition of your type? I mean, you always like the cute ones. Jinyoung is the definition of cute if you change the pitch of his voice..."

Jihoon glared at Hyungseob. "What do you mean? Even his voice is cute."

Hyungseob grinned. "That's what I wanted to hear! And guess what? We've arrived at our destination!!!"