pizza tastes better with you

chapter 3 - the plan to end all plans

"So let me get this straight: you're not."

Jinyoung scowled. "Seriously Daehwi? I thought we covered this when I dated you for a full two weeks..."

Daehwi laughed. "You can never be too sure when it comes to you."

Jinyoung scoffed. "Oh please. The fact that I broke up with you doesn't mean that I'm no longer able to like men, you idiot."

Daehwi brushed some hair out of his face. "Well, if it were anyone else, that'd be true. But I'm special. I'm about as boyfriend material you can get."

Jinyoung stared at Daehwi's wiggling eyebrows in disgust. "Save it for Samuel you bum."

Daehwi smiled. "Oh don't worry about that Jinyoung. I've saved enough for my little Sammy boy."

Jinyoung looked at Daehwi in horror. "Remind me why I'm friends with you again?"

"Cause you broke up with me, you cheater."

Jinyoung rolled his eyes. "I never even cheated on you!"

"Yes, you did! You had all of those posters of that Pristin girl on your walls!"

"First of all, her name is Kyulkyung. And second of all, that doesn't mean I cheated on you. It means I was a fan of a girl group."

"No. It means that you wanted to cheat on me with her, meaning that you are a huge liar."

Jinyoung sighed. "Whatever helps you sleep at night, Daehwi."

Daehwi grinned. "Thank you for giving in. Now, spill the tea. Who's this new boy you've been crying about?"

Jinyoung let out a sigh. "His name is Jihoon..."

"Jihoon..." Daehwi continued.

"Park. Park Jihoon."

Daehwi's eyes widened. "Oh that Jihoon? How the hell did you fall for him?"

Jinyoung made a face. "What do you mean by that?"

Daehwi sighed. "Well, I don't mean to compliment you or anything, but you're really attractive. Jihoon is terrible around attractive people. I wouldn't be surprised if you two hadn't even had a proper conversation yet."

Jinyoung looked down. Daehwi was actually right in a sense. He had only met Jihoon a handful of times since their first meeting, and all of their conversations had been about 40 seconds of awkward dialogue that always ended with Jinyoung handing Jihoon a pizza and in return receiving an incredibly large tip.

Despite this, the short conversation Jinyoung had shared with Jihoon had become some of the best moments of his week. Yes, they were awkward. Yes, Jihoon said some weird things. Of course Jinyoung would always get teased by his delivery partner, Seung Woo, for his red face and extra $20 when he'd return to the car from delivering Jihoon's pizza, but that was all okay. Somehow, all of the awkwardness between the two had made Jinyoung like Jihoon even more.

"So, like, how did you...?"

Jinyoung looked towards Daehwi. (He had forgotten he was there while thinking about Jihoon.) "Well, I mean..."

"Yeah?"

"He has ordered pizza almost every day since last week and-"

"So he can't cook."

Jinyoung looked back at Daehwi. "Why is that important?"

Daehwi sighed and looked at Jinyoung. "He can't cook for himself. So if he somehow decides to like you back, he's always going to make you cook for him. Don't get you a man like that."