tutor ↬ chensung

10

"5 months." jisung sighs. "5 months left."

they lay on their mattress in the middle of the second floor of the warehouse. they'd wandered up to the second floor 2 days after they'd stumbled across it and found a small boy curled up on the floor.

"please help me," he begged. "i'm so so hungry." and before they knew it they were running again, running to the hospital, to save this new boy. hours later as they lay around him while he slept they knew what they had to do. when he woke up and told them his name was renjun then asked who they were they didn't hesitate. they said they were his family.

now, laying on their shared mattress since they had given him jisung's old one they talked about how they'd afford his meds.

"i'll give him my saved up money," chenle offered.

"the hell you will." renjun called from his mattress, and curled into a coughing fit, at which jeno and jaemin rushed over. they'd grown fond of him, and hyuck suspected they'd fallen in love. then again they were all in love with each other. "i can afford my own meds."

"how?" jeno scoffed. "you think you can get a job in this state?"

"man fuck you i'll figure it out."

"go off!"

"hey," chenle interfered. "it's renjun's eating time, let's go get something."

"i'll treat!" mark added in. he had just come home from work. "i got promoted."

"BRO," jaemin yelled. "we gotta celebrate!"

"yeah that's what i just said."

"oh."

✎ ...

later that day as they sat full in the large pizzeria chairs, they all talked about chenle and jisung's relationship.

"we're just friends!" jisung insisted. at that mark burst into a rap about how bad jisung is at lying.

"leave him alone guys! he gets flustered when you talk about how he looooooves me." chenle snickered after.

"do you ever leave me alone?" jisung exclaimed.

"no."

"hey!" a voice cut through the air. "get out of here punks, and take a shower!" and running they went.

"yo!" jisung panted as they ran back.

"yeah?"

"do you wanna, i don't know, do something tonight? like look at the stars?" he asked nervously.

"is this a date?" chenle asks slyly.

"no! i mean, kind of. shut up!"

"then yes."

"oh."