𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.

four

currently, jungwoo and donghyuck were walking to the grocery store.

"it's getting cold out," jungwoo frowned, putting his hood up as he shivers.

"well yeah, that's what happens when october hits," donghyuck replies.

jungwoo ignored the younger but nonetheless rolled his eyes as they entered the store.

the two go straight to the aisle that contains what they're looking for; ramen.

jungwoo lets out a groan. "why can't they just put things on the middle shelf?"

jungwoo and donghyuck stay staring up at the ramen they wanted, oh so badly, but both of them, of course, aren't tall enough to get it.

"i have an idea. so we, you know, don't end up in the same situation as you did."

"we can just ask someone," jungwoo goes to leave the aisle but is pulled back by the back of his hood, letting out a yelp.

"i have too much pride for that, let me get on your shoulders."

"what.. donghyuck it's just a grocery store, nobody's going to judge you for asking-"

donghyuck interrupts him, "too bad. squat down so i can get on your shoulders."

jungwoo sighs and does what the younger does, letting out a squeak when the boy not so gently, jumps onto his shoulders.

"you could've gotten on a little more softer, i'm not one of the strongest people you know," jungwoo huffs, struggling to straighten himself up to his full height.

"oh, i know. you're actually one of the weakest people i know," jungwoo would really hit the younger right now, but he couldn't so he opted for leaning back a bit, which scared donghyuck half to death, leaning forward and gripping jungwoo's shoulders.

"okay! okay, i'm sorry. maybe not the weakest, you don't have noodle arms, so that's a plus- oh, ah! i see the ramen, just move a bit closer," jungwoo did as instructed.

"got it. oh. hi mark."

jungwoo's eyebrows furrow, "what?"

"mark's on the other side in the other aisle," donghyuck replies.

"hyuck, did you like, grow overnight or something?" mark laughed, looking over at the boy who was peeking over the shelf.

"nah. i'm on jungwoo's shoulders, how are you?"

as the conversation went on jungwoo realized he has been standing there, with donghyuck on his shoulders for five minutes, just so he could talk to mark who was literally just on the other side of the shelf.

"donghyuck." jungwoo mutters.

donghyuck continues to speak, either not hearing the boy that he's sitting on or ignoring him.

"donghyuck."

"what? oh, sorry sorry. mark stay there we'll come to you," donghyuck apologized to jungwoo, and the elder crouched down, letting donghyuck off, resulting in them both stumbling a bit to regain balance, some of the ramen packets falling onto the ground.

"hyuck can you-" jungwoo starts to say, but stops when he realizes donghyuck's already gone.

jungwoo sighs once again, his shoulders really hurt, but he bends down to grab the packs of ramen and follows the way donghyuck had left.

jungwoo's about to enter the aisle, but when he spots the familiar tall brown haired boy, he starts to reroute himself, but mark spots him.

"jungwoo hyung, hi!"

a smile slips onto jungwoo's face because, unlike donghyuck, mark actually calls him hyung, although jungwoo doesn't hang out with mark nearly as much as he does with donghyuck.

"mark, hi," he waves, "what are you uh.. doing here?" that's a stupid question, jungwoo, he's obviously getting groceries, but oh well, it's already said.

"lucas and i came here to get some food and energy drinks so we can pull an all-nighter."

lucas hums in affirmation, watching as some of the packs of ramen start to slip through jungwoo's grip. he's quick to grab two that fall, "i can hold some for you."

jungwoo's cheeks heat up, and he's praying that it's not too bad to the point where they all can tell he's flustered, "oh, thank you."

meanwhile, donghyuck is quick to start whispering to mark and jungwoo internally rolls his eyes.

one day, jungwoo's going to start talking about both sicheng's and donghyuck's misfortunes with jaehyun, see how much they like it then.

----

"you're coming with me," doyoung says to jungwoo, who just looks up from the piece of work that the teacher just handed out.

jungwoo's eyebrows furrow, "uh. where?"

"taeyong invited me to his house, said i could bring a friend, we're just going to hang out."

"i'm good," jungwoo went back to the class work.

"it won't be just you, him and i. his friends are going to be over, meaning lucas, will be there," doyoung grins suggestively.

"hyung," jungwoo whines, but not loud enough to get other students attention.

"please woo," doyoung pouts. he knows it'll make jungwoo crack.

"okay, fine i'll go. not for l-lucas, but for you. okay?"

doyoung smiles, "okay."

a/n: i got my summer reading book for school yesterday and im proud of myself bc im already 100 pages in (':