𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.

five

was jungwoo making second thoughts about saying yes? of course he was. but now he couldn't back out as doyoung, sicheng, jaehyun and he get out of doyoung's car.

jungwoo had to admit, taeyong did have a fairly large house and it was also really pretty, flowers growing in patches, and two bird fountains placed on either side of the concrete path up to the front door stairs.

doyoung knocks on the door, and taeyong opens the door immediately greeting the four boys and moving aside to let them in.

"everyone's down in the basement," taeyong says and jaehyun and sicheng pull jungwoo down the stairs with them, not noticing doyoung and taeyong stay back.

"ah there they are!" youngho, or johnny, as jungwoo knows him by, exclaims which brings the other boys' attention from the tv onto jungwoo and his friends.

jungwoo shyly waves, a smile on his face as jaehyun joins yuta and johnny on the couch, "ah what game are we playing, overwatch?"

"of course," johnny replies, handing jaehyun a controller.

yuta gets up and strolls over to sicheng, "hey, you hungry?"

sicheng nods, "uh.. yeah. but it's fine i'll eat something later."

"no, come on. guys we'll go get some snacks," the other boys hum in an affirmation that they heard yuta, and yuta and sicheng leave the basement.

this leaves jungwoo standing by the stairs uncomfortably, as he watches everyone else leisurely sprawled across couches and chairs.

"you can come to sit down, you know," the unmistakable deep voice of lucas interrupts jungwoo's thoughts.

that caught jungwoo off guard, not his voice but, the only seat he could see open is the one yuta was once in, and he didn't want to take his spot, even if it was next to jaehyun who he knows the best and would most likely cling onto for most of the time.

but then he caught sight of lucas patting at a spot next to him, jungwoo hesitated but did go and sit beside him, keeping a good enough distance away from him.

another thing that caught jungwoo off guard was lucas, who put down his controller and started talking to jungwoo.

"hi. uh.. how are you?" bad idea lucas, bad idea, this is already going wrong.

jungwoo blinks. not registering it in his mind that lucas was talking to him until a few seconds later, "oh! i'm g-good. how are you?"

"i'm good as well," and they fall into a bout of silence, but jungwoo wasn't aware of the silence it also brought to the group around them.

"you guys are the most awkward people i have ever met. and trust me, i've seen a lot of awkward people," ten remarks, which leads to jungwoo's cheeks flaming a hot pink color.

"we should go out and play some soccer, jungwoo, you like soccer right?" johnny questions.

"yes- yeah, i do. i'm not really good at it though."

"that's a lie and a half," jaehyun says, arms crossing as he looks at jungwoo expectantly, "he's a good soccer player."

lucas raised an eyebrow, "oh really? let's test that theory out, then, shall we?"

----

they all end up in the park a few minutes away from taeyong's house the boys joining them as they were leaving.

"okay, teams are yuta, jungwoo, kun, ten, and jaehyun and me, mark, lucas, sicheng, taeyong, and doyoung." johnny looks around, "everyone good with that?"

everyone gives their signs of agreement, and yuta goes and puts the ball in the center, "who has a coin?"

all of the boys start searching their pockets until lucas yells out that he has one, and is tossing it to yuta.

"okay, who wants to be team captains?"

yuta's hand shoots up in the air, none of the boys arguing with that decision, while mark's raising his hand for the other team.

"alright. i call heads," mark says and yuta nods.

"jungwoo, wanna flip the coin?"

"ah.. yeah sure," yuta hands the coin to the younger who flips the coin, then uncovers it, showing that its tails.

the game starts off, yuta kicking the ball almost enough to go into the net, but lucas is quick to block it from its close call.

he passes it to taeyong who's closer to the other teams net, which didn't seem like a good idea anymore as jungwoo cuts in, snatching it before taeyong can receive it.

jungwoo seems to ignore the shouts of his other teammates as he takes it to the other net, dodging each of lucas' members but once he gets to lucas, who tries to take the ball, he gives a hard kick and it flies past doyoung, the goalie.

"holy shit," taeyong breathed.

"holy shit is right," johnny muttered. lucas was one of the best players, along with yuta, and usually, no one can ever get by him, but jungwoo did.

jungwoo turns to look at everyone sheepishly, sicheng and jaehyun not looking surprised, especially jaehyun who says, "i told you it was a lie."

a/n: i'm literally so nervous bc i'm going back to school in a couple weeks and it's not just going back to school, i'm starting high school and hiuhkj it's so scAry.