One Week [Under Reconstruction]

Chapter 23

After what felt like years of waiting, Seungmin finally closed his locker. "Now can we leave?" Hyunjin asked for what seemed to be the hundredth time.

Seungmin turned to face the impatient boy. "You could've left without me," he said while slinging his backpack over his shoulder.

"Why would I do that?"

"Because I can't hang out today," Seungmin began. Hyunjin was about to say something before Seungmin covered his mouth with his hand. "Before you start protesting, it wasn't me who decided I can't hang out, it was my parents. They called me while you were gone and told me that if I didn't come home right after school, they wouldn't allow me to see you." Slowly, Seungmin removed his hand. When he did this, it showed Hyunjin's lips turned into a slight frown.

"What am I supposed to do without you?" Hyunjin whined. Students that were walking by were giving them weird looks like always. By now everyone should be used to the odd duo. And Just like they always do, Hyunjin grabbed onto Seungmin's hand.

"You can go do something with your mom," Seungmin suggested.

Immediately Hyunjin shook his head. "She's working really late tonight."

Checking the time, Seungmin tried to hurry up their conversation so he wouldn't get in trouble for getting home late. "I don't know. I'm sure you'll find something to do," he said before pulling his hand out of Hyunjin's grasp and swiftly walking away. Seungmin waved goodbye over his shoulder without turning around to see if Hyunjin waved back.

Hyunjin sighed. Now what was he supposed to do? There's only two people that Hyunjin enjoys hanging out with and Seungmin was his favorite out of the two. Not wanting to be alone, Hyunjin decided to bug the other person he hangs out with.

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Feeling his phone buzz in his pocket, Jeongin immediately assumed that it was another senior trying to get dirt on someone else. When will he ever get a break? Looking at his phone, Jeongin saw that it wasn't an upperclassman, but instead it was Hyunjin. A wave of relief washed over Jeongin as he read the text.

The text read, "Are you doing anything right now? If not, we should hang out."

Quickly, Jeongin typed out his response. Being an unemployed sophomore, there wasn't much for him to do. The only other option was to walk around town and gather information on people. Jeongin decided to hang out with Hyunjin. He couldn't remember the last time the two of them did something alone together. Jeongin knew this would be good for both of them. Jeongin would get a break from his non-paying job, and Hyunjin doesn't have to be alone for the rest of the day.

Closing his locker, Jeongin walked to the front of the school where he would meet up with Hyunjin.

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After much convincing, Changbin was able to get his mom to allow him to go over to Felix's place. Even though he was there yesterday, he couldn't remember exactly where his new friend lived. He decided to just head to school and wait for Felix outside.

Changbin arrived at the school just as the bell rang. The sun was beating down harshly. To avoid the sun's harsh rays, Changbin waited in the shade of a nearby tree. Pulling out his phone, Changbin waited for the younger boy to exit the school.

It wasn't very long before Changbin could feel someone walking closer to him. Looking up, he was greeted with the bright smile of Felix. "That smile of his is infectious." Changbin came to that conclusion when he realized he was smiling back.

Changbin walked out from under the tree's protection and to the blond-haired teen walking towards him. Once they were walking next to each other, Changbin decided to speak up. "So, how was your day?" He asked to fill the awkward silence.

Turning slightly towards the older boy, Felix smiled wider. "It was better than I thought it was going to be. In psych, we watched a bunch of different cute and funny videos. It was supposed to give us a small glimpse into what makes people around the world happy," he explained.

Felix started to ramble on about a couple videos he could remember. One video he talked about was a short video that turned out to be in English. The video was of a group of friends that were making puns out of random words. Felix was the only one that understood what was happening which made it more funny for him.

Changbin nodded along pretending to understand what Felix was talking about. Almost everything Felix said went in one ear and out the other. Even though Changbin couldn't fully understand what Felix was talking about, he still enjoyed listening to him talk. Whenever the younger would laugh, so would Changbin. This went on until they reached Felix's house.

Walking in they were greeted with, once again, the sight of Woojin and Chan cuddling on the couch. This time, when the couple looked over at the two boys, Felix didn't have a shocked expression on his face.

The two boys walked into the living room and sat on the empty couch. Woojin paused the TV and turned his attention to the teens. "Welcome home. How was school?" He asked.

In response, he got a couple mumbles along the lines of it was fine and other variations of this. Chan smiled at the younger boys. Just by looking at them he could tell that they were closer than they were yesterday.

Silence filled the house. Nobody exactly knowing what to say next, but not wanting to turn the TV on either.

Finally, Changbin cleared his throat. "This is going to seem really out there, but do either of you know a Minho?" He asked.

Felix whipped his head so he was now looking at Changbin. How did he know about Minho? Was it even the same Minho? Felix realized he was over reacting and waited to hear Woojin and Chan out before jumping to conclusions.

"My roommate is named Minho, why?" Woojin replied. Chan was smiling like an idiot. He knew exactly where this was going.

Felix scratched the back of his neck. "Umm, well...that's the name of Jisung's boyfriend"

Woojin looked at Chan to see the look on his face he has whenever he knows he's right. "Don't look at me like that. There are a lot of Minho's and Jisung's."

"Yeah, but how many of those Minho's and Jisung's are dating and live in the same area as we do?" Chan asked the look on his face never wavering.

Turning his attention back to Changbin and Felix, Woojin asked, "By any chance, do you know their last names?"

"Lee Minho and Han Jisung."

After those words left Felix's lips, Woojin knew that Chan was going to rub it in his face that he was right all along. And just as he predicted, Chan rubbed it in his face.

"I told you that it was the same Jisung! Who was right? I was, that's who!" Chan said. By the way he was reacting, it almost seemed like they put money on the line. A lot of money at that for Chan to act like this.

Changbin and Felix looked at each other slightly confused. Felix has never seen this side of Chan before. It was honestly quite amusing.