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Minsung

He knows that he promised himself he won't interfere with his friend's love life but seeing Jisung sulking about the girl who caught Minho's intention was almost as heartbreaking as knowing he, himself could never make a move on Hyunjin even if he wanted to.

Sure, Hyunjin would occasionally talk to him but he does that with almost everyone. Those occasional winks sent towards him wasn't anything special, knowing for a fact that Hyunjin was a natural charmer.

Both of them were currently sitting in Jisung's room, each holding a tub of ice cream and were watching Love, Simon on tv. Seungmin knows that Jisung was trying to drown in sorrow knowing Minho was somewhere with a girl and the fact that Minho's past relationships were mostly with girls didn't really help. Though they both know that Minho was bi, he had more relationships with girls than guys and Jisung is more than distraught.

In the end, they both shut the TV, knowing neither of them was paying any attention and decided to bother Jeongin's date -Which he had furiously denied, saying they were going with a bunch of Yedam's friends- at the cafe near the high school.

They both greeted Chan, the barista at the JYP Cafe when they came inside. After they finish ordering, they went straight towards the group of students wearing an identical frown on their faces. "What's up, guys?" One thing that Seungmin really praise Jisung for is how he could put out a front, although being friends with him for years, he knows how fake that smile Jisung was wearing is. And surely Jeongin noticed it too, seeing how the stress in the younger's eyes turns into concern.

"Why don't you both join us? You guys are great at Chemistry, right?" Well, to be fair both Jisung and Seungmin are taking advanced Chemistry so, being great was indeed needed to be able to take that class.

Somehow along the way, Jisung ended up exchanging numbers with a guy who Seungmin learns afterward goes by the name Park Jihoon.

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Jisung and Jihoon became quick friends and while it was endearing for Seungmin to see Jisung spending more time with Jihoon instead of mulling over Minho, he could also see the sadness Jisung radiates when the older quiet obviously avoided him.

So, he took it upon himself to try his best to not use his magic and just simply talk to Minho. When he approached the older during lunch, Minho seemed a bit surprised, Hyunjin was giving him a grin which he chooses to ignore knowing how much his heart could betray him, Felix gives out his smile and Changbin who seems to be getting along with the group gave him a little wave which he replies with a wave of his own.

"Hyung, I need to ask you something," Seungmin said, looking at Minho directly. "Who's that girl you were with for the past week." Minho smirked and replied "Seungminnie, if you wanna tell me you like me then I'm sorry but I like someone else." his eyes looking a bit sad when he said "And the girl has nothing to do with the equation" So that means.

That was when it hit him that Minho thought Jisung and Jihoon were going out. No wonder the older avoided Jisung. It's like what Jisung was doing while the older was out with that girl. Just how long has it been since they both last talked to each other?

"Unfortunately, that's not what I'm here for," Seungmin swore he saw Hyunjin release a sigh of relief, or was it just his imagination? "I just wanna say, if you like them, just go for it. There's nothing to be afraid of. If you get rejected then maybe they weren't meant for you."

Minho gave him a grateful smile and Seungmin couldn't help but pity the older guy. Why does misunderstanding be the center of every love story? It's heartbreaking to see so many people being hurt just because they couldn't clear out their feelings.

All in all, it was a success for Seungmin as he didn't even need to use his magic on Minho to make the boy realize his feelings (also technically Jihoon was the one who made Minho realize but Seungmin really want to take credits for the effort he put).

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That night, Seungmin received a text on the group chat saying that Jisung had a date with Minho on Friday night and he was freaking out about what to wear and how to act. After convincing Jisung that both Jeongin and Seungmin would help him choose his outfit and that he should act the way he usually does with the older, he asked Jisung to clear things out with Jihoon so that things wouldn't get messy afterward.

Although Jihoon had informed Jisung that he had always thought Jisung was only a friend and nothing more, Seungmin likes to make sure that no lingering feelings would be around. As he reread the text Jisung sent, he made a mental note to talk to Yedam about Jeongin. Lord knows how long does two are going to dance around one another.