Troublemakers

Chapter 10

Jinhwan's POV

“He did what?!” we all asked surprised as we looked at Jiwon.

“He kissed me…” he said again, clearly blushing.

“That son of a-”

“Jinhwan, don't.” Yunhyeong sighed.

“Wow, I can't believe it.” Donghyuk said, “Our Jiwon had his first kiss stolen by Kim Hanbin.”

“It wasn't stolen!” he protested.

“I… kissed him back…”

“You did what now?” I looked at him, “Kim Jiwon, tell me you didn't actually do that.”

“I… I did…”

“Just how much serious this thing with Hanbin is?” I frowned. At first, he asked him out because we pressured him, and he said one date. But now they were spending time almost every day and even went on a second date.

And now they were kissing?

“I… don't know. But… I… I guess I kind of want it to be serious…?”

“Hold up, you're telling me you have feelings toward him?” I asked him.

“Don't make it sound like a crime!”

“I don't! I just want to understand this. You are dating for less than a month.” I shook my head.

“It doesn't mean I can't have feelings toward him… c'mon, give him a chance. He's trying really hard…”

“We're giving him a chance.” I rolled my eyes, “we're having lunch together, no? And we still didn’t kill him for being around you.”

“Be nice to him.”

Be nice to him? Sure, why not. I'll be nice to the person who pushed my friends around for the last 3 years. There's nothing wrong with that.

“Please?” Jiwon looked at me with begging eyes. Does he like this guy that much?

I sighed. It seemed like he was serious about him. And it's the first time he had a relationship like this.

“Okay… Fine. I'll be nice..”

He smiled, hugging me tightly. “Thank you!”

I hugged him back, patting his back to make him let me go. “Watch it. Your little boyfriend will get jealous seeing your hands all over the school's ‘whore'.” I joked.

“Don’t even joke about that.” he pouted.

His pout quickly turned to a smile as he looked behind me. I turned around, seeing Hanbin walking past us in the hall as he was talking with Chanwoo. I noticed Hanbin smiling back at Jiwon.

God damn it, the boy clearly had feelings for him. You could see it from the way he looked at him, even for a second. And Jiwon wasn't any better, honestly.

To be honest, I really didn't want to spend my lunch break with Hanbin, but as one of Jiwon's best friends, I have no choice but to suck it up and try my best to be nice.

Like Yunhyeong said yesterday - it's just lunch.

I hope his friends aren't going to cause us any problems or it'd be really hard to keep my temper today.

We all sat down around our usual table, watching Jiwon as he was talking with Hanbin as they made their way to the table as well.

It looked so weird. It wasn't normal, it can't be normal. And yet, here it was. Hanbin walking to our table with Jiwon.

I could feel how uneasy everyone felt.

Once they reached the table they sat down next to each other, holding hands.

Oh God, this is a lot worse than I thought it'd be.

“They are… Really holding hands…” Donghyuk mumbled to me and I nodded, looking at it no less confused.

I don't mind them dating, but I never thought I'd have to see it.

“I… guess I should start with an apology... “ Hanbin said quietly. “I know it doesn't mean much but I owe you all at least that..”

Wait, was he actually apologizing to us?

“Apology?” Yunhyeong asked.

“I… I know I've been acting like a jerk, and making excuses isn't going to make it better. So, I'm really sorry for the bad things I've said and done to you. Now that I've gotten to know Jiwon I understand that it was wrong. I teased and bullied him without knowing just what a nice guy he was, and I've probably done the same to you…”

Wow.

Honestly? I was speechless.

I was expecting someone to tell I'm being pranked. What's next? Junhoe would apologize to me?

Yeah right, this was ridiculous.

Me, Donghyuk and Yunhyeong looked at each other, unsure how to respond to this.

We looked at Jiwon who shrugged and placed a hand on Hanbin's back as he mumbled something to him.

“What now…?” Donghyuk asked quietly.

“It… Sounded sincere…” Yunhyeong shrugged, “and Jiwon really likes him…”

I sighed deeply. I guess we have no choice.

I reached my hand to Hanbin, looking at him. “It's fine… We forgive you..”

It actually hurt saying that. But Hanbin looked at me surprised and quickly grabbed my hand, looking kind of… Pleased?

I could see Jiwon smiling and mouthing me a ‘thank you'.

‘It's not like I had too many options.’

“Looks like they're really serious.” Donghyuk told me at the end of the day as we walked out of school.

“Yeah…” I said quietly, watching Jiwon as he walked to Hanbin’s car, kissing him quickly before getting inside of it.

“Let's go, I'll give you a ride home.” I felt Donghyuk tapping on my back.

“It's fine, I can walk..”

“C'mon, Yunhyeong is with Chanwoo again and it's lonely to drive all by myself in the car. Let's go.”

“I really worry about Yunhyeong, to be honest.” I said as we walked to the car. “I don't want Chanwoo to use him.”

“Last time Chanwoo managed to piss him off, actually.” Donghyuk noted, “poor guy, Chanwoo is really pushing him during their little ‘script reading' sessions.”

“Because those damn sessions are his poor attempts to get Yunhyeong laid.” I said annoyed as I got inside the car.

“Yunhyeongie is smarter than this.” Donghyuk got in as well. “He won't let Chanwoo have him
this easily.”

“I hope he won't let Chanwoo have him at all. This soft guy deserves a lot better.”

“I know…” he sighed deeply. “He really does.”

The crush Yunhyeong had on Chanwoo was simply ridiculous. Chanwoo was a lot worse than Hanbin, and when Minho was involved it usually meant trouble.

Poor Yunhyeong had suffered too much because of those idiots. I really hope he'll meet someone who deserves him.