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Yang Chao was late, having slept in after a wild rendezvous with his non famous friends. He drank the least, so getting out of bed wasn't a challenge. Blockberry Creative's building came into view and Chao signaled for his driver to pull into the underground parking lot. The last thing he needed was to be seen by any locals.
His phone buzzed in his pocket and alerted Chao. He handed the driver the money and promptly walked away. He pulled his phone out, glanced at the message, and rolled his eyes. Daekwan had to send the person he despises, to come pick him up.
Chao was typing back a reply when he collided with someone's chest. He looks up from his phone, ready to yell at the person — of all people, it's Jo Hajun. Speak of the devil.
"Watch where you're going~"
"Shut up." Chao mumbled, hitting 'send' while Hajun presses the elevator button. The two boys stand in awkward silence until the elevator comes and they go to join the rest. Hopefully, things don't escalate between. It's the last thing they need right now.
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Hajun pushed the shopping cart down another aisle as he held in a sigh of boredom. "How much more do you need?" Jihoon and Hyesung stopped they were doing. The older of the two answered for them and Jihoon kept grabbing stuff to dump in the overflowing cart.
"The graham crackers, chocolates, marshmallows—"
"Wait, you're not getting that. The sleepover is indoors, remember? I don't want the new dorm to burn down either." He pushed the cart past them. Hyesung nudged Jihoon and pointed at Hajun's back. The maknae firmly shook his head, but Hyesung insists.
"You owe me one, hyung." Jihoon takes a few steps back before he runs at Hajun and jumps onto his back. The shopping cart moves forward as Hajun accidentally pushed into it, but manages to keep his balance. In all honesty, the pair would've fallen if it wasn't for the grip on the leader's shoes.
"Jihoon.."
"Yeah?" He forces a smile, unaware of the trouble that's coming his way.
"I'm calling your brother and sister...after I get the milk—but I'm calling them!"
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"Come on, hyung! Was it necessary to call them over? How am I supposed to have fun if they're here?"
Hajun shot Jihoon a look, his way of telling him to quiet down. After the fiasco at the supermarket, Hajun came through with calling Yeosang because he couldn't reach their sister's phone. They came to an agreement on punishment for Jihoon — Hyejun and Hoseok.
Jihoon wasn't afraid of the pair, however, they were cracked out most of the time. Hoseok liked to tease Jihoon about Hajun, while Hyejun did the same about Jaewoo or Hyesung. Whichever he caught Jihoon making heart eyes that time. Now they were crashing the group's sleepover and Jihoon blamed Hyesung for it.
"You'll have fun, don't be dramatic. Besides, I think Gguk and Wayland could use some new friends." Hajun tried to reason. He had to set up the food and living room, since it was almost night time. Everyone else was freshening up and getting into their pajamas. Jihoon would have to put up with it for the rest of the night.
"Go get changed. I'll have Chao bring some snacks."
As luck would have it, Chao was exiting the downstairs bathroom and heard him. Rushing into the kitchen with a towel on his head, Chao glares at the leader. "Who is bringing snacks?"
"You," Hajun casually answered while he adjusted the strings on his pajama pants. "Now get to it, yeah?"
Chao exhales loudly, mumbling to himself in Mandarin. Hajun narrows his eyes at the boy's retreating figure as he catches the words 'punk' and 'bitchass'. He makes to chuck a milk carton at the back of Chao's head, but Hyesung walks in and Hajun tries to pass it off like he was drinking.
"Ew," Hyesung masked his disgust with an overly cheerful smile, ignoring Jihoon sticking his tongue out at him. "Hyung, Hyejunie and Hoseokie are at the door."
Hajun forgets about everything as he darted past Hyesung and Jihoon, calling out for the other two boys. They're standing on the house mat in their pajamas and one of them has an overnight bag over their arm. Hoseok and Hyejun forget all about their manners as the older boy hugs them both, kissing the top of their heads.
"It's so good to see you! Thank you for coming, are you hungry? We have something in the kitchen."
Hoseok snorted, nudging Hajun softly. "Always. This one however, he's stubborn." He deadpanned at Hyejun. The brunette male looks off to the side as he uncomfortably moves in his sock clad feet. "I'm not stubborn...just not hungry all the time."
Hajun misses the concerned look Hoseok has and the subtly interlocked hands, "Not on my watch, okay? Come on, I might have something for you."
He welcomes the boys into the living room, taking their bag to place in the closet for safekeeping. Hyesung gestures them over, going off about helping with the movie selections because "Jihoon can't make up his pea brain mind already!" and Chao is on his phone with a monotone face.
Hajun immediately pulls him up by the ear, ignoring his cursing as the rest of the group comes down in time to see them disappear into the kitchen.
