i'm your a to z | jihancheol

netflix and chill? minecraft and ligma

chapter 12

The two spent the rest of the night taking care of Noire and watching movies on Seungcheol's Disney Plus account under a blanket. Jeonghan was surprised the man even agreed to it and even more surprised when in the middle of watching Frozen, he put his arm around Jeonghan. It made him feel like a child again and he couldn't stop smiling.

After the movie was over, Seungcheol went down to get their pizza from the oven they'd made together. It felt as if they'd been friends living together rather than two people who met after a long time a few days ago. He even almost forgot how much Seungcheol hated him, though the man claimed he never did.

Once they were done with the pizza, Jeonghan was asleep before they could finish High School Musical: The Musical. It was the first time in a while that he slept peacefully.

In the morning, Seungcheol was gone but Noire was asleep at Jeonghan's feet. Everything that happened the night before felt like a dream. He was almost convinced it was a dream; Seungcheol crying but then being nice after was too good to be true. But the dirty plates with pizza crust left over told Jeonghan it had actually happened.

He smiled and got off the bed, careful not to wake the cat up. He walked downstairs, not knowing what to do so early, and was about to lay on the couch for the next hour. He couldn't though, because there were boxes blocking the path and clothes on the couch.

Before he could wonder, Joshua walked out of the kitchen looking as if he hadn't slept at all. He was muttering something to himself. He was so tired that he didn't even notice Jeonghan waving right in front of him.

"Joshuji!" he called.

That's what finally got the boy to look up. At first, he only squinted as if he didn't recognize Jeonghan. Soon though, he smiled weakly and walked over.

"You're up early," the American said. "You must've slept well."

"Sure did," Jeonghan said. "Unlike you."

"Don't remind me." He groaned and began to walk to the staircase. "Come upstairs with me."

"I just got down," he whined but followed him to his room. Joshua fell face-first onto the bed and Jeonghan only chuckled and sat by his side. The boy rolled over onto his bed and pat the spot next to him for Jeonghan. He complied and lied beside the boy.

"Alright, so what happened?" Jeonghan asked.

"Let me tell you," he started and put a pillow over his face. "So I went back to my old apartment last night to get some of my things, alright?"

"Mhm." Jeonghan didn't know that but he was going to pretend like he did.

"But a bunch of my roommate's friends were over -as always- and they started interrogating me. They kept asking why I left and worst of all, where was I staying. So I had to make up a lie and told them I was at my cousin's because I can't tell them about Seungcheol."

"Why not?"

"Han, they're his former gang members."

"Oh." He understood that telling them that would probably get Joshua beat up and people breaking into Seungcheol's house.

"Yeah, and they wouldn't let me leave for a long time until like three in the morning so I was already too tired to drive. But I tried and sort of just 'scratched' Seungcheol's car so I had to go get that fixed and that took about an hour." He took the pillow off his face. "The repair lady drove here though so nothing else would happen."