Popularity Is Being Loved | seongsang

Seven

"Wait, what?" Yeosang whisper yells. "Why did nobody tell me the party was at Seonghwa's house?"

"We thought you knew..." Jongho says. "Sorry...?"

"I have to go." Yeosang turns around but Mingi stops him.

"Oh, come on. We're already here. What if Seonghwa sees you leave? He'll think you're leaving because of him."

Yeosang looks at Seonghwa who's standing by the door, welcoming guests. He hasn't seen them yet since there's so many people walking into his house. "Nope. He hasn't seen me yet so it's fine." He's about to walk away but San stops him.

"Oh come on... you're already here." He wraps an arm over his shoulder.

"Okay..." Yeosang says. "But if I get bored, I'm leaving."

"Okay, okay. Let's go."

They start walking towards the house and once the people in front of them walk in, Seonghwa sees them. When he notices Yeosang, he stares at him for a few seconds before giving him a small smile.

"Hey guys. Thanks for coming, I hope you enjoy the party. Look for me if you need anything."

"Okay thanks." San says, which makes Seonghwa turn to look at him. His smile fades when he sees his arm over Yeosang's shoulder.

"Well, enjoy the party." Seonghwa says before walking into his house.

"What's up with him?" Jongho asks. "There's still guests behind us."

"Let's go in." Mingi says and walks into the house, which makes the rest follow him inside.

Once they're inside, Yeosang looks around. He knows Seonghwa is the most popular guy at school but he didn't expect this many people.

"Oh look who it is." Wooyoung says as he and Yunho walk over to them.

"Just great." Mingi says sarcastically as soon as he sees Yunho.

"Hi." Yunho says shyly and Mingi just rolls his eyes.

"I'm going to get a drink." He tells his friends before walking away to the kitchen. Jongho follows him.

"Hey San." Wooyoung says to San as soon as he sees him.

"Hey." San fakes a smile.

"Do you want to go get a drink with me?"

"No, I don't drink."

"Well, I guess I learned something knew about you today." He smiles. San just walks away, most likely to find Mingi and Jongho.

"Oh, hi Yeosang." Wooyoung says to him once they're alone.

"Since when do you talk to me?" Yeosang asks confused.

"I always do."

"No, I meant... since when do you talk to me in a nice way?"

"I've realized that I should start being nicer to others, especially to my future boyfriend's friends."

"Future boyfriend?" Yeosang crosses his arms over his chest.

"San." Wooyoung nods. "Look..." Wooyoung sighs. "What if we make a deal?"

"What deal?"

"If you help me get with San, I'll help you get with Seonghwa."

"And how will you do that? You and Seonghwa aren't friends. I heard you don't get along at all."

"Yunho's his friend. He can help."

"But I don't want to get with Seonghwa anymore."

"But why? He's single again and I thought you liked him...?"

"Yeah, but he doesn't like me so what's the point? He doesn't even like boys."

"Look... I'll let you in on a little secret if you help me out with San."

"What secret?"

"Will you help me with San? I'll tell you if you help me too."

"It depends what the secret is..."

"I'm pretty sure you'll like to hear it. Will you help me with San?"

"Fine..." Yeosang says.

"Okay but let's go upstairs so no one else hears."

They both go upstairs and walk into a room, then Wooyoung closes the door behind him.

"Ok so... first you have to promise me you won't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you. It's a secret Seonghwa told me when we were friends. I know I probably shouldn't be telling you this, but I'm really serious about San and I need your help." Wooyoung says.

"Fine, I won't tell anyone. What's the secret?"

"Okay..." Wooyoung sighs before continuing. "So first I'm going to tell you what happened between us a few years ago. Seonghwa was my best friend. We were friends for two years. We stopped being friends over a year ago. I used to really like Seonghwa, so I confessed my feelings to him and we were... friends with benefits...? I guess that's what you could call it. He ended everything because I guess I can be an ass at times. He didn't like that I was so rude to people, so he broke things off with me and we stopped being friends as well. That's when our rivalry started... to see who the most popular guy could be."

"Wait, but why are you telling me this? Did I have to know?"

"Well, almost everyone knows about what we had." Wooyoung shrugs. "But so anyways... what I'm trying to say is... he obviously likes guys."

"Wait, what?"

"Actually... he and my sister Jiwon aren't even dating for real. Since they're the most popular, they came to an agreement of fake dating."

Yeosang is now even more confused than he was before. "But I saw them kiss in the classroom. They were alone so why would they?"

"My sister likes him. He doesn't."