Tension | Hyunsung ✓

21

"What the hell happened to you?", Minho asked when Hyunjin gave him a visit at the cafe he was working at. Hyunjin groaned, covering himself with his hoodie and his mask. "I thought my dead ancestor walked in. What's wrong with you? why do you look so tired?", Minho signalled his coworker to make a cup of Americano as Hyunjin always ordered that. "why do you think?"

Minho tilted his head, resting his hand on the counter as he cupped his shin---his brows scrunched before he exclaimed, "do you have a debt and a loan shark came last night?", Hyunjin nodded, Minho gasping at his own ridiculous idea. "My poor little brother! I was wondering why are you so perfect, turns out you also have a flaw! Who told you to go drinking everyday?!", Hyunjin scoffed, slapping his debit card on the counter, "Bullshit", He said, taking his Americano from Minho's coworker. "Do you think I'm you who got a debt at 20?", Minho faked a pained look. "Do you know how hard it is for me to pay back my debt to Chan hyung? I have to work days and night just to pay him back"

"Then, you shouldn't have borrowed his money to buy that whatever expensive ass shoes of yours", Hyunjin said before walking to a vacant seat. He stirred his drink and stared into space. 

He thought about yesterday. After Jisung left, everything became grey and blurred.  He convinced himself Jisung left a bitter aftertaste because he ruined Hyunjin's mood before he left.

He scrolled down his phone, minding his own business when he saw Na-Eun uploaded a story on her instagram. A smile curled up on his lips as he tapped on the girl's icon. "is she studying at the library?", He chuckled when he saw the first story up. His smile dropped instnatly when the next picture came up. She captured a picture of Jisung reading a book with a complicated look. It was captioned 'he asked me to teach him English but I'm not pro at it'.

Hyunjin turned his phone off and held his neck as if he was in pain. "I know how much he likes her but this isn't it", Hyunjin stood up and left his drink behind, Minho yelling at him to take his drink with him but he ignored everything else and ran to the nearest bus stop to get a ride to the bus stop.

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"Na-Eun", The girl looked up from her book and hummed. "Thank you for coming and helping me today", Na-Eun nodded. It really wasn't a big deal to her. She hadn't been spending time with Jisung for a while, so, this was nice and Jisung left yesterday. "but Jisung-ah..Why do you suddenly want to study English?", Jisung froze before laughing. "you know how one of my teammate is a foreigner  right? I feel bad because he has to speak korean to us all the time. So, I want to lessen his burden by understanding him." Jisung gave himself a point for coming up with the bullshit he just said. Na-Eun smiled brightly, "You're really kind" Jisung blushed at the compliment but now he felt bad for lying.

---knock! knock!

The both of the looked up to see the person who had knocked the table. Their eyes widened when they saw Hyunjin smiling at them. Na-Eun's eyes turned into crescents,  her smile widened, "What bring you here?"

"I was nearby and I saw your story. So, I come to say hi to you guys", Jisung was laughing but his eyes were shooting glares at Hyunjin. "You already said hi to us...so, why are you not leaving yet?", Jisung said through gritted teeth. Hyunjin shook his head. "I saw Na-Eun posted that you are studying English. I'm your best friend, how can I not help you with it too, right Na-Eun?"

Jisung licked his dry lips, look at this guy saying bullshit. " But...Hyunjin. Your English is not that great" so, dream on trying to teach me English. 

"I know but don't you remember...My English is way better than you and I could study with you too! BEST FRIENDS share the same interest  after all" Jisung bit his lips in anger, he felt like steam was coming out of his ears. Is that how you gonna play, you rat?