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These next few chapters might be nothing but love life drama for a hot minute, I promise it wont be that the entire story.

There are also a few characters I want to introduce eventually. 👀

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"sO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU KNEW ALL ALONG????"

The leader gawked at the younger male in front of him, who's face was expressionless as he stared back.

"Yeah. Sorra told me literally the day after Chan had asked him out. He was freaking out and wanted advice."

"You, Griffin, gave dating advice???" Jihyun chuckled.

Griffin only rolled his eyes.
"So what did you guys do on your little surprise double date?" Asked the younger.

Jihyun felt his cheeks get warm. "Changbin and I aren't dating, we were just hanging out."

"Pfffft riiiiiight. So you're telling me that Changbin ISN'T your Stray Kids bias that Hansik says you have a crush on, that you also snuck out of the dorm to see?"

Jihyun tried to speak, but his words got caught up in his throat, so what came out was a bunch of nonsense. Griffin almost laughed at his flustered leader, but kept his straight face.

"I know, I know. You didn't say any of that. I won't pull on your leg about it anymore." Griffin chuckled, even though his suspicions were very obvious.

Jihyun sighed in relief.
"Changbin just suggested we hang out after hours since both of us have booked sceduels during the day for a long time. It kind of sucks to only talk to people over text sometimes, and the two of us really hit it off, so we wanted to talk in person again." The older explained.

Griffin hummed. "Felix and I got along more than I thought we would. I honestly thought I would never get over my nerves around him. Maybe I should sneak out of the dorm to see him sometime."

Jihyun laughed at the joke, but cut himself off when another member came into the kitchen and sat down next to Griffin at the bar island.

"So you and Felix huh?" Isaak questioned Griffin, who raised and eyebrow at the older who introduced into the conversation.

"Yeah. Me and Felix. I never expected to be friends with my own bias." Griffin repeats, to which Isaak nodded.

Isaak stared off into the distance for a few seconds before humming as a response, which neither of the other two knew what that meant.

Before they could even ask, Isaak just got up and walked into the living room....Weird.

"Uhhh what do you think that was about?" Griffin wondered out loud.

"Man I don't know." Jihyun replied. This only made Jihyun want to know more though. Isaak can be a little odd sometimes, but that wasn't the usual type of odd-ness from the younger.

"Well I'm going to go get ready for practice, the bathroom is finally unoccupied." Griffin said as he slid off of the island stool and walked out of the kitchen.

Jihyun sat there by himself for a few seconds, until someone else walked into the kitchen and sat right across from him at the island.

"Hyung, I need advise..." The younger boy straight up said.

"Anything you want Jaekuk." Jihyun folded his hands on the countertop and centered all of his attention to the boy in front of him.

"I like a boy...and he's extremely oblivious, and I'm pretty sure I've been kind-of obvious about it." Jaekuk looked down and played with his fingers as he talked.

"If it's who I think it is, then I can see your issue." Jihyun sighed, pretty sure he knows who the younger is talking about.

"Is it really that obvious?!" Jaekuk groaned and hid his face in his hands.
"I've recently been having thoughts that make me a little scared. That maybe it is just as obvious to him, but he doesn't feel the same way..."

Jaekuk uncovered his eyes to see his leader's reaction to his words before continuing. "I mean. I'm of course okay with being just friends, or being stuck in the 'he's like a brother to me' zone, but I don't think my feelings for him will ever go away..."

Jihyun reached over and took one of the younger's hands into his own as comfort. "Maybe he's scared to confront his feelings. Or maybe he really is just oblivious. Either way, I don't think he'd reject you. I know he's most comfortable around you, and you're always there by his side. I also notice how he tends to gravitate to you when it comes to things like the target person for his jokes or even just simple things like who to sit next to in the van. It's clear that there's something between the two of you."

Jaekuk smiles softly the leader's encouraging words.

"I hope you're right." Was all the younger could bring himself to reply.

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Random little authors note, but I've been really listening to New Rules by TXT a lot lately. Like- it's been my bop of the century ever since that album came out.
I've also been vibing to everything Chase Atlantic related, especially Triggered.🤙🏻

Lol idk why I felt like saying that.
What's your bop of the century?

Also- who's your TXT bias?
Mine is bb Hueningkai. (｡･ω･｡)