??????? ✧ M.HYUCK

NINE

the four boys were now gathered in renjun's somewhat spacious room.

renjun and jaemin were sitting comfortably on the edge of the bed while they watched their friend pace back and forth with the box in his hands.

chenle was sat at renjun's desk, just staring at his older friends in confusion. donghyuck had decided to get him to tag along, even though the boy had now idea what was going on at the moment.

"so donghyuck..." jaemin started, he looked at renjun as the older mouthed "don't say anything stupid." jaemin just rolled his eyes and continued talking.

"what you got there?" he asked, looking at the black box in his friend's grasp.

donghyuck looked at him blankly before looking back down to his hands. "the talking robot! the one i was telling renjun about!" he said out of frustration.

"it's going to be okay donghyuck, why don't you show us?" the eldest of the friend group suggested, motioning for donghyuck to bring the robot over.

the younger just sighed and brought the box to the desk. jaemin and renjun stood up from the bed and made their way to the desk and donghyuck began opening the box.

he handed them the pink note with the instructions as he grabbed the small robot, which was currently in sleep mode.

renjun quickly read over all of the notes, which left him with a puzzled expression.

"see?! weird right?" donghyuck spoke as he studied the looks on his friends' faces.

the three boys could only nod in response.

"watch," he said as he held down the button on the side.

"hello donghyuck! i'm your lovebot! remember that i love you! is there anything you need?" the bot spoke in the same tone as before.

renjun and jaemin gasped as the youngest squealed. chenle smiled brightly and took the robot out of donghyuck's hands.

"it's so cute!" he smiled even more, "i want one!"

"tell your boyfriend to make you one," donghyuck rolled his eyes and snatched his item back, "this is mine."

"he's not my boyfriend,"
the youngest spoke shyly, while a deep shade of red spread across his pale skin.

"anyways," donghyuck said, waving off chenle's comment, "do you understand my reaction now?" he asked, while placing a hand on his hip in a smug manner.

"i—okay, yes." renjun sighed. he went back to sit on his bed. "do you at least have any ideas on who your admirer might be?"

"not. a. clue." the tan male dragged out his response and then groaned.

jaemin furrowed his eyebrows then began to speak, "it's obviously somebody in the robotics class well because, duh. do you have any friends in there?" he asked the older.

"are you seriously asking that?" donghyuck scoffed, "jaemin, that could be anyone in that club! do you know how many friends i have?" he looked like he was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

"woah, woah woah, let's calm down." renjun said and then pressed his lips together, "there has to be a logical answer to this."

donghyuck scoffed again. were they being serious?

"well you guys can figure that out," he said while cleaning up his items and putting them back in the box, "however, me and the 'DONGHYUCK LOVEBOT' are going home to take a nap"

he then left the room with his stuff, leaving his friends with confused looks on their faces.