⌗ chasing hearts | meanie

eight

mingyu doesnt spends his recess alone, nor shovels down his lunch, instead, he joins seungkwan and his friends most of the time now. he had been joining them for about a week already, and nothing seems bad to be happening. but he notices someone from their group, who always kept quiet ever since mingyu joined them. it was junhui, he did heard once that he changed ever since he came. is it because of me? they also felt that junhui was hiding something something from them, they just didnt know yet.

nevertheless, mingyu comes up to junhui
on the other side of the bleachers, watching their friends bicker with jokes instead.

"ehem. i- er, hyung?" he clears his throat. junhui looks up on mingyu with a confused gaze. "o-oh mingyu. whats up?" he says, faking his smile. "i know i havent been friends with all of you for so long, s-so i wanted to know you all better. and it seems that you always kept quiet, and left out." he says softly to junhui who was looking at him with sharp eyes.

"o-oh me? i- uh, its just that i really am you know, q-quiet. dont worry, nothings wrong" he explains, still faking his emotions. "are you sure hyung? w-well, okay then. but you know, we really didnt have a proper introduction, and not know each other well compared to the others. so, tell me something about you." mingyu points at the others at the opposite side of the bleachers in the court as they talk.

"oh okay. so im wen junhui, i came from shenzen, china-" mingyu blurts out suprisingly, hearing the last word by junhui.

"woah! youre from china?" he yells. "y-yeah. is there something wrong?" he asks confusedly. "nothings wrong. its just that, wow. i just remembered a friend of mine too who came from china" he said, sitting back to his chair. "a friend? does he also attend school here?" he wonders. "oh yeah he does. actually, he's my classmate, and i dont know if youve heard him before. his name is xu minghao." he utters. "xu minghao? hm, never heard of him before. now your turn, tell me something about yourself mingyu."

"oh me? hmm. well im kim mingyu, im 16, im a 6' footer, i like blue-" junhui cuts in as he finds mingyu's introduction boring. "and youre lame. yeah i know." he jokes, rolling his eyes. "hyung! come on, im not done yet. anyways, i wanna go to pledis university too, soon. rather than this school." he complains. "woah. pledis? nice school, tough though. well, since we know each other now, c-can i ask you a question?" he stutters, his mood changing into a scared look.

"of course, ask me anything" he says, still gleeful as always. "this is weird but, whatisyoursexuality?" junhui utters quickly, as if he was rapping. "o-oh me? well first and for most, that is the weirdest question youve ever asked. but, im gay" mingyu answers confidently, while blushing from the embarrassment. "oh really? i never thought you would become a lover boy mingyu" he chuckles.

"s-stop it hyung! anyways, how 'bout you?" he asks in reply. "o-oh me? well, i actually dont know, but im bisexual if you say so" he presumes rapidly. "oh come on! youre no fun" mingyu whines. "what? what do you mean im no fun? you expected me that i was going to say i was gay werent you? you little- come here you!" they bicker, chasing each other at the steel grey bleachers, enough for their other friends to hear.

"ehem. excuse me?" jihoon clears his throat, looking down at the two, who kept on bickering as they were standing there. "you do know that its quarter till 12 and we need to leave, but if you two will keep on bickering, might as well be late for class." soonyoung and jihoon continues on teasing them as the others look at mingyu and junhui weirdly. "o-oh hey hyung. didnt see you there" mingyu points at jihoon who crossed his arms from his disappointment.

"ok tell me mingyu, what did junhui teach you?" soonyoung jokes, looking at junhui sarcastically who gives him an awkward look.

"n-nothing. in fact, i knew him really well. and his from china too!" he shouts softly like a child. "oh did hyung tell you he was a child actor too?" hansol asks. "youre a child actor? woah. cool!" mingyu continues on asking with starstruck eyes looking at junhui. "yeah he's a child actor, and he might be acting too right now"

"oh stop it seungkwan. come on, we'll be late for class" he denies, standing up from the bleachers they were sitting on.

they leave the court, passing by numerous students who were also starting to go up already, since their break was almost over.
minghao watches mingyu and his new group of friends leave the court as they chatter with laughter. he holds down his book that he was reading, and glances at them with a proud smirk.

"sigh. ah thats my mingyu" he chuckles with a proud smile on his face as he leaves the court as well. he looks back at s familiar group, who seemed to bicker loudly. even though they appear to be incomplete. i wish i can join you too mingyu. sigh. he wonders, and leaves the court, behind mingyu and his group.

junhui arrives home before dark. he enters their small cozy house, slowly opening the creaking door. he turns on the light switch to see his father who was holding a newspaper, on the table. he quietly approaches his father to greet him. "dad-" junyoung cuts in as he looks upon his son who carries his school bag at his back.

"how was school junhui?" he asks strictly. "good. i-is yuanjun and chunhua home yet?" he asks his father about his younger siblings who attends the same schools compared to him. "not yet, but theyll be home soon" junyoung says to junhui who was about to enter his room.

junhui drops his bag and lays on his bed.
he felt his heart beating and reminisced his time with mingyu today. he was very happy and comfortable when he was with him. this was a feeling he couldnt explain. his smile faded from his face, assuming that he didnt expect to have this feeling ever since.

he thought for a few moments and insisted that he claims to himself one thing he was sure of. no it cant be. indeed, he was sure that, he had fallen for mingyu.