end of the day | seongjoong

chapter fifty one

seonghwa laid on his bed, relaxing after a long day of school that wednesday. he was absolutely exhausted and couldn't wait to finally take a much needed nap. he put his phone down on his nightstand, laid his head on his pillow, and closed his eyes.

after only a few minutes of attempting to fall asleep, seonghwa heard his phone buzz. he grunted loudly, but immediately shot his body up to see who was texting him.

it could be my joongie... i need to see what he needs.

when he read the contact name, he frowned slightly, but nonetheless began responding to his friend.

jongho
hey bro, sorry to text you so last minute but can you come by and stay with joong for a bit?

seonghwa looked down at his phone with furrowed eyebrows. he didn't understand why jongho was texting him when hongjoong could've texted him himself, so he wanted to ask jongho what was up.

seonghwa
i mean yeah of course, but why didn't he just text me? i feel like everyone kinda knows we're a thing now lol

jongho
i know i know let me explain
so pretty much my mom got called last minute to go into work, but i already planned on going to ryujin's house tonight. hongjoong has a project due tomorrow that he was planning on finishing with my mom tonight, but obviously now that she isn't home she can't help him with it. i told joong to ask you to come and help him, but he said he's embarrassed of himself, saying that you might call him stupid for not knowing how to do the work. i tried to tell him you'd never do that but he refuses to believe me. he said he'll just call wooyoung and go to his, but i know deep down he wants you to come over. so can you?

seonghwa frowned when he read the message from his friend.

he seriously thinks i'd call him stupid? i mean, he has the right to think that... i've called him worse in the past... but i wouldn't do that now.

seonghwa
of course i can! i don't know why he's embarrassed with himself, but i'll talk to him when i get there. i'll leave right now

jongho
just so you know, he'll probably be very upset when he sees you... so don't take it to heart. he doesn't know i texted you, he thinks i texted wooyoung's mom

seonghwa
i got it. see you in a few minutes

seonghwa stood up from his bed quickly, grabbed his wallet and keys, and headed out of his house, excited to see his favorite person... even if he was the last person hongjoong wanted to see right now.

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"are you sure you called woo's mommy? why didn't you just let me do it? you know i have her phone number." hongjoong ran up to jongho and asked the older to make sure he didn't call seonghwa.

"yeah, totally..." jongho trailed off a bit, hoping the younger wouldn't catch on to his lie.

"yay! thank you jongie, i'll wait on the couch for you to get ready and drive me over." hongjoong smiled and waddled over to the couch. jongho was very grateful that the boy believed him.

seonghwa
just left my house

jongho read the text from seonghwa and put his phone in his pocket. he knew hongjoong might be mad at him at first for lying, but at the end of the day, he knew his brother wanted seonghwa to be there with him.