Red String | Minsung

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"Ch-Changbin??" He stuttered out, surprised. "What are you doing here?" He questioned. "Minho said he was here- Wait. he did this on purpose, didn't he?"

"W-what are you talking about?" Felix was beyond confused. "That bitch Minho said he had a note of mine still-"

"I'm not a bitch!" Minho shouted, startling the two. Changbin peered inside the house and saw his so-called friend. "I'm gonna kick your ass!" The short male boomed, charging into the house. Felix just stood in place, wide-eyed. he still had no clue what was going on. Jisung rushed over to the door and closed it. "Now he can't leave." Jisung snickered. "He could just open the door." The Aussie told his friend. "Not if I don't let him!" The squirrel laughed. Felix watched as Changbin tackled the brunette.

"Hey, I'm doing you a favour!" Minho cackled, pushing the ravenette off of him. "I couldn't get Felix a birthday present, so I brought you!" He explained. Changbin groaned. "I have to go, I'm sure Felix doesn't want me here-" The short male was once again cut off. "Nonsense! He wants you to be here! Right, Yongbokie?" Jisung piped, hugging Felix's side. The Aussie's face turned red. "Don't call me that! Especially in front of Changbin Hyung!" He spluttered, speaking quieter for the last part.

"Anyway, you should stay, Changbin. It's Felix's birthday! You gotta be here for him, especially since he's your soulmate." Jisung wiggled his eyebrows. "F-fine! I will." He gave up. The squirrel happily clapped his hands together. "Now, let's go play some more Mario Kart!"

The six boys calmed down a decent amount as they played Mario Kart. Changbin managed to ease his nerves and wasn't as awkward. "Damn it! How do I keep getting 12th place?? This game is rigged!" Minho exclaimed before handing his controller to Changbin. "You just suck, Hyung." Jisung answered, earning him a smack from the brunette. "He's not wrong. You really suck at video games." Changbin defended the younger. "Wow, what a fake friend." He scoffed dramatically.

The doorbell rang, meaning the pizza had arrived. Felix instantly stood up and sprinted out of the room to go get the food. "Felix forgot his wallet. Changbin, go bring it to him." Chan told the short male. "Why me??" He complained. "Just do it, dummy." Jisung urged. Changbin huffed loudly before snatching the wallet out of the Aussie's hand. He hesitantly made his way out of the room, mumbling to himself.

"I'm gonna go to the bathroom." Minho stated before standing. Jisung stood up habitually. The others gave him weird looks. "You don't have to go with him, your string extended, remember?" Jeongin snorted at Jisung's mistake. "Oh yeah, I forgot." He laughed before sitting back down. "And what's taking Changlix so long? I'm starving over here." The youngest pondered. "They're probably making out in the hallway." The squirrel theorized. "Do you really think either of them are bold enough to initiate that? They're probably both trying to communicate with each other and failing miserably." Chris replied. "You're probably right."

"CHANGBIN! FELIX! WHERE'S MY PRECIOUS PIZZA?" Jisung hollered. Just seconds later, Felix scurried into the room with the pizza box in his small hands. He set the box on the table in front of everyone. Changbin entered the room shortly after, carrying some plates. It appeared as if they both hadn't embarrassed themselves in front of each other for once. The others were surprised, but decided to not comment on it.

Everyone grabbed some pizza as Chris paused the game. Shortly after, Minho had returned. "You really started eating the pizza without me? Some friends you are." He said in a sarcastic tone. Jisung rolled his eyes. "Just sit down and eat before we eat it all." He deadpanned. Minho scrunched his nose before doing what the younger told him to do.

After everyone finished eating, they helped Felix with cleaning up. "Damn, what time is it?" Minho suddenly asked, looking out the window. The sun was already setting. "It's eight thirty." Chan answered after checking the time on his watch. "Unfortunately it's time for you guys to go. I have to get up early tomorrow so I need to sleep." Felix informed. "What about Changbin? He can stay, right?" Jeongin said, wiggling his eyebrows. The Aussie's face as well as Changbin's turned red because of Jeongin's question.

"That's enough teasing, Innie." Chan told the youngest. Jeongin pouted. "But hyung, the others got to do it!" He crossed his arms. The blonde just chuckled at his cuteness. "Anyway, I just texted my mom to pick me and Minho up, she said she'll be here soon." The squirrel explained. "Okay. Oh, do you have your gift with you, 'Sung?" Felix asked. "Oh, no I don't. Thanks for reminding me!" Jisung responded before running back into the living room.

He spotted the gift bag which was leaning against the couch. He quickly grabbed it and scurried out of the room. "Oh wow, you're already here!" Jisung exclaimed when he saw his mother. "Well it's not far at all. Its like a 2 minute drive." She explained while chuckling. "Yeah, well you usually don't leave until like five or ten minutes after you reply." He pointed out.

"That is true. Well, you two got everything?" She asked. They both nodded in response. "Alright, let's get going then. And happy birthday Felix!" Felix thanked her, and Minho and Jisung got their shoes on. They said goodbye to Felix and the others before leaving. They entered the car and sat in their seats. "So, did you two have fun?" Jisung's mom asked as she entered the car. "Yeah! And guess what?" Jisung started. "What?"

"Felix got me the same gift I gave him. We both got each other Twice lightsticks." He answered. She chuckled. "Yeah, I'm not surprised. You two are so much alike." She said. "What about you, Minho? Did you have fun as well?" She questioned as she backed the car out of the driveway. "Yeah, I did. And Jisung forgot that the string was longer so he almost followed me to the bathroom." He snickered. Jisung's mom laughed.

"Well, it seems like you two are getting along better! I'm glad." She grinned. Jisung nodded. "Yeah, he's tolerable I guess." The blonde joked. Minho smacked his arm. "You love me, you just don't want to admit it." The older joked. "W-what? No I don't!" Jisung exclaimed, his ears turning red. "I was kidding, relax!" He laughed at the younger's reaction. "Right..." He mumbled, embarrassed. Why did I react like that? Of course he was joking... And now I've made a fool of myself! Jisung shook his head to get himself out of his thoughts.

Soon after, they pulled into the driveway at jisung's house. Jisung's mom shut the car off and they all exited the car and headed inside. "Minho, I brought your things up to Jisung's room if you were wondering." Jisung's mom informed. "Okay, thank you!" He smiled. The two boys walked up the stairs and into. "So what do you wanna do right now?" Jisung asked the older. He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. Doesn't really matter to me." He replied. "Well, I kinda wanna listen to my Twice album. If that's okay with you." He suggested. "Sure. Like I said, it doesn't really matter to me."

Jisung grabbed the twice album and carefully ripped the thin plastic off. He opened the album excitedly. The photocards slipped out and Jisung set tbe album down so he could pick up the photocards. "Oh my god! I got two Nayeon photocards! And a Jeongyeon one! And Momo and Tzuyu!" He exclaimed. Minho smiled as he watched the younger ramble about Twice excitedly. He was explaining the album concept to him and saying that it was one of his favourite albums.

"You're so cute, you know that?" Minho blurted out before instantly covering his mouth. Jisung froze. "W-what did you just say?" He fumbled over his words. Minho quickly tried to think of a lie but to no avail. "Noth...ing?" The brunette cringed at himself as he spoke. He knew the younger had heard him loud and clear. "You... think I'm cute?" Jisung questioned, his face red. Minho had no idea how to respond. He was in such a trance watching Jisung that he accidentally exposed his tiny crush. "...No?"

Minho wanted to smack himself. "Oh, duh. Why would you ever say that?" He laughed it off, though he seemed somehow dissappointed. He then proceeded to talk about Twice. Minho was appalled. Did he actually believe that? He really thought Jisung would make fun of him or something and instead he was flustered. And then he for sure thought he would know that he was lying, but he totally believed Minho's obvious lie. What's going on with him?

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