Doodles || hjc.

◐ thirty-seven ◑

The food finally arrived just around when our stomachs were already complaining out of hunger. The savory scent of meat entered our nostrils and it was enough to make us faint in delight. I know it's an exaggeration but the food really looks so appetizing.

"Itadakimasu!" Bomin shouts and digs in.

"Weeb," Jaehyun remarks before eating his serving, too. Joochan gives a light laugh and takes a bite.

Why do I feel like a mom spoiling her kids? Maybe I should do this often.

"Minhee," Joochan calls, "why aren't you eating yet?"

Was I watching them for so long that I forgot to eat? That's funny. "Just watching you eat makes me feel full."

Jaehyun crunches his face in disgust. "MM, that was so cringy."

I laugh out loud, covering my mouth as I did so. "Yeah, I know." With that, I swallow a spoonful of food and enjoy in the savory sweetness. "This is so good."

"Right?" Bomin grins. "I love meat."

I look at my plate to see that I still have some meat on it, while Bomin already finished his serving. "You want more?"

Bomin giddily nods. He looks like a cute puppy. A big puppy. A big cute puppy.

"Okay." I place some of my meat onto his plate and he almost got teary from gratitude. "I'm giving you special treatment by doing this."

"Thank you noona!"

Jaehyun perks up. "Why does he have to get special treatment?"

I think for a moment and then reply with a smile, "because he's my favorite. Why, do you want meat, too-"

"Why is he your favorite when I'm the person you like?" Joochan interjects, crossing his eyebrows in question and points to himself.

"Wow, how bold of you to say that." I feel my eyebrow twitch. The audacity of this boy. I know you know that I like you but you didn't have to rub it in my face, for god's sake. "If you want more meat, you can just say so-"

"I'm obviously noona's favorite because I'm the cutest." Bomin proudly announces in between bites. "Right noona?"

"Wait, are you fighting because you all want more meat-"

"Then what about me?" Jaehyun asks, eyebrows creased.

Joochan scoffs while rolling his eyes. "There's nothing special about you. You're just a clingy classmate."

Jaehyun's mouth opened wide, obviously offended. "Nani the fu-"

"Stop it, you three are annoying," I snap, my tone cold. They finally look at me and the tension between them was released. "I'll go order additional meat if you still want some."

The three idiots look at me as if I said something dumb, but they didn't dare correcting me anyway. They didn't stop me from ordering, so I guess they really did want more.

Jaehyun immediately lunges for the biggest piece, leaving both Bomin and Joochan the smaller bits. they glare at him but Jaehyun only shrugs. "What? I deserve this for all my hard work in teaching MM."

Both turn towards me, as if they're waiting for me to call Jaehyun out. Why am I even dealing with their petty drama? I sigh, "He has a point."

"But I'm you favorite!"

"But you like me..."

That was it. I facepalm so hard I must've killed the few remaining brain cells in my head. "Just fucking eat, you dimwits."

Bomin was about to speak but his mouth was full, so he chews quickly and swallows. He retorts, "No, you're the dimwit."

"Shut up or I'll have your Minhee's-favorite card revoked."

After ten minutes my stomach was already bloated. The three idiots, however, are still gobbling up food as if they were starved to death in their past life. Or maybe they were just finishing the food so it won't go to waste. We did order a lot. But I think they really are enjoying eating.

"I feel like I'll puke if I move an inch..." Jaehyun groans after they were done eating the leftovers. They all lean on the chairs, tired from gobbling up a lot of food.

"That's what you all get for ordering the whole menu." I cross my arms.

"Thank you for the treat," Joochan smiles and my heart did backflip or two.

Bomin sighs. "I sure hope we scored better then the quarter exams."

"We will," I grin. "We worked so hard."

Since the boys still could not move from their seats due to exhaustion, we stayes there blabbering about the most trivial things. It felt like we were drinking as friends but there was no alcohol involved (sadly). We also played games, told stories, discussed answers from the exams, and just anything under the sun. Of course, we ordered some more food so the owner wouldn't scold us for loitering.

We didn't even notice how much time had passed until we saw the orange hues of the sky. It's already past six.

A ding from Jaehyun's phone made him curse out loud, making every customer inside the restaurant all look at our table.

"I'll be leaving now," Jaehyun excuses himself, standing up and making shooing motions at Joochan so he could exit. "I forgot I still needed to fetch my younger brother."

My eyebrows shoot up. "Oh, I didn't know you had a sibling."

"I never knew too until now."

"...what?" I furrow my eyebrows at that.

"I'm joking, it's a joke!" He said while holding his laugh.

I roll my eyes. "I'll disown you."

"But you're not even my family!"

"Just leave already if you're leaving," Joochan grumbles, sitting back on the cushioned chair.

"Okay, sure, sure," Jaehyun says slowly, rolling out his eyes. Before leaving, he thanks me for the meal saying "I know you'll pass the exams" and goes straight for the exit, leaving us three behind.

Since it was still only six in the evening, us three decided to stay for a bit more, taking a lot of selfies to send to our group chat (yes we have a group chat, Jaehyun initiated it for the study group sessions) so Jaehyun would be envious.

"How about you, Bomin, aren't you leaving yet?" I ask my seatmate when it was already seven.

Bomin pouts, sulking. "Are you trying to push me away?"

"No! It's not like that-"

"You just want to spend some alone time with hyung, do you?"

That made me stop. Why are you asking difficult questions? "Of course I want to be with you too, Bomin but-"

"But he asked if you wanted to be with me, just the two of us," Joochan smirks. "So what is the answer, Minhee?"

You fuckers. Don't gang up on me.

I did not know what went through their heads, but they were both grinning as if they had something planned. Or maybe that's just me overthinking. Or both.

What is the answer, Han Minhee?