Strawberry Lipgloss | Luwoo

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"Jungwoo."

"Johnny."

"Can we talk? Are you free right now?" The tall man asked as he gently grabbed Jungwoo's arm.

He looked up, tilting his head to the side, "I am...what do you want to talk about?"

A small sigh fell from Johnny's lips, "So...I know this isn't necessarily you're fault—I mean it's not like you did it intentionally—but Ten's been a little down lately. He just...he thinks you don't need him anymore. You have Lucas, which is great, but he misses you—we all miss you."

Jungwoo stopped walking, causing the people around him on the sidewalk to give him dirty looks as they had to walk around. Letting out a groan, his face scrunched up, having realized what he did. "I didn't even think about that. I've been so caught up with having a new friend I totally ignored the ones I already have. I'm sorry John."

"No no no—you don't have to apologize. I just hate seeing my boyfriend upset so I had to fix it." He gave the smaller boy a reassuring smile. "Anyway how are things with you and Lucas?"

"Oh he's great! We get along so well and he's so nice to me—we cuddle and hold hands and—and take a lot of naps," Jungwoo stuttered over his words slightly because of how excited he got talking about his friend.

Taking a mental note of the slight blush on the boy's cheeks, he wondered if maybe his boyfriend could be right. From the beginning Ten told him that they would end up together...he didn't believe it at first, but maybe...

"Since I didn't want to go to a haunted house, we're going to an apple orchard this weekend. Would you and Ten maybe want to come—probably Sicheng too, I'm sure Lucas won't mind," Jungwoo asked softly, peering up at the boy.

A small smirk formed on Johnny's lips, "That sounds like it was supposed to be a date, Woo." When he started elbowing Jungwoo's side lightly, he was pushed, almost falling off the sidewalk.

There was an irritated expression on the younger's face, "It's not a date, Johnny. You and Ten Can come and see that it was never supposed to be a date."

"Sure...sure."

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"Hello Seongh—" Jungwoo paused mid sentence when his roommate pointed to the sleeping boy in his arms, gesturing for him to be quiet. "Who's that!?" He whispered, not recognizing the hunched up figure.

"Hongjoong." Seonghwa whispered back as he stared down at the sleeping boy with nothing but adoration in his eyes. "He had a bad day, so I let him come over."

Covering his mouth with his hand, Jungwoo's eyes widened, "That's disgusting Seonghwa—I didn't need to know—ew god."

"Not like that. We watched his favorite movie, and he fell asleep in the middle of it."

He let out a sigh of relief, "hallelujah...anyway Seongie, I need you to critique my dance later?"

A small smile formed on his face before he nodded, "who's in your group this week?"

Jungwoo took a couple seconds to think about the answer before answering. "Jongho and a girl named Naeun." The group was an...odd pairing. Jongho had a more intense dancing style while Naeun and Jungwoo were more toned down dancers. The three of them clashed when they found out they had to dance together, but they made it work.

Just as Seonghwa tried to respond, Hongjoong's face scrunched up before he let out an incoherent noise. "'Hwa...who's here?" The boy mumbled, tightening his grip on his boyfriend.