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Chapter 41: Mingyu

here's an update! this is quite short aaa

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"i failed my music subject."

seungcheol's eyes widened so much, jihoon thought they were going to pop out his eye sockets. the older stood up and hastened to soonyoung's bedroom, where jihoon's laptop was. and of course, jihoon frantically followed.

"hey what the fuck? who runs off in a middle of a conversation?"

he saw seungcheol in front of his laptop, scrolling while his records were displayed on the screen. "i don't understand, you did so much work and your teacher failed you? this is impossible, you're so good at music" seungcheol muttered.

jihoon hated the sound of that. he really doesn't think he's someone who's actually good at what he does. in his mind, he's average at best.

"i mean, i haven't been doing well lately so i guess it's my fault too."

"are you fucking kidding me? you have to message him and ask why he failed you."

"there's no need-"

"you can't fAIL—"

"HEY!" jihoon interrupted, placing his index finger over his lips, "i told you to keep it a secret right? don't be so loud about it."

"okay but you....you can't fail, your mom will blast me off the planet because it's like my job to look after you," seungcheol whispered. jihoon just ran his palms over his face. "it's fine hyung, i'll figure it out. you're right though, maybe he'll give me a chance if i ask," the younger sighed.

the two were interrupted as soon as minseul entered the room. she seemed to be looking for something. seungcheol closed the laptop right away so the girl wouldn't be able to peep into jihoon's class mark.

she asked if they've seen her phone charger and both answered no. afterwards, they thought she was already going to leave, but she sat on the edge of the bed and stayed for a while.

"what are you guys doing?" she asked out of curiosity, "i really wasn't expecting you to drop by, cheol! i'm happy you're here."

seungcheol gave her a smile. "oh you know, leader responsibilities. i have to check up on everyone from time to time. i'm basically a dad."

"ew, you're not my dad," jihoon reacted

"it wasn't meant to be taken literally!"

"sick," jihoon crossed his arms, "who would want you to be their dad? that's disgusting AND embarrassing."

"fuck you jihoon."

minseul laughed out loud. "ah, you guys are so entertaining to watch. i could sit here all day, honestly," she claimed.

just after a few minutes of small talk, (that jihoon absolutely hated) soonyoung entered the room. he was aggressively drying his hair with a towel since he had just gone out of the shower. jihoon didnt really care about him being in the same room, but what bothered him was that soonyoung was wearing the same shirt as him.

"wow, what a match," seungcheol teased. soonyoung looked to his right and quickly noticed jihoon's shirt, making him look at his own. it's really the same. soonyoung liked that they had matching shirts on. it gave him a lot of chances to either tease or talk to jihoon.

even though he's committed to dating minseul again, he still wanted to talk to the boy sometimes. it's not like it's a sin to talk to someone else while in a relationship anyway. jihoon and him are good friends.