Strictly Business / Minsung

seventeen -

Another day brought another business dinner at the Mr Hwang's residence, Minho could hardly say he was looking forward to the occasion but the saving grace was that Jisung would be present too. His father was especially nervous for the dinner as Mr Hwang's son would be in attendance at an event for the first time. Throughout the past few days, Minho had been given many a lecture on how he should befriend Hwang Hyunjin to the best of his ability and if possible before Jisung does.

"You know how important it is that you befriend him right?" His father had reminded him even as they stepped into the car, "I'm told he will be in attendance with his boyfriend, it might be good for you to befriend him too."

Minho was instantly shocked by this. He never thought of Mr Hwang as the type to let his son freely bring his significant other along to business events yet he was happy to hear of it. If only his own father would look even half as kindly on his relationship as Mr Hwang obviously looked upon his son's.

The car ride again was filled with uncomfortable silence. Minho could tell that his mother was excited to see him and Jisung interact for the first time with the new knowledge that they were dating. It almost seemed as if she was finding it hard to mask her excitement and that fact made Minho feel a little giddy inside. Perhaps that's what parents were supposed to act like, maybe both his mother and father should be excited to meet Jisung not as the son of their business rival but as their son's boyfriend. Minho almost scoffed at that thought though, his father would never react kindly that.

When they pulled up to the house, Minho wasn't in awe like last time. After going to so many mansions and posh residences, the Lee heir found that the excitement he got from visiting a new place typically wore off after one visit. However, one thing that never wore off was the excitement he felt to spend time with his boyfriend.

The family were greeted by a friendly looking man dressed in a suit and white gloves. He almost looked like a magician if it hadn't been for the trolley of drinks that he set aside immediately to welcome them into the house.

"Good evening, welcome to the Hwang residence, may I take your name so I can bring you to your table?" the worker asked politely and Minho's dad smiled.

"Good evening, it's Lee of Anstram Tech Corporation," his father replied and the man skimmed down his list for a few second before finding the name and asking them to follow him.

Minho could've easily guessed that they would be sat on the main table but the fact that he was seated right between Jisung and Hyunjin felt like an added bonus. It was obvious that Mr Hwang had seated the younger boy's at the bottom of the table a few seats away from where their parents sat so that they could talk more easily. For Minho, it was almost a god send, he could spend time with Jisung whilst befriending Hyunjin thus making his dad happy and himself. It was a win win situation.

"Hi," Jisung greeted him with a wide smile as he took his seat. The older boy ignored the curious glance his father sent him and instead grinned back his boyfriend.

"Hi, fancy seeing you here," he laughed before turning to the boy on his other side. He opened his mouth to speak but was soon interrupted by Jisung.

"Minho this is Hyunjin, we've talked for ten minutes and decided to become friends, this is Hyunjin's boyfriend Felix and he's my nearly birthday twin so I've decided we're friend soulmates!" Jisung introduced them excitedly and Minho couldn't help but feel excited too.

Jisung's emotions were infectious to him, when Jisung was sad he felt it, when Jisung was happy he couldn't help but be happy too. Besides, Jisung was always more than happy to make new friends and Minho couldn't possibly think of a situation in which friends of Jisung wouldn't soon become friends of his too.