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[Girls can't love girls, and boys can't love boys. That's how the world should be. But then why. Why did i fall in love with him?..]

Wednesday, October 19th, 2021.

It was a normal day for oh joon-yeong. He got up and put his glasses on. He got dressed into the schools uniform, ate breakfast, and headed to school.
But something had been nagging him. It has been for a while now.

He likes a boy.

He comes from a horribly religious family. Like horrible! He couldn't even celebrate Halloween growing up. That's how religious they are..

So, joon-yeong had grown up thinking being gay is wrong. He used to not even understand why another guy or girl would look at the same gender that way. But now it has caught up to him. And it feels.. strange.

When he first realized he liked wu-jin. It was like a punch to the gut. At first, he thought it was jealousy. I mean, why else would he be so envious when he talked to others. He soon realized he was jealous of the people talking to him. Not him.

He has been boiling these feelings up for a few years. Ever since middle school (9th grade). But not any more. He is going to tell one of his most trusted friends.

"CHEONG-SAN-A!" The shorter boy said, running towards him.

"Yea? What's up?" Cheong-san replied, turning around.

"Can you meet me at the snack shop after school." Joon-yeong said while panting due to the running.

"Sure! Why, though?" Cheong-san said, confused.

"I just need to talk to you, nothing crazy!" Joon-yeong said. Waving his hand dismissively.

"Okay. We can do that!" Cheong san replied. Cheong-san flashed a light smile before waking away.

[Few hours later. After school. At the snack shop]

"So what did you eagerly need to talk to me about?" Cheong-san said, looking over to joon-yeong, who was munching on some 'kancho Choco Biscuits.'

"Cheong-san-a. You're my most trusted friend. So you better not go blab about this to someone. This stays between us. Okay?"

"Awh! That's so nice, joon-yeong-a!!ㅅ3ㅅ" cheong-san says, pulling him into a bone crushing hug.

"Wait a second." Cheong-san said. Breaking the hug. "I thought wu-jin was your most trusted friend? Since when was it me?"

"I'll explain it in a second. Can you let me say what i wanna without 40 questions?..ㅠㅡㅠ" Joon-yeong says. He looks down sighs. And it looks back up.

"I like someone. But i know- no. I feel like it's wrong." Joon-yeong says," Looking down at his feet.

"What do you mean by 'i feel like it's wrong' hmm?" Cheong-san says, looking at joon-yeong and tilting his head. "Lemme guess! You're MADLY in love with jang wu-jin, and since your family is insanely religious, you believe it's wrong. wheeeeeeen, it's not!" Cheong-san says. Letting out a chuckle afterward.

"H-how did you know.." Joon-yeong said. The shock was so clear in his voice.

"Well, im sure everyone and their Halmeoni (grandma) knew... genuinely shocked you thought i wouldn't know.." Cheong-san says, letting out a big sigh.

[He had somwhat of the same talk with wu-jin. It went something this:

"Cheong-san-a!!ㅠㅇㅠ"

"Dude, what are you whinning about??"{ㅇㅡㅇ°}

"I really REALLY like joon-yeong. But.. HES FROM A HOMOPHOBIC FAMILY MEANING HE'LL NEVER LOVE ME!!" [ㅠㅇㅠ]

"Oh..?"

They ended up having a long talk. And Cheong-san? Yeah... he got threatened by wu-jin not to tell anyone.]

"Hmm.. so what is this about?" Cheong-san asked.

"You don't know? I want to ask him out, but like... you know... my parents. And he could be homo to you know!" Joon-yeong put his head down

"Im not your guys' therapist." Cheong-san muttered under his breath.

"I heard that." Joon-yeong shot Cheong-san a glare. "Anyways, what're you mumbling about?"

"He threatened me. Can't say sorry, joonieeee!ㅠㅡㅠ" cheong-san said, wiping a fake tear.

"Tell me on-jo lover4362!! I won't tell anyone!" Joon-yeong pleaded

"Sorry, joonie, im not letting someone beat my ass today.." cheong-san chuckled.

"You're practically normal. You, like a girl. You- You wouldn't get it, " Joon-yeong said. He then stood up. "You're no help. See you tomorrow." Joon-yeong about to walk away. "If wu-jin was a girl. He'd be the love of my life." Joon-yeong said, sighing before waking away.

"What was this conversation even supposed to be about?" Cheong-san muttered while scratching his head. "Im so confused." cheong-san sighed under his breath before standing up, putting his hands in his pockets and walking to his moms chicken restaurant. He had promised on-jo, i-sak, and gyeong-su that he would see whats up with oh joon-yeong and then head over.

Cheong-san didn't get it. And probably never will... That would be the case if he didn't have a girl best friend!! "Im going to ask them what that means. without saying names!ㅅ3ㅅ" cheong-san said, skipping down the street towards his restaurant.

Once cheong-san arrived, the chicken was almost done. Whatever his eomma was adding to the chicken, smelt good..

"Ahhh Shibal.[씨발.] Why did i even try to talk to cheong-san about that!? [ㅠㅅㅠ]. Su-hyeok is the one that keeps his mouth shut! Cheong-san probably already told on-jo and gyeong-su [ㅠㅇㅠ]" Joon-yeong sat down, put his head in his hands, and screamed. Not realizing that the house he was in front of had a kid doing yardwork.

The kid blinked a few times and then tilted his head. "Oh Joon-yeong?"

Joon-yeong stopped what he was doing. He recognized that voice. Joon-yeong lifted his head and looked over to him.

"Wu-jin-a!?" Life is really full of surprises, joon-yeong thought to himself.

"Joon-yeong-a, are you ok?" Wu-jin asked, voice and brain full of concern.

As much as joon-yeong wanted to scream his feelings and what happened, he stayed quiet.

"I'm fine." Joon-yeong said, standing up.

"But you were just screaming??" Wujin said very much, confused.

"I gotta go to my cram school. I'll see you tomorrow wu-jin-a." Joon-yeong said, running off.

"He talked to cheong-san, not me.
{ㅠㅅㅠ}" Wu-jin mumbled.

[With cheong-san]

Cheong-san explained the whole thing to them while eating chicken. He made sure to be careful not to say anyones names.

"And then he walked away, leaving me confused. {ㅠㅡㅠ°}"

"Cheong-san, i have known you since elementary, so i know you probably missed the point." On-jo said, sighing before taking another bite of her chicken.

"So.. Joon-yeong and wu-jin like each other? But both are oblivious to the crush?" I-sak asked.

"i think so.. wait.. HUH?? i didn't say a name... how did you know who i was talking about!?" Cheong-san asked.

"You literally told us that joon-yeong needed to talk to you. PLUS, if joon-yeong didn't like wu-jin, he would've talked to him... not you.." i-sak said with a chuckle.

"Tsk.. whatever." Cheong-san said, taking another bite of the chicken. He just knows that he is going to get caught up in this lovers quarrel..

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The first time i met him was in the fourth grade. He never was in my class until then. Back then, i liked keeping a low profile. I was an outcast anyway.. But wu-jin had always been the opposite. He always had kids around him. I remember that he had always had some crazy ass stories to tell. It usually had the other kids at the edge of their sets. Every kid in my class LOVED being around him.
Everyone but me. (At the time)

Around the second grade, a kid i was friends with came over to my house after school. He ended up seeing how obsessed my family was with jesus. (Again, they are scary religious.) He ended up dropping me and telling the whole class. Obviously, to an 8-9 year olds brain, that's werid as shit so for the next 2-3 years, no one talked to me or sat next to me.

The first time wu-jin and I talked was friday the day before Halloween. He was going around asking people what they were going to be, and then he had landed on me. 'joon-yeong-a! What are you going to be for Halloween?!' That's what he asked. The first time a classmate had talked to me in years. I started to break down into ugly sobs. I couldn't see his face or tell what he was thinking. All i remember is him hugging me and waiting for me to calm down to say anything more.

After i had calmed down, i told him through whispers about my crazy family and why i could celebrate Halloween. Instead of judging me, he hugged me again. I knew boys shouldn't hug boys. But wu-jin's embrace was a warmth i never really felt, and I ended up hugging back.

Now that i think of it.. i didn't cry because i couldn't celebrate Halloween. I cried because it was the first time someone tried making small talk in years.

At the time, i figured it was a one-time thing.. up until i came to school on monday, and he ran up to my desk with the biggest smile. And started talking to me like we were long-time best friends that hadn't talked in YEARS...

I guess that was his specialty..

It was around that time i became friends with cheong-san, on-jo, gyeong-su, and dae-su. Since they were all close to wu-jin. It had been because of wu-jin i finally made friends.. i owe him for that one..[ㅠㅡㅠ°]
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Cheong-san let out a big sigh that caught the attention of the other three.

"The fuck are you sighing about" gyeong-su said letting out a chuckle. On-jo and i-sak ended up giggling, too.

"Wujin and joon-yeong came to me for the same thing, basically..." cheong-san let out a sad sigh again.

"And..??" Gyeong-su added.

"You guys dont know?" Cheong-san said, looking at the four of them.

"No..??" They said in unison.

Cheong-san scoffed. "Seriously!? You dont know!?.." cheong-san scratched at his head.

"No, we dont explain, Lee cheong-san." Said nam on-jo

"Tsk.. im going to get stuck in this
'lovers quarrel.' Of theirs. They both are going to use me as their free therapist.." cheong-san put his head down and sighed.

"Ohh.. just charge them." Gyeong-su said, leaning back with a smirk.

"No, not a good idea.." on-jo added. "Cheong-san isn't really good with 'love' type of emotions!"

Cheong-san lifted his head and looked around at all of his so-called 'friends' that were now laughing their asses off.

"Yah.. yah.. That's not funny.. That's not funny.. im good with those emotions.. sometimes!.." cheong-san sighed again.

['Yah' means 'hey' in korean, by the way. It's a casual way to say it.]

"exacty. That 'sometimes' is not going to help joon-yeong and wu-jin." i-sak blurted out."If anything, you'll make it worse." I-sak chuckled.

Cheong-san sighed. "I guess you're right.."

"Good thing you noticed." On-jo said, clapping her hands.

"I guess.. you guys can help me!" Cheong-san smirked, resting his head onto his fist.

"WHAT!?.." Gyeong-su blurted out and looked over at his best friend like this was the worst betrayal of the century.

"If you guys know 'so much' about what to do when a 'homophobe' starts liking the same gender as them. Why don't you help out then!" Cheong-san clapped his hands together and smiled.

"Nahh." On-jo said. "That's not really my thing.."

"If yall help, I'll buy you.. infinite snacks and free cheong-san chicken." Cheong-san crossed his arms. Cringing inside.

"Infinite!?" On-jo said in a dase.

"Yep, infinite all snacks on me. Goes for all of you, of course!"

"aright bet." Gyeong-su said, smirking and crossing his arms.

"Me too, i guess." I-sak sighed out.

"Me three.." on-jo mumbled

"Ok, what to do.." cheong-san said, tapping his cheek.

Their thoughts were cut short by cheong-sans mom.

"Are you guys done your chicken?" Mrs. Lee asked.

"Yea.. why?" cheong-san replied

"You gotta get your cram school. You guys are late," she chuckled.

"Oh, Shibal..[씨발/shit]" gyeong-su muttered.

And just like that, they all sprinted outta cheong-sans restaurant. On their way there, they agreed to talk about it afterward.
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Thursday, October 20th, 2021.

[After school and during clean up.]

Joon-yeong knew he was cooked when mrs.park had tasked wu-jin and him on cleaning the classroom together. Surprisingly, at first, it went pretty well. Joon-yeong put his airpods in, and wu-jin minded his business. It wasn't until joon-yeong was wiping the desk that wu-jin decided to approach. He had tapped on joon-yeongs shoulder.

"Hey.. dude, were you okay? Yesterday, i mean." Wu-jin asked.

"Im perfectly fine. Just cheong-san was being a fucking idiot yesterday." Joon-yeong said. He wasn't lying. But he wasn't telling the truth either.

"So what exactly happened? If you're uncomfortable with telling me, that's fine!" Wu-jin gave a gentle smile.

"I wish i could tell you." Joon-yeong mumbled.

"What?"

"What?"

"Did you say something?"

"No..! I was sighing!"

"Ohhh okkk?"

"Anyways. Im done cleaning. Im going to head out now.."

"Oh.. okay. Bye." Wu-jin said.. the disappointment was a little too clear in his voice. Wu-jin gently smiled, but it was kind of faded.

"Yeah.. bye!" Joon-yeong smiled back in return. Before walking out and shutting the door behind him.
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"Gyeong-su. I think what we wanna do is what joon-yeong wanted."

"What do you mean!?"

"Gyeong-su-ah, you know how we are planning on trying to get them like together." Cheong-san asked.

"Yea, of course i do? What type of question is that..?"

"I just realized that's what he said."

"What do you mean."

"When he was talking, i was kinda zoned out. And know that i look back at that memory he literally said he wanted help asking him out."

"I KNEW YOU MISSED OUT ON THE POINT. HAH. I TOLD YOU!" on-jo screamed from behind him.

"Since when were you behind us!?" Gyeong-su asked.

"That doesn't matter! Let's go to cheong-san chicken!" On-jo said.

As the two girls sprinted off. Cheong-san and gyeong-su stood there for a second. Gyeong-su was obviously waiting for cheong-san to start walking.

"I feel like they are just happy because their yoai fanfictions are coming to life {ㅠㅡㅠ°}" cheong finally said. (gyeong-su waited for 3 seconds so sad)

"Ah.. yea prolly." Gyeong-su said.

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Once the chicken was finally done. The four of them started to finally put their small pea size brains to use!

"Before i went home i bought a notebook for this!" Gyeong-su said grinning ear to ear.

"Why did you do that?" Cheong-san asked.

"To plan. The fuck?" Gyeong-su replied.

"Can we call it. 'operation get yaoi!' " i-sak asked.

"No. Because this is a business. And businesses dont name their projects something stupid like that." Cheong-san replied. {ㅠㅅㅠ}

"I think it's cute!" on-jo added on.

"Yes, i agree. Let's name it. 'operation, get yoai!' It's adorable!" Cheong-san said. Nodding like he didn't just turn it down a minute ago

I-sak's mouth dropped. "YAH! That's not fair?" I-sak weeped.

Gyeong-su wrote the name on top of the page! Perfect! Now just to do the.. planning part gulp!
[They are skipping cram school for this.]
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Once joon-yeong got home from his cram school, he saw his eomma (mom) cutting some vegetables for dinner. Joon-yeong then took off his shoes and ran upstairs to his room. He practically jumped on top of his bed.

After checking some notifications, joon-yeong got changed into more comfortable clothing. He put on some sweatpants, then threw on some random t-shirt he had, and put a navy blue hoodie. And then.. plopped down on his bed and watched YouTube until his eomma (mom) called him for dinner.

[This is my first time making a fanfic bare with me.]

After dinner. Joon-yeong was finishing some studying, and his eomma was doing the dishes. His appa (dad) was watching tv.

"Hey, eomma. Can i go visit a friend. I just finished studying!"

Joon-yeongs eomma sighed. "Sure. Just make sure you are back before 12."

Joon-yeong looked at the clook. '10:52' HELL YEA HE COULD BE BACK BY THEN!

"Yep! Understood!" Joon-yeong replied. Closing his book, he ran over to the door, put on his shoes, and rushed out the door. YÆY

The friends house was about 2 blocks away. So it would take 2-3 minutes by.. running? Joon-yeong sprinted down the sidewalk until he finally reached his friend's house. And knocked twice.
(heh.. twice.. get it?)

Joon-yeong heard a female saying, "I'll get it." Before she opened the door.

"Who are you." The girl asked.

"Are you jang ha-ri??." Joon-yeong asked.

"Uh yea? Who are you." Ha-ri asked again.

"Im your brothers friend. Is he busy?" Joon-yeong asked.

"No, he's not. AY JANG WU-JIN! YOUR FRIEND WANTS YA." ha-ri screamed.

"IF ITS YANG DAE-SU TELL HIM TO FUCK OFF." Wu-jin screamed from gis room.

"Whats your name?" Hair sighed, putting her hand on her hip.
[Ha-ri doesn't know any of wu-jins friends names.]

"Im Oh joon-yeong." Joon-yeong replied.

"WU-JIN ITS OH JOON-YEONG." Ha-ri screamed.

Wu-jin came running down the stairs and turned the corner that faced the front door.

"JOON-YEONG-A!!!" Wu-jin squealed like a little girl then ran over to him and gave him a hug.
[YES joon-yeong hugged back]

"So.. what brings you here." Wu-jin asked.

"I wanted to go on a walk with you and talk." Joon-yeong replied, giving a gentle smile.

"Okay! Let me get my shoes and caot on real quick!" Wu-jin said, rushing to grab his coat from the hanger and quickly sat down to put on his shoes. "Let's go!" Wu-jin said, walking outside and closing the door behind him.

Once they got onto the sidewalk, no one said a word. It had been a hot minute at this point. Suddenly wu-jin move his right hand to joon-yeongs left cheek [wujin is on the right joon-yeong is on the left.] Joon-yeong who was lost in his thoughts on ways to say what he wanted flinched at the touch. (Because it was so sudden.)

Wu-jin noticed and moved his hand to his side. "Im sorry. Your body was trembling, so i was checking your body heat.."
[half truth]

Sighing, wu-jin took off his jacket and put it on joon-yeongs shoulders.

"Why didn't you wear a jacket."

"I forgot."

"Oh? So what did you need to talk about?" Wu-jin asked.

"Yesterday, i talked to cheong-san about something." Sighing joon-yeong stopped walking. And wu-jin did, too. He looked up at the taller boy and continued. "I have a crush, but obviously, it's believed that it's a 'sin' in my religion. I talked to cheong-san about wanting to ask said person out, but i dont think he heard me when i said it.."

"Ah.. so you like a boy! Who is it!?" Wujin asked.

"Wu-jin, please don't start playing the guessing game. i'm not in the mood for that." Joon-yeong said, sighing and looking away. "Im only telling you this because i felt bad about not telling you. Ok?"

"Ah, ok. I understand!" Wu-jin smiled. "If that's all, then I'll walk you home!" Wu-jin said, patting joon-yeong's shoulder.

Once they got to joon-yeongs door. Joon-yeong gave wu-jin his jacket back. "Thank you, Wu-jin-a."

Wu-jin replied with a simple smile and then walked home.

As joon-yeong lay in bed, he felt as if somewhat of a burden had been lifted off his shoulder. Joon-yeong smiled before turning off the light and going to bed.

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"Ok, so before we go home, let's go over the plan, ok?" I-sak said. Sighing, she went over the notes.
"So me and gyeong-su will talk to wu-jin. And you guys will talk to joon-yeong. Right?"

"Yep." Cheong-san replied.

"This is kinda dumb to be honest." Gyeong-su muttered. Suddenly, he felt all of their eyes on him. "What if they won't go to you for advice? Or for like free therapy?"

"They will."

"How do you know lee cheong-san."

"Because this isn't the first time they have han gyeong-su."

"What does that even mean?"

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[Joon-yeong and wu-jin tend to go to cheong-san when they wanna talk about something that they can't bring themselves to tell each other. That's what cheong-san meant at the end of chapter 2.]

Friday, October 21th 2021

Wu-jin woke up to his alarm blaring in his ears. He moved his arm over to the alarm to turn it off and moved his head to look at the time. '6:49' WHAT!? He had about 30 minutes to get ready and eat before he had to walk to school. I guess thats kinda enough time.. but not enough time to eat something that was actually filling!

"I dont even have the time to eat cereal [ㅠㅅㅠ°]" Wu-jin said with a sad sigh.

Wu-jin practically jumped outta bed and started to get ready. He put on his uniform, his shoes, fixed his hair, brushed his teeth, and then walked downstairs to at least make toast to eat on the way. He opened the cabinet to find one good piece of bread.. 2 end pieces and one good piece. "Whatever." Wujin sighed, placing the bread into the toster and grabbing the butter out of the fridge. After about 4 minutes, the bread toasting it was done. He then put some butter onto it, cleaned up his mess, and rushed out the door to his neighbors house. While taking a bite. He knocked twice. [Heh.. see what i did there again?] And then took a bite of his toast.

"IM COMING HOLD ON!" A voice scream from in the house.

"YOU HAVE THREE SECONDS BEFORE I LEAVE WITHOUT YOU." Wu-jin screamed back.

Wu-jin started to count down.
'하나......' '둘.......'
'One.....' 'two....'

"DUDE IM PUTTING MY SHOES ON!" The kid screamed at him.

'셋....'
'Three...'

Wu-jin said three and started to walk away. While taking a bite of his toast. The door then flew open and closed.

"WAIT FOR ME WU-JIN-AH! I GOT SODA!" Dae-su called out.

"REALLY!?" wu-jin whipped his head around, and dae-su had two cans of soda. Wu-jin took the last few bites of his toast. Dae-su ran over, and they started walking to school.
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Once joon-yeong arrived at school, he saw cheong in the hallway. Alone. No backpack. He must've won rock paper scissors for the gopher thing.

"Yah, cheong-san-ah! Can we talk after sch-"

"Yes." Cheong replied, whipping his head around

"I didn't get to finish.." Joon-yeong scratched at his head??

"Me and on-jo will meet ya there!" Cheong-san said, skipping away!

"On-jo.. I knew it.. i knew he would tell her.." Joon-yeong frowned.
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Once cheong-san got into the classroom, wu-jin asked the same thing.

"Im sorry i can't, but my good helper gyeong-su can!" Cheong-san said, grabbing onto gyeong-su who was walking over to him.

"What..?" Wu-jin said with a werid look on his face.

"I'm talking to someone else after school! So you talk to him.. and i-sak!" Cheong-san replied, walking over to where Su-hyeok, Dae-su, and now joon-yeong are standing.

"Im so confused..?" Wu-jin muttered..

"I can explain after school.." Gyeong-su patted his shoulder and walked to where his friends were standing. Wu-jin followed shortly after.

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After school, joon-yeong, cheong-san, and on-jo sat outside the snack shop. No one said a word for like 2-3 minutes. It was on-jo who broke the silence.

"Ok, if no one says something interesting in the next 5 seconds, I'll walk away."

*silence for five seconds*

"Ok bye then.??" On-jo got up to leave and was about to walk away, but suddenly joon-yeong blurted something out.

"Me and wu-jin almost kissed last night.. well, kinda..??"

"Im sat! What happened!?" On-jo said, sitting back down and batting her lashes. Cheong-sans mouth hung open.

"Last night.. i went to his house to tell him something, so we went on a walk. And.." Joon-yeong trailed off. "i hadn't said anything yet, and for some reason, he cuffed my face. But with one hand. aish.. if only i didn't flitch away!" Joon-yeong then put his head in his hands and sighed.

"Dont you fear, oh joon-yeong! Me and Cheong-san can help.. i think?" On-jo giggled. Typing on her phone. Joon-yeong and cheong-san looked at the phone.

"So.. you're texting i-sak about this??" Joon-yeong asked.

"Yea! We are planning on meeting up. Me, you, i-sak, cheong-san, gyeong-su and wu-jin." On-jo looked at him and grinned. "We are going to eat something at cheong-san restaurant."

"Huh.."

[the restaurant is now open to the public in this au.]
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Due to cheong-san,joon-yeong, and on-jo going to the schools snack shop. Wu-jin, gyeong-su, and i-sak had to go to a 7-11.[ㅇㅅㅇ]
[They go to snack shops for snacks. And they talk on a bench outside. I figured i should say this, lmao]

"So what's up, man? Why did you need to talk to us?" Gyeong-su asked.

"Well, i wanted to talk to cheong-san, not you." Wu-jin scoffed and rolled his eyes in a joking manner.

"Bro. According to on-jo, your 'boyfriend' hasn't spoken yet. " i-sak said, typing something on her phone.

"He's not my boyfriend!?" Wu-jin practically jumped off of the bench. Wu-jin felt the heat burning up in his face.. obviously, i-sak and gyeong-su noticed because they started to chuckle. I-sak then looked down at her phone.

"Oh..?? Joon-yeong finally talked." I-sak said, showing her phone to the two boys only gyeong-su looked. i-sak noticed this and started reading out loud."Joon-yeong finally talked. But he said him and wu-jin almost kissed. Is this true? Ask him, please!!" Sighing i-sak shut off her phone and looked over at wu-jin, who was taken aback..

"So..? Is it?" I-sak said, smirking and looking at wu-jin.

"Ah.. sort of.. maybe..?" Wu-jin said as he sat down.

"How are you confused? You were there.." gyeong-su said, sighing.

Wu-jin sighed and then started explaining. He explained how he more of so wanted to kiss him to break the long ass silence, but joon-yeong flinched before you vould put the other hand up and do it and basically everything. He finished with a tired sigh..

"Welp.. try again next time!" Gyeong-su said. Putting his hand on left wu-jins shoulder.

"When will there be an next time, though..." wujin complained.

"Me, i-sak, on-jo, cheong-san will figure something out trust!" Gyeong-su said, patting wu-jins shoulder a few times before taking it off.

"Let's go." I-sak said, standing up and putting her phone in her pocket.

"Where?" Gyeong-su and wu-jin said in unison.

"Cheong-sans chicken restaurant for dinner..?" I-sak replied a dirty look formed on her face for a second. "Wu-jin-a. Joon-yeong is coming."

Wu-jin stood up. "gyeong-su-ah! What are you doing!? Let's go, bro!" Wu-jin said, patting gyeong-su's shoulder twice.
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I-sak ended up face timing on-jo, and they decided to meet at the snack shop and walk together to cheong-sans restaurant. Once they had met up, cheong-san had told wu-jin and joon-yeong that his mom would make them something for free and not to worry about paying or paying back. Witch was a relief for wu-jin. He had spent the rest of his allowance on his quick snack.. on their way to the restaurant, wu-jin and joon-yeong walked behind the four of them. They said they needed to discuss 'business' or whatever, so they needed to walk behind for a bit.

"Yo bro, what's your favorite
pokémon?"

"Wujin. I know nothing about pokémons what?" Joon-yeong replied, looking at the taller boy with a werid look.

"Ok, but, like... you know a few! I know you do!!" Wu-jin pleaded.

"Pikachu." Joon-yeong replied.

"Pikachu?" Wu-jin started laughing. Joon-yeong smacked him on the side and started giggling, too.

[With cheong-sans mini group]

"We need to get them together before Halloween!" I-sak weeped.

"What if.. we got them together on Halloween..?" on-jo asked

"How would that work? And Joon-yeong isn't even allowed to celebrate Halloween.." gyeong-su mumbled.

"Yea, i know. Im sure everyone and their Halmeoni [grandma] knows." On-jo sighed. "I mean, like a hangout that ends in a sleepover? Like you and cheong-san. Then, like me and i-sak? We could invite su-hyeoks' new girlfriend too!"

"Thanks.. It's not a bad idea! But how do we get them together..?" Cheong-san added.

"Spin the bottle, but instead of 'seven minutes in heaven' we.. kiss?"

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"What the fuck does that mean?" Cheong-san asked. Sighing, Cheong-san asked another question. "And how would it even work."

"If you shut your tramp for one second i would be able to explain." On-jo said, scoffing. Clearly annoyed.

On-jo sighed, then continued. "My appa (dad) works late on Halloween nights. You know, because he's a firefighter and all. That means he won't be home so we can like watch a movie and play games. And get wu-jin and joon-yeong to kiss." On-jo snapped her fingers into finger guns and smirked.

"Ok, but like.. we aren't going to drink alcohol.. right?.." gyeong-su asked. "My grandmother would KILL me bro" gyeong-su said, shaking his head

"Of course not! My father would kill me, too. " on-jo said, mumbling the last part.

"Its a good idea but like.. who do we invite?" Cheong-san asked.

"Well, obviously us, those two back there, ji-min, hyo-ryung, dae-su, su-hyeok and nam-ra." On-jo replied.

"nam-ra? Why her?" I-sak said coldly and then continued. "All she does is study. She probably would say no in a heartbeat." I-sak scoffed, crossing her arms.

"Su-hyeok is dating her he can talk to her. And because she is helping me study for the exams next week!" On-jo replied.

"You lucky duck!" I-sak pouted.
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Once they arrived at the restaurant, cheong-sans mom sat them down big enough for the six of them. Soonly after it started to rain. After a while, cheong-san mom came over with some fried chicken, some rice, and dak kalguksu (a type of soup). Wu-jin asked for that. After the food came out, on-jo started talking about the hangout on Halloween she was planning, but the plan was almost ruined when joon-yeong said no because of his parents. Wu-jin said no because 'if joon-yeong isn't going i dont wanna'. On-jo then had to explain that it had nothing to do with Halloween and that he could just tell his mom it was a sleepover. Which is he finally agreed, too. (Wu-jin agreed because of that) They then started discussing the 'after hangout' sleepovers. Wu-jin claimed joon-yeong. Cheong-san claimed gyeong-su (and dae-su if he agreed) and on-jo claimed i-sak. Of course, all of them had to ask their parents and the others. But that's a 'later' worry.

Eventually, joon-yeong had to go to his cram school (wu-jin doesn't go to one joon-yeong usally tutors him, and the other four are skipping again)

"Thank you for dinner, but i have to go now." Joon-yeong said, standing up. "I'll see you tomorrow." Joon-yeong went to leave, but..

"Joon-yeong-ah! Wait, i'll go with you!" Wu-jin called out as he stood up, grabbing his jacket and walking over to where the shorter boy was standing. It was easy to read the confusion on his face.

"Wu-jin-ah, i'm going to my cram school, not my house." Joon-yeong said, crossing his arms.

"Yea, i know! I'll walk you there!"

"What? Why?"

"I wanna make sure you get there safely. Plus It's raining."

"What??"

"Let's go!" Wu-jin said, grabbing onto joon-yeongs' wrist, pulling him along.

Once at the door, they realized it was pouring rain.

"Hey! There's a convenience store over there." wu-jin said, pointing out the window. "We could go over there, and I'll buy you an umbrella."

"I thought you had no money?" Joon-yeong asked.

"I have a couple of bucks. It's enough for umbrella but not food." Wu-jin sighed.

"I guess we could then.." Joon-yeong said reluctantly. Wu-jin then grabbed onto his hand and opened the door.

They quickly ran over to the store. Their feet making a splashing sound with each step they took. Luckily, they got to the store kinda dry, kind of but not really.. wu-jin let joon-yeong pick the umbrella since he was going to let him keep it. After they checked out, they started walking to his cram school, which takes about 30 minutes from where they are, plus they have to pass wu-jins house.

Even after they got out of the store, wu-jin hadn't let go of joon-yeongs' hand. It wasn't until they passed wu-jins house that joon-yeong realized wu-jin was seriously walking him there.

After 30 long minutes, they got there just in time.

"When do you get out?" Wu-jin asked.

"9:30."

"Okay. I'll meet you here then!" Wu-jin said. Letting out of joon-yeongs hand and hugging him goodbye before walking home.
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During class, joon-yeong could hardly focus. He couldn't stop thinking about the night before and earlier when he held his hand today. This was driving him nuts because he didn't know what to do.

After the cram school was finished, joon-yeong didn't actually expect wu-jin to be waiting. It wasn't even raining anymore.

"Wu-jin-ah??"

"Come on, i'll walk you home."

Before joon-yeong could get a word in wu-jin grabbed onto his hand and started walking him home.

After wu-jin dropped him off, joon-yeong ran up to his room, plopped down onto his bed, and just started screaming into his pillows. Despite being smart, he couldn't figure out if wu-jin liked him too or knew about his crush but didn't like him back and was teasing him. All of this bullshit was giving joon-yeong a headache.
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021.

Surprisingly, everyone on-jo asked agreed to hang out at her place on the 31st. They had made a group chat for 'updates' and 'chatter.' Everyone so far had gotten the go-ahead from their parents because it's not a party. Everyone but joon-yeong. Joon-yeong was anxious as hell, obviously! His parents are probably going to say no because its a school night and Halloween, which they think is a 'devil holiday.' When it literally started as a Christian holiday.(which they don't even celebrate!) Eventually, the group convinced him to do it, so joon-yeong casually walked up to his mom while she was cooking.

"Hey! Eomma, can i go to a friends house to hangout and then stay the night.. tomorrow??" Joon-yeong asked fidgeting with his hands behind his back. Goddammit. He probably worded it wrong.[ㅠㅡㅠ]

"Well who is going to be there? And what are you going to do?" Joon-yeongs mom asked, cutting some vegetables.

Oh fuck. He can't say wu-jin because his mom hates wu-jin because he acts fruity. She doesn't like ji-min because she's dresses more like a man than a female. She doesn't like hyo-ryung because she never had a boyfriend, and that somehow makes her a lesbain. (Hyo-ryung and ji-min came over to study, and his mom asked hyo-ryung if she ever had a boyfriend) she doesnt like gyeong-su and i-sak because they came over once to talk to joon-yeong really quick, and i-sak ended up calling his mom a 'over obsessed jesus lover' which his mom took that as 'mocking god and her' so she forbid joon-yeong from hanging out with them (which he does anyways lol)

The only ones he can say are su-hyeok, because she never met or heard of him. Cheong-san because 'he's a good kid' . On-jo because she never met her. And dae-su because he's also Christian. And she never met nam-ra. All she knows is that she is also a top student.
(My dad is kinda like this. So i know what it is like)

"Nam-ra, dae-su, cheong-san, and on-jo. And we are probably going to watch a new show that came out a few months ago." Joon-yeong replied, practically holding his breath.

"What show?" his mom asked, turning around to face him.

"I'm not sure. On-jo didn't give that type of details." Joon-yeong mumbled.

"You can go. As long as you go to school the next day." His mom sighed, then turned back around to continue making dinner.
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The first thing joon-yeong did when he got upstairs was text the group chat about what happened. The chat exploded with 'i told you's' and 'see's!'

Joon-yeong frowned at the screen, knowing that they were right. And he wasn't. [ㅠㅡㅠ]