Chapter 101 (1/2)
Yeosang puts on his regular clothes and sees Mingi continue practicing in his uniform. He looked around and put a hand on the boy's shoulder. "Hey," He got Mingi's attention, "I want to talk about that help I need." He said. Mingi raised an eyebrow. "What's up?" He asked, standing properly. "I have some things I want to move to Woozi's room. So you need to help me pack some boxes." He smirked. "Think you can come over tomorrow say.. 9:30am?" He asked. Mingi pursed his lips. "You know I'm working here on weekends.." He said. "I guess you don't want me to help you with San." Yeosang looked away. "No!" Mingi sighed. "Fine, I'll be there." He said.
Yeosang smiled and patted Mingi's shoulder. "Good boy." He said before walking out of the dojo.
Today, Yeosang decided to practice more instead of going to the study room with Woozi. Currently evening, Yeosang walks down the hall to see San walking by. "San," He got the boy's attention, "what are you doing here?" Yeosang asked.
"I came to walk with Mingi.." San replied, keeping his hat in one hand.
Yeosang put his arm around the dove and walked him in the opposite direction of the dojo. "Hey.. he's got some extra practice to do.." He mentioned.
San looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Yeosang? How come you're being all sweet to me after you marry Woozi?" He asked.
"Because I'm no longer an eligible crow to you." Yeosang replied. "Anyway, what do you think about Mingi?" He asked.
San looked at the floor and shrugged. "Mingi's.. Well, he's handsome, tall, and strong.." San said. "But I just don't know.. It doesn't even believe the way that I exist, how can I honestly fall in love with someone like that? We're so different." He put his arms around his waist.
Yeosang frowned. "I've seen Mingi with other people, he's not quite the same as when he's talking about you." He said. "Before you totally give up on him, please wait a little longer to learn more about him."
San smiled softly. "Now I realize.. you're the kind of brother I wish I had.." He said, putting his arms around the crow in a hug.
Yeosang hugged back and patted the boy's back. "You'll know if he's right for you soon, San. Just be patient." He said. "Thank you.." San pulled back. "Speaking of.. I need some help." Yeosang said, keeping his arms to himself as they walk out of the building. San raised an eyebrow. "Help with what?" He asked. "Woozi and I are packing some things up for me to move into Woozi's room tomorrow." Yeosang started with a clever smile. "I need you to help." He insisted. San huffed. "You want me to help with manual labor?" He asked with a teasingly-annoyed expression. "If you are willing, please come by at nine o'clock. Things start then, so don't be tardy." Yeosang said, pointing at the dove. San smiled and nodded. "I'll be there if Woozi's there." He said. "I rather him not get the wrong idea."
"I wouldn't want to get the wrong idea either." Woozi said as he came up beside them.
Yeosang automatically put his arm around Woozi. "We'll see you tomorrow, San!" He waved. San watched with wide eyes. "I uh.. yeah.." He scratched his neck.
"Don't tell Mingi you're helping tomorrow. He'll get jealous." Woozi said. "I rather not have an extra helper, you know? Four's too much." He put his hand up. San nodded and bowed. "Sure.. I'm going home." He waved.
Woozi and Yeosang walk to the van. "You think this will really work?" Woozi asked.
"If not, we still get free help, right?" Yeosang chuckled. Woozi shrugged and waved at Minghao. Minghao looked at everyone. "Seungkwan's missing." He said as he saw the other kids in the van. Mingyu got out of the side door. "Alright, let's go to the theater, maybe he's still there." He suggested. Minghao pushed his glasses up and looked at the others in the van. "You guys stay here." He pointed.
The two walk away from the van and go to the theater. There, they come up with an empty auditorium. "It's odd, doesn't Seungkwan normally tell us when his classes are going longer?" Mingyu asked as he looked around the empty stage. "Usually.. but he's not even here." Minghao stated. "Let's call his cell and listen out as to where he is." He suggested. Mingyu nodded and watched Minghao take his phone out. "Good idea." Minghao put a finger on his lips as he pressed on Seungkwan's number. They hear a ring from behind the stage. Following the sound, they see it's coming from the dressing room. "Hello?" Seungkwan answered the phone. "Seungkwan-ah! You're missing headcount, where are you?" Minghao asked. "I'm organizing some things in the theater. Someone knocked over all of the mannequins.." He had annoyance in his voice. Minghao looked at Mingyu. "We're outside the dressing room, we're coming in." He said. Mingyu opened the door and the room was a mess with costumes and jewelry that were clearly knocked over. "Woah, it's a mess in here." He commented. "I told you," Seungkwan hung the phone up, "someone else here apparently has a big ass that they don't think about when they're turning.." He looked at the other male in the room.
Minghao noticed Jongho sitting down on the bench. "Jongho?" He raised an eyebrow. "Sorry.." He put his hands together. "Why aren't you helping?" Mingyu asked. Jongho looked around. "Sunbae said I would just make it messier if I tried to help." He said. Minghao sighed. "Sorry, Seungkwan, we need to go home. Jongho can fix this." He said, folding his arms. "You know Jeonghan won't be happy if we miss dinner." Mingyu hummed. "If I'm not home on time, I can't even make dinner." He said. Seungkwan sighed and stood up. "Okay, okay.." He put his hands up. "Jongho, please clean this mess up?" He asked. "I will, Sunbae. I'll send a pic when it's all cleaned up." He said, standing up and shedding his jacket. "You have Seungkwan's phone number?" Minghao put an eyebrow up. Seungkwan folded his arms. "Sungmin put him in charge of being my assistant, I kinda have to communicate with him if I want him to help me with the production." He said.
The two just look at him with smirks. "Seriously! Stop jumping to conclusions!" Seungkwan shouted at them. Mingyu poked the boy. "You two are dating, aren't you?" He asked. "No! No! No!" Seungkwan pushed them out of the dressing room. "Absolutely not!"
Minghao shook his head. "Poor boy.. Jeonghan's never going to approve of Jongho. He called his makeup ugly in the play last week." He said, walking out of the theater. "We're not dating!" Seungkwan said defensively. Mingyu hummed. "Mhm, and Jun doesn't like Yeji." He said. "Get in the car, we're running late." He pointed. Seungkwan pouted and sat in the back. Wonwoo gave an interested glare, seeing Seungkwan's upset look. "I wonder what happened to make Seungkwan so pissy.." He said, watching the road as Minghao drives. Seokmin looks at the diva. "I hear there's a lot of tea being spilled at dinner," He mentioned, "I can't wait." He said. Seungkwan shook his head. "There's no tea for me." He said angrily.
*** Time passes and the table fills up with the residents and the temporary resident. Dinner was finished thirty minutes late. "It's odd for dinner to be finished late," Jeonghan commented, "what took you guys at school?" He asked.
Mingyu looked at Minghao, shaking his head. "Seungkwan had some extra work in the theater," Minghao said, "his assistant made a big mess." He said. Jeonghan hummed and picked up his fork. "I see.. he's clumsy then?" Jeonghan asked, watching the interaction among the three. "Mingyu's shaking his head, what's going on?" He smirked. "Fine, you know what? Just say it, even if it's not true." Seungkwan said angrily. Seungcheol raised an eyebrow. "Drama already, huh?" "Jongho and Seungkwan are definitely dating." Minghao said with a smirk. Jeonghan drinks his water and looks at the diva who is fuming. "Date him if you're gonna," Jeonghan said, "just don't get me grandkids for a little while, okay?" He teased. Seungkwan tightened his fists under the table. "We're not dating.." He muttered angrily. Jeonghan shrugged and looked at Seungcheol. "Anyway, you'll never guess who I bumped into at the store today." He pushed past the Seungkwan topic, making the diva surprised. "Oh? And who would that be?" Seungcheol asked. "Nakamoto Yuta," Jeonghan said in a chuckle, "he recognized me first and greeted me." He said. Seungcheol raised his eyebrows. "He came to my office today applying for a job." He said. "Yeah, he was saying how he was in the area to beg for a job." Jaemin interrupted. Seungcheol chuckled. "Wow.. so much has happened today, huh?" He said with a smirk. "Yuta met Jeong-dad and applied for a job," Jun started, "Seungkwan and Jongho are dating, and Hoshi's going to Iksan." He said, raising his glass up.
Jeonghan widened his eyes and looked at Hoshi. "Since when are you going to Iksan?" He asked. "I- How did you know, Jun?" Hoshi looked from Jeonghan to Jun. "Oh.. was.. darn, now I'm spreading gossip like Seungkwan.." Jun scratched his neck.
Wonwoo chuckled. "Our gossip-bot is malfunctioning right now because he's in love. Please come back at a different time." He said in an automatic voice. "FINE! Yes, we're dating!" Seungkwan got up and left the table. Jeonghan watched the child take his plate of foot out of the kitchen. His attention then went back to the Hoshi situation. "Anyway, Iksan?" He asked. "Jisoo's uncle has a company in Iksan," Hoshi started, "Jisoo wanted me to go there as a representative over the weekend to see if dad's company can support them." He said. Jeonghan nodded and looked at Seungcheol. "So.. when was this going to be brought up to me?" He asked.
"I was going to talk to you about it in our room so that there wouldn't be so much going on.. but here we are." Seungcheol said. "I wanted to get your opinion on it before I gave permission to Hoshi." He said.
Vernon held his chin. "Isn't Hoshi an adult? He can go wherever he wants, right?" He asked.
"I asked for permission," Hoshi said, "I rather make sure we're all on the same page so there's no discord." He explained before looking at Jeonghan.
Jeonghan nodded. "Alright, if Seungcheol says it's okay, go ahead." He gave permission.