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When Wonwoo saw Mingyu sitting on a bench at their campus ground--head thrown to the back, mouth slightly gaping--he thought that he never felt so foolish.I actually like this guy?Wonwoo felt the familiar irritated feeling creeping in his chest and immediately took a deep breath. He’d been trying to control his breath every time he felt emotional. When he felt calm enough, he threw his blue cardigan towards Mingyu. The cardigan draped over Mingyu’s face.“Hey!” Mingyu let out a muffled sound. He removed the cardigan with his right hand and turned his head around, looking for the culprit. When he spotted Wonwoo, he squinted his eyes and threw back the cardigan.“What’s that for?”“So the world doesn’t have to see your ugly face.” Wonwoo deadpanned.Mingyu shook his head and made clicking sound with his mouth before putting his hand under his chin. He said with a smug smile, “Which part of this is ugly?”.And with that Wonwoo snapped. A part of him was angry at Mingyu for flashing that overly-confident smile, while the other part was angry at himself for still having butterflies upon seeing that smile. Wonwoo let out his frustration by throwing his bag towards Mingyu. Mingyu caught it effortlessly.“Breathe, Wonwoo...” Wonwoo muttered before sitting next to Mingyu and taking another deep breath. Mingyu watched him with eyebrows raised, but said nothing until Wonwoo started breathing normally again and took his bag from Mingyu’s hands.“Weird.” Mingyu said.“Says the person who sits here gaping like a drunk.”Mingyu growled his protests, which Wonwoo ignored. After that Mingyu went silent. Wonwoo glanced at him and saw him brooding.“What’s with the face?”“Handsome, right?”Wonwoo hit him on the arm and Mingyu let out an “ow!”.“Spit it out. Your moping face is annoying me.”“Okay, okay.” Mingyu said as he rubbed his right arm. “I, uh... Having a fight with Jeonghan-hyung. Uh, well, actually we didn’t fight? I kinda... got angry and walked out on him.”Wonwoo sighed. “What kind of idiocy did you do?””Ugh, will you listen to me?”“I’m listening!”“While throwing unnecessary sarcasm!!”“Okay, I’ll shut up.”Mingyu looked at Wonwoo suspiciously before continuing his story. “I saw Jeonghan-hyung sitting at the cafeteria with Choi Seungcheol.” Mingyu said Seungcheol’s name with a hint of frustration. “I got angry. I went to them. Hyung said that he was helping Seungcheol on an assignment. I left.”Wonwoo sighed, again. Hearing that sigh Mingyu quickly responded, “I know, I know.... It’s just that... You should’ve seen Seungcheol! His eyes! He’s definitely eyeing for Hyung’s lips the whole time!”“Are you sure you’re not imagining that?”“No!”“I don’t know much about Seungcheol but from what I do know, I’d say he’s not a jerk. He knows Jeonghan-hyung’s dating you. Hell, everyone knows. He won’t make a move on someone who’s taken.”“But--”“And are you seriously doubting Jeonghan-hyung?”“I’m not doubting him!”“Well, you sure act like you do.”Mingyu’s face turned white on Wonwoo’s words. “Oh no... Hyung... I must’ve hurt him...”Mingyu put his face in his hands. Wonwoo just let him be.After a few minutes of silence, Mingyu said something with his face still buried in his hands. “Jealousy is... Hard...”Wonwoo sighed for the nth time this day.Tell me about it.“It’ll be fine.” Wonwoo said. Mingyu took his head from his hands and looked at him with hopeful eyes.Avoiding those eyes, Wonwoo moved his gaze towards the grass below and said, “Just apologize to him. He’ll understand.” With a side glance, Wonwoo could see that Mingyu nodded.“And next time you’re about to burst out again, take a deep breath first.”Mingyu put on a small smile. “Thanks, Wonwoo-hyung.”Wonwoo nodded. Then he stood up and patted Mingyu’s back quickly before he left. As he walked away, he let out another sigh. But he felt somehow lighter. He could feel his lips curved into a small smile.Jeonghan jerked his head up and flashed Jihoon his usual smile when he noticed Jihoon walking towards him. Jihoon smiled back.Jihoon knew that Jeonghan was forcing himself. He saw how Jeonghan was a few seconds ago, dropping his shoulders, eyes looking at his opened book with blank stare.“He’s an idiot, but he’ll come to his senses eventually,” Jihoon said as he took a seat across Jeonghan. They were at the cafeteria, which is empty of its usual crowd of hungry students since it’s well past lunch time.The edges of Jeonghan’s lips dropped a bit, but it actually made Jihoon felt relieved. His friend finally stopped putting up a front.“Yeah... I’ll talk to him when he’s calmed down.... But...” Jeonghan hesitated on his words.Jihoon sensed that there’s another reason Jeonghan seemed so concerned. “You don’t have to stress over it.”Jeonghan shook his head. “Mingyu won’t take it well.”Jihoon knew he’s right. It’s apparent from how Mingyu had been acting on his feelings. His attitude towards Jeonghan and Seungcheol today was one example.“...But you want this.”Jeonghan replied without hesitation. “Yes.”“He cares for you. He’ll try to understand. You should at least talk to him about it.”“You’re right.” Jeonghan let out a chuckle. “Why am I so worried like this? Ha ha ha.” Jeonghan’s laugh was dry.Jihoon patted Jeonghan’s hand and was replied with a small squeeze.Jeonghan said with a small voice, “I guess I’m just scared... I don’t want to lose him.”Jihoon squeezed back.When Jeonghan waved Jihoon goodbye, he looked better. His smile wasn’t forced anymore. Jihoon waved back. He stood still until Jeonghan turned his back and finally went out of sight.Jeonghan’s smile was back, but Jihoon felt terrible. A bunch of “what if” whirling in his head. What if Mingyu refused to accept Jeonghan’s decision? What if they broke up? What if he wanted them to break up?The thought hit his stomach like a hard punch, he felt like throwing up.Just then, his phone beeped. It was a message.From: Soonyoung

Jihoon! Let’s grab a burger!Jihoon texted his reply before putting his phone back to his pocket and walked away. When he arrived at the burger place, Soonyoung was already seated. Two burgers, two cola, and a pack of french fries on the table.Jihoon sat down and said his thanks before looking at the burger in front of him. He’s not sure if his stomach was ready, but Soonyoung was waiting with burger in his hand, so Jihoon grabbed his and took a bite. It turned out that his stomach was okay. The burger was delicious, it’s his favorite meat and egg with a bit of extra mayonaise.Jihoon continued to dig on his burger, but stopped when he felt Soonyoung’s gaze on him.“What?” Jihoon growled as he looked up from his burger.Soonyoung put down his burger and put his hand on his own chin instead. “I was just wondering why people tend to see you as younger than you are. I think you look old. Like really old. I mean, with all those frowns on your face?”Jihoon couldn’t believe Soonyoung just interrupted his perfect time with his burger for this. He grabbed a french fries and threw it towards Soonyoung. Soonyoung just laughed as it hit the zipper of his sweatshirt. The french fries fell to his lap and he took it with his hand, bringing it to his mouth.As he looked at Soonyoung’s playful smile and gleaming eyes, Jihoon noticed how his own face relaxed. He didn’t even realize that he was tense. He could feel his lips curving up before taking another bite at his burger.