at the end of the day

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the last time seungkwan and mingyu saw each other was at a party.

the young boy had no idea what song was playing, but all he knew was that the bass was reverberating into his skull. the beer he was drinking was a little warm, he didn't know half of the people inside of the cramped apartment, and he was fairly certain that he didn't even know the owner of the apartment; but he didn't care all that much. it was the end of another grueling exam season, and the college students were using the time to celebrate or to lament over whatever grade they may end up with.

seungkwan himself felt that he did a pretty decent job on his exams this time around, so he was in a pretty light mood. that, and summer break had finally arrived, and he was excited to return home for the break. he was almost positive that nothing could ruin the good spirits he was in that night. he'd lost his best friends to the crowd around an hour ago and he didn't even feel like looking for them. he was sure that soonyoung was off somewhere making out with chan. he didn't see the point in intruding on the couple, so he walked off.

and that was how seungkwan found himself wandering into the kitchen. he held a hand up to his temple and winced as he walked further inside. he was away from the crowd and the gargantuan speakers taking up space in the living room, but he could still hear the same mind-numbing, bass-heavy song playing faintly in the background. despite that, he was still happy to find a place of solace for himself.

seungkwan looked around the relatively small kitchen and was pleasantly surprised to find that the area was almost completely vacant, save for a few stragglers that were holding their own quiet conversations. his eyes eventually fell onto a tall figure leaning against the refrigerator and he let out a chuckle in disbelief. he couldn't believe that that tall goof was there.

the tall goof in question (mingyu, as he preferred to be called) looked over to the entrance of the kitchen, his eyes and ears following the noise of laughter that came from the younger boy. once his gaze fell on seungkwan, he let out a chuckle of his own. he took a sip of his beer and kept his gaze down, hoping his chill demeanor would intrigue the younger boy.

sure enough, seungkwan fell for the trap. his feet subconsciously took him towards the older boy, leaning onto the counter beside mingyu with a huff, as if he were being forced to stand beside the older boy. mingyu didn't visibly acknowledge his junior's presence, but a part of him felt giddy that seungkwan approached him first, though another part of him worried that this meant that the younger boy only came over to berate him. either way, he was happy to have seungkwan by his side.

mingyu took a sip of his beer. he glanced down at the younger boy, who was focused on his own beer, and the older boy smiled to himself. his smile morphed into a smirk as he stared ahead. "you stalking me, little man?" the older boy joked.

seungkwan let out a disgruntled noise as he harshly elbowed the older boy in the ribs. "you wish." he took a sip of his beer and quickly swallowed it, letting out a weird noise before he said, with obvious disdain towards the older boy, "why are you even here? don't you have graduation early tomorrow?" 

mingyu just shrugged. "yeah, but jungkook and dongmin insisted that i had to join them tonight." he looked out into the crowd gathered in the living room. he was sure that his friends were out there somewhere, but it was so dark out there that he couldn't even make out any familiar faces. with a grimace, he turned to face seungkwan and added, "i lost them out there a while ago."

"yeah, i lost seokmin and soonyoung a while ago, too." seungkwan replied with a shrug.

mingyu let out a snort as he looked down at the younger boy. "what, no hyungs?"

seungkwan rolled his eyes at the condescending tone in the older boy's words. in his defense, mingyu almost always spoke to him in that manner. either way, he didn't appreciate it. "oh, please. you don't call soonyoung hyung like, half of the time."