Strawberry Pocky // Nomin

Ch. 18: Stuck

[Caution, long chapter ahead!]

[Jeno POV]

So how did he end up here?

Stuck in an elevator.

Alone.

Well...

...It all started when Sanha and Jinjin made MJ the third wheel.

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"Yah! Kkeumanae!" Jinjin laughed. "I'm your hyung!"

"Can I not tickle my boyfriend?" Sanha squealed as he was counter-attacked by Jinjin, his body jolting, and his laughs louder than anything else.

"You're too cute!" Jinjin tickled him more.

Sanha laughed, "Y-yah! Stop! You're making a s-scene!"

"I'm not the one being tickled," Jinjin laughed cutely, with a splash of obvious evil amusement at the younger.

Sanha eventually got on top of Jinjin and pecked his nose, showing his charming smile at his hyung.

"Stop it, we're in public ya know," Jinjin blushed, poking his boyfriend's nose.

"That's what I should say to you two!" MJ was sitting on the other side of the park bench of the lovebirds, his usual sunshine persona defiled into a grumpy camel.

Everyone in the park was trying to ignore the couple, because the cheesiness burned so much that bleach and holy water wouldn't protect you.

But MJ had the secret weapon:

Salt.

"Yeah, I thought we were gonna have a normal walk in the park as friends, but I'll leave you both to do whatever, " MJ was done putting up with embarrassed passerbys and pitiful looks.

He waved goodbye to his dongsaengs without hesitation and set off.

"Ah Hyung~" They both felt bad.

Sanha caught up to the short hyung in no time.
Jinjin went at his own leisure pace behind him.

"Mihane~ Rocky said he would join us, but he said he dropped his wallet in the mall and was going to be late," Sanha explained, not wanting to hurt the older's feelings.

"I don't really care at this point," MJ rolled his eyes and began to turn away again. "Its not like it has anything to do with me--"

"Hey MJ, was your wallet I.D. always a picture of our Rocky?" Jinjin had magically held up a wallet that he pulled from MJ's pockets.

"What the... Wait, that's Rocky's wallet..." MJ's eyes widened.

How did he not notice?!
Rocky was his roommate, and they always put their keys and wallets next to eachother... Meaning...

"HOLY SHI-- DOES THAT MEAN ROCKY LOST MY WALLET AT THE MALL?!" MJ was dying inside.

"Yeah. Why the despaired face?" Jinjin's brows wrinkled in confused.

"I HAVE A $1973 BTS CONCERT TICKET THAT I SAVED UP ON FOR SIX MONTHS IN THERE!" MJ's soul was coming out of his body.

"WHAT THE-- LETS GO HELP ROCKY!" Sanha ran ahead in the direction of the mall.

Jinjin shrugged and hailed a taxi, into which he offered to pay for since MJ couldn't just spend money from a wallet that wasn't his. Jinjin grabbed his boyfriend, and before they knew it, Rocky was running over to them, explaining that he had seven more floors to go, and they needed more people.