[Jeongin]
We sat the pillows of my bed. Huening Kai was fisting his hair in frustration of not understanding the study guide. Flames fuming out his nose as he huffed. I couldn't help but chuckle at his frustrations.
"What's so funny?" He spewed, with a less than intimidating glare. It made me laugh more.
"Nothing, it's just.. I invited you over here to study together. Yet, you are here struggling as you try to study by yourself." I admitted what I found a but humorous.
"Sorry. You're right."
There was music blasting in the distance down the hall. Probably from one of the twins rooms. It wasn't loud enough to disrupt the thinking process, but still loud enough to hear coherently. My bet was San's room, cause Hongjoong is over and I assume the music is to mask whatever noises are going on beyond the walls and the loud lyrics.
I tried not to think about it long enough to picture it, I did not need that image in my head.
The sunlight from the window was filtering in, getting brighter only when clouds moved past the sun for a split second. Then they'd cover it up again, dimming the room slightly. The heater kicked on, causing the curtains to flow a little abs the humming sound filled the air.
The floorboards of the hall creaked and the rustic turning of hinges on a door as someone entered Hyunjin's room across that hall. Probably Felix and Hyunjin, himself.
There were faint whispers of a conversation I couldn't hear before the door shut, closing the noise off completely.
"You okay?" Huening Kai asked and I snapped back to here.
"Yea, just all the noises distracted me for a second. I'm good, though." I scooted an inch or two closer, as we decided to start discussing the material.
In the mist of the discussion and review our study guides I couldn't help but ask, "How are you and your.. uhm.. person doing?" Completely forgetting what he would be called.
"We are fine. He started to lean more into the idea of becoming official soon. So that's something."
"I bet it's exciting." I smiled at him and he nodded.
"Yea. I don't know, I've just never liked someone this much since yo-" he stopped himself and I didn't press, knowing very well what he was going to say.
"I'm glad you're happy, Hyuka."
"Thanks, Innie."
There was a thin layer of awkward silence after that, but not for long as we heard loud laughter burst into the hallway and running footsteps. A laughter I knew well, but a voice chasing after him that I didn't know at all.
"Hyunjin, get your ass back here!" The stranger yelled. Hyuka and I shared a curious look as we both climbed off my bed and peeked out my bedroom doorway. The first thing I saw was someone I assumed to be the owner of the new voice stomping down the stairs.
I sneaked up the little railing and peaked over as I saw Hyunjin bolt behind one of the chairs. The stranger grabbed a pillow and within a split second he chucked it right at Jinnie's head. Poor Jinnie didn't even have time to duck, it struck him on the side of his face and he belted out a fake cry.
Hyuka and I slowly walked down the stares and I began to slightly recognize the stranger boy as one of Changbin's team members.
My eyes went wide as the dark haired boy jumped over the back of the chair and tackled Hyunjin to the ground. They began wrestling and that's when I decided to make my presences known.
"What's going on?" I asked, slowly peaking over the back of the chair. Both boys looked at me and I suddenly realized exactly why Hyunjin had fallen victim to this boy. The boy had marker lines on his cheek as if Hyunjin had taken a sharpie to the boys face.
"He fucking marked up my face." He took a sharpie out of his back pocket and proceeded to try and force it down onto Hyunjin's face, but Hyunjin fought back trying to keep the others hands away from him by holding his wrists firmly and squirming under him.
"You look prettier now! I was doing you a favor!" Hyunjin whined playfully, with a mischievous laugh.
"Oh you little-"
"What's going on down here?" San came running down the stairs fixing a sweater over his body, Hongjoong closely behind him, trying to hide the fact that he was buttoning his jeans.
I proceeded to act innocent as I sat in the chair, Huening Kai held his hands up as he had nothing to do with this, and the two boys behind the chair fumbled to their feet in an attentive position.
"Jungkook, what's with your face bro?" San asked confused. So that's his name. I turned to look at the two boys behind me. Jungkook pointed to Hyunjin.
"This bitch marked it with a sharpie." He huffed. Hyunjin smiled back and San snorted under his breath.
"Go wash your face dude. Hyunjin no more markers for you, hand them over." San held out his hand to Hyunjin but he didn't have any markers to give the older.
"They are in my room. And I use them for art, you can't take them from me." Hyunjin fake pouted and San having a weakness for that, just groaned.
"Fine, but stop drawing on people."
Jungkook wasn't Hyunjin's first victim. I was, and then Felix and then Cheongsan. He tried to be playful with Joong but San got territorial and held Hyunjin down.
Speaking of... where was Felix?
"Hyunjin? Where's Felix? Wasn't he supposed to be here?"
"He stopped by his dorm to grab some things, he should be here soon. How's the studying going?" Hyunjin plopped down on the couch as Jungkook disappeared up the stairs to wash his face clean of the black lines.
Huening Kai kept standing awkwardly and I gestures for him to sit down in the other arm chair, so he did. Joong smiled awkwardly at us, sharing eye contact with me a little longer than he should have knowing I caught him fumbling with the button of his jeans.
While San doesn't mind letting people know who he's with, Hongjoong seems more shy about it still. As if we won't approve or will look at him differently for being with a man. Which is ridiculous, but I understand the anxiety.
Jungkook came trotting back down the stairs with a clean face and smug look as he hopped onto the couch beside Hyunjin, immediately pulling out his phone.
Hyunjin leaned onto Jungkooks shoulder looking at whatever it was on the older's screen. I shifted a little uncomfortable, not liking the proximity between the two, but I know they were just friends. Besides, I wouldn't allow myself to be jealous so soon after telling Hyunjin he needed to dial down his jealousy a few notches.
"I'm gonna go grab our textbooks and guides." Hyuka said as he rushed up the stairs as quickly as he could. When he returned, we sat on the floor between the coffee table and the tv. The opposite side of Hyunjin and Jungkook. Despite not want to be jealous, I was a little jealous cause I haven't caught him glancing in my direction once.
So I just took a deep breath and focused on my studies, continuing to go over the material with Huening Kai. The blonde leaned in a little and whispered to me.
"Aren't you two a thing now?" He asked. "Doesn't that bother you?"
"It's his friend. He's trying to be okay with you being here, he can have a friend over too." I admitted quietly glancing at Hyunjin through my lashes, smiling slightly. Finally caught him looking.
"Sorry, it's just I'd be uncomfortable if they were that close."
"You mean how close you are too me right now?"
"Right sorry." He backed up quickly and I laughed.
"I was joking." I playfully pushed his shoulder.
"Well the last thing I want is to be beaten up by one of your boyfriends." He rubbed the back of his neck.
There was two knocks on the door before it opened, signaling someone was coming in. The only person comfortable enough to do that is Felix. When his blonde head of hair came into view I smiled, a smile he returned. Then his eyes landed on Hyunjin and Jungkook, and how close they were. To which his expression changed from happy to confused.
"Hey Felix!" I happily waved to him from the floor and he smiled brightly at me before it faded again as he looked back at Hyunjin. Hyunjin's head being on Jungkook's shoulder and looking a little too comfy was probably upsetting the blonde.
"Hyunjin." Felix called out to him with no answer. "Hyunjin." And once more.
"Hyunjin, Felix is.." Jungkook got the boys attention but Felix had already stopped off into the kitchen where San and Hongjoong were.
Hyunjin looked around at the room for a minute before standing up and going in the same direction. Jungkook following him.
"Well, Felix seemed upset." Huening Kai admitted a little louder now that we were the only two in the room.
"Yea, he doesn't like being ignored. Not that Jinnie was purposefully ignoring him, but it had the same affect either way." I kept glancing back into the kitchen archway, I couldn't see anybody but I could slightly hear them. "Let's just finish studying."
No matter how hard I tried to focus, I couldn't with the voices in the kitchen slowly growing more stern in tone. Cheongsan came down the stairs.
"I can feel the tension upstairs, what's going on?" Empathic much?
"I don't know. Felix got irritated and now they are all in the kitchen." I admitted and stood to follow behind Cheongsan. I don't know if Huening Kai followed, I was more focused on using the older in front of me as a human shield.
Something felt off.
When we rounded into the kitchen however, my gut was proven right.
Felix was trying to get into Jungkook's face as San and Hyunjin was in between the two. Felix had his finger pointed into the Seniors nose, poking him. Jungkook pushed his hand out of his face lightly.
"You know what, I'm just gonna go. Hyunjin, I'll see you in class okay."
"Wait, Kook don't go." Hyunjin said.
"I know when I'm not welcome." Jungkook flashed a look at Felix.
"You are welcome. He's just upset, he will get over it." I watched as Felix got more upset at Hyunjin's words.
"Oh, so you don't care that this whole thing makes me uncomfortable?"
"He is just a friend, Felix." Hyunjin claimed, and I started to feel slightly out of place.
"So-" Felix started but was immediately interrupted by Hyunjin.
"So you're perfectly fine with Jeongin full on kissing another guy, but I can't even be close to my best friend?"
"That's different."
"How is it different l! If anything Jeongin's situation is worse." Hyunjin turned to me with an apologetic look, "no offense baby."
"None taken, you have a point." I said, finally stepping up to Hyunjin's side.
"Maybe we should just take this upstairs and settle it in private?" I suggested, slowly reaching my hand out to Felix who was fuming.
He eventually took it and we all walked upstairs, I could hear San in the background.
"Well, let's find something to do while we wait for them to fuck it out." Then I heard a smack. Probably Hongjoong smacking him upside the head.
I brought us to my room.
Hyunjin immediately sat down with me on the bed, his arms hugging his knees. He looked at me and whispered. "Now I understand how you felt. I'm sorry."
I sighed and looked at Felix, who remained standing. "Look, I'll admit I didn't really like how close Hyunjin was to Jungkook either. But it was very clear they are only friends, Lix. And if you are going to be made at him for having a friend over, then you have to be mad at me for kissing my ex boyfriend. Who is also downstairs by the way." I stood, hand on Hyunjin's knee as I traced my thumb back and forth assuringly.
"But he didn't even acknowledge me when I-"
"I was watching a video on his phone with him! You know how I get when I zone out like that!"
"Can you stop fucking interrupting me and let me just talk?" Felix grew more frustrated, dusting his hair.
"Felix, you're not necessarily being fair at the moment." I called him out. "You completely defended me when it came to the situation with Hyuka. Why is it so hard for you to let this slide with Hyunjin?"
"Because I- because.." He stuttered and his hands dropped. "Because.."
"You don't have a reason, do you?"
"No. No I don't." He admitted with a shameful sigh.
"Then knock it off. For the love of god, both of you need to stop getting so jealous. Hyunjin, I'm your boyfriend now. Okay? And Felix, despite us being together we are still choosing to include you with us. Not Jungkook. Not Hyuka. It's just the three of us."
"If I may say something, Jungkook is also crushing on a hyung of his." Hyunjin said, lowering his legs to the floor. "Kim Taehyung, the one who graduated last year."
"I know Tae." Felix sighed, "that makes a lot of sense though."
"So.. is everything fine?" I asked, raising my hands up a little.
"Yea, I'm fine." Felix said, looking to Hyunjin and opening up his arms. Hyunjin waddled up to him and hugged him. "Just try not be so buddy buddy, in front of me."
Hyunjin chuckled an 'okay.'
We all walked back downstairs to laughter to the ones we left down here. It saddened me however that Haejin never hung out with us, but i respected that they only ever wanted privacy.
"You guys figure it out?" Cheongsan asked and we gave the thumbs up and joined whatever conversation was going.
But I couldn't help but spare glances at my two lovers, Hyunjin seemed fine. But they uncomfortable aura Felix had, the look in his eyes as he kept watching Hyunjin joke around with his friend.
Something was wrong, cause Felix wasn't okay.
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[A/N]
After a few days of writers block I finally finished a chapter. I honestly just kept writing prompts to over and over until I just got over writers block. And it worked.
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