"Here's your room key. Me and Leles room is across from you. I figure we relax and then go look for a place to have dinner. Lele said he doesn't care so our, like, very fancy day won't be happening yet, but we have plenty of time."
The two males nod and sending at parting smile at their friends before going into their hotel room. Neither talk as they set their bags down and get comfortable. Jaemin eyes Haechan, trying not to be too obvious about it. He doesn't notice that Haechan's moved over to him until he turns around and comes face to face with him. Haechan holds his arms out and that's all Jaemin needs to melt into him. Waves of comfort wash over him, making him realize how much he's wanted a hug from the male.
Haechan holds Jaemin tight, feeling his grip on him. "I'm not going anywhere", he says.
"I still don't want you to let go", Jaemin mumbles.
"I won't."
➳
"I understand how single people feel when they're surrounded by couples."
"Aren't you being a little dramatic?"
Jisung just stares at Doyoung, who's currently cuddling with both of his boyfriends, his expression making them laugh.
"Aw, come here, Jisung", Yuta says, getting up and making grabby hands for him.
Jisung laughs when he sees Taeyong and Doyoung pouting. "I think you guys can manage without him right now."
"Doesn't mean we want to."
"Too bad."
"Wanna fight?"
Taeyong pulls his boyfriend back down, amused. "Calm down."
"Wait, but who would win a fight between Doyoung and Jisung?" Jeno asks.
"Me obviously."
"Absolutely not."
"Wait, Doyoung have you ever been in a fight?"
"No. I always got stopped. Good thing was that everyone knew I wasn't a troublemaker so if a situation happened, they were a bit nicer about it. My parents still told me not to risk getting in fights."
"Jisung, how badly did you get in trouble for fighting?"
"Well, at one point my parents threatened me with no Jaemin or Haechan if I didn't go a month without getting in a fight."
"Did it work?"
"Well, I didn't start any."
"I think if finished them, those people would be dead."
Jisung rolls his eyes. "I am not a murderer. And I hated when things got bloody."
Mark shudders, gaining their attention. "I can't stand blood sometimes and I hate watching fights or things like that so like all of this would freak me the fuck out."
"Makes sense. But I really am not as bad as everyone seems to think I am."
Yuta snorts. "Sure."
"Why is this brought up in like half the conversations I have?"
"Because it's one of the most interesting things about you", Doyoung jokes.
"Ha ha, very funny."
"Yuta, I don't know if I like him."
"And?" Yuta questions, making Doyoungs expression drop.
"There hasn't been one day where they're not like this", Taeyong says.
"But obviously Doyoung knows how to fix it", Jisung says at the same time Jeno says, "He fixes it."
Their eyes widen and the two high five, smiling happy at the red-faced males.
"I don't like you two getting along."
"That must suck for you."
"Yuta, I thought Jisung was nice."
"He is. Right now, he's also comfortable. And testing his limits."
"I wanna see the nice side."
"Trust me, he's still like this when he's being nice", Jeno tells him.
"I thought Haechan was the mean one, but he's just sassy. Jisung is just mean."
"Haechan is mean too. I can just be worse when I want to."
"No, you're definitely meaner", Mark speaks up. "Haechan seems to just say things and not think about how they sound. You, on the other hand, just don't care."
"Only sometimes. Also, why am I being targeted again? Do you all like me that much?"
"I do", Yuta says with a grin as he squeezes the male tighter.
"I have an idea", Taeyong says. "We should play a game to get to know each other better."
"No", Jisung groans."I'm not doing this shit again. I'm still recovering from last time."
"What happened last time?"
"Way too much."
"Jeno?"
"Sleepover, Renjun was added into the mix, a game that was Renjuns idea. He asked very...interesting questions."
"They were all about sex, weren't they?"
"Half of them. The others were just good questions to ask to get information out of us and there was alcohol and it just turned into this whole thing and then we played another game and Jaemin won that."
"They were gonna have a heart attack."
"Shut the fuck up, you were just as bad."
"I didn't want him to kiss me!"
"What?"
➳
"Renjun!"
"Hi cutie."
Renjun smiles at the way Sungchans cheeks turn pink, the male smiling at the nickname.
"Copier!" Chenle calls from the bathroom.
"I called him that before I met you!" Renjun calls back and then faces the screen again. "Sorry about that. How's it going?"
"No one else cuddles as well as you do."
An off-screen cough his heard, a guest being confirmed when Sungchan smiles to something at the side.
"Who's there with you?"
Sungchan turns his screen to reveal Winwin sitting on his couch, scrolling through his phone."Winwin. I got lonely."
"Are you sure you don't want a roommate?"
"I'd only want it to be one of you guys and I'd honestly prefer you or Winwin but you guys need to do your thing in your own space. It's fine. He'll be my temporary roommate for the week."
"Well, I'm glad you're not alone."
"You know I'd never let myself be lonely for too long. But let's put the talk about me on hold 'cause I wanna know what your plans are. And Yangyang is planning on pretending to be salty about it."
"Thank you, cutie. Um, well, we're just slowly preparing to get ready to go explore and find a place to eat. Oh, that reminds! Lele!" Renjun calls.
"What?"
"Would Jaemin and Haechan go to a club?"
"We can make them!"
"Okay, perfect!" Renjun turns back to face Sungchan. "So we'll do that, like, tomorrow or something."
"Aw, that sounds fun. I wish I was there", Sungchan says, starting to pout.
"If you upset him, you're paying for his temporary happiness! I think today it's ice cream!" Winwin shouts from off-screen.
"Got it!" Renjun says loudly. "Don't worry, we'll do a bunch of stuff together when I get back. Should we force Yangyang, Taro, and Winwin into a spa day again?"
"Yes!"
"Love is literally the only thing that helps you guys."
"We love you too", Sungchan and Renjun say in unison.
Sungchan gasps. "Aw, he's blushing."
"Sungchan, if you put that camera on me, I will only play sad songs."
"Stop threatening him!"
Sungchan giggles. "You guys are like parents."
"Your good looks come from me."
"I thought we're not supposed to lie!"
"I'm not!"
"Really? 'Cause I think the good looks come from both of us, considering you always tell me-"
"Winwin!" Renjun shouts. "Leave Sungchan out of this!"
"Oh my God", Chenle mutters to himself, having moved onto the bed.
"Oh, hi Chenle!" Sungchan waves.
"Hi Sungchan!" Chenle says, waving back.
"I'm gonna let you get ready. Winwin has to help me make dinner anyway. Say hi to Haechan and Jaemin for me."
"I will. I love you, cutie."
"I love you too!" Renjun puckers his lips, air kissing the males. Sungchan does the same back and grins. "Want me to kiss Winwin for you?"
"Please do", Renjun says and sends another air kiss."
"Bye!"
"Bye!"
As soon as the call ends, Sungchan gets up and goes over to Winwin and leans over to kiss his cheek. "That's from Renjun." He kisses his other cheek. "And this is from me." Winwin looks up at him gestures for the male to lean down. Once Sungchan does, he kisses his forehead, causing a small smile to form. "Thank you."
"I don't mind."
Sungchan snorts. "Yeah, right."
Winwin puts his phone down and looks at him. "I'm serious. With you, I really don't mind."
"You don't have to do that."
"Do what?"
"You don't have to...act like that because it's me. I'm not going to break."
"That doesn't mean we shouldn't be careful", Winwin says softly, silencing him. "I mean it though. I really love you and I've never minded affection with you. I'm just not used to giving it and I didn't really receive it that much before any of you guys either so it was different, but I don't hate it. And you're really cute so it's very easy to be affectionate with you."
Sungchans face goes red, making Winwin chuckle. He holds out his arms and laughs when Sungchan moves around the couch and throws himself into the males arms, hiding his face. "Thank you", he whispers.
"Stop thanking us. We thank you for allowing us to be in your life."
➳
"Sungchan is so adorable."
"He is. I love him so much."
"Who do we love?" Haechan asks, him and Jaemin joining them in the hallway.
"Sungchan", Renjun answers. "Oh, he said hi, by the way."
"That's sweet of him."
"Oh, and we decided we're going clubbing tomorrow."
"Oh."
"You don't have to."
Haechan shakes his head. "No, it's fine."
"I don't believe you."
"No, I'll go."
"Cookie", Jaemin says softly, not wanting the male to force himself.
"If I really don't think I can handle it, I won't go, but I wanna try. I'm gonna be with you guys anyway."
"Of course. And if it gets too much for you, we can leave at any time, okay?"
Haechan looks at Chenle. "And you turned him down?"
"Let it go!"
➳
"Okay", Renjun says, putting in earrings. "How do I look?"
"Since when do you have pierced ears?"
"Do you even read the captions to my posts on Insta?"
"Uh, sometimes. What are we talking about?"
"Last months post that starts with a selfie of Yangyang. I said I was gonna bother him and might steal his boyfriend."
"Yeah, I definitely don't remember."
Renjun rolls his eyes. "Well, I did bother him and I did take Tens attention of him because he did my piercings. I'm also definitely gonna get a navel piercing but I wasn't ready for that yet. But imagine seeing my pretty piercing when I wear a crop top. Oh, I wanna take pictures of it so bad."
"You would look great."
"Of course I would but thank you."
Chenle rolls his eyes playfully. "How do I look?"
"I would fuck you in that outfit."
"Renjun!"
➳
"We're gonna go get drinks. In the meantime, please do things I would do."
"We're not giving anyone a striptease!" Haechan calls after him.
"There's more!" Renjun calls back, disappearing amongst the crowd, hand tightly clasped around Chenles.
➳
"Lele's in love with me, right?"
"Mark! Jisungs being insecure!"
"On it!"
Jisung looks at the two in confusion. "What the hell?"
"Lele warned us about this. Mark is proceeding with phase one."
"What the fuck?"
"Okay", Mark says, looking up from his phone.
Jisungs phone buzzes in his pocket, making him look at the two suspiciously.
Mine💕
I love you and I'm so
irrevocably in love with you
Jisung
I love you too and I'm so in love
with you and always will be
"How are you feeling?" Mark asks.
"Is this part of phase one?"
"Maybe..."
"I'm fine?"
"Are you still worried?"
"What happens if I say yes? And don't just say phase two."
Mark looks at Jeno. "Initiate phase two."
"Is there a phase three?"
"Phase three is more of a last resort."
"What's phase two and why are you even doing this?"
"We have a list."
"Huh?"
"We have a list. We must follow standard protocol. Things like phase three are emergency protocols. Specially curated just for you."
"So me being insecure is on the list?"
"Yep. There are some general ones and more specific ones like if you watch a sad movie and start crying."
"If you wanna try cooking."
"I was yelled at on the list", Mark says quietly.
"It's okay, Pumpkin, it's for the best. There's better things to do than cook anyways."
"How should I be thinking right now?"
"Knowing Jeno, both."
Jeno rolls his eyes. "I am not that dirty-minded."
"Are we telling lies now?"
"Just come here and cuddle. Jisung, you're in the middle."
"What?"
Why does food hold so much trauma for me? Like eating it is its own thing but like sharing literally causes so much distress. Like okay sharing is good, whatever. Sharing food, not my favorite thing. Probably not most people's favorite thing. And so I have two brothers and idk why but basically whatever I like, whatever I pick out myself, they want some of. And they will literally have their own food. When we go grocery shopping, we pick out our own snacks and they still stare at mine/ask for some and, like, my older brother, he doesn't share a lot. Most of the time he says "this is mine, don't touch it" and that basically means he's not sharing, don't even ask. We respect that. But when it comes to me?
Respect flies out the window
And my mom usually forces me to share because I need to be nice and if I say no, she makes me feel bad and my older brother looks like a sad puppy so I always end up sharing and can literally not enjoy my food and snacks myself
Even setting that boundary, warning my brothers beforehand, literally asking them if they want their own, doesn't do anything cause 1) my older brother says no and still stares at MY food like I'm starving him by eating MY food and 2) it makes me feel guilty so even if they just let me eat it, I feel obligated to share because I think I'm being mean if I don't. I literally think I'm being mean if I ate the food I picked out for myself, knowing full well my brothers have their own
And then this literally goes right into eating it so it's like I can't enjoy food
And my mom knows about the sharing thing and joked about it, literally making me stress out and almost start crying so now I have a snack next to me I don't even wanna eat cause it's gonna cause a whole thing
I literally hate this so much
Sorry for the rant
I love you
I hope you're having a good day
Not proofread❤️