Better Better [Banginho/Minchan]

Chapter 9

Jisung decided not to come along to dance practice. Minho didn't question it further. He knew when to leave Jisung alone and this was definitely one of those times, though the younger's secretiveness still bugged him.

Minho went to pick up Chan after getting ready in lightning-speed. He was really looking forward to seeing him again, even though it had technically only been a few hours. He just hoped that today Kangmin would leave Chan alone. Minho's blood still boiled with anger when he thought about the way Kangmin always controlled the older.

Chan had texted him his address and Minho came to a stop in front of the rundown apartment complex. He didn't have to wait long before the older came outside, dressed casually in a gray sweater and black jeans, his hair the usual cute curly mess. Minho had to stop himself from staring. Chan looked effortlessly good.

The older smiled at him after getting into the car. They exchanged sort of shy greetings before Minho took off towards the dance studio. The sky looked like rain, so Minho was glad that he didn't walk today like he usually would. He occasionally sneaked a few side-glances at Chan who was looking out of the window absent-mindedly.

The drive to the dance studio wasn't long and passed with light conversation between the two of them. Chan seemed to be kind of excited about getting to watch practice, which made Minho promise himself to give it all he got today, in order to impress the older.

When they arrived, Minho saw Hyunjin and Felix, the other two members of his team, already warming up. They gave Chan a curious look. "Guys, this is my friend Chan, he's going to watch us practice today, if you don't mind", Minho said. "Channie, these are my friends and teammates Hyunjin and Felix", pointing his friends out to him. They both greeted Chan, though Minho noticed that Hyunjin seemed a little off. He'd ask him about it later.

"Hyunjin's one of my high school friends and Felix here from Australia to study abroad last year", Minho filled Chan in. The older's eyes lit up. "Really? I'm from Australia, too!" he exclaimed. Felix' eyes widened and from that point onwards it turned into a full-blown English conversation that Minho didn't even try to understand.

Instead, he decided to take Hyunjin aside, who hadn't said a word since greeting Chan. "Are you alright?" he questioned. The younger nodded, not looking Minho in the eyes, though. He'd known Hyunjin almost as long as he'd known Jisung, so it didn't take very much for him to know that he was lying.

"What's wrong. First Jisung's down and now you...too...wait a minute." Realization dawned on him. "You're the guy who made Jisung sad, aren't you?" he questioned. Hyunjin looked at him with a guilty expression. "I didn't mean to...", he muttered. Minho crossed his arms over his chest and raised an expectant eyebrow.

"You better explain. If you weren't you, I would have already punched you in the face about twenty seconds ago!" Hyunjin looked down at his feet, taking a few seconds to answer. Minho couldn't imagine what on earth could have happened between the two of them, that caused both of them to be like this. Usually, if they had a fight, they'd at least talk about it to Minho.

There had to be more...

"Yesterday, at the party, there was this seven minutes in heaven game going on upstairs...Jisung and I had ours together", Hyunjin started. Minho raised his other eyebrow as well, silently urging the younger to go on. "We...well, we kinda made out and Jisung...kind of told me that he was in love with me...", Hyunjin finally admitted.

Minho's eyes widened at the revelation. He sure hadn't expected that! Jisung? In love with Hyunjin? "And you rejected him?" he questioned. Hyunjin shook his head. "Not exactly...I panicked, I was confused. I didn't want to make things awkward between us, so I just said that I was sorry and...", he trailed off. "I bolted..."