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「𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐩, 𝐢'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫」

yeosang missed seonghwa, it has been around 2 weeks since he last saw him "yeo, you've studied enough, i know how much you miss him." 

hongjoong was sat next to him in the dinner table where books and papers were scattered all over, not to mention it was close to midnight, jongho was fast asleep in his room while joong had stayed up with him under the guise of doing his thesis but in reality he was keeping an eye on his younger friend 

"b-but i need to study hyung, the exams are in 2 days." hongjoong sighs at how tense yeosang was "and you will do great, seriously sang, the more you stress about it, the more you'll tend to have a mind block on the actual day." hongjoong closes his laptop and closes the book yeosang was reading despite his whines 

"come on, you need to rest." hongjoong hugs him from behind, almost rocking him like a baby "do you think applying to college was an ambitious thing to do?" yeosang asks, leaning towards hongjoong's touch 

"no, this is your future yeo, i know that in terms of perspectives, doing something for yourself sounds selfish but in this scenario, it's not." yeosang rubs his eyes, the exhaustion finally coursing through his system 

"tired baby?" he nods making hongjoong chuckle, he helps him clear up the table for the next day and they drag themselves to their shared room.

hongjoong tucks him into bed but he doesn't let the younger fall asleep just yet, he goes through the desk in the room and gets out of the room to get a glass of water 

"don't think i'm letting you sleep without reminding you to take your meds." he says as he comes back, yeosang chuckles at how much hongjoong has been taking care of him ever since he moved in with them 

"i didn't forget," yeosang sits up, taking the pill from hongjoong's hand and taking a huge gulp of the water "i won't have anyone to take care of me in college." yeosang jokes making hongjoong laugh softly 

"do you really think jong and i will let you live all by yourself in the dorm with some stranger?" yeosang nods, earning a light slap on his thigh "we've been thinking about moving in together this semester, since i'm graduating and i don't know, i just can't stand the fact that i will be away from him." hongjoong says, his eyes softening as he talks about jongho 

"i love him so much yeo and he's the one." yeosang holds hongjoong's hands, they were shaking and he knew that the older was overwhelmed with emotions 

"have you told him?" yeosang asks, hongjoong shakes his head, squeezing his hands "not yet but i will, the day we leave for your exams." yeosang hugs him immediately "i know he loves you too hyung, you don't have to be scared."

.・゜-: ✧ :-　　-: ✧ :-゜・．

morning came in a heartbeat, yeosang stretches his back, blinking his eyes a couple of times as he adjusts to the light "yeo, i was just going to wake you up but someone is here for you," he thanks jongho's grandmother and he gets up from the bed, he looked like a mess but he didn't really care, not wanting whoever was looking for him waiting 

"good morning sleeping beauty." yeosang immediately regrets not fixing himself when he sees his boyfriend "shit- hwa, what are you doing here?" yeosang immediately covers his puffy face with his hands out of embarrassment 

"yeo, stop that, you look absolutely divine." seonghwa pries his hands away from his face "what are you doing here?" yeosang asks "i've missed my boyfriend, it's been 2 weeks and i barely see you," seonghwa hugs him, inhaling his delicate scent 

"i know, i'm sorry i've been so busy with work." yeosang apologizes, his hold on to seonghwa's torso getting tighter 

"which is why i'm taking you out for brunch before i leave for seoul after lunch." yeosang nods, he sees it as a reward for studying so hard the past weeks, he deserves to spend time with seonghwa "okay, just let me shower and get dressed." seonghwa pecks his forehead one more time before letting him wander off to the hallway.

"processing enrollment?" jongho asks, giving seonghwa a cup of coffee "yeah, how about you guys? you've finished?" jongho nodded, explaining that they've already finished on the week of yeosang's birthday 

"if you don't mind me asking, why has yeosang been so busy? has he been over-working himself?" seonghwa asks concernedly, he can see jongho's eyes shift around 

"i guess you could say that, he got longer hours at the library since he quit his job at the convenience store but he's sleeping great! just great!" jongho says a little to enthusiastically which made seonghwa raise an eyebrow 

"i have nothing to worry about, right?" he asks with a firm tone "joong and i are taking care of him, he's just been so busy with work." jongho smoothly recovers when he sees seonghwa retract.

seonghwa pulls the chair for yeosang when they got a table, the younger commenting about how much of a gentleman he is "wish you could come to seoul with me." seonghwa says while yeosang was busy looking at the menu 

"i wish i could, seeing seoul with you would be great." he had to bite his tongue, not wanting to spoil his surprise 

"yeah, we can stay at our house, you can meet my parents, we can hang out with my friends and i can brag about how beautiful my boyfriend is, we can even go to lotte world!" yeosang chuckles at how excited seonghwa was as he relays his plans 

"you'd really want your parents to meet me?" seonghwa nods "of course i do and you'll be the first person i'd bring home." yeosang blushes at the flattery 

"i'm sure you've brought your ex-girlfriend to meet them." seonghwa shakes his head, reminding the younger that they didn't last long "and you think we'll last long?" yeosang asks with wide, glimmering eyes "of course i do, i've never liked someone this strongly." 

after a lovely brunch, seonghwa had bought yeosang a dessert to keep him busy because he had something to attend to "i will be right back, i promise." seonghwa kisses the crown of his head before he left to go to a electronics store they passed by earlier.

he had picked out a phone that he wanted to give to yeosang, considering his current one was close to dying, he knows the younger will decline but now that he's bought it, yeosang won't have a choice but to take it, in all honesty, seonghwa just wants to give yeosang the world 

"hey, seonghwa, right?" he turns to see yeosang's older brother with a few bags in his hand "ah yeah, how have you been?" seonghwa asks casually 

"been good, how's yeosang?" jaejoong asks which seonghwa answers that he is okay "that's good to hear considering his condition." seonghwa furrows his brows at this "condition?" he questions and jaejoong gasps 

"oh, he hasn't told you? my, my, how irresponsible of him, i guess you should ask him yourself then." and right on queue the employee had given seonghwa his purchase 

"didn't know he'd hide it from you but you can ask him about it, he's not our responsibility anymore ever since he stepped a foot outside the house and never came back." 

seonghwa clenched his fist, he wanted to punch the guy for how badly they've been treating yeosang but he had to control himself, hissing internally as he feels his nails digging deeper into his palms "i should go." 

what jaejoong told him clouded his mind on his way back to yeosang, what could the younger possibly hiding? he wanted to ask so badly but when yeosang came into view 

he had a huge smile on his face as he digs into the strawberry cake seonghwa had bought for him, he didn't have the heart to confront him, he didn't want their day to end on a bad note especially since he'll be leaving for seoul, his heart wouldn't be able to take it if he upsets the younger so he pushes it into the back of his mind, thinking that yeosang will tell him once he is ready.