Seonghwa laid in his bed, not wanting to leave it. As long as he stayed in his room, he would never have to face Hongjoong.

But he knew he had to. At some point.

He went and took his shower—scanning for any signs of Hongjoong before leaving his room—and got dressed, wearing a grey striped sweater with black dress pants and a long black pea coat.

As he was lacing up his dress shoes his phone chimed and he leaned over to check it.

woosan hwa

wooyoung
hey seonghwa want to grab
coffee with us

san
we know you have a car and
we don't feel like walking

wooyoung
so we're inviting you

seonghwa
why is there a space between
woosan and hwa

wooyoung
because you're not the main character

san
god get with the program
we're the quirky homosexuals
you are our chauffeur

wooyoung
so
coffee?

seonghwa
☹️
only if you delete the space 🥰

wooyoung
only if you stop using those
cringy emojis

san
🤢

seonghwa
but san used it too 🥺

san
main character privileges
😘

seonghwa
okay fine

woosan hwa was renamed to woosan➕hwa

seonghwa
that isn't any better

san
the only criteria was to remove
the space so i did

wooyoung
you're lucky you got that much
coffee time?

seonghwa
what's the magic word??

san
pleaaaaaaaaaaaaase???
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥰🥰🥰🥰
🌸🌸🌼🌼🌺🌺🌷🌷
✨✨✨✨💖💖💖💖

seonghwa
incorrect

wooyoung
seonghwa is our favorite hyung
💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

seonghwa
okay let's go

Seonghwa smiled, putting his phone in his backpack and stood up to grab his keys. He met Wooyoung and San by their door and all three of them headed down to the parking lot.

It wasn't until Seonghwa opened his door that he realized he fucked up.

"Woah, Seonghwa what the hell happened to your seats?" asked Wooyoung as he stood with the passenger door open.

San came over to look and gave a low whistle, shaking his head.

"It was raining the other day but I needed to get back. I gave my friend a ride, too," he blurted, trying to stay calm.

"I thought your car was your baby? How did you let it get destroyed like that? And how come your seat is so much—" Wooyoung started but was pulled back by San.

"What? What!!" Seonghwa demanded, confused at what was going on.

"Wait—what!?" Wooyoung gasped, looking at Seonghwa then back to San who nodded.

"Tell me what you're saying!" Seonghwa demanded, feeling his cheeks get warm.

"So this friend. Did he/she happen to spend a long time in your car?" Wooyoung chided, clearly understanding what he was seeing.

"He just rode back to the dorm with me. That is all."

"Oh so he lives here?" San asked and Seonghwa realized his mistake.

"Not here! In one of the dorms nearby. But I'm not telling you which one."

"Mhmm. Suuuuuuure," smiled San.

"You know what I think? I think you two had a romantic adventure before boning it out right there in the driver's seat," Wooyoung smirked, and he and San made a collection of mocking sexual noises until Seonghwa confessed.

"It all just happened so fast—we didn't even know what we were doing!" Seonghwa pouted, trying to clear his name a little.

"Well? Spill. We want to hear all the deets about your mystery man," said Wooyoung and he and San jumped in the car.

Seonghwa looked at them and they were sitting still, just staring at him. He groaned and got in, trying to rub away a bit of the marks left on his seat.

"Fine. But you don't get to know his name."

"Awww," they groaned and Seonghwa divulged.

"So from what I'm hearing, he was just so sexy you had to just get it out of you, right?" Wooyoung asked, and Seonghwa shot him daggers.

"Well—yes—but that's not important. What's important is, we haven't talked about it and I don't know what to do."

"I mean, then talk about it," said Wooyoung plainly and San nodded.

"It's not that easy!" groaned Seonghwa.

"Why don't you just go to him right now and tell him how you feel and ask if he feels the same way?" prompted Wooyoung.

"Woah—I never said anything about having feelings for him. I hardly even like the guy let alone love him," snapped Seonghwa in disgust.

Wooyoung and San grinned.

"Did I just reveal crucial information about his identity?" Seonghwa groaned.

"You've been dropping clues here and there, such as the rain—" began San.

"Which references the night you and Hongjoong were out together looking for Yeosang, and the height—" continued Wooyoung.

"Which clearly points to Hongjoong as he's the tiniest person on the floor, since we still believe you revealed that he lives here," smiled San

"Oh and now that you don't even like the guy? That's the icing on the cake. Gotcha," grinned Wooyoung as the two high-fived.

"Fuck," groaned Seonghwa.

"So you guys really hooked up that night!? Aren't you like nemesis roommates or something?" asked Wooyoung.

"Yes. And I can't explain it either."

"Damn. I was only here for the coffee but now I don't even need it. How come your life is so much more interesting than mine?" whined Wooyoung and San shot him a glare.

"I'd like to think I keep things pretty interesting for you."

Seonghwa covered his ears and got out of the car.

"I do not need to hear about your sex lives."

"It's only fair. We had to hear about yours," they grinned and followed him out.

"Had to hear about your what?"

All three of them looked up as Hongjoong exited the dorm. Wooyoung and San looked at each other and decided they would give the two some privacy.

Seonghwa was mortified.

"Umm—we were just talking about our...tests! Yes, that's it. They wanted to know how they change when you're an upperclassman," Seonghwa blurted, unable to entirely recover.

"Oh. Hi."

Evidently Hongjoong did not know he was there before engaging in conversation.

"Hey."

They stood awkwardly, Hongjoong glancing at the car.

"Um...how are the seats?" he asked trying to break the silence but it just caused both of them to blush like crazy.

"Not too bad," Seonghwa lied.

"That's...good."

Finally Seonghwa got the courage and approached Hongjoong.

"I think maybe we should—"

"Ow!"

Hongjoong jumped forward as he was struck by the door behind him. Yeosang popped his head out.

"Sorry, hyung. Didn't realize anyone was just standing right in front of the door."

"That's okay," Hongjoong croaked, his breath having been knocked out of him. Yeosang was stronger than he looked.

"As I was saying—" started Seonghwa, ready to just get it over with.

"Oh, there you are! San and Wooyoung told me I might find you down here but to leave you alone but I need to talk to you so I came anyways."

Seonghwa stared at Yeosang who was still standing with only his head poking out the door. He looked back at Hongjoong who waved, signaling they could talk another time. Seonghwa wanted to protest but Hongjoong was already hobbling away. He sighed.

"Yeah of course. I'll be right up."

"Okay, I'll be waiting on your bed. Is it alright if I hold your Toothless plushie?"

"Yeah of course," smiled Seonghwa but that caught his attention. Yeosang only really asked for a plushie when he was pretty upset. So he quickly hurried up the stairs to talk to him.