they arrived at the theater. yunho and jihae volunteered to buy the tickets after they gave their money to them, while the others were looking for snacks.

the blonde and the girl linked their arms as they skipped to the ticket booth.

"are they dating?" yeosang suddenly asked while staring at the duo.

"no." mingi and seonghwa said at the same time.

jongho laughed. "i think someone's just jelly."

"hyung, you must know something. you were with them before we came." yeosang insisted.

seonghwa just shrugged. he can't tell him about how jihae just asked his number infront of yunho. he doesn't think any girlfriend would do that.

"i think they're just best friends." the tallest claimed in a as a matter of fact manner.

"oh, shut up. you just saying that because you like-" san's words got cut off by a hand on his mouth.

"jihae! you're back." mingi exclaimed, hand still covering the short one's mouth.

"hi! so where are the snacks?" the girl asked with tickets in hand.

"we had no idea what you liked." seonghwa explained.

"we would have eaten anything." yunho rolled his eyes playfully. "what are we gonna do? the movie starts in five minutes."

"we could treat you to lunch after this." the red head offered, earning glances from the other which he noticed.

his expression turned blank, glaring at them. "fine. i could treat you lunch after this." he corrected himself.

"are you sure? i mean, we could pay-"

"don't worry. mingi's got money for days. he could pay my tuition fee if he wanted." the youngest exaggerated.

"so what'd you say?" the pretty boy asked.

"if you insist." both the guests smiled thankfully at them.

"i just realized something." seonghwa spoke and that caught the others' attention. "where's hongjoong?"

"oh, he said soyeon wanted to meet up for some improvement on their project." san informed.

"i still can't believe he chose a project over us." mingi shook his head in disapproval.

"he chose soyeon over us, mingi. not the project." yeosang bluntly stated.

jihae's ears suddenly perked up at her sister's name. "wait, hongjoong likes soyeon?"

all of them shook their heads. "he never really said anything but i doubt it." jongho claimed.

the girl's shoulders slumped, feeling sorry for her sister.

"why do you ask?" mingi questioned.

"nothing, nothing." she gave out a smile. "let's go in. we don't wanna miss the start now, do we?"

she dragged seonghwa and yunho towards the cinema, leaving the others amused as they quickly followed.

they all sat in a row, mingi calling dibs on the seat beside jihae, while seonghwa on the other side. yunho sat beside mingi, followed by san, yeosang, and then jongho.

the movie they all agreed on, except mingi, was a horror film. that means, half of the time, the redhead was screaming and yunho shushing him, while san and yeosang apologized to the strangers giving them stares. jihae just laughed and seonghwa shook his head.

a jump scare soon came on screen, making everyone flinch and gasp. jihae, especially. she didn't notice herself holding on tightly to seonghwa's arm. her eyes were screwed shut, hoping to avoid any more nasty views.

the junior found the girl adorable in this state. he suddenly found himself wrapping his arm around her in a protective, yet romantic manner.

the girl looked up, blushing furiously at the action, almost forgetting about the horror on screen until the main character screamed.

this made the psychology major yelp as well, making her hold on seonghwa tighter. their position would make anyone think they were a couple.

the junior's arms were used by the girl as a pillow, while his torso as a cuddle buddy. he was occasionally whispering soothing words while stroking her hair to calm her down.

the movie was over but jihae was still clinging onto him with her closed eyes. he tapped her arm. "jihae? it's done. you don't need to be scared anymore."

she slowly opened her eyes but was still gripping tightly. "thank god." she breathed out.

seonghwa chuckled. "look beside you." he pointed at the other boys.

mingi was hugging yunho, while jongho was trying to pull him. san and yeosang continually apologize to the computer major.

"we're so sorry. he's usually not like this. i mean, he's a pussy but not to this extent." the chestnut haired boy rolled his eyes.

"it's fine." yunho giggled. "hey, buddy. it's over." he tried calming the red haired boy down.

slowly, jongho successfully held him. "hyung, really?"

"what? there were clowns!" mingi tried to defend himself.

all of them turned to the eldest and the only female, catching them "cuddling".

it made the atmosphere a bit awkward since they didn't know how to react, but the pair were quick to realize the position they were in, and finally separating themselves. not that they wanted to, though.

"so," jongho cleared his throat, "where to next?"

"lunch!"

they got out of the theater and were heading to a nearby fast-food.

"so my beloved jihae, and dear yunho, what would the two of you like?" mingi fancily asked which made some chuckle and some choke.

"mingi, i swear to the heavens above, if you don't stop embarrassing us..." yeosang held the bridge of his nose.

the blonde and the girl laughed loudly as mingi was being scolded. "my, i would like a cheese burger with diet coke." jihae went along with the joke and yunho followed.

"and me, good sir, would love nothing more than a chicken sandwich and orange juice."

the red head seemed to be surprised but still, he smiled and linked his arms with them.

"see! they get me." he told his best friends. "onwards, my fellow junk food lovers!"

he dragged them both inside leaving the rest baffled about what just happened.

"he didn't even ask us what we wanted." jongho shook his head.

after ordering and arguing about why mingi only paid for the two and himself, all of them decided to go to the park. the park where seonghwa and jihae hung out.

san, mingi and yunho were leading, followed by jongho and yeosang who were discussing among themselves, then the last two.

"wait! you're telling me that you saw seonghwa and jihae here? alone?" yeosang whispered to the youngest.

"yep." jongho nodded, earning curious looks from his hyung. "they were even cuddling during the movie." he said, getting suspicious.

"yeah, i wonder when they got so close."

"ah, i'm beat. let's sit down." san said as he didn't even wait for their response, and dropped his butt on a bench.

the group, thinking they had no choice, sat down as well.

there wasn't enough space for the seven of them, especially because six of them were well built boys, so jihae couldn't sit.

yunho seemed to notice first and offered his seat to her. "ji, sit down."

"no, no, i'm fine." she tried to decline.

"you'll end up sitting on my lap if you won't sit down." he teased.

"you're so cheesy." she sat down and noticed all the boys, aside from yunho, stared at them.

she especially noticed the gazes that mingi and seonghwa were giving. they were very intimidating individuals even though they weren't trying to be.

"what?" she asked, feeling a bit judged.

yeosang cleared his throat. "are both of you dating?" he questioned bluntly.

a bit of silence passed before jihae and yunho laughed out loud. like really loud that passerbys would look at them.

"what's so funny?" jongho furrowed his eyebrows confusingly. actually, all of them did.

"m-me and j-jihae?" yunho stuttered through his laughter, which became loud again.

"w-who's asking?" jihae wiped a tear in her eye.

"that's not a yes or a no." yeosang said.

once the pair calmed down, they breathed deeply. "no." both of them said in unison.

she could see mingi relax, and seonghwa as if he was expecting it already. she didn't really mind at the moment, finding the situation funny.

"oh, god. that just made my day." yunho claimed, still giggling.

"so you're both single?" mingi was the one asking this time.

they briefly looked at each other. "depends." yunho jokes. "kidding. yeah, i am."

"me, too." jihae answered.

"how about w-wooyoung?" san spoke up shyly. "does he have someone?"

seonghwa was right about san liking wooyoung being obvious.

"nope. take your chances, pal." the girl cheered while san widened his eyes.

"you know? you're not gonna tell him, are you?" the black haired boy asked nervously.

"of course not. i'm not in a position to do so." she reassured. "how 'bout all of you? that includes hongjoong."

"we're all single." seonghwa answered this time. "doesn't mean any of us will date soon, though."

"hey, you'll never know! maybe someone's starting to like you." jihae insisted.

yunho swung his arms around the girl, "yeah, i bet that's why you asked for his number, huh?"

seonghwa immediately blushed at the comment and was about to say something but jihae beat him to it.

she smacked yunho's head. "you! come here!"

"you'll have to catch me first." he stuck out his tongue. the computer major ran as fast as he could around the fountain and jihae was trying to get her hands on him.

the ones left were having a conversation among themselves.

"hyung! did jeon jihae really asked for your number?" san asked joyfully.

"and did you really hang out with her here? alone?" yeosang butted in. "she held you pretty tight at the cinema, too."

"wah, congrats, hyung. you finally managed to get someone." jongho said.

"i did not get anyone. i-it was just her being friendly." he tried to reason.

they were all teasing their hyung except for mingi, who was busy looking at jihae chasing her best friend, with what you can call as jealousy.