meeting!au

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brian, having outdone jae by three votes, had acquired the position of historian of the school. jae became secretary under similar circumstances (he outdid the brunette by five votes). thus, the two boys found themselves standing in the student council room after school, bickering with one another and getting in each others' faces whilst sungjin was on an errand in the principal's office.

"i should have been vp! i tried so hard on my speech; i looked up korean politics campaigning skills and everything!!"

"and you think i didn't? who do you think i am?!" brian was just about ready to bite jaehyung's head off, because the blonde was acting as if he was the only one who had been working hard on his campaign, when, in fact, younghyun was absolutely sure that he had put waaaay more effort into his speech.

"an utter asshole!" each time one of them yelled, their faces got closer and closer together until jae's forehead somehow ended up squashed against brian's, their angry breaths mixing and their flaring noses connected by their tips.

"back at you," younghyun sneered, poking jae's chest in anger. "you think just because you're cute you can do whatever you please?!"

"and you think just because you're hot as fuck you have the right to do whatever you want?!"

"i leave for ten minutes and have to come back to this?" sungjin groaned, walking into the student council room, rubbing his temples as if he was having a terrible migraine. "what have i done in my life to deserve such abuse..." he then groaned and simply moved over to the stack of papers he had to sort so he could begin to give jae and brian tasks for them to complete. it's not like he could understand anything they were saying, anyway...

jae and brian ignored him, staring at each other as if they were deer who had been caught in the headlights of one another's cars. "you... what?" brian whispered, confusion plastered onto his face.

"what?" jae had a look of slight fear and embarrassment stuck on his features, borderline scared by what he had just said about brian and sorta flustered at what the brunette had said about him.

"you think i'm... hot?" brian's eyebrows rose up to the moon, his eyes wide as the sun.

"and you think i'm cute?" jae murmured, still not believing a thing.

"what? no," the younger boy immediately defended himself, moving away from jae so the blonde wouldn't see his obvious guilt and denial.

"well, i think you do," jae muttered. "and don't get the wrong idea -- i meant to say 'hot-headed' but i was speaking too fast so it turned into 'hot:' got it?"

brian was not going to let the blonde get away with this. "ooooh, defending ourselves, are we?" he raised his eyebrows, nearing jae until they were staring each other in the eyes again. "does little jae here have a thing for me?" he tilted his head and smirked, winking.

jae gulped and tried to move back. "no way! me, have a thing for you?! in your drea--"

brian had kept moving forward until jae was backed against a wall, his head pressed against it in an effort to escape brian's cocky gaze. the brunette roughly placed a hand beside jae's shoulder, trapping the taller boy between his body and the vertical surface behind him. "well, well, well... look who's in denial." he smirked, making a slow running motion with his fingers up jae's chest and biting his lip. "let me fix that for you."

"fuck off, brian," jae growled, pushing the brunette away from himself and dusting himself off. then he walked out of the room and slammed the door behind him.

"fuck," younghyun breathed out in korean.

"don't curse," sungjin called after the boy, who was following jae out the door and into the hallway, running to catch up to the blonde.

"jae! wait up!!" the brunette huffed as he sprinted after the taller boy through the school corridors. "i'm sorry -- that was totally out of hand!"

jae suddenly stopped, causing brian (who had been only a few steps behind him at that moment) to crash into his back. "you think?!" he still didn't turn around, even when he felt the impact of a human flying into him and when he heard younghyun release a pained groan.

"no, i didn't think, and i'm sorry." the brunette took a step back so he wasn't fully invading the blonde's personal space then extended his hand to grip onto one of jae's arms, hoping to keep him from leaving.

"well, you should start thinking before you act," jae whispered, trying to tug his arm out of  brian's grip.

"this time i will." brian turned jae around and encompassed the taller boy in a hug, sliding his arms under jae's to directly make contact with his torso. jae didn't move away, standing still in the brunette's hold. about half a minute later, brian murmured, " i'm sorry i made fun of you... i didn't mean to make you upset; i just wanted to tease you a bit to get the upper hand."

"well, i'd rather you not." jae lowered his head to balance his forehead atop brian's shoulder. "i've already suffered enough abuse about that kinda stuff."

"what kind of stuff?" the younger boy lifted his chin and placed it on his hyung's shoulder, resting his cheek on jae's hair. 

"liking people who aren't very accepting."

"oh." brian wasn't sure how to react. he hadn't expected jae to be so... not perfectly well-off. he thought the kid was spoiled beyond repair; was he really so different to what brian had thought of him this whole time? then it hit him. calm him down, you idiot! show him some support!! "don't worry; i'm as accepting as it gets. i'll protect you." his voice lowered in volume so jae could barely hear it. "trust me on this, i've gone through some shit of my own. let's keep each other safe from now on."

"no thanks." jae finally decided to break away from brian's hold and hustled over to the restrooms, clearly flustered.

younghyun stood there, shocked, for a few seconds, then followed suit. "hey, jae! wait!!"

jae ignored the younger boy's calls, entering the restroom and going into a stall that looked fairly decent. he locked the door behind him and sat on the toilet seat with his knees pressed to his chest in hopes that brian would just leave him alone. this... this is so embarrassing, jae thought.

a few moments later, younghyun entered the room, searching under the stalls for a pair of white and blue sneakers. finding no visible feet, the boy sighed and slid down the wall to sit on the tiled floor. "ya know... you're not that bad a person." he shifted so his chin was on his knees, his arms wrapped around his legs. "i thought you were just a spoiled brat who looked pretty and got whatever he wanted all the time. but now i'm starting to think i was wrong."

jae sniffled, picking at a hole in his jeans. "you're not so bad yourself," he murmured, the echo of his soft voice filling the bathroom. "you're not the homophobic fuckboy i thought you were."

brian couldn't hold back the giggle bubbling in his throat. "me... a fuckboy? i've never kissed anyone let alone fucked someone! and what's wrong with two people liking each other?"

"oh my god... i'm so fucking stupid for assuming something like that..." jae muttered to himself, laughing at his own mistake.

"does this mean you'll forgive me?"

jae thought for a few seconds, pressing his cheek to the side of his thigh in contemplation. "i'll have to think about it," he said in a faux hard-to-get tone.

"oh, come on," brian groaned out, clearly joking around. "is it really that easy to hold a grudge? we still have so many arguments to have, you can't just stay stuck on one little issue forever!" then the brunette stood up and walked over to the stall he was sure jae's voice had been coming from this whole time and crawled under it, ending up face to face with his hyung when he sat up. "oh. hey there."

jae, still hugging his legs, bashfully buried his face in his thighs so only his eyes were showing. "hey." his voice was muffled by his pants, and this made his soft voice sound even softer.

"you're so cute," brian mumbled, bringing his hands up to his face so he could hold it up with his elbows balanced on his knees as he came to crouch down in front of jae.

"shut up." jae slid his face down even more, looking down at the boy in shyness. "stop flirting with me, brian kang."

"no can do," the younger boy breathed out. "as historian, i have to make my secretary's stay at the student council as comfortable and enjoyable as i can." he leaned closer to the blonde and smiled. "and that includes flirting and fighting with him until he likes me."

jae felt himself start to blush more than before, the red hue now apparent on his pale skin. he saw brian blush too and decided that it was okay to stop hiding his face. "okay then. try your best, mister historian." 

with these words he untangled his limbs, opening the stall door and leaping past younghyun. and as the blonde ran back to the student council room, brian following suit whilst screaming out "i will, bet on it" and "wait for me," he smiled and felt safe and happy at school for the first time in a long time.