Jooheon chose a cheap restaurant closed to University. It was where every student used to come to have some time with a group of friends. The owners were kind, comprehensives about the noises of the young generation. But above all, they played good musics.
It was not unusual to see some familiar faces, to end up the night with new friends or classmates.
And this night would not be an exception to this rule.

Changkyun was listening to Hoseok, the young man was talking about a new tv show, he was trying to convince his friends to watch it. Jooheon was half listening because he was more interested by his dish.
It was a perfect representation of their friendship. Hoseok represented the happy guy, always leading the conversation, always struggling for his friends to follow the topic. Jooheon, on the contrary, was not hypocritical, if the topic was uninteresting, he didn't try to talk about it. And he let himself distract by another thing. And finally there was Changkyun, always supporting Hoseok. Even if he was not interested in the topic, he would try to exchange with his best friend, only to see him smile.
Hoseok grumbled when he saw that Jooheon was not listening to him and that Changkyun refused to watch his TV show he was defending. So the boy caught his phone and tapped a few things on it.
Finally Hoseok excused himself before standing up and going outside.
Changkyun took the advantage of Hoseok's absence to answer on of M's messages. A happy smile shyly appearing on his face.

Changkyun's heart was beating faster. He did it, he asked M to call him, implicitly asking for the approval to hear his voice.
He had hesitated a lot before taking the decision to ask this question. Because he was afraid. He was afraid about this new step in his relationship with the boy. He was afraid of his refusal or ignorance. He was afraid of being hurt.
But the black-haired wanted to hear his voice more, he wanted to be closer to M, to know if the boy was feeling the same way as him.
So Changkyun risked his feelings and quickly put his phone on the table, too nervous to see his answer.

Hoseok was gone for 5 minutes when he came back, but he wasn't alone. In fact Hyungwon was standing next to him, with two other people.
Changkyun curiously raised his head, but the two other boys were not familiar. There was a blond boy and a another shorty one. The blond boy wasn't looking at Changkyun or Jooheon but at his phone. His eyes were wide opened at it while his cheeks were red with embarrassment.
The other boy, on the contrary, was directly looking at Changkyun. He even smiled at him while he observed the boy with a great attention.
The black-haired felt shy so he looked away, putting his attention on Hoseok.
And finally the muscular boy exclaimed with a explicit joy.

« Look who I have met outside ! »

Hyungwon easily greeted at Changkyun and Jooheon, he even joined them without hesitation, taking the seat next to Hoseok's.
Jooheon smiled back at the tall boy and suddenly spoke.

« Hi, you must be Hyungwon's friends. I'm Jooheon and this is Changkyun. Please sit with us! »

Changkyun looked at them with a neutral face. The blond boy was still hiding beside Hoseok, while the other bent to greet the boys.

« I'm Kihyun. Nice to meet you. »

Changkyun politely smiled at him while Jooheon spoke again.

« You look familiar, do I know you? »
« I don't think so » Kihyun said with a nonchalant tone before talking again. « Maybe we've already met at a party »

Kihyun raised an eyebrow and suddenly Jooheon widely opened his eyes. He even opened his mouth but closed it immediately. And finally he glazed at the blond boy and addressed him a few words.

« And you, what's your name?

The blond boy looked at Jooheon and then answered shyly.

« I'm Minhyuk. Nice to meet you. »

Jooheon smiled at the boy and then pointed at the seat in front of Changkyun, invited the last boy to sit. Minhyuk looked at the other seats but they were all taken. So he sat with hesitation, refusing to look at the black-haired boy.
Minhyuk was feeling his heart beating faster in his chest. He knew that the situation was difficult, that he couldn't make any mistake, like speaking about thing that Changkyun had told him via messages. He couldn't say much about himself either, because the black-haired would made connection and understood that he was M.
So Minhyuk took the decision to stay quiet.
But it didn't last long, because he heard Changkyun's calm tone addressing him a few words.

« Are you ok? »

Minhyuk finally looked at the black-haired boy. Changkyun was politely smiling, his head was a little tilted which gave him a cute expression. So the blond boy couldn't stop a smile to appear on his face. And he responded to the boy.

« Yeah sure. I was lost in my thoughts. » Minhyuk felt his hand shaking, so he caught the menu before questioning Changkyun. « What did you take? I don't know what is good and what is not. »

Changkyun raised an eyebrow and looked at his half empty dish.

« I took a regular pizza. Nothing too extravagant. »
« Pizza? » Minhyuk asked while observing Changkyun's dish. « Alright I will take a pizza too, salmon and cream, I love it ! »

Minhyuk was stressed, but he relaxed when Changkyun gently smiled at him. He let himself be lost in his gaze before talking about the wall colors. It was nothing very interesting, but surprisingly Changkyun responded, giving his opinion about the ugly orange wallpaper.

The diner was good. All of the six boys were happily chatting, they laughed like they had known each other for a long time and they didn't give attention to the time.
Minhyuk was laughing with Jooheon when he glanced at Changkyun. And his heart immediately broke when he saw the boy looking sadly at his phone.
In fact Minhyuk had seen Changkyun tapping on his phone several times and the blond boy had felt his vibrated in his pocket a few seconds later. But he hadn't taken it out. Because he knew that it was too risky, that Changkyun might understood that Minhyuk was M, so the boy had taken the decision to let Changkyun without answers.
But now he could see the sadness in his eyes, and Minhyuk knew that he was the source of his pain.
So without thinking about it twice he stood up, telling the other that he needed to go to the restroom.
And once he was alone he took his phone out his pocket and finally opened Changkyun's messages.

Minhyuk smiled when he sent the last message. He was so lucky to have Changkyun in a way, even if the situation was a little unusual.

The blond boy finally came back to his table and his heart fluttered when he saw Changkyun smiling at his phone. He replied something and immediately Minhyuk's phone vibrated.
The boy didn't look at it, but he sat in front of the black-haired boy with a smile. Changkyun raised his head and smiled back. And quickly the two boys started to talk about their physics teacher, an antipathetic weird man.

While Minhyuk was talking with Changkyun he thought about M. He knew that one day he would have to tell Changkyun who he really was, but the things seemed more complicated now.
Before that, the boy had been kept his identity a secret, because he didn't want to be a weird classmate. He had thought that revealing who he was was exposing himself to judgment, but he had been also scared that maybe Changkyun wouldn't be the same with him. However he now was aware that it was a stupid reason, and the only thing that kept him of telling the truth to Changkyun was his fear.
Minhyuk knew that he needed to tell Changkyun about his identity asap, before entering in a vicious circle. But he had lost his courage as soon as his gaze had met Changkyun's and that he had introduced himself as a stranger.
Minhyuk finally shook his head and forget all of that to just concentrate on his conversation with the black-haired boy.

Minhyuk, Changkyun and Jooheon were laughing about one of Jooheon's jokes when suddenly Hyungwon's voice raised and addressed directly at Changkyun.

« Changkyun you might like Minhyuk. He is a music lover, just like you. »

Changkyun raised his eyebrows and questioned the blond boy, the one who felt his heat accelerating in his chest because of his major commun point with Changkyun. The same common point that M and the black-haired boy shared the most.

« You like music? »
« Yeah, like everyone else no? »
« Don't minimize it Minhyuk. He sings, he even have a YouTube channel where he posts his videos » Hyungwon said with a clear pride.

Changkyun opened his eyes with surprise and asked confirmation to the blond boy.

« You sing ? Wow why didn't you tell me earlier that you love music? »
« It's nothing really special »
« He is a liar, look, this is is YouTube channel. » The tall boy stretched his arm to give his phone to Changkyun. All of this happening under Minhyuk reproachfully gaze.

Changkyun caught Hyungwon's phone and started to examine the screen.

Changkyun was really surprised by Minhyuk's talent, he even listened to the music with meticulous attention. He liked the effect of the blond boy's voice on him, his sweet voice was calming, it let a smooth sensation in Changkyun's heart. If it was possible to fall in love with a song, Changkyun might fell for this one.
He gave the phone back to Hyungwon and turned his head to Minhyuk. The blond boy had his cheeks all reddish and he wasn't looking at Changkyun. So the black-haired boy talked suddenly with a great honesty.

« You are really fantastic, your voice is stunning, really. »
« Hm. Thank you » Minhyuk shyly answered but still refusing to look at Changkyun.

Changkyun smiled. But his smile quickly disappeared when he heard Hoseok's voice raising and when he understood that it was his turn to be exposed.

« Hey Minhyuk ! Do you know that Changkyun likes playing guitar? I have some videos, do you want to see ? »
« No thank you Hoseok, he doesn't want to see them. » Changkyun immediately replied.

Hoseok totally ignored his friends and looked at Minhyuk, waiting for his answer.
And the blond boy was not long to answer, he raised his head and let a big smile appear on his lips.

« Of course ! I want to see them ! » The blond boy said before glancing at Changkyun. And when he met the black-haired boy's eyes he smiled mischievously.

Changkyun didn't opposed because he saw Minhyuk smiling, and it was enough for him to forget his shame.
The blond boy caught Hoseok's phone and put on the play button. A video of Changkyun playing the guitar appeared. He was in a living room, the luminosity was low but it was enough for Minhyuk to see Changkyun's serious face.
The blond boy lost himself in the videos, totally forgetting that he was at the restaurant with his friends. He played all the videos that Hoseok had, and he gave back the phone to his owner before addressing to Changkyun.

« You play very well. For how long do you practice ? »
« Since childhood. I used to play on a broken guitar which was my grandfather's. But I really started to practice a lot in mid high school »
« Yeah, he used to play all day, fortunately he is a good musician, because I would break his guitar if it hadn't been the case. »

Changkyun rolled his eyes with annoyance and turned his head to Minhyuk. And at the moment he felt good.
The two boys then started to talk about music, the four other boys created their own topic, too far away from the music world.

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