(author's note: from here until the end of the story, i edited and changed the plot slightly.)

seonghwa nervously paced around his room after coming home from school on tuesday. ever since he took hongjoong out on their fancy dinner date and had their little make out session, all seonghwa has wanted to do is ask hongjoong to officially be his boyfriend.

the two never put a label on their relationship before everything went down after the formal, and seonghwa didn't want to make the same mistake again. he knew he was never going to hurt hongjoong again, and he really just wanted to make everything with the boy official.

but what if he says no? honestly, he has every right to say no. it's only been a few days since we made up, since he's forgiven me for everything i did to him... he really could say no...

rather than continuing to think on his own and to drive himself more insane than he already felt, seonghwa decided to turn to his friends for some help. he figured that he could get some good advise from them, along with a small dosage of comedic relief.

yunho's one soft motherfucker

seonghwa
can you guys help me out with something?

mingi
sure man

yunho
of course seonghwa, what's up?

jongho
i'm here to help

mingi
where's san?

jongho
yeosang told me that wooyoung and san were hanging out today

mingi
yeeees my son
get some

yunho
why do you talk like a straight white boy?

mingi
well i mean i'm a straight korean boy

yunho
i guess...

seonghwa
you guys are so odd
it's ok i'll start without him here
so like... i wanna ask hongjoong to
you know
be my...
boyfie 👉🏼👈🏼

mingi
huh

yunho
oh my god, are you that dumb?
he said that he wants to ask hongjoong to be his boyfriend

mingi
oh ok
you don't have to yell at me

yunho
yes i do

mingi
👺

jongho
so why don't you just ask him?

seonghwa
isn't it obvious
i'm nervyyyyy

jongho
i think a demon or something took over seonghwa's body because he's speaking so weird right now

seonghwa
shush

mingi
what's there to be nervous about?

yunho
well maybe because he broke the poor boy's heart about forty seven different times and now he's scared hongjoong will say no

seonghwa
bingo!

san
we're playing bingo again?
oh wait, wrong group chat

jongho
uh

mingi
what group chat are you in that you play bingo regularly?

san
i'm in a group chat with a bunch of my aunts and stuff
don't ask further questions about it

mingi
will not

san
but after reading through the chat, mingi...
I WOULD NEVER CORRUPT MY BABY LIKE THAT
HE IS WAY TOO INNOCENT

mingi
i guess that's true, after all wooyoung is a cutie

san
he is a cutie and all i want to do is cherish that boy
squeeze his little cheekies until they explode

jongho
that was kind of weird san

san
are you gonna sit here and tell me you wouldn't want to squeeze yeosang's cheeks until they explode?

jongho
several points were made

yunho
ok thank god you didn't corrupt himself, i would have been obligated to punch you

san
you wouldn't hurt a fly, yunho

yunho
:(

seonghwa
OK CAN EVERYONE SHUT UP NOW
i really need help🥴

yunho
why don't you do some sort of grand gesture? joongie is a softie, i feel like he'd like something all sweet and cute

san
wait a minute
sorry to go off topic again
but yunho said softie and it reminded me of our group chat name
i feel like our name is sort of inappropriate now because i'm a softie for wooyoung🥺

*san changed the group chat name to
👉🏼soft boys👈🏼*

mingi
hey! i'm not soft
y'all just pussy

yunho
mingi, you know how much i hate that word

mingi
awe i'm sorry yunho, i didn't mean it
i won't use it again

san
ok so mingi's a simp
a simp is close enough to a soft boy

mingi
👁👄👁

jongho
BACK TO SEONGHWA
i partially agree with yunho. my baby brother loves cute little things, so i don't think you necessarily have to do some big grand gesture... but i do think you should do something cute for him, maybe like buy him a new plushie or something

seonghwa
yeah but i've already bought him a plushie
wouldn't that just be repetitive? i want something new and original, you know?

san
hmmm
doesn't he love strawberries? why don't you buy him strawberries or something?

seonghwa
i've also done that

jongho
he has been dying to get this new princess dress
they came out with a new version of cinderella's wedding dress at the disney store

mingi
jongho you're gay
how do you know that?

jongho
well kind of, but not fully...
and also, i know because hongjoong told me about it?

mingi
you know
sometimes i forget they're brothers

san
mingi wtf

seonghwa
literally what's wrong with you today

yunho
someone please help this boy

mingi

jongho
you would have that meme saved

mingi
what's that supposed to mean?

jongho
oh nothing

seonghwa
OK BUT WAIT CAUSE THAT'S SUCH A CUTE IDEA JONGHO
i can buy him that dress and a cute little tiara to go with it🥺
kind of cringe but like also cute
and i mean i'm not MARRYING him but like i'm asking him to be my boyfriend soooo, close enough since it's supposed to be cinderella's wedding dress? i think that's an adorable idea

yunho
good work jongho! the man you've turned into after you dumped that gross bitch for our beautiful visual god yeosangie🙌🏼

jongho
what can i say, i'm a new man❤️

mingi
if it's any help or whatever i agree that it's a really cute idea

san
me too!!!

seonghwa
perfect!!!! so like... when should i
you know
ᵈᵒ ᶦᵗ

san
bro really pulled out the tiny text generator

seonghwa
yes i did

yunho
well that's really up to you, whenever you feel ready

mingi
do it now
you won't
you won't drive to the mall and do it now
i was gonna say something else but i'll respect yunho and not use the word

yunho
wait kinda sweet...

mingi
😁

san
yeah i agree with mingi
you won't do it now
you won't

seonghwa
STOP IT
i wanna do it now though not gonna lie...

jongho
if you wanna do it now than do it now!!!
hongjoong is just in his room playing with his toys and that's what he said he's gonna be doing until he goes to sleep tonight
i really think it'll be a great thing to do, seonghwa

yunho
yeah, if you want to do it tonight than do it!!! go for it, you got this!!

seonghwa
i just love him so much, i'm scared i'll mess up again

mingi
not to be an asshole, but can you really mess up worse than you already did?

san
kinda got you there

yunho
yeah❤️

seonghwa
😔😑
you do have a point

jongho
seonghwa, get your lazy ass up and run to that mall right now!!!! make my baby boy happy🥺❤️

yunho
boys supporting boys!! i love it

seonghwa
you know what, i got this. i'm going now guys, i'll let you all know how it goes!!!

yunho
love to see it!!

jongho
yay!

mingi
good luck man

san
have fun!

seonghwa picked himself up off his bed and ran down the stairs in a flash. he quickly put on his shoes and grabbed his keys and wallet before running out the front door.

joongie will be finally be mine.

hello this is now edited🥴

-vic