as jongho was cleaning up the living room to prepare for the group hang out, hongjoong was laying on the couch and texting his friends.

besties!💓

wooyoungie
i'm so excited for tonight!!!

sangie
me too!

joongie
i think it's so nice that we're finally all hanging out together❤️

sangie
yeah same!

wooyoungie
do you think that yeoyeo will try to kiss jongho in front of us, joongie?

joongie
ewww!!! don't bring that up in front of me

sangie
wooyoung, don't embarrass me like that!

wooyoungie
that's my job😚

sangie
well i hope that he does kiss me again😌

wooyoungie
MWAH MWAH MWAH 💋
"OH JONGHO, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH JONGHO!"

joongie
I'LL VOMIT STOP

sangie
wooyoung, i'm gonna hurt you tonight

wooyoungie
i thought you hated fighting?

sangie
this is a time where violence IS the answer

hongjoong giggled at the texts his friends were sending in their group chat. jongho heard the giggles and stopped cleaning, putting down the broom he was sweeping with and walking over to see what his little brother was laughing at.

"what are you giggling at hun?" jongho asked as he took a seat next to hongjoong. hongjoong quickly hid his phone under his shirt, not wanting jongho to see what him and his friends had been texting about. he felt as though jongho seeing the texts might embarrass yeosang, and the last thing he wanted to do was embarrass yeosang.

"uh, i-it's nothing! i was just putting my phone down to help you clean anyway, i-it's nothing important." hongjoong tried to get jongho to believe his statement, but much to his dismay, jongho knew something was up.

"come on, just let me see! did you see something funny on instagram or tiktok?" jongho reached his hands out in an attempt to grab hongjoong's phone, but hongjoong hid it further underneath his shirt.

"stop!" hongjoong screamed out, turning over onto his stomach to lay on top of his phone.

"ok... now you're gonna get it!" jongho screamed out and jumped on top of hongjoong, attacking him with tickles.

hongjoong screamed out loud when he felt jongho's fingers touch his sensitive skin, the tickles being too much for him to handle.

"jongie, s-stop it! it ti-tickles!" hongjoong laughed hard as he continued to hold onto his phone for dear life.

hongjoong tried his best to kick his brother off of him, but the tickles were too overwhelming to do so. hongjoong's body eventually gave up and he let go of his phone. jongho was quick to take the device and run away a bit before hongjoong could compose himself enough to chase after him.

"oh, so you were laughing at texts between you and your friends." jongho said as he scrolled to the beginning of the conversation to read the messages.

"stop, don't read my text messages! those are private!" hongjoong cried out and got on his tippy toes to grab his phone out of jongho's hands, but jongho held it up too high for the younger to grab.

hongjoong knew he was done for when he saw jongho's eyes widened a bit, the older laughing and scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.

"um, i see you guys are talking about me and yeosang." jongho said with a light chuckle. hongjoong felt terrible for exposing yeosang like that, but he couldn't help that jongho took his phone from him.

"well, y-yeah." hongjoong said back, stumbling on his words a bit.

"it's actually really cute that you guys talk like this." jongho giggled, his cheeks turning a light shade of pink at the thought of yeosang telling his friends about their love life.

"it's embarrassing for yeosang that you saw that! that's why i didn't want you to see my texts." hongjoong said as he crossed his arms, shaking his head as he spoke.

"there's nothing embarrassing about it! like i said, it's really cute to be honest. i'm flattered that he wants to kiss me again." jongho said as he put his hand on hongjoong's shoulder, handing the boy his phone back.

"yeah i guess... but i'm still mad at you for taking my phone without my permission. i'm gonna get you!" hongjoong said, his upset expression changing to one of revenge. jongho quickly took off before hongjoong could react, the boys running around the living room. 

"you'll never catch me, hongjoong!"

——

"sangie, you're here!" hongjoong cheered as he opened the door for their first guest, yeosang.

"hi! wooyoung and san are here too, sannie drove us." yeosang said with a smile as the other two boys walked up to the door.

"hi joongie!" wooyoung screamed when he saw his friend, attacking the boy in a bone crushing hug.

"honey, let him breathe! hi hongjoong." san laughed and waved to hongjoong who smiled back. wooyoung eventually let go and ran into the living room, jumping onto the couch with a loud giggle. san followed closely behind his boyfriend, sitting next to him and placing an arm around his waist.

"hongjoong, where's jongho?" yeosang asked and hongjoong giggled.

"he went to brush his teeth for the fourth time in the past half an hour, he's really nervous to see you i guess." hongjoong said, not caring about exposing his brother when the boy read through his private text messages not too long ago.

"awe, he's so cute." yeosang giggled into his hand as he walked inside the house and waited next to hongjoong for jongho to come out of the bathroom.

"my seongie is here!" hongjoong screamed out when he saw his boyfriend's car pull up, smiling ear to ear.

seonghwa stepped out of the vehicle along with his friends yunho and mingi. he smiled widely when he saw hongjoong, running to the front door and attacking his small boyfriend with hugs and kisses.

"seongie, stop kissing me!" hongjoong giggled as he tried to push seonghwa off of him.

"i. never. want. to. stop. kissing. you." seonghwa said, pausing after each word to place another kiss on various parts of hongjoong's face.

"you might never want to stop, but i'd greatly appreciate it if you moved out of the doorway." mingi said as he hesitantly poked seonghwa's shoulder. seonghwa laughed and backed off of hongjoong, moving out of the way so mingi and yunho could walk inside the house. mingi gave the boys a small wave before moving into the living room and taking a seat beside san on the couch.

"hi my beautiful boys!" yunho greeted hongjoong and yeosang, opening his arms wide and hugging the two of them tightly.

"wow, no hello for me?" seonghwa said, sounding a bit offended after his friend just ignored him.

"i kind of still hate you after hurting my baby here." yunho shrugged his shoulders without a care, making hongjoong and yeosang laugh under his arms.

"you can't really defend yourself after that one, babe." hongjoong said and seonghwa playfully rolled his eyes, laughing along with the boys. yunho eventually let go of the two and walked into the living room, taking a seat beside mingi on the couch.

jongho eventually finished in the bathroom and ran towards the commotion going on in the living room, smiling widely when he saw yeosang standing with his brother. before approaching the boy, he took a deep breath to compose himself and then tapped on yeosang's shoulder. yeosang turned around and smiled widely when he saw the boy.

"we should go sit down and give them some space." seonghwa suggested and hongjoong nodded his head, taking the older's hand and walking towards the couch with him.

"hi beautiful." jongho complimented the boy in front of him as he greeted him.

"h-h-h-h—" yeosang tried to answer but ultimately failed, making both him and jongho laugh in response. jongho quickly dug into his back pocket and handed yeosang his phone so the boy could properly respond to him.

'hi jongho, how are you?' yeosang showed the boy the phone after he typed out his response.

"i'm good, better now that you're here." jongho said before putting his hand out for yeosang to grab, deciding against bringing up the fact that he saw yeosang's texts with hongjoong and wooyoung a few hours prior. yeosang grabbed on and the two of them made their way into the living room to sit with their friends.

when the boys entered the room, jongho noticed that the only available seat left was a chair that was made for only one person to sit in. he scratched the back of his head awkwardly when he realized that he and yeosang would have to share the chair.

"uh, do you mind sitting on my lap?" jongho asked yeosang cautiously as to not startle the boy.

yeosang giggled and took out jongho's phone to type his response, 'i don't mind at all.'

jongho smiled widely and took a seat on the chair first, patting his thighs for yeosang to sit on top of him. yeosang hesitantly took a seat, making sure to sit in a way that wouldn't hurt the boy below him.

as expected, the seating arrangement did not go unnoticed by jongho's friends.

"yes sir, get it! i like that i like that!" mingi stood up from his seat and walked over to jongho to give him a fist bump. jongho shook his head in a disappointing manner as yeosang hid his red face from the group.

"mingi, i really can't stand you sometimes." jongho laughed out loud as he spoke, giving the boy the finger rather than a fist bump back. mingi shrugged his shoulders as he turned around and walked back to his seat, laughing the whole way there.

"i can't believe christmas is already next week, time has really been flying by recently." san said and everyone in the room agreed with him.

"i know. it feels like only last week i watched joongie for the first time, now look at us." seonghwa said as he put an arm around hongjoong's back, resting his head on the boy's shoulder as he did so.

"did you guys all get gifts for your boyfriends yet?" san asked. after hearing san's comment, wooyoung's attention peaked and his head quickly shot up.

"yes! what did you guys get? sannie, please tell me! please please please tell me what you got for me!" wooyoung begged the boy as san let out a deep breath.

"babe, i've told you this before... i will not tell you what i got you for christmas! it's one week away, you can wait! i have faith in you." san said back to the boy as he rubbed wooyoung's head, calming his jittery boyfriend down with his soft touch.

"i did get hongjoong a little something, but he has no idea what it is." seonghwa shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and hongjoong smiled widely.

"yay! i haven't bought seongie's gift yet, but me and my mommy are going to the mall this week to get it! i know exactly what i want to get him." hongjoong said as he moved his body to plant a quick kiss on his boyfriend's cheek.

"even though we're not dating, i did buy yeosang a little something. i think he'll love it." jongho said and yeosang looked over to him wide eyed. he took out jongho's phone and typed the boy a message.

'you did? you didn't have to do that.' jongho read yeosang's message and shook his head.

"yes i did have to do that, hun." jongho said as he hugged yeosang's waist tightly, pulling him in closer to his own body. yeosang covered his red face once again as he leaned his body back against jongho's, burying his head in the boy's neck.

"wait, i just realized... i'm dating wooyoung, seonghwa is dating hongjoong, jongho and yeosang are practically dating... yunho and mingi it's your turn!" san chimed in the conversation with a joke. all the boys in the room cheered out loud and laughed, loving san's comment.

all but seonghwa. since he knew yunho actually had feelings for mingi, he stayed silent on the matter.

mingi quickly waved his hands in the air to defend himself, "hell no! i'm straight." mingi said as he leaned back in his seat with his arms crossed.

even though yunho knew that was the case, the smile that was once on his face quickly turned into a frown.

"yeah, i'm straight too." yunho mumbled as he looked down at his lap, playing with the hem of his shirt to distract himself from his broken heart. the tears in his eyes were threatening to fall, but he quickly composed himself once again.

i swear, anytime i think progress is made, he goes back to this...

"ok calm down mingi, it was a joke." san laughed, "so, what are we gonna do today?" san asked as wooyoung laid his head down on his lap.

"how about we watch a movie or something?" jongho suggested and all the boys nodded their heads in agreement.

"what movie should we watch?" seonghwa asked and wooyoung quickly shot his head up again.

"clueless! i just watched it last weekend with my mommy for the first time. it's so good!" wooyoung suggested and mingi quickly disagreed with the boy.

"hell no! no chick flicks." mingi said and yunho rolled his eyes, fed up with the boy beside him.

"don't listen to him. if wooyoung wants clueless, wooyoung gets clueless. jongho, put the movie on now." yunho spoke sassily, pointing a finger at jongho as he spoke. jongho's eyes widened as he put his arms up in defense.

"damn yunho, ok! don't slit my throat or something." jongho laughed out loud as he spoke.

"sorry, i just like that movie too." yunho apologized, feeling bad for letting his anger for mingi out on jongho. mingi frowned beside the boy, knowing he was the reason yunho lashed out.

he felt bad, but he was straight. he couldn't change that.

at least i think i am...

"hongjoong, do you mind getting the remote and turning on the movie? i'm gonna go get some snacks in the kitchen." jongho asked and hongjoong nodded his head, standing up to get the remote that was sitting by the television as jongho made his way inside the kitchen.

the movie quickly started up, the intro scene playing throughout the room.

"i wanna be cher! she's so so so pretty!" wooyoung said with a pout as he watched the main actress appear on the screen, emphasizing his speech with a few extra 'so's' as he spoke.

"you are so much prettier than her, buttercup." san whispered to the boy laying on his lap, leaning down to give him a quick kiss on the lips. wooyoung's cheeks turned a dark shade of red as he giggled, thankful the room was dark so no one could see it.

"hey babe, i have a question." seonghwa asked hongjoong beside him.

"what is it?" hongjoong said as he whipped his head around to face his boyfriend.

"what are you doing tomorrow night?" seonghwa asked and hongjoong furrowed his eyebrows, putting a finger on his chin in thought.

"hmmm... i don't think anything! why?" hongjoong questioned, tilting his head as he spoke.

"how about we go on a date? i have a cute idea in my head and i think you'll love it." seonghwa said as he pinched hongjoong's cheeks. hongjoong giggled in response, lightly hitting his boyfriend's hand off his face.

"i'd love to go on a date with you! what time should i be ready? what should i wear?" hongjoong asked with a big smile on his face.

"be ready by seven. wear something warm, it'll be outside. i don't want you freezing to death." seonghwa replied and hongjoong nodded his head, leaning down to hug his boyfriend tight.

"i'm already excited for tomorrow!" hongjoong exclaimed and seoghwa chuckled, rubbing hongjoong's little head below him.

the movie continued on, only a few comments being made from the boys here and there. suddenly, there was a ring at the front door.

"jongie, did you order pizza or something? who's at the door?" hongjoong asked, sounding a little worried as he looked towards his brother a bit confused.

"i didn't, i'm not sure who it could be. watch out yeosang, let me go see who it is." jongho asked the boy on his lap to stand up and yeosang obeyed his words so jongho could walk towards the front door.

when jongho looked out the peephole, his fists balled up and his eyes widened in shock. san noticed his friend's odd behavior, feeling concerned for the boy.

"ho, who is it?" san asked as jongho walked back into the living room.

"it's fucking ryujin." jongho cursed out, not bothering to censor his words due to the overwhelming anger he was feeling at the moment.

"oh no it isn't!" wooyoung screamed out, not bothering to ask anyone before standing up and running towards the front door. jongho tried to stop the boy, but wooyoung was too quick for him. even though his anxiety was sky rocketing, he suppressed it for jongho and swung the door open to greet the girl behind it.

in all honesty, he really just wanted to go off on the girl.

"hey babe, i ju— what the fuck? why are you here?" ryujin interrupted herself when she saw wooyoung at the door instead of jongho, spitting out her words like she was disgusted at the boy who was standing in front of her.

"because me and my friends are hanging out here, that's why! more importantly, why are you here?" wooyoung asked sassily with his arms crossed.

"to get my boyfriend back, freak. get out of the way." ryujin insulted wooyoung and then pushed the boy out of her way as she tried to enter the home. san heard the commotion and saw what ryujin had done to his boyfriend so he quickly stood up and rushed over to the scene at the front door.

"i don't know who the fuck you think you are coming here uninvited, but never lay a finger on my boyfriend ever again. got it fuck face?" san spat out, ready to fight the girl in front of him.

"wow, freak can't defend himself? not surprised." ryujin spoke in pout as she rolled her eyes. hongjoong quickly jumped up this time, holding back san to defend his friend and brother.

"ryujin, get out of here! jongie doesn't want you back." hongjoong said as he calmed san down.

"what the hell do you know about jongho?" ryujin asked and wooyoung laughed out loud.

"a lot more than you, princess! he's jongie's brother, you're just his ugly ex girlfriend! he probably broke up with you because you smell." wooyoung tried his best to insult the girl at the doorway, sticking his tongue out at her as he spoke.

"so we're twelve again? i'm so offended by your comment!" ryujin spoke sarcastically, laughing at herself after she finished speaking.

"that's because he's a nice person, unlike your dumbass self. thankfully for our sake, i'm not very nice. you're a bitchass whore who thrives off of hurting others, beating them up on things that they can't help about themselves. you're a selfish, ungrateful bitch whose motto is 'my way or the highway'. unless you want major trouble, i suggest you get the fuck out of jongho's house before it's too late." san spoke through grit teeth and ryujin laughed.

"can i at least see jongho? i bought him flowers and everything." ryujin faked another pout as she spoke, not caring about a single word that had left san's lips. san was about to go off again, but he was stopped by jongho who ran over to the door and held his arm back.

"it's ok guys, go sit down. let me take care of this." jongho said and the three boys nodded their heads in defeat, walking back to their seats. before officially leaving, san didn't forget to flip the girl off one last time.

"ryu, can you please get out of here? i'm trying to enjoy my time alone with my friends." jongho kindly spoke, hoping it would get through the girl's thick skull.

"but come on! don't you miss me?" ryujin asked and jongho laughed out loud.

"not one bit. i have someone else now, someone a lot better than you ever were." jongho said and ryujin scoffed.

"is it that fuck face? did you really leave me for some mute freak?" she exclaimed, not caring that yeosang was probably only a few feet away. yeosang pouted in his seat, hiding his face from his friends so they wouldn't see the tears that were forming in his eyes.

"i won't hesitate to punch you in the fucking face i you speak about my yeosang like that ever again. and anyway, aren't you with jaehyun?" jongho asked with his hands in fists.

"kind of, but you were so much better than he is." ryujin fluttered her eyes, trying to flirt with jongho who just rolled his eyes.

"i don't fucking care, downgrade to him. i have yeosang now." jongho said and ryujin scoffed in response.

"honestly i don't even believe you. there's no way you're gay, you're probably just saying that to get me to leave." ryujin spoke confidently as she crossed her arms, still holding the flowers in her hand. jongho laughed out loud at her comment and walked into the living room, grabbing yeosang by the hand and dragging him to the door.

once they got there, jongho leaned in and aggressively kissed yeosang on the lips. all the boys in the living room watched and cheered out loud, smiling and laughing at ryujin's disgusted face.

"yes sir!" san screamed out as he jumped up and down in the living room.

"king shit only!" yunho exclaimed.

jongho eventually backed away and put his arm around the stunned yeosang standing beside him.

"so, believe me now?" jongho cocky said with a corked eyebrow.

"whatever, fuck all of you! i'm out!" ryujin screamed out as he slammed the flowers on the floor and stomped away. both wooyoung and hongjoong shot up, rushing to the front door to insult her one last time.

"bye ugly, see you never!" wooyoung screamed out.

"don't let the door hit you on your way out!" hongjoong giggled as he slammed the front door, not missing ryujin flipping them off before she drove away.

"well that was interesting, wasn't it?" seonghwa laughed after the boys made their way back into the living room.

"i'm coming here more often, there always seems to be some sort of chaos!" mingi laughed as the boys all took their seats once again.

"really seems that way. joongie, press play please." jongho laughed as he took his seat, finally relaxing again after yeosang sat on top of him and clueless played throughout the room.

this chapter was extremely long so i hope you enjoyed it! it took me like four days to write👁👄👁but i loved it!!!

and for all of you people who were DYING for the boys to go off on ryujin... ARE YOU HAPPY NOW!?!??

btw there's only one chapter left... and i'm actually going to cry :/

-vic