the eight boys finally all sat together again for lunch on monday afternoon. all of hongjoong and seonghwa's friends were very grateful that the two made up and were finally back to normal again.

"now that you guys don't hate each other anymore, i can finally sit with my wooyoungie." san said as he took a seat next to wooyoung, leaning over and plating a quick peck on the boy's lips.

"hey hey, don't say all that. i never hated him, only he hated me." seonghwa said as he put his arms up defensively.

"and should i have liked you after breaking my heart?" hongjoong sassily replied as he rolled his eyes.

"he's not wrong." mingi shrugged his shoulders, agreeing with hongjoong's statement.

"you literally sound like my mom right now." seonghwa rolled his eyes and gave mingi the finger before taking a bite of the fried chicken he brought from home.

"yeah, but for once, what mingi said wasn't stupid. he should still hate you, but that's just me. hongjoong can do whatever he wants." yunho said nonchalantly and hongjoong laughed at his friend's reply.

"this is why you're my favorite, yunho!" hongjoong giggled and yunho placed his hand over his warming heart, a pout forming on his face.

"oh you too girl! i love you joongie." yunho blew a kiss to the younger and san rolled his eyes.

"yunho, that was actually the gayest thing you could've ever possibly said." san spoke up and yunho gasped.

"is it a crime for a man to embrace his feminine side every once in a while?" yunho replied, trying to make a joke out of the awkward situation he got himself in.

"if every once in a while is every other sentence, then sure yunho. i'll let you rock." san said as he put an arm around his boyfriend.

seonghwa laughed along with his friends as the period continued on. after he finished eating, he swung his arm around hongjoong's waist, placing his head on the younger's shoulder.

from the distance, minho looked up from his plate and saw seonghwa laying on hongjoong's shoulder. the boy made a gagging noise at the sight, catching his friend's attention from the food in front of him.

"what's up? why'd you just gag?" his best friend, jaehyun asked.

"turn around and look at seonghwa. i just don't get it, what does he see in that freak? it's honestly disgusting." minho scrunched his nose and shook his body in pure disgust.

"ugh, yeah that is disgusting. didn't we warn him about them? all of them, honestly. why are san and them hanging out with those guys? i don't get that group anymore." jaehyun said as he took another bite of his lunch.

"should we call seonghwa over here and try talking to him again?" minho asked and jaehyun nodded his head.

"yeah, let's make one more final attempt to knock some sense into his dense ass head." jaehyun said as he turned his body around to face seonghwa's table head on.

"hey hwa!" seonghwa heard someone scream out his name in the cafeteria and he lifted his head and turned his body to the noise. once he realized who it was, he let out a big sigh and rolled his eyes.

"what's wrong hun?" hongjoong asked after hearing the obvious annoyed sigh leave seonghwa's lips.

"those assholes are calling me over. i'll be right back, let me see what bullshit they have to say to me this time." seonghwa excused himself and stood up from the table, making his way over to minho and jaehyun.

"what could you possibly want from my life?" seonghwa asked as he placed his hands on his hips, not bothering to hide his built up anger from them.

"woah! first of all, calm down. and second of all, what did we tell you not too long ago? why are they sitting at your table again?" jaehyun asked and seonghwa rolled his eyes again.

"because we want them at our table? and it affects you because?" seonghwa questioned them.

"because you guys are our friends and we wouldn't want you to turn into freaks like them." minho stated and seonghwa laughed evilly.

"turn into 'freaks' like them? what the fuck does that even mean, minho? huh? what the fuck does that even mean?" seonghwa cursed out, getting extremely fired up at their conversation.

"he means exactly what he said, seonghwa. they're fucking freaks and everyone knows that. why would you want to surround yourself with people like them?" jaehyun asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"because unlike you assholes, my friends and i frankly don't give a fuck if they're considered different or not. we like them for them, and we will continue hanging out with them if we want to." seonghwa said with venom in his words, not caring if his actions would affect his relationship with jaehyun and minho or not.

"ok, whatever. have it your way. but being friends with them is one thing. why were you laying on that one's shoulder?" minho said as he pointed to hongjoong across the room who was innocently playing with his dinosaur chicken nuggets that he brought from home, making cute little 'rawr' noises as he attacked the dinosaur nugget that yeosang was holding.

"he has a fucking name, minho. use it." seonghwa spoke through grit teeth.

"freak number one? sorry, i don't really care to remember his name." minho rolled his eyes without a care. it took everything in seonghwa to not pounce on the boy and punch him straight in the face at that exact moment.

"do you even know how to not act like an asshole?" seonghwa said as he balled his fists up.

"just answer the fucking question, park." jaehyun spoke up, getting annoyed with how difficult seonghwa was being.

"i was laying on his shoulder because i like him. well, to be completely accurate, i love him. and guess what? i don't fucking care what you have to say about it! i'm in love kim hongjoong, regardless of his differences. if anything, his differences are more of a reason to fucking love that precious boy." seonghwa screamed out, not caring when some heads turned to face him.

in all honesty, he wanted the whole room to hear. he wanted everyone to know that he loved hongjoong.

"you love him? how pathetic." jaehyun laughed and seonghwa rolled his eyes in frustration.

"what's pathetic about it, huh? what's so pathetic about loving him?" seonghwa asked, leaning in closer to jaehyun's face as he spoke.

"he can't love you the way you can love him. he's practically a child in a teenager's body. why would you want someone who has the mental capacity of a ten year old?" jaehyun asked.

"because everyone deserves love, you asshole. just because he's different, he's not like the 'normal' or 'typical' teenager or whatever the fuck that even means, doesn't mean he shouldn't be loved like everyone else." seonghwa answered and the boys rolled their eyes.

"i'm sorry, but that could never be me." minho said with a shoulder shrug.

"well good thing you don't have to, he's mine." seonghwa pointed in minho's face and jaehyun laughed.

"trust me, even if we liked guys, he would not be the one we'd go after. you don't have to worry about someone trying to take him from you." jaehyun said with a scoff. after processing what the boy had said to him, seonghwa couldn't contain his anger any longer.

"well then you're both fucking idiots because maybe if you got to know him, you'd realize that there's more to him than his disability. because underneath his exterior is the kindest, gentilest, and most caring human being i've ever met in my entire life. he's that person you dreamt of being with as a child, the person that you know will make you happy for the rest of your life. but since you guys are too obsessed with exteriors, you can't see what's going on inside the person's heart." seonghwa stated, tears threatening to fall from his eyes due to the amount of anger he was feeling at that moment.

"you're deadass a pussy bro." minho responded with and seonghwa shrugged his shoulders.

"don't care if you consider me a pussy, i'm just stating the facts here. and tell me, why do you have to always point out me and hongjoong when san is doing the exact same thing with wooyoung? why didn't you call san over here and ask him why we're hanging out with them or why they're all touchy? why do you focus on me?" seonghwa asked and both boys looked at each other, unable to come up with a quick reply. seonghwa laughed in response to that, clapping his hands obnoxiously in their faces.

"exactly. because you guys are too pussy to face san, you know he'll speak his mind and fuck you guys up and then you won't be able to attend anymore parties or whatever shit else excuse you have. well news flash, i won't be pushed around any longer. so fuck you jaehyun, and fuck you minho, because i will happily be with hongjoong and i don't a fuck what either of you or anyone else has to say about it. hongjoong makes me happy, and at the end of the day, that's what matters. not your dumbass opinions." seonghwa finished going off on the guys and stood there while they tried to come up with a comeback.

"i just don't get it. you're a good looking guy, seonghwa. you could get any girl or guy you want, yet you stoop so low." minho said and seonghwa moved closer to his face.

"no, i probably couldn't get any girl or guy i want. so it's a good thing that the one guy i want wanted me back." seonghwa replied and stood up straight from his crouched down position. before he turned around to leave the table, he noticed ryujin walking over to the two boys.

"hey babe." she obnoxiously said as she sat down next to jaehyun, not seeming to care that there was a guest at the table as she sloppily kissed the boy right in front of seonghwa.

"yeah, i should've guessed you two dickheads would end up together. i'll be going back to my love now, enjoy being lowlifes forever!" seonghwa flipped the table off before turning around and leaving them for good.

when seonghwa came back to the table, he greeted hongjoong with a warm hug and a big kiss on the cheek. hongjoong blushed and turned his head to face the older, slapping him lightly on the chest.

"seongie, stop it!" hongjoong giggled as seonghwa squeezed his body tighter and tighter. seonghwa eventually let go and placed a hand on hongjoong's thigh, rubbing up and down his leg in a comforting manner.

"what did dickwad want?" san asked.

"which dickwad? there's two of them." jongho spoke up and yunho rolled his eyes.

"yeah, they're both dickwads. i hate them so much." he said and seonghwa nodded his head in agreement.

"well i hate them too. they pretty much just wanted to tell me that we shouldn't hang out with hongjoong, wooyoung and yeosang." seonghwa said and everyone looked at seonghwa confused.

"what? why? what did we do?" wooyoung spoke up, not understanding why two guys that he'd never even talked to had something negative to say about him and his friends.

"you did nothing. they're just not good people. trust me, i told them off. you guys have nothing to worry about, we're not listening to anything they have to say ever again." the boys all nodded their heads and smiled, not bothering to question seonghwa any further. unlike the other guys, san looked like he was about to explode from anger.

"what the fuck did they say about my baby?" san asked through grit teeth.

"san, calm down. it's o—"

"they're getting a fucking piece of my mind!" san screamed out and stood up, running over to their table with revenge in his eyes.

"should we stop him?" mingi asked and yunho shook his head.

"no, let mr. angry boy go off on them. honestly, this'll probably be the highlight of my week. i want to watch." yunho shrugged his shoulders as he took a sip of his iced coffee and faced the fight. the rest of the guys laughed in agreement and turned around to watch san go off on jaehyun and minho.

"ugh, i swear i'm so lucky to have him." wooyoung wiped a fake tear off his cheek as he held onto his heart, laughing at the screaming match that his boyfriend had got himself in.

can someone let me know why guys never like me? like... am i just that repulsive? my family always asks why i'm single and i'm like... yeah❤️

-vic