hongjoong waited in the front of the school like he typically did for his brother, but today he was accompanied by his two friends rather than being completely by himself.

"where is jongho?" wooyoung asked, slightly shaken up.

yeosang put his arm around his anxious friend to calm him down a bit, "he'll be here any minute, he usually talks to his friends a bit before leaving for the day." hongjoong reassured the younger who nodded his head frantically.

thankfully, jongho showed up a little quicker this day than he typically did... probably because he knew he was taking wooyoung and yeosang to his house as well.

"yay, he's here!" hongjoong cheered and wooyoung smiled widely.

yeosang was typically really excited to see jongho, but this time he wasn't. he noticed jongho had his hand in another, the hand belonging to none other than his girlfriend ryujin. yeosang frowned and turned around to lead the boys out the front door, not bothering giving jongho a second glance.

wooyoung quickly ran past yeosang, skipping towards jongho's car. hongjoong giggled and followed the boys action, running ahead of a pouting yeosang.

"jongho, open the door!" wooyoung screamed out as he pulled on the door handle impatiently.

"your brother and his friends are proper weirdos." ryujin said to jongho with a laughed. yeosang overheard what the girl said and he decided to eavesdrop on the conversation a bit, wanting to know what jongho's reply would be.

"yeah, i guess a little." jongho awkwardly chuckled, hurting yeosang even more. he really thought jongho wasn't like his friends, but he was proven wrong.

yeosang decided not to tell hongjoong and wooyoung what jongho and ryujin said as he approached the car, taking a seat next to hongjoong after jongho opened the doors. wooyoung and hongjoong were giggling to one another, so yeosang tried his best to muster up a fake smile as jongho and ryujin took their seats in the front of the car so they wouldn't be suspicious.

"so you guys are coming back to my house?" jongho asked.

"yeah! we're gonna play tea party, and joongie's mommy said we can have ice cream too!" wooyoung screamed and ryujin held her ears closed.

"damn, ever heard of an indoor voice?" she turned to face wooyoung, her tone belittling the younger.

"i have, but i like using my outdoor voice instead!" wooyoung screamed loudly and giggled, earning an eye roll from the girl.

"whatever freak." she whispered to herself as she folded her arms.

hongjoong and wooyoung started having their own conversation after the small encounter with ryujin, discussing what toppings they wanted to put on their ice cream when they get home. yeosang wasn't too interested in the conversation since he planned on having chocolate with no toppings, so he decided to eavesdrop on jongho and ryujin's conversation once again.

"are they going to bother us when we're at your house? i wanted alone time with my baby." she whined slightly as she made grabby hands for jongho's arm. yeosang just rolled his eyes, already fed up with the girl he just met.

"don't worry, they won't. they're good when they're at the house." jongho reassured ryujin, but she continued on with her whining.

"are you sure they're good? i mean, the one behind me is obviously very... different." she made wide eyes while talking about wooyoung.

"don't talk about hongjoong's friends like that." jongho shushed his girlfriend, "you know they can't help it."

"that one is quiet though, why can't the other two be like him?" she asked, referring to yeosang. yeosang had to pretend he wasn't listening intensely to what they were saying while the pair spoke about him.

"well the reason he's quiet is because he's selectively mute, he only speaks in front of his family and wooyoung and hongjoong. since we're in the car as well, it's a little harder for him to speak to them." jongho informed ryujin and she laughed.

"ok, so he's a freak too. i get why he's friends with them now." she sighed out loud.

yeosang was boiling with anger. he hated how ryujin was speaking about him and his friends. she didn't know them at all, yet she felt she had the right to speak of them so poorly?

"again, don't speak of them like that. yeosang is the sweetest boy i've ever met in my entire life and he can't help the fact that he can't speak sometimes. honestly, yeosang is probably my favorite out of all three of them, even hongjoong sometimes." jongho defended yeosang, chuckling a little at his last sentence. yeosang blushed and covered his face with his sweater, heart fluttering at jongho's kind statement.

"i don't get it. you agreed with me before when i called them weirdos, why are you defending them now?" she asked, sounding confused.

"i mean, they are weird... but everyone's a little weird, aren't they?" jongho asked and ryujin rolled her eyes.

"whatever ho, maybe their problems are rubbing off on you too." she answered, snobby.

"ryujin, i will literally drive you home if you speak of them like that again. i mean it this time." jongho eyed his girlfriend down hard, thankful the boys in the back were so chatty that they couldn't hear the conversation.

"whatever, we're here anyway. i better be having alone time with you, if you know what i mean." ryujin winked as she opened the car door and walked towards the house without waiting for jongho. yeosang heard jongho's quiet sigh as she exited the car and he giggled a little to himself, happier now than he was before the car ride.

"hongjoong, did you hear anything you didn't like during the car ride?" jongho asked his brother as they all stepped out of the car.

hongjoong looked at him, a bit confused, "no, why?"

"oh nothing, just making sure." jongho nodded his head as he opened the front door for all five of them to walk inside.

hongjoong and wooyoung sprinted ahead, running straight to the kitchen. yeosang waited back a bit, waving at hongjoong's mom who started laughing.

"hi yeosang. the only one to say hello to me!" she exclaimed and yeosang giggled back.

"mom, me and ryujin are going to my room if that's ok with you." jongho said as ryujin gave a small wave to his mom, seeming like she didn't want to have any sort of small talk with the woman.

"ok, that's fine honey." she smiled as ryujin grabbed his hand, dragging him into his room without a second glance.

"i'm assuming hongjoong and wooyoung were a bit excited for the ice cream, huh yeosang?" mrs. kim asked yeosang and yeosang just laughed, walking with her to the kitchen.

once entering the kitchen, she noticed there were already tubs of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream out. there was whipped cream, chocolate chips, gummy bears, and different types of sprinkles. before the boys could open any container, she tried to stop them.

"boys, please let me open them u--"

before she could finish her sentence, there were hundreds on rainbow sprinkles all over the kitchen floor.

she put her hands on her hips, laughing at the cowering boy in front of her.

"s-sorry..." wooyoung looked around, flustered as his friends began laughing at the mess he made all over the floor.

it's not even seven thirty but guess who's up! this hoe!!! ATEEZ ALREADY KILLED ME TODAY. ON??? ANSWER??? NOW KCON??? I CANNOT BREATH. GOODBYE!!

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-vic