Wonwoo's pov

The three of us barely had any time to discuss the events of last night since the first thing that greeted me and Alex once we reached our apartment was Seungcheol ushering us all to go to sleep 'cause we had classes the next morning, but not before going all proud dad on us and telling to the squealing Mingyu to shut up. Needless to say that none of us actually had a good night sleep.

And so it's not surprising that in the very next morning, I'm greeted by Mingyu's booming voice.

"Alright you two, sit down! We need to talk!" he demanded while pointing to the couch.

"Mingyu, don't you think it's too early for this?" Alex groaned while coming out of the bathroom.

"There's coffee on the table. Now sit!" I was going to point out that we are not dogs but coffee was my biggest priority so I complied, followed closely by Alex.

"Alright then! So, as we all know, the both of you are now dating. Which is great by the way, I am so proud! My little shy babies are all grown up!" Mingyu enthusiastically noted, as wiped out a fake tear from his eye.

"We're older than yo-"

"That's beside the point! Now let me finish! " he interrupted Alex. " As I was saying before, you two are dating now. However, you're still living with me, so I think we should set some ground rules. Okay?"

"Sure. What do you propose then?" I asked in hopes that he wouldn't go over the top.

"It's very simple. Rule number one, go easy on the PDA! I know that you two are probably not that into it, but still."

"Sounds fair. What else?"

"Rule number two, do not involve me in any possible couple quarrel. As unlikely as I think it is, bad stuff happens all the time, so please, just don't let things get away too out of control. I don't want to pick sides."

"Don't plan on letting that happen." Alex interjected.

"Great! Last but not least, if you two want...you know...some time alone, please tell me in advance. I'm too young to be traumatized! I don't want witness any unnecessary stuff, especially-"

" We get the message! Anything else?"

"Nah, I'm cool."

"Great!" and with that, I made my way to the kitchen counter to get more coffee. 

"I can't believe it finally happened." Mingyu sighed. "It almost feels like yesterday when I met the emo looking boy and the short nerd."

"Why do you always have to comment about my height?" Alex fumed. 

I sat down on our dinner table and watched where the two of them were now standing up. This is not going to end nicely.

" 'Cause my cute little friend, you are very small!" Mingyu mocked while pinching her cheeks.

"One day, I swear I'm going to strangle you!" Alex threatened.

"Like you can even reach my neck! Short people's problems, right Wonwoo?"  Mingyu teased and looked back at me, completely overlooking Alex's clenched fists. It's far too late to save him now.

"So Mingyu, what do you prefer?"

"What?" Mingyu asked me.

"Open or closed casket?

"What do you-" Before he could finish his sentence, Alex tackled him down to the ground and started to hit him with a pillow. Meanwhile, I observed the ruckus, taking sips of my coffee.

"WONWOO! MAKE HER STOP!" he pleaded.

"You dug your own grave Gyu. Not my fault!"

"DUDE COME ON! CONTROL YOUR GIRLFRIEND!"

"It's 2016 Mingyu. Women are not supposed to be controlled by men."

"WILL YOU JUST HELP ME?!" 

"Don't feel like it."

"JEON WONWOO!"

I looked over to the scene. Alex was beating him pretty hard, not enough to hurt him severely, just to make him completely helpless to even fight back. I hesitated for a moment, wondering if he will ever learn to not make fun of her height, but I eventually sighed. It's Mingyu, he never learns.

"Alex stop hitting him! I promised the landlord after the whole nunchucks incident that no one, including Mingyu, would get murder in this apartment!"

"BUT HE DESERVES IT! HE KEEPS MOCKING ME! BESIDES, I'M NOT USING NUNCHUCKS!"

"I know but I don't want you to get arrested so early in the morning!"

"I WON'T GET ARRESTED!"

"Still!"

"FINE!" she stopped hitting Mingyu with the pillow, allowing the younger boy to sit up. His hair was a complete mess and he looked a bit disoriented due to the beating, but at least he was still alive.

"Huh, maybe this whole dating thing will be better than I thought!" Mingyu joked, getting hit in the face by the pillow again.

I couldn't help but laugh. 

This is just another typical morning with these two.

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Alex's pov

Once again, me and Joshua were in the storage room organizing things, while Vernon was just sitting around, watching us work. Apparently, he got bored of his job and since his shift was over, he decided to drop by to see how we were doing. 

"Hey, guys?"

"Yes, Vernon?" Joshua answered.

"Can we talk?"

"About?"I asked.

"Well...dating..."

"Dating?" Joshua inquired, turning around to face him.

"Yeah, you know...feelings."

"Feelings?...yeah, can't help you with that. Sorry dude."

"Oh come on Alex! I know you're dating Wonwoo now!"

"You two are dating?!" Joshua cried out looking at me.

"Yeah, but how do you know that?"

"Dino and Seungkwan told me."

"Nevermind that! I'm so happy for you Alex!" 

"Yeah yeah! We all are! Congratulations! We'll go back to that in a minute, but can we focus on me now?" Vernon proposed.

"Sorry, go on."

"You have our full attention." I declared, facing Vernon.

"Well...have you ever had a weird sort of crush on one of your friends where you can't actually tell if it's a crush or not? Do I want to kiss you? Do I really just enjoy being your friend? Who knows? Not me!" the younger boy ranted.

"...Is this about Seungkwan?" I smirked. 

"What about him?" Woozi asked, coming through the door completely unnoticed.

"Nothi-"

"Vernon has mixed feelings for him." Joshua interrupted Vernon's denial.

"I do n-"

"Mixed feelings? Oh please, Vernon is as straight for Seungkwan as a circle!" Woozi proclaimed.

"I am no-"

"Hansol, don't try to deny it. Even Woozi noticed!" I noted.

"He doesn't-"

"Hey, don't feel bad about it. This a good thing! I know it doesn't seem like it, but the three of us totally support you. I think you should probably just give some thought to it. No pressure. When you feel ready, come to us again."

"The holy Jisoos Christ strikes again." 

"They grow up so fast! It seems like it was just yesterday when I was scolding Vernon for being in the storage room when he's not allowed." Woozi taunted, putting his hand over his heart.

"I know! The child is all grown up now!" I continued, wiping a fake tear.

"...You guys know that you're only two years older than me right?"

"If there's an age gap then I intend to use it in my favor."