~Time skip: 1 week~

After a tiring week of balancing school and all of the drama, Hyunjoon found himself at Sangyeon's doorstep on a warm Sunday afternoon.

"Hey, Joon. He doesn't suspect anything. Come in." Hyunjoon stepped inside and was in awe of Sangyeon's home. "My mom is a lawyer and my dad is the founder and CEO of his own company. It's not the biggest company, but it will be one day." Hyunjoon followed him upstairs and down a short hallway. Sangyeon motioned for him to wait outside until he gave the signal.

"Can I look now, San?" "Yep." Hyunjoon waved as Chanhee opened his eyes. "You." "Me." "I'll leave you two to it." Sangyeon closed the door behind him and Hyunjoon started feeling nervous. "Chanhee, why can't you see past this label? We had so much fun together. Why should it all change just because I prefer to date people of the same sex?" "It's morally wrong. That's not how we were created to be." Hyunjoon clicked his tongue then got closer to Chanhee. "You're really just going to let the past repeat itself?" Chanhee looked away from him then sighed. "So what if I do? It's not like anything will change. It'll be like you were never there."

Hyunjoon was livid at Chanhee's response. "I really thought I'd be different in your eyes. You were always so kind and caring, Chanhee. Are you really that devout that you can't accept us?" Hyunjoon searched Chanhee's face for any hint of compassion. "Yes. Yes, I am." "I wish I stopped myself from liking you, especially when I found out you were religious. I regret doing that stupid dare Changmin gave me." Hyunjoon walked out of the room and down the stairs. "What hap-" "Thanks Sangyeon. We really needed this talk. You were right, I shouldn't have gotten close. Now I can't feel anything at all." Hyunjoon walked out of Sangyeon's home.

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Hyunjoon kicked a can as he walked about. He didn't know where he was since he rarely passed by where he ended up. "I don't want to go home. I wonder if...nah, she wouldn't. Maybe I should just go live with my aunt. Change schools." He bumped into someone and was about to go off until he saw who it was. "Youngjae?" "Hyunjoon?" "Well, this is awkward. How have you been?" Youngjae shrugged then shoved his hands into his pockets. "I hear my cousin is still bugging you." Hyunjoon nodded as he motioned for the younger to walk with him. "It seems he can't take a hint. Maybe I should spell it out for him. I didn't want to really end our friendship, me and you, but you were related to Juyeon, so..." Youngjae shook his head then gave Hyunjoon a smile. "No harm done. We could always start patching things up now."

They talked for a while longer before Youngjae told him he had to go. "Get home safe." "Right." Hyunjoon looked up at the dark sky and debated on whether or not to go home. "Joon?" "Oh, hey Kevin. Why are you out so late?" "I could ask you the same thing." "Can I stay over at your place? I need someone to talk to." Kevin smiled as he nodded.

"And that's what happened." "Chanhee is really serious isn't he...To think that he could do a 180 degree turn just by knowing your label." Hyunjoon nodded as he took a few more bites out of his fried chicken. "Well, I'm glad Sangyeon tried. But, do you really want to let go of Chanhee?" Hyunjoon nodded as he took another piece of fried chicken. He knee that it'd be impossible to do so, but he also wanted to respect Chanhee's decision. "Does this mean I have a chance?" "What?" "I'm joking, calm down." Hyunjoon punched Kevin's arm while laughing. "That hurt, Joon. It's like you don't know your own strength." "Stop being so dramatic."

Kevin left his room once he saw that Hyunjoon had fallen asleep. He took out his phone and opened up his messages.
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Sangyeon

Kev:
Joon is asleep.

Kev:
How's Chanhee?

Sangyeon:
He's asleep too.

Sangyeon:
I thought having Chanhee see Joon would help.

Sangyeon:
Looks like I'm wrong again.

Kev:
Well, it was better than not doing anything.

Kev:
Joon isn't taking this well.

Kev:
He sleepily mentioned moving in with his aunt.

Sangyeon:
What's so bad about that?

Kev:
His aunt lives far away from here.

Kev:
We may never see him again.

Sangyeon:
Oh.

Sangyeon:
I need to go for a bit.

Sangyeon:
Chanhee is whimpering again.

Kev:
I see.

Kev:
May I ask what about?

Sangyeon:
I don't know myself.

Sangyeon:
I'm hoping it's about Joon.

Kev:
Ah...
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Hyunjoon woke up and looked around him. "Oh, it's Kevin's room." He slowly sat up then made his way to the bathroom. He looked in the mirror and noticed his eyes were red and puffy. "Looks like you're finally awake." Hyunjoon turned around and saw Kevin leaning against the door frame. "What time is it?" "A little past 12:05pm." "That late? When did I go to sleep?" Kevin shrugged as he threw Hyunjoon a towel, washcloth and some clothes. "I'll be downstairs. My dad made breakfast for you, so look forward to that. Well, at this point, it's your lunch." Kevin closed the door behind him and made his way downstairs.

Hyunjoon walked downstairs and saw Kevin lying down on the couch on his phone. "Kevin." "Yolo?" "Stop that." Kevin chuckled then sat up to face him. "Was I really crying last night?" Kevin nodded then typed something on his phone. "It was hard to sleep because of you." "I apologize for that, Kev." Kevin waved his statement off then gave him a smile. "I don't mind. I didn't think I could get you to fall asleep, but I did." "What did you do?" "Uh..." He noticed Kevin had stopped looking at him and was looking down at his phone. "Kev...did you...?" "N-No! Nothing like that! I'm not a pervert!" Hyunjoon couldn't keep himself from bursting out in laughter.

"So, are you really going to go live with your aunt?" Hyunjoon raised an eyebrow at Kevin's question. "Well, you said it in your sleep..." "I might. I don't know if I'll permanently live there with her or temporarily." Kevin placed a hand on his thigh then looked at him with serious eyes. "Don't go. I'm not saying that just because I can't fend for myself, but because I don't think I can handle you leaving." "Kev..." Hyunjoon hugged Kevin then eventually pulled away. "I'll stay with you then." Kevin looked at him wide eyed then burst out laughing. "How would my parents feel about that? I would love for you to, but I don't know if my parents can handle another trouble child." "Hey!" Kevin laughed as Hyunjoon chased him around the house.

a/n: don't forget to vote, share and comment! thought i should end this chapter on a light note ❤️