5️⃣ Chingus
Hwall🐱 has added Moon🌙, Sang🥭, Kyuteness🦒, and Chan🐡 to the chat

Hwall🐱:
Hey guys.

Kyuteness🦒:
Whoa, how did you manage to get Chanhee's number bro?

Hwall🐱:
We did a project together, smh.

Moon🌙:
Well, this is new.

Sang🥭:
Why was I added here?

Chan🐡:
Hi everyone!

Kyuteness🦒:
Who's Sang?

Hwall🐱:
Sangyeon.

Chan🐡:
Joon, are you going to swing by my place this weekend?

Chan🐡:
We still have that Calculus project to finish.

Kyuteness🦒:
Wow, Joon. You sure move quick.

Moon🌙:
I second that.

Sang🥭:
👀

Hwall🐱:
Shut up, Q.

Chan🐡:
Be nice, Joon.

Kyuteness🦒:
Yeah, Joon.

Moon🌙:
Btw, how did it go with Juyeon?

Kyuteness🦒:
Oh yeah. I completely forgot about that.

Sang🥭:
What about Juyeon?

Chan🐡:
^
Read: 1:33pm
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Roomies 🙌

Hwall🐱:

Moon🌙:
What?

Kyuteness🦒:
?

Hwall🐱:
Did you really have to go and expose me?

Moon🌙:
Oops.

Kyuteness🦒:
Well, it's too late to back out.

Kyuteness🦒:
It's already there and they're waiting for answers.
Read: 1:37pm
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Hyunjoon couldn't bring himself to tell them about Juyeon. He always noticed that Juyeon acted differently around him, but he never thought this would be the reason. Hyunjoon had stayed home as he had been very unwell in the morning. He sighed as he looked at his messages. "Chanhee sent me a message? It's probably about the project."
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Chan🐡

Chan🐡:
Are you okay?

Hwall🐱:
Yeah. Why do you ask?

Chan🐡:
Well, you weren't in school.

Hwall🐱:
I'm fine.

Hwall🐱:
Don't worry about it.

Chan🐡:
I'm going to even if you say that.

Chan🐡:
I'm coming over after school.
Read: 1:46pm
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Hyunjoon had already fallen asleep as the medicine he took awhile ago had kicked in. After hours of sleeping, Hyunjoon woke up and rubbed his eyes. He noticed his phone was still on and opened to a chat. "He's coming over!? What time is it!?" He checked and it read 4:31pm. "He couldn't have possibly stayed and waited..." He bolted to the front door and opened it. There was no Chanhee.

He sent a text to Chanhee and waited for a response. "He left me on read..." He quickly washed and got dressed then headed over to Chanhee's. He started feeling nauseous again and rang the bell. "Oh, Hyunjoon. What's the problem? Come in, come in." He leaned against the walls for support as dizziness started settling in along with the nausea.

"Honey, are you okay?" She sat him down on the couch which made things worse. "Y...your bathroom..." She pointed to where it was and he made a dash for it. After emptying the contents of his stomach and cleaning his mouth, he stepped out and was face to face with Mrs. Choi and Chanhee. "Aren't you sick? Why are you here?" He looked at Chanhee with a somber look. "I woke up not too long ago...so I had just seen your message. You weren't there, so I came to you. Sorry." He slowly made his way to the front door, but then collapsed.

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Hyunjoon opened his eyes and saw a worried Chanhee. "You should've stayed home." Hyunjoon sat up, but was immediately pushed back down by Chanhee. "How did you get sick anyway? You seemed so healthy yesterday." Hyunjoon chuckled as he remembered exactly how. "Don't worry about it." "I'm going to worry about it even if you tell me that. Didn't I tell you this already?" Hyunjoon felt happy knowing that Chanhee cared about his wellbeing, but brought himself back to reality as he remembered that he'd only cared as a friend. "I should go. I've bothered you both long enough." "Why don't you stay the night?"

Hyunjoon rapidly blinked at Chanhee's proposal. "Me what?" "You stay." "I couldn't. I'd only be a pest." He heard footsteps coming down the stairs and looked to see who it was. "Hyunjoon, why don't you stay? I'm sure your parents won't mind." Hyunjoon felt a sharp pain in his heart when Mrs. Choi said "parents". "Mom, I think you hit something you shouldn't have." Hyunjoon didn't realize his emotions were obvious on his face. "It's okay. You both don't know. I live with just my dad. My mom passed away." Silence filled the room as the Chois didn't know what to say. "I'll let my dad know." He got up from the couch then went outside to call his dad.

He ended the call and turned around to see Chanhee waiting in the doorway. "You didn't sound that happy talking to him. Is something going on?" Hyunjoon shook his head and tried to walk past Chanhee, but Chanhee wasn't having it. "You don't have to keep everything to yourself. You have us to talk to, you know. We want to be there for you." "You wouldn't understand Chanhee. I'd rather you didn't know." He walked past Chanhee who looked hurt by his words. "He doesn't need to know about my shitty life." He sat down on the couch and saw a bowl of chicken rice soup sitting on the table. "They're too kind to me. I really shouldn't be accepting such an offer..." He looked up and saw Chanhee was no longer standing in the doorway.

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Mrs. Choi walked into the living room and sat down next to him. "I've never seen my son care so much about someone else. Yes, he is usually loving and caring, but after you came along, it's different now. Thank you for entering my son's life." Hyunjoon could only nod in reply as he didn't know Chanhee felt that way. "Please, eat up. We want to see you get better." Mrs. Choi stood up and walked upstairs, leaving Hyunjoon alone in the living room. After he finished the soup, he lied down then closed his eyes as he felt tiredness overcome his body.

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The smell of food had awakened Hyunjoon from a deep sleep. "Oh, you're up. How do you feel?" "I feel much better, Mrs. Choi. What time is it?" "Oh, it's a little after 11am. Chanhee isn't here right now. He went to go hang out with Sangyeon. He'll be back later." "Oh." "If you want to leave you can. I'll let him know when he gets back." Hyunjoon rubbed his temples then realized that Changmin and Kevin could be worried about him since he hadn't responded in hours.

He checked his phone but saw no messages. "I have such caring friends." He stood up and tossed his phone onto the couch then walked to the dining room. "It smells good Mrs. Choi." "Help yourself to whatever, but not too much. Your body is still recovering from yesterday." He gave Mrs. Choi a smile as he started eating. Mrs. Choi reminded him a bit of his mother, so he figured that's why he's grown fond of her. The sound of the front door opening and closing was heard along with footsteps. "Chanhee? I thought you'd be out longer." "Sangyeon had to go. He said it was important." Hyunjoon looked at Chanhee's face as he could tell that he was lying. However, his mother seemed to buy it. "Well, there's still food left. I have a number of things to do, so I won't be back until late. No wild parties." They nodded then waved goodbye to Mrs. Choi.

"Why did you lie to your mom?" "I did not." Hyunjoon rolled his eyes then pointed his finger at Chanhee. "Your nose crinkles slightly when you lie." Chanhee looked at him with wide eyes as he mentally kicked himself for exposing his stalker self. "Well, it looks like I've been caught." "What's the real reason?" Chanhee sighed as he pushed his food around. "Sangyeon said I was spacing out so much. I almost got hit by a biker. He told me to go home and make up a lie. I don't know why, but Sangyeon seemed insistent on it. So, here I am."

Hyunjoon was secretly hoping that it was because that Chanhee was worried about him, but he didn't want to get his hopes up. "I guess I can understand why. Something worse could've happened. I was worried about you. When I left, you were still asleep, so I was really hoping that you were just getting well deserved rest and that it wasn't something serious." "Oh...I didn't know you cared so much." "Of course I do. We're friends. Well, maybe in between friends and good friends. That aside, I just want you to be happy and healthy." Hyunjoon sighed then quietly thought to himself. "If only he knew that he's my happiness and that being with him would make me the happiest." He stood up then walked out of the Choi household without a word.

a/n: don't forget to vote, share and comment! gotta love memes, amirite? sometimes i wonder where i'm going with this story..