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"Why are you asking?"

Ten read the response as he blanked out. Oh shit. Why did he want to know who Johnny was? Why was it in those few moments, Ten was in a trance. Ten thought for a moment as he bit his lip, then quickly replying.

"I was just wondering. I sat down at a table and I heard some girls talking about how he's the new DJ and how the old one sucked." Ten sighed in relief as he sent the text, at least that was believable since it did happen. A few minutes later, Sicheng replied again.

"Yeah that's actually extremely true. Johnny's the new DJ since the old one was, one, a douche bag, two, barely knew what he was doing. He's hella chill, you should meet him." Sicheng sent as Tens cheeks heated up.

Wait-

"W-Why am I blushing.." Ten said to himself as he frowned and furrowed his eyebrows, feeling his cheeks with one of his hands. He was a bit warm, but nothing too intense. Once Sicheng mentioned meeting Johnny, the thoughts of just speaking to the male got him flustered.

"I mean, I don't know. I don't want to be a bother, considering he's the DJ and a main part of the club."  Ten sent as he adjusted himself in his bed.

As Ten sent the text message, his phone began to buzz as Sicheng was now calling him. His eyebrows raised, swiping his screen as he put his phone to his ear.

"Hello?" Ten says quietly as he pouted his lips, Sicheng sounding like he was out of breath as a chuckle was followed up.

"Hey..Sorry it's like, almost one o'clock in the morning but I just got off of work and I'm about to go home. I just need to connect you to my bluetooth in my car." Sicheng nodded, the male stumbling a bit as Ten smiled.

"I mean, if I'm a bother I can call you tomorrow." Ten said sweetly as Sicheng laughed.

"No no! It's perfectly fine, I'm awake as hell anyways." Sicheng nodded as he held his phone up with his shoulder, getting into his car. Ten was soon connected to Sichengs speakers as the Chinese male drove off. 

"So talk to me, why did you want to know about Johnny?" Sicheng said as he nodded, keeping his eyes on the road. Ten sat up a bit, sighing and running a hand through his hair as he put Sicheng on speaker.

"I don't know. He seems cool so I was just curious, the girls were really drooling over him." Ten joked as a chuckle was heard from the other end. Ten began to slide off his blazer and toss it aside, as well as take off his necklace and earrings so he could properly sleep later on.

"Johnny's hella cool. He's from Chicago, he speaks fluent English, he's funny as fuck too." Sicheng went on and on about Johnny, telling Ten more facts about the male. As Ten listened to Sicheng speak, he got more and more interested in the American boy.

"Hey, you should come by tomorrow! Before opening that is. No one will be inside except for the employees, you could say hi to him if you want. Making new friends, right?" Sicheng suggested as Tens eyes widened at the words. His lips parted, trying to find the words to say something as he rested his hands on his forehead. If Ten couldn't even SPEAK about Johnny, how could he have an actual one on one conversation with the male?

"Ten? You still there?" Sicheng asked as Ten cleared his throat, snapping back into reality.

"Y-Yeah..Uh, yeah I'll stop by tomorrow." Ten said awkwardly as he cringed, shutting his eyes tightly as he placed a hand to his forehead.

'Idiot...' He thought.

"Cool. Come around five, that's usually when were all setting up and cleaning. See you then."

With that, Sicheng hung up and Ten stared at his phone screen. He soon shut it off, recharging it as he laid back down in his bed and groaned.

"Jesus Christ, I'm so fucked." Ten said to himself and laid in the dark, pulling the covers over himself more. He knew he was going to fuck up with Johnny tomorrow, how could he even introduce himself? 'Hi, My name is Ten Lee and I overheard some girls talk about you so I wanted to meet you!' No, that's just not how this works.

Ten sighed, shaking his head. He decided to at least try and get some sleep, it was better than nothing. Ten shut his eyes as his blanket covered most of his body, the boy curling up in his bed as he let out a soft sigh.

9:09am

"I'm sorry, what?" Yuta asked as he furrowed his eyes together, sitting with Ten on his couch as Ten held his coffee cup nervously. He had invited Yuta over, knowing he was the only one who wouldn't blab to his friends about the situation.

"So, you're whipped for the DJ you saw for about 4 minutes, before we dragged Taeyong out of the club?" Yuta asked for clarification as Ten turned pink, lightly hitting Yutas arm as he frowned.

"I'm not whipped! I just want to meet the guy is all." Ten mumbled and nodded, taking a sip of his coffee as Yuta chuckled and rolled his eyes. He could clearly see through Tens bullshit, but it was funny. Kind of cute actually.

"Whatever, but I'll go with you." Yuta said with a smile and nod, Ten sighing in relief. 

To kill time, the two decided to go out into town. Ten was in the passengers seat of Yutas car as he hummed, looking out the window. Yuta was blabbering about something, but Ten obviously didn't pay attention. As they were at a stop light, Ten rested his hand on his cheek as he looked out the window. As the light turned green, a male walked out of the local music shop, pushing his hair back as Tens eyes widened.

"Johnny." He breathed out as he looked at the American boy, turning his head as Yuta continued to drive. Tens heart was racing, he hated it. He hated the fact he didn't understand his feelings to this man that he hasn't met yet. Ten laid back in his seat, sighing as he slouched a bit and pulled his hoodie up more.

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2:59pm

"Hey, you can stop by the club now if you want. It's just me, Johnny, and a couple of other bar tenders right now."

Ten reread Sichengs text over and over as he let out a shaky sigh, Yuta soon parking the car as he turned his head and looked at Ten.

"Dude, relax. You'll be fine, it's not like you're asking this Johnny guy to marry you." Yuta nodded and smiled a bit. Ten nodded and chuckled at his friends light heartedness, he appreciated it. With that, Ten and Yuta opened their car doors and stepped out. The building looked a bit odd since it wasn't lit up and loud, unlike last night. Ten took a deep breath as he rocked on his feet, then walking to the building quickly as Yuta followed behind.

Ten opened the door slowly, looking around he bit his lip. Just then, Sicheng jumped in front of Ten and playfully scared the male. Ten jumped and frowned, Sicheng laughing and smiling at Ten.

"Ah, you're such a little kid." Sicheng nodded and smiled. The boy was dressed in regular clothes, a orange and black flannel with a white shirt and skinny jeans, as well as converse. It was odd seeing Sicheng not in his uniform, but it made Ten a bit happy. It showed Sicheng actually wanted to hang out with Ten outside of work- Even though they were technically inside of Sichengs work.

"Alright, so Johnnys just up at his track table. He's usually focused on his music, but don't worry, he's not trying to be mean." Sicheng nodded and patted Tens shoulder as he smiled assuringly. Ten took a few steps forwards as he looked over. There he was. Just like the night before, Johnny was looking down at the table and bopping his head to the rhythm. 

Out of no where, Yuta breathed heavily as he soon ran into the building, placing his hand on Tens shoulder.

"Yo Ten sorry! Some asshole was yelling at me at how I parked so I-" The Japanese boy stopped talking, looking at Sicheng as his eyebrows raised. Sicheng then turned his head, looking at Yuta as his arms were crossed.

"Hi my name's Yuta Nakamoto." Yuta said quickly as he held his hand out for Sicheng, a smile creeping up on his lips as Sicheng raised an eyebrow and slowly shook Yutas hand.

"Sicheng Dong.. You're Tens friend I'm guessing, the ones who dumped him here last night?" Sichengs voice was rather harsh as Yuta chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his neck.

"We didn't technically dump him here.." Yuta said as Sicheng scoffed.

"Oh really? Then where were you last night with him?" Sicheng questioned as Yuta pouted and turned quiet. 

"That's what I thought." Sicheng followed up as he hummed, looking at Ten again and then Johnny. Johnny soon had taken off his head phones and flipped his hair out of his face, causing Sicheng to lightly hit Tens arm.

"Now's your chance! Go introduce yourself." Sicheng nodded as well as Yuta, nudging Ten as the Thai boy nodded and slowly took some steps forwards.

Ten could already feel his throat twist and he felt like throwing up again. He shouldn't be this worried over some random guy he saw for a few minutes last night. He shouldn't be over thinking things, but why was he? He didn't understand it. In fact, it scared him a bit. As Ten noticed he was getting closer to Johnny, he felt like turning on his heels and just running back to Yuta and Sicheng.

Too late for that idea.

Johnny looked up from his phone, a water bottle in his other hand as Johnny smiled softly at the male.

"Hi, do you need something?" Johnny asked sweetly as he nodded, raising his eyebrows as he leaned against the wall.

'Holy shit.'  Was all Ten could think of right now. He was up close to Johnny. He was- Or, Johnny was talking to him. 

'Say something damnit.'  Ten mentally thought as Johnny tiled his head a bit more, looking at the other.

"Hey, you good? You look a little pale. Do you want some of my water?" Johnny asked with a nod, holding out his plastic water bottle he had gotten from the vending machine as Ten shook his head. This was Tens chance to start a conversation, but he was so caught up in not wanting to throw up, it was hard to speak.

"I....I'm fine." Ten barely got out as Johnny hummed a bit, moving closer.

"Hm? I'm sorry I didn't hear you. Your hearing gets fucked from playing so much music, you know?" Johnny joked as he chuckled softly and smiled. 

His smile.

Oh fuck, how much it made Tens heart race. He still didn't get it, maybe he never would, who knows.

"I-I said I'm fine.. I'm just.. Awkward." Ten nodded and bit his lip as he fiddled with his fingers. Honestly, Ten practically looked like a fourth grader talking to his crush, it was kind of sad. Johnny chuckled and nodded as he took a sip from his water bottle and looked at Ten.

Hey, I'm not gunna force you into talking to me. My names Johnny, can I know your name?" Johnny nodded as Ten looked at the male. Ten then nodded quickly, clearing his throat as he stopped playing with his fingers and rested his hands beside him.

"Ten.. My name is Ten." Ten nodded as Johnny smiled wider.

"Ten, nice to meet you. Are you coming to the club tonight? It'd be nice to see you again, you can request songs whenever you'd like." Johnny nodded and cocked his head to his track table, beginning to walk back as Ten blinked rapidly and followed behind Johnny. 

Johnny brought Ten up, showing him his system as he looked out at the empty club. Ten gasped, looking around as his lips parted. The sight from where Johnny was located at made the club look even bigger than it already was, it was quite amazing actually. Ten then looked down at the table, Johnny setting his water down to the side as he put the headphones around his neck again.

"This is my setup. Its a CDJ DJ setup using my DJ software. Basically you have your laptop, then your mixer and two turn tables. My mixers already have interfaces built into them, which is pretty neat. I also have CD control for the special CDs for my software, everything I need is all here. Let me show you some of the basics." Johnny nodded and smiled as he looked over at Ten and smiled. Ten nodded and chuckled, then looking at Johnnys hands move around his equiptment.

Ten loved this. Hearing Johnny talk about his job and showing Ten how he does what he does at night, really intrigued him. Ten felt so comfortable around Johnny, it was like he knew the male when he was younger. He got such a nice vibe from him. Maybe it was his nice smile, or his gppd first impression, Johnny just made Tens anxiety fly out of the window.

"So here on my mixer, we have these nobs. See, obviously they're all labeled, so everything should be pretty self explanatory. There's controls for the left and right speaker, so its basically the same. The treble on the left side will control the left speaker, the bass nob on the right will control the right speaker, you get it." Johnny nodded and chuckled as Ten smiled and giggled.

"Yeah, I get it."

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7:07pm

Ten was back at his apartment, currently just on his laptop browsing around as his Message icon popped up at the bottom of the screen. His eyebrows raised, clicking on the notification as the message popped up.

Little Brother!

"Ten! I aced my math test! I found your old textbook and some notes, so I studied them!"

Ten smiled happily at the text as he chuckled, quickly replying back. Soon, FaceTime popped up as Ten answered it. He turned on his lamp and wiped his computer camera, his little brother soon popping up on the screen and waving.

"Hi! I miss you!" He squeaked and nodded as he pulled his sleeves down more, chuckling happily as Ten smiled sweetly and rested his hands under his chin.

"Ah, I miss you too, Renjun. How's Mom? Is she okay?" Ten asked as Renjun pouted his lips and nodded.

"She's doing good, she just misses you like usual. AH! She will not stop going off at me sometimes! 'Renjun! Why can't you make your bed properly! Your older brother does it naturally!'" Renjun mimicked their mothers voice as Ten laughed and shook his head, covering his mouth.

"Hey! Respect our mom! You're taking care of her right?"

"Of course! She's doing good these days, she actually got a promotion." Renjun nodded happily as Ten 'ahhed.'

"That's so great to hear. I'm glad you and Mom are doing okay, I swear I'll visit soon!" Ten said happily and clapped, Renjun smiling and nodding as he gasped.

"OH! Look!" He squeaked, then smiling wider as he pulled his lip back a bit as Ten gasped.

"Your snaggletooth!" Ten said as his eyes widened and eyebrows raised, Renjun nodding.

"I got it fixed recently, I'm actually quite happy with it. I kinda miss it though, it was like my trade mark." Renjun teased and nodded as Ten pouted and soon smiled.

"As long as you're happy, okay? Don't let anyone bother you or tell you otherwise. You're my little brother, I know you're strong!" Ten said as he put his fist up, Renjun nodding and doing the same as they both laughed. Soon, Tens phone buzzed as he picked it up and looked at the notification.

"Ah, Renjunnie. I'm gunna go now okay? My friends and I are going out tonight so I have to shower and get ready soon." Ten nodded as Renjun frowned.

"Awh, alright.. Ten, no offense, but we both know you're an awkward mess." Renjun started out as Ten shrugged. His brother wasn't wrong. "What are you guys doing? Seeing a movie?" Ten shook his head as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Ah.. We're going to a club, it'll be my second night there." Ten said as Renjun then gasped.

"A club!? You wouldn't even step FOOT in my Art club, let alone a night club?- Or is it a strip club? MOM SAYS THOSE ARE GROSS, TEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Renjun screamed as Ten shook his head quickly and moved his hands.

"No no no! Nothing like that! It's just a night club. There's dancing and a good DJ, that's all." He nodded and reassured his little brother, chuckling and running a hand through his hair.

"Ah okay.. I was so worried. Okay, well text me soon! I love you!" Renjun nodded and waved at the camera, smiling happily as Ten chuckled and waved back.

"I love you, sleep early tonight." He said, soon ending the call as he let out a soft sigh.

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9:59pm

Ten was sat at a table, sipping a drink Sicheng had made for him as Jaehyun and Taeyong were elsewhere while Doyoung and Yuta were sat at the bar.

"Can I take you out?" Yuta asked Sicheng as he leaned on the counter a bit, holding his glass as Sicheng frowned, holding a glass in his hands as he wiped it.

"You can take yourself out the door if you don't stop asking me questions." Sicheng said harshly as Yuta rolled his eyes and took another sip of his drink, Doyoung chuckling as he was amused from the sight. Yuta had been trying to get SOMETHING out of Sicheng for the past 10 minutes, and Sicheng wasn't having it.

"Come on! You won't even consider anything I say!" Yuta exclaimed as Sicheng put the glass back on the shelf and threw the rag over his shoulder. He looked at Yuta seriously, resting his hands against the counter as he gritted his teeth.

"All men are the same. You flirt, take me out, then forget to text. I've been there and done that, I don't need it again." Sicheng spat out as he rolled his eyes, moving on to the next person sat down as Yuta rasied his hands.

"Sicheng!" Yuta exclaimed as Sicheng turned his head, pointing to his nametag.

"It's Winwin." He hissed, turning to serve the next costumer as Yuta frowned and downed his drink quickly. Doyoung grinned, patting Yutas back as he sighed and shook his head.

"Don't let it bug you too much, just give it time." He said with a nod, Yuta turning his head to Doyoung as he pouted. 

"Am I that bad of a guy?" Yuta asked, the male obviously a bit hurt and saddened as Doyoung sighed and shook his head.

"Yuta, quite frankly I can stand you more than Taeyong and Jaehyun. You're perfectly fine. I'm sure Sicheng just has a lot of past issues that he's dealing with, and just doesn't trust as easily anymore. Just give it time." Doyoung nodded and smiled a bit as Yuta smiled as well, patting Doyoungs cheek.

"Thank you, I needed that."

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10:25pm

Ten was walking around the club now, his hands in his pocket as he looked up at Johnny. Johnny was dressed in a red blazer with yellow patterns, a black shirt underneath as he was mixing up the songs. Currently, Hotline Bling  was playing as Johnny bopped his head to the beat. He then began to remix the song, turning his turn tables a bit and typing on his laptop as he turned the music up. The beat soon dropped as Johnny then began to jump up and down, hyping the crowds of people as everyone jumped along, including Ten a bit.

Ten smiled, getting into a more clear area as he leaned against the wall. He pulled out his phone, about to text Sicheng as he was soon bumped into by another male. Ten blinked rapidly and looked up as the male smiled awkwardly and apologized, a drink in his hand.

"Ah shit, I'm sorry. I was trying to get through but I got shoved, everyones hyped right now." The male nodded and chuckled as Ten shook his head and smiled.

"No worries.. I understand, this type of place isn't my thing." He said, nodding as the male raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you here then? Friends drag you out?" He asked with a nod as Ten chuckled and smiled.

"Something like that. Plus I just wanted to see someone." Ten nodded as the male 'ahhed.'

'Holy shit.'  Ten thought. Had he drank too much? Clearly not if he can think straight. But, he's talking to someone. He's ACTUALLY talking to someone, without getting choked up or feeling like throwing up. The feeling was weird, but Ten was actually proud of himself for this moment.

"Ah, I understand that." He nodded. "My name is Hansol by the way, and you are?" Hansol said with a nod as he held out his free hand, Ten taking it and shaking it as he nodded.

"Ten. It's nice to meet you."

"And you as well."

The two then began to talk more as they stayed to the side of the hall, laughing and actually finding out they had a lot in common. Ten felt comfortable and he was quite happy he was making a new friend all on his own. Ten and Hansol had exchanged numbers, setting their caller IDs .

"Say cheese." Hansol said as he took a photo of Ten. Ten gasped, shaking his head as he tried to snatch the phone, but Hansol pulling his hand back as he smiled.

"Ah-ah!"Hansol giggled and showed Ten his new ID picture. It was of Ten in the middle of smiling, the flash on as Ten shook his head and sighed playfully.

"God, I'm so awkward." He said with a nod as Hansol nudged him.

"You and me both." Hansol nodded as Ten giggled, smiling at the male. 

As Hansol was about to say something else, he looked over Tens shoulder as Ten raised his eyebrows at the action. Ten turned around, Johnny standing there as he was breathing heavily and smiling a bit, pushing his hair back as some strands stuck to his forehead.

"I thought it was you. I was gunna ask if you wanted a water, but you're in the middle of a conversation so I'll just leave you be." Johnny nodded and smiled as Ten scratched the back of his head.

"Yeah sorry.. Just text me later? Wait you don't have my number, uh-"

"It's fine, I'll just ask Winwin later tonight. Don't get too drunk." Johnny teased and smiled as he nudged Ten, causing the Thai boy to smile and blush as he then walked passed them, Hansol watching Johnny walk away.

"He's your friend?" Hansol asked with a nod as he looked back at Ten, tilting his head to the side as Ten nodded slowly and looked back at Hansol.

"Yeah.. Just a friend, we just met anyways." Ten nodded as Hansol smiled. 

"He seems nice. Oh shit, he's the DJ too! That's pretty cool that you're friends with the DJ." Hansol added on as Ten chuckled awkwardly and nodded.

"Yeah.. It's cool."

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