"geonu, are you sure you didn't actually steal that jacket from heeseung?" jake asked one more time after they finished their last class of the day.

geonu glared at him. "i am truly offended." he took off the jacket that he's wearing and folded it, putting the cloth inside his backpack.

"he didn't say he's giving it to me... more like, he's letting me borrow it? anyways, i'll still return this to him."

jake eyed his friend. "why? he already saw you wearing that earlier."

"exactly my point. i don't want him to think that i'm head over heels for him."

"....but you are, right?"

geonu shrugged. "am i? anyways, let's go. my head's still throbbing and i just wanna sleep forever."

the two walked through the corridors, and went pass by the gazebo. jake halted when he glanced a familiar figure sitting on the floor of the gazebo.

"shit, isn't that jungwon?" he mumbled, immediately pulling geonu towards the boy.

"now what in the worlds happened?" geonu whispered, seeing jungwon's eyes still red and puffy from crying.

they tried to talk to jungwon, but he won't respond. jake just hugged him, not saying anything. he doesn't know what to tell him. i just know that he's hurt, and there's no way that i can help him take away the pain.

after informing their other friends, sunoo, daniel, and hanbin rushed to the gazebo.

"where's that asshole?" sunoo looked around.

"calm down, we don't know what happened yet." jake spoke, his arms still wrapped around jungwon. "he still won't talk to us. can you guys take him to his dorm? he needs to rest."

daniel nodded. he sat on the floor- leveling with jungwon as he slowly held his hand. "won, let's get you to your dorm okay? it'll be alright."

jake stares at jungwon, getting worried again.

"i'll try to find jay." hanbin mumbled after sunoo, daniel, and jungwon were gone.

"you won't murder him right? because there's no way i'm bailing you out of jail, hyung." geonu replied fast.

"idiot. i just wanna know what happened." hanbin tapped his back. "anyways, i'll be at the dance room. see you two-"

"wait hyung!" geonu suddenly ran and stood beside the older. "i'll go with you."

"why?"

"just because. jake, you wanna join us?"

oh, i know why he's acting like this again. jake shook his head. he doesn't want to see geonu getting all flirty with heeseung again. imagine the second hand embarassment.

plus the fact that i know sunghoon will be there. yeah, no thanks.

"i'll just go ahead. bye," he turned around and walked fast to avoid geonu from dragging him with force again.

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《 kei and his grandchildren 》

jongseong:
guys
let's drink

kei:
????
you just drank a lot at youngbin's party tho
you wanna destroy your liver?

jongseong:
not really
just want to drink

lee_heeseung:
did smth happen?

yixiang:
uh oh

jongseong:
it's ok if you guys don't want to
i'll just drink alone

kei:
our class just ended and we still have to practice our routine
how about next time?

yixiang:
bro let's do the drinking next time ok
hanbin's gonna be mad if you skip practice

ni-ki:
just let him
i think smth just happened between him and jungwon

takoyaki:
wait what?

kei:
oh so that's why

lee_heeseung:
@jongseong where are you?
i'll join you

icehoonie:
@jongseong
i'll go find him

yixiang:
damn he's even ignoring us

takoyaki:
was it bc of the fight they had on the party?
or was it bc of youngbin?

kei:
taki
stop asking

takoyaki:
right, sorry 🤐

lee_heeseung:
i knew that welcome party was a bad idea

yixiang:
but it wasn't youngbin's fault

lee_heeseung:
yeah bc it was your fault

kei:
hey
it's no one's fault
i just hope jay's still in his right mind

++++++++

sunghoon shook his head as he went out of the university's gate. he's supposed to go home and sleep but he has to find where jay is.

where the hell did he even go? i even left my car at the parking lot. great.

he looked around the area, trying to find a familiar face. sunghoon walked back towards the gate when he saw jake, who is busy with his phone.

he smiled. somehow, he finds the guy oddly comforting. his presence doesn't intimidate him, and he feels comfortable talking to him.

weird.

"jake!" sunghoon called his name to get his attention.

he immediately noticed how jake almost pretended to ignore him. he's such a transparent person.

"uh, hi?"

he stepped closer. "have you seen jay?"

jake clicked his tongue, remembering how jungwon was crying earlier. "ah, the guy who just hurt our friend? no, haven't seen him."

sunghoon nodded. "right, sorry about that. jay can be an idiot sometimes."

"yeah, i can see that."

"well, can you help me find him before he does anything stupid again?"

jake looked confused. "why would i do that?"

"because we're friends?"

friends? since when did that even happen? jake thought. the universe must've hate him so much because why the fuck does he always see this guy? at this point this is getting ridiculous.

"haha sorry but i still have a lot of things to do-"

"i even treat you coffee earlier."

that coffee was shit, though. it wasn't a flex. jake almost rolled his eyes.

"i'll just pay for it then." sunghoon declined his offer.

"it won't take long. please?" sunghoon stared at him, while he tried not to fall into his eyes. that doesn't even sincere, jake. don't give in.

he sighed, defeated. "fine."

sunghoon grinned and started walking outside again. jake was just trailing behind him, with a small distance between them.

there's only silence while they walk on the side of the road.

"you and jay have been friends for a long time, right?" jake asked, trying to erase the awkward atmosphere.

"yeah."

"uh...." jake mustered a lot of courage before he continued. "this may seem quite personal, but can i ask if youngbin was jay's ex? or did they have a relationship before?"

silence.

crap, i knew i shouldn't have asked that.

"sorry, that was rude-"

"no, they were bestfriends. as far as i know, they never had a relationship. or better yet, they probably never had the chance to."

sunghoon glanced at jake who's still following behind him. "it's the first time i heard you asking about someone."

"jungwon's my friend, and i just want to know if jay's really serious about him."

the guy nodded in agreement. jake was taken aback when sunghoon pulled his arm, guiding him to walk beside him.

"you're too close to the highway. it's not safe." he muttered.

jake almost got a heart attack from his gesture. he breathe deeply to calm his heart beat. it's okay, this is just a normal reaction.

he was still in a kind of daze when sunghoon checked his phone for messages.

"oh, heeseung and riki already found him." he put the phone back inside his pocket.

"really? that's good." jake turned his direction. "i'll go ahead then. bye!"

"wait-" sunghoon didn't even get to finish his sentence because jake already ran back to the university.

that was fast. i didn't even get to thank him.

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[ heeseung ]

heeseung:
we already found jay
no need to look for him
sunghoon?
can you stop ignoring me

sunghoon:
ok
got it

heeseung:
i called you two times mf
you didn't even bother to answer

sunghoon:
i didn't notice you called
anyways i'll go home
bye

heeseung:
wdym you didn't notice
you literally have your phone glued to your pocket
useless 😐

+++++++++

finally an update HSJSKS

btw, just to let you guys know again (and to be clear about it lol)

i won't make a book four. this will be the final book of this series 😅 geonu and heeseung's story will also be here on this book, and that is why i decided not to make a book four :)

have a great day/night everyone!