"sunghoon, i like you."

it sounded like a whisper, but jake was sure that sunghoon heard it. heck, it was very clear.

when he saw sunghoon earlier, he questioned himself. just why is he here? why is he picking me up? why?

jake hates assuming things. he learned in business that one shouldn't assume unless otherwise stated. he should never assume why sunghoon is doing these things. because obviously, his mind will feed him delusions.

but honestly, can you blame my mind? when he's constantly acting like this, what will i expect?

so he just risked it. maybe it's the alcohol, maybe it's not.

nah, i'm not even that drunk. this is just me making one bad decision.

"i'm not interested." yeah, i didn't expect you to reciprocate it.

sunghoon slowly walk towards him. "you're just saying that because you're drunk."

"i'm not. i'm sober."

he heard him cuss lightly. is it too difficult to accept?

"we'll talk about that tomorrow, okay? for now we'll go home."

jake remained standing in front of sunghoon, his eyes looking determined.

"just say that you don't like me, it's fine. i know you still haven't moved on from sun-"

"really? how sure are you about that?" jake gulped when he saw how sunghoon stared at him. it looks like i made him mad.

sunghoon chuckled. "i don't think you know me that much. if you do, you'd know by now who i like."

who...he likes? so, it's not sunoo? then who?

"who do you like, then?"

sunghoon's stare is almost piercing him, but he did not say a word.

jake cleared his throat. "nevermind, don't answer that."

the guy just shook his head. "let's get inside the car. it's fucking cold out here." jake did not have a choice but to follow sunghoon towards his vehicle.

sunghoon was quiet as he buckles jake's seatbelt. he had to make sure he uses the seatbelt properly, unlike the last time he got drunk.

"this is why i told you to only drink juice, yunie."

"h-huh?" jake was so out of it that he barely even noticed the nickname that slipped out of the guy's mouth.

"you need something? water? i have one at the backseat."

"no, i-i'm good. thanks."

sunghoon nods, taking one glance at jake before he started driving.

meanwhile, jake's thoughts are a mess.

if sunghoon implies that he already moved on, then who does he like now? is that person someone i know?

or could it possibly be.... me?

fuck.

he grabs his phone and texts his best friend.

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[ dumb lee ]

jake:
geonu
remember what you said about my heart
that i should guard it or wtvr
so uh...
i tried doing that
but i think someone just gatecrashed into it
and now idk how to get him out.
what do i do?

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"no! i don't want that asshole to drive me home!"

heeseung only stared at the guy with a blank face. geonu's been screaming like that since the others left. heeseung knows he's still drunk, but it's slowly pissing him off.

"yeah i get that but could you atleast remove your hands on my neck? i can't breathe- geonu you shit, this is attempted murder." daniel pushed geonu away from him.

they've been standing outside the gate of the venue. thankfully no one's paying attention to them and geonu's crazy antics.

daniel massaged his temple. he doesn't know why heeseung's here and why he's suddenly offering to drive geonu home. all he knows is that there's probably something going on between the two.

and i know that because heeseung's been looking at me like i stole something from him. i'm not an idiot.

"geonu, just cooperate and get inside heeseung's car will you?"

"but i don't want to! i'll stick with you and your ugly ass car!"

daniel glared at him. look at this midget insulting my car. "no, my house is too far and it's more convenient for you to go with heeseung-"

the boy kept holding his arm. "you're betraying me now? your own friend?!"

"i swear if you scream in my face one more time i'll make sure you'll walk back to your apartment."

heeseung's thin line of patience has finally worn out. he had no choice but to pull geonu away from daniel.

"wait, i said i don't want to-"

"i don't care. it's either you'll come with me peacefully or i'll carry you by force- you choose." geonu got a bit scared when he saw how serious heeseung's statement is.

daniel coughed, feeling a bit awkward that he's caught in the middle of this tension.

"i'll go home first, then. please take care of him, heeseung. he's stupid so please take him to his apartment safely, thanks." daniel waved goodbye and went to his car.

after daniel left, the two just stood on the side of the road. heeseung brushed his hand against his hair.

"why are you mad at me?"

geonu rolled his eyes. "who said i'm mad at you?"

"then why are you acting like that?"

"what? i'm always like this. stop being weird. plus, why are you even here? you act like you're so concerned about me when in reality you don't even like me a bit." he mumbled.

heeseung's brows furrowed. "you're my responsibility. you even skipped our lessons just so you could party."

geonu laughed with sarcasm. "of course! i'll choose this party over your boring tutoring lessons anytime."

boring? heeseung chose not to reply and just opened the passenger seat to let geonu in. thankfully, the guy did not object anymore.

geonu eyed heeseung as he sat on the driver's seat. he didn't say anything and just fiddled with his jacket.

"so," heeseung spoke as he started driving. "you prefer that party over our lessons. is it because you want to be with daniel more?"

geonu raised an eyebrow at him. the fuck is he saying?

"huh? what does daniel have to do with me wanting to attend the block party?"

"i don't know, you tell me."

"did you drink?"

"what? do i look like i'm drunk? you're the one who's drunk here."

"then how did you even think about asking me that? dumbass." geonu crossed his arms and gave heeseung another glare.

then it hit him. ah, now i know.

"why, are you jealous?" geonu smirked. he knows that he's not gonna answer but still, it's fun to tease-

"and what if i say yes?"

what?

geonu almost froze on his seat. he laughed, trying to ease the nervousness.

"what if i am jealous? what are you gonna do about it?" heeseung repeated his words slowly, making sure geonu is hearing it clear.

congrats geonu, you just dug your own grave.

"if you like me, you should atleast act like it's true." heeseung held the steering wheel tight as he glanced at geonu.

"because i don't like seeing other people getting close with what's mine."

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Congratulations on ENHYPEN for winning 2 awards at AAA! Deserved! 🥳☝️

anyways, the lyrics/phrases that i randomly post sometimes actually have some tiny hint on what's gonna happen in here :)