choi 💥 @yeonjuned tweeted.

day one of being unemployed era 😍🤠

3019 likes | 297 retweets

replies:

@young_tae we twinning bruh AYEEEE
↪@yeonjuned AYEEEEE
@cornjay coach called for a meeting, you need to come
↪@yeonjuned right i'll stop by if i have time 😌
↪@cornjay ur literally unemployed rn dude u ain't busy 💀
@chenleave this is the first time i've seen u post smth other than soobin LMAOOO
↪@yeonjuned right? 😔😮‍💨 i think he blocked me too 💔
↪@jeong_in atp i won't even be shocked if you're behind bars for that behavior 👎

------

"i heard coach will announce the new captain later," mark spoke, tying up his shoelaces.

serim shrugged. "probably. why, you wanna be the captain?"

"hell no. i can't even deal with my own problems. why would i lead a bunch of idiots?" mark laughed along with serim.

jake shakes his head while putting on his socks. he wasn't in the mood when he woke up this morning, but he didn't have a choice since the coach scheduled him for a morning practice.

he doesn't see jay around so he's guessing that he'll be practicing in the afternoon. it feels a bit weird that he's getting awkward around the guy, and he doesn't even know why. i mean, we've been best friends for years... why would i feel uneasy towards him? that's just crazy.

jake shakes the thought out of his head. it's nothing, and he's just probably being weird due to the fact that he's still deciding whether or not he would give up on heeseung.

i know i've thought about him being my ex crush... but i can't.

"by the way, jake." he raised his head when mark called him. "i saw you at heeseung's party last weekend. it looked like jay was dragging your dead body out of the bar."

"ah haha... i was- i had too much to drink." jake laughed to cover up his embarrassment.

"it's good to drink a lot, i mean it's a party so might as well get wasted right?" serim interjects.

mark agreed. "totally. especially if i had jay as my best friend, i wouldn't worry about my body ending up floating in the han river since i know he'd be willing to carry me home." he chuckled while playing with the ball.

"jake's lucky he's got jay to babysit his drunk ass." serim high-fived mark while laughing.

jake only smiled at them. he's used to jay taking care of him so it feels odd hearing those words from other people. it's what best friends do right? i mean i would also be carrying jay if he was the one getting drunk. or not.

he sighed. jay is just like that since they've been friends. he's kind, caring, approachable- people like him. it's his nature.

he's always like that, but what about me? am i even taking good care of my best friend? why the hell am i so bothered about this anyway? what the actual fuck is wrong with me?!

------

[ jakey ⚽ ]

jakey ⚽:
heyaaaa
u weren't at the practice earlier
u busy?

jay:
hey
kind of? i was finishing up a new suit for the upcoming practical exam

jakey ⚽:
oooohhhh
that sounds a bit hard
goodluck 😁🫶

jay:
it is tough lol
thanks :))

jakey ⚽:
so uhm
wanna have lunch with me?

jay:
oh i can't today
i'm alr having lunch with sunoo and the others rn 😅

jakey ⚽:
oh okay that's fineee hahaha
enjoy your lunch!

jay:
how about tomorrow instead? let's have our lunch at your fave resto 😊

jakey ⚽:
sure 🥰
but you'll be at the meeting later right?

jay:
ofc
i'll just be a little late but i'll def come

jakey ⚽:
great !! 😁🫶
i'll see later then
byeeeee

-------

"wow," sunghoon muttered while peeking through jay's phone. "i could feel the awkwardness radiating through your screen."

jay coughed a little before shoving sunghoon away from him. fucking nosy bastard.

"can't you mind your own damn business?" he opens the wrapper of his burger, getting a bite.

they're having their lunch inside the cafeteria since it's been a long time since the four of them ate together. jay is sitting beside sunghoon, while sunoo and heeseung are seated in front of them.

"i'm just saying. you could invite jake to join us, but then again he probably won't be able to digest his food when heeseung's around."

heeseung scoffed, sipping on his iced americano. "someday, i hope you'll get stabbed for that shitty attitude of yours."

"why hope for that when you can just stab me right now? use your creativity." sunghoon wiggled his eyebrows before laughing.

"please hoon, just an hour of you not saying anything crap would be great. thanks," sunoo judgingly stares at his friend.

sunghoon quickly closed his mouth and gave sunoo a salute while the latter just rolled his eyes.

"so hyung," sunoo tries to change the subject. "did you finish your internship already?"

"almost," heeseung sighed. "i only got a week left, and now i'm just processing my documents so i could look for a job after."

jay glanced at him. heeseung's wearing a polo and the long sleeves have been scrunched up to his elbows. he looks more mature now.

it's a good thing i picked the right color for the necktie. blue definitely suits him. jay quickly averts his gaze somewhere when heeseung caught his eyes.

"that sounds great! i can't believe you're really a full-grown adult now," sunoo smiled sadly while patting heeseung's shoulder.

"uh... where will you stay after? i mean, you've been living inside the university dorm." jay couldn't help but ask. he knew that heeseung won't go back to his mother's house, knowing their history.

heeseung clicked his tongue, thinking. "i'll find a new apartment soon, don't worry."

who said anything about worrying? i'm not worried.

"oh, okay."

sunoo suddenly clapped his hands. "wait! i think the room right beside ours is empty. do you want to see it? i could contact the landlord and maybe he'll give you a discount."

jay feels like he's gonna have a headache. seriously? i didn't even know that. since when did that room become vacant?

"sure, i'd love to. thanks, sun." heeseung chuckled.

"should i move apartments too? then maybe we could have slumber parties everyday." sunghoon snorted. "i can be heeseung's roomie."

heeseung frowned. "no thanks."

they continued their usual bickering whilst jay just stared at his unopened water bottle. he's hoping, praying even, that heeseung won't be moving to the unit beside them.

i don't have anything against the guy, it's just that i don't feel comfortable around him.

there's something... i couldn't pinpoint. maybe it's the way he looks at me? i can't read him. it's probably all in my head.

jay was about to open the bottle when a hand grabbed it- heeseung takes the cap out and puts it back in front of him while he still talks to them.

huh?

"i told you, i'm a great roommate. i don't snore and i'm clean-"

"i still won't take you even if you're mother teresa." heeseung continued to argue back at sunghoon, completely unfazed by what he just did.

i didn't even ask for his help. i can do this by myself. he stares at the bottle in front of him.

why?

--------

"so, everyone's here?" yeonjun did another head count before proceeding. "i think we're good."

the whole soccer team is at the side of the field, having a meeting to give way to the next team captain and for the former one to say his farewell.

jake is sitting behind jay, and the latter just lets him play with his hair. jay doesn't mind his hairstyle getting destroyed, he's used to it anyway.

the coach cleared his throat before giving his speech- it's basically a thank you speech for yeonjun.

"really, i'm so touched." yeonjun fakes a cry and the others boo-ed him. "wow, you guys are ungrateful rats."

"anyways, i don't want to prolong the announcement since i know everyone here is waiting for it. i am so honored to pass on the crown to someone who's also deserving and-"

jay could only groan in protest. "just hurry up will you? i thought you said you're busy."

yeonjun gasped. "jay, how could you treat me like this? as the future captain of this team, you should thank me for giving you the opportunity."

"this is why soobin- wait what?" jay looks at their coach, confused. "is this serious?"

coach smiled and give him a thumbs up. "goodluck."

jake screamed behind him, while everyone cheered and clapped their hands, congratulating jay.

"congrats bestie!" jake hugged him while still yelling. "i'm so happy for you! my best friend is the team captain!"

before jay could hug him back, jake lets him go- and suddenly, he feels something light and soft touched his cheek.

jake kissed him. on his cheek.

my best friend kissed me.

-------

👁️👄👁️🤳