jay woke up to the sound of his alarm blaring through his eardrums. he grunted, reaching for his phone to turn the annoying alarm off.

he sighed in relief when the sound finally stopped. he grabs his pillow and tried to go back to sleep again- not until his phone blasted another music.

"fucking hell," jay cursed out loud before grabbing his phone again, this time checking on who's calling him.

what does this bastard want from me so early in the morning? he rolled his eyes and clicked the green button.

"rise and shine, ugly homo sapiens!"

"you seriously have to ruin my sleep?" jay ignored sunghoon's laugh from the other line.

"oh no, were you sleeping? my bad." sunghoon replied with a monotone voice. "but you're wide awake now, aren't you? so get up and come here in front of the university. oh and don't forget to bathe, 'kay?"

jay sighed and closed his eyes for a second. patience is a virtue. be good, do good. start your day with kindness. this is just a challenge, don't let the evil get you.

"no thanks, i'm going back to sleep." he puts the phone away from his ears when sunghoon's voice got louder.

"if you go back to sleep now i will make sure that you won't wake up again. ever. good riddance, bitch-"

jay cuts him off. "oh for fuck's sake you're so dramatic. why do you even want me there?"

"i'm helping heeseung pack his things because he's going to move apartments today. i thought you knew about that."

well, i didn't know.

so that explains why i kept hearing heeseung's voice in the background. i thought i was just hearing things.

"okay, you should've just told me that. i'll be there in thirty minutes." jay stood up and fixed his bed. "is sunoo already there? he should've just woke me up."

"nope, sunoo's not available today. he's got a date scheduled with his infant." sunghoon chuckled, "just come by at hee's dorm. you know what room, right? bye."

sunghoon ends the phone call, and jay quickly gets ready while he struggles to fight the urge to go back to sleep.

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jay park @cornjay tweeted.

this mf right here told me to hurry my ass off bc we're supposed to help pack things but he doesn't even spare us a glance ?????? his eyes are glued to his phone while we're doing manual labor #injustice #laborlaw #nepotism #destroycapitalism

889 likes | 72 retweets

replies:

@parkwrites u know u tweeted this whole thing using your phone right 👄 why you yapping about smth that u do too 🤨 hypocrite 🫵
↪@cornjay hypocrite my ass 🖕🖕
@cyberlee hahaha u guys actually don't have to help me, i can pack my things on my own
↪@cornjay just be grateful u still have friends 😒
↪@parkwrites heeseung my old bff, i can't watch u suffer all alone 😞💔
@sunscript so this is what y'all do when i'm not around? 😮‍💨😕

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"dude, do you still need this?" sunghoon picked up the old books underneath heeseung's bed. it looks like they're an old collection of comics.

"huh?" heeseung's head peeked from the bathroom. "ah, yeah. just leave them there, i'll get that."

jay tried to wipe the dirt using the feather duster and grabbed one comic from the box. "i remember reading this back in third grade. why do you still keep these?"

"no, those are not mine. it's my brother's comic books."

heeseung's brother? he never mentioned he has one.

"how old is he? i don't see- ouch!" jay stops talking when sunghoon hits him with the broomstick.

the latter then takes the book away from his hand and places it back inside the box, sealing it again. sunghoon gives him a hard stare- telling him to shut up.

"what?" jay frowned, a little confused.

"shut your mouth and carry those boxes out." sunghoon continued to sweep the floor.

the fuck is his problem? he sighed and just took one box out and put it in the back of sunghoon's car.

right after jay went out, heeseung chuckled and got out of the bathroom. "seriously? just let him ask those things, i don't mind."

"as if you don't," sunghoon snorts. "jay's clueless about your brother so he'd probably ask questions, and that would be a sensitive topic for you."

heeseung smiled. "i don't cry at the mere mention of hyunwoo's name anymore, so i guess i'm okay with talking about him now."

back when heeseung was still grieving for the loss of his brother, he would always get teary-eyed and cry every time someone asked him about his sibling, or when a person mentioned anything about their brother. then his eyes would always be puffy from all the crying, and sunghoon and sunoo would always give him water just so he wouldn't dehydrate himself.

i was constantly missing hyunwoo, but knowing that i won't be able to see him again is like a different version of hell.

"really? then that's good." sunghoon was about to speak again but jay was walking back inside the room so he stopped.

jay raised his eyebrow while he picks up another box. why did they stop talking?

"are you two backstabbing me?"

sunghoon bursts out laughing. "oh you idiot, what crack are you on?"

"we're not backstabbing you, don't worry." heeseung pats his back before taking the box from jay's arms. "this one is heavy. just take the box with the comic books inside."

jay glared at him. "you think i'm weak or something?"

"no, i just don't want you to tire yourself out."

"i don't get tired easily!" he almost yelled, trying to prove a point.

"i know that, baby. just let me carry this and take that comic box instead." heeseung gave him a teasing smile before going outside, taking the heavy box with him.

he just called me the b-word again. again?!

he's definitely doing it just so he could annoy the fuck out of me!

meanwhile, sunghoon just watched the whole scene right in front of his eyes. huh, interesting.

"so, since when did heeseung have you as his child?"

"fuck off." jay rolled his eyes and busied himself on packing heeseung's other stuff instead. great, now sunghoon heard all of heeseung's bullshit.

sunghoon's eyes glint with pure amusement. "i'm pretty sure i just heard him call you his baby. or was i wrong?"

"what? goodness, you're so deaf dude. what crack are you on?" jay laughs and hits sunghoon back with the feather duster.

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hoon 📰 @parkwrites tweeted.

"i know that, baby" ?????? 😨😱

549 likes | 83 retweets

replies:

@parkwrites idk ... was i supposed to hear that? maybe no. do i NEED to hear that? NO DEF NO PLS KEEP ALL THE GAYNESS FAR AWAY FROM ME
↪@cornjay I TOLD U YOU HEARD IT WRONG DUMBASS
↪@parkwrites yano what ... i may be stupid, but deaf? nuh-uh bro i literally heard y'all homosexuals clearly 🤨😕
@sunscript now what the hell is this
↪@parkwrites ignore us and just continue your boring date with your fetus

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right after they finished cleaning up and packing heeseung's things, sunghoon drove them to sunoo and jay's apartment where heeseung's new room is waiting.

heeseung also got to meet the landlord, and the old man called some helpers to carry his things inside the apartment.

"this is nice," sunghoon compliments the interior of the whole room. "it looks a bit similar to sunoo and jay's unit."

jay agreed, putting his phone on the center table. "i'll get some food from our fridge, i'll be right back."

then he rushed back to his unit, which is just a few steps away from heeseung's. sunghoon just busied himself using his phone while heeseung is arranging his bedroom.

after a while, jay's phone rang.

"someone's calling jay." sunghoon stated the obvious.

"answer it, might be someone important." heeseung yelled from the other room.

sunghoon checks the caller id and snickered.

jakey? sounds like a gross nickname.

he decided to ignore the call instead and wait for jay to answer it himself. however, the call just won't stop. should i just throw his phone out the window?

"can't you just answer the damn phone?" heeseung walks outside of his bedroom, a bit annoyed by the loud sound.

"nope, just let his best friend have his internal crisis for a moment."

heeseung shook his head and picked up the phone. "you surely have a vip spot in hell." he answers the phone call.

"hey jongseongie, are you busy?" a familiar voice spoke through the other line.

"jake?" heeseung scratched the back of neck. jeongseongie? that's a cute name.

"huh- heeseung? wait, did i call the wrong number-"

"you didn't. it's just that jay left his phone here, but he'll be back in about five minutes i think." he raised an eyebrow at sunghoon who seemed to be grinning from ear to ear.

"oh, you're with him. okay hahaha... i'll just call again later, thanks hyung."

jake ended the call before heeseung could even talk again. "i guess it's an urgent matter." he puts the phone back to the center table.

sunghoon snorts, "oh boy, it looks like he just doesn't want to talk to you."

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[ jakey ⚽ ]

jakey ⚽:
hey
i was hoping we could hang out today since it's been a while
but i didn't know u were with heeseung 😅
anyways uhm
i'll just see you at practice tomorrow? maybe we could have lunch tgt ^^
imy :'(

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