third person pov
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FRIDAY

friday night, it usually means the kids have friend over, or they're at someone's house. tonight, yeosang was at renjun's. yunho was at yeji's. chenle was over at the house, mingi and san went to the bang's house. and kyungmi was asleep by eight.

"next weekend we should all hang out as a group" yeosang suggested while playing with his boyfriends fingers

"yeah, we could go to the arcade" renjun nodded.

the two were laying in the younger's bed, yeosang's head on renjuns chest. it was freezing in the room so they had two blankets over them and the were huddled together.

"that sounds fun" the older agreed

it wasn't awkward, it's never is with them. it was just...dull. moments like these will be gone in two months. it'll all be taken away from them, and they know it. not every moment was sad, but when they're like this, just talking and thinking. they can remember everything.

that sat there in silence, letting the soft music fill the room again. yeosang laced their fingers together, looking at them and just thinking.

"stop thinking" renjun said

"i hate when you do that" yeosang huffed. the other chuckled.

"if you think, it'll only make things more sad" his boyfriend said

"this whole things is sad. nothing can change that"

depressing but true. and renjun knew that. no matter how many times they laugh around with their friends, no matter how many times they 'distract' themselves. at the end of the day they know it's coming soon.

renjun wanted nothing more than to just hold and kiss his lover forever, and yeosang wanted the same thing. but all good things come to an end they say. nothing lasts forever. if you love it let it go. all those sayings replay in their heads. only made them hate this even more.

before either of them knew it, yeosang was laid on his back with renjun hovering over him. kissing. crying. this sucks. the taste of chapstick and tears return once again.

renjun lifts his hand to yeosangs face, wiping away the tears without breaking the kiss. it only makes the older sob more, which did break the kiss. the younger was crying too, which didn't help anything. he bent down again, kissing yeosangs tears away, trailing down to his neck.

renjuns hands resting at the others sides, touching his bare skin under his hoodie. his head dug into his neck placing little pecks everywhere. bodies to bodies, holding each other tightly. this is the only thing that mattered anymore. in this moment, together. if the world to explode right now, they'd die perfectly happy like this.

"i love you" renjun whispered before kissing his ear

"i love you too" yeosang responded before his hoodie was discarded.

~

"you can go hang out with wooyoung now, i think jeongin is coming over soon so i'll let you know when he's here. i'm gonna make food" jongho told chenle. the two just finished a movie. and because wooyoung and jongho are 'sharing' chenle, the older told him he gets dibs after a movie. 

"can you bring us some chips?" chenle asked. jongho nodded and the two parted ways.

chenle knocked on wooyoungs door "come in"

wooyoung looked up from his phone and smiled. "how was the movie" he asked as chenle laid next to him on the bed

"good, jjong put on the longest movie possible" he laughed.

wooyoung rolled his eyes "as expected" he said. though he couldn't blame his brother, he understood. the older cuddles closer to his... lover? as they watched tiktok. jongho stopped by and threw two bags of chips at them.

the two took pictures together for instagram, confusing drama channels was always funny. seonghwa came in and made sure they were alright. the parents have given up on the door roll, they trust their kids. and ever since chenle and renjun broke the news they want the kids to have some privacy together.

wooyoung and chenle went to hang out with jongho and jeongin, they all deserve to spend time with jeongin.

~

the next day san and mingi got home with felix, jisung and lia coming along. all three of them were playing board games, lia won most of them. in the middle of playing cards, san's phone started ringing. at first he ignored it, thinking it was a spam call. but they left a voicemail, and called again.

"i'll be right back" he said confused before getting up and walking from the dining room to the kitchen. "hello?"

"is this kim-park san?" the person said

"yes...?"

"hi, i'm mei from seoul childhood home for mental health patients. we have a patient here who would like to speak to you, min jongsoo. do you except this phone call?"

jongsoo? he remembered?

"yes, yeah. of course" he said, shocked.

"great, i'll transfer you to him now. have a great call"

oh my god. oh my god. jongsoo is calling.

"san?"

"jongsoo?" please don't be a dream

"yeah, hi" the boy nervously laughed over the phone

"you remembered my phone number?" san couldn't believe any of this.

"i wrote it down on a piece of paper. i found it in my clothes the other day" jongsoo explained

"i've missed you a lot" san said, tears rolling down his face

"i've missed you too san-ah"

"so is this place bad? do they misgender you?" san questioned

"only around my parents. they lie to them. they-they're trying to get me away from them" jongsoo said.

"like... make you a foster kid?"

"not... necessarily. i have family i can live with. like my aunt, she's really supportive and great. she's trying her best to help. she lives not too far from you either" he sounded so happy. he's finally gonna get away from them.

"i'm so happy for you soo. oh my gosh"

"thank you. my times almost up. i have to go. but i'll keep calling"

"of course. keep me updated"

"i will. bye"

"bye"

"you're call is now ove-"

san stood there for a second. taking in the moment. tears still rolling down his. he couldn't believe it, he was in shock and reasonably so.

"you okay?" he looked at the door way and saw hongjoong standing there "mingi said you came in here ten minutes ago because of a phone call" he's been in here for ten minutes?

"jongsoo called" san said, more to himself. still processing

"your roommate from the ward?" hongjoong was shocked

"yeah"

~

"yeji!" kyungmi yelled and ran into the girls arms. yunho and yeji just got to the house after lunch.

"ouch" yunho pouted. yeji and kyungmi ignored him, continuing to hug and talk about disney movies. seonghwa laughed lightly as he watched a sulking yunho follow behind yeji and kyungmi to his bedroom. the dad pat his head as he passed and continued on.

the girls and yunho made it up to the oldest's room. the couple sat side by side while kyungmi laid on their legs. yunho played with her hair and within five minutes she was out like a light.

"you played with her hair and now she's sleep" yeji giggled while helping her boyfriend lay the girl down beside them.

"my mistake" yunho joked and continued rubbing his sisters head.

yeji rested her head on yunhos shoulder, and he rubbed her back. and she fell asleep after like five minutes. the boy laughed to himself when kyungmi moved around and rested her head on his lap.

seonghwa knocked on the door, yunho quiet calling out for him to come in. the dad came in and laughed at the sons current state.

"i have the magic touch i guess" yunho joked

"i would say so. it's kyungmi's nap time anyway. do you want me to take her to her bed?" seonghwa smiled when yunho shook his head

"no, she's fine"

seonghwa loved how caring and sweet the boys were, especially with kyungmi. he was worried about the boys roughhousing too much. the girl is so little it'd be easy for her to get hurt, but the boys are always gentle around her.

"okay. i love you"

"i love you too mama"

[to be continued]

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