fifth

                                    

                                          
July 2017
                          
No-one quite knew what Junhoe and Jiwon were now. They didn't actually see each other very much, and sure, when they did they were incredibly cute but how far does that get you? Jinhwan didn't think the answer to that was a good one, and the fact that he was still being driven crazy after all this time was, well, crazy. 
                          
His friends were so utterly annoying. 
                          
Well, except for one of them. 
                          
"You feeling the beach vibe, my man?" Jinhwan asked Hanbin happily, twirling around in his sombrero and sunglasses and Hanbin looked up from his work for a moment to grin at Jinhwan, his glasses slipping a little and he didn't bother pushing them back up. "Because I am. Very much so- yo, we should go to the beach! It's like a hundred degrees out."
                          
"Yeah, and that's exactly why I don't want to go." 
                          
"Ah, don't be a buzzkill," Jinhwan pouted, draping his arms around Hanbin from behind and squishing his cheek against the younger's back, "but fine, I'll stop distracting you. It's the holidays, you know, you're allowed to lighten up a little." 
                          
"I will soon, when I'm finished," Hanbin urged, turning his head and smiling at Jinhwan to satisfy him and the elder nodded desolately, pressing his hands on each side of Hanbin's face and laying a gentle kiss on his nose. 
                          
"You've got to promise me that, okay?" 
                          
"Already done."  
                          
Jinhwan decided to leave Hanbin to his dues then and make his way back to the university, knocking on Yunhyeong and Jiwon's dorm's door. There was a loud groan and then a thud before the door was opened by a bright, awake Yunhyeong followed by a shirtless Jiwon with incredible bed hair. Jinhwan had to stifle his laughter at the pure contrast between them both. 
                          
"Hey, guys." 
                          
"Hi, hyung," Yunhyeong grinned while Jiwon made a hum of acknowledgement, rubbing his eyes before turning away, walking back into the dorm and faceplanting onto the sofa. Jinhwan rolled his eyes at him but made his way inside too, closing the door behind him. 
                          
"Never thought I'd say this, but you look like you just got laid." 
                          
Jiwon made a loud, grating whine into a cushion and Jinhwan winced as he covered his ears. Yunhyeong was only smiling, crossing his arms as he said, "Trust me, he got as far away from being laid as you can get." 
                          
"Ooh, spill all." 
                          
"The idiot got quite drunk last night and would not stop going on about how beautiful Junhoe was and how 'omg, I love him so much and he's like soooooo hot, okay'-" 
                          
"I DID NOT SOUND LIKE THAT!" Jiwon yelped and Yunhyeong snorted, whispering to Jinhwan, "He totally did. Then he went and ran surprisingly fast to Junhoe's dorm, and I really did try my best to stop him. Even though I didn't really want to." 
                          
"Holy cow, what happened?" Jinhwan gasped, walking over to the sofa and before Yunhyeong could ask, Jiwon wailed forlornly, "I hugged his leg and told him he was the bee's fucking knees and I tried to kiss him but he was so sweet and wouldn't let me and then I passed out in his bathtub..." 
                          
Jinhwan blinked. "Why is it always the bathtub?"   
                          
"And then there's more, stuff I can't even say. I hate everyone and everything..." 
                          
And then Jinhwan suddenly didn't find it quite so funny anymore. He knew Jiwon and Junhoe so well and if anything, this could be a major setback for them because of their issues with pride and humiliation. He couldn't help but think that maybe, they would never happen after this.