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Each of them were going to try to convince him that he was in fact a ‘walking high masking autistic.’ (Direct quote by the way). Of course if somehow this plan fails they will drag his overworked ass to a psychologist which would hopefully persuade his brain into believing everyone.
1
Once again Minho had found him in the studio.
“Hey hyung.”
“Hey? Why are you here?” His Australian accent slightly comes out more prominent.
“I just wanted to get away from the dance studio. Hyunjin-ah is killing me with not having the dance memorized by now.”
“Give him a break. Last week he was pretty smooth with the parts he did know.”
“Well he should have it perfect by now.” He collapses onto the couch which Chan pays no mind to.
“I’m getting tested next month.” Minho blurts out. He had no idea how to do this. Even with being the second oldest he didn’t have too many emotional conversations with any of them.
“For what?”
“Autisum. I’m actually listening to what the dog said. Can you believe it.”
“Oh nice. Well I hope you get the results you want.”
He knew his hyung was dense but him being this dense just pissed him off.
“Yeah. Seungmin actually gives out great advice. You should give it a try.”
“Min. I promise you whatever seungmin said about me being autistic isn’t true.” He closed his laptop.
Great, now he screwed up, “Hyung, I didn’t mean that to be harsh.” Chan turns to him looking shocked.
“Why are you giving me that face?”
“The kitty is apologizing for once.” He jokes.
“Fuck you.”
“Love you too, Minho.”
So much for try one.
2.
Since Minho had no luck it was Changbin's turn. He might have a little bit more luck since he has experience (of course he knew that even with that everyone is different).
“Hey hyung.” He purposely went to the gym the day Chan usually goes alone. They went to the gym twice a week together. Chan went an extra day by himself.
“Oh hey Bin, what are you doing here? I thought it was your day with Seungmin?” Of course Chan memorized his schedule again. Somehow he remembers stuff that even he could remember (Chan once told him that he remembered Changbin’s schedule that he had in 2017. It slightly creeped him out).
“Well Seungmin didn’t want to hang out today.” Which was a slight lie. He was planning on skipping his weekly hangout with Seungmin anyway but then Seungmin told him that he didn’t want to hangout today because he was overwhelmed. So it worked out perfectly.
“That's weird of him. He is always clinging onto you.” Chan states the obvious.
“Well I mean yeah.” He never really realized how much they were attached to the hip like Minho and Jisung, “I mean now that he knows why he is always getting overstimulated it’s a lot easier to plan hangouts.”
“Oh nice.”
“Yeah.” He grabs 65 kilo weights to start as a warm up.
For the next 10 minutes they both do their own thing.
“You really suck at being slick, Changbin.” He says smirking, “Just say what you want to say. I promise I won’t judge.”
Of course Chan thought it was about himself. Did he really give off the vibes of “This is about me and totally not about the clueless hyung.
“YoushouldgogettestlikeSeungminandMinhohyung.” He blurted out.
“Woah. I did not catch any of that Bin.”
“Sorry.” He squeaked out (he really has hung out with Jisung too much), “You should get tested.”
Chan looks at him confused for a second before the realization hits him. It was like everything had faded from him.
“Look. I get that everyone thinks I am, but I'm not. It obvious i’m not”
Chan didn’t get it. Just because it didn’t seem like it. He was (maybe all them were wrong but Chan would have to get a test to see).
“Okay I’ll stop pushing the topic.” Changbin could tell that Chan was getting annoyed even if Chan himself could tell. That was another thing they usually could tell what he was feeling before Chan could.
“Deal. Now did you improve or can I still lift more?”
“You’re on hyung.”
3.
When Changbin came back from the gym he told Hyunjin everything, so he had a decent plan (he did not have a plan).
He was going to convince Chan to go to his studio and talk about stuff there. Maybe just maybe if they are in hyung studio that he would let his guard down and spill his guts (okay maybe not everything but at least enough to get a better perspective of what he is contriving).
Hyunjin was setting up the speakers just in case his first plan didn’t work.
Two quiet knocks on the practice door.
“Hey!”
“Hey Jinnie!”
Hyunjin takes a quick breath, “Can we go to your studio today instead of here. I swear I can imagine this room in my dreams.”
“Oh. Sure I guess, I thought Minho-ah was getting on you for not having it memoized still?”
“One day of not doing extra practice won’t hurt me.” (It will, I did not have the dance to Minho hyung standards and was air fried).
“Okay then.” Chan turns around and walks out the door. Ha this will be so easy. Hyunjin unplugs the speakers and says goodbye to the stuffy dark room.
As they walk to Chan’s studio, Hyunjin watches Chan walk oddly. He knew that in public he definitely had a specific way of walking but right now he was swerving. He couldn’t stay in one lane.
“Hyung, do you always walk like that?”
“Walk like what?”
‘Your like swerving.”
“I do that sometimes I need to keep it in check.”
Hyunjin watches as he starts to be a lot more careful with walking (and now he has another thing to tell the members to further prove the theory that hyung is autistic).
Chan sits in his chair and Hyunjin sits on the couch behind him.
“So what are you and the other 3racha cooking up?”
“We are finalizing some stuff and working on some newer stuff.” He then adds, “I think we are going to have everyone record some lines soon.”
“Finally I was waiting forever. I’ve been itching to sing for a minute.” Hyunjin stretches out his legs now dangling off. Chan smiles at him.
“Yeah I can’t wait to hear everyone's voices again. You guys sound so perfect.” Hyunjin smiles at his sedimentness.
“Random question.”
“Shoot.”
“Do you think anyone besides Minho and Seungmin has something?” He needed to ease him into it.
“I mean last week Jisungie was saying he might have ADHD so there's that.”
“Do you think you have something?” He kind of went full force but oh well.
“I mean everyone says I do but I highly doubt it. I’m just weird.”
“Oh okay.” Hyunjin watches him go back to making tracks. At least he didn’t get the cold shoulder like the first two did.
4.
Jisung and Chan were almost like a package deal. Since Jisung was the first person Chan became close with. At the same time they were not close. Jisung was always with Minho or even with any of the others for a matter of fact. Where Chan liked to linger (almost the exact way Seungmin would stay away from the group if they were doing something he didn’t like). He was always watching instead of giving in.
“Hyung. Hyung. Hyung!”
“What Jisung. I thought we were trying to finish this song so Changbin could start his next one.”
“I got the appointment.”
“To what?”
“Rember when I told you I think I have ADHD last week. Since Minho was also getting an assessment done I thought why not join him.”
“You guys always wonder why people ship you together.”
“We are not that close.”
“Ask anyone and they would say yes.”
“Well I think you should join us.” He kind of went with Hyunjin approach ease in and then dive head first.
“Well um uh.” Chan's ears were red, “Why has everyone so far asked me to take the test. I’m not neurodivergent okay.”
“You are though.” Jisung was usually calm but he was also blunt. Sometimes even more than
Seungmin.
“Look Ji I know that you think that…Actually you know what.” He gets up and leaves.
“Shit” He leans back. So much for not pissing him off.
5.
Since literally all of their attempts failed Felix decided that 3 of them should try. Chan could not resist the two youngest and his Aussie mate.
All of them knew they had to probably gang up on him to get him to listen.
The plan was for Felix to convince Chan to come to his and Seungmin dorm. Then Jeongin would also be there to ambush (horrible plan but this has to work somehow).
Felix walks into his studio like he owns the damn place.
“Hi Felix!” Chan says not even looking up from his laptop.
“How do you always know it is me?”
“You walk a certain way. You also like, slam the door open.”
“Screw you. Anyways I wanted to invite you over to hangout.”
Chan turns to look at him, “And do what. I know what you did to me last time.”
“Just because I forgot my wallet doesn’t mean shit.”
“As long as I get to chill and not deal with you screaming about how ‘bad this dude sucks, This person is acting like a five year old.’ I’ll hang out with you.”
“Fuck you. I’ll see you at like five?”
“Yeah sure.”
Felix walks out of his studio and sighs of relief. Phase one is done now on to phase 2.
5.1
“I’m back!” Felix yells
“Did it work?” Jeongin tried not to be too excited
“I did! I’m shocked that he didn’t question it since for the past couple days the others have been on his back about it.”
“You’re his sunshine of course he is not going to question you. The worst thing you’ll do is be a cunt.” Seungmin says walking to the couch.
“I am not a cunt.”
“Yes you are!” Seungmin and Jeongin yell out.
“When is he coming over?” Jeongin asked.
“I think I said 5.”
“You think?” Seungmin sarcasm coming out.
“You have been around Minho hyung too much.” Felix points a finger at him.
“No I have not, I’ve been around Changbin more.”
“You know if he was here he would have corrected you.”
“We are on a non honorific week.”
“Yeah sure hyung.”
“So are we going straight into innovation or attempting the Hyunjin and Jisung approach?” Felix asked the two.
“Defentily jump straight in.”
“Hyunjin and Jisung hyung's approach." Both say at the same time.
“Really helpful.”
“I know.” Seungmin says getting up to start dinner.
“I mean we could do both.” Jeongin suggested.
“Okay, let's do both.”
5.2
While Seungmin was cooking (he finally learned by actually hanging out with the “chef” of the group). Felix and Jeongin were playing LOL in Felix’s room.
“Why are you so good at this game? It's not fair.” Jeongin complains as he dies again.
“What do you play at your dorm?” Felixs says eye not even off the screen.
“Channie hyung has been making me play Genshin a lot. Pretty sure he has a hyperfiction on that.”
“What would give you that idea?” He says trying not to die.
“You're dead.” Jeongin says as Felix’s character dies.
“Since that all he plays beside when we all do league.” Jeongin says giggling at Felix smashing his key board.
Seungmin walks in, “Hyung is here.”
“Plan time?” Jeongin says.
“Plan time.” Felix says
5.3
“Jeongin? I thought you were at home.” Chan looks at him confused.
“Felix invited me yesterday. I didn’t even know you were also coming.” Jeongin deflected as Chan narrowed his eyes.
“Sure.”
“I’m not lying hyung!”
“Can you guys stop fighting and come to eat.”Seungmin says.
“Yeah Seung.” Chan gets up and walks to the kitchen. Jeongin smirks at Seungmin, “Do you think the plan will work?”
“Hopefully. I’m tired of seeing hyung like this. If that makes sense.” Seungmin whispered back.
“Me too.” They both walk to the kitchen where Felix and Chan are already talking and eating.
5.4
“You are a cunt though.” Chan says watching as Felix basically throws a tantrum.
“I’m not though. I am a kind soul.”
“You are still a cunt.”
“Fuck you.”
“Are you guys done?” Seungmin asked to get a dish for himself.
“Yeah.” Chan says going back to eating.
“So we want to start off by saying-” Felix starts but gets cut off by Jeongin.
“You need to actually get tested.”
Chan gives the three of them a blank stare.
“Sorry.” Jeongin squeaks out to no one in particular.
Two minutes pass by and no one says anything. Felix debated on if having the three of them do this was a bad idea until Chan spoke again.
“I’m assuming that if I don’t say yes the cycle of all you guys bothering me about it will continue?” For once his monotone voice was showing more. (He always had a more cheerful tone of voice that he put up to make sure nobody misinterpreted what he was trying to say).
“Yes.” Seungmin said, “If it's true then okay we were all right but if it isn't true then we are all sorry for bugging you for the past two weeks about it.”
“Okay. I’ll accept but I seriously don’t think it is true.”
6
It was about a month and a half since Chan went to get the test done. He really thought he would get the results quicker since he was certain that nothing would come out of it. Of course he got an email with the results.
He was sitting in the living room and was checking his email to make sure nothing important needed to be sent out. That's when he saw it. The title was ‘Results’. Of course he didn’t want to open it by himself.
Hey Innie want to see the results?” Chan yells out and watches Jeongin run over to the couch to see.
“Open it hyung!” He was a lot more excited than Chan was.
He clicked the email and opened the file.
Autism and in fine print saying there might be need for more testing.
Of course the kids were right and he was autistic but he still felt weird knowing that.
“HA! We were right!” Jeongin acts as if he won the jackpot.
“I guess so.” He quickly sent a message into the group chat saying they were right.
Everyone spams saying they knew it.
Of course it was nice knowing that there was a reason for how he was. It was also going to be a little harder undoing everything he previously learned but he had the rest of them to help him.