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“Why are you here again?” Xingjie raised an eyebrow, he looks mad.
Jaehyun took his bag, “I’ll be outside if you need a ride, but don’t take too long. Ten has been calling nonstop from the car, he is so annoying when he’s half-asleep.”
“He is tired. If you told me before that he’d been practicing all day, I wouldn’t ask you to bring him here.” Kun touched Jaehyun’s arm for a moment. He might feel responsible for making Ten exhausted. According to Kun, Xingjie suddenly wanted to learn how to play basketball so he decided to invite Jaehyun and Ten too.
“It’s okay. We love basketball anyway, this is such a nice break.” Jaehyun smiles, “So, do you still need a ride or they come here to fetch you?”
“I’m okay. I think Winwin would call his driver to fetch us home. How about you, Xingjie?”
“I don’t know, are you here to fetch me or what? I didn’t ask you to, did I?”
Rui sighed, “It’s Winwin, okay? He asked me where you’re taking Kun-ge tonight and begged me to drive him here. I don’t even care what you’re doing tonight.”
Oh my god, did Rui-ge just use me as a pawn? I swear, he was the one forcing me to get into his car and trying to show me that Kun is cheating on me. I already told him they’re just friends, but he insisted to check on them. He should’ve known that Xingjie and Kun were college roommates, right? I mean, everyone knows that. Now that he said it, Kun would see me as a jealous boyfriend. For goodness sake, I don’t need the world to tell me that Kun will never ever ever cheat on me. I trust him with my life. Kun has been there for me since I was nothing. He could’ve left when I got my first song, but he chose to stay. Lucas once told me that all NCT members knew he stays because of me. I didn’t mean to brag, but that’s how much he loves me. I will never question his loyalty. Moreover, thinking of Kun and Xingjie as lovers sounds weird. As weird as if I ask Lucas if he and Kun are lovers just because they’re roommates!
“Little Winwin feels insecure, huh? How sweet!” Xingjie pinched my cheeks. It kinda hurts, but this must be nothing compared to what Rui would do to me after this. I bet Xingjie never pinched his cheeks. “You’re so lucky to have such a cute boyfriend, when are you planning to break up with him? I can’t wait to take care of this bunny!”
Kun smiles (a bit too bright, I almost fainted) and walks towards me, “In your dream. He is mine, and will always be mine.” He gave me a kiss on my forehead. I can’t let Xingjie call me sweet or anything at all, so I decided to hide my red face behind Kun. It’s his fault afterall, that kiss was so unnecessary. He is too sweet to handle. I pulled him aside.
“It’s Rui-ge, actually. He saw your new hair color on SNS right after he met Jie-ge with that blonde hair, so he kinda thinks there is something between you two.” I whispered to Kun’s ear. I could’ve told Xingjie right away, but Rui would kill me on the spot. “I almost tell him that Jie-ge asked you to teach him about basketball rules so that he won’t embarrass himself when he plays basketball with other IPD trainees, but Jie-ge will kill me if I do that, right?”
“Are you sure it’s Winwin, tho? Little bird told me someone envies our matching hair color and started making assumption.” Kun teases Xingjie. I should’ve known he won’t do anything to bring Xingjie down. They’re best friends, and best friends tease each other.
“Someone?” Xingjie looks aside and stares at Rui.
“Yeah, someone whose name starts with Z.” Kun intertwined his fingers with mine, “and pretty sure, my little Winwin’s name doesn’t start with Z.”
“Do you really think there is something between me and Kun?” Xingjie asked, “Are you stupid or what?” while throwing a basketball. Rui caught the ball, but said nothing. He just shrugged, not even looking at Xingjie.
“Isn’t that sweet, though?” Kun smirks, “If Winwin being jealous to me looks sweet for you, why don’t you say so about Rui-ge if he feels that way for you?”
“Shut up, Kun.”
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“Are we really going to leave those two alone?” I can’t believe Kun let Xingjie and Rui alone, I find it hard to guess which one will die first. They both seem like ready to kill each other.
“Of course, we shouldn’t disturb those lovebirds!” Kun laughed.
“Lovebirds, huh? What a joke!”
“Believe me, they are. Xingjie has been obsessed with Rui-ge since the first he saw Rui-ge on ‘Birth of Star’ on tv, I saw him got crazy the night he found out he was going to be in the same show.”
“Idol Producer? I didn’t know you met him before the show started.”
“No, way before that. It’s ‘King of Pop’, the same show where they met Zhou Yanchen.”
“Ah, the tall guy who came with Zeren the other day?” I remember the day we suddenly bumped into Zeren at the cinema and ended up hanging out together for the rest of the day.
“Yeah, it was a nice double date. I thought Yanchen would take you away from me, but he is too focused on Zeren. I was so relieved!”
“No one would take me away from you, Mr. Qian!”
“But Yanchen is so tall, don’t you have a thing for a tall guy?”
“Nope, it was in the past.. and I told it wasn’t just any random tall guy, it was Zheng Ruibin. He was like the school idol, you know? Not exactly my type, to be honest.” I shrugged, “and don’t try to change topics, okay? I still think we have to go back before they kill each other.”
“Oh god, Dong Sicheng.. the worst thing that could happen to them is spending tonight kissing each other, which I highly doubt it since they’re both so thick-headed.”
“That’s.. disgusting.”
“How could you say that? We did that all the time!” Kun hugged me tightly and started leaning closer.
“Correction, not literally ALL the time.” I pushed his lips further from mine. “Nah, I mean.. it’s weird to imagine them as lovers. They act like enemies who keep using everyone around them as their weapon!”
“Well, love has many forms.” Kun smiled, “It can make misfits fit each other.”
He leans closer again, and this time, I let him.