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"Babe, can you pass me the lighter?"
Jungwoo grabbed the pink bic lighter from the coffee table and handed it to Jaehyun, who used it to light the blunt he'd just finished rolling and take a hit.
"Wanna turn?" He then asked Jungwoo, eyes already a little red, but Jungwoo shook his head. He wasn't really into weed lately. It got him thinking too much.
Jaehyun passed the blunt to Johnny. He took a hit and then passed it to Mark, who, Jungwoo could tell, was trying extra hard to play it cool. Everyone else was too gone to notice the little things like the way his knee bounced up and down or the way he struggled to hold back a cough after barely inhaling anything at all, but Jungwoo did. He chuckled to himself. Mark (Johnny and Jaehyun's favorite sophomore) would be just as much of a stoner as the two of them soon enough.
Deciding it was boring just sitting there, Jungwoo got up and wandered around the party. Honestly, he hadn't even wanted to come in the first place, but he spent most of his time at a Jaehyun's house anyway and it's not like there was anything else to do when the whole school was here.
Whilst making his way through the crowd of intoxicated high schoolers, Jungwoo felt a hand on his shoulder.
He turned around.
"Taeil!"
Man, he hadn't seen him in forever.
Taeil smiled, that cozy smile that Jungwoo loved so much. "Hey, how are you?" the older asked.
Jungwoo wanted to catch up properly, so he grabbed Taeil by the hand and led him outside where it was a little easier to hear.
"I'm good, how's college?" Jungwoo replied.
Taeil was a year older than Jungwoo and a freshman in college, but he was, like, the most popular kid in school before he graduated, so Jungwoo wasn't too surprised to see him.
"Pretty good."
The conversation flowed naturally from there, until some guy Jungwoo didn't know came up to Taeil and clapped him on the back with one hand while he held a beer with the other.
"Bro! It's been forever! How's college life?"
Taeil was mid telling the boy that he'd catch up with him later, since he was talking to Jungwoo at the moment, but Jungwoo shook his head. "Don't worry about it" he mouthed, and left the two of them to talk. He'd rather chat properly over coffee sometime anyway.
He wandered back inside and pulled out his phone. He sighed, it was only 10:32, which meant there was still plenty of party left.
It's not that Jungwoo didn't like parties, they were usually something he was into, actually, but he just wasn't really in the mood tonight.
Just then, he felt a hand on his waist and he turned to see Jaehyun at his side with Johnny and Taeyong.
"Where'd you wander off to, baby?" his boyfriend asked.
Jungwoo kissed his cheek and replied, "just catching up with Taeil."
"Taeil's here!?" Johnny asked, "Man I haven't seen him in forever, fuckin' prick didn't even say hi."
Jungwoo laughed and let Johnny know Taeil was outside. He and Taeyong went to go catch up with him, leaving Jungwoo and Jaehyun, despite the crowds of people drinking and dancing around them, alone. Jungwoo felt Jaehyun's arm tighten around his waist, pulling him closer. He nuzzled his face into the crook of Jungwoo's neck. "'M bored," he said against his skin.
Thank goodness. Jungwoo was bored, too.
Gently, he tilted Jaehyun's chin up so that he could look him in the eyes. "Why don't we go upstairs."
Jaehyun stared at his lips as he licked his own, gaze hazy and needy. Jungwoo grabbed his hand and led him through the crowd and up the stairs.
His boyfriend's house was pretty big, and his room was absolutely off limits when he had big parties like this, so thankfully, they didn't have to worry about kicking out anyone else with the same idea as them.
When they were in his room with the door locked behind them, Jungwoo let his boyfriend sit on his bed while he settled in between his legs, but before he could get to unbuckling his belt there was a knock on the door.
"Jaehyun? You in there?"
It was Johnny.
"Johnny, You Fuck, m'busy." Jaehyun shouted.
"Look man I'm sorry to interrupt but the police are here."
Jaehyun groaned and fell back onto the bed.
Jungwoo sighed and responded for him, "Okay, thanks for letting us know Johnny, I'll deal with it." He said loud enough that Johnny could hear him through the door.
Maybe freshman or even sophemore Jaehyun and Jungwoo would've been freaking out in a situation like this, but at this point they'd both been to enough, and Jaehyun hosted enough, parties to know what to do in this sort of situation.
Jaehyun was about to get up, but Jungwoo could tell he was in no state to talk to the police. He pet his hair and shushed him softly, "I'll deal with this, okay?"
Jaehyun hummed, closing his eyes and relaxing into the touch.
"Love you." He murmured.
Jungwoo didn't reply, but Jaehyun wouldn't have heard him even if he had, he was asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
Walking downstairs, Jungwoo could already See that most people had left already, probably freaked out. There were still some people outside, but a lot of them were trying to leave through the back gate.
Jungwoo went into the living room and saw sirens flashing red and blue through the curtains, then he spotted Johnny talking to an officer on the front porch.
He took a moment to look in a nearby mirror and fix his hair and button up the top buttons of his shirt before walking up to them.
"Johnny," he called out, getting both his friend's and the officer's attention.
"This your house?" The officer turned to him.
Jungwoo made the most innocent looking face he could, which was pretty darn innocent, and replied, "No, it's my boyfriend's actually, but he's asleep upstairs. He passed out a while ago, and then the party started to get a little out of hand..."
"Hm." The police officer seemed suspicious.
Que the puppy dog eyes. "I'm so sorry, we didn't mean to disturb the neighbors."
It was all bull shit, but it worked every time.
"Alright, just keep it down. We got a noise complaint from some people a few houses down.¨
"Of course! Sorry for the trouble!"
The police officer finally left, murmuring something about 'kids these days'.
As his cop car sped off Johnny let out a sigh of relief. "Fuck, you're good at that. I'm gonna let the boys know things are clear."
Jungwoo sighed too, but he wasn't feeling much relief at all. The rager may have ended, but it wasn't even 12 yet and Jaehyun and Johnny would be partying with "the boys" into the early morning.
"Mkay," he said, "but Jaehyun's plastered..."
"I'm good," came a voice from the stairway.
It's owner walked over to Jungwoo, smiling, "I saw the police leave. Thanks babe, I dunno what I'd do without you." He slung an arm around him.
Jungwoo just gave a slight, sleepy smile.
"You text the guys it's cool for them to head back? It's only like, 12." Jaehyun asked Johnny.
"Yup," his best friend replied, plopping down on the couch.
Jungwoo leaned his head on Jaehyun's shoulder, "I'm gonna head home, I'm kinda tired and I have practice tomorrow."
Jaehyun nodded and kissed his forehead, "K. Sure you don't wanna stay? You can sleep in my room."
Jungwoo's heart hurt a little at his words. Jaehyun had this typical hot-jock reputation, but he was actually the sweetest person. Sometimes, Jungwoo wished he wasn't such a sweetheart so he wouldn't feel so bad about all the "I love you"s he didn't return and all the times he'd leave after spending nights in his bed.
"It's okay, thanks though."
Jaehyun nodded and Jungwoo made his way out and to his car which was parked in the driveway. They lived in the same neighborhood so his house was only a quick drive away. Their houses were very different, though. Jaehyun lived in a big two story house whereas Jungwoo's was a little smaller and simpler.
When he was finally home and in his bedroom, he groaned, plopping down on his bed. He so badly wanted to cuddle up under the blankets, but he smelled like drugs and alcohol so he forced himself to take a shower first.
When he was all clean and curled up under the covers, he decided to go on social media a little before going to sleep.
Scrolling through his feed, he saw a photo Jaehyun had posted just 9 minutes ago.
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Jungwoo liked the photo and continued scrolling.
Soon enough, he couldn't fight to keep his eyes open anymore and he used his last bit of energy to plug in his phone before falling asleep.
xx
When Jungwoo woke up, his alarm was blaring and his head was aching. He rolled over in bed and started reaching around for his phone. Ugh, why did he have to be awake at 8 am on Saturday.
Wait...
He felt like he'd forgotten something important.
Ah! He didn't need to be awake at 8 am on a Saturday.
He needed to be awake at 7:30 am on a Saturday.
"Shit!"
He checked his messages, and sure enough he had a text from Ten sent 20 minutes ago.
I've got 99 problems and you're ten of them
Girl where are you!? The season's barely started and ur already slacking 🤡
Jungwoo quickly sent a reply.
Jungwoo
I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm omw right now 🥺
Jungwoo chucked his phone somewhere and then jumped up out of bed. He threw on his cheer uniform as fast as he could, grabbed his duffel bag, tossed everything he needed in it, and headed for the door. He pouted at the oh so lonely box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch sitting on the kitchen counter on his way out. Sigh. There was no time for breakfast.
By the time Jungwoo pulled up to practice, which was at his school, it was 8:15. He'd made good time but he was supposed to be there 15 minutes earlier. Luckily, everyone was still stretching and warming up in the gym when he walked in.
Ten approached him as soon as he spotted him.
"Bitch!"
Jungwoo made a 'talking to me?' face, "Uh...yes?" He blinked at him.
Ten held his gaze for a moment, and then scoffed, "you're lucky you're cute and your gay ass actually brings some personality to this squad."
Jungwoo couldn't help but laugh at Ten's antics as he walked away dramatically. Back in freshman year, the two couldn't stand each other. They were too similar, maybe. Now, going into their fourth year as teammates and peers, they were good friends.
Not a minute later, Ten clapped his hands to get everyone's attention and started to lead practice. It was the last one before the first day of school on Monday so they had a lot to do.
By the end, Jungwoo was tired out, panting as he dabbed at his sweaty face and neck with a towel.
Sicheng came up to him, looking rather unhappy.
"Ugh, Ten's in some type of mood. He got mad at me because I didn't send out the schedules sooner, but it's not my fault! Coach only shared them with me a few days ago!"
Jungwoo frowned. "It's probably just the stress, he's wanted to be captain since freshman year and now he finally is." He replied, glancing over at Ten, who was trying to keep his cool while dealing with someone on the phone.
"Yeah that's true..." Sicheng sighed cutely, though he wasn't even trying to be.
Jungwoo couldn't help but pout at his adorable expression. "Aww Sichengie! C'mere, don't worry, he's not really mad at you, you know you're like his favorite person ever, right?"
Sicheng smiled and let Jungwoo pinch his cheek.
Speak of the devil, Ten walked up to the two of them, fuming. "Ugh! This freshman mom is really going off on me because apparently 'I was too harsh on her kid'. I'm just telling her what any coach would! Her daughter's lucky to even be on this team."
Jungwoo glanced at Sicheng and the two shared a look that Ten was too in his own world to notice. They were trying hard to hold in their laughter.
"Well," Jungwoo tried to respond seriously, "I'm sure she'll get a lot better with your help."
Ten just rolled his eyes before Yuqi called for him asking about uniforms. He walked off again and when he was out of ear shot Jungwoo and Sicheng started laughing.
"Are you hungry?" Sicheng asked a few moments later when they were heading out.
Jungwoo's eyes went wide, "Omg you have no idea. I didn't even eat breakfast!"
xx
The pair ended up going to some new vegan place close by. Winwin ordered a salad and Jungwoo ordered a sand which and a smoothie and a dairy free chocolate chip cookie which was kinda nasty but he ate it anyway.
Winwin had just taken a sip of his lemonade when he asked, "So, how's Jaehyun?"
Jungwoo sighed. Jaehyun? He seemed to be doing just fine, but their relationship? He wasn't so sure, and he didn't exactly want to get into it at the moment either.
"Good."
Sicheng rolled his eyes. "That's all, no juicy gossip? I heard his party got shut down last night."
"Yeah, it did."
Even after all this time, Sicheng was still shocked by the way Jungwoo talked about it like it was nothing, "How has he never gotten in trouble?"
Jungwoo shrugged. "I don't know. Honestly the police only shut it down if there's a noise complaint and his parents don't care so."
"Damn, must be nice." Sicheng said, "My parents are still bringing up when I failed Health freshman year."
Jungwoo laughed, he remembered that class and all the shenanigans he and Sicheng got up to.
"Didn't you get like, an 89 for the semester?"
"I might as well have dropped out."
The pair chuckled and continued talking while they finished up. Afterwards, Jungwoo dropped Sicheng off at his house and headed home.
xx
He'd just stepped foot in his house when he heard his phone ping.
Jaehyunnie 💞
U free today?
Jungwoo
Yea what's up
Jaehyunnie 💞
Wanna go to this amusement park? Johnny invited me taeyong's going too
Jungwoo was kinda exhausted after practice and he'd really been looking forward to crawling back into bed and binge watching Gossip Girl, but there was only two days left of summer and he did love amusement parks.
Jungwoo
If you'll let me nap on your shoulder on the way there ☺️
Jaehyunnie 💞
Haha k we'll pick you up in 20
Indeed, 20 minutes later, Johnny's 1990 Land Rover Defender pulled up to his house.
Jungwoo, freshly showered and changed into something cute, opened the car door to see Jaehyun sitting in the middle, which was a little strange, why would he sit in the middle when there were only 4 of them?
"Hey, woo," Johnny said, "this is my friend, Doyoung." He gestured to the person in the passenger seat beside him.
Doyoung? Jungwoo had never heard of him.
"Oh! uh, hi! I'm Jungwoo," he said a little awkwardly as he sat next to Jaehyun and closed the car door behind him.
Doyoung turned around to return the hello. Then, Johnny started driving and they were on their way.
"So, Doyoung? How do you know Johnny?" Taeyong asked.
"Mutual friends." Doyoung replied, casually.
No one was surprised, they were all pretty popular, but Johnny was friends with like...everyone, including kids at other schools.
"Oh," Taeyong replied, "cool."
Jungwoo had said he'd be tired, and sure enough he was starting to drift off as he rested his head on Jaehyun's shoulder.