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"Hyung, stop hitting your head on the table. What's going on for you to act like this?" Mingi asks while munching on his cheese biscuits with Yunho next to him as they look at Seonghwa, who's sitting in front of them and currently hitting his forehead on the table. Well, technically, not exactly on the table, as his forehead made contact with his notebook that's on the table. He lifts his head up to look at both of them, and they shake their heads once they notice the elder's forehead is slightly red. Seonghwa heaves out a soft sigh and sits straight, rubbing his forehead as he purses his lips to form a pout. Before he managed to tell them what's in his mind, he heard loud voices calling out his name. He looks to the left to see San and Wooyoung walking towards him as they wave their hand excitedly.
Seonghwa could feel his heart beating fast that he has to exhale deep breaths through his mouth. Yunho saw how tense the older was, and Mingi could hear how shaky the elder's breath was. They look at each other, sharing looks and smiling knowingly to themselves. Seonghwa runs his fingers through his hair to fix it and flashes a nervous yet genuine smile at them.
"Hyung! Why is your forehead red? Did someone or something hit you?"
Wooyoung asks frantically as he leans his face closer to the elder's face on the left side; meanwhile, San is doing the same thing but on the elder's right side. Both Yunho and Mingi are struggling to hold themselves back from laughing, which Wooyoung noticed. He looks at them and crosses his arms over his chest before San looks at them as well.
"What are you two lovebirds laughing about, huh?" Wooyoung asks, and Mingi clears his throat, taking a sip of his iced americano – lowkey passing the question to Yunho, which the male is used to by now. "I just think that you three look cute. Like a couple," he says that had San pressed his lips together tightly as he tried to hide his flushed cheeks, but Mingi caught it. Wooyoung sat down next to Seonghwa after San, giving Yunho a smirk.
"And if we're a couple, then what?"
Yunho purses his lips to form a pout, pretending to think before he nods his head slowly. "Then I think it's good. The three of you look good together," he said then drink his coke while giving Wooyoung a smirk back. Seonghwa was looking down at his closed notebook, cheeks heated in embarrassment. Him being a couple with San and Wooyoung? That's impossible.
Seonghwa has heard a lot of times that he's attractive, anyone would be lucky to have him but he has to admit that he still has his insecurities and there are days where he doesn't feel confident in himself. However, he decides to keep those feelings and thoughts to himself 'cause if San and Wooyoung know, he'll be in trouble. Why? They'd lecture him on how attractive he is, no matter what, and he knows that he's going to combust in embarrassment. His feelings for them control himself.
Seonghwa still remembers the first time they met him. They mistook his notebook for Wooyoung's, as apparently, Wooyoung has the same one as well. Like what San said, Wooyoung bought it at Daiso, and Seonghwa did too. It was embarrassing to have the same notebook, in Wooyoung's opinion, but thanks to that, they became friends. It's more like San and Wooyoung became Seonghwa's bodyguards. Whenever anyone approached the older, both of them or either one of them would try to scare them away or just say that Seonghwa's unavailable and leave the rest to their imagination.
Unlike Seonghwa, both San and Wooyoung understood their feelings so well, and they're having a big fat crush on Seonghwa (if that's not so obvious). Ever since they've stuck to Seonghwa's side, they've noticed that no one approaches or bothers the older anymore like before, and Seonghwa is glad about it since he told them before that he felt uncomfortable. With both of them around, Seonghwa felt more secure and safe and loved… absolutely loved. San and Wooyoung are protective of him but they never cross the line, no matter how worried and angry they are.
As he was deep in thoughts, he swallowed his saliva at the sudden thought of him being a couple with the two attractive men, which caused him to cough out all of a sudden as he choked on his own saliva. Wooyoung pats his back gently with them, asking what was wrong. Seonghwa shakes his head as he's embarrassed, saying he just choked on his saliva. San giggles out, muttering the word 'cute' under his breath, a bit loud for the older to hear.
"Wㅡwell, we have to go now. Let's go," he said to both Yunho and Mingi as he packed his stuff with them looking confused. Mingi glances at Yunho, and his boyfriend nods his head as if to just go along with the elder's plan. "Okay, hyung." Mingi responded as he, too, pack his stuffs with Yunho throwing their empty cups into the trash. San scratches his nape, low-key confused as to what their plan is since, as far as he can recall, the older didn't tell them that he has another plan with Yunho and Mingi.
Wooyoung presses his lips together tightly as he help Seonghwa pack his stuffs but deep inside, he was wondering if there's anything wrong with the older or if he's hiding something from them. He can't lie, but he noticed how the older look a bit nervous and awkward with them. Not to mention, Seonghwa missed their movie date (he and San called it a date) last week. Is it what he thinks it is?
"Where are you going, hyung?" San asks as he looks at him before fixing his hair. Wooyoung rests his chin on his palm as his elbow is resting on the table while he looks at Seonghwa as well. Seonghwa is feeling like he's the luckiest person in the entire universe for having the two looking at him, paying attention to him as they're doing right now, but gosh... He can feel his heart beating so fast, and it's like he's about to combust.
I like them. Fuckㅡ I like them so much.
"Why do you seem tense and nervous around us? It's just us," Wooyoung said as he flashed a smile at Seonghwa and giggled when he noticed the elder's cheeks were slightly red. Seeing that only adds another point, an answer to his question. If Yunho and Mingi weren't here right now, he would've just pulled the older in for a kiss because damn, Park Seonghwa is so attractive. Like what San said, he's a walking angel-human or some sort.
Calm down. Get a fucking grip, Park Seonghwa.
"I have to go look for something with them. We'll come see you during lunch," Seonghwa braces himself to look at Wooyoung while he's smiling genuinely, ignoring how red his cheeks are. Mingi ducks down his head a bit to chuckle as he finds the older cute. Yunho stood up with Mingi before telling San and Wooyoung that they'll bring Seonghwa to them during lunch in one piece. Seonghwa hissed at Yunho's words, as he knows the male is just teasing him, but both San and Wooyoung laughed, finding it cute.
Seonghwa shoots a playful death glare at them, standing up while carrying his bag. San and Wooyoung stood up as well before they pressed a soft kiss on each side of the elder's cheek – San kissed his right cheek, and Wooyoung kissed his left cheek. "See you at lunch, hyungie." San said before walking off with Wooyoung as they waved at Yunho and Mingi as well.
The older was stunned as he widened his eyes, fingers gripping his bag tightly. Seonghwa bites his lower lip as he blushes before looking up to see Yunho and Mingi smiling teasingly at him. He clears his throat and starts walking off to head to the library. The two males catch up with him and walk next to him, Mingi nudging the elder's side playfully while Yunho is squealing lowly. He doesn't expect for San and Wooyoung to do that but.. expect the unexpected, right? But now, he just wants to know, did that kiss mean anything or nothing? That kiss just prove that Seonghwa is indeed head over heels for them. And he's fucked because how is he supposed to tell them that he likes them? He's afraid that it'll risk the friendship and things will take a bad turn. Looks like he's just going to have to discuss it with Yunho and Mingi then.
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San and Wooyoung who were walking to their next class were stopped by a male when he calls out to them. San turns around to see the guy holding a medium-sized notebook in his hand, and Wooyoung recognises that notebook – it's Seonghwa's. But why is the guy holding it? San could feel Wooyoung's protective aura so he flashes a smile at the guy to not freak him out.
"Hi! Is there anything that we can help you with?"
Wooyoung glances at San and rolls his eyes at the friendly tone. The thing about Wooyoung is that he's not arrogant, no. But he's protective since he knows his friends better than anyone else, especially if anyone is looking for Seonghwa or talking about the older. With what the older has been through before this, it's understandable for him to act this way. San is protective too, but not as protective as Wooyoung. San pinches Wooyoung's side playfully as a sign to be nice to the guy, and Wooyoung immediately flashes a smile.
"Uh… Hwa forgot his notebook again. He left it in the hall and you guys are close with him so please give it back to him."
The guy extends his right hand to give the notebook to San, who takes it gently. Wooyoung nods his head twice in response to the male's words, thanking him before the guy walks away. San keeps the notebook in his bag and looks at Wooyoung who's looking at him. "Hwa?" Wooyoung said, and San giggles, wrapping an arm around the male's shoulders as they walk to the hall. San laughs out all of a sudden when Wooyoung make faces as he was teeny tiny bit jealous of how the male addresses Seonghwa.
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"So, the thing now is… you like San and Wooyoung."
"You're planning on confessing, but you don't know how to."
Seonghwa nods his head at Yunho's and Mingi's statement while jotting down his notes with his eyes looking at his laptop. He puts his pen down to look at them, only to find them smiling widely at him. And he knows this look. It's the look they have when they're planning something. He crosses his arms over his chest and leans back against his chest.
"What do you have in mind?"
Yunho covers his mouth with his hand as he chuckles softly, reminding himself that they're in a library and they need to be quiet if they don't want to be kicked out. "Well… how about you go to lunch with them alone? Just you and them; ask them if they have an ideal type or if they're interested in someone right now. Just to see if they'll give you a hint," he said and Mingi nods his head, agreeing to what his boyfriend suggested. Well, that does sound like a good idea, but... knowing them, they'll be suspicious of Seonghwa, especially Wooyoung, since he's quick-witted.
"But won't they be suspicious? I've never asked them about those things, so if I do this time, they're gonna be curious and suspicious."
"Then you tell them that you just wanna know," Mingi looks at the older and he can't read Seonghwa's expressions. One thing about Mingi is that he's able to read people's expressions, be they sad, happy, or lying. He knows it, and he can read it. As for now, he can't read the elder's expressions but one thing's for sure is that Seonghwa really wanna tell San and Wooyoung his true feelings.
From Mingi's perspective, Seonghwa is someone selfless, kind (way too kind), prioritises others and is too sweet. He may be shy and quiet sometimes, but he's also absolutely loyal and disciplined. He gets work done fast, very detailed and helpful towards those in need of his help. Mingi and Yunho have been by the elder's side for a while now, a bit longer than San and Wooyoung have. They've seen every side of him, been with him through ups and downs so they're very careful with the people Seonghwa met, friends with.
The first time they met San and Wooyoung, Mingi felt the sparks between them and Seonghwa. He can see how well they take care of his friend even though Seonghwa is older than them. There was one time that it hit Mingi how much San and Wooyoung love Seonghwa – it was during last year's dinner event, which was Seonghwa's first event on campus; he was nervous because he arrived earlier than Mingi and Yunho. He was well-known among the students, but Seonghwa is just… shy, and he doesn't mingle around easily like other people. He remembers getting a text from the older about how anxious it is being there without them, but San and Wooyoung saw him going around here and there, looking lost, which made them approach him to take him out of the hall to the garden so he could breathe well.
At first, Yunho and Mingi were worried about Seonghwa being taken away, but the moment they knew it was San and Wooyoung, they were relieved. People on campus know them as the friendly, kind duo. Jongho, who's friends with them told Mingi about them and that's when they know those two can be trusted. And when they went out the next day with Seonghwa to have the older tell them what happened, only good things came out of the elder's mouth, and that's also when they knew that Seonghwa could rely on San and Wooyoung as well.
"Hyung, we know you're worried about this but trust us when we say the outcome will be so much better than you imagined," Mingi said as he holds the elder's left hand in his while giving him a genuine, reassuring smile. Yunho nods his head as he smiles widely, leaning his head on Mingi's shoulder. "You deserve happiness and we know that those two are capable of giving it to you."
"What if they don't like me the way I like them?" Seonghwa asks out of fear, biting his lower lip and chewing on it slightly as his mind starts to spread the negative thoughts. He shakes his head to get rid of the unnecessary bad thoughts 'cause he doesn't want to overthink. Once he overthinks, it'll be hard for him to stop. He holds Mingi's hand tightly in his but slowly calm down when the younger strokes his knuckles with his thumb gently. Yunho holds his other hand to do the same, telling the older not to worry.
"Hyung, only stupid people wouldn't like you. Look at you – you're attractive, kind, smart, caring, and selfless. You're more than enough," Mingi said before Yunho added on. "And more, the list goes on about your good traits, hyung. Trust me, if both of us were interested in a polyamorous relationship, we would've courted you," he manages to say before flashing a wink at Seonghwa, which made the older shocked, and Mingi covers his mouth with his free hand to laugh softly.
Seonghwa scoffs and pulls his hands away from both of them to type on his laptop as he saw an email from his lecturer. Mingi looks at Yunho, smiling cheekily as he finds it cute and funny what his boyfriend said to Seonghwa. Yunho shrugs his shoulders playfully before they continue studying. Seonghwa heaves out a soft sigh as he looks at his laptop's wallpaper; a picture of him with San and Wooyoung during their first ever movie night at their apartment which was 2 weeks after they met at the dinner event.
He smiles unknowingly as he remembers how happy and chaotic it was during the movie night – Seonghwa forgot to bring the cookies that he made for them, San forgot to put away their shoes, and Wooyoung forgot to put sugar in the coffee, so it ended up with the older almost throwing up due to how bitter it was. But everything went smoothly when the two males were cuddled, snuggled up against him on the couch. That's the iconic moment where he realised that he likes them more than friends. The amount of him thinking about them is super unhealthy, but it makes him happy, so... technically, it's healthy then.
They were too immersed in studying and jotting down notes that they didn't realise it was lunchtime. He looks up to see both Yunho and Mingi had fallen asleep with their heads on the table. He coos softly and pulls out his phone to snap a few photos. He stood up slowly to stretch himself, massaging his butt, as it hurt a bit from sitting too long.
"Nice butt."
Seonghwa gasps and turns around to find Wooyoung leaning against one of the book shelves with a smile on his face. The older curses out softly under his breath as he's shocked before feeling embarrassed that the younger caught him massaging his own butt. He explains that he sat too long so his butt was painful and when Wooyoung offered to massage his butt for him, Seonghwa blushes before smacking the younger's chest playfully. Shy Seonghwa is what Wooyoung loves; the sight of the older smiling, his red cheeks, makes his heart flutter.
Wooyoung chuckles at the moment he saw Yunho and Mingi sleeping before Seonghwa hushed him, as he didn't want them to wake up. Seonghwa told Wooyoung that these two have been helping him study to the point where he's afraid he's draining them, but Wooyoung, being Wooyoung, reassured the older that he's sure those two don't mind at all helping him since the older helped them before as well. Seonghwa nods his head as he responds with a soft "okay" and tells the younger to go to lunch.
Wooyoung helped Seonghwa pack his stuff slowly and gently to not wake Yunho and Mingi up. Seonghwa has this habit where he'd purse his lips to form a pout when he's concentrating on things. And currently, he's doing that while packing his stationery, and Wooyoung is holding himself back once again from hugging the older since they're in the library and have to act decent, you know. As soon as they're done packing, Wooyoung slips his right hand into Seonghwa's left one to hold it tightly and walk out of the library hand in hand as he tells the older that San is already waiting for them at their usual spot. Seonghwa doesn't expect this because he's never held his hand in public. Knowing how the students are, he should expect rumours sooner or later, then, and he doesn't know what to feel about it.
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San who was at their usual spot is unpacking the lunch that he bought earlier with Wooyoung. He looks at the food and smiles widely, nodding his head as he's happy with the choices. "Yup, these are all hyung's favorite. He'll love it." As he was busy monologuing, he heard footsteps on the stairs and soon he saw both Wooyoung and Seonghwa, hand in hand, walking towards him. He grins widely and waves his right hand excitedly at them. Seonghwa flashes a wide smile back at him, finding it cute how small San looks from the distance.
The two of them sit down with San at the middle, Seonghwa at the right side and Wooyoung at the left side. A soft gasp slipped past Seonghwa's lips when he saw the food on the table. From kimchi fried rice and kimbap to yangnyeom chicken – all of the food on the table is his favourite. He looks at the two of them and asks excitedly if they bought these due to him saying he was craving them a few days ago.
Wooyoung nods his head, and San responds with a soft "yes". Seonghwa smiles even more and picks up the chopsticks before telling them to eat because he can't wait to taste the food. The two young males giggle as they find it cute how excited the older is. Everyone who knows Seonghwa knows that he's a huge food lover. He's not picky with his food, whatever that people cook or bought for him, he'd eat it and say it's good. He never complained about food, and that's what they love about him.
Seonghwa picks up a piece of kimbap and eats it while San and Wooyoung look at him, waiting for his reaction, as they're excited to see how the older likes it. The older squeals as he munches on the food before doing a little dance to express the delicious taste of the kimbap.
"This is so good! Go on and eat," Seonghwa said while munching, feeding himself another piece of kimbap as he looks at them. Wooyoung can't help but to laugh out loudly at how adorable he's with his cheeks look full with the food. San giggles lowly before he starts eating, taking a spoonful of kimchi fried rice while Wooyoung slips on a plastic glove on his right hand to take a piece of the chicken and starts eating as well.
Wooyoung hums while nodding his head, signalling that the food tastes great. Seonghwa feeds himself a spoonful of rice as he dances a little while munching. He leans back against his chair with his hands clasped together on his thighs, just eating while feeling the strong wind. He doesn't know how San found this secret spot, but he was thankful that the younger did because one: they have their own privacy; two: it's peaceful; three: it's spacious; and four: this place has a great view.
San smiles unknowingly as he looks at the older lovingly, just thinking of so many things which made him feel slightly overwhelmed. He heaves out a deep sigh and rubs his chest with his right hand, trying to calm himself. Wooyoung throws the chicken bone in an empty plastic, takes off the plastic glove and rubs San's back soothingly. For Seonghwa and Wooyoung, they're no strangers to San's episodes, and they're just thankful that San trusts them to open up about it and let them help him during his trying times.
But this time, they have no idea as to why it hits San. While Wooyoung is rubbing the male's back, Seonghwa puts down the spoon and holds San's hands in his to give them gentle squeezes.
"Sannie, are you okay?" Wooyoung asks, and San nods his head twice in response, flashing a smile at both of them to reassure them that he's okay. However, Seonghwa can feel that he's anxious, so he scoots closer to the male and looks at him closely. "San-ah, you know you can tell us anything, right? I can see how tense you are. What crossed your mind, mhm?"
There's one thing that San likes and teeny tiny bit dislikes about Seonghwa is that he always, always know when people aren't okay. He likes it because he pays attention to people, and he sympathises and empathises. He dislikes it, as there are times where they don't want him to find out since they don't want to talk about it, but he'd ask them if things are okay or not. Don't get him wrong, it's not a bad thing that he doesn't want the older to find out, but sometimes, he's just embarrassed or just doesn't know how to talk about it. You know how there are tonnes of things in your head, and you don't know which one's important to talk about and which one isn't.
San takes a deep breath as he holds Seonghwa's hands and looks at Wooyoung, sharing a look before the male nods his head. Seonghwa, on the other hand, is looking at both of them, wondering what they know that he doesn't know. San and Wooyoung look at him, their facial expressions are unreadable and he doesn't know if he should be nervous or not.
"Hyung.. We have something to tell you," San said and Wooyoung placed a hand on the male's shoulder to pause his words before he, himself speak up. "Before that… do you have anything you wanna tell us, hyung? Anything at all? We've noticed that lately you're either agitated or nervous around us. We've been thinking if we said or did something uncomfortable to you that we're unaware of but.. we can't think of anything, honestly."
Seonghwa's heart starts beating fast as his thoughts are chanting for him to confess, tell his feelings for them. He really wants to, but he doesn't know how to; he doesn't prepare anything to confess, and it's driving him crazy. He lets out his breath, which was shaky; he looks down at his hands that are holding San's, and he blurts out that he definitely has something to tell them. San and Wooyoung scoot closer towards him, looking at him with full attention which made him more nervous, actually. He exhales deeply and inhales, telling himself that this is the right time for him to be honest.
"I… I like yㅡyou both. No, at this point, I love you. I love you more than friends. I love you in the sense that I wanna take you guys out for dates, kiss and cuddle you, and go on trips just the three of us. I love you in that sense and I wanna call you both mine, my babies, my loves. Yunho and Mingi know how much I love you guys, how whipped I am for both of you, and that it's embarrassing. It's embarrassing 'cause I get so shy, weak whenever you guys are around, whenever I think of you or talk about you. But the embarrassment is a good one where I want to be loved and shown off by you guys even though there are times when I hide my face or tell you guys to stop it when I don't want you to stop it. I.. I've been wanting to confess earlier but I don't know how and I'm scared. I'm scared you guys don't feel the same and I'm gonna make myself look like a fool. I struggle with myself, but both of you are always helpful. You guys boost my confidence, help me study, help me feel better in my own skin, and make me feel loved and like I belong, and I appreciate that. So… I don't know what the outcome of this confession will be, but I love you, San and Wooyoung. I love you so fucking much; you both occupy my heart, mind and life all the damn time."
Seonghwa pants heavily as he finally, finally lets his feelings out. It was hard hiding it since he knows that they're very alert when it comes to him, but... he managed to hide it for so long, and today, he breaks and confesses. There were silence for a few minutes, their expressions are still unreadable and Seonghwa could see that San is alright, he's not tensed anymore but now he's the one who's tensed. He pulls his hands away from San's slowly and stands up before walking to the corner of the rooftop, taking in fresh air as he could feel himself getting suffocated slowly.
"Hyung…" Wooyoung calls out to him slowly, and Seonghwa shakes his head. The moment they heard soft sniffles coming from the older, both of them stood up and made their way to the older instantly. Seonghwa covers his face with his hands before wiping his tears away with his palms, looking forward while trying to catch his breath.
"Hwa hyung," San calls out to him, and the older hums in response. Wooyoung told him to look at them, and he did even though he kind of didn't want to because he's embarrassed and doesn't know how to react if they reject him. "We love you too," San said as he smiles and Wooyoung beats him to it to talk more. "We love you so much more, maybe more than you love us, if that's possible. You have no idea how long we've been waiting for you to say that." Seonghwa blinks his eyes and tilts his head to the side confusedly. He looks at them with the 'huh' expression which made San laughs out softly.
"We've noticed the signs you gave us, how you react when it's just us with you, and how you react when others and we do things for you. We were sure that you feel the same way as us but we didn't wanna pressure you and we thought it'd be better for you to tell us yourself 'cause we're sure of our feelings for you."
San nods his head, agreeing to Wooyoung's words. He's looking at the elder's expression that softens up with the words, and he can't help but feel glad that they're having lunch at their secret spot because it's absolutely better and easier for them to talk about this. San speaks up that he wanted to confess to Seonghwa earlier when he was feeling overwhelmed, as he thinks that this is a good time to say it and he likes the older too much that his feelings are building up. Wooyoung giggles and says he noticed and figured that out.
"So, you both love me too? As in… you wanna be my boyfriends?"
The two males squeal out and nod their heads in response, saying "yes" simultaneously. Seonghwa gasps out and bites his lower lip, feeling ecstatic that he's unable to keep calm. He launches himself into their embrace with his hands wrapped around their bodies tightly, basically pulling them into a tight hug. San and Wooyoung hug him back tightly before they take turns pressing soft kisses on the elder's cheeks and manage to pull out giggles from the older. They pull away from the hug to stare at one another, and Seonghwa feels so loved, as if he's on cloud nine. San strokes his head gently while Wooyoung smiles at him lovingly.
"Park Seonghwa, will you be our boyfriend?"
Seonghwa looks at Wooyoung, who asks, and he nods his head, smiling widely before repeating "yes" three times. He hugs them tightly again, and they lift him up, which makes the older squeak out. When they put him down, Seonghwa cups San's face with his hands and leans in to capture the male's lips with his, kissing him passionately and pouring out the love he's been feeling all this while into the kiss. Wooyoung moves behind Seonghwa to wrap his arms around the elder's waist, resting his chin on his shoulder, pressing soft kisses on Seonghwa's cheek.
Wooyoung finds it cute how Seonghwa is kissing San, but his cheeks heated up in embarrassment due to him kissing the elder's cheek. Seonghwa pulls away from the kiss as he turns to capture Wooyoung's lips in between his. This time, he's kissing the younger passionately while San holds the elder's hands to press kisses on the back of his hand. The corners of the elder's lips twitch upward into a huge smile while Wooyoung is kissing him deeply, showing the older how much he loves him and how long he's been waiting to kiss him. After a few minutes, Wooyoung pulls away from the kiss to rest his forehead against Seonghwa's, with San looking at both of them lovingly.
"I love you both so much."
"We love you too, hyung."
"Sannie and I love you the most."
Seonghwa always feels at home, but this time, this specific moment made him feel at home the most. He giggles as he nuzzles his nose with San's and Wooyoung's before he takes a selfie of San kissing his right cheek meanwhile Wooyoung kissing his left cheek and sending the picture to a group chat consist of him, Yunho and Mingi. The responses from them were fast, and well… he might just let it be for now and continue his lunch date with his boyfriends. This isn't what he imagined to happen when he confess but it's even better, and he's beyond thankful.