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Jisung was not someone you’d ever catch going out, he hardly even went to classes and he didn’t have very many friends either. So the question stands: why did he even agree to something like this?
It was early Friday night and Jisung found himself sitting alone in a bar, black eyeliner smudged along his eyes and glitter itching on his collarbones, he was wearing a baggy Metallica shirt borrowed from Jeongin and his trusty sweats and docs. Not even an hour ago he was sitting in a similar chair except in Hyunjin’s bathroom while Jeongin and Hyunjin insisted on bleaching his hair a bright blonde for this event because ‘it'll be epic!’ Jisung wasn't at all opposed to the change but it sure did make sitting here in this bar in all this makeup feel just a tad bit more intimidating.
Speaking of, it had been at least 20 minutes since the couple excused themselves from where they’d all decided to sit and pregame to go ‘touch up their makeup.’ Jisung would have bet good money on the fact that they’d come back any minute now with makeup even messier than before. Jisung looked up from his drink that he’d been staring at for quite a while now to find Jeongin standing there already with Hyunjin at his side.
Jisung jumped “Jesus Christ! How long have you two been standing there? Gave me the shock of my life man.”
A smile spread across both their faces and the three of them burst into laughter they’d been there for a while. Jisung tended to get a bit stuck in his head, y'know internal monologue and all. For almost as long as Jisung could remember Hyunjin and Jeongin had been his closest friends, The trio had grown up together in the same small neighborhood and it’d been just the three of them for as long as he could remember. Jisung did love them even if it meant he would be third-wheeling for the rest of his life. (And he totally wasn't salty about it.)
“Are you ready to go to the venue now though?” Jeongin asked. Jisung could feel the alcohol kicking in so the answer was a yes. He quickly chugged the rest of his drink and stood up before sending the pair a quick thumbs up in response and then they were off.
In all honestly oh boy did Jisung feel out of place waiting in line to get into this sketchy ass venue, the whole area was littered with teens and adults covered in black head-to-toe, platform shoes and all.
“Jisung, it’ll be so fun, seriously you’ll love the music no joke, and I know a few of the guys in the band,” Hyunjin said, sensing his nervousness.
It wasn't often that Jisung did things like this, but he had no issue trying if it involved good music and alcohol. He had done a bit of research beforehand at least. A recently popular band called 5’kz would be performing, They were known for their loud music and incredible covers. Okay, maybe he was just a little excited, who could deny good music?
Within a matter of minutes they managed to get to the front of the line and the entry guy scanned their tickets before letting them in and moving on. The venue wasn’t big, the only thing in the building being the ground floor, stage, and a bar to the left of the stage.
“C'mon, let's get to the front before it starts getting too crowded,” Hyunjin said, trying to be heard over the amount of people in the room.
They made their way to the front and managed to secure a nice spot at the very front right side of the stage and before they knew it the lights had shut off and everyone started cheering. Five guys finally walked on stage and the crowd went crazy as one of them picked up a microphone and made a coughing noise into it.
“How are we all doing tonight!” the guy yelled into the mic. He had short blonde hair and an accent Jisung couldn't quite figure out. Jisung then looked back to observe the other four members standing idly, the tallest was a guy with short black hair and small pieces highlighted with blue, next to him stood a shorter guy with shoulder-length light blue hair and star stickers littered across his face. Next to the pretty guy stood an even shorter guy with short black hair and a pink princess hat. The last guy in the row stood almost directly in front of him, he had soft purple hair and dark brown eyes.
“We are 5’kz! We haven’t released any music yet so tonight you'll hear a few covers we’ve been working on. But in the meantime, I’ll introduce myself, I’m Chris the leader and guitarist.” Chris’s voice rang into the mic. He then handed the mic to the tall guy.
“Hey guys, I'm Seungmin and I'm the vocalist.” He said quickly an awkward smile plastered on his face before shoving the mic to the star boy next to him.
The introductions were going well and Jisung now knew that the pretty boy’s name was Felix and he was a sub-vocalist, The other guy with the hat’s name was Changbin and he was the drummer. They were down to the last guy with purple hair and when he finally spoke Jisung might’ve just died and gone to heaven.
“Hey guys, I'm Minho and I'm the one and only bass,” he said quietly while pointing to the bass sitting on its stand littered with small cat stickers. His eyes glittered and Jisung could’ve sworn they made eye contact for just a split second.
“Alrighty let's rock and rock shall we!?” Chris yelled into the mic. The audience roared back and before he knew they’d counted in and started playing.
The first song they played was a cover of R u Mine by Arctic Monkeys, Jisung knew it well and found himself singing along with Jeongin and Hyunjin next to him. He looked up at Minho who was now close enough to the edge of the stage that he could probably touch him, his eyes were glittering and concentration painted his face while he picked away at the bass. And suddenly he looked down and oh god he was looking at him. A surge of confidence found Jisung and a small smirk found its way to his lips while they continued to make eye contact. Minho broke it first, looking away shyly while his ears turned pinkish at the ends and he backed up off the edge of the stage.
The band had played around 6 songs already and everyone was jumping around and singing along, Jeongin and Hyunjin left to go to the toilet although he was almost 100% sure they were probably making out right now, he did not wanna think about that, to be honest. Throughout the entire show, he and Minho had been making a crazy amount of eye contact and Jisung was starting to think that this random bass player was quite literally his soulmate.
The show ended and Minho looked at him with glittering eyes once more before walking off the stage and straight to the bar. Jeongin and Hyunjin had finally found their way back to Jisung and they stood there holding hands and messy hair and melting makeup.
“And where did you two go huh?” Jisung asked, raising an eyebrow although he already knew the answer.
“Okay, now do you really want me to answer that question?” Hyunjin retorted now, raising his eyebrow. “Didn’t think so!” he said after a beat of silence.
”Okay whatever, you were right by the way they were great. Can we go pick up a signature from them y’know before they get too big for that kinda shit” Jisung asked.
Hyunjin and Jeongin just nodded and they made their way over to where the band were now sitting at a table near the bar.
“Oh my god Hyunjin!!” The one called Felix looked up and yelled, the two of them ran and hugged each other. ”Ahh! You came, how was it!” Felix asked excitedly.
“You guys were incredible, I'm serious!!” Hyunjin said a huge smile across his face
“Who’s this?” the one called Seungmin asked. He walked up to them stopping slightly behind Felix, a hand resting on his waist, he didn’t seem very happy about the exchange at all.
Felix turned around to look at him eyes lighting up. “This is Hyunjin we took dance class together in high school!” Felix said excitedly before looking back to where Hyunjin stood holding hands with Jeongin.
“No shit, oh my god is this your boyfriend?” Felix exclaimed his eyes lighting up even further. A shy smile spread across Hyunjin’s face, and Jeongin leaned in to kiss his blushing cheeks quickly.
Jisung assumed something must have been going on between Felix and Seungmin because a look of relief flooded Seungmin’s face after realizing Hyunjin was not into Felix and the hand he had placed on his waist softened and fell to his side.
“Now what's going on over here?” a voice asked from behind them. Oh god, it was the bassist, Minho. His purple head of hair slowly stood up from where he was sitting behind them and walked over to where the 5 of them were standing, in that moment Jisung decided there was no way in hell he wasn’t going to at least try to get this angel’s number.
A brief look of nervousness shadowed Minho’s face as he made eye contact with him, and green means go.
"Chatting, I guess? I'm Jisung, and this corny couple over here is Hyunjin and Jeongin," he said swiftly, a friendly smile on his face.
Jisung decided that now was the perfect time to check Minho out and oh, was he gorgeous. He wore black baggy jeans, a sheer black crop top layered with a few chains, and black platformed shoes. He stood taller than Jisung, and as Jisung looked back up at his glittering eyes, he found that Minho was already looking at him.
Minho gulped and looked away, his ears turning pink once again. The tension in the air was so thick you could cut it with a knife, and oh, this was going to be fun.
"Okay, so, fuck this, You three are coming with me," Seungmin said loudly, obviously sensing the tension. He pointed at Jeongin and Hyunjin, then looked at Felix, and the four of them walked away, snickering at each other.
“Crazy skills you have by the way,” Jisung finally said breaking the silence, Minho looked back at him before raising an eyebrow. “You know on the bass, you must have insanely fast fingers huh..” Jisung said, a small smirk spreading across his face. He was joking anyway it would be much too cliche to say that and mean it when you've only just met.
“Haha. So original Jisung.” Minho said rolling his eyes, although Jisung could not just ignore the amused smile painted across his face, and he counted that as a win.
“Would it be weird if I asked for an autograph? Once you guys get big it’d become super rare and stuff..” Jisung asked an amused look still littered across his face.
“Well obviously, how could I deny such an adoring fan such as you,” Minho replied sarcastically. He then gestured to the table at which his friends and the rest of the band were sitting behind them and grabbed the two last seats.
“Nice of two to finally join us!” Felix exclaimed the second the two of them had sat down. “I already introduced you guys to everyone else here, sorry... you were taking too long,” He then said a small apologetic smile setting on his lips.
Jisung then scanned his eyes over everyone else at the table. Jeongin was talking to the leader Chris along with who he believes is the drummer Changbin, while Hyunjin sat there chatting with Felix and Seungmin.
He felt a sudden sense of nostalgia and something about making new friends felt good, maybe he did believe in fate because sitting and talking to these people felt way too normal for having all just met.
Minho tapped him on the shoulder, Jisung turned around on his chair to find the bassist holding a small napkin out to him a little cat doodle was drawn on it with black marker and an almost unreadable expression sat on Minho’s face.
“Uh, what’s this for?” Jisung asked curiously trying not to sound rude in any way.
“Here’s your super cool rock band autograph,” Minho replied again an amused smile painting his glossy lips. Jisung took the napkin and gave it a closer look, and underneath the cat doodle sat a number. Jisung felt his cheeks warm under Minho’s gaze, so he sent the biggest smile directly at him. Minho looked nothing but shell-shocked at that, his eyes were a little wider than before and his lips sat slightly ajar, was there something on his face?
“Hey uh, do you think you three would be interested in coming back to mine for the band after-party? It's nothing huge just a house party with a few of our other friends.” Chris asked loudly making sure the three of them heard.
“Oh, we’re so down,” Jeongin replied and Hyunjin and Jisung gave Chris a small thumbs-up to confirm.
“We do have space in the van if you guys need a ride?” Changbin said looking at the three of them an eyebrow raised. The trio agreed and they all were set on leaving in 10 minutes so the group could finish their drinks, although Changbin unfortunately hadn’t had any to begin with as their only sober driver.
Ten minutes flew by as the group chatted easily, and all eight of them stood up to leave. The band went and said their goodbyes and thank-you’s to the staff and stage helpers and then they were out.
The group walked toward a black van covered in graffiti, and Jisung noticed two certain blue-haired guys holding hands in front of him. It was cute and also a little funny knowing there were five openly gay guys in one group of eight (and possibly more), the odds.
The eight of them tumbled into the van, Chris in the passenger seat next to Changbin who would be driving. There were two rows of seating on the inside of the van and Jisung headed right to the window seat at the back, Minho climbed in next to him and then Jeongin and the rest filled the last row of seating in front of them.
The van roared into life after Chris looked back to check everyone was seated and there was a crisp noise through the speakers as Chris most likely had connected the aux, it wasn’t long before Paramore started playing throughout the speakers.
“And what music do you listen to?” Minho asked Jisung, inquisitive eyes on him.
“Just anything honestly, my favorites would probably be Blink 182, My Chemical Romance, and Radiohead?” He replied with a note of uncertainty in his voice, the question wasn’t something he’d thought about often.
Minho just nodded and turned to him a small smile on his face and Jisung could’ve sworn his eyes flitted down to his lips for just a split second but who knows? Minho turned his attention back to his phone and the pair sat in comfortable silence for the rest of the way. Felix, Hyunjin, and Seungmin sat there giggling and chatting about too many things to even count and Changbin was having a hushed conversation with Chris as he drove, Jeongin was asleep.
In another ten minutes, they pulled up to the house, It wasn’t fancy but worth a ton. There were about 6 other cars parked along the road and a bass line of loud music could be heard from the party house.
Changbin turned off the car and everyone jumped out one by one and made their way up the driveway and through the front door. On the inside were a few decorations, a table full of alcohol, and a shit ton of people, not anything big my ass. Jisung might’ve recognized a few of the people from the concert but all he could focus on was the loud music.
“Yooo, you made it!’ a short guy with platinum blonde buzzed hair yelled as soon as Chris walked through the door, they fist-bumped and the guy greeted everyone in the band.
“That’s Hongjoong, he's our manager and friend, of course,” Changbin said noticing a silence from Jisung and his friends. Soon after everyone had split up to greet people or get drinks and Jisung decided to next to a girl sitting on the couch smoking.
“Hey, I haven't seen you around before, what's your name?” The girl asked once noticing someone else had sat next to her. She had short brown shoulder-length hair and wore a hoodie and light blue baggy jeans.
“I’m Jisung, I just recently made friends with the band and now I’m here I guess?” he said trying his best to sound chill.
“Cool! Im Bae, one of Seungmin’s cousins actually,” She replied with a small laugh. “Did you wanna hit?” She asked him holding out the joint with two fingers.
Jisung decided why not and took the joint from her fingers, he’d never smoked anything that wasn’t cigarettes before but there was no time like the present. He slowly brought the joint to his lips and inhaled a lungful of smoke before holding it there for a beat and exhaling slowly and the buzz settled in.
Jisung’s phone vibrated in his pocket and he picked it out to see what it was. It was from Hyunjin.
the real howl <3 :
bro, we are doing shots with ur boy crush in the kitchen geb ur ass here!!!
sent 12:21 am
Me:
what the fuck!!!!!!
sent 12:21 am
“Hey uh thanks Bae, I’m gonna go take some shots now..” Jisung said suddenly looking up from his phone, feeling now very conscious at this packed party.
“Don’t worry about it, go get fucked up!” Bae said a smile on her face and Jisung sat up and walked away to try to find the kitchen. It didn't take Jisung long to make his way through the groups of people and find the kitchen where Hyunjin, Changbin, and Minho were lining up shots on the counter.
“Oh my god Jisung perfect timing,” Changbin exclaimed as he looked up and noticed him standing in the kitchen entryway. “We are all gonna take three shots fast and see who wins, “Did you wanna join?” He asked, Hyunjin gave him a weird look and Jisung nodded in response and walked over to where the shots were lined up, oh he so had got this in the bag.
“Okay, ready.. set..go!” Changbin yelled. Jisung picked up the first shot and downed it then the next and oh god this tasted like absolute shit, he finished the last shot and slammed it down on the bench just after Hyunjin and Minho.
“Are you guys serious what the hell man??” Jisung whined he was so sure he’d win, he turned towards Hyunjin and gave him evil eyes before quickly turning around to walk off dramatically. However, the only thing he was walking off into was the wall.
“Ah, fuck!” Jisung yelled as he rebounded off the wall and crumpled to the ground, oh there was blood, his nose was bleeding. Hyunjin had a fear of blood. Jisung heard Hyunjin mutter a few curse words to himself before walking away with Changbin on his tail.
“Shit, are you good?” Minho asked, quick to his side and Jisung looked up from where he was holding his nose with two fingers to find Minho looking at him his face somehow even more ethereal than before. He looked like an angel like this, Jisung figured the alcohol was kicking in because oh god did he wanna kiss this beautiful man he’d just met so badly right now.
“Oh I am so good right now,” Jisung replied a little too obviously as he was still just staring at Minho. Minho’s cheeks pinkened just a little and he shook his head amusingly.
“Okay whatever you say, Sung, let's get you cleaned up c’mon,” Minho said a small smile on his lips as he stood up and held a hand down to Jisung who took it almost immediately.
They made their way through the maze of people still holding hands and found their way into the brightly lit bathroom. Minho stopped and looked down at their still-connected hands.
“Oh, sorry,” Jisung said laughing nervously, and let go of Minho’s hand. Minho opened to cupboard and picked out a towel before putting it under the tap and making sure it was warm.
“You can stop pinching your nose now it should have clotted,” Minho said to him. Jisung slowly stopped pinching his nose and found it wasn’t bleeding, he turned to the mirror to get a good look at it and oh god there was blood all over his nose and mouth. Jisung thought he might pass out from embarrassment.
Minho tapped the bathroom bench twice indicating for Jisung to sit on it, so he jumped up and made himself comfortable. Minho moved between his legs and then lifted the towel to his nose, he was incredibly gentle as he wiped all around his nose and Jisung could feel his face burning up realizing the proximity they were in. Minho finally finished cleaning his nose after what felt like forever and moved to his lips eyes focused on what he was doing.
Jisung felt as if he was gonna die because oh god this was insane and his hands were shaking like crazy. Minho slowly wiped the towel over his lips and the edge of his finger caught on the edge of his lips, Minho didn’t move it away and Jiisung didn’t even realize he’d been slowly leaning in. It was to the point that their faces were now mere inches away from each other, Minho’s finger still on his lips.
“Jisung.. I don’t think we should, we’ve both been drinking and... I wanna do this right with you” Minho said so softly only Jisung would be able to hear it, and it was so perfect.
“I’ll take you on a date first yeah?” Jisung said after a beat of silence and Minho finally pulled away, a fond smile painted across his face.
“Yeah, I'm counting on it” Minho replied.
The door to the bathroom suddenly burst open and Jeongin tripped into the bathroom.
“Hyunjin passed out, we gotta go Ji” He stated in a panicked tone eyes looking wild, Jisung knew how he got when it came to his boyfriend. He looked back at Minho to find him already looking.
“I’ll see you soon yeah?” Jisung said before sending a stupid wink to Minho and leaving the bathroom to follow a very distressed Jeongin. They found Hyunjin already waiting outside standing with Seungmin and Felix, Felix had an arm wrapped around his waist to keep him stable and Jeongin rushed towards him to take him off Felix.
“I ordered us a taxi, thanks for helping seriously,” Jeongin said to Seungmin and Felix. They said their goodbyes and hopped into the taxi finally on their way home, the three of them flatted together so at least they wouldn’t have to worry about dropping anyone off.
Hyunjin sat in the back leaning on Jeongin sleepily while Jeongin whispered hushed words to him. Jisung was sitting in the front and he couldn’t help but think about Minho and the crazy night he’d had, because no way he’d met the literal love of his life at a shitty underground gig.
He dug around in his pockets and pulled out the autograph Minho had given him along with the number, Jisung pulled out his phone and added Minho to his contacts under the name ‘my bass player <3’ before drafting a message to send.
Me:
so about that date? :)
sent 1:17am
And he sent it.
Jisung leaned his head against the cold window and looked up at the stars, maybe he’d change Minho’s contact to ‘my star’ Jisung might be head over heels for this guy, but it was okay life happened fast and he couldn’t let it escape.
Maybe he deserved to not be so alone anymore, and Jisung thinks Minho might be his star.