Chapter Text
All the Hyungs
Yuma
Emergency alert!
EJ
What’s going on? Are you and Jo okay?
Nicholas
Do we need to come and rescue you from a burning building?
Yuma
What
Literally why would we need that
Jo
Don’t worry hyungs, we’re fine 🙂
Our date is going well
EJ
I’ll take Jo’s word for it
Yuma
What did I ever do to you
EJ
For starters, texting randomly on a Tuesday evening saying there’s an emergency
Yuma
But there is!
It’s about Harua
Nicholas
Harua-chan?!
What’s happening
Yuma
He’s on a date!
Fuma
With who?
Yuma
I can’t tell
We’re standing outside the cafe and Jo is leaning around to look through the window, but he says he can’t see their face clearly even though he's so unnecessarily tall
Jo
Unfortunately I'm not tall enough
Yuma
All we know is that this person has blond hair
It keeps catching the evening light from the windows
Do you see now, Euijoo?
This is an EMERGENCY! We need to know who Harua is dating!
Fuma
And why do we need to know that?
Yuma
So that we can see if they’re good enough for our precious Harua!
EJ
I hate to admit it but Yuma’s actually right
We literally made a pact about this, Fuma! As his parents
K
Not really
EJ
Oh you of all people have no room to talk
Go back to studying for your test!
Anyway, as Harua’s PARENTS we have to screen his potential boyfriends
Obviously!
Nicholas
Yeah, obviously
Fuma
… alright, I suppose it is suspicious that he can date someone without us knowing
Yuma
WAIT
EJ
Yes?
Yuma?
Where did you go? It’s been 10 minutes since you texted
Jo? I’m calling you
Jo
No no, don’t worry!
EJ
Thank goodness you’re okay. What happened?
Why did you two disappear?
Jo
Um
I don’t know how to say it
Nicholas
Just type out the words
K
Don’t be mean to Jojo
Nicholas
🙄 Jo, please type out the words
You’re killing us with suspense
Juju hasn’t stopped pacing and fretting since this began
It's very distracting
Jo
We… might know who Harua is dating
EJ
Well, tell us!
Who is this person
K
And how soon can we interrogate them
Yuma
Heh… that won’t be difficult to arrange after all
Fuma
Why are you being so cryptic
Yuma
Okay fine I’ll just say it
Maybe that will make it real!
EJ
You’re really making me worried
Yuma
Riki
That’s Harua’s date
Nicholas
You’re JOKING
Yuma
I wish I was
I heard the cashier call ‘Riki’. Very clearly
And the blond hair moved away from the table
Harua was smiling down at his phone until it returned
He’s now sipping a strawberry frappe
Which Riki must have got for him
Fuma
Wow, I did not know he had it in him
K
Neither did I
In fact he told me two weeks ago that he’s not dating anyone right now
Nicholas
What are you talking about
Two weeks ago he told me he still liked Harua and he was sad about it
So it finally worked out for them!
Those years of his pining 🥺 It’s over now!!!
K
… Years?
No? It’s not?
Nicholas
Yudai I worry about you sometimes
Literally everyone knows Maki has liked Harua since their last year of middle school
How did you forget
EJ
Maki?!!
Nicholas
Obviously
Yuma
MAKI?!!
Fuma
Oh no I see where this is going
And I don’t want to be involved
K
Fuma back me up
You know they’re referring to Taki
Fuma
No
EJ
Of course it’s Taki we’re talking about
Harua and Taki are together?!
I mean they’re always together but now they’re together
That’s so sweet!
Nicholas
You’re all losing your minds, Taki and Harua are just friends
Yuma
Taki likes Harua
I thought he hadn’t admitted it to himself yet but I know
Fuma
How exactly do you know
Yuma
All those longing glances whenever he thought Harua wasn’t looking
Nicholas
And you didn’t see Maki’s longing glances?
That boy does it even when Harua is looking
Yuma
That’s not as romantic though
EJ
No offence, Yuma, but you know you aren’t the best at identifying longing glances
Jo
I agree
Yuma
How could you do this to me, Asakura Jo? 💔
Jo
I love you but it took you two years to figure out that I loved you
K
It took everyone else two days
Yuma
You love me???
Nicholas
Stop, some of us are single
K
None of us right now is single
Nicholas
Who knows tbh
Maybe if Juju wasn’t so insistent on studying instead of making out
Fuma
We all know you’re not breaking up
EJ
Nicho I might break up with you if you don’t let me study
K
🙄 save us from your romantic bickering
Anyway, the point is Harua isn’t single anymore either
Nicholas
Good for Maki
EJ
If Harua and Maki were to get together, it would have happened by now! Clearly this is about Taki
K
Okay there’s one very easy way to settle this conversation
In fact I’m doing it right now
I’m calling Taki
Nicholas
What the hell
Fine. I’m calling Maki
Fuma
Well, this was a fun half an hour
K
He’s not answering! He’s never done that before
EJ
Because he’s on a date with Harua right now!
Nicholas
Maki isn’t answering either
Fuma
So then he’s on a date with Harua right now. That’s how it works, right?
Jo
Um, actually
The thing is
K
FINE
Let’s do this your way, Nico
Nicholas
Oh you’re on!
For whatever you have in mind
EJ
Nicho…
Nicholas
I’m going to win this, Juju, don’t worry
K
Let’s not ask them outright
We’ll have to figure it out
Nicholas
Hell yeah
And when it turns out Maki has been Harua’s boyfriend all along
You’ll owe me
K
I never owe anyone anything
Fuma
You owe me another protein shake after you finished mine this morning
K
I never owe anyone anything except for some of Fuma’s very unreasonable demands
EJ
Okay wait If we’re doing this, then we need to do it properly
Nicholas
I knew you’d come around
You’re always standing by my side
EJ
No I’m on Yudai’s side right now
Nicholas
WHAT
EJ
Don’t blame me, blame Taki
Harua’s boyfriend is more likely to be Taki right now than anyone else
I’ve seen the signs
Nicholas
What signs
There are none
Taki is very sweet but this is Maki’s race to lose
Jo
Um, this feels a bit too… hasty
And actually
EJ
So it’s me and Yudai versus you and Fuma
Nicholas
Yes
EJ
And we have to investigate without letting on that we know
The kids brought us gossip but we can’t throw them under the bus
Yuma
What do you mean ‘kids’
EJ
Wait I forgot this isn’t the hyungs’ chat
Yuma
IT LITERALLY IS
What do you mean
We’re all right here
All of us… the hyungs
EJ
Yes of course
Yuma
You’re on thin ice
I’m literally closer in age to you and Nicholas than you are to K-hyung and Fuma
They’re old
K
Can’t say you’re wrong
My back hurts
Fuma
What?
Where are you
I thought you were just studying in the library
Did you go back to the practice room? I knew I shouldn’t have left you alone
K
… well I was going to say my back hurts from the truth I am destined to bear
The truth of Harua and Taki
But if you’re coming over, then yes I’m back in the practice room
Bring the massage gel please 😏
Nicholas
Sometimes I don’t know why Yuma wants to be a part of this chat so bad
My poor eyes
K
Hi kettle, I’m pot
Yuma
Anyway
Add me to the list of those championing Taki
Because we’re right
And Jo for Maki to even it out
Jo
I don’t want to be a part of this
Fuma
It’s too late. You know you’ll always be dragged in
Jo
Can I put in a different bet?
Yuma
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
Did something else happen when I was knocked out
Jo
You know what, nothing
I just had a feeling
But anyway
Nicholas
Unless the feeling is a way we can win by proving that it’s Maki I don’t want to hear it
You, me, and Fuma are going to brainstorm
We’ll find the proof
Yuma
And so will we
EJ
Right!
K
Obviously. But tomorrow, because Fuma’s coming over now
Nicholas
ALL RIGHT THAT’S ENOUGH I GET IT
K
Isn’t Euijoo right there with you
EJ
We have a test tomorrow that we can’t blow off, unlike some other people
Nicholas
Not for long though 😏
It'll soon be massage gel time
Yuma
You’re all equally traumatising