Doll house 1/?
Kibum realizes that Jonghyun isn't just a friend anymore.
He realizes that he can't laugh when Jonghyun jokes about the two of them being dangerous anymore. He can't think clearly when Jonghyun touches him anymore, even if it's an innocent gesture. He can't eat or drink after Jonghyun because to Jonghyun, it's something friends do but to Kibum. . . It's so much more. Sitting together, studying together, playing video games together. . . It's all different. So he ignores most of Jonghyun's text messages and his phone is drowning in missed calls. Why is he doing this? He's afraid of Jonghyun finding out. So he plays it safe, he protects his own heart without thinking about what he's doing to Jonghyun and even if it hurts him. . . At least he's safe from a broken heart.
"I'm conflicted."
It was the usual lecture about X, Y, and who knows what other variables so Taemin decides to blank out. Minho rolls his eyes.
"Taemin!" he whispers. Still nothing.
"Shut up," someone says. Of course it was the most honest, most easily annoyed guy in class, Kibum.
"Taemin! Taemin! Hey! Taemin you little girl!"
"Shut the hell up!" Kibum shouts quietly. Minho stops and glares before turning back to Taemin. His bright brown eyes glaze over with boredom.
"Oh lord! Is that Jonghyun?!"
Taemin snaps out of his trance and follows Minho's gaze. His hopes slowly fade when he realizes Minho's trick.
"That's mean," he pouts cutely.
"It's your fault for ignoring me. Anyways," Minho goes on, "I said I'm conflicted."
Taemin waits for him to say more until the door busts open and the prettiest girl in school walks in. The guys start shouting greetings to her and the teacher asks why she's there but she ignores them all and scans the class wildly. She finally finds her target and storms straight to his desk.
Before Minho could continue, a heavy book bag slams in to the back of his head, causing him to fall out of his desk.
"What the hell-"
"Choi Minho," Nicole growls and throws her bag back around her shoulder. "I know you've been seeing other girls behind my back and don't think for one second I'm going to forgive you. Let me tell you something Mr. Playboy."
He rubs his head with a wince, attempting to wobble to his feet only to be shoved in to his desk. Kibum and Taemin watch in horror as Nicole shoves her knee between his legs. Even the two toughest guys in school, Jiyoung and Taeyang were scared of Nicole. Her devilish eyes and seductive looks are enough to make a man run for the hills.
"I am going to beat your ass."
Minho's face starts to get damp with sweat and his words come out all over the place.
"I wouldn't cheat on you, baby! Give me a little bit of credi-"
Nicole pushes her knee farther in to his groin.
"Aaaaahhhh, wh-why are you so damn stub- stubborn?"
"Shut up, baby. It's obvious you want me for my body, don't try to act sweet. From this point on, I'll make sure your life is hell."
She moves away, allowing Minho to breathe and walks off smoothly. Her hips sway sexily as she leaves the classroom but all eyes are on Minho this time. Even the teacher doesn't have the courage to write her up after what he just witnessed.
"Damn," Kibum says. He never saw something so humiliating. Not only did Nicole break up with him in front of the entire class but she embarrassed him and let it be known that he was a cheater. Minho raises his hand and asks to go to the nurse.
As he leaves, Taemin watches his back with woeful eyes.
I'm sure you're conflicted now, Minho.
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Minho knows the nurse very well. She's an old, kind lady without much family and whenever Minho would fake sick to skip class, she always knows he isn't ill. Of course, to punish him, she tells him stories of her life that make him want to just fall asleep or even go to class.
As he opens the door (knocking stopped happening months ago), the office is empty. When I actually need her. . . That's karma for you.
Minho's eyes grow heavy and he decides to take a nap.
He dreams about him and Taemin turning in to demons and destroying the world. Even with enormous black wings, Taemin looks adorable. Suddenly they're in a dark cellar and Taemin's drinking poison. Minho tries to stop him but he can't move and the scene changes again. This time he finds himself with Kibum in a dusty library. Kibum's mumbling something about dolphin's and then he's in a bright room. Kibum's pretty face is over his and he's saying something but it's faint. What's he saying?
"I said you can't sleep all day. School's out."
Minho blinks a few times. So he's awake. For some reason, Kibum is staring at him impatiently. The lights start to grow dimmer as his vision gets focused and he leans up with a groan. Kibum almost helps him but decides better of it and waits. He stands up but the drowsy feeling overcomes him and he falls over.
"You're not exactly heavy, Minho! Get the hell off of me!"
Such an angry voice for such an angelic face. . . This guy really needs to learn how to relax once in a while.
"Tell me why you're lurking me sleep," Minho demands with a smirk. Kibum tries to shove him off but fails. His face scrunches up in disgust and discomfort.
"Because Taemin asked me to. He's too cute to refuse, anything else?"
"Nope."
Minho rolls off of the pretty boy with a smile. So Taemin did care about him.
"He had some stuff to do so he asked me to come wake you up, I don't know," Kibum adds and brushes his denim coat off. Minho nods and stands up, still feeling the pulse in his head from where Nicole unleashed her wrath. He couldn't say he didn't deserve it. It was true that he cheated on her and he regretted it. He really regretted it. He did have feelings for Nicole but Sunny just had to be there when he was ready to admit it. That night, he went to find Nicole to finally tell her how much he loved her but her best friend answered the door instead and told him that Nicole went out to get milk.
One thing led to another and they ended up having sex on the couch. Minho heard the back door open and got the fuck out of there. He got out pretty fast and Sunny said she didn't notice anything suspicious but maybe it was Sunny who told her. She was the guilty type.
Minho glances at Kibum who looks away shyly. So he has a cute side, huh? He thanks Kibum for waiting and walks off.
"Yeah, yeah," Kibum mumbles to himself. He starts to pick his stuff up that fell when Minho toppled over him. As he stuffs his bag, a blush appears on his cheeks..
"Wait a minute- I wasn't-" he stammers and stands up, shouting at the door where Minho stood a few seconds ago.
"I wasn't lurking you!"