the smell of fresh lilies lingered through the air, as sunoo and heeseung were walking back to the university.

heeseung became quiet after they visited his brother at the memorial park. sunoo always tags along when heeseung visits, since he feels like the older needed someone by his side. they're barely talking throughout the visit, and sunoo just quietly follows behind heeseung.

"hyung..." sunoo uttered after a while. "do you want to take a break today? wanna go watch a movie instead?"

heeseung shakes his head. "i have to go to class, sorry sun."

he sees the look of concern on sunoo's eyes, so he reaches out to touch his head.

"you worry too much, i won't break down quickly."

"but i know you've been having relapses. your nightmares are back an—"

"sunoo, it's my problem to fix." heeseung gives him a smile. "but i'm fine. my therapist said it's just due to stress."

sunoo sighed, giving up. this guy's just too stubborn to listen to him.

"okay, but don't hesitate to call when you need me."

heeseung just nodded. he knows how sunoo likes to overthink things, and he doesn't want to give him anymore problems.

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"i want to drink iced americano."

"then go buy one and stop eyeing my drink, you shithead."

"i'm not even looking at it?"

"big fat lie right there because you've been staring at my drink for two minutes now." jay threw another glare at sunghoon, who's been sitting on his chair.

"uh-huh, whatever toots your horn." sunghoon smiled sarcastically. "why are you even here? go back to your sweaty extracurricular activity."

"it's called soccer. also, i don't want to." he plops back to the couch and proceeds to play a game on his phone.

jay's been at the journalism headquarters for about two hours now and he doesn't have the energy to leave the room anytime soon.

i'm starting to think about something ridiculous, so i need some time off.

"that doesn't sound like you, are you sure you're not sick in the head?" sunghoon fakes a gasp, covering his mouth to exaggerate. "or perhaps, your heart is sick?"

he raised his middle finger as a reply while his friend just laughed at him.

"can't you just ignore my existence? pretend i'm dust or something."

"why would i? i like talking to you. wanna join journalism? we still need a feature writer—"

"enough with that bullshit," jay stands up and sits on the stool chair in front of sunghoon. "set me up with someone."

sunghoon chuckled before looking at him with a blank stare. "no."

"why not?! you have connections, i'm sure you probably dated at least one girl in every department."

"i did? hmm, i can't remember." jay rolled his eyes at his friend's answer.

"anyways, i don't do that anymore. try asking chenle instead." sunghoon smirked, "although i doubt that dating would be a great solution to what you're trying to avoid."

jay felt something dropped in the pit of his stomach. does he...? nah, he can't possibly know every single thing— well shit.

"what do you mean?"

sunghoon gives him the look. "you know exactly what i mean."

"think about it, jay. do you really want to date someone, or did you just think it was the safest choice because you're avoiding something?"

i hate talking to this evil bastard.

"nevermind, i'll just play soccer. good fucking bye you idiot."

he hears sunghoon's laughter echoing through the room before he goes out.

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hoon 📰 @parkwrites tweeted.

another day another slay 👁️🫦👁️💅

309 likes | 78 retweets

replies:

@cornjay words cannot describe how much i hate you 🫵🫵🫵
↪@parkwrites that's what they always say before they fall in love with me 😉
↪@cornjay i'm gonna throw up 😨🤢🤮

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busy 😪 @simjake tweeted.

i have 2 projects to finish and my program won't even run 🧍🏻‍♂️ atp i have accepted my fate, i will fail this sem 😭

284 likes | 19 retweets

replies:

@hiyyihglow YOU CAN DO IT !!! (pls just give up while u still can)
↪@simjake thanks for the words of encouragement 👍
@nishi_rk haha it's cuz ur dumb
↪@simjake bitch what u want from me huh 😡🥊

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[ powerpuff gays pt. 2 ]

jungwon:
so
a little birdie told me that jake's failing his course

hiyyih:
it's me
am i the little birdie?
but i'm not a bird

jungwon:
no sweetie ofc ur not a bird
i was referring to your brain

riki:
oh wow that must hurt

hiyyih:
nah it's fine
couldn't understand what he meant so 🤷🏻‍♀️

jungwon:
BACK TO THE TOPIC
where is jake
@jake yoohoo the gays are here to help ya

jake:
leave me alone
i got no spare time on my hands rn

riki:
i bet u got no brain on your hands too

jake:
OK THAT WAS FOUL

jungwon:
ni-ki shut up
anyways
jake hyung i have an idea that can def help you

jake:

can i just say that i'm genuinely scared of y'all
what is it

jungwon:
so we found out that heeseung hyung is your sunbae slash a very smart comsci student

hiyyih:
he won the robotics competition three times now
he a hot nerd 😌🥵

riki:
what the hell

jungwon:
that's not the point
you can ask him to help you with the project
ASK HIM TO GO TO YOUR APARTMENT 🗣️🗣️

jake:
okay ...?
i can do that
but do i rly have to
i mean i don't wanna disturb him
i can just ask help from jay

hiyyih:
why would u ask help from your friend who's literally not taking your course

jungwon:
this is why ni-ki calls u dumb

jake:
sorry ??? 😭😭
jay might be from a diff course but he always help me tho

jungwon:
he does????
but why would he waste his time on that

hiyyih:
enough of that
just do what we told you
so u can have some progress with your crush 😉

riki:
goodluck hyung
heeseung is equivalent to a rock so you'll have to flirt harder

jungwon:
pls don't give him any advice
you're not allowed to

you literally cry everyday bc sunoo hyung didn't give a damn about u
👎👎

riki:
and ??? i still became his boyfriend in the end

hiyyih:
must be nice huh
good for u bro 😤

jungwon:
bestie ur literally dating for months now

hiyyih:
oh right lmao i forgot
good for me too ig 💅

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jake's been staring at his phone for a few minutes now, contemplating whether or not he should ask heeseung for help.

i mean, flirting aside— i really do need some help in finishing my workloads. but what if he's also busy? won't that make me an annoying shit?

or maybe i could ask jay what to do. he nodded, feeling like he made a good decision. asking his best friend first is the best choice.

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[ jongseongie 💕 ]

jake:
hey bff
yes or no

jongseongie 💕:
i'm not answering that
what is it this time?

jake:
pls just help me decide 😭

jongseongie 💕:
i can't help you decide if i don't know the context
so what's bothering you?

jake:
is it bad if i ask heeseung to come to my apartment and help me with my workload? 🧑‍🦯

jongseongie 💕:
oh lol
that was your problem
uhm idk it sounds ok to me

jake:
really?
it's ok for heeseung to help me?

jongseongie 💕:
yeah? ofc it's okay
you like him right? go make a move
i don't really see the point why you have to ask me lmao

jake:
LMAOO UR RIGHT HAHA
i'll message him then
wish me luck bff 😁😁

jongseongie 💕:

goodluck 😄

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[ heeseung 💌 ]

jake:
hi?

heeseung 💌:
hey jake 😊

jake:
so uhm
i don't rly know how to say this
but
i have a favor to ask 😭

heeseung 💌:
sure, anything

jake:
can you help me with my project? 🥲
i'm really sorry but idk who else i can ask
i've been stressing about it for weeks now 😭

heeseung 💌:
oh right i actually saw you tweet about it earlier
no worries
i'll help you ^^

jake:
WAIT REALLY?
OMG THANK YOU 😭💗

heeseung 💌:
it's fine with me
i'd be willing to help you anytime

jake:
thank you hyung :"<
i owe you a lot 😭

heeseung 💌:
haha ur so cute 🤏
i'll be free later, where can we do your project?

jake:
well...
is it okay if you could come over to my apartment? 😅
it's a few blocks away from uni
or is it too hassle for u? 😭

heeseung 💌:
no that's totally fine
i'll be there 😊

jake:
HWJWKA THANKS HYUNG !! <3
see you later 🤗

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now, the fun begins :)