"That's not true." Someone behind them said.

All four of them whip their head towards the person leaning against the door to the roof.

Jisung gasped.

"Minho?"

"What're you doing here?"

Minho stood up straight and walked towards them. "You guys weren't in the cafeteria so Hyunjin. Changbin and I split up to look for you three. By the way, Felix, you should probably text Changbin, he's looking for you and tell him that Seungmin's with you because Hyunjin's looking for him." He said without taking his eyes off of Jisung.

"Oh ok." Felix quickly took out his phone and texted Changbin. Seungmin and Jeongin secretly smirked, waiting for Minho to do something. Jisung, on the other hand, wanted to disappear because his crush had just heard what he said.

Minho took this time to grab Jisung's hand "We need to talk." He said as he dragged him to the door.

Jisung looked behind himself, at his friends, as he got dragged away, giving them a panicked look. His friends all gave him a smile and a wave. Minho pulled Jisung to an empty classroom, closing the door behind him.

Jisung walked over to a desk, leaning against it. An awkward silence filled the air for a few seconds before Jisung said, "How long were you standing there?"

"Long enough to tell you that what you thought about me isn't true." Minho said as he slowly walked over to the shorter.

"What do you mean?" Jisung his vision fixed on the floor as he was too embarrassed to make eye contact with the person in front of him.

"Jisung look at me."

The boy hesitated, he didn't want to look at Minho. He already felt extremely vulnerable at the fact that he had just exposed himself to the other without even wanting to. He hoped that by not looking at Minho, he would vanish somehow, but by actually looking at Minho, it would confirm Jisung's humiliating reality.

"Jisung." The gang member said again but the shorter boy still didn't look up.

Realizing that Jisung wouldn't raise his head anytime soon, Minho put his finger under Jisung's chin and lifted it, forcing him to finally meet Minho's eyes.

"I like you too Han Jisung." He said loud and clear.

"Y-you don't have to lie. I know you're just saying that because you feel bad for me or something. It's ok if you don't feel the same, we can just forget about it." Jisung moved his chin from Minho's hand and looked back down, shifting his weight from the desk to his feet and walked away Minho's presence.

The gang member frowned and was quick to grab Jisung's arm, stopping him, but he didn't turn around. "Jisung stop it, I'm not lying. I seriously like you a lot. You're the only person, other than my gang, who actually cared for me. I knew something was special about you when you stood up for me when I got detention, which is why I saved you from that gang. When I heard you scream for help, I knew it was your voice so I rushed to help you. You made me feel things I've never felt before and I was scared."

Jisung turned around and faced Minho, looking in his eyes for any signs of dishonesty, but Minho's eyes were focused on the floor, "I told the gang about it and they teased me really bad and told me that I liked you, saying that there's someone in this world that finally melted my cold demeanor but I just rolled my eyes and ignored them." Minho admitted.

'Oh so that was what Changbin was talking about when he played 20 questions with Felix.'

Minho glanced up at Jisung and quickly looked back down after, almost like he was ashamed of what he was about to say next, "That's why I was so harsh to you when you thanked me. I tried to scare you away so you wouldn't get close to me and make me feel things again. My plan was working up until camp. I tried to be rude to you but you were so persistent about getting me to eat, I just couldn't hold back anymore. The next day I tried to ignore you all day again, but obviously I couldn't since we were partners."

He had finally looked up at Jisung, "Remember when I told you that I was your partner because Hyunjin wanted to be partners with Seungmin so he could flirt?" Jisung nodded his head slowly.

"That was sort of a lie. It's true that Hyunjin wanted to be partners with Seungmin, but he wanted to be partners with him because then it would force us two to be partners. Changbin and Hyunjin have been trying to get me to talk to you because they knew I had some sort of feelings for you but I always retaliated."

'I think my friends and your friends share the same brain.' Jisung thought to himself.

"I thought that if I pushed you away and continued to be an asshole to you then you would just take the hint and leave me alone which would help me get rid of my feelings for you but you're stubbornness made it harder for me to push you away."

Minho paused for a second, slightly smiling at Jisung's stubborn self, before continuing, "When I freaked out on the bridge, you were able to soothe and calm me down just by holding my hands and talking to me which has never happened before. You managed to make me feel safe and I realized that I could trust you. I've never trusted someone as fast as I did with you, in fact I just don't trust people ever. That's when I finally admitted to myself that I liked you."

"I've never cared about someone as much as I care about you Jisung, which is crazy to say since we haven't known each other for a long time. I wanted to say something but I didn't know if you would like me back because of my reputation. You have no idea how happy I am knowing that you like me. Please believe me when I say that I like you too." Minho desperately begged the other with his eyes.

Jisung was in shock to say the least. 'Minho actually likes me back?' There were thousands of thoughts flying through his brain. He couldn't process what Minho said since it was all thrown at him at once and it was very overwhelming.

The longer the boy didn't answer the more anxious Minho got. "Jisung please."

Jisung looked in Minho's eyes, there was no signs of falsity. There was only sincerity and genuineness present in his eyes and the class president finally decided that Minho was definitely telling the truth. Feeling all the confidence in the world, Jisung grabbed Minho's collar, pulling him down to his lips. Minho wasn't expecting the other to kiss him and before he could react, Jisung pulled away blushing.

"Dumbass." Jisung mumbled.

Minho smiled and pulled him back into a soft and gentle kiss, placing his hands on Jisung's nape. This time it was Jisung's turn to be surprised but he quickly recovered from the shock and kissed his crush back, moving his lips in sync with Minho's.

The kiss didn't last that long as Jisung pulled away to take a breath. They leaned their foreheads against each other breathing heavily.

"Please be my boyfriend?" Minho whispered.

"Eager are we?" Jisung teased.

"You have no idea." The gang member mumbled.

"Let me think about it." Jisung winked, making Minho throw his head back and groan.

The shorter boy laughed, "Of course I'll be your boyfriend."

The biggest smile formed on the gang member's face. He pulled his boyfriend into a hug and kissed his forehead.

-

During class Jisung wore a huge smile on his face which was a total contrast to his mood from this morning. He didn't pay attention at all and was distracted during his last three classes just like this morning and it was all because of one person. Lee Minho. His thoughts were busy thinking about the boy next to him.

From the corner of his eye, Jisung could see Minho stare at him every so often. He looked over at the boy on his right to catch him in the act. His boyfriend gave him a smile and winked which caused Jisung to panic. The latter quickly averted his attention back to the board at the front of the classroom and cleared his throat. Minho silently laughed at Jisung's action, amused at the effect he had on the shorter male.

Jisung's friends didn't know what happened at lunch after Minho took him because of the fact that the lunch bell rang before he even got the chance to explain, but they had a pretty good idea. Jisung knew his friends were dying to know the details, but they were going to have to wait until after school.

Before Jisung even knew it, the last bell rang indicating that school was finally over.

"You are coming over to my house right now and explaining everything." Felix whispered to Jisung.

"Yes mother." Jisung replied.

The class president could sense a presence waiting for him on his right. The latter turned his head and met eyes with Minho who was leaning on his desk.

"I really wish I could take you home or something but me and the gang have stuff to take care of after school everyday this week." Minho looked apologetic.

Jisung smiled, "Don't worry about it. I'm not even going home after school today."

Minho frowned a bit. "Where are you going?"

"I'm just going to Felix's house to probably get interrogated by my friends. They're definitely wondering what happened after you dragged me out of the rooftop." Jisung laughed.

Minho smiled at the mention of the event that happened during lunch. He wrapped his arms around Jisung's waist and pulled him into a hug. The action surprised Jisung and caused him to yelp. Minho looked down at him, and the shorter male looked up at Minho. He loved the way the gang member looked. The way Minho's hair landed on his forehead, it was long enough to cover his eyes. Realizing he was staring, Jisung became flustered and buried his face in Minho's chest. This caused Minho to laugh at the shy boy and hug him tighter.

"Well I feel bad for not being able to hang out with you at all this week so let me take you out on a date this Saturday." Minho said.

Jisung looked up at Minho, "A date?"

Minho nodded. "Yes, our first official date."

Jisung smiled. "I'd love that."

"Good because I wasn't going to take no for an answer." He said, making Jisung laugh. "I wish I didn't have to but I have to go before Chan gets mad." Minho pouted.

"Go. You wouldn't want to make the boss mad." Jisung joked as slightly push Minho towards the door.

Minho pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to Jisung. "Text me." He turned his attention towards his two friends "Changbin, Hyunjin, let's go."

Jisung turned around and noticed that everyone in the classroom had left except for the six of them. Changbin was talking to Felix, probably telling him the same thing Minho told Jisung and Hyunjin was talking to Seungmin about God knows what. The two boys quickly bid goodbye with the person they were talking to and turned to Minho

"Bitch, you're telling us to hurry up and go as if we weren't the ones who were waiting for you to finish talking with Jisung." Hyunjin playfully rolled his eyes. Jisung slightly chuckled at what was said.

"The audacity." Changbin scoffed as they walked towards the door.

Minho whacked their heads, "Shut up, don't act like you weren't also talking with-" his voice faded out as the three left the classroom.

Felix and Seungmin looked at Jisung and they all laughed at the three gang members.

"You have a lot of explaining to do." Seungmin pointed at Jisung.

"Yeah, I know I do." Jisung sighed.

-

When the three arrived in Felix's room, everyone's focus was on Jisung. The boy avoided their eyes and acted like there wasn't a giant elephant in the room.

"Spill now." Seungmin demanded.

Instead of telling them right away, Jisung wanted to mess around with them. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Seungmin scoffed. "Oh please, don't think I didn't see you and Minho cuddling after school was over." Felix nodded.

"We were hugging."

"Really? You could've fooled me. You guys were hugging for so long, at that point it's considered cuddling." Seungmin snapped.

Jisung opened his mouth to say something back but soon closed it after not being able to think of anything else to say to counterattack Seungmin's previous statement.

"Are you gonna tell us or are you gonna keep stalling." Felix gave him a look.

"Fine fine." Jisung sat down on Felix's bed and everyone else gathered around him, eager to hear the story.

"When Minho dragged me off the rooftop, he pulled me into an empty classroom. He told me he liked me and I told him he didn't have to lie." His three friends rolled their eyes at what Jisung said to Minho. "He told me he wasn't lying and then he told me a lot of cute things and then he told me to believe him when he said that he truly liked me. I was in shock so I didn't answer and I'm pretty sure it made him really nervous because he continued to blabber. I looked in his eyes and saw how genuine he was being so I kissed him to show that I trusted what he was saying. After that he asked me to be his boyfriend and I agreed."

"Oh my god finally!!!" Felix cheered.

"We told you that he liked you but you never listened." Seungmin shook his head.

Jisung narrowed his eyes at Seungmin. "Are you listening to us when we tell you that Hyunjin likes you back?"

"That's different."

"No it's not." Felix and Jisung said simultaneously.

"Anyways," Seungmin changed the subject, "Congrats on being the first person in history to melt the cold heart of the meanest gang member." He teased.

"I am not." Jisung mumbled.

"Do you think he's gonna be nicer to everyone now?" Felix wondered.

"That could happen if Jisung helps calm his anger." Seungmin mumbled the last part but everyone heard it.

"Maybe he won't be as angry anymore now that he has someone to love."

"Love? He doesn't love me." Jisung denied.

Both boys gave an 'are you serious?' look to Jisung but they chose not to argue with him about it.

"Ok, I mean someone to care for." Felix corrected himself.

Jisung shrugged. "He's not a mean person. He just has a trouble time trusting people which is why he acts rude to people."

"I wonder why he has trust issues." Seungmin thought out loud.

"I mean, he's in a gang. It wouldn't be good if you were in a gang and you easily trusted people." Felix said as if it was the most obvious thing.

"Well yeah but you don't see Chan or Woojin or anyone else in the gang acting as excessive as Minho."

Jisung stayed quiet. He was also curious as to why Minho has trouble trusting people. 'Every time Minho talked about his lack of trust for people, he said it was because of 'personal reasons'. It definitely couldn't mean the gang because that's not very personal. It had to be about something else, but what? Does those scars have something to do with it?'

Jisung was brought back from his thoughts when Felix asked "I wonder how the tutoring is going with Jeongin."

"It's either going really well or Jeongin is making a fool of himself." Jisung commented.

"Definitely the second one." Seungmin laughed.

"Have a little faith in our child." Jisung nudged Seungmin.

-

Jisung was sitting on his bed when he received a FaceTime from Jeongin. 'It's probably a group FaceTime.' Jisung answered it and sure enough three faces popped up on his laptop.

"What this about?"

"Jeongin tell us about your little study date." Felix asked eagerly.

"First of all, it wasn't a date, and before I do that, I wanna hear about what happened after you got dragged away by Minho." Jeongin said.

Jisung smiled as he explained everything for the second time. After he was done, Jeongin freaked out at the cute story. "I cannot believe you're dating Minho!"

"Yeah me neither." Jisung laughed.

"Remember at the beginning of the year when I suggested you should be friends with them and y'all swore that it wasn't going to happen." Jeongin reminded his friends.

"Yeah yeah, now tell us about your date." Jisung smiled.

"It wasn't a date, it was a tutoring session." Jeongin stated for the second time. "Anyways nothing even happened. I just helped him with math equations. Whenever he got an answer correct he would get really happy and it made my heart do things. His face when he's focused on solving a problem is the cutest thing ever and whenever he got an answer incorrect he would pout and oh my god I think I'm really falling hard for him."

"AWWWWW!" Felix and Jisung gushed.

Seungmin smirked. "You are definitely whipped for him."

"I don't know what to do. I want to be with him already but I don't know if he even likes me or is interested in me." Jeongin pouted.

"We've had this exact conversation way too much." Jisung sighed.

"Jeongin, he obviously will think you're cute. Everyone at school thinks you're cute." Felix said.

Jeongin sighed. "That's the problem. I don't want him to think I'm cute for the same reasons the whole school thinks I'm cute. I want him to be attracted towards me. I want him to think I'm cute because he likes me and knows the actual me. Not because of how innocent and baby I look. I don't want him to think I'm an adorable baby like everyone else does."

"You can do that during your tutoring sessions. Show him what you're like. Get to know him somehow. Show him your charms. Maybe once you guys get close enough then you can invite him to your house to hang out or something. You have all the resources you need right now, you just have to use it." Jisung pointed out.

"He's right Jeongin." Seungmin agreed.

"How often are you tutoring him?" Felix asked.

"Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday."

"You have to also try and talk to him in class too for once."

"I'm just scared." Jeongin said softly. "I'm scared that even when he gets to know me, he still won't like me."

"Innie, you are the most precious person I've ever met. You are amazing inside and out. If Yedam doesn't see that then it's his lost and you definitely don't deserve him." Seungmin admitted. Jisung and Felix nodded, agreeing with what was said

"You know what, you're right. I'll start tomorrow."

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what're your thoughts on soobin? do you like him or no? do you trust him?

in the next chapter:
- they finally talk
- minho lies
- hyunjin says nope

tell me what you think is gonna happen in the next chapter :)