While walking to the dining room, his mom said, "You know, one of my coworker's son is your age and he goes to your school."

They walked into the dining room with the guests, "Oh really? Who could it b-" Jisung stopped his sentence when he made eye contact with the son who was sitting at the table, smiling almost mockingly at him.

"Moonjin?!"

"Hey Jisung." He replied, waving.

"Oh you two already know each other?" Jisung's mom said with delight.

Jisung couldn't speak, he couldn't move, he was too shocked. There was absolutely no way that Moonjin was the son of the women who was coworkers with his mom. There was absolutely no way that the person who stalked and threatened him, was sitting at his dinner table, invited.

"Yeah we do! Actually we're partners for a science project." Moonjin said with such politeness, it could've fooled anyone and it fooled Jisung at first, but he knew better now. He knew the dark truth behind Moonjin's fake innocence.

"Oh so you guys must be friends already." Moonjin's mom said.

"Yeah we are!"

"Jisung?" His mom called out. The boy hadn't even noticed that he was zoned out until his mom called his name. He looked around the table and everyone was looking at him. Jisung's eyes landed on his mom and he smiled before he sat at the dinner table next to his sister.

Jihyo stared at her younger brother and he could feel her gaze, but he ignored it. She knew something was wrong with Jisung. It happened when he saw Moonjin sitting at their dinner table. She saw how his face went pale and how his mouth parted open in shock. Jisung knew something about Moonjin that no one else knew, but what was it?

Jisung looked around the table. He sat in between his dad and sister, his mom and his brother sat at either end of the table. In front of him was Moonjin and he sat in between his younger brother and mother. The chef had already set out the food and drinks in front of them, but Jisung didn't have an appetite with Moonjin sitting right in front of him.

"I'm sorry that my husband couldn't be here today, he has things to do in the office unfortunately." Moonjin's mom apologized.

"Oh no that's okay! Maybe we can have dinner again, but with him there." Jisung's dad replied.

Jisung hoped and prayed that that would never happen. He didn't know if he would be able to sit in front of Moonjin again.

"I never introduced them, but these are my children, Moonjin and Taehong."

You adopted the devil and you don't even know. Jisung thought to himself.

"Ah these are my children, Younghyun, Jihyo and Jisung."

"So how do you know each other?" Moonjin asked rhetorically because he already knew.

"Your mom and I have been coworkers for a while now." Jisung's mom answered. "We've been wanting our families to meet each other, but we never had the time to until now."

"Moonjin, how do you like JYP High School?" Jisung's dad asked.

"Ah it's nice so far. I just transferred to JYP and everyone's been really welcoming of course. I got really lucky to be partnered with Jisung for my first project." Moonjin smiled.

Jisung gripped his chopsticks harder. You're the one who asked the teachers to be my fucking partner.

"Oh you transferred? From where?"

"I used to go to Big Hit High School."

"How come you transferred to JYP? What made you go there?" Jihyo asked.

"JYP is a popular school with a lot of talented and smart people. I also heard they had the best teachers so I thought it would be better for me to get an education there." Moonjin shrugged.

"In the middle of the year?" She subtly interrogated. Jihyo didn't trust Moonjin at all after seeing Jisung's reaction to him.

"It took a while for my waver to go through." He shrugged.

"Jisung!" Moonjin's mom said a little loudly, spooking the mentioned boy. "I heard that you're the smartest person at JYP High school. I heard that you finish top at your school with exam scores every year."

Jisung slightly nodded. He hated when people mentioned his achievements, he didn't know how to react to their commentary and felt awkward. "Um yeah I am." He rubbed the back of his nape out of embarrassment.

"Maybe you can tutor Moonjin or something. He could use more help."

Please no please no PLEASE NO!

"Mom!" Moonjin said, acting like he couldn't believe that his mom just exposed him, but inside he was thankful for that because it could help him with his plan.

"What? I'm sorry sweetie but you could get a little help." Moonjin's mom said.

"I think that's a great idea." Jisung's mom agreed and that made Jisung want to die. He looked down, not saying anything because he didn't want to be rude to Moonjin's mom and deny the request she's given.

Jihyo noticed her brother's reaction and butted into the conversation. "Uh, I doubt Jisung has any time to tutor anyone with all the workload he's got. Especially in junior year, he barely gets any sleep with all the studying he has to do himself."

Jisung looked up at his sister with such grateful eyes and she winked at him.

"Oh, well maybe when you have time you can tutor Moonjin." The guest said.

"Um yeah, I'll tutor him if I have the time to." Jisung nodded.

Moonjin narrowed his eyes at Jihyo, cursing her for ruining making his plan harder. Then he looked back at Jisung with a smile, "When're we going to work on our science project?"

Jisung didn't even spare a glance at the boy in front of him, he kept his focus on the food he was barely eating, "Whenever you want."

"Great! Let's do it at my house sometime this week." Moonjin said.

"Uh actually, let's do it at the library."

Moonjin raised his eyebrows. "Why?"

Jisung shrugged, "Because the library has a lot of resources we could use for research and stuff."

"Oh that's a good idea. Work at the library." Jisung's mom agreed.

Moonjin gripped his chopsticks so tight that if they were wood then they would've snapped. He took a deep breath and smiled again, "Okay then, the library it is."

"What college do you two go to?" The guest asked Jihyo and Brian.

"Oh we both go to Seoul University." Brian answered.

"Both? Wow you guys must be really smart too!"

"Eh I guess." Brian shrugged, not liking when people mentioned their smartness too.

"What are you guys studying?" Moonjin asked.

"We're both in the performing arts program. We're both in music."

"Oh, that's too bad you're throwing your smartness away so you can study something like music." Moonjin's mom shrugged.

Jihyo felt her eye twitch, she was about to stand up, jump over the table and pounce at the guest. Jisung and Brian had both noticed her energy and her facial expression. The oldest sibling placed a hand on her arm, warning her and to tell her to calm down.

"They aren't throwing away their smartness to study music." Jisung's dad said a bit protectively.

"Younghyun and Jihyo still study as hard as any other student at the university, probably even harder than them." Jisung's mom argued and Moonjin's mom nodded.

"So Taehong, do you do any sports?" Jisung's dad asked the youngest.

Taehong, who didn't seem to be paying attention to the conversation at all and instead focused on the food in front of him, looked up for the first time. "Can you repeat the question please?"

"Do you play any sports?"

"Yes I do! Tennis is my favorite sport and I love playing it." He smiled.

Brian secretly scoffed, but Jisung and Jihyo saw his reaction and rolled their eyes at him. "What grade are you in?" Jihyo asked the boy.

"Seventh." Taehong answered.

"Must be nice." Jisung muttered under his breath.

"Do you like the seventh grade?"

"No I hate it. It's hard and boring." Taehong pouted.

Hard my ass. Just wait till you get into junior year.

"So Jisung, are you dating anyone?" Moonjin's mom asked out of nowhere which caught Jisung off guard. Who asks that? Such a random question.

Jisung looked at the mom for a second before answering, "Yes I am, his name's Minho."

Moonjin's mom narrowed her eyes at Jisung, almost like she was observing him if he was lying or not. "Hmmm interesting." She said.

Jisung was beyond confused at her reaction. What the heck was that response?

Moonjin leaned up and whispered something in his mother's ear. After he was done, his mom nodded her head saying, "Yeah I definitely agree with you."

Jisung's family all looked at each other confused. What did Moonjin whisper to his mom and why does she agree? Taehong, on the other hand, stopped paying attention to the conversation once the focus wasn't on him anymore and went back to eating his food.

"Agree with what?" Jisung's mom asked.

Moonjin's mom jumped and turned to his mom, as if she forgot that they were still there. "Oh it's nothing." The mom waved it off and Moonjin just giggled.

"No tell us. Now I'm really curious."

The guest looked at Jisung's mom for a second before saying, "Oh alright. Moonjin just told me that he thinks he would be a better boyfriend for Jisung and that he would be a better fit for him instead of this Minho kid. That Jisung and Moonjin would make a cuter couple and I agreed." She shrugged as if what she said was nothing.

Jisung tensed up and sharply inhaled. He shifted uncomfortably in his seat, all he wanted to do was leave this conversation and leave his household to get as far away from Moonjin as possible. He wanted to be with Minho and to forget about this conversation. How could Moonjin have the audacity to say that? Why was Jisung even surprised.

Jihyo noticed her little brother's change in energy. She knew that Jisung got uncomfortable from the commentary. In fact, her whole family froze at what was said, they didn't know how to respond back to that. Everyone felt awkward.

Jihyo couldn't take it anymore. She slammed her hands on the table and stood up. "Jisung is dating an amazing person who already makes him really happy. I wouldn't want anyone else for my little brother other than Minho. They are the cutest couple I've ever seen and Moonjin doesn't even compare to Minho. Your son doesn't have any chance with Jisung so don't even think about it. Please don't ever say that again because it'll never happen so forget it."

It went dead silent. Everyone, including Taehong, looked at Jihyo with wide eyes. Moonjin's mom looked speechless and embarrassed.

"Jihyo." Jisung's mom said, the tone in her voice sounded like she was punishing the girl.

"I did nothing wrong. They ignored the fact that Jisung already has a boyfriend which is so disrespectful to Jisung and Minho. I wasn't going to just sit around and let them get away with it."

"I think Jihyo did the right thing." Jisung's dad shrugged and Jihyo smiled at her dad. Jisung whipped his head to his dad with shock.

"I get that, but maybe lashing out isn't the best thing to do." Jisung's mom said.

Jihyo sat back down at her seat and Jisung looked at her with a big smile and thankfulness in his eyes. She looked over at her younger brother and smiled back, winking at him again. Jisung felt his heart get warm at the fact that his sister stood up for not just him but him and Minho. Brian, on the other hand, high fived his sister for what she did.

Jisung's mom turned to Moonjin's mom. "I'm sorry for that."

"Oh no it's, okay." Moonjin's mom replied.

"But, Jihyo's right. Jisung is already dating someone who is amazing and caring. Someone who's perfect for him and, like my daughter said, me and my husband wouldn't want anyone else for Jisung other than Minho. So please, don't ever say that your son is better for my son when he's already dating the best. Don't act like you know what's best for my son when you know nothing about him." Jisung's mom snapped, making Jisung gleam at his mom. The support he was getting from his family members was making his heart soft and making him extremely happy.

The guest nodded and looked at her food, not wanting to make eye contact with anyone and get even more embarrassed. "I-I'm sorry."

Taehong shrugged and went back to eating while Moonjin clenched his jaw. What makes Minho so much better than me? They barely even know me and they still think that Minho's better. Bullshit.

-

After Jihyo's little explosion, the dinner went by quickly and quietly. Moonjin's mom definitely wanted to leave as soon as possible because she was absolutely embarrassed from what Jihyo and Jisung's mom said. Moonjin stayed quiet for the most part which made Jisung very uncomfortable. What could he be thinking about?

It was finally Tuesday and Jisung was able to see Minho again. After what happened the day before at the dinner, he just wanted to see his boyfriend. Minho didn't know what happened at dinner yet, he only knew about the dinner and very vague details. Jisung hadn't told him or his friends about it, but he was planning on doing it today.

Jisung ran up and hugged his boyfriend which took him by surprise. "Woah, hey there." Minho smiled.

"Hey." Jisung said as he looked up at his boyfriend, returning the smile, he missed the other's touch. Jisung looked around the circle and saw everyone there. He was happy being with everyone.

"Why are you so happy?" Seungmin asked him.

"What I can't be happy?" Jisung asked back.

"No, your smile is creeping me out." Seungmin joked and acted like he meant it which only made Jisung smile more because he knew his friend wasn't being serious. The taller boy broke into a laugh, breaking his act.

"I think your smile is beautiful." Minho said as a matter of factly which made Jisung blush a little.

Even after dating for several months, Minho was still able to turn Jisung into a blushing mess with just a simple compliment.

-

At lunch, Jisung asked Minho to go up to the rooftop with him so he could tell his boyfriend about the dinner he had to sit through against his will. Currently they were sitting at the rooftop, looking at the view.

"How'd the dinner go yesterday?" Minho asked.

Jisung lifted his head up from his boyfriend's shoulder and turned his body towards Minho. "I told you that my mom's coworker was going to come over for dinner right?" Minho nodded and Jisung continued, "She has two sons, Taehong and... uh..."

Minho looked at Jisung with an eyebrow raised, "and...?"

Jisung looked down. "And Moonjin."

Minho immediately tensed up. He looked worriedly at Jisung, checking intensely for any bruises or cuts or anything that would show that Moonjin laid a finger on him.

"Minho, I'm fine. Moonjin didn't hurt me or go near me really." Jisung reassured.

"Did he say anything to you or something?" Minho asked worried.

The boy hesitated, he wasn't exactly ecstatic to see Minho's reaction to what Moonjin said at the dinner. "Uh, first, he told my mom and his mom that me and him were friends, which isn't that big of a deal. Second, he asked if we could work on our science project at his house."

Minho narrowed his eyes and Jisung quickly continued, "But I rejected and said that we were going to work on the project at the library and thank god my mom agreed with what I said. We're working on it sometime this week."

"Looks like me and Changbin are gonna work on our project at the library sometime this week too." Minho said making Jisung chuckle. "Please tell me that's all he said."

Jisung gave a weak smile and slightly shook his head. "Out of nowhere, Moonjin's mom asked me if I was dating anyone and I said that I was dating you. After I answered, Moonjin whispered something to his mom and she said 'yeah I agree' or something like that. My mom asked what she agreed with and Moonjin's mom said that Moonjin whispered in her ear saying that he would be a better boyfriend for me and that he's a better fit for me and that me and him would make a cuter couple than you and I. Moonjin's mom agreed with it."

Minho abruptly stood up from his seated position with his fists balled up and his knuckles turning pale. There was smoke coming out of his ears and fire in his eyes. His jaw was clenched and his focus was on the door as he marched towards it, muttering, "I'm gonna kill him."

Jisung quickly grabbed Minho's wrist and stopped him, but the boy didn't turn around. The shorter walked in front of Minho and placed his hand on his boyfriend's cheek, attempting to calm the latter down.

"Stop it. Don't listen to him, he's just trying to get inside my head and your head. Don't let him do that. I love you only, don't forget it." Jisung said gently. When he was done, Minho's facial expression softened as he looked down at his boyfriend with love. He gave Jisung a kiss.

"I love you too." He whispered back when they pulled apart.

"I know." Jisung smiled.

-

After school was over, Minho waited for Jisung to finish packing up like usual. "The gang has an emergency meeting after school so I can't take you home, but I want you to text me the moment you get home so I know you're safe."

Jisung pouted. Usually Felix, Seungmin, Jeongin, and him walked home together everyday, but since Moonjin came into the picture with the threats and everything, their boyfriends swore to driving them home from now on. Jisung was getting used to riding with his boyfriend.

"I promise I'll text you." Jisung said.

"Don't pout, I'm taking you home tomorrow and all the days after tomorrow." Minho smiled, trying to cheer up his sad boyfriend.

"Yeah you're right. Now go, Chan hyung's probably not happy with how much you're making him wait." Jisung chuckled.

Minho gave him one last kiss before he bid goodbye with him and left with the other two boys. Jisung turned to Seungmin and Felix, "I have a lot to tell you guys."

Jisung, Seungmin, Felix and Jeongin quickly walked to Jisung's home. He texted Minho once he arrived at his house. His friends greeted his parents and talked with them for like five minutes before Jisung dragged them up towards his bedroom. The shortest sat on his bed and the rest came huddling in.

"What do you need to tell us?" Felix asked.

"You know how I had a dinner yesterday with my mom's coworker?" The three nodded and Jisung took a deep breath before continuing, "Well the coworker has two sons, one of them was Moonjin."

Jeongin gasped, Felix's jaw dropped and Seungmin's eye widened. "You're telling me that Moonjin is the son of your mom's coworker?" Seungmin asked, not believing the words coming out of his mouth.

"Yep, I know, I froze in shock when I saw him. And surprisingly the dinner started off okay, but then Moonjin's mom started asking me questions and one of the questions was if I was dating someone."

"Why the hell would she care?" Seungmin thought out loud.

"That's what I was thinking too, but I said that I was dating Minho and Moonjin whispered something in his mom's ear and his mom agree with whatever he said. My mom asked her what she was agreeing with and fucking Moonjin whispered to her that he would be a better boyfriend for me and that him and I would make a cuter couple compared to me and Minho, which was absolute bullshit and I wanted to die the moment he said that."

"I'm sorry, he said what?" Jeongin couldn't believe the audacity of Moonjin.

"Who the hell does he think he is?" Felix said angrily.

"Please tell me someone said something about that." Seungmin prayed.

"Yeah Jihyo noona and my mom went off on Moonjin's mom." Jisung said.

"Oh thank the lord." Felix said.

"How'd Moonjin and his mom react?" Jeongin asked.

"They stayed quiet for the rest of the dinner, maybe talked a few times and barely looked up from their plates. The dinner didn't last long after that, thankfully."

"I can't believe that's the same fucking person who threatened you and followed us. He seemed so intimidating in the letter, but at the dinner he seemed so weak." Felix observed.

"It's because there were adults there. He obviously would act like he's innocent and that nothing is mentally wrong with him. It's all an act." Seungmin said.

Jisung nodded, "He acted so polite and obviously it fooled my parents and his mom. Hell, it even fooled us in the beginning."

"Little bastard." Seungmin mumbled.

-

The next day when Jisung went to school, he saw everyone there except for his boyfriend which confused him. Why was Minho not there when Yedam, Chan and everyone else in the gang was there? Jisung quickly checked his phone to see if he missed any texts from Minho, but there were none.

Jisung walked up to the group with a frown. "Where's Minho?" He asked.

Chan, Woojin, Hyunjin, Changbin, and Yedam all looked at each other, almost as if they were choosing who was going to tell Jisung. "Minho's home, he barely got any sleep last night so he's sleeping in a little bit. He'll be here sometime after lunch though." Chan explained.

"Oh okay." Jisung said. He had questions he wanted to ask like why did he barely get sleep last night? But he chose to wait until Minho came to school to ask him.

The school day went by slowly without his boyfriend. Lunch was especially the worst. He felt like he was 9th wheeling and he just wanted to see his boyfriend. Jisung opened his phone and sent a quick message to Minho.

jisung
i hope you're resting well
i miss you a lot and i
can't wait to see you soon
i love you

Jisung turned off his phone and sighed.

During the last period of the day was when Minho walked into the classroom and Jisung felt his heart speed up with happiness, but that was quickly replaced with worry. Minho sat at his seat and quickly peaked over to his boyfriend smiling and saying hi. But something was off, Jisung could tell, that smile was forced. He let the thought go, thinking he was just overreacting.

Near the end of the class, Jisung saw Minho's hands and almost gasped out loud. Bruises and cuts covered his knuckles. The sight isn't anything foreign to Jisung, but he's never seen his boyfriend's hands that brutal.

Why the hell are they bruised so badly? No one else in the gang even has their hands bruised? What did you do Lee Minho?

Once class was over, Minho waited for Jisung like usual. Right when Jisung was done, Minho grabbed his hand and pulled him to his car.

The ride was silent, which was odd, it was never silent when Minho dropped Jisung home, they usually talked the whole time. When Minho pulled into Jisung's driveway, he parked the car and sighed.

"How come you barely got sleep last night?" Jisung spoke finally.

"I had a lot going in my mind and I couldn't go to sleep." Minho answered.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Jisung asked softly.

Minho shook his head, "I've already gotten them organized."

Jisung slumped in his seat, "What's wrong with your hand babe?"

Minho sucked in his breath, "I punched a few things out of frustration, but I'm fine."

"Are you sure? It looks really painful. Come inside I can bandage and ice them for yo-"

"Jisung stop." Minho interrupted and the boy quickly closed his mouth confused. "I can't." He said making Jisung even more confused.

"Oh okay, at least have Woojin hyung bandage them up for you when you get home."

Minho took a deep breath before saying, "No, Jisung, I can't do us anymore. I want to break up with you."

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i'm so sorry for this cliffhanger. you have every right to hate me because i would hate myself too.

ummm so opinions on this chapter?...

I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR ENDING THE CHAPTER LIKE THIS BUT I HAD TO. i can already feel your hatred.

lmao imagine if i just stopped updating this story. haha jk... unless? no i'm joking, i already have the next chapter written out, just gotta edit it :) see you monday !

in the next chapter:
- fell out of it
- oh that's too bad
- denial

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