"I've been waiting for you to say that to me for four years. And I want to believe you, but I just can't and I won't. I know what you're trying to do and I'm not going to fall for it."

Jeongin wasn't looking at Yedam but he could feel him freeze after he said those words. Am I crazy? This is all I've wanted but I just can't accept it. Something doesn't seem right. Nothing adds up. He's definitely hiding something from me and I know it's not anything good. Jeongin thought to himself.

"What? Why? What am I doing wrong?" Yedam whispered with hurt evident in his voice, like he was about to cry, but Jeongin was too paranoid to realize his authenticity.

"This is all a lie, you're just playing with my feelings. You don't actually like me, it doesn't make sense. How can you like me? You ditched me the last three days and hung out with those other guys. I wouldn't have thought much of it if you had just told me that you were gonna hang with them, but you acted like you didn't even know me and you completely ignored me. You cut me off unless you needed help in something. Even during our tutor you wouldn't look at me. You let me think that I did something wrong and that I screwed up. It's not fair for you to ditch me and then tell me that you like me out of nowhere because I know you don't mean it. I know you ignored me because you got tired of me or something. You probably made a bet with your other friends that you could make me fall for you so I can make a complete fool of myself. Since that's the only logical explanation as to why you've been acting like such a dick recently."

Jeongin took a deep breath and closed his eyes, he felt the tears coming. "And It hurts because I already did fall for you." His voice sounded weak.

He opened his eyes and made eye contact with Yedam before continuing. "I actually like you and I've had the biggest crush on you for the past four years. So you can just stop playing with my feelings and giving me false hope. You don't have to keep on acting anymore, you already won the bet, you already made me look like an idiot." Jeongin's voice gave out at the end as he broke the eye contact and shed his first tears.

Yedam stood there shocked. He didn't know what he was expecting to hear but this was definitely not it. "I'm not acting. There was no dare and I could never get tired of you." Yedam said quietly, walking closer to Jeongin but the boy backed away.

"Then why did you ignore me?" More tears fell down Jeongin's face as his voice wavered.

Yedam reached out to wipe his tears, but Jeongin moved away again before Yedam got close. The boy sighed, "The truth in why I hung out with those other guys was because they were helping me. They were helping me get my feelings for you figured out."

Jeongin inhaled sharply as Yedam took a deep breath before continuing, "Jeongin I've liked you since the the first day of high school in freshman year, but I thought it was a small crush like all my other ones so I didn't think much of it. I slowly realized that my crush towards you lasted so much longer than my other ones so I decided to do something about it this year. I asked our teacher if I can get a tutor in math because I knew he would ask you to tutor me since you were the best at it and I obviously suck, so it all played out nicely."

He paused to take a breath, "The more I hung out with you, the more my feelings for you got stronger and I've never felt like this before so I went to my other friends for some advice. That's why I hung with them on Wednesday. They helped me realize that I should take a chance and ask you on a date. Then yesterday and today, I hung out with them again because I needed their help on creating a plan on how to ask you out. They helped me plan out the perfect way to ask you. And I wouldn't look at you during our tutoring session because I knew if I looked at you for too long then I would get nervous and blush really badly."

Yedam rubbed his nape from sudden shyness, "But there was no dare, and I definitely could never get tired of you. I wasn't trying to ignore you either, I was just so nervous about this whole plan that I isolated myself from the world and rehearsed it in my mind over and over again throughout the day, I didn't really talk to anyone during school either because of it. I wasn't only ignoring you, I was ignoring everyone else too. And I'm so sorry for hurting you like that, I was so distracted on how to perfect everything for you, I didn't even realize how much I was hurting you instead and I feel absolutely horrible. Please believe me, I genuinely really do like you Jeongin."

Jeongin looked back at Yedam again and he could see the desperation and the sincerity in his eyes. The pink haired boy stayed quiet. He felt like a complete idiot for jumping to conclusions and for accusing the other for something he wasn't even doing.

Yedam on the other hand was panicking. Each second that went by of Jeongin staying quiet, his heart sank deeper and deeper into itself. If by the end of this day, Jeongin didn't believe his legitimacy then he was going to give up on all hope and break down and cry.

"If you still don't believe me, you can even ask my brother or anyone in the gang because they also know about the whole plan and encouraged me. They even left the house today so we could have it to ourself so I could ask you out." Yedam tried to convince further. He was scared that he would lose Jeongin when he was so close to calling him his.

After a few seconds Jeongin finally interrupted the silence. "I'm sorry, for not letting you explain yourself and for lashing out at you." He spoke softly, looking down.

"No don't apologize. You had every right to be angry with me and to be doubtful." Yedam stepped closer to him.

"But, I believe you." Jeongin looked at his crush.

Yedam froze. He honestly thought he was going to have to show some proof for Jeongin to believe him. His shock was overridden by pure joy and his face broke out into the biggest smile. He felt like he was going to cry from happiness and relief. Yedam quickly hugged the pink haired boy. "Oh thank the lord." He whispered making Jeongin giggle.

"Come with me." Yedam said when he released from the hug. Jeongin gave him a confused look but the other started walking somewhere. He just followed after Yedam, trusting him. Soon they were in front of the doors to the giant backyard. Yedam opened the back door and walked outside. It was the time of year when the sun set early so it wasn't very bright outside, but it wasn't pitch back either yet.

"Where are we going?" Jeongin asked, following after him

"You'll see." Was all Yedam said as he looked behind him and winked at Jeongin.

Their backyard was beautiful and huge. It was split up with different sections, one section had a pool, another section had a basketball court, soccer field, tennis court and any type of court or field you can think of. Another section had a campfire and the list just went on and on.

"I'll be right back. Follow the petals." Yedam said before he disappeared.

Petals? What does he mean by petals?

Jeongin looked down and noticed the rose petals on the ground. How did I not see them before? Jeongin looked around and saw no Yedam in sight. He sighed and followed the rose petals.

What is going on?

He walked a little longer until he ended up on a grass field in front of a wood platform with a pergola that was decorated with lit up fairy lights. There were white couches under the pergola and a gas fire pit table. It looked absolutely beautiful with the light the setting sun was providing. As Jeongin was admiring the beautiful layout, he saw a note on the table. It read: "turn around :)"

Jeongin spun around and in front of him, was Yedam, holding a bouquet of roses. A very light gasp escaped from Jeongin's mouth. He was stunned and couldn't move or say anything. Yedam walked up closer to Jeongin, reaching out and grabbing one of his hands.

"Jeongin, the last year, I've had a major crush on you and finally being able to hang out with you for the past month has made me discover new things that I admire about you. I love being around you and I feel genuine happiness when I'm with you that i've never really felt before." Yedam took a deep breath before asking, "Will you please be my boyfriend?" He smiled.

Jeongin was on the verge of tears. He nodded, "Yes, of course I will." He said as he tightly hugged his new boyfriend. Yedam wrapped his arms around the boy and hugged him just as tight. He felt a whole weight lifted off his shoulder that was replaced with relief and happiness.

Jeongin was on the moon. He had been waiting for this exact moment for the last four years and he didn't even know if it was ever going to happen. He was now dating his dream guy and his life felt complete.

"Was this how you planned to ask me out?" Jeongin said as he pulled away.

Yedam handed him the bouquet of roses and shook his head. "Well, not exactly." He held Jeongin's hand and guided them back to the house.

The pink haired male raised his eyebrows, "What was the original plan?"

"After our tutor session, I was going to ask you out to Rock Cafe, which by the way, when you texted me that we should take a day off, I started shitting my pants. And I heard you when you said 'let's just get this over with' which made me think that you didn't want to be tutoring me and that really helped me with my confidence to ask you out to coffee afterwards, so thank you for that." Yedam chuckled.

"Okay first of all, I only sent that because I thought you wouldn't have wanted the tutor session since I thought you hated me. And second of all, I said that because you ignored me for three days and I thought you didn't like me back so being with you just was a reminder of how you wouldn't need me for anything else but math." Jeongin said as a matter of factly. They arrived at an elevator door.

Of course they have an elevator in here.

Yedam nervously rubbed his nape as they walked inside the elevator. "Yeah I'm sorry about that and the last part's not true though." He pressed the 3rd floor.

"I know that now." Jeongin smiled.

Where is he taking me?

"I was supposed to take you to Rock Cafe so we can talk and get to know each other a little more. Then I was gonna take you downtown and walk around to see the city lights. Afterwards, I would've taken you to my house and asked you out like I just did now." As Yedam was explaining, the elevator doors opened. Jeongin saw an open room with few chairs and a table on the side. There were a few plants and a long hallway ahead. Yedam led them to a double door at the very end.

"I'm sorry for ruining your whole plan." Jeongin looked down, feeling horrible. Yedam has thought really hard, coming up with this plan and Jeongin had to ruin it right at the beginning.

Yedam stopped and turned around, facing his boyfriend. He placed his hand under Jeongin's chin and lifted his head so he could look him in the eye. "Don't blame yourself. Honestly I liked baking with you more than my original plan."

"We didn't even get to the part of baking the cake." Jeongin laughed.

"Yeah true, but you probably want to take a shower more than you want to bake the cake." Yedam said as he opened the door to the room they were standing in front of.

It was definitely his bedroom and it was huge. It was very clean and simple. There was a king sized bed in the middle with a wood headstand and a rug under. A wood nightstand on either side of the bed with a lamp. On the wall in front of the bed, there was a gas fireplace and TV above it, mounted on the wall. On the wall to the right side of the wall with the TV, there was another double door. On the other side of the room, there was a half wall that split his bedroom with another room that had a white couch and his desk. His walls were white and his bedsheets were white. There were some plants decorated around the room and the floor was a dark wood.

"Is that why you wanted the funfetti cake? to celebrate us getting together?" Jeongin asked.

"Yeah." Yedam said shyly making Jeongin chuckle at his boyfriend's cuteness.

"I'll give you some of my clothes and you can take a shower in my bathroom." Yedam pointed to the other double doors. "I'll take a shower in the other bathroom."

"It's your bathroom so you should take a shower in there. It's fine, I'll take a shower in the other bathroom." Jeongin argued as he followed Yedam into the bathroom. Yedam opened the door to his giant closet which was inside the bathroom. He grabbed sweats and hoodie for Jeongin.

"But you're the guest-"

"Exactly I'm the guest so I'll use the guest bathroom."

Yedam walked back to Jeongin with a frown. "But-"

Jeongin quickly snatched the clothes and ran out of the bathroom, closing the door behind him. "Oh would you look at that. You're already in your bathroom so might as well shower in there."

Yedam opened the door. "Don't you dare step your foot out of the bathroom until you're clean." Jeongin warned.

The dark haired male stuck just head out the door and pouted. "But you don't even know where the other bathroom is."

"Don't worry, I'll find it." Jeongin began walking to the bedroom door.

"It's the third door on your right." Yedam called out.

"Thank you!" Jeongin yelled back as he walked to the third door on the right. He opened the door and the bathroom was big and very nice like the rest of the house. He thought a lot while he was showering, processing everything that just happened because it felt like a dream more than reality.

After he was done washing off the cake mix off of his body and hair, he dried himself and put on Yedam's clothes. It was a little big on him but that's what made them even more comfortable. When he wore the clothes, the smell of Yedam's cologne filled Jeongin's nose, making the boy smile. He walked out of the bathroom and checked the time on his phone. 7:15 p.m. He opened the door to Yedam's room and his boyfriend was sitting on his white couch.

The dark haired male looked up from the sound of his door opening and saw his cute boyfriend wearing his clothes that looked a little baggy. "Come here." Yedam waved him over.

Jeongin walked over to his boyfriend and sat on the couch next to him. He noticed that Yedam was watching something on the TV in front of him.

This boy has two TV's in his room. The hell?

"What movie do you wanna watch?" Yedam asked.

Jeongin thought for a moment. "The Incredibles!"

Yedam chuckled at his boyfriend's cuteness as he turned on the requested movie. They watched the whole movie, cuddling. After it was over, they decided it was late and that Jeongin needed to go home before his parents beat his ass. Yedam drove Jeongin home unwillingly. He didn't want the boy to go home, he wanted Jeongin to stay with him but he also didn't want him to get in trouble. The dark haired male hoped the drive to be long but it was ten minutes and those ten minutes felt like a minute long. Jeongin also felt sad when Yedam drove into his neighborhood.

"Please don't go." Yedam pouted when he parked in Jeongin's driveway.

"Stop it, you're making me sad too. We're going to see each other on Monday."

"That's in two days. I don't think I'll last." He exasperated.

"You were able to do it before, why can't you do it now." Jeongin playfully rolled his eyes at his over dramatic boyfriend.

"That was before you were my boyfriend."

Jeongin blushed at that word. Boyfriend. He still wasn't used to it. "You'll be fine, trust me. I'm always a call away."

"Expect my call every hour then." Yedam winked at him.

"I'll answer every single one of them. Oh and I'll give your clothes back to you on Monday." Jeongin almost forgot about them.

Yedam shook his head. "Don't, just keep them. You look adorable in them."

Jeongin blushed even more, cursing Yedam for being able to make him blush this easily. "Goodnight Yedam." Jeongin said and quickly tried to get out of the car before his boyfriend saw his blushing face. Before he could even open the car door, Yedam grabbed Jeongin's wrist to stop him. He leaned over and kissed the pink haired male's cheek, making him melt and turn more red.

Yedam lightly laughed at how adorable his boyfriend was. "Goodnight Jeongin." He let go of Jeongin's wrist so the boy can get out of the car but instead of leaving, Jeongin built up some courage and quickly kissed Yedam's cheek. The dark haired male sat there in shock and before he could come back to his senses, Jeongin was already out of the car and walking to his front door. Yedam drove back home with a giant smile on his face.

Jeongin ran upstairs, into his room and flopped on his bed. "I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST DID THAT!" He yelled into his pillow. After a few minutes he pulled himself together and FaceTimed his friends on his laptop. All their faces popped up with the same expression. Confusion.

"Why'd you call?"

"Is that a new hoodie?"

"How was tutoring?"

They all said at the same time.

"I have some news to tell you." Everyone waited for Jeongin to spill the tea. "You know how I've been crushing on Yedam?"

"Of course." Jisung replied.

"It's been four years, how can we forget?" Seungmin answered.

"You literally talk about him everyday." Felix pointed out.

"I do not." Jeongin denied.

"Yes you do." All three of his friends argued back.

"Okay well that's besides the point."

"Then get to the point." Seungmin was done with Jeongin's stalling and just wanted to know where he's going with this.

"Well, turns out he likes and me and he asked me out and now I have a boyfriend." Jeongin announced quickly.

"OH MY GOD REALLY?!"

"I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT!"

"NO WAY WHAT THE HELL!"

Jeongin laughed at their reactions and nodded his head. "Yes really. I know I can't believe it either."

"Finally, Jesus Christ it was about time." Seungmin spoke.

"Well tell us everything that happened!" Jisung eagerly said, causing Jeongin to laugh at his friend's excitement.

Jeongin explained to them everything that happened after he left them to tutor Yedam at the library and his friends all cooed at the cuteness.

"Aww, I can't believe he asked you out. That is so adorable." Felix said.

"So that's where you got that hoodie from." Seungmin pieced together, making Jeongin blush and nod his head.

"You really ruined his plan just because we were at Rock Cafe too." Jisung laughed.

"Hey! You guys would've teased me if you saw me and Yedam sitting at a table and I was not going to risk my face getting red. Besides I'm glad that you guys were there because if Yedam succeeded with his original plan then it would've been really awkward for him if I lashed out at him when he asked me to be his boyfriend." Jeongin chuckled.

"Oh I would feel the secondhand embarrassment." Felix cringed at the thought.

"Who would've known he would take you to their house." Jisung said surprised.

"Yeah and who would've known that Chan would have all that security." Seungmin raised his eyebrows. "I mean it makes sense though. Being the leader of a well known gang."

"Leader of the mafia actually." Jeongin corrected.

"Who would've guessed that they were actually in the mafia?" Felix said in disbelief.

Seungmin pointed to himself. "Me. I literally guessed it the last time we called."

"I can't believe they never told us." Jisung scoffed.

"Yeah," he agreed. "But it's not like it makes much of a difference anyway. Mafia or gang, it doesn't matter they're still them, just richer."

They all laughed at that.

"But the size of their house and everything that was inside was overwhelming." Jeongin rubbed his temples.

"If their house is really as big as you make it seem then I did not know Stray Kids made that much money."

"Yeah I didn't either but it makes sense now."

"True, but shit. Thanks for the warning." Felix laughed lightly.

"So that was why Yedam left for the last three days." Seungmin realized and Jeongin nodded. "I was really about to drop kick him for making you sad but I guess he gets a pass because it was for a good reason."

"I'm about to drop kick Minho for lying to me." Jisung joked and the other two friends agreed to do the same with their boyfriends.

"About the mafia thing?" Jeongin asked.

"No not that."

Jeongin didn't understand what other lie his friends' boyfriends said to them. "Wait why?"

"We asked them why Yedam randomly disappeared from the group and all three of them said 'I don't know', but they knew all along." Felix explained and Jeongin chuckled.

"I just can't believe he liked you since the beginning of high school and you thought he didn't even know who you were." Jisung scoffed. He had to hear Jeongin complain about how his crush didn't know who he was and how he would never like him back almost everyday when Yedam did like him back all along.

"I'm glad he's not a dumbass and actually likes you, or I would've actually thrown some fists to knock some sense into him." Seungmin commented, causing Jeongin to laugh out loud and the rest of his friends to agree.

"Yeah me too."

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opinions? i hope you enjoyed the way that jeongdam ended up together because it took a while for me to think of it.

and yedam cleaned up the kitchen after dropping jeongin home (⋟﹏⋞)

also idk if yedam is actually taller than jeongin but in this story he is lol

in the next chapter:
- lips are chapped ?
- a fight?
- even more drama :)

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