"Hey Hwajoon. How are you doing?"

The mentioned boy looked away from his phone and looked up at the person in front of him. "Oh hey! I'm okay, I guess. What about you?"

"I'm great! So how's life? Did you ask out your crush yet? How's that going?"

Hwajoon's face noticeably dropped. His eyes darkened at the mention and he looked hurt. "Not good at all. Minho just won't break up with Jisung. And I've done everything I could to make him realize that he is better with me. It's useless."

"Hey, why are you being so negative. It couldn't have been that bad."

Hwajoon glared, "He slapped me."

"Maybe you just need to give them some time to break up. Then you can swoop in and cheer Minho up and make your move."

"That's actually not a bad idea, but it's not that easy. I can't go anywhere near Jisung or else Minho's gonna beat my ass worse than last time."

His friend sighed, and shook his head. "You're so dumb."

Hwajoon cocked his head and furrowed his eyebrows. "Sorry, what?"

"Minho only said that to scare you off. He's not actually going to beat you up. The slap was just to scare you off." The friend was saying nonsense but he didn't care. If it was anyone else then they wouldn't believe him and would know better but Hwajoon was such a desperate bitch that he would believe anything.

Hope sparked in Hwajoon's eyes. "Wait really?" He asked and his friend nodded to him.

"But I want him now. I don't want to wait for them to break up. I want to make this happen sooner, but I don't know how." Hwajoon frowned.

"Hwajoon, you know how you said you tried everything to get him to break up with Jisung?"

"Yeah I just said that."

"Well what if I told you that you haven't tried everything."

Hwajoon scoffed. "I'd say you're crazy, what else could you possibly think of that will work? I'm telling you, I tried it all."

"Well, I definitely have a way that will most likely work."

Hwajoon wasn't impressed. He truly believed that there was no other way and that his friend's idea was probably going to be shit. He was full of doubt and the hope he held, disappeared. "Okay, tell me."

His friend leaned over and whispered the idea in his ear. Once Hwajoon heard it, his eyes lit up and his heart was filled with hope again. It was like he discovered the biggest pot of gold.

"And if you do that then Minho will notice how ugly and disgusting Jisung looks and he'll break up with him. Then he'll realize how great you look and he'll come crawling to you, asking you to date him." His friend said.

"You are a genius! This will definitely work. I'm gonna do it today. Minho is gonna become my boyfriend sooner than I expected." Hwajoon gleamed as fire appeared in his eyes.

"Yeah that's definitely going to happen."

"Thank you so much Soobin, for helping me out so much."

Soobin gave a smile, not because Hwajoon was thanking him but because Hwajoon was actually going to go through with the plan. "Yeah no problem! I'm always here to help you."

I'm so glad this dumbass isn't from around here. He's stupid enough to mess with Minho. He's just making my job easier.

-

When Jisung woke up this morning, he felt a bit more tired than usual, which made sense since it was a Monday. But for some reason he was more zoned out in the morning.

Jisung was sitting up, staring at the white wall across from him, zoning in and out, when a knock on his door brought him back to the real world. The latter lazily turned his head towards his bedroom door and there stood his older brother, leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed over his chest.

"Are you done daydreaming? Because it's 7:47." Brian spoke.

Jisung snapped his head to the clock on his nightstand, not believing his brother's words. Sure enough the clock read 7:47 A.M. The boy's eyes went wide as he threw his covers off of his body and hopped out of his bed, running to his bathroom.

"The warning bell rings in 8 minutes! Why didn't you wake me up earlier?!" He yelled at his brother.

"Hey, when I came into your room, you were awake so I assumed that you were gonna get ready and go to school on time. I didn't think you were gonna be blank staring at the wall for ten minutes."

Jisung groaned out loud. He brushed his teeth, washed his face, combed his hair, and got dressed all in six minutes. He grabbed his brother's arm and dragged him out to his car, begging him to drive him to school. If they drove to school then Jisung would make it before the second bell rang. His brother complied and sped down to his school which was thankfully not that far.

Jisung looked down at his phone. 7:56 A.M. Fortunately, he still had four minutes to shove everything in his locker and get to class. He noticed all the text messages he got from his three friends and his boyfriend, all asking where he was and if he was going to come to school or not. Jisung didn't bother to reply back since he was going to see them in about three minutes. The boy thanked his brother and ran into his school. There weren't many students in the halls since they all were in their classrooms already which gave Jisung enough space to run to his locker without bumping into another person or having someone in his way.

By the time he arrived at his classroom he had a minute to spare. He quickly walked in and made eye contact with his boyfriend first. Minho had a look of worry in his eyes but the moment he saw Jisung walking into the classroom, it vanished and was replaced by a look of relief. The next person he made eye contact with was Felix and Seungmin, they had a look of happiness. Jisung quickly took his seat and let out a breath of relief. He heard Felix quietly laughing next to him.

"Dumbass." Felix muttered under his breath but purposefully made it loud enough for Jisung to hear, causing the out of breath boy to shush him.

Jisung felt Minho's gaze on him. He knew that the older boy was curious as to why he was late. Jisung slowly turned his head to his right and was met by brown eyes, staring right back at him.

"Hey babe. How was your morning?" Minho asked almost mockingly, cocking his head to the side.

Jisung rolled his eyes and groaned. "I might've spent ten minutes just staring at the wall, making me almost late."

Minho chuckled, opening his mouth to tease him probably but Jisung beat him to it by saying, "Shut up I know, I'm dumb but I'm just really tired."

The gang member raised an eyebrow, "I was actually going to say that's cute but on second thought, you're right, you're dumb."

Jisung lazily slapped his boyfriend's shoulder. "You're lucky I have no energy right now or else that slap would've left a bruise."

Minho didn't reply back. Instead, he smiled to himself and took the time to observe how adorable his sleepy boyfriend was being. Seeing him doing anything with no effort made his heart fill up at the cuteness.

-

The bell finally rang for lunch and Jisung couldn't be happier. Slowly through the first three periods, his drowsiness went away and was replaced with hunger.

"Thanks for answering our texts this morning." Seungmin said sarcastically to Jisung right when the bell rang.

"I'm sorry! I was staring at a wall for ten minutes and it made me late so I didn't have time to answer your texts."

The reason why he was late, made the other five burst out laughing. "You stared at a wall for ten minutes?" Hyunjin repeated.

"Don't ask because I don't even know either." Jisung sighed.

Minho slung an arm around Jisung's shoulder and pulled him into his side. "Well I'm just glad that you actually came to school or else I would've been bored out of my mind." He kissed the top of his boyfriend's head, making the other four gag.

"You guys are so dramatic." Minho said to them while Jisung laughed at their reaction.

"I'm starving, can we-"

"Han Jisung?" Someone said from behind him, interrupting Jisung. Minho's grip on him tighten as he heard someone call his boyfriend's name. They turned around and found themselves looking at their teacher who was sitting at his teacher desk in the front of the classroom. Minho loosened his grip just a little.

"Yes Mr. Park?" Jisung replied.

"I have a stack of papers that I need you to take to another classroom. Some teacher accidentally printed her worksheets at my printer instead of hers so can you please give them to her?"

Jisung internally groaned. All he wanted to do was to eat some food but of course the universe had different plans for him. "Yeah I can do that."

Jisung turned back to his friends, "Go to lunch, I'll meet you guys at the table when I'm done." They all nodded and started to walk out the door except Minho.

"I'll go with you." He said.

Jisung smiled, "Minho I'm just dropping off papers. Go to lunch, I'll be there in like five to ten minutes tops." He started pushing his boyfriend towards the door.

"Fine but hurry." Minho said making Jisung roll his eyes playfully.

"Yeah yeah."

Jisung walked to the teachers desk and grabbed the stack of papers. "Which room am I taking these to?"

"0325." Mr. Park answered.

Jisung nodded his head and headed out the door. Room 0325 was upstairs so Jisung quickly climbed up the stairs and walked to the left, praying that the classroom would be this way and not the other way. Of course it didn't play in his favor and he had to walk to the other side of the hall to the correct classroom. He quickly walked inside and dropped the papers off on the teachers desk and walked back out of the classroom. Finally, Jisung was able to go eat so he started fast walking down the hallway. Sadly he didn't make it far as he was stopped in the hallway by someone. Not just anyone, he was stopped by Hwajoon.

"Stop." He popped up out of nowhere.

Jisung abruptly stopped his feet from moving, not because Hwajoon told him to, but because if he didn't then he would've ran right into Hwajoon. He was definitely not ten feet away from Jisung and would've gotten his ass kicked if any of the gang members were around.

"Uh... Can I help you?" Jisung asked a bit irritated.

"I've just been wondering everyday, why Minho would pick you over me. I mean come on, I'm obviously better looking and a better fit for him-"

"I'm flattered that you think about me everyday." Jisung said blankly. He just wanted to eat some food.

"-but for some reason, he thinks you're better looking and a better fit for him."

Where is he going with this?

"That's why I'm here, to prove to him how much of an eyesore you are." Hwajoon said.

Jisung furrowed his eyebrows in confusion but before he could even think about the outcomes of this situation, Hwajoon lunged forward and swung his fist, at full force into the left side of Jisung's face.

Jisung's face snapped to the right and pain erupted throughout his face. Hwajoon hit him with so much power, it knocked Jisung's clumsy ass and he fell to the floor. Blood rushed to his face as it throbbed immensely. It hurt worse than the gang that beat him up in the alleyway because Hwajoon wore rings, and it made the impact even worse and more excruciating. Blood trickled from his split open bottom lip and the taste of iron became prominent in his mouth.

"Ow! What the fuck is wrong with you!?" Jisung said in pain.

Hwajoon leaned over Jisung and reached down to grab his collar. Jisung was in too much pain to push him away with enough energy. The boy examined the big bruise forming near the bottom of Jisung's cheek and the cut on his lip and a few other places on his cheek from the rings he wore. He pushed him back to the ground and let go of his collar with the look of satisfaction.

"There, now when Minho looks at you with that bruise and all those cuts on your face, he'll realize how ugly you truly are and he'll come running to me." Hwajoon spat before he walked away.

Jisung waited until Hwajoon was out of sight before he got up and raced to the nearest bathroom, praying that no one was in there. Thankfully Jisung was all alone, probably because all the students were downstairs in the cafeteria. He walked up to the mirror and examined the damage done to his face. His lower half of his face was red on the left side. It was definitely forming a bruise and he had two cuts on his cheek and his lip was busted open with blood dripping. The cuts in his cheek weren't deep enough to have blood pouring out of them, the blood would probably stop after wiping it away a few times but it is definitely noticeable that he got punched.

Jisung sighed when he saw his face. He grabbed a few sheets of paper towels and held it under running sink. He squeezed the access water out of the paper towel and gently wiped the blood away from his face. When he touched the cuts on his cheek, he winced from the bruise that was forming. The blood stopped flowing out of the cuts after a few wipes. He looked at himself in the mirror again. He didn't look as bad as before, but the cuts and the red forming bruise on his cheek was still evident.

The buzz from his phone scared him. He grabbed his phone out of his back pocket and saw he got a text message from Minho.

minho<3
where are you?

jisung
i'm coming right now

minho<3
hurry up i miss you

Jisung panicked. How the hell is he going to show up to the lunchroom with his face looking like this. How the hell is he going to face the gang with his face looking like this. He wasn't worried about Minho thinking he was ugly because of them, he was worried about Minho's reaction to them. As crazy as it sounded, Jisung really didn't want Minho to punch Hwajoon. He didn't want any drama or any fight to happen, especially when it was because of him.

What if I cover it with a face mask? No that'll be too suspicious. What if I cover it with my hands? No that's just stupid. What if I ask Jihyo noona to bring that concealer? No it'll take too long and Minho will get suspicious and she's gonna ask me questions and probably freak out.

At this point Jisung was shitting his pants. He was running out of options.

What if I just bring the collar of my crew neck up and over the bruise and cuts? Then it'll hide them from the gang and I can just that I'm doing this because it's cold.

Jisung followed through with that plan because he had to get to the cafeteria quick before Minho suspected something was wrong. He brought the collar over his nose and quickly walked to the cafeteria. The walk from the cafeteria doors to the table where his friends all sat at, felt like thirty years. His heart was pounding. All he had to do was convince everyone that nothing was wrong and that he was just cold.

When Jisung arrived at the table, everyone's eyes were on him. Jisung freaked out and quickly sat down across from Minho and next to Seungmin.

"Finally, took you long enough." Seungmin said.

"Sorry I don't like to rush." Jisung said as casual as he could.

"Oh you actually showed up to school today?" Jeongin asked. "Where were you this morning?"

Jisung groaned and the boys who already heard the story, all laughed, except for Minho. He just looked at Jisung as if he was examining him. Jeongin, Yedam, Chan, and Woojin looked confused.

"He was late because he was staring at his wall for ten minutes." Felix explained and the other four started laughing.

"Almost late." Jisung corrected.

"You busted through the doors one minute before class started. You barely even made it." Seungmin sassed and Jisung rolled his eyes.

Jisung could tell everyone was a bit confused as to why he was covering half of his face with his crew neck, but no one asked him about. No one except for one person.

"Why are you hiding your face." Minho asked, skeptical.

"I'm not hiding my face, I'm just cold. As I dropped the papers off at the classroom, I realized how cold I was." Jisung tried to be as convincing as he could.

Minho immediately started taking off his jacket to give to Jisung but the injured boy was quick to stop him.

"Stop it. Keep your jacket on."

His boyfriend gave a puzzled look at him. "You said you were cold-"

"Yes I know but if you give me your jacket I'll feel bad so please wear it." Jisung begged.

Minho slowly put his jacket back on. He felt like there was something off about this situation. "Aren't you gonna eat?" He asked Jisung.

The shorter boy shook his head, "Nope. I'm not hungry."

"Bullshit. Right before the teacher asked you for the favor, you were talking about how hungry you were." Minho narrowed his eyes.

"I just lost my appetite." Jisung shrugged but on the inside he was freaking out.

Why can't you just take the reason and go, why are you questioning me so much and being so complicated.

At this point, Minho definitely knew something was wrong. Jisung would never pass up the chance to eat lunch. He was definitely hiding his face.

"Why do I get the feeling that you're hiding your face?"

Fuck you Minho. Why are you so observant all of a sudden. Jisung had to think quick. "My lips are chapped and I'm embarrassed."

Minho raised his eyebrow. "They weren't chapped this morning."

Jisung frantically looked around, avoiding eye contact. He tried to think of another reason but he couldn't, he ran out of excuses and he was preparing himself to run away if he had to, just to avoid showing his boyfriend.

"Babe why are you hiding your face?" Minho asked again and his boyfriend didn't reply. He kept his finger on the fabric of his crew neck, making sure it wouldn't fall down.

"Jisung what the hell are you hiding?" Minho asked a little louder, getting the attention of the other eight boys at the table. They all were looking at the Jisung with confused eyes.

"Please show me your face." Minho asked again.

"Jisung what's going on?" Seungmin asked worried.

"Nothing, there's nothing going on." Jisung said in panic.

Minho couldn't take his boyfriend's stalling anymore and quickly grabbed the fabric of Jisung's collar, wanting to pull it down for him but his finger accidentally nudged the bruised cheek.

"Ow!" Jisung winced, flinching away.

Minho retracted his hand and his eyes widened. Everyone else at the table stopped moving, they all stared at Jisung with worried eyes.

"Are you okay?"

"Why did you say 'ow'?"

"What happened?"

Jisung sighed and looked down. He knew he couldn't stall any longer. He was just preparing himself for all their reactions and Minho's outburst.

"Jisung you better pull that goddamn collar from your face." Seungmin demanded.

Jisung hesitated before finally bringing down the price of fabric and exposing his face to the eight boys around him. Everyone gasped, they were certain that Jisung wouldn't get hurt ever again, especially after Chan and Minho threatened everyone. The other times were mentally beating him down but this time someone actually beat him physically.

Minho, on the other hand, was balling his fists so tightly, his knuckles were white. His jaw was clenched and his eyes were the darkest they have ever been. Pure flames flashed through his eyes.

"Who did this to you." Minho said through his clenched teeth.

"It doesn't matter. I'm fine." Jisung brushed off.

"No you're not. Tell me who hurt you and why." Minho said, leaving no room for discussion.

Jisung glanced around the table, Felix, Jeongin, Yedam, Woojin, Hyunjin and Changbin had worry evident on their faces. They all had an underline of pure anger but Seungmin, and Chan were furious.

Jisung looked down, "Hwajoon did it to try and get you to break up with me so you could date him."

When Minho heard the name of the person who did it, rage flowed through him like lava. He scanned the cafeteria and found where Hwajoon was sitting at. Just by looking at his face, the rage inside Minho boiled. He stormed over to where Hwajoon was sitting at and everyone in the cafeteria went silent as they stared at where Minho was going. They knew what was happening. They've seen it happen many times, by now it was just a game of guessing who the next victim was going to be.

Hwajoon looked up in curiosity when he heard the cafeteria go quiet and he saw his crush walking over to him. His eyes lit up, thinking that his plan actually worked, totally oblivious at the fact that a fire was flowing out of Minho.

"Hey Minho! Did you finally realize who's better for yo-" His sentence was cut short from Minho's fist colliding with his cheek, knocking him off the bench.

It was Hwajoon's turn to be in excruciating pain. It took him by surprise at first, he didn't think this was going to be the turn out of the situation. It's what he least expected, but soon that shock was overwhelmed by the pain he felt.

Hwajoon stumbled back up from the floor as he said "Ow! What was that fo-"

Minho swung his fist a little harder this time and aimed for the middle of Hwajoon's face. The boy's head snapped backwards, giving him whiplash as he lost his balance. The sound of Hwajoon's nose breaking, echoed throughout the cafeteria as the boy cried out in pain, holding his bleeding nose. Everyone gasped and cringed at the noise. Tears started to form in Hwajoon's eyes and were threatening to fall any second.

"Who the fuck are you, thinking you're allowed lay a finger on Jisung? I thought I told your bitchass to stay ten feet away from him at all times. You must think I'm a joke." Minho dryly chuckled.

Hwajoon quickly denied his last sentence. "N-no I don't think you're a joke, I just thought you needed to realize that Jisung isn't-"

Minho punched Hwajoon in the gut because he didn't want to hear him finish that sentence. The injured boy groaned out and doubled over, slowly falling onto the floor.

Just thinking about what Hwajoon was going to say, made Minho even more furious and he kept swinging his fists at the boy. Hwajoon moved his hands up to his face, thinking it would protect himself from Minho's fists but unfortunately they did nothing of the sort. After about five punches Minho felt a hand on his shoulder. He whipped around, eager to see the person who dared touch him, but when he met eyes with his boyfriend, his eyes softened.

"Minho I think you've hurt him enough. I'm okay. Stop it before you make him black out." Jisung said softly, placing a hand on Minho's chest, knowing that this calmed him down.

Minho took a deep breath and turned to the bleeding boy on the floor. "I went easy on you this time, but the next time you mess with us, I won't hesitate to hold back." Minho spat before walking away with his boyfriend.

Jisung dragged them to the bathroom. He grabbed paper towels and wet them under the sink, getting deja vu from ten minutes earlier.

"Are you okay?" Jisung asked quietly while he wiped the blood away from Minho's knuckles.

"I'm fine babe, it isn't even my blood. I should be asking you that question."

"I told you I'm okay. Maybe in pain but nothing I haven't experienced before." Jisung shrugged.

"Can you tell me what happened." Minho silently begged.

Jisung sighed, "It's not even that important."

Minho grabbed Jisung's hand and held it in his own, causing Jisung to look up at him. "Stop saying that. We're dating Jisung and I care about you so much, so everything that you do and everything that happens to you, is important to me. No matter how small you think it is, it's a big deal to me because it's about you."

Jisung's eyes weld up with tears, not because he was sad or anything but because he felt so blessed and genuinely happy. Minho always found a way to make Jisung feel all warm inside and make his heart melt.

"Now, please tell me what happened."

"After I dropped the paper off at the teacher's room, I was walking back to the cafeteria when Hwajoon popped out of nowhere, telling me how he doesn't understand why you picked me instead of him and that he's better looking and whatever-"

"You know that's not true right?"

Jisung shrugged.

"Babe stop it."

"I didn't do anything!"

"Yes you did and you know it. He's saying nonsense just to bring you down. You are absolutely beautiful and perfect, don't let some low life tell you otherwise, okay? I don't want to see you be sad from what others say, especially Hwajoon because he's so full of shit, you shouldn't even care."

Jisung felt the tears threatening to spill. He leaned up and pecked his boyfriend's lips. "Okay." He said softly before he continued his story. "He then said that he'll prove to you how much of an eyesore I am. Then he punched me and his rings cut my face. But I'm okay so don't get mad please."

Minho let out a big breath just to calm himself down. Of course he was still livid but he tried to keep a calm front for Jisung. "Why would you try to hide it?" He asked softly.

"Because I knew you were going to get mad and that you would beat him up. Y'know, I didn't want him to get hurt."

"Yeah but he deserved it." Minho grumbled.

"Minho you broke his nose."

The gang member mumbled, "I would've done a lot more if you didn't stop me."

Jisung rolled his eyes, "I don't know why, but I still somehow feel bad for him."

"You shouldn't. He's an asshole and he deserved every punch and more."

"I know, I know." Jisung pouted.

"You're so nice, which isn't a bad thing, I actually admire that about you, but you can't be nice to people like him because they don't deserve it."

"You're right. That's why I have you, to balance me out." Jisung said making Minho smile.

Jisung knew that Minho was going to fight at least one person this school year, it was inevitable. Never in his life would he have known that the reason for Minho's first fight of the year was going to be because of him.

The bell rang indicating that lunch was over. The two boys walked to their classroom and no one in the halls made any eye contact. They all scattered when the couple walked near them. When the two walked in the class, their friends were already sitting at their desks.

"Jisung are you okay?" Felix asked as soon as Jisung got to his desk.

"Yes I'm fine. Seriously." Jisung smiled.

"If I ever see Hwajoon again I'm gonna-"

"No you're not." Jisung cut Seungmin off. "I think Minho did enough damage to the poor guy."

Seungmin slumped and Hyunjin chuckled at his boyfriend's reaction.

"What happened after we left." Minho asked.

"Oh everyone stayed quiet." Felix answered.

"All you could hear was Hwajoon rolling around on the floor, groaning in pain." Changbin said.

"And no one moved to help him." Seungmin added on.

"Eventually some teacher walked into the cafeteria and saw Hwajoon on the floor and helped him to the nurses office." Hyunjin continued.

"After he left everyone stayed silent. Well except us but yeah." Felix finished off.

"That's unfortunate." Minho said with no emotion whatsoever and Jisung playfully slapped his arm while chuckling.

"Poor guy. He's probably gonna be so embarrassed." Jisung said.

"Good." All five of them said simultaneously causing Jisung to laugh.

-

"I'm sure. I'm 100% sure now." The boss said.

"A 100% sure? Of what?" Yeonjun asked.

"Of Minho loving Jisung, you dumbass." He growled.

"Oh you don't say?" Yeonjun said sarcastically. The boss ignored him.

"What made you change your mind?" Taehyun asked.

"Well, at JYP today, Hwajoon being the desperate idiot he is, punched Jisung's face because he actually believed that it would make Minho think Jisung's ugly and that Minho would come crawling to him. But of course when Minho saw his face forming a bruise and the cuts on it, he beat the hell out of Hwajoon and only stopped because Jisung told him to. Minho then told Hwajoon that if he ever went near them again, then he wouldn't hold back."

"Ok and..?" Seoho asked.

"And it's shows that Minho loves Jisung or else he wouldn't have beat someone up with so much rage, if he didn't." The boss concluded.

"I thought that was obvious though, he slapped Hwajoon before because of Jisung." Beomgyu said and everyone agreed.

"Yeah we all kinda already knew he loved him." Huening Kai added on.

"Yeah well, I had to be 1000% sure." The boss snapped.

"Okay geez." Xion said with big eyes.

"Well now what." Leedo asked.

"Are we finally agreeing to use Jisung for the plan?" Taehyun needed clarification.

"Yeah and speaking of the plan, are we gonna start anytime soon because I'm tired of waiting." Ravn chimed in.

"First, we prepare and make sure we all know what's happening." The boss looked around, "Because now that we have Jisung, we're finally going to start the plan."

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the rest of the book will be a wild ride now that this plan is going to take action 😜 jk... unless-

i feel bad for making txt and oneus the bad guys because they're such babies irl

anyway go stan txt and oneus for clear skin💁‍♀️

opinions?

in the next chapter:
- new project
- secrets
- "this'll be fun. don't you think minho?"

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

you guys are so creative with the guessing, i sometimes think it's better than what i actually have planned...