Friday passed slowly for the school. The gossip on Jin and Hwoarang's relationship was spreading fast, but the boys chose to ignore it.
"Hey, Jules… Can I ask you a question?" Jin smiled nervously
"Sure, shoot!" Julia grinned back.
"Can you come round and help me choose what to wear tomorrow?"
"Sure… but I don't have the best fashion sense. Is Xiao coming?"
"Yup… I need help."
"In the form of the mental hospital." Hwoarang entered the room, coming up behind Jin and sliding an arm around his waist.
"Hmph," Jin put a hand on Hwoarang's. "Not here, they'll all look."
"Mm? They won't care." Hwoarang rested his chin on Jin's shoulder.
"Mmm.Mm-maybe not." Jin laughed.
"Put him down, Jin" Kazuya smirked.
"But I don't wanna!" Jin whined like a little kid. Kazuya just raised an eyebrow and Jin shuffled over to his seat.
"Better. Now, have a good weekend, everyone! I'm letting you go early." The class cheered.
"Jin? I'm staying late, you can go home." Kazuya sighed, bored.
"It's okay, sorting some… stuff out with the girls. Coming?" The girls giggled and linked arms with him.
"God, you sure don't try and hide it do you, son?" Kazuya smirked
"Nope! No point!" Jin grinned, running out of the room with the girls.
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"Hi Mom! Going to my room with my friends." Jin shouted, running up to his room.
"Jin! Wait!" Xiaoyu yelled
"We just can't keep up with him." Julia huffed, giggling.
Once the girls had gotten up to Jin's room they were already thinking of how to calm Jin down. In Jin's room they saw all his clothes laid out and his sister also trying to help.
"Hey, Asuka!" Xiaoyu smiled.
"Hey, Xiao. You must be Julia, hi!" Asuka greeted them with a grin.
"Jin… are you breathing?" Julia asked, concerned. Jin shook his head.
"Okay, step one. Breathe." Xiaoyu smiled, putting a hand on Jin's shoulder and getting him to de-stress.
"And step two?" Jin raised an eyebrow.
"Decide how you want to wow him!" Julia smirked, then seeing Jin's quizzical look, continued. "Sexy, innocent, pretty, rough, smart… etc."
"Um… I don't know." Jin blinked blankly.
"I'll choose then. Hmm… I think we should go for sexy and cool." Xiaoyu nodded.
"Okay, step three: Pick out what you think goes with that look." Asuka smiled, joining in with the makeover. "Or… let us in your case."
"Hehe. Yeah." Xiaoyu giggled, picking out blue skinny jeans with a black swirly-tatoo type decoration on the leg, black skinny jeans, grey jeans with skulls on the front pockets and a pair of faded blue jeans. Julia chose the t-shirts: a tight black t-shirt with a silver lightning bolt on, a white shirt with a dark blue flying-V guitar, and a plain grey t-shirt. Asuka chose a blue denim jacket, a silver chain, a black and white checkered wristband and a skinny black denim jacket.
"Right, now for step four." Julia smiled.
"Decide what goes together to create different outfits." Xiaoyu continued
"You can help us with this, Jin. It is you wearing it, anyway." Asuka helped her brother stand up.
They made three outfits:
- The black skinny jeans, the white and blue t-shirt, the black denim jacket and the black and white checkered wristband.
- The blue faded jeans, the silver chain and the grey t-shirt.
- The blue skinny jeans with the black design up the leg, the black t-shirt with lightning bolt and the blue denim jacket.
"Now, Jin, which outfit?" Julia asked.
"I like… that one," Jin pointed to outfit number three… "But with outfit number one's t-shirt."
"Okay," Julia switched the t-shirts. "You're done!"
"Then why am I still nervous?" Jin moaned.
"Try it on, then we'll sort it out." Asuka smiled sweetly.
Jin left the room, and three minutes later when he came back Julia and Xiaoyu gasped.
"Oh my God! You look gorgeous!" Xiaoyu squealed
"Yeah! Phwoar!" Julia grinned
"Y'think? Do you think Hwo'll like it?" Jin examined himself in his mirror
"Oh hell yeah! I'll have to hold him down from you!" Asuka laughed
"What if I don't want you to?" Jin smirked, then one of his eyebrows flashed upwards, which made the girls swoon.
"Why do you have to be gay? You're, like, the perfect guy!" Xiaoyu whined, jokingly.
"Um… explain?" Jin had a cocky smile on his face.
"You're kind, funny, caring, talented, nice and look at you! You're gorgeous!" Julia sighed.
"I guess part of the attraction is the fact I'd never go out with you guys…" Jin shrugged
"Jin, now is not the time to get psychological on us. We need to decide what you want to do with your new boyfriend!" Asuka winked.
"Isn't it way too early to call him my boyfriend?" Jin frowned
"Who cares! Besides, you two were all over each other in homeroom!" Xiaoyu laughed
"Were they? What happened!?" Asuka asked, smirking at her brother's embarrassment.
"Jin was talking to Julia, then Hwoarang came in and hugged Jin's hips and snuggled into Jin's shoulder! Then Kazuya came in and told Jin to put Hwoarang down!" Xiaoyu was giggling the whole way through her explanation.
"What!?" Asuka squealed, "He snuggled!?"
"Yeah, why?" Jin asked, indignantly.
"I just… I never had him down as the hand-holding and snuggling type of guy…" Asuka tried not to laugh at the cuteness of her brother's awkwardness.
"Well, he is… and it's really…" Jin sighed and smiled, forgetting what he was talking about and going into a daze.
"AWWWWW!"The girls squealed, snapping him out of it.
"What if I embarrass myself?" Jin started to fret again.
"He'll find it cute." Julia patted Jin's back
"But what if I put him off by being too clingy!?"
"He's the one who likes cuddles, Jin." Asuka smiled reassuringly.
"B-but!" Jin stammered
"You'll be fine! And if you think it's going badly get Asuka to text me and I'll text you advice!" Xiaoyu had a cunning look on her face.
"Look, we'd better go. Good luck, sweetie!" Julia cooed and hugged Jin, Xiaoyu repeated and they walked home together.
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04:00 am Jin's clock read. Shit, he thought Only six hours… should I get up? He decided to get all cleaned up. He took a shower and brushed his teeth, then got into his newly-picked outfit. He sat on his bedroom floor for twenty minutes just daydreaming about Hwoarang arriving, then hopping onto his laptop to see who was online. Only Julia was online this early, but she wasn't the only other one up.
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4:45 am The bold red letters on Hwoarang's alarm clock blared. Fuck it, man was not meant to wake up this early he thought. He kicked his cover off and went for a long shower. Right… should I prepare for First Kiss or… is that too full on for the first time being together out of school? He mused. He then decided to go for it, even if the moment never arose he'd still be smelling of mint, which is always good. He used mouthwash, floss, he re-brushed his teeth, he used some breath spray and then put on a specially scented deodorant, which made him feel better.
"You're up early." Baek yawned, entering the bathroom.
"I know. I couldn't sleep." Hwoarang shrugged.
"Hmm, I bet you couldn't." Baek smirked.
"Watch it." Hwoarang laughed, going back to his room.
He decided to look online for any early risers.
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Hwo. That's who : Hello!
: Hey there! Why're you up so early?
Hwo. That's who: Couldn't sleep, and you?
: Me neither. You ready for…five hours time?
Hwo. That's who: Ha! Trust you to be so precise x. And no, but almost!
: Trust you to be disorganised Xx! It's gonna be a nice day today, I could ask my mom if we can camp out in the garden?
Hwo. That's who: XD Camp. And sure!
: Oh, ha-ha! :P
Hwo. That's who: You dressed?
: Yup, I got dressed about an hour ago!
Hwo. That's who: …Whoa. You should try and be a little less organised
: Nooo!
Hwo. That's who: Why not!? Then you'd be like me!
: Exactly. XP
Hwo. That's who: Hmph. You owe me for that one XP
: That's no punishment! :D
Hwo. That's who: Good, I'd not want to punish you anyways!
: J You're so sweet!
Hwo. That's who: Nowhere near as sweet as you J
: Mom's up, I'll just ask her. Be right back x
Hwo. That's who: Okay x
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"Mom?" Jin asked precautiously.
"Oh! You scared me! Yes, sweetie?" Jun smiled back.
"Can Hwoarang and I camp out in the garden please?" Jin grinned hopefully at his mother.
"Okay, in your den or in the actual garden?"
"I'll ask him when he gets here. I'll take a sleeping bag an the camp bed and you can come and check on us if you want." Jin smirked, knowing that's what his mother was about to question.
"You read my mind. Do you want some breakfast?"
"Sure, I'll be down in a minute." Jin smiled, rushing back to his room.
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: Sorry, I've gotta go down for breakfast now. And yeah, we can sleep outside tonight xxx
Hwo. That's who: Cool J. I'd better go get ready anyway, babe. Xx
: Babe?
Hwo. That's who: What? Don't you like me calling you babe?
: No, I like it! I like it lots J
Hwo. That's who: Don't you have a pet name for me?
: You little tease XD Look, I'd better go xxxxxxxxx I'll see you later.
Hwo. That's who: Okay J xxxxxxxxx Bye, babe.
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"Hwoarang, you still up?" Baek whispered, knocking on Hwoarang's door.
"Yeah, come in!" He beamed.
"You seem happy…" Baek raised an eyebrow.
"Why does that make you suspicious?" Hwoarang asked, trying to change the subject.
"Ooh! You've been talking to Jin! Let me see!" Before Hwoarang could minimise the conversation, Baek was reading it with a smirk on his face. "You call him 'babe'?"
"Yeah. He likes it." Hwoarang blushed
"I know, I saw. And… kisses?" Baek's smirk was growing.
"Um… yeah…" Hwoarang couldn't hide his embarrassment
"Aww. Are you even ready?"
"No."
"You mean you're up this early and you're doing nothing?"
"I was about to!"
"Heh, sure you were. Breakfast's ready if you want it." Baek chuckled, going downstairs.
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"Jinny, your dad told me you and the Hwoarang kid are serious now!" Jun grinned at her son.
"Well, yeah, he would know." Jin blushed
"Huh? How?"
"Hwoarang was giving me a backwards hug in homeroom today and Dad was there when he asked me out." Jin smiled innocently up at his mother
"Aww, so he asked you?"
"Yeah, it was really cute. He'd written a note."
"Awwwww! He seems so much nicer than Asuka's boyfriends, I can't wait to meet him!"
"Yeah, he is," Jin smiled proudly. "Anyway, you won't have to wait long!"
"When's he getting here?"
"Ten."
"So that's…" Jun paused to check her watch. "Four hours and fifteen minutes?"
"Uh-huh and I can't wait." Jin grinned.