Chapter twenty-eight

Jiwon sits up straight after hearing this sentence. "Who did you see," he asks. He knows who Silas was referring to, the twinkle in his eyes gave it away, but he asks either way.

"Him."

"Thought so. So, what now? I'm very happy you've seen him, but what about it."

"I think I was in his dream, Ji."

"Wait...so your dream...was actually you spawning in his dream."

"Basically."

"And now?"

"I don't know either, Ji, but he sounded like he was waiting for me. Expecting me even."

"You think you can talk to him?"

"If I'd get in his dream again, I think that I could."

"Wait what?"

"I was paralyzed, Ji. He-he touched me and my whole body started burning. My body was shocked, incapable of moving at all."

"What why?"

"I think that's what a mate does to you." 

Ha, Si, if only you knew what a mate does to you. My body has been and still is burning up every time I thought of him, saw him, felt him near. I couldn't nor can I now control a single muscle in my body or thought. So my mate makes me want to take action, and Si's makes him...paralysed?

"Yeah, maybe that's what your mate does with you. The mating bond is different for everyone, isn't it? Maybe you feel flabbergasted every time you're near yours. For now at least."

"Yeah, I think so...Ji?"

"Yes?"

"Did you make your bags yet? I don't really know what I should take with me."

"Make my- What you should take with you where?"

Silas looked at Jiwon as if he just said the weirdest thing ever.

Oh god...Did I forget one of the plans Silas made...again...

"The trip, Ji!"

"Trip?" Jiwon asks Silas, "Did you plan a trip?"

"Oh my fucking goddess, JISUNG are you for real?!"

"I'm sorry, Si, I really don't know what you mean," Jiwon answers while fake crying making Silas laugh.

"We're going on a trip next week with school, Ji. For bonding n stuff. How could you forget?"

"WAIT WHAT?!"

"Yeah..."

"SO, THE WHOLE WEEK? NO LESSONS? JUST A STUPID SCHOOL TRIP?"

"Yes?"

"OH MY OH MY OH MYYYY," Jiwon yells while getting off of the couch and kissing Silas on both his cheeks repeatedly. 

"Am I interrupting anything?" Someone standing in the door opening says.

"OF COURSE NOT!" Jiwon answers smiling broadly at Minseok , "WE'RE GOING ON A TRIP NEXT WEEK MINHO! NO SCHOOL!"

Minseok had needed a minute to process this. "I know? Everyone knows that."

"I DIDN'T! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?"

"Why would I? Shouldn't Silas have done that? Since y'all are best friends and stuff?" Minseok answers. Jiwon saw him do something with his eyes. It was really fast and small so Silas hadn't caught it. It was a kind of small, fast apology with no words. 

Oh, I almost forgot how cold Minseok was around other people.

Jiwon turns back to Silas, "Yes, Silas, shouldn't you have told me? Since we're best of friends and stuff?" He questions him jokingly while jumping on top of him and tickling him.

"S-stop," Silas stammers between laughter, "I-I'm sorry, I'll double-check from now on if you know the information every other person knows," He says while playfully trying to push Jiwon off of himself.

Jiwon stopped for a second, still sitting on top of his best friend. "Thought so," he says while smiling sweetly at him, only to continue his tickle attack a second later.

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Minseok smiles at what was happening in front of him and leaves for the kitchen. He had just put Jiwon's bedsheets and stuff in the washing machine and changed them for new ones. 

While Minseok made breakfast he could hear his two roommates laughing in the room next to him. He wasn't really fond of loud noises, he had never been. But somehow, he had the feeling that he was happy too now. 

As Minseok took the kettle off of the fire the two boys walked into the kitchen after hearing the boiling of the water. 

Jiwon took place opposite Minseok and Silas sat next to him. As Minseok looks up he makes eye contact with Jiwon. He shot him an excusing smile and pointed at the male sitting next to him with his eyes, Minseok answered these minor signs with a reassuring smile and started eating. 

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"Silas," Jiwon calls to the boy sitting on his bed packing his suitcase, "Maybe you should take your fav pair of underwear with you," and Jiwon throws him the pair of tiger-striped panties he had once bought for Silas's birthday as a joke.

Jiwon was sitting on the floor in front of their closet with his suitcase while Silas had already chosen what he wanted to take with him and was packing it neatly on his bed. Minseok had already packed his suitcase yesterday after school. Before Jiwon came home, that is. 

He looked up from his bed where he was reading a book to see the two boys once again play fighting and giggled to himself. How did I end up in a room with these two little kids? 

"Hey!" Jiwon yells, stopping with fake strangling Silas and crawling back to his place in front of the closet, "That's not nice," he adds pouting. Minseok looks confused at Jiwon. He was looking at him so that sentence was obviously aimed at him, but Minseok didn't get why, he was just sitting on the bed. How was that 'not nice'?

"Ji? What are you talking about," Silas laughs, "Minseok didn't even say anything? What are you mad for?"

"What? I'm not mad. I meant it jokingly, why are y'all so tense all of a sudden. I was just joking since he called us little children."

"Ji, Minseok didn't say anything since we got in the room."

Jiwon looks at Silas and then Minseok , when he sees the look on Minseok's face he knows he said something wrong.

 "AHHAHAHAA," he laughs, "you should've seen your face. Like you thought I could see ghosts or something," he falls back, fake laughing.

"O my goddess, Jiwon," Silas says, rolling his eyes and continuing to pack his suitcase. He was used to Jiwon's weird behaviour after all these years.

Jiwon stops laughing and throws Minseok a small smile and continues packing his own suitcase too.

Minseok was still looking forward in utter confusion. Did he just hear my thoughts?