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7DAYS BEFORE THE PARTY

"the marriage booth? " the bottoms looked at Chen who was beaming at their direction. Second day with the booths and Chen was already suggesting such a thing. Jehyun was the first to speak after. "Chen I know you want to hang out with us but I don't get why you dragged us to the marriage booth"

He gestured to the long line of couples who were waiting to be fakely wedded. This made Jin snort and cross his arms. "none of us are getting married"

"yet. Married yet" Chen corrected. This was one of his splendid ideas actually. It was also fortunate that the tops weren't with them since they decided to have their own time in the fair. "and plus, the tops aren't here to scold me"

"tops? " Junghoon was clueless as to who Chen was reffering to. This earned an exasperated sigh and a facepalm from the said Chinese . "check who isn't here"

"Seojun, Jayden, Joshua, and Hi—oh heavens " Jin felt the color of his face drain as he came into realization. Turning to the other bottoms, they shared the same look. "Chen! "

"what"the butterfly nonchalantly shrugged, "at least we don't have to face their jealous butts"

"Jayden doesn't get jealous" Junghoon surprisingly came to defead the soloist. This of course earned looks from his companions. "I mean, I guess he doesn't "

"yeah and scaring the archery team because they would stop smiling at you while you were practicing isn't being jealous. He was holding himself back from grabbing a bow and arrow and shooting those guys. And don't even think about that time Hiro punched the then basketball leader because he tried to confess to you back in freshman year" Chen then proceeded to snap at Jin who wanted to come to his own defense. "admit it, the tops get Hella jealous When it comes to you guys"

"who said they were the tops anyway" Junghoon snorted, discreetly changing the topic.

"please, the only time you top would be with Jehyun and only that. Don't even get me started on you Jin and Hyun. You two didn't even survive the boot camp. What makes you think you'll survive being tops? "

The bottoms had their mouth agape at what Chen said. Their prides crumpling as what the butterfly said was accurately true.

Jin, being the one hit the most, had something up in his sleeve that would surely backfire. "are you sure 'bout that Chen. Maybe the reason why you want us to go to the marriage booth without the tops is because you don't want to end up single on this wondrous day"

"psh—no of course not. I just want us to hang out" this earned a teasing brow From the three. Chen, who was stubborn as a mule, didn't let it affect him. "in fact let's go! "

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"smile you butthole" Jayden grumbled, nudging Seojun who had a frown on his face. Who would frown when the people they like(bottoms) weren't there to accompany them.

The four, since Hiro and Joshua accompanied them, were taking a picture in the photo booth. As requested by Chen who threatened to shoot them with his bow and arrow If he doesn't get a proof that they had a great time together.

"OK one more time. Say cheese! "

Seojun blinked, annoyed at bright flash that the photographer was using. Hiro beside him didn't even flinch, already used to the brightness. Joshua on the other hand had his shades on and was unaffected.

"here you go boys"

The group of four looked at the photo, cringing at how stiff they look. Seojun, who was beside Jayden who held the photo, snatched it from him and took a snap which he sent to chen. "there problem solved! We can now spend this day with the others"

"ag—" Hiro paused on what he was saying, taking out his phone that vibrated. Squinting his eyes, he read what Chen sent them.

🦋𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐨🦋

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐳

"what the... " Hiro showed the the message to Joshua. The other was someone who understood what Chen meant. Seeing as he was always around the butterfly. "he means they're busy and that we should spend the day together as a group or he's going to use us as his shooting dummy"

"well that was blunt " a deafening silence surrounded the group. They really didn't want to spend the time together since one, they weren't that close, and two, all of them were itching to go to their university's horse stables. "so What should we do? "

"how about doing games" Joshua suggested which was immediately turned down. "or not"

"why don't we stalk them? " Hiro suddenly blurted out, which earned a smack from Joshua. "yeah and if want to be Chen's practice dummy then be my guest"

"oh come on Josh, that was two years ago" The Japanese teen exasperated, rubbing the sore spot. "and look, you're still alive! "

"I almost died you lobster! " Joshua seethed, raising his fist to hit the Japanese again, only this time he plans on doing it harder that the Japanese would blackout. "not to mention how he almost shot me with our instructor that time"

"he shot your instructor? " the two friends stopped their fighting to look at Seojun, a surprised expression on his face. "cool—ark! "

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"Chen can we drop the idea of doing the marriage booth " Jehyun whined, trying to pull away from the string hold of Cehn who was dragging him to the line of the said booth. Chen stubbornly shook his head no, puffing out his cheeks.

What's wrong about being fakely married to best friend anyway? I mean, it's not like they were going to anyway. Still trying to drag him best friend he said, "oh come on Hyun, even Junghoon and Jin are going to do it"

The two glanced at their two awkward friends who couldn't look at each other in the eye. "is it wrong that I'm going to marry my cousin's cousin? " both simultaneously asked. "it's weird to think about it"

"it's not weird since it's not official" Chen reassured them. "in fact if we get in line we now, we can go to the other booths sooner"

"Chen" the three sighed, tired from his stubbornness. "the tops are looking this way and they want to kill you"

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Seojun, Jayden, and Hiro wanted to smash the shit out of that butterfly.

To say they wanted to kill Chen was an understatement. They wanted to kill him then revive him then kill him again before throwing his body at sea.

Joshua who witnessed their jealously merely scoffed. Thank God he didn't feel something for Chen. Who knows what these jealous fools could do, seeing that the butterfly wanted to go the marriage booth. Wanting to brighten the mood, he turned to the oversized lobster who was his best friend. "bet that the three don't want to go there but Chen is persistent "

"oh shut it josh" Hiro didn't care if he offended the older and proceeded to glare at the butterfly. Although they were a few feet away from the rest, they knew that they already saw their horrifying gaze. "Let go of me Josh cause I'm going to punch the hell out of that butterfly! "

"I'm not even holding you" Hiro proceeded to look at the person holding his arm, trailing his eyes until it reached to Jayden who was looking like he was in a crisis. "what the... "

"it's horrid! " the oldest threw his hands in the air, letting go of Hiro. He couldn't believe his chihuahua was going to the marriage booth without him. Him his soulmate based on an app.

Seojun who stood beside him scoffed. It was obvious Junghoon didn't want to be there, especially when he was paired with Jin who was his cousin's cousin. He looked at Jehyun who stubbornly stood his ground. A proud smile adoring his features because of it.

"aish no need to rub it Jun" Jayden smacked the younger's arm. "we get that jehyun is stubborn to go to the marriage booth without you"

"and his doing his best at it as well" Hiro and Joshua commented at the side. "but it looks like Chen's about to summon his bow and arrow"

"is that a bad thing? " the celebrities asked the two best friends.

"definitely "

"OK Chen I think you already did enough" Hiro pulled away the butterfly from Jehyun and shoved him to Joshua who quickly encased with his arms. Chen like usual was shouting profanities.

Seojun and Jayden went and took this as an opportunity to wrap their arms around their partners. The said partners flinching and turning around to meet their gazes. A content smile made its way to their lips.

"come here Chinese plate " Hiro opened wide His arms and waited for his best friend to run into them. He couldn't help but chuckle at the bitter expression Jin had as he watched the two pairs. Seeing that the Chinese wouldn't budge, he made his way closer still with his arms wide open before engulfing him in tight hug, making their noses boop in the process. Hiro could help but Close his eyes when he saw Jin's flushed face. "told ya"

Love was in the air for the pairs. Pairs since they aren't officially a couple yet. And nothing could stop it. The three pairs wanting to bask in the sound of their beating hearts. Nothing could ruin the moment...

"LET GO OF ME YOU RAT " Chen tried to pry himself away from Joshua. He wanted this day to be him with the bottoms and not feel single. "JOSHUA! "

"oh come on, we haven't even lined up" Chen was being dragged away by Joshua who suddenly grabbed him by the collar as the he tried to run away. It was already afternoon when the tops were able to successfully scare the butterfly. By scaring they meant threatening to throw him into Hana Academy which was just across the street. "I swear I just wanted to let them see how it would be like when they walk down the aisle "

Joshua rolled his eyes at the butterfly's excuse before letting go and watching him fall to the ground. He crossed his arms. "yeah and you sure didn't think it through when it was among yourselves" the two somewhat found themselves away from the three pairs.

"oh come on Josh" the butterfly stood up and dusted of the specs of dirt on his uniform pants. "not like you wouldn't do that same thing. Say who's the lucky person? "

He was genuinely curious on who this person Joshua has been hanging out after school. The reason why he would sometimes skip their after school activities. He threw the older a teasing look. "Wait don't tell me " he wanted it to be a surprise for himself. "but make sure you're going to invite me to the wedding "

This made Joshua sigh. He didn't want to think about the person in the first place. In fact he wanted to talk about the person in front of him. Thus the reason he suddenly gripped the shoulder's of the butterfly and staring straight into his eyes. "what if I don't want to invite you, instead what if I want it with you? "

Seojun caressed Jehyun's soft strands. The two found themselves in the rooftop where they watched the people down below. Jehyun had his back against Seojun's chest with the celebrity's arms wrapping securely around his waist. They didn't mind the silence surrounding them. In fact they loved how it was just them and their hearts that were beating loudly.

"someday..." Seojun started, "we're going to get married and I can't wait to see you walk down the aisle wearing a white suit"

"and I can't wait to see you smile while watching me do so" Jehyun could already imagine it. He and Seojun having their wedding with their friends and family. Even though it was simple, that day would be magical. "I'll be Kim Jehyun"

"yes, my Kim Jehyun" the celebrity kissed Jehyun's nape, smiling at the thought of having kids as well. "then we can have kids and we'll name them Minhyung and Minyoung"

They could imagine it. The kids running TO Seojun who just got out of work with smiles plastered on their faces. Jehyun would be there, slowly approaching them and giving them kisses. They the family of four would have dinner together, talking about their day. It was a sight they wanted to see.

"i-i" was it too soon? Jehyun was hesitant to say those words. Although he and Seojun have kissed here and there, there was a little bit of hesitance when it came to his feelings. He was scared that this was a one time thing. After this semester, which would be summer, Seojun might forget about him. It made his chest squeeze.

"hmm? " Seojun waited for what the lion cub would say next. Noticing jehyun's pause, he made the cub turn towards him. "what's wrong lion cub? "

Jehyun shook his head. "nothing... I-I like you Seojun"