soonyoung left the house without letting me speak. all he did was to talk about being vegan and loving nature for the rest of his life to start world peace.

"he's out of his mind!" I told seokmin

"I'll call the boys for a group meeting," he took his phone to do his job.

junhui and sicheng rushed down the stairs.

"we shouldn't have brought him chickens, i'm so sorry, it was my idea," sicheng apologized

"nah, it's okay," jun replied "you did great at coming up with an idea and making effort to help seventeen,"

"the others will be here," seokmin told us "except for joshua hyung, maknae and the hansolo,"

"why?"

"josh said it's too dangerous to go out at night and it's a sin to break the curfew rule. the other boy is feeling lazy and dino isn't allowed to go out at night, according to seungcheol hyung,"

"what even,"

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"who cares if he's gonna be a farmer? let him do what he wants, he's  a free soul," jihoon said

"we can't let that happen," seungcheol added "what do we do to get him get mad at sicheng again?"

"SPAM HIM WITH PICTURES!" seungkwan shouted. all of them, except winwin, took their phones and started sending soonyoung a lot of winwin's pictures.

their thumbs on their screens are moving so fast, I bet soonyoung will have his inbox blow up with sicheng's face.

"I have a question," my cousin spoke

"yes?" mingyu replied

"why do all of you have lots of pictures of me in your phones?"

the rest of the boys stopped typing and sending to look at the curious winwin.

"um...." they said in chorus

"I don't have a lot of your pictures!" seungkwan raised his hand

"yeah but you have lots of marky boi pics in there," seokmin winked

"lies,"

"oh really!?" seokmin hurriedly jumped on seungkwan to snatch his phone

"HEY GIVE IT BACK!" boo shouted as he wrestled the other one who was holding the phone tightly

"WHY DON'T YOU WANT ME TO SEE!?" seokmin laughed out loud before he finally accessed the phone "SAYS THE BOY WHO HAS THIS FOR HIS WALLPAPER!"

seokmin showed us seungkwan's home screen and we were all speechless.

"GIVE IT!" seungkwan snatched the phone back "it was an accident! I just accidentally set it as a the home screen and I became too lazy to change it,"

"because it looks good?" jeonghan teased

"because you picture yourself in front of mark as he stares at you like that?" mingyu added "and you're just like, oh shit mark lee is one hot son of a gun,"

"I don't have a crush on mark lee!!" seungkwan shouted "I'm just a fan!"

"if you want to be close to mark, I could tell him," winwin told boo

"NO!" the boy shouted "DON'T TELL HIM ANYTHING!"

"seriously, I insist," sicheng suggested

"DO IT, BROTHER!" mingyu showered everyone with saliva again "I WANNA SEE SOME INTERACTIONS,"

"DON'T DO IT!" seungkwan ran towards my cousin and grabbed his shirt "I will end you,"

"I got your back, winwin," jihoon uttered as he ate a sandwich "do it and I'll make sure seungkwan doesn't do anything bad to you,"

"um-"

"come on, boo," wonwoo spoke "if you don't have feelings for mark, call him right now and prove it to us,"

"feelings? I'm a guy!!!" seungkwan defended

"there's nothing bad about being bisexual, fam," mingyu told him "right wonu?"

"shut up," wonwoo replied and hit mingyu's thigh

"call him! call him! call him!" the boys chanted like they're in some kind of cult

"OKAY OKAY" boo shouted and faced his phone

"here's his number," sicheng showed his phone

"I know his number, winwin," the boy replied

"YIIIIIEEEEEEE" the boys teased

"HE GAVE IT TO ME!" boo defended again

"I can imagine seungkwan saying hey mark, I think my phone is useless because it doesn't have your number in it," junhui spoke

"is that how you get numbers at the bar-" minghao asked but had his mouth covered by jun's hands

"HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA YOU'RE SO FUNNY MINGHAO," junhui awkwardly laughed "let's just get on with the call please,"

seungkwan put the phone on loud speaker. seconds passed and there was an answer.

"yo seungkwan!" mark's voice was heard

"hi mark!" boo replied

"why did you call? it's late hahaha!"

"how can he laugh and still sound cool?" seokmin muttered

"were you sleeping though?" boo asked

"I was about to, but yeah, you called. thought it was urgent so I answered,"

"um...what are you up to?"

"I just said I'm going to bed," the boy chuckled

"seungkwan's face is pink," minghao described

"oh! hahaha I'm sorry, I forgot," seungkwan felt awkward and nervous that he was actually sweating bullets

"why did you call?"

before seungkwan could answer, mingyu covered the boy's mouth and seokmin took the phone to imitate seungkwan's voice.

"hello?  you still there?" mark asked

"yes I am! just wanted to remind you that you're really talented and lots of people really really like you!"

"aww that's sweet, boo,"

"holy fuck he called him boo holy fuck," jihoon whispered

the rest of the boys were trying so hard not to laugh or react loudly, even sicheng himself. while seungkwan was trying to break free from mingyu, junhui and seungcheol.

"you're sweet too," seokmin talked, preventing himself from laughing

"I guess so? hahaha! thanks for the reminder, you made my night better,"

"I love you,"

"umm what?"

"I mean, I love you, bro. like, as dudes?" seokmin replied

"oh!" mark chuckled "I love you, seungkwan. good night!"

"goodnight!" seokmin ended the call. as soon as he did, everyone finally  started laughing and screaming. seungkwan's face completely turned into bright pink.

"I hate you guys," he announced

"BRO YOUR CRUSH JUST TOLD YOU HE LOVES YOU. YOU SHOULD THANK US!" mingyu shouted

"that's what you get for being sassy and rude towards us! and for getting us in a lot of trouble!" seungcheol told him

"and for making me rob minseul's mother," junhui spoke

"and for stealing stuff from my club," wonwoo added

"you robbed her mom?" sicheng asked

"yeah,"

"maybe that's why she was complaining about losing her phone for a week,"

"holy hong wants to FaceTime," seungcheol looked at his phone and showed us the screen, revealing josh at the study room

"you said you're going to sleep early," jeonghan told josh

"well I lied,"

the boys reacted to joshua's reply, except for wonu, jihoon and sicheng

"duh, he already lied to us, millions of times so don't expect him to be 100% honest 24/7" wonu spoke

"hey stop bringing up the past," jisoo replied "I did sleep early but I suddenly woke up,"

"why?" seokmin asked

"dunno. science?" josh laughed "anyway, I think I have an idea to make soonyoung quit farming life,"

"spill it," minghao uttered

"we need someone cool and talented,"

"um...me?" mingyu raised his arm

"not from seventeen, idiot," wonwoo replied

"what do we do with the talented guy?" I asked

"make him appear as if he had the same idea soonyoung has now. he quit performing to become a farmer or something and now he's down in the dumps,"joshua explained

"why don't we just take the chickens to kfc or something so soonyoung would be too brokenhearted to start farming life," jihoon told us

"they shouldn't be killed, we saved them from a closing farm because they were going to be chopped off in a few days," sicheng whined

"aaaw poor baby," jihoon talked sweetly and then became cold again.

"we just don't know who could the farmer be," jeonghan thought "someone cool and could convince soonyoung to stop being an idiot,"

"I think I know someone," winwin smiled at us "he helped me a lot already so I bet he'd go for this one,"

"who?" jun asked

"I'll show you tomorrow at school,"

we chatted for a bit about soonyoung's unexpected decision and then headed to our homes to start the day again tomorrow.

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"where's soonyoung?" jeonghan asked me once I arrived at the cafeteria to eat with them

"absent," I answered "I wonder what he's up to,"

"farming," wonwoo replied

"imitating a chicken, probably," jihoon added and went back to strumming his guitar

"and where is your cousin?" seungkwan questioned

"I don't really kno-" I stopped talking when I saw winwin from afar, with another guy, walking towards us.

"hello? earth to minseul?" hansol waved his hands in front of my face.

"winwin!" I pointed and all the boys looked at the right direction. two boys walked towards us, looking dramatic and awesome at the same time

"see ya, never gone my way, better will someday, never far away," jihoon sang dramatically as he played the guitar

when the boys got here, we were greeted nicely by winwin's friend, who came from our old school. and is someone we actually became classmates with

"hello, I am-"

"TAEYOOOOOONG!!!!!!!!!!" I exploded with feels and got up to hug him but joshua didn't let me

"decency, minseul," he spoke

"well I guess you guys already know me," taeyong chuckled "this is my son, sicheng. just kidding,"

"so you're going to be the unsuccessful farmer?" minghao asked

"I'm sorry, what?"

"the unsuccessful farmer," the boy repeated

taeyong casually looked at winwin and smiled, which made the other boy chuckle awkwardly

"um...he doesn't know the plan yet,"

"come sit with us, guys," seungcheol invited

"sit here!" hansol and I told taeyong at the same time. awkward.

"I'll just be here," the mannequin looking boy chose the chair nearest to him, while winwin sat next to me to go eat his lunch.

"what do you have for lunch, win?" mingyu asked

"I'm not sure," sicheng pouted "I don't know what to call this korean packed lunch but it's tasty so I bought it at a nearby store,"

"ooooh that's jangjorim and rice rolls," the giant replied "you like that?"

sicheng smiled and nodded

"I can make those for you," gyu told him "so you wouldn't have to buy lunch everyday. you're not even sure if it's safe to eat that,"

"would it be okay with you?" sicheng asked

"of course! most of the time, I cook the boys' lunch myself,"

"wow thank you!"

seungcheol just finished telling taeyong about the plan.

"you really want me to do this for your friend?" taeyong asked winwin

"well...yes,"

"okay, I'll do it,"

"yay!I knew I could count on you!"

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we took taeyong to the empty theater in school. we had access to the costumes because sicheng is a member of a theater arts group here in the campus.

all of us were busy, finding good farmer costumes for taeyong that actually fit him well. we found one minutes ago but it was too tight for him. that ain't good.

"one time, when I was six years old, I had a friend with the same surname," seokmin told us "true story,"

"you still have friends with the same surname now," minghao told him

"we're not friends," jihoon announced as he looked for more costumes.

"is it true that the average adult male shaves off 1 lb of beard per year?" seokmin asked

"please stop," hansol uttered

"your friend is weird," taeyong approached me "is he always like that?"

"he's stupid," jihoon told us.

"no I'm not!" seok disagreed

"count these," jihoon dropped toothpicks on the floor

"five," seok answered

"it's three," jihoon facepalmed "you're the worst kind of stupid,"

"I was just joking though!"

"here! I think this will do!" junhui showed us what he found. it was perfect for taeyong! we waited for him to finish trying the clothes out. once he stepped out the dressing room, we were amazed

"you still look amazing. what the fuck," jihoon cursed

"well, maybe if we make him look less attractive, that will do," I added

"being less attractive is impossible for lee taeyong!" sicheng told everyone. it made taeyong smile and mess up winwin's hair

we spent hours working on his appearance to make him look stressed while sicheng was telling him how he should approach soonyoung.

man, I hope this would work.

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"how the hell did that happen in just one day?" I stood dumbfounded in front of soonyoung's old modern house which looks like a barn now. flowers were all over the place and the chickens were wandering around. soonyoung was happily talking to one of the plants.

"hey!!!" I greeted with a huge smile

"baby!!!"  he called and gave me a kiss on the cheek "you like my new house?"

"ohhh," I sighed "it's....creative!"

"man, this life is the best life!" he shouted

"yeah I'm happy for you," I cheered "but....ya know, not all farmers get successful,"

"yeah? like who? that guy?" he pointed

at that moment, an old farm truck stopped in front of the house. taeyong casually hopped out of the vehicle and put his straw hat on. omygoodness, the boys did well because he looked so real! and hot.

"well well well, are you the new boy my neighbors tell me about?" he walked towards us

holy shit he's good.

and hot.

damn it minseul put yourself together.

"yes I am! wait..." soonyoung examined his face "aren't you lee taeyong? THE lee taeyong? from our old school?"

taeyong let out a small chuckle "yeah I am. but I'm not that taeyong anymore. I guess I turned into a hopeless worker down in the dumps,"

"why though?"

"because...." taeyong stopped and looked at me "oh shit I forgot my line,"

"your what?" soonyoung asked

"my wine," the boy replied and held soonyoung's shoulders "ya know, kid. I was once like you. full of positivity, thinking that I'd find my core message through the farmer life,"

"what are you trying to say?"

"that you should quit, before it's too late, before you end up like me. a lot of farms here in korea are shutting down right now. have you checked gangwon? they're going dry. I don't want a kid like you to end up like that. you have a very bright future ahead of you. don't waste it," taeyong told him

"seventeen misses you," I added

soonyoung fell silent and was confused.

"do I really have to do what's best for me?" he asked

"yes,"

omg omg omg this is it omfg I hope he'll come back

"I don't know,"

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to be continued :)

kbyeilu
-j