arriving to incheon at about 10:27, the brown haired boy woke up the sleeping male next to him, who sleep for the entirety of the trip. taeyong woke up, startled by the sudden voice that called out his name, but then realized that at they had reached their destination after walking up.

jaehyun got both the blue and black suitcase from the overhead bunk and gave the respective suitcase to taeyong. both of them got off the bus and was treated by crowds of people who were waiting for the bus to arrive to see friends and family.

taeyong looked around for his mom, but being too short to overlook the crowd, the red haired boy struggled to look through it. jaehyun could see the short male suffering and immediately had an idea.

"get on my back," jaehyun said to taeyong. the confusion that was written all over the red haired boy's face was enough to make the korean boy turn a light shade of red, but still continued to tell taeyong to get on his back. the red haired boy followed his instructions after a couple more times, and finally, taeyong could somewhat see through the huge crowd of people.

"i see her!" the male on top of jaehyun guided the brown haired boy through the crowd to his mother while the taller of the two rolled both of their suitcases, being careful not to let taeyong, the suitcases, or him fall to the ground.

as soon as the two reached the woman known as taeyong's mom, one male watched as the family members greeted each other with a hug and a kiss on the cheek. thought it was just his mom, jaehyun suddenly got jealous at the contact between the son and his mother.

"oh! mom, this is jaehyun, my friend," taeyong introduced the two to each other with a smile. the boy's mother smiled and gave the other male her hand to shake, to which the brown haired boy complied with a smile.

"nice to meet you, mrs. lee," jaehyun said politely, shaking the woman's hand gently. taeyong was enjoying the small interaction between his mother and his friend, who had just been introduced to each other.

now that that was done, the three got inside a taxi to go to taeyong's house, the boy in between his mother and his friend in the back.

"so, is school difficult in seoul?" the red haired boy's mom asked to her son. the boy shook his head and smiled, reassuring his mother.

"no, mom. it's okay, it's not that hard," taeyong replied to her question. jaehyun nodded his head behind taeyong, showing he agreed.

"i'm so glad you made a new friend!" the woman exclaimed, looking at how close her son and jaehyun seemed to be.

"i've made like... twenty other friends as well," the red haired boy chuckled at seeing her mom gasp from hearing how many people taeyong became friends with within a semester.

"did jaehyun introduce them to you?"

memories from the beginning of the year began to flash back in the minds of the two young boys after hearing that question. jaehyun had hoped, no, prayed that taeyong didn't tell his mom about him bullying the shorter male, and so far, it doesn't seem like she knows anything.

meanwhile, taeyong is just lost in thought as he thought back to the beginning of the year where jaehyun bullied him, of course, but it also went to his feelings. the male was still confused about his feelings, and he felt that he needed to give jaehyun an answer soon before it becomes too late, but before he could go any further into what his mind is thinking, his mom called out his name a couple times, snapping (snapping) taeyong out of his thoughts.

"-yong," the woman tried again, successfully catching her son's attention after the third attempt. the young boy hummed at the mention of his name and turned to look at his mom.

"i asked if jaehyun introduced you to your friends," his mom repeated the question. the boy on the other side of taeyong was still inside his thoughts as taeyong answered the question.

"no... actually, my friends, doyoung, sicheng, and guanheng are the ones who introduced me to him and everyone else."

taeyong then proceeded to explain to his mom on how he had met doyoung, sicheng, and guanheng and the rest of his friends, jaehyun still spacing out next to him but snapped out of it once he heard his name being spoken by his crush.

"-nd jaehyun was also there with everyone else and that's how i met him," the red haired boy finished exposing his story to his mom. the woman found his story very interesting, as she didn't expect for taeyong to be apart of one large friend group. she didn't complain though, she was happy that her son was making friends and getting along with everyone.

"that will be 17,000 won," the taxi drawer said as he pulled up to taeyong's house. his mother payed the taxi driver and thanked him for the ride back home.

jaehyun took a look at taeyong's house and for second, he refused to believe that the red haired boy lived in a place like this, a simple single story, but then remembered that taeyong isn't like him, and a smile slowly formed onto his face.

"sorry this place isn't as fancy as your home would be. this is the only house we could afford in this neighborhood," the red haired boy said, sitting on his bed inside his room.

the two young boys were led to taeyong's room by the red haired boy himself. afterwards, taeyong gave his friend a short tour of the house, since the house was pretty small and definitely not as interesting, but nonetheless, jaehyun enjoyed it.

now, the two were back inside the small bedroom the red haired boy owned. there was a separate room for taeyong's mom to stay in, but they didn't have any extra rooms inside the house aside from the kitchen and living room, so the brown haired boy would end up staying inside his friend's room.

in the closet located next to the restroom outside the bedroom on the right, the owner of the house took out a blanket, a sponge mattress, and a pillow from the closet, all of which was a light grey color except for the pillow, which has a white pillowcase on it. jaehyun got confused when the latter brought all the things to his room and began to set the things up on the floor.

"what are you going?" jaehyun asked his friend. the red haired boy looked up to the boy from his spot on the floor.

"i'll sleep on the floor, you can sleep on the bed," taeyong said.

"it's your house. i feel bad for sleeping on the bed."

"but you're the guest. it would be improper of meto sleep on the bed."

"no let me sleep on the floor."

"no. you sleep on the bed."

"no."

"yes."

the two boys inside the bedroom bickered back and forth for a while, trying to decide who will sleep on the floor and who will sleep on the bed. eventually, the two came to a conclusion, and both of them will sleep on the bed. after all, despite the small size of taeyong's mattress located inside his small room, the bed was big enough to fit both boys.

after putting away the things that the shorter boy took out earlier and unpacking a few of their things, jaehyun had went to take a shower in the bathroom, leaving the red haired boy alone to recollect his thoughts.

"ugh... i woke up too early this morning," the owner of the room rubbed his eyes, still feeling sleepy from waking up early this morning.

fighting the sleepiness that came over him, taeyong left the bedroom to see if he could find something to help him wake up, when he saw his mom cooking lunch for them.

"mom? do you need help?" taeyong asked as he approached the kitchen and took out a cup to pour water in. finishing the cup in one big sip, the red haired boy washed out his cup and placed it inside the sink, adding on to the stacks of plates and dishes his mom had made due to cooking.

taeyong decided to help his mom and wash the dishes for her, just as she was answering his question with a no. she saw her son washing the dishes, and just let the red haired boy continue as she resumed chopping up the food she was using to make lunch.

after about three minutes, the dishes were clean and inside the dish washer safe and sound. taeyong told his mom that he would be in his room, and as soon as the red haired boy arrived to his bedroom, he laid on the bed and fell asleep.