hanbeean
finals this week

hanbeean
how are you guys feeling?

jjanghao
yep!! 😀

kjwng
👍

kjwng
👎*

ihoardsnacks5
most definitely!

gymbro6000
i need someone to drop a comically large piano on my head

alvinthechipmunk
‼️⁉️‼️⁉️😃😃😃😃

die100
every time i blink i have a power nap

taeraevision
ask me again tomorrow thx 😊

fartmaster1000
a

hanbeean
oh

hanbeean
oh dear

jjanghao
oh dear is right!

taeraevision
i thought someone was talking to me earlier

taeraevision
turns out it was my hallucinations

hanbeean
have you guys slept

hanbeean
... like at all?

die100
didn't u read

die100
my power naps have been keeping me up just fine ❤️

alvinthechipmunk
i saw ricky with his hair unstyled

ihoardsnacks5
WHAT

gymbro6000
IT'S THAT BAD ????

hanbeean
guys

hanbeean
it's okay to sleep😭

kjwng
No

kjwng
I need to be awake to memorize my script

alvinthechipmunk
unfortunately i don't sing in my sleep

taeraevision
really? cause u snore pretty fucking loudly

taeraevision
it basically counts as singing

alvinthechipmunk
TAERAE

alvinthechipmunk
nvm i don't have the energy to fight with u 😭

die100
u met matthew and not me??? 😒😒

taeraevision
u are more than welcome to come with us to the library

die100
ew

taeraevision
ok then keep complaining ❤️

hanbeean
yujin

fartmaster1000
h

hanbeean
i was gonna ask what highschool finals are like for you but i think you made it clear

die100
i heard from ollie that he started to get dark circles under his eyes

fartmaster1000
he's@right

ihoardsnacks5
who the fuck is ollie ⁉️

kjwng
Yujin's best friend

kjwng
Keep up with the program

ihoardsnacks5
bro don't even play with me rn

ihoardsnacks5
my cramps are starting to get cramps

gymbro6000
FOR REAL!!!

gymbro6000
we only leave the practice room to pee

hanbeean
guys 😭😭

hanbeean
this is not normal

kjwng
YOU are not normal

fartmaster1000
ya rigjt

fartmaster1000
ur beinf way too calm

hanbeean
maybe cause i know how to manage my time

hanbeean
idk though!!!

alvinthechipmunk
THERE IS NO TIME HANBIN !!!!

ihoardsnacks5
i'm gonna make a petition to make days 48 hours each

taeraevision
that's not...

taeraevision
anyways!

taeraevision
matthew is right bro 😭 there's barely enough time to do anything

die100
my painting is due in 36 hours .

die100
the paintbrush is glued to my hand atp .

jjanghao
my weekly 20 minute sleeps have been cut down to 10

hanbeean
oh my god guys 😭😭😭

—

Hanbin felt terrible about what was happening to his friends. He'd known them for merely three weeks by that point, but he already felt quite close and comfortable with everyone there, despite never having the chance to meet anyone other than Matthew in person.

Thinking of ways he could possibly help his friends, Hanbin's mind finally settled on an idea. They would never listen to him when he tells them to eat and sleep, so he took matters into his own hands.

Hanbin set out, walking to the nearest convenience store to his house in order to provide meals for his friends. It was difficult for him to select items because he had no idea what everyone preferred. Regardless, he chose to take items he knew that the majority of people enjoyed. Hanbin also took his friends' majors into account, which meant that those who did more physically demanding things would require more energy.

After carefully hand-picking a variety of food and drinks, Hanbin was led to the worst part of his operation: finding everyone. He made a brief stop at home, packing everything up separately with names written on them.

He first stopped by the dance department, as he was the most familiar with that one. Hanbin peeked his head into each of the dance studios, his eyes eventually meeting with a rather large pair. "Gyuvin?" he asked, to which he, thankfully, received a nod. Hanbin walked into the studio with a smile, noticing Gunwook laying on the floor with two other people—one of which was sleeping.

"Hanbin!" Gunwook exclaimed, jumping up from the ground and immediately engulfing the shorter in a tight hug.

Hanbin had no idea Gunwook would be so... massive. For his young age, his height and build were extremely impressive. "It's good to see you too," Hanbin breathed out, losing air from how tightly he was being held. "This is for you," he added, passing two of the bags he was carrying to Gunwook. "Eat up, please."

"Awww," Gyuvin cooed, wrapping his arms around Hanbin's waist from behind. "Our Hanbin is caring for us." He gingerly placed his head on the shorter's shoulder, giving him a gentle squeeze.

Hanbin couldn't help but laugh. He truly found his newly made friends very cute. He let go of Gyuvin's grip, ruffling his unruly brown hair and approached one of the people sitting on the floor, who had dark hair and a tattoo on his forearm. "Jongwoo," Hanbin said as he kicked at the other's foot. "Take care of everyone, okay?"

Jongwoo chuckled, lifting his head to meet his eyes with Hanbin's, leaning back on his hands. "You know I will," he replied. "Thanks for this."

Although sad to cut his stay short, Hanbin bid goodbye to his two very, very tall friends.

He walked by the library, suddenly recalling Taerae's mention of being there. Hanbin took a deep breath before entering the library, knowing that it was vast and that his friend could be anywhere. He looked around for what felt like ages, stealing glances from everyone who was studying there. A sudden voice caused Hanbin to jump, but it sounded familiar, so he followed it, leading him to a seminar room. Ah, now that makes sense.

Hanbin was met face to face with Taerae, Matthew, and Jiwoong after softly knocking on the door. He had inadvertently disrupted Jiwoong's run-through of his acting project, prompting him to give the older an apologetic smile. "Hey guys," he softly greeted.

Matthew sprung out of his seat, giving Hanbin a gentle hug with a bright smile. "What're you doing here?" he asked.

"I'm here to take care of you," replied Hanbin, holding up three small bags that contained the food he bought earlier. "This is for you guys."

Taerae smiled, turning to dig through his bag, and pulling out a handful of white rabbit candies. "And this is for you," he softly said, handing them to Hanbin, who gratefully accepted them.

"Have... you only been eating these?" Hanbin asked, having noticed that there was a hefty pile of candy wrappers on one of the tables.

Jiwoong gave a nod of confirmation. "Yeah, Taerae brought a whole bag of them so we wouldn't waste time buying food."

"Guys," Hanbin nagged, lightly stomping his foot on the ground. "You need to take a break, I mean, look at you! I've never seen such bad eye bags in my life!"

Unlocking his phone, Taerae stared at himself through the camera app with wide eyes. "I guess I've looked better," he agreed, taking his glasses off. "I look like I've had Hao's 10-minute sleep."

"We must sleep in shifts, then," suggested Jiwoong, sticking his index finger into the air, receiving nods from the two singers he was sharing the seminar room with.

Horrified, Hanbin quickly shook his head to disagree. "No, guys, that's not what I meant," he clarified, frantically waving his hands.

Matthew gave the older a smile that seemed to restore some of the colour in his pale face. "Don't worry about us, really."

"But—"

"Hanbin-ah," Jiwoong interrupted, pulling the dancer onto his lap as if he was Santa Claus in a mall asking a child what he wants for Christmas. "You've done more than enough for us, we will be fine."

Hanbin had no choice but to turn the other cheek. The three of them were persistent, but at least he managed to get them some food so they didn't drop dead right there and then. He said his goodbyes quickly so as not to bother them any further (although the ideal case would be to send them home so they could sleep, he figured how it turned out was okay too).

Zhang Hao was well-known for playing the violin, so Hanbin found himself in front of the music room, somewhat nervous. He admired Zhang Hao greatly and wasn't very sure about what he would say, but regardless, he had to go through with his plan. Gently opening the door, he poked his head into the room, hoping he would see the violinist, but was disappointed to see a swarm of strangers staring at him. Hanbin hurriedly apologized and shut the door, extremely embarrassed.

He suddenly remembered that Hao and Ricky had recently become close, given that they were the only two Chinese people in the friend group. They had a (short) history of meeting up and getting work done together, so Hanbin, with this in mind, made his way toward the painting department (he got lost after taking three wrong turns, but he managed).

The mellow, peaceful sound of a violin coming from one of the art rooms had Hanbin sure that he was in the right place. Confidently, he opened the door, seeing both Ricky and Hao working on their respective art pieces.

Hao's face lit up at the sight of the visitor, placing his violin down. He tapped Ricky on the shoulder a few times, causing him to turn around, eyes wide as he noticed Hanbin.

"Hi, you two," Hanbin said softly with a wave, a bright smile on his face. "I brought you food." He held up the individually packed bags he had prepared.

"Food?" Hao inquired, standing up and approaching Hanbin, with Ricky close behind. He peeked into one of the bags, his surprised expression giving way to one of delight. "This is really kind, Hanbin! Thank you!" Hao exclaimed as he drew the taller into a hug. "You're a lot more muscular than I thought you'd be."

Hanbin jokingly made an offended expression at Hao, raising his hand to his breast. "Okay, Zhang Hao," he said with a laugh before turning to the taller of the two, handing the second back to him.

Ricky accepted the other bag from Hanbin gratefully. "Thank you," he said softly, a smile on his face.

"Say it louder!" Hao slapped a hand onto Ricky's back, causing him to jump and yelp, pushing the former in return.

Ricky sighed in annoyance as he saw the cheeky smile that was now on Hanbin's face. "Oh, thank you, Hanbin, my saviour!" the blonde dramatically exclaimed, resting the back of his hand on his brow as if he were some sort of damsel in distress. "I would have died without you!"

Chuckling, Hanbin placed a gentle hand on Ricky's shoulder. "You're very welcome, my son. Eat up and get some sleep, you two."

"Son?" Ricky raised an eyebrow of concern, glancing at Hao, who only laughed at the taller's expression.

"Our son of shared custody," Hao added, playing along. He poked Ricky's waist, to which he raised a threatening fist.

Easily agreeing with that statement, Hanbin laughed. "Take care of yourselves, okay?" he said, softly taking Hao's hand in his own. "You've got this!" he clutched Hao's hand for a second longer before walking away, a knowing smile on his face.

Hanbin found himself in his car next, humming to a girl group song playing on the radio. Being much older than Yujin meant a lot to him as he felt that it was his responsibility to look after the high schooler. Hanbin was once in that predicament, too, and it wasn't easy back then, so he sympathized with Yujin, who was still young and impressionable.

An awkward conversation with the school's receptionist had Hanbin convincing the lady that he was Yujin's older brother, even though they had different last names. Ultimately, the lady relented, sending Hanbin over to his friend's classroom.

Gently knocking on the door, Hanbin had a friendly smile on his face, waving at Yujin as they made eye contact. "Sorry to interrupt your lesson, miss, but I need to give something to Yujin." The teacher nodded, telling her student to be quick.

"Hanbin, what the fuck?" Yujin whisper-shouted at the older. "This is so embarrassing."

"Oh, suck it up, Yujinnie," Hanbin retaliated, holding the bag in his hands up. "I brought this for you. You're a young boy, so you have to eat well, especially during finals."

The expression on Yujin's face suddenly softened—it looked as if he was going to cry. "This is so..." he trailed off, suddenly wrapping his arms around Hanbin's waist with a bashful smile.

Hanbin gently patted the younger's head, chuckling softly. Yujin was much cuter than expected, so it was a nice surprise to Hanbin, who aggressively shook Yujin with love. "Don't push yourself; you're smarter than you think."

With a wide, teary-eyed smile, Yujin nodded, running back into class with the bag in his hands (in a rather cute fashion, mind you).

"Are you related to Yujin?" asked the teacher, surprising Hanbin, and causing him to freeze on the spot.

"Oh, yeah, I'm his brother," he managed to get out, an artificially confident smile plastered on his face.

The teacher nodded, returning the smile, seemingly oblivious to how uncomfortable Hanbin was. "Oh really? How old are you? Are you studying?"

Awkwardly leaning on the frame of the door, Hanbin crossed his arms. "Yup! I'm twenty-one, right now."

"I mustn't keep you from your studies then!" Yujin's teacher hurriedly expressed. "Thank you for dropping by."

"Uh-huh, no problem. See you, Yujin." Hanbin quickly waved goodbye to Yujin, who seemed just as uncomfortable as him.

He just really hoped that his friends would be okay by the end of finals.

fartmaster1000
GOD

fartmaster1000
MY TEACHER WAS FLIRTING WITH HANBIN 😭

jjanghao
EXCUSE ME?

taeraevision
why was he at ur school

fartmaster1000
to give me food❤️

fartmaster1000

fartmaster1000
me and ollie enjoyed it btw thank u hyung

ihoardsnacks5
aawwww he shared with his best friend :((

hanbeean
IS YOUR TEACHER CRAZY

hanbeean
I WAS SO SCARED FOR MY LIFE

fartmaster1000
NO FR

fartmaster1000
girl is a cougar!!!!

kjwng
Who is teaching my child these terms? My goodness gracious

alvinthechipmunk
jiwoong 😭 he's a highschooler

fartmaster1000
buddy

fartmaster1000
u do not wanna hear what other ppl say at my school

kjwng
You're right

kjwng
I might have a heart attack

die100
how dare that lady flirt with hanbin when hao was clearly flirting with him first ???

jjanghao
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING

die100
HAO JUST HIT ME

die100
CAN I REPORT ABUSE

jjanghao
NO

jjanghao
DEAL WITH IT

hanbeean
happy to see that you guys have at least some energy ❤️

gymbro6000
thank u sm hanbin 😭💖💖

taeraevision
YES thank you 🙏 from the 3 of us

taeraevision
i can see the life in jiwoong's eyes again

hanbeean
of course guys !!! take this as a lesson

ihoardsnacks5
i don't remember u teaching anything ⁉️🤨

hanbeean
i will not be doing this for gyuvin again❤️ take care guys

ihoardsnacks5
????????