Sunoo woke up to short claws tugging on his pyjama bottoms, making his eyes flicker immediately.

"Agh- Wonnie?" Sunoo slightly groaned as the small cat crawled from his legs to his stomach, resting itself on his lower abdomen.

Sunoo smiled and caressed it's fur, making the cat softly purr. Sunoo picked the cat up and sat up, placing it on his lap gently.

"I should re-name you. It's weird calling you like Jungwon." Sunoo chuckled as the cat tilted his head and looked up at him.

"Hm.." Sunoo hummed and rested his back on his bed's headboard. Today was Saturday so he didn't need to rush for anything. He kept banging his head until a lightbulb appeared above him.

"What about Ddeon?"

Sunoo loved the nickname his family and friends called him which was Ddeonu. So meaning the cat would be a junior of him.

"Yep! Ddeon it is!" Sunoo cuddled the cat in his arms, as the cat purred at the affection.

Sunoo's phone dinged as he reached for the gadget on his nightstand, opening it to see a notification from him and his friends' groupchat.

SUNOO PROTECTION SQUAD😫🥶

Ramyeon deer😋 added Nishimura Riki to the chat

Ramyeon deer😋 set Nishimura Riki's nickname to Coldish leopard🐆

Coldish leopard🐆: What's with the name??

Yangsheep🐑: It suits you well! You're like a leopard and you're...cold🧍‍

Skating penguin🐧: You can't complain, end of story.

Coldish leopard🐆: No I meant the chat name.

Sunshinenoo🦊:

Have a problem with it, RiKi?🙄

Coldish leopard🐆:

I was just asking, stop bullying me😑

The physics dog🐶:

Well we love Sunoo so much, he's like a baby that needs to be protected at all times so :,)

Flying anger issues man🦅:

What, you want us to change it to Niki protection squad?😧

Coldish leopard🐆:

I do not care if you're older I will hit you with a slipper.

Ramyeon deer😋:

There will be no hitting with slippers, we have a child here.

Skating penguin🐧:

It's definitely not you, u an oldie hA

Ramyeon deer😋:

I take back what I said. Let me hit you with a hammer instead.

The physics dog🐶:

Can we hang out instead of bullying each other?😒

Sunshinenoo🦊:

Awh, y'all made baby Jaeyun sad😩

The physics dog🐶:

I will hit you.

Sunshinenoo🦊:

With what? Your math textbook? How threatening😫

Yangsheep🐑:

Are we gonna hang out or not? I wanna see Jay hyung ;(

Flying anger issues man🦅:

I miss you too bby :((

Skating penguin🐧:

I wish I can block you two.

Coldish leopard🐆:

Leave the chat if y'all gonna flirt n shet😐

Flying anger issues man🦅:

Y'all just jealous I'm in a relationship and you're not bLEH

The physics dog🐶:

Yeah cause sOMEONE HERE doesn't wanna ask me out🤨

Skating penguin🐧:

WHA- WHY AM I THE VILLAIN HERE

Sunshinenoo🦊:

Hyung just ask him out or he's gonna throw a bunch of math equations on you.

The physics dog🐶:

sTOP WITH THE MATH REFERENCES !

Ramyeon deer😋:

ALRIGHT! If y'all wanna hang out, we can go to the arcade at 2? How does that sound?

Yangsheep🐑:

Sounds good to me^^

Sunshinenoo🦊:

Kay :)

Skating penguin🐧:

I'm down.

The physics dog🐶:

Me too!

Flying anger issues man🦅:

Same.

Ramyeon deer😋:

Mkay 2 pm it is, be late and we'll start playing with or without you Ion care👍

Sunoo smiled and tapped Ddeon's small head, giggling at the cat's cute purr, hopping off his bed to prepare his outfit for later.

Meanwhile Niki continued to rumble through his closet, looking for a nice jacket to match his shirt and pants.

Have a problem with it, Riki? - Sunoo.

Niki chuckled remembering Sunoo's reply to his message in the group chat he was recnently added in.

"I think it's somewhere back here.." Niki mumbled and stood up from the stool he was sitting on, his hand reach for some hangers in the back of his wardrobe.

Whilst his hand was reaching further, his foot knocked over a box.

Niki threw his head back and sighed, crouching down to see a a brown box. He tilted his head as the box didn't look familiar to him, picking it up and sitting on the stool.

His hand swiftly opened it's lid, seeing a bunch of notebooks, a cap and a bear.

Niki grabbed the notebooks and flipped it's pages.

December 9, 2015

Today is my birthday! Runa gave me a cap! It has 'Stay cute' written on it! She told me she picked it out because she found me as a cute boy! It made me blush and I thanked her! I'm so grateful for Runa, This is the best birthday ever!

February 14, 2016

Today is valentines day, meaning I gave a bear to Runa! She hugged it and thanked me. I like her so much, I hope she likes me back too!

December 8, 2016

Runa is the worst. I hate that name. I'm moving to Korea. She gave me the bear back and I hate her for it. I hate her so much I wish to never see her again. I hate you Runa.

Niki's breath hitched, his fists clenching the notebook in his hand.

No matter how hard he tried to move on...

It still hurt his heart.

It's how much pain Runa caused him.

He doesn't have feelings for her anymore, but he can't help and think that what if his friends leave him too?

Niki shook his head and put the notebooks back in the box, his tongue clicking on his inner right cheek as he glanced at the cap and bear.

Niki held the box and went outside his studio apartment, placing it outside the side of his doorstep for when the trash truck gets it this afternoon.

Niki sighed and went back to his wardrobe, shaking every thought he had that involved Runa.

Picking clothes is more important than thinking about a horrible girl.

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Sunoo arrived at the place they agreed to meet up in. it's been a log while since he's been in the arcade with his friends. It's been 4 years afterall.

It seems like he was the first one to arrrive since everyone in the arcade didn't seem to look familiar.

Sunoo looked around and looked down to see a token.

"Oh! Don't mind if I do!" Sunoo giggled and picked the free token up, going up to a claw machine.

There were different animals, but he couldn't decide which one he wanted the most.

"How about that one?"

Sunoo turned around and saw Niki smiling, meaning he wasn't alone anymore.

"Guess you're the first to arrive." Niki spoke and went up to the claw machine and looked at Sunoo.

He was wearing an oversized sweater and some black shorts for males, as the hems of his sweater was really dripping on him, making Niki softly smile from how cute the older looked.

"You look cute today."

Sunoo widened his eyes and looked at Niki, blushing from the compliment he was given.

"T-Thanks..W-what did you say earlier?" Sunoo asked, trying to change the topic. Niki pointed at the fox that was on the very back of the machine. Sunoo won't lie, his eyes glistened from how cute the stuffed toy was.

"It's impossible to reach that for it's too far.." Sunoo pouted as Niki grabbed the token out of his hand, inserting it on the slit of the machine.

"W-what are you doing?" Sunoo stuttered. Niki smirked and looked at Sunoo.

"Just watch and learn."

Niki slightly stuck his tongue out, moving the claw at the right angle above the fox Sunoo wanted, pressing the red button. Sunoo's breath hitched as the fox got gripped by the claw.

The claw brought the fox near the opening, but it fell on the edge making Sunoo whine.

"EH?! That was so close!" Sunoo stomped his foot and groaned, pouting and looking the fox on the edge of the hole.

Niki saw how frustrated Sunoo was, looking around the arcade. There wasn't a lot of people since this was the 21st century, kids nowadays don't go to the arcade much since there were lots of games downloadable for phones.

"Cover me." Niki smirked and grabbed the top edges of the machine, making Sunoo hiss at him.

"Y-yah! What are you doing?!" Sunoo whisper shouted, looking around to see no one watching. Niki shaked the machine as Sunoo gasped from nervousness of someone seeing them.

"Y-YAH!" Sunoo hissed at Niki as the younger pointed at the bottom compartment.

"Got it." Niki winked.

Sunoo crouched down and saw the cute fox. It was finally in his hands.

"OH! You did!" Sunoo looked at Niki and hugged him!

"Thank you!" Sunoo thanked Niki as the younger blushed, gulping and smiling at how small and cute Sunoo was acting.

Sunoo realized what he was doing and pulled away, coughing and cuddling the animal toy.

"HEY! You started playing games without us?!"

Sunoo and Niki turned around to see the res of their friends coming inside the venue as a group.

"Well hyung, you were the one who said 'be late and we'll start playing with or without you Ion care'?" Niki teased, making Heeseung hiss at him.

"You-" Heeseung was about to raise his hand but Jay slapped it away.

"You also said no hitting since we 'Have a child here'." Jay teased, making Heeseung more annoyed, throwing his head back as he kicked Jay's knees, earning a groan from him.

"AGH! Baby, Heeseung hyung kicked me! Can you kick him for me?" Jay pleaded Jungwon to hurt Heeseung, but his boyfriend sighed and went to a basketball game.

"You act like children!' Jungwon shouted from afar, making Jay whine.

"HaHa, Your boyfriend called you a child." Heeseung stuck his tongue out at Jay, making Jay raise his fist at Heeseung, teasing each other non stop.

"Did you win that?" Jake asked with Sunghoon beside him, as Sunoo hugged the fox in his arms.

"Ah, no. Niki shook the machine and won it for me."

"So he..Didn't win it?" Sunghoon teased.

"I did too!" Niki argued.

"Sunoo said you shook the machine!"

"At least I won the toy!"

Jake and Sunoo sighed as Jake grabbed the back of Sunghoon's collar a dragging him to a shooting game to prevent him and Niki from pulling each other's hair.

"When will our group ever stop bickering.." Sunoo smiled and hugged the fox, turning his head to Niki.

"Why a fox though?"

"Because your eyes are like a fox, sharp and beautiful. And because foxes represent good fortune."

Niki smiled at him and ruffled Sunoo's hair, as Sunoo felt a sparkle in his heart.

Niki went up to the others as Sunoo followed his figure with his eyes. Sunoo's heart started thumping fast.

No one has ever told him that his eyes looked pretty in someone else's vision, and it made him feel special.

The past few weeks, Sunoo noticed that whenever Niki would pat and ruffle his head and compliment him, he noticed that his heart rate would increase immediately.

He doesn't undertsand why though.

He knows his friends are males, two are even dating each other, and he didn't find it a bother, he even found it cute!

But when it came to him..He felt weird.

Because Niki was as well a boy, Sunoo questioned his own feelings right there on the spot.

Smiling, complimenting, risking your reputation just to get a toy for someone, Sunoo knew that this isn't something his friends usually do.

Sunoo looked at the toy in his hands as he caressed it's pearl eyes.

"Am I...starting to like a boy?"

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