Chapter 1
April 16, 2024 at 4:44 AM
“Hurts badly?” asks the elder, putting aside a can of soda and a bag of all sorts of goodies that he managed to buy at the store.
“No, everything is fine.” Seungmin rises to his feet and immediately sits back down on the steps. It happens that you can twist your leg, and it’s almost out of the blue.
“Do not lie.” Kim sighs displeasedly and squats, giving Oh his back. “Sit down, I’ll carry you.”
“No, hyung, I’m heavy and besides, I just don’t want to.” the younger denies, pulling away slightly and flinching when Jungsu stands up abruptly.
“Either you sit on my back, or…” he thought for a moment and with a quick movement, with force from nowhere and, most importantly, miraculous skill, he pulled off O.de’s sneakers. Seungmin even falls slightly onto his back; he’s still regaining his balance, and his feet can already feel the cold and the unbuttoned white socks he recently bought. “Go barefoot. Get your socks dirty. Forward!”
“Shit.” Oh frowns and looks displeased at his hyung, who dared to blackmail him so ridiculously. “I can take off my socks. Go barefoot.”
“Come on.” Kim looks expectantly, because she knows that the younger one won’t do that. He doesn’t like to get dirty again and this applies to everything. Seungmin is quite lazy in some things and sometimes he is also lazy when it comes to washing things. “Jump in.” Jungsu turns his back to him again, moving closer for convenience.
“OK.” Oh still agrees, perhaps because he didn’t want the extra work of doing laundry, or maybe because it’s not every day that your hyung will carry you on his back when there’s a long road home ahead.
“Why are you yelling? Can you be quieter?” Kim laughs quietly, picking up the speed of her step again.
“You almost killed me!” the younger one is indignant, clutching Jungsu’s shoulders tighter. “Can you be more careful? I’m fucking afraid of falling off you. Let’s go slower.”
“Just hold on tight.” the elder laughs again, but this time loudly, as if trying to outshout Seungmin.