~ the next day ~

the lunch bell rang, and students filed out of class to head down to the cafeteria. y/n was greeted by hoseok, which was the first time they saw each other that day.

"hmm? you aren't wearing my hoodie anymore." he pointed out, a little sad.

"i wasn't cold today. did you want me to?"

"i thought you would wear it anyway because it's mine, and you like the smell."

"maybe if it wasn't so thick, i would wear it; i feel like i might suffocate because it's so big."

he chuckled and pulled her closer, wrapping his arm around her waist.

"give me credit, though. i might use it for my new pajamas." she said, looking up at him. he just smiled and looked away, not wanting to show his red face. "also, my friends wanna have lunch with us today."

"really? you told them?"

"eventually i had to. yesterday they found out by other people, and then they all bugged me to tell them."

"oh? that's funny. what're the names?"

"you know one of them already, hyunwoo."

"oh, you're friends with him. i forgot about that."

"and four other guys-"

"seriously? you have more guy friends?"

"yeah. the guy you saw me hugging yesterday is there too."

"oh."

"they want to have lunch with us because they wanna know more about you. they are like, i don't know, almost like my older brothers?"

"i see. they won't be taking my y/n, right?"

"hmm, i don't think so."

"i don't think so?" he looked at her, a little mad. she noticed and giggled.

"i'm just kidding. no."

the couple arrived at the cafeteria, him holding her hand. "don't let your friends kill me."

"stop it; they won't."

the two walked to the table where the boys were eating. kihyun, minhyuk, and jooheon, who never saw hoseok up close before, widened their eyes; they never saw a student so big as him.

"hey guys, this is shin hoseok." she introduced. "hoseok, these are my friends, hyunwoo, minhyuk, kihyun, jooheon, and changkyun."

hoseok bowed and sat by her, who sat by shownu.

"so, you're y/n's boyfriend?" jooheon asked. hoseok nodded.

"how much do you benchpress?" changkyun asked, leaning towards the back of the table to squeeze hoseok's arm. y/n slapped his hand away from hoseok, who just laughed.

"it's okay, don't worry." he told her, then looked at changkyun. "i usually benchpress about a hundred kilograms? if i'm lucky that day, i'll do up to a hundred ten."

the younger ones wowed, and shownu just laughed. hoseok looked at shownu and laughed as well.

"hyunwoo over there is also in my gym class." hoseok started to say. "me and hyunwoo are almost on the same level. your friend is tough too, so you guys better watch it!"

"stop it, hoseok," shownu said, embarrassed by the comment.

"y/n is lucky to have a boyfriend like you." minhyuk told hoseok. "you can protect her from any bad that happens to her!"

she was embarrassed and covered her face in her hands.

"hoseok hyung, have you ever seen y/n yawn before?" changkyun asked.

hoseok shook his head. "no, why?"

"she looks like this." changkyun was about to make a silly face, but y/n stopped him by covering his face with her hands.

"i bet she looks adorable." hoseok said, chuckling. she just sighed, putting her head down.

"why did i even agree to this," she mumbled to herself.

"let's get lunch y/n, look at how good that looks!" hoseok pointed at minhyuk's plate. she just shook her head.

"i don't eat lunch."

he looked at her, surprised. "what, why?"

"i know right? the same reaction." kihyun told him, taking a bite of his food on his plate. "no matter how much i bother her about it, she still doesn't listen."

"lunch is so important, though!" hoseok nagged her.

"i eat at home."

"well, i'll be right back." hoseok patted her back and walked to the lunch line. once he left, she slapped changkyun's back hard.

"what do you think you're doing?" y/n asked him. "i told you not to embarrass me!"

"oh, you call that embarrassing?" minhyuk told her. "you're lucky we didn't tell him about the time you were sleeping on our couch!"

"don't you dare say that!"

"you were passed out. your mouth was open, and i thought drool was going to come out." jooheon added on, imitating her face.

"you guys are driving me insane."