minkwan prompt: misleading flirting
high school! AU. Since their common friends came together to form a giant group of 13 people, Mingyu and Seungkwan have been hanging out a lot. Mingyu is touchy and flirty and Seungkwan is enjoying every moment, he's convinced it's only a matter of time before they come clean to each other and finally start dating.
That is, until one day when he gathers with some of the guys of the bunch that he comes in a conversation about Mingyu finally confessing his crush on Jeonghan to the boy. Soonyoung, Jihoon and Wonwoo are teasing him about it when Seungkwan arrives and he just can't believe how naive he was. All this time he mistoke Mingyu's playfullness with flirting and he's just SO embarrassed he might just die there and now. He tries to play it cool when Mingyu spots him and puts his arm over his shoulder but Seungkwan it's too upset to take it so he gets away from him from then on.
It's not like he's mad at Mingyu, well... not entirely, since it was him who took it the wrong way all this time and he should have known better but that doesn't mean he's not upset because he really liked Mingyu and now he has to accept the fact that it was all in his head and they (probably) won't ever date, ever.
He's still really bothered and embarrassed about it and surprisingly enough, from all the guys in the bunch the one that end ups comforting him is Jun. Talk about wild. But Seungkwan is done assuming things and hey if his cheesy and greedy hyung is here to hug him and tell him everything's going to be ok then who is him to say no?
Jun helps to ease Seungkwan's mind, telling him it's not his fault for taking it the way he did it's just that Mingyu is a clumsy guy and sometimes he doesn't see what he's doing to others. He even offers him to spend his free time with him instead of Mingyu until he feels ready to face the other and while Seungkwan is sad he accepts since he just can't look at Mingyu without wanting to die for the time being.
And of course Mingyu takes notice, how can he not when he and Seungkwan have been spending pretty much all their free time during classes and even after them for a really long time? But now it seems like all his time is occupied by Jun and he feels pretty bothered by it. Weren't they best friends or something like that? Sure they never really said it out loud but that kind of thing it's there with no need to point out. They still hang out all together as a group everyday but it's just not the same.
Mingyu loses a lot of chances to confess to Jeonghan while Seungkwan is trying to plan a life where Mingyu and him are only friends, Mingyu ends up dating Jeonghan and he has to pretend he didn't think it was going to play out different from then on so they all can get back to being friends and get their friends group dynamic back to normal all with the help of his new found best friend Jun who is way to pleased for some reason.
After thinking about it Seungkwan kinda decides that if he wants to get his friendship with Mingyu back he has to be honest since Mingyu didn't actually do anything wrong and deserves an explanation to Seungkwan's sudden abandonment.
So he does just that. He comes up to Mingyu one fine day before they get back to class after lunch and tells him the truth: all this time he thought Mingyu liked him and was flirting with him so he kinda assumed they both liked each other and would date eventually and then it turned out Mingyu actually liked Jeonghan instead of him and he was the only one thinking there was something more between them and that hit him hard so he had to take time away from Mingyu until he was ready to be friends with him again. He apologizes for being selfish but he would be thankful it they could get back to how they were before.
Mingyu's shocked and somehow relieved and happy for the sudden confession. He feels flustered and can't stop smiling even if he feels awkward and inadaquate, his fingers brushing at his sides trying to come up with a response until he's interrumpted by Seungkwan who wants to clarify this isn't a confession and he's not trying to get an answer from him, he's just telling him the truth to come clean but it doesn't have any other goal than just that since he knows and respects Mingyu's feelings towards Jeonghan and assures him he doesn't have to feel responsable about anything and they'll be just friends if Mingyu takes him back, even telling him he has his full support with Jeonghan.
He stands there, not knowing how to feel but Seungkwan's staring right at him expectantly waiting for his answer, Mingyu just nods slowly not being able of doing much more and Seungkwan gives him a bright smile before hugging him and inviting him to the movies along with Chan, Jun, Minghao, Hansol and himself after classes and makes a quick run to his classroom leaving Mingyu alone with his confusing feelings and no idea of what to do next.