"So, "He tapped on the screen, answering the weird questions that were on the quiz, "What's the point of this?" idly, he took a sip of his tea as he waited for the others to answer his question.

They had been eating the usual post-gaming ramen, when Yeongchan sent them a link, declaring that they had to take the quiz so they could compare results.

Although he found it a little bit weird, Ijin just decided to accept it and move on.

But that didn't mean he was curious about the core purpose of the quiz.

Jaehyung slurped obnoxiously at his ramen, grinning when he saw the annoyed look that the others sent his way, "Just for fun."

Sounds solid.

It won't be the weirdest thing they've done for fun.

Humming in agreement, he continued taking the quiz.

And then promptly choked when he saw what he got.

Himbo.

What the fuck is a himbo? He had absolutely no idea what the hell that was. Was it supposed to be an animal or something?

He asked it out loud.

"What the fuck is a himbo?"

Somehow, that single question was enough to make everyone start laughing. Even Seokju started laughing, his hand clamped over his mouth firmly so he wouldn't spit out the ramen he just ate. Hyeokjin and Jaehyung were laughing freely like they always did, and Yeongchan was right there with Seokju. All of them were turning red with how hard they were laughing.

Should he feel offended?

He was starting to think that he should.

Clearly, he was missing out on something, he wouldn't be so confused if he wasn't, nor would the others be laughing so hard.

What the fuck about it was so funny anyway?

Getting fed up, he damn near rolled his eyes as he opened up google.

If they didn't tell him what it was, he would just find it out himself. The miracles of technology was something that he was never going to get used to, but it was also something he was going to take full advantage of at the moment.

The definition didn't help.

At all.

If anything, it just made him even more confused.

Utterly and completely confused, he read the definition out to the others. "A dumb or naive man, who, despite looking like an asshole Chad, is actually sweet, respectful, and kind. Typically large, beefy, and relatively handsome, but friendly. Gentle giants, if you will. Perhaps the best example of a himbo is Kronk, from The Emperor's New Groove. He is large, strong, and stupid, but extremely kind and respectful to everyone. He is also incredibly innocent and unaware of many events happening around him, as most himbos are. How the fuck am I a Himbo?"

Who the fuck is Kronk?

And who the fuck is chad?

Unless they were talking about the country? Are people from that country really so bad? What did the citizens of Chad do where his friends were able to hear about it halfway across the world?

Somehow, though it seemed impossible, that only made his friends laugh even harder. Now everyone was laughing hard enough to be bent over. Hyeokjin and Jaehyung were on the verge of falling out of their chairs. Seokju had finally lost the fight and had to spit his mouthful of ramen into the dirt so he wouldn't choke, while Yeongchan was still laughing around his mouthful of soda. All of them were already bright red, and more than once, one of them started choking on their saliva because they were laughing so hard.

He scowled. Especially when he remembered the stupid definition that he read. Because if he knew one thing, it was that he was definitely not a himbo. "I'm not naïve." He was far from naïve after the way he grew up, and he was somewhat offended by it." Nor am I dumb or unaware. I'm extremely aware at all times." He had to be at all times. Whether he did it on purpose or not, he always knew the exits of every building he entered, and just as a precaution, he thought of contingency plans for almost every situation. He was anything but unaware.

For some reason, that made Seokju in particular laugh as if it was the funniest joke in the world.

Ijin was not laughing.

Seokju snorted into his hand a few times before he was finally able to say, "Sure you are buddy." Based on the way Seokjus statement had everyone else laughing or nodding their heads in agreement, Ijin had the feeling that he was missing something.

The more he thought about it, the more obvious it became that he was missing out on some piece of information.

He narrowed his eyes, "What do you guys mean by that?" because as far as he knew, there wasn't anything he was missing out on. He knew what everyone else knew about their friends. Unless they were hiding something from him.

That simple question was enough for everyone to fall silent. All of them exchanged looks, though they made a point out of avoiding eye contact with Ijin.

Why did they all look so nervous?

"Seokju, "He repeated, "What do you mean by that?"

For a second, it looked like Seokju wasn't going to answer him, and Ijin was positive that if it wasn't for Hyeokjin elbowing him, he wouldn't have gotten an answer, "Nothing bad. Don't worry about it."

He scowled.

He was definitely going to worry about it now.

The fact that everyone had a shit-eating grin on their face, only made it even more obvious that he was missing out on a vital piece of information. Much to everyone else's amusement.

"It's nothing bad, then why aren't you telling me?" Great, now Hyeokjin and Jaehyung were snorting into their hands again.

"Just…" Seokju started, but it wasn't long until he was trailing off. Averting his eyes as he tried to squirm out of the question.

Ijin narrowed his eyes, "Just what?"

What were they hiding from him?

"You know…" Jaehyung cut in, elbowing Seokju once again as he gave their friend a pointed look, a look that Ijin did not miss." I think we have cal homework."

Seokju damn near jumped at the chance to get out of the conversation. He brightened up at Jaehyung's words and started to look at the others for support,

"Ah shit, we do. I better get going."

And just like that.

All of them were getting up from the table. Hyeokjin started to gather everyone's trash and Yeongchan started to peel off the labels so they could properly recycle them.

Ijin scowled at the way they were openly avoiding the question and at the way, they were all helping Seokju squirm his way out of it.

"Me too. See you guys tomorrow."

"I'll text you guys the answers later. See you tomorrow Ijin."

He huffed before he got up to follow them, "You absolute fucks."

Just the fact that they grinned proved that they knew what they were doing.

He damn near pouted.

These assholes.

Even after he got into bed, he couldn't stop thinking about what he had apparently missed.

What did he miss that was so obvious to everyone else?

Obviously, it was something that he shouldn't have missed, and although he was upset that they were keeping it a secret from him, he could tell that it wasn't anything major. And even if it was a major secret, he didn't need to know, but with the way they were dangling it over his head, it was starting to seem like he should know.

Huffing to himself, he rolled onto his side.

Whatever.

He'll just ask Yeona about it.

She probably knows.

He didn't let Ijin say a single word to Yeona before he slapped his hand over Ijin's mouth and dragged him off, his arm wrapped firmly around Ijin's chest as he did so.

Seokju was sure that if it was anyone else, Ijin would have socked them in the face. Or at the very least, he would have jerked away within seconds. Instead, Ijin let Seokju drag him away, walking backward as Seokju took him right outside the classroom.

As soon as they were outside of the classroom, Seokju let go of Ijin and let him stand up.

Ijin gave him an amused look as he asked, "So are you gonna tell me or not?"

Fuck.

He didn't think this through at all.

Yeah, he prevented Ijin from asking Yeona what piece of information he was missing (the piece of information being Yeona's crush on him). But now he had to be the one to lie his way out of it.

For both his and Yeona's sake.

God, Yeona is going to owe him for this one.

Ijin was still waiting for his answer. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, he scrambled for an answer, but lamely landed on,"…I'll tell you if you can guess it."

That had Ijin raising his eyebrow, and Seokju swore he could hear Ijin questioning his intelligence. But at the moment.

That was fair.

"That's a shit deal." Ijin sounded faintly annoyed at the shit deal. But it was the best that Seokju had at the moment.

He stood firm, "Take it or leave it."

Or at least, he tried to.

Ijin didn't even hesitate, the fucker, "Leave it." And just like that, he was walking back into the classroom before Seokju could stop him, "Hey Yeona."

"Jesus-wait fuck no!" Seokju scrambled to catch up, but Ijin was being strategic about avoiding him, weaving around their classmates so Seokju wouldn't have a straightforward path to him." You weren't supposed to leave it!" of fucking course Ijin would pick the nonexistent option that wasn't even offered!

Because Seokju couldn't force his way through, Ijin was already right next to Yeona. Her crush on Ijin and the proximity that Ijin was at, (even Seokju had to admit that Ijin was standing too close to Yeona) only made Yeona into a flustered mess.

Ijin had been in the middle of asking his question, but after he saw the way Yeona turned a bright bright red, the flush extending down to her neck, he stopped.

Thank god he did too.

And thank god Yeona was terrible at controlling her expressions.

Seokju finally caught up to the two of them and pulled Ijin away from Yeona. Gaining a grateful look from his childhood friend as he did so, along with some snickers from the others who had been watching the entire thing.

He had been so busy mentally cursing them out, Seokju almost didn't notice Ijin saying, "I'll just go and ask my sister. " Oh god no! she wouldn't tell him either and it would just make everything worse!" Her and Baek eat lunch outside huh?"

God, Yeona owed him for this.

Yeona was giving him a desperate look, and once again, Seokju was scrambling for an answer that would both deter Ijin from looking for an answer, as well as give him an answer that would satiate him.

Jaehyung came to his rescue, "Dayeon definitely knows, "Ijins head snapped over to Jaehyung. Clearly, he was eager for an answer, he was even leaning forward to see around Seokju as if it would help him hear. Jaehyung continued, his tone even and steady, "though given what it is, I don't think she'll tell you."

Or not.

Jaehyung somehow saved him from answering the question, while making it worse.

Ijin slowly nodded his head in understanding and then he and Seokju made eye contact. They stared at each other for a long time. The world continued around them as they did their little staring contest.

Before he knew it, Ijin was taking off, damn near sprinting for the doorway and for his sister, wherever she was. "Wait-get back here!" Fuck!

The others just stared at Seokju and Ijin as they ran out of the classroom, Seokju sprinting after Ijin after he took off like that. Probably within a minute, they were able to look outside the window and see Seokju still chasing Ijin.

They started laughing at the sight. Especially since Seokju was trying his best to catch Ijin, but Ijin kept on weaving around people and obstacles to avoid him. If they listened close enough, they could even hear Seokju screaming at Ijin to 'get back here!' and 'you better not!'

"20 bucks Ijin is going to forget the question once he finds her." Hyeokjin said with a grin. Feeling thoroughly amused at the way Seokju was dealing with the fallout of Ijin taking a simple quiz.

Jaehyung snorted, "20 bucks he gets distracted by running from Seokju and forgets to find her to begin with." That had all of them cracking up because that was something Ijin would do.

Ijin was a little bit of a scatterbrain at times, though it was rare. But between the question of what a himbo was, trying to find out what they were hiding from him (Yeonas crush), along with trying to find his sister while running away from Seokju.

Ijin was definitely going to forget.

"So, "Hyeokjin said lightly, trying to redirect the topic back to the problem with Seokju and Ijin, "What are we going to tell Ijin? Because I'm pretty sure you don't want us to tell Ijin the truth." Yeona blushed again, clearly embarrassed at the way everyone knew about her crush.

She nodded, "I don't even understand how this came up as a topic…"

"That's because Ijin took a test and was confused when he got Himbo." Yeona stared at Yeongchan for a few seconds before turning her head, curling her lips inward as she tried to restrain her smile.

It was good to know that she wasn't the only one that Ijin was something like a himbo. He wasn't painfully dense, but there were certain topics where he was (Ex: Yeonas crush)

"And then he got annoyed when we wouldn't answer him on what he was missing. Leading up to, "Yeongchan gestured to everything around this, "This. So, what are we going to tell him?"

"Why don't we just tell him that Seokju has a crush on Dayeon?" Hyeokjin suggested, and upon seeing everyone's shocked faces, he continued, "Seokju already made it clear that he specifically doesn't want Ijin to know. Not my fault he put a target on his back."

Yeona looked highly uncomfortable at the idea, "That's just mean."

"Would you rather us tell Ijin about your crush?"

She turned a bright red, and just as fast as she disagreed, she agreed. Yeona only turned a brighter red when the boys knowingly smiled at her reaction.

The classroom door slid open, and they all turned to look if it was the two nincompoops coming back in.

They promptly cringed when they saw Ijin and Seokju trudging in. Both of them had sour looks on their faces and the yellow slips of paper they were holding helped fill in the gaps.

They must have done something while they were running around like a pair of idiots because now both of them had after-school detention to go to.

Ijin sat down at his desk with a sigh, sending Seokju an annoyed look, "This is your fault. You just should have told me."

Seokju groaned at that, annoyance permeating his words as he gritted out, "Oh, shut up Ijin." He sat down heavily into the seat, his hands cradling his head after he stuffed the stupid slip into his backpack.

Call him silly for being so upset, but this was the first time he ever had a mark against him.

God, his parents were going to be so upset.

He was supposed to behave, he wasn't supposed to be getting in trouble for stupid shit like this. He was supposed to be Yeona's bodyguard, he couldn't guard her if he had to serve after-school detention like a total idiot.

He was still cradling his head in his hands when he felt someone giving him a pitying pat on his shoulder. Looking up, he did feel a little bit better when he saw that it was Yeona who was doing it. She had a bashful smile on her face, but Seokju knew her well enough that he could tell that she truly appreciated what he was doing for her.

Making him look like an absolute fool just so Ijin wouldn't find out about her crush on him.

Still, it didn't comfort him for long.

This is the worst day of my life

And it somehow got worse when he very clearly heard Jaehyung saying with confidence. With confidence that the reason, Seokju was trying to hide the truth from Ijin.

Was because he had a crush on Dayeon and that he didn't want Ijin to know.

Not to insinuate that Dayeon was not a kind person. No, she was a kind girl with a great personality.

Only there was one problem.

IT WAS A COMPLETE FUCKING LIE.

And Ijin just accepted it. Fucking nodding his head along as if it was something that he expected.

God, this really was the worst day of his life. What the hell is this bullshit?

The fact that Ijin was looking over at him, giving him a confused look, as if he was offended that Seokju didn't tell him the 'truth' earlier somehow made everything worse.

"Why wouldn't you want to tell me? There's not anything happening between you two already is there?" Ijin asked innocently, and it was almost like Seokju didn't tell him earlier because it wasn't him who had a crush on a member of the Yu family.

He understood that the others were trying to help him protect Yeona's secret but did they really have to throw him under the bus to do so?

He must have been quiet for too long because now Ijin was leaning forward as he repeated, "Is there?"

The sudden intensity made Seokju flustered, he was barely able to keep his tone steady as he confirmed, "There isn't." And for the time being, there never would be. He wasn't planning on crushing on his best friend's little sister.

Especially when said best friend could easily crush him any time and any place.

Seokju was fine with annoying and pissing off Ijin, but dating Ijin's little sister was where he drew the line.

"How long as it been going on?" Ijin insisted, clearly not trusting Seokju's word that there was nothing going on.

"It hasn't!"

"Days? Weeks? Months?"

"No! Zero of all of those!" And when would he even see her?! Seokju saw Ijin more than he saw his own damn parents! There was no way in hell he would be able to see Dayeon for so long without Ijin finding out.

It would be damn near impossible!

At his declaration that nothing was going on between him and his sister, Ijin squinted at him, radiating confusion as he finally asked, "Then what was the big problem about telling me?"

Because it's not the fucking truth.

Swallowing thickly, Seokju felt his face flush as he slowly said, "…I thought you would be mad…?"

Fuck.

Seokju could tell that Ijin didn't buy it for a single second.

"I'll just ask Dayeon."

Oh, god no!

"Wait no!"

"What's the problem? I thought she already knew?"

God, kill him now; this was so embarrassing.

Thankfully, that was when the guys stepped in and saved him by explaining to Ijin that it was something personal and Seokju had the right to his secrets.

God, he just wanted to go home.

He couldn't because of the freaking detention.

Seokju knew Yeona meant well by patting his shoulder sympathetically, but it did nothing to help.

G.I Jidiot: I don't look like Kronk :(