24. cookies!.. or, the last of the good times

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DECEMBER 16

    Minho found himself alone in his room with another boring Saturday, on which he had no plans and nothing to do. 

   He woke from another far-too-short night of fitful sleep, as had become routine, but at least today he woke up with less of a headache than usual. The only thing that got him up and moving was the growling of his stomach, which he, of course, satisfied with the lowest-effort meal he could get. He brought a bowl of cereal back to his bedroom and ate slowly, staring at the wall, boredom and fatigue mixing and making him space out rather than eat his cereal.

And then his phone started buzzing wildly on the floor, causing tiny ripples to form in his bowl of cereal that was getting soggier by the minute.

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       COLLEGE IDIOTS🤧

FELIX

guys let's make christmas cookies together

HYUNJIN

im down

CHRIS

 im off work at 3

JISUNG

 yes🙌 !

HYUNJIN

 whose house though?

FELIX

 can't do mine :( it's a little messy and my mom will freak out if i invite anyone

CHRIS

 can't do mine either

CHRIS

 what about you, hyun?

HYUNJIN

 yeah no way

HYUNJIN

 my parents are yelling at each other right now

JISUNG

we won't all fit in my kitchen at once lol

CHRIS

 umm seungmin? minho?

CHANGBIN

 hey what about me

CHRIS

are you volunteering?

CHANGBIN

 no 👹

CHRIS

 that's what i thought

SEUNGMIN

haha not it

SEUNGMIN

 im not cleaning the kitchen after y'all throw flour everywhere

MINHO

yeah i guess i probably could

MINHO

lemme tell my parents first

...

   Minho dropped the spoon into his bowl and sat back against the side of his bed, the apprehension building in his feet and weighing down his legs like fifty-pound weights.

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