Jaehyun rolled his luggage through

Jaehyun rolled his luggage through the airport as he and Yuta walked to their gate to board the plane. If the short, five minute walk could be summarized in one word, it would be awkward. Yuta, walking fast, was not making any contact with Jaehyun, who was staggering behind him, trying to catch up. It was like the older man did not even want to acknowledge his presence, Jaehyun thought. Once the group of flight attendants reached their gate, Yuta looked at him with a menacing look.

“Do you have your ID with you?” he asked. Jaehyun nodded, and held his lanyard up so he could see it. Yuta simply grunted and continued along to the boarding gate.

The two scanned their lanyards and began walking through the jet bridge to the entrance of the plane. Once they got inside, they were greeted by Johnny, who was counting the number of pre-made meals they had in his designated section.

“Find something to do guys. We have 20 minutes to get the plane ready before passenger boarding,” he stated. Jaehyun looked around and noticed Doyoung was putting pillows and blankets on each seat. He ran up to him in a desperate fashion.

“Mind if I help?” he asked.

Doyoung shook his head. “I need all the help I can get,” he chuckled, “there’s so many seats that I have left. How about you put all of the pillows down and I’ll do the blankets?”

Jaehyun agreed. After a few minutes, the two of them had successfully placed the amenities on every economy seat. Doyoung ran up to Johnny to ask what else they could do to get the plane ready, while Jaehyun stayed in the back tidying up the flight attendant corridors. Doyoung came back with a cheeky grin on his face. “They don’t need us to do anything more for now,” he retorted.

Jaehyun flashed a smile back at him. “Let’s stay back here for the last few minutes,” Doyoung said. The pair ended up sitting in two of the economy seats and began to talk.

“Doyoung,” Jaehyun beckoned, “is Johnny rude to you?”

Doyoung squinched his eyebrows. “Of course not! He’s actually super sweet! Not to mention extremely hot,” he said while winking, causing Jaehyun to burst out in laughter. “Why do you ask? Is something wrong with Yuta?”

Jaehyun didn’t know how to respond. “It’s weird. He doesn’t talk to me, and when he does, it’s condescending and filled with spite. I don’t know what I did to him!” he exclaimed. Doyoung was looking down in a thoughtful manner.

“Maybe he’s just hard to open up,” he said, “and after a while you guys will get close. If things really get bad, I’ll ask Johnny to switch your position and mine.”

Jaehyun looked at him. “You would really do that? You would give up your position with your boyfriend for me?” he said while smirking. Doyoung’s eyes widened and started blushing.

“JAEHYUN! I just thought he was good looking! He’s not my boyfriend,” he yelled, trying to regain his composure.

“Not your boyfriend for long,” Jaehyun mused. “Anyways, I should probably head up to my position. Good luck! I know you’ll do great!”

Doyoung smiled. “You too! Good luck with your position and with Yuta!” he exclaimed. Jaehyun waved goodbye and started heading up to his assigned section. Upon arrival, Yuta was going through a final checklist, making sure everything was ready for the flight. Jaehyun turned away from him and pretended to fidget with the in-flight catalogues in the back of the seatbeds. The overhead speakers began to bellow with Johnny’s deep voice, echoing through the cabin.

“Flight attendants, prepare for boarding,” he commanded.