outgoing call,
call duration,
13:09:11

spring morning,
8:09 a.m
23 degrees C

chenhsin:
"what do you plan on doing today?"

minghao:
"well, now that i think of it, maybe i'll go with soonyoung to the movies or something. i don't know, but definitely, dancing afterwards. it's what i look forward to everyday. and you, miss yi?"

chenhsin:
"today, my mom's going to pull some weeds so if i get back from the library on time, i'll help her. but for tonight, she said we're getting dumplings from mr. feng from the vendor mall. can i get a heck yeah?"

minghao:
[1 minute of chuckling]
"a-heck yeah!"

chenhsin:
"school's almost done for you, right? a couple of weeks left or days. it should be the same for me."

minghao:
"yeah, on the fifteenth, but for us一i mean, for you, it's the twenty first. we get out earlier than you, ha!"

chenhsin:
"shut it. my exams are harder than yours."

minghao:
"are not."

chenhsin:
"are too!"

minghao:
"are not."

chenhsin:
"are too."

minghao:
"are t...oo..."

chenhsin:
[30 second cackle]
"it's okay. we're not going to know until you take yours."

minghao:
"ah...okay...dude, my exams are in a week. please kill me."

chenhsin:
"no problem, just tell me what i need t一"

minghao:
"chenhsin!"

chenhsin:
"i'm kidding!
besides, have you already taken your hangul test?"

minghao:
"oh, uh, man, chenhsin. it's been ages since i took it but i failed that."

chenhsin:
"what?! are you serious?"

minghao:
"nah, got a c, but i need to improve on it. soonyoung keeps wanting to get me a translator and it's so embarrassing! i need to take it again. i'm so...ugh!"

chenhsin:
"yikes, my friend! soonyoung sounds so...cute. like he's me but more affectionate and caring and cute and better and korean and nice and with a thing hanging between his legs, if ya know what i'm saying."

minghao:
"ew! chenhsin! you could've stopped after nice! and shut up, you're the bomb just as you are."

chenhsin:
[laughter]

minghao:
"besides, you don't need a thing between your legs. soonyoung is soonyoung. he's insane. he's who he is. you are you. jeez, and you know what?"

chenhsin:
"yes?"

minghao:
[pause]

chenhsin:
"m-minghao?"

minghao:
"a-ah, oh. um, what were we talking about?"

chenhsin:
"oh, actually i can't remember either haha,"
[crack of thunder]
"oh wow, it's raining, minghao."

minghao:
"hey, yi, what are you doing right now?"

chenhsin:
"oh. i'm writing in my journal right now at home. you know in that one view in my mom's room?"

minghao:
"oh, haha, yeah. everything always got really pretty when i was there. man, almost can't even remember what it looked like during the rain."

chenhsin:
"yeah. also, i've been mastering some things lately."

minghao:
"oh, like what, huh?"

chenhsin:
"well, the ukelele, an a in english, scrapbooking, tying bamboo leaves around ma's rice cakes, gardening, and how to not piss off mr. sun."

minghao:
[snort]
"you're turning into your mom."

chenhsin:
"ah, shut it, ming. i couldn't do any of those things when you were here."

minghao:
"oh, well. honestly, i'm glad that you've been able to do those things."

chenhsin:
"and also going to the bathroom daily. i can poop now haha."

minghao:
"jeez, finally."

chenhsin:
"yeah, dude. anyways, um, minghao, when are you coming to my graduation?"

minghao:
"chenhsin..."

chenhsin:
"i mean, i looked up when you graduate and it's before ours, i mean mine. china and korea have like two weeks different, therefore, it's possible for you to come, you know? you said it yourself! i would go over to where you are, but my mom and my cousins already made their outfits for the graduation and一"

minghao:
"chenhsin, i'm not going."

chenhsin:
[a crack of thunder, dogs barking]

minghao:
"i told you i've been dancing and i think i want to do it for a living and now's my chance. this big competition is on your graduation day, and if i go, they could make a big name for me. at least to some extent, you know? i'm sorry, chenhsin."

chenhsin:
"no, no, it's all fine. i just...am upset because you didn't stop me while i was talking and like i just never stopped going on and on, haha. besides, will this be on youtube or is someone going to record so i can at least watch?"

minghao:
"well, soonyoung's mom and chan's parents are going to be recording, so either way, footage is guaranteed, yi. and even yet, maybe i'll be part of some k-pop group."

chenhsin:
[a loud wheeze, following cackling]

minghao:
"you're the worst."

chenhsin:
"nah, you'd never make it."

minghao:
"ah, you're right. but seriously, we're pretty good!"

chenhsin:
"i know you're good. back here, you'd b-boy in my face. who else does that, huh? no one. that's why you have a chance. you're so good that they might even make a university just for facing and you'd graduate top of the class."

minghao:
"shut up! do those even exist?"

chenhsin:
"dude, i don't know."

minghao:
"still, chenhsin. i really think i have a future with dancing; it's all i'm good at and it's all i am. other than hoodies, dumplings, and coca cola."

chenhsin:
"well, to be honest, you've loved to dance since i first even met you. remember? your mom was playing some weird techno music and my mom said that when she walked me to you, you were just moving your legs in the freaking crib. you were literally born to dance,"

minghao:
"jesus, i remember."

chenhsin:
"i'm glad you found something you wanna do. like you found your purpose. because it sucks if you don't."

minghao:
"hey, and you? you're like a freaking madman with skill."

chenhsin:
[mother speaking in background]

minghao:
"you can cook like a champ, you're good with herbs and plants, you can play the ukelele, and you love your mom more than anything in this world."

chenhsin:
"frick, minghao, i'm putting that on my resumé."

minghao:
"and have it quoted by me, a chinese k-pop star."

chenhsin:
"no, but seriously. thank you, buddy. that really healed my soul."

minghao:
"yeah, chenhsin, of course. but anyways, is your mom home?"

chenhsin:
"yeah, she comes to get her medication and makes tea. i'd totally do those things for her but can't really do much when i've got the fattest concussion ever."

minghao:
"jeez, i keep forgetting. anyways, how'd that even happen again? did you even tell me?"

chenhsin:
[quietly]
"i tripped."

minghao:
"oh, what, how?"

chenhsin:
"you know me, of course i'd fall anywhere, hao, does it really matter?"

minghao:
"what－"

chenhsin:
"minghao, i gotta take my drugs, 420 blaze it, so i must go. you better freaking eat or i'm sending a crap ton of ramen and dumplings to your apartment. study that hangul and don't break a bone."

minghao:
"gee, chenhsin. i'll go, too. gotta buy flowers for my date, aye."

chenhsin:
"okay, see ya, ya skinny thing. but wait, dude. you never freaking told me about a girl! o-m-g, minghao!"

minghao:
"hey, don't you have to take your medicine?"

chenhsin:
"no, it can wait. i wanna hear about her!"

minghao:
"hey now, that's not fair. i've been wanting to hear about junhui for the past year. who even is he?"

chenhsin:
[choke]
"um, yeah, bye."

minghao:
"i was being dead serious, yi."

chenhsin:
"minghao, my drugs are waiting."

minghao:
"fine, fine, fine. i'll do what you've requested of me. all of it, but i've got some for you, too."

chenhsin:
[a really long sigh that changes to a whine]
"fine, lay it on me."

minghao:
"i want you to eat a hell lot, gain as much weight as you want, take care of your mom and my parents please, study your english, sing for me some time, and get the hell away from dangerous stuff and people  you're not supposed to be near, okay?"

chenhsin:
"well, um."

minghao:
"i'm serious. i'll do the same, ha?"

chenhsin:
"i mean, whatever you say, boss."

minghao:
[chuckling]

chenhsin:
"alrighty, then. see you, space cowboy."

minghao:
"ha, yeah, i'll see you around then, i guess."

chenhsin:
"okay..."

minghao:
[quiet laughter]
"chenhsin..."

chenhsin:
"i'll miss you."

minghao:
"haven't you been missing me already?"

chenhsin:
"have you?"

minghao:
"ya! don't you have pills to take?"

chenhsin:
"you right, bye dawg."

minghao:
"take care, yi."

chenhsin:
"you, too, hao, you, too."

minghao:
"bye."

call ended,
call duration,
27:59:03