ATEEZ l The story of a frienship #2

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09h13 pm

Ten minutes later the three boys exited the kitchen before all heading to Wooyoung's tent. The boys were sprawled inside the medium sized tent, Hongjoong was sitting cross-legged, San as well with Wooyoung laying down with his head on his lap, Yeosang was leaning against Mingi, Seonghwa was resting on his back, Jongho was on his tummy with Yunho lying next to him.

"Alright San, you're up" Mingi said when the bottle landed on him.

"Truth"

"When was the worst time you threw up?"

"Ew, Yunho. Seriously? It was at the senior party last year at Kim Yugyeom's house"

"Ohh yeah, that one was wild" Seonghwa laughed nodding.

"Mingi"

"Dare"

"Give a kiss on the cheek to each player, a peck on the lips is okay" Everyone whistled and wiggled their eyebrows as the brunette laughed getting up. 

He playfully kissed everyone's cheeks, when he got to Hongjoong he hovered near the elder's lips before kissing his cheek as well. Everyone tried to hide their deception as a blushing Mingi went to sit back down. 

San looked at Hongjoong who fiddled with his fingers, this was a big slap in the face for him, Mingi must not be interested enough or else he wouldn't have missed his chance.

"Yeosang?"

"Truth?"

"Have you ever gotten stitches?" Wooyoung looked up from his device which had the questions with a smile on his face. How convenient. 

"Six actually from the cut on my hand from the fall the day we were locked in the school"

"Ouch"

"How come we didn't know?" 

Yeosang shrugged and spun the bottle.

"Yunho, who is the weirdest person you know?"

"Definitely either Minho, Beomgyu or Mingi"

"Shut up" Mingi threw a pillow over to where Yunho was sitting but missed and hit Jongho instead.

"Work on your aim, dumbass" The younger said as everyone laughed and spun the bottle again.

"Wooyoung, what is the most trouble you've got into at home, you know, with your parents?"

"Umm I think it was the day I snuck San into my bedroom and my parents came in and saw him, only we weren't just sleeping" The tent erupted with laughter as San died on his seat remembering the most embarrassing thing that had ever happened to him.

"So, do Wooyoung's parents hate you now?" Seonghwa asked between laughs.

"Oh no, they love him! Don't ask me why, I don't get it" 

San rolled his eyes pushing Wooyoung off him and going to sit next to Yeosang who grabbed his arm, smirking at a glaring Wooyoung.

"Alright, Seonghwa" 

"Truth"

"Who is the most attractive person in the room?" Wooyoung read the question.

"Yeosang" The elder answered right away.

"Without thinking, would you look at that!" Jongho teased.

"Woohoo looks like someone's got a crush on little Yeosangie" San added.

"I'm only saying the truth" The ravenette laughed and repositioned himself, low-key trying to see the younger's reaction.

"For your information, I would have said Mingi, who's with me? Hongjoong?" Yunho looked over to the white haired male.

"Uh yeah I don't know..." Yunho rolled his eyes and spun the bottle again. "Jongho, you're up"

"Truth"

"Very surprising. If you could have someone else's life for one day, who could it be?"

"Between the eight of us?" The younger asked, making sure he understood well the question. "Wooyoung or Seonghwa, everyone's always all over them, they have it easy" \

The two mentioned boys looked at each other.

"Meaning what?" Wooyoung asked.

"Well you are good looking, have tons of friends, good family life and all. It's good for you"

"Well we don't particularly "have it easy" I mean, I don't think so" Seonghwa kept going as he looked at the others.

"Well Mingi sure doesn't have it easy, I don't think Yeosang has been through a lot too" Jongho said calmly.

"What about the others then?" Seonghwa scoffed.

"Hey take it easy, Hwa. This is just a game" Yunho tried to step in.

"No, I mean do you guys just think of me as good looking and popular? Is that it?"

"No" San answered quickly.

"Of course not" Mingi joined in.

"We never said that" Hongjoong added.

"And that's not what I meant either" Jongho said as he sighed.

"Yeah well that's what it sounded like. I can't believe this" Seonghwa dropped his pillow and left.

"I'll go talk to him" Everyone threw their pillows at Jongho and took out their phones as Yeosang left after the ravenette.

10h:28 pm

It took him about ten minutes before he found the boy inside the kitchen sitting on a counter. Yeosang smiled softly and went to sit next to him, Seonghwa looked up for a brief moment before looking down again.

"Do you agree with him?"

"No, I think everyone has a different life, with a different history and different levels of hard moments"

"Really? Different how?"

"Well those who were born in a wealthy family, have friends and hobbies, those who "have it easy" so to speak, when they're going through a rough patch it's really bad for them because they're used to easy" 

"However  someone who has a normal life could find that problem easy and not hard at all. But then that person with the normal life hits a hard moment that someone who really has had it really bad in life will find easy to live with, even if for the normal people it's really really hard. I don't know if you understand" The brunette had a little nervous laugh as he looked around.

"I think I do. It's a nice way of thinking actually. It relativizes, which is good"

"Thank you. A rich guy's problem is nothing to a poor one. A friendly person's drama can be nothing compared to someone who constantly feels alone. You see" Yeosang smiled and looked at Seonghwa before swinging his arm around his shoulders.

"Hey, we don't think of you like that, okay? I'm sure Jongho didn't mean it in a bad way, look at Wooyoung he didn't take it bad. You two have personalities who are easy going and fun. Jongho and I, we're more quiet, it's harder for us to talk in front of people and stuff. I guess it's easier for us to envy you" Yeosang's arm slid down and rested on his thigh.

"I never thought of it like that" Seonghwa nodded his head as he looked at Yeosang, he placed his hand on the boy's hand, locking their fingers. 

Yeosang felt his blood rush and looked at the elder who offered him a reassuring smile. A warm feeling replaced the nervous rush inside his body as he laid his head on the ravenette's shoulder.