𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

𝟏𝟐; 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫

“Wow! What smells so delicious?”

“It’s dinner and NO EATING BEFORE IT IS FINISHED!” Yunho scolded Hongjoong when he wanted to sneak a piece.

“Why are you cooking so much anyway?” he interrupted the busy man again.

“Oh? Didn’t I tell you guys?” pointing to Hongjoong and the other 2 guys in the kitchen, “Hwa, Woo, and Yeo are coming over for dinner.”

“WHAT?!” all three of them shouted which scared Mingi who just got to the kitchen.

“You are joking, right?” the youngest tried to laugh.

“Uh-huh nope, babe and I invited them yesterday.” Mingi confirmed while walking to his boyfriend. “Did we not tell them?”

“UH – NO YOU DIDN’T!” San snapped and rushed out of the room. “Yeah, I got to go get ready” Jongho exited the room after Hongjoong bolted out following San.

Yunho laughed and shook his head, “told you we shouldn’t tell them,” Mingi handed him a 20. “Though I lost, I gotta admit that was entertaining as hell”

“Hwa! Yeo! Woo! Come in, come in!” Yunho ushered and welcome the three to their home, leading them to the dining area.

“Oh, and I believe you guys already know Hongjoong hyung, San, and Jongho,” he pointed to the guys who’re all ready and glammed up in the dining table. They were OBVIOUSLY NOT trying to impress anyone and they OBVIOUSLY WEREN’T wearing extra chains and cologne. Psh, this was a very normal occasion for them and wearing overly casual (more like semi-formal) clothes for a dinner were completely normal.

“Oh yeah, hi!”

Hongjoong smiled at them, “sit, please.” Hongjoong sat at the head of the table and Seonghwa the opposite of him. Woo and Yeo sat beside each other at the right with Yunho. Mingi in front of his baby, San in front of Wooyoung, and Jongho in front of Yeosang.
 
“So…”

Awkward silence filled the room during the dinner. The tension was so thick, you could cut it with a knife. “So, how’s the food?”

“It’s pretty good, especially because its Yeo’s favorite” Woo spoke up. Jongho perked up at the mention of Yeo. ‘Ah so you like chicken’ the younger thought. It got quiet again and Woo started the conversation not liking the quietness.

“So, how’d you guys know each other?”

“Ah well, all of us are childhood friends.”

After Hongjoong spoke up countless stories were reminisced by all of them.

“Yeah, we practically know each other from head to toe. We’ve been through many ups and downs. Faced everything together. Not to mention our puberty days.”

“AH! Yuyu no!”

“Yeah we’ve been there for each other from the start. Even when Gi just realized that he liked Yunho.” Hongjoong shared. “Now that’s a story – I’d be so glad to tell”

“JONGHO!”

“Relax, it’s only embarrassing for you,” everyone laughed and Mingi pouted.

“So as you know we all grew up together so nothing was really awkward for us anymore but as I know of it Mingi always had a thing for Yunho, because when we would hang out he would be with him and agree with everything he says. It was weird but we knew and we waited for him to confess to us…”

“HAH! He told me first”

“Wow, real mature Hongjoong hyung,” Yunho said, faked a smile and raised his thumbs up. Hongjoong pouted and everyone laughed, especially a certain someone. “As I was saying, He told us when we were about 16 and that he wanted to confess to Yuyu already. Then this guy here,” pointing to a laughing San, “-suggested a very dumb idea that only an idiot would consider”

“YAH!”

“What’d he suggest?”

“Well, hyung confessed to Yunho hyung, jumping off a cliff and screaming his ass off.” Everyone burst laughing, even the idiot himself. “In my defense, it was really scary.”

“The plan was, Mingi cliff-diving while confessing how he feels, to show Yunho how he was so brave that he can conquer anything when he has Yunho with him, but Mr. Idiot here jumped screaming instead of saying his confession”

“It was one of a kind”

“Trust me it was, so he couldn’t confess while jumping so, he got out of the water, went to where Yunho was, and confessing like “Yunho I love you and I would do anything for you – even cliff-diving” he was dripping wet, not to mention.”

Hwa, Yeo, and Woo laughed and laughed about Yungi’s love story. “I have to admit, that is very one of a kind. Nice suggestion by the way.” Yeosang said high fiving San.
 
 

“Hey, what are you doing out here all alone?”

Hongjoong was startled but relaxed as he noticed Seonghwa entering the balcony. “Oh I was just catching some fresh air. You know the tension in there was too–”

“Too competitive, yeah I figured.”

The others were in the room competing against each other. Either a dance off or UNO, they were taking it pretty seriously and the oldest obviously lost the game. All of them got closer over dinner so they were comfortable enough to share some things with each other. Seonghwa smiled seeing the kids enjoy from afar.

“What about you? What happened in there?”

“They kicked me out after I lost” Hongjoong just nodded and enjoyed his company as comfortable silence took over. They looked at the stars decorating the dark sky with the crescent moon. They stayed like that for a while.

“We should do this again sometime. You guys are very fun to be with” Seonghwa smiled genuinely.

“Yeah and the kids are really having fun”

“You really are like their mom, huh?” Hongjoong asked impressed. Hwa was embarrassed but nodded anyways. He remembered everything he and the kids went through from the start and how he took care of them. “Yeah I practically raised them. I’m not complaining though, I love taking care of them even if they’re annoying sometimes… it’s embarrassing sometimes cause they really call me ‘ma’ or ‘mom’ sometimes but I love them”

“Oh yeah, I heard them call you ‘ma’ at the bar last time. I’m not really surprised, you got that motherly quality and you did raising them up – I’m kinda jealous”

“How,” Seonghwa argued, “from what I heard, you also raised the others.”

“I was the oldest and so I felt like I had that responsibility and they turned out the best but I don’t think it’s enough and I always want the best for them.”

“Wanting the best and being the best is two – completely different things. You know from what I learned, when you think you’re not enough means that you have given them everything and that you have been enough, especially for them. Look at what you’ve given them, I should be the one who’s jealous.”

They smile at each other finding it very comforting to have someone who knows how it feels to be the one responsible for something. Comfortable silence engulfed them again and stayed like that until it was time to go back.

*sorry for the late publish✌*