After The Dance

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Coming up on the school's parking lot, Yeosang parks his car on the farthest left side from the school entrance. He turns the engine off and grabs his mask on the passenger seat beside him. The male takes notice of his camera bag and starts to think.

Should he take some pictures while he was here?

Well, he is supposed to be off duty as a photographer, but he was already here for the party. After some thinking, he'll just take some pictures on his phone, and one of it being a selfie to remember this night.

Grabbing his phone and fixing his appearance again, Yeosang snaps a couple of photos of himself, even a few pics where he wore his mask. He wasn't fond of taking photos of himself, but their were some times where he just felt good and that he wanted to capture it. Thinking that he already got some good shots in, he turns his device off and pockets it.

Letting out a breath, Yeosang opens the car door and heads to the entrance. Walking along the school hallways, it felt a little different at night. Usually it was busy with students and teachers going through these very halls, but tonight felt a little more calmer. A few students were passing by either to get some fresh air or sneak off to do who knows what, about every classroom was closed except for others, and the party's music played loudly that could probably be heard throughout the entire school grounds.

As the babysitter stood infront of the open gyms doors, the gym itself felt like it was a whole new different world. Dimmed lighting by the coloured led lights, party decorations everywhere, food and drinks on one side of the gym, and the students and teachers who were either on the dance floor or watched at the sidelines.

'Looks like this year's Student Government outdid themselves this year' Yeosang thought to himself. Fixing his mask, he sets off to grab a drink and find his friends.

Dodging the various students, the male manages to reach the drink table. He grabs himself a cup of fruit punch that was on the table. The babysitter decides to not drink any of the booze since he'll be driving himself back. While he sips on his drink he looks through the crowd to spot any of his friends. He sees Chanhee managing the photo area while Hwanwoong takes the feild pictures, Wooyoung and the others were on the dance floor except for the two older (who were probably making out somewhere), and lastly he spots Jongho at a table sitting by himself.

Seeing this makes Yeosang feel bad. He doesn't know if it had to do with his crush on the younger, but he has this sudden urge to go and sit with Jongho at the table. He feels the loneliness from the other just by looking at him.

And, perhaps the older was looking at him for too long because the younger must have felt his stare that he looked back to the babysitter. The two made eye contact, and Jongho has never been more enchanted in his life. He spots the male beside the drink table, and he looked so charming, mysterious, and almost familiar.

Jongho thought that it was weird that the male was so familiar to him considering that he may not know the person, yet the masked stranger had this aura that the younger was familiar with.

Taking the shot to try and talk to the other male, the said male puts his cup back down on the table and into the crowd he went. Jongho now has a feeling that the person doesn't want to talk to him.

Diving in the sea of wild students, the male does his best to keep up with the mysterious person. He keeps getting small glimpses of the person's back as he bumps into different people, and just as he thought that he could catch up with the other, a sudden wave of students blocks his way off. It was like he was a lone driftwood in a vast ocean, trying to reach land.

Jongho looks around to find an opening, and as his luck would have it, he squeezes his way out from a gap between some students. From there he looks in the direction where he last saw the other person. He thought that he had lost the other, but he suddenly sees a glimpse the person exiting the gym.

Rushing for the doors, the male suddenly feel someone pull him back on his arm. Turning around he sees his hyungs with San holding his arm.

"Where are you going?" San had to speak louder then usual because of the party's music.

"Somewhere, I just need to talk with someone. I'll find you guys later"

Jongho removed his arm from the older's hold, and left his hyungs there confused. But Wooyoung may have a clue as to what the younger was going to do.

Stepping out into the hallway, Jongho looks around to find the person that he was following. He couldn't get even a glimpse of the person anymore, it was like he literally vanished from thin air. However, there was this gut feeling that he had that was telling him to look around more.

So he did.

Moving his feet to go in search for the mystery stranger, Jongho does his best to look around in the almost dim school corridors.

Walking around, he takes notice of how different the hallways are at night compared to when it's daytime. All the lights were turned off except for the hallway that led to the entrance to the gym, a couple of dark and locked classrooms, and the quiet atmosphere.

Thinking that he couldn't find the person from earlier, the male started to head back to the party. Until, by some sort of miracle he hears faint footsteps behind him. Quickly turning around, he spots a person's shadow going up the stairs.

With his hopes up, Jongho follows the person quietly in case he startles the stranger again. Jongho's guess was that the mysterious person is going to the roof since they already passed the second floor.

That guess of his was right as he hears the door that led to the roof open and close. Hastening his steps to reach the door himself, he takes a deep breath and braces himself to meet the person.